The Mega Maga Mind Meltdown Vol. II

The Mega Maga Mind Meltdown Vol. II
Author: S J Brede
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2020-11-18
Genre:
ISBN:

The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN VOL. I. and VOL. II. take a highly biased, deeply objective look at the psychological pitfalls, propaganda-tricks, and logical fallacies contributing to that utterly irrational, frequently flabbergasting, and often outright dangerous behavior of MAGA-minds in Trump's America. The two-volumes of this book provide you with all the necessary background on the psychological and propagandistic schemes behind the gobsmacking irrationality of your MAGA-hat wearing neighbors, family-members, friends, and colleagues - as well as with a number of practical tactics to identify and successfully counter most of the Trumpministration's and Trumpists' lies, arguments, and debate-strategies. Content of VOL. II of The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN: [Bullshitting]- The Ballad of Bullshitter Jeff- A Tale of Two Trumps- The Bullshitter's Playbook- John Barron. A Report.- - Childhood and Youth- - Spreading His Wings- - Coming into His Own- - A Star is Born- - Discoveries- - The Later Years- The Bullshitter's Pawns and Prey- An (Incomplete) Damage Report- Behind the Bullshitter's Mask- The Emotional Emptiness of the Embezzler- The Path of the Bullshitter- They live! Among Us.- Drying Out a Parasite[Doublethink]- The Devil's Offer- "The Chief's Choice"- A Future Epilogue- Back to 1984- American Angst- American Pride and Prejudice- Playing the Long Game- Ken Cuccinelli - Or: A Study in Hypocrisy- Room 101- DoubleThink or Hoodwink[The Factoid][The Woozle Effect]- What Really Happened in the Hundred Acre Wood- Getting the Woozle to Work- A Sobering Experiment- "Why You Must Eat Chocolate Daily."- "I have been foolish and deluded."Content of VOL. I of The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN: [Circular Reasoning]- Hiding Circular Reasoning in Plain Sight- The Impenetrable Circles of Lies- Closed World Assumption- Open World Assumption- Whitewashing Over One Rail- What-Aboutism- Addressing the Brown Elephant in the Room[Cognitive Dissonance Avoidance]- When Truth Truly Hurts- The Struggles of Stephen the Stooge- A Self-Sustaining State of Stress- The Fearful Hate- That Dreadful Dread- Please be very afraid- Prejudice: The Problem with Premature Evaluation- TrumpSpeak- It is All Fun and Games. Until it is All Just Fun and Games.- The Tallest Tales are Still Told on Television- The Illusory Truth Effect- The Bigger the Turd the Better to Swallow- The Not So Subtle Subversion of the Soul[Ipse Dixit][Arguments from Authority]- A Life between Freedoms and Fetters- The Chink in the Armor- A Superseded Immune System- Authority: An Almost Unshakeable Illusion- All Power Rests in the People. Seriously.- Authority begets Authority- The 3-Steps Argument from Authority- An Apparent American Affection for Authorities- The Story of the Pennsylvania Plague Rat- The Story of the Antagonizing AmbassadorThe 3 Steps Argument from Authority- To trump [verb]: alternat./: to blatantly abuse power- Bonus Step 4: Entrenchment"The Bootleg Expert""The Expert Assassin""The Laymen Experts"- "The Appeal to Poverty"The Appeal to WealthThe Appeal to Poverty- Socialism - The Red Rag for Trumpists- Pandering to the Poor: A Global Success Story- The Modern American Poor- Plain Common Sense- The Hero They Do Not Need but Deserve- A Mass-Manipulator's Must-Have: The Matching Megaphone- The Lahren- & Karen-Conundrums- Blacks & Boogaloo for Trump- Repulsing the Populist Appeal

Uncivil Agreement

Uncivil Agreement
Author: Lilliana Mason
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2018-04-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 022652468X

The psychology behind political partisanship: “The kind of research that will change not just how you think about the world but how you think about yourself.” —Ezra Klein, Vox Political polarization in America has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. For the first time in decades, research has shown that members of both parties hold strongly unfavorable views of their opponents. This is polarization rooted in social identity, and it is growing. The campaign and election of Donald Trump laid bare this fact of the American electorate, its successful rhetoric of “us versus them” tapping into a powerful current of anger and resentment. With Uncivil Agreement, Lilliana Mason looks at the growing social gulf across racial, religious, and cultural lines, which have recently come to divide neatly between the two major political parties. She argues that group identifications have changed the way we think and feel about ourselves and our opponents. Even when Democrats and Republicans can agree on policy outcomes, they tend to view one other with distrust and to work for party victory over all else. Although the polarizing effects of social divisions have simplified our electoral choices and increased political engagement, they have not been a force that is, on balance, helpful for American democracy. Bringing together theory from political science and social psychology, Uncivil Agreement clearly describes this increasingly “social” type of polarization, and adds much to our understanding of contemporary politics.

