"It seems inappropriate that I would debate the second place finisher," Trump said in a statement, referring to Sanders' likely loss to Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination.
--found it on the Week

full news release:

- MAY 27, 2016 -

DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON DEBATING BERNIE SANDERS

Based on the fact that the Democratic nominating process ( Read more... )

The Dunning-Kruger Effect
Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio National | 8 May 2010
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2010/2893602.htm
( there's an explanation for why really stupid people can be so sure they're right )

Here's his manifesto. Sounds pretty familiar. He was a good writer. He wants to wake up Americans. Maybe if enough people read this, they will realize that we the people are in similar situations for similar reasons. A little suicidality is certainly not out of the question when times are so hard for people. I heard the feds took down the ( Read more... )

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Listening to an old This American Life program (you can download them online) called Harold. It's about the first black man to serve as governor, in Chicago. It gives a little bit of history about Democracy in our country that gives me hope for Obama. Harold was "fairer than fair" and gradually began to win over racist whites by being a plain ( Read more... )