Author Archives: billgamesh

“More than 700 esteemed economists, including more than a half dozen Nobel Prize winners, have signed an open letter urging voters to reject Donald Trump at the ballot box in this election. ‘In just one term in office, Donald Trump has rendered the United States unrecognizable, and has faced no consequences for doing so,’ theContinue reading “The Elephant in the Room”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-scale_(personality_test) It seems there is a personality type the fascists seek to radicalize because they are fairly sure to succeed. Trump, perhaps because he is somewhere on the sociopath scale, knows how to manipulate this percentage of the population who are vulnerable. With about 30 percent said to be supporting Trumpism, Plato’s assertion that democracyContinue reading “Manipulating the F-Scale”

I had to explain why conservative Christians are voting for Trump to my wife after we came back from voting. This article helped. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/jerusalem-trumps-gift-to-evangelicals/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lone_wolf_(terrorism)#Stochastic_terrorism Two weeks left and this nightmare will be over- hopefully. And I can go back to writing about life extension and space colonization.

Trumpism is a lesson to the human race, not just America. It may be our last chance to change course away from the looming disaster Neoliberalism is steering us toward. Those of us who have some ability to think critically have witnessed the Trump cult firsthand and now see clearly the sickness that caused soContinue reading “The Lesson”

https://www.salon.com/2020/10/06/sociopathy-psychiatrist-says-trumps-behavior-meets-criteria-for-a-locked-psychiatric-facility/ My YouTube comment on the Salon article: “He is a Narcissist/Sociopath draft dodging tax dodging 6 time bankrupt 3 time married failed rich boy reality tv insulter who calls vets and Killed In Action suckers and losers, Christians are fools and schmucks, calls the news fake and the enemy of the people while heContinue reading “Is it “Madness of Millions”?”

6:13 “The Jewish question.” The real fascists are not on Trumps side- they see Trump as a Jewish tool. “It is sad that veterans are used as props by this president.” Sadder still that many veterans support him. 15:15 “-why is there still such strong support for the president inside the military, inside law enforcement-”Continue reading “The Great Danger”

Keynesian Imbedded Liberalism; this political-economic system was the single most important factor in making America great. The two other factors most important were separation of church and state and unions. I would guess if nine out of ten citizens were asked if they know what Imbedded Liberalism and Neoliberalism are they would either not knowContinue reading “Cooperating and Competing”

A group of hungry apes is venturing into new territory and they confront a smaller group of apes, perhaps of a different species, perhaps not. In either case the smaller group stands their ground and marks their territory with some kind of visible and/or audible display. The leadership of the hungry apes, considering the fewerContinue reading “Collectives and their Individuals”

I ate M&Ms and Snickers last night and now I cannot go to sleep again. I googled caffeine in chocolate and….yup. I had no idea (well, I knew it had some but now I know it is enough to keep me from sleeping). Now I know why I could not go to sleep this morning,Continue reading “Cannot Sleep Again”