‘Twas The Night Before Christmas … at Trump Tower

By |2016-12-21T21:39:07-05:00December 21st, 2016|Categories: business, politics, social, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , |

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the land, Not a leader was stirring, no promises planned. The stocks were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that dividends soon would be there.   Our leader was nestled all snug in his bed, No vision of poor people danced in his head. And profits were high, his Read more...

America got it right … well, a quarter of America got it half right

By |2017-03-23T14:37:17-04:00November 10th, 2016|Categories: politics, social, trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , , , , , |

 24% got it right and voted for change but is it the right change or Russian roulette?   Four things you might not know Only 24% of Americans elected Donald Trump as President of the United States. The other 76% didn't want him or didn't bother to vote. Half the people not voting is a problem. But maybe it's Read more...

I give up. Trump wins

By |2016-10-23T09:38:00-04:00October 20th, 2016|Categories: politics, social, trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , , |

Trump has exhausted every adverb, adjective, rebuttal,  rational analysis and the essence of deductive reasoning (1 minute read) A syllogism destroyed Since the time of Aristotle (384-322 BCE), the syllogism has been a cornerstone of deductive reasoning and logic. Aristotle defined the syllogism as an argument consisting of three propositions, two as premises and one as conclusion, and this deductive Read more...

Stand, kneel, sit, jump, run, pass … what difference does nationalism make?

By |2016-12-10T00:40:50-05:00October 17th, 2016|Categories: politics, social, trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome, uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |

Are national anthems really about respect? Or repression?   Four things you might not know Patriotism has been recognized since the earliest civilizations but nationalism is a relatively new concept with its origins in the 18th and 19th centuries. Nationalism is a "false consciousness" and nothing more than a well-branded veneer for economic, social and class leverage. Supreme Court Justice Read more...

Are Stumpf and Trump biologically connected?

By |2016-12-10T00:40:50-05:00October 13th, 2016|Categories: business, politics, social, trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , , , , , |

Egregious behavior by hollow, narcissistic leaders like Stumpf and Trump is, unfortunately, in the DNA of homo sapiens Four things you might not know The root cause of the behavior of bankers and corporate leaders is directly linked to the scientific findings by Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man and reinforced today by Edward O. Wilson in The Social Conquest Read more...

“What caused Donald Trump?” Surprise! It’s not what you think

By |2016-10-19T15:03:16-04:00September 30th, 2016|Categories: trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , |

New data disproves the mainstream chatter and assumptions Gallup interviewed 87,428 Americans and were able to fine tune where support for Trump is coming from (who and where). It's the driving cause behind his rise and will remain long after he has faded into the sunset over one of his golf courses. Watch this five minute video as Ezra Klein Read more...

Picking a winner in the first Presidential debate will be easy – try this

By |2016-12-10T00:40:52-05:00September 25th, 2016|Categories: trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , , , , |

The only three things you need to observe in comparing candidates Mental capability (as defined by Jaques & Cason) Emotional intelligence (as defined by Daniel Goleman) Knowledge (as defined by you or any objective person) In case you didn't mark the calendar, the first US Presidential debate is Monday, September 26th, 9pm (EDT) (4 minute read) The post-debate media coverage Read more...

Does Trump’s birther lie confirm a more frightening truth?

By |2017-02-14T18:12:01-05:00September 22nd, 2016|Categories: trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , , , , |

A truth Alexander Hamilton feared greatly  Two things you probably do know – and two you might not Either Donald Trump lied for more than four years or Donald Trump told the truth for four years and is now lying. Donald Trump doesn’t give a damn if he lies or what you think. Adolescence or "arrested adulthood" can continue Read more...

Does mental capability trump cultural coding?

By |2016-12-10T00:40:53-05:00September 8th, 2016|Categories: politics, trumpwatch, trumpwatchhome|Tags: , , , , |

Two things you might not know: “We found that the pattern of peoples’ mental processing could be observed in the manner in which they organized their information, or arguments, in the course of an engrossed discussion or argument. The finding was that there were only four patterns of types of mental processing that people use when explaining their position on Read more...

Racism, misogyny and genius: A reading list for Donald Trump and so-called leaders

By |2016-12-10T00:40:53-05:00September 3rd, 2016|Categories: politics, social|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |

(Above centre) Genius Srinivasa Ramanujan at Cambridge (1914) Five things you might not know: Einstein and Feynman had their genius-equal in Srinivasa Ramanujan, an Indian mathematician, who faced racism and bigotry from the white, arrogant Cambridge intelligentsia before his young life was cut short at age 32 (1887-1920). "Americans ... [and] their sense of equality and human dignity is mainly Read more...

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