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Archive for February, 2017
February 6th, 2017 - 9:31 am § in Donald Trump, Misc.
TRUMPISMS: “who knows who did it?”
In January last year, after a British judge ruled that Putin had “probably” authorized the murder of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko in London, Trump said he saw no evidence the Russian president was guilty. “First of all, he says he didn’t do it. Many people say it was[...]
February 6th, 2017 - 9:15 am § in Misc.
Putin’s Russia Allies With Kim’s North Korea
North Korea lists Russia first among countries friendly with regime North Korea prioritized Russia in a statement that listed the heads of state who were reportedly presented with holiday greeting cards from Kim Jong Un. UPI.COM[...]
February 6th, 2017 - 1:17 am § in Misc.
The Boston Globe Editorializes Against Pot
The Globe asks, “Can we please stop pretending marijuana is harmless?” I suggest we should ask whether the effects are out of the range of the other things we commonly use for pleasure. By Dr. Sushrut Jangi These days, it’s become fairly square to criticize marijuana and its rush t[...]
February 6th, 2017 - 12:07 am § in Donald Trump, Schools & Colleges
What Trump Budget Cuts Mean For the University
(Based on material in The Hill) The the so-called skinny budget means dramatic changes that affect academics. Russ Vought, a former aide to Vice President-elect Mike Pence and John Gray, who previously worked for Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) are writing the new budget, Their document is expect[...]
February 5th, 2017 - 3:10 pm § in Misc.
APPLESAUCE: On Being Without Imagination
Deny it all you want, Apple, but the Mac and iPad need to fuse Apple made a sumbass error. Years ago, back in the Jobs days. the Apple imgineers decided that they were going to build their tablet around a limited, primitive oS .. iOS. No file system meant the iPAD would never compete with [&he[...]
February 5th, 2017 - 11:52 am § in Misc.
Chris Goodwin: Psychiatry as Industry
Christopher Goodwin FACEBOOK A recent study on personality disorders showed that 5.9% of the population has borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and 6.2% has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, some people have both but the average is 10% of the population with one or the other or both. Women made u[...]