Megatech

Megatech
Author: Daniel Franklin
Publisher: Profile Books
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2017-02-09
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1782831665

Technology moves fast - so where will it have taken us by 2050? How will it affect the way we live? And how far are we willing to let it go? In Megatech, distinguished scientists, industry leaders, star academics and acclaimed science-fiction writers join journalists from The Economist to explore answers to these questions and more. Twenty experts in the field, including Nobel prize-winner Frank Wilczek, Silicon Valley venture-capitalist Ann Winblad, philanthropist Melinda Gates and science-fiction author Alastair Reynolds identify the big ideas, fantastic inventions and potentially sinister trends that will shape our future. Join them to explore a brave new world of brain-computer interfaces, vat-grown cruelty-free meat, knitted cars and guided bullets. The writers predict the vast changes that technology will bring to everything from food production to health care, energy output, manufacturing and the military balance. They also consider the impact on jobs, and how we can prepare for the opportunities, as well as the dangers, that await. Thought-provoking, engaging and full of insight from the forefront of tech innovation, Megatech is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand tomorrow's world.

I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die

I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die
Author: Sarah J. Robinson
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2021-05-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0593193539

A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.

Media and the American Mind

Media and the American Mind
Author: Daniel J. Czitrom
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2010-02-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807899208

In a fascinating and comprehensive intellectual history of modern communication in America, Daniel Czitrom examines the continuing contradictions between the progressive possibilities that new communications technologies offer and their use as instruments of domination and exploitation.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
Author: Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Total Pages: 692
Release: 2011-05-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1616405414

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report, published by the U.S. Government and the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission in early 2011, is the official government report on the United States financial collapse and the review of major financial institutions that bankrupted and failed, or would have without help from the government. The commission and the report were implemented after Congress passed an act in 2009 to review and prevent fraudulent activity. The report details, among other things, the periods before, during, and after the crisis, what led up to it, and analyses of subprime mortgage lending, credit expansion and banking policies, the collapse of companies like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the federal bailouts of Lehman and AIG. It also discusses the aftermath of the fallout and our current state. This report should be of interest to anyone concerned about the financial situation in the U.S. and around the world.THE FINANCIAL CRISIS INQUIRY COMMISSION is an independent, bi-partisan, government-appointed panel of 10 people that was created to "examine the causes, domestic and global, of the current financial and economic crisis in the United States." It was established as part of the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009. The commission consisted of private citizens with expertise in economics and finance, banking, housing, market regulation, and consumer protection. They examined and reported on "the collapse of major financial institutions that failed or would have failed if not for exceptional assistance from the government."News Dissector DANNY SCHECHTER is a journalist, blogger and filmmaker. He has been reporting on economic crises since the 1980's when he was with ABC News. His film In Debt We Trust warned of the economic meltdown in 2006. He has since written three books on the subject including Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity (Cosimo Books, 2008), and The Crime Of Our Time: Why Wall Street Is Not Too Big to Jail (Disinfo Books, 2011), a companion to his latest film Plunder The Crime Of Our Time. He can be reached online at www.newsdissector.com.

Mega Meltdown

Mega Meltdown
Author: Jack Tite
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781800788022

The perfect introduction to the Ice Age, complete with ENORMOUS fold-out pages!

The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN - VOL. I

The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN - VOL. I
Author: S J Brede
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2020-10-16
Genre:
ISBN:

The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN VOL. I and VOL. II books take a highly biased & deeply objective look at the psychological pitfalls, propaganda-tricks, and logical fallacies contributing to that utterly irrational, frequently flabbergasting, and often outright dangerous behavior of MAGA-minds in Trump's America. The two-volumes of this book provide you with all the necessary background on the psychological and propagandistic schemes behind the gobsmacking irrationality of your MAGA-hat wearing neighbors, family-members, friends, and colleagues - as well as with a number of practical tactics to identify and successfully counter most of the Trumpministration's and Trumpists' lies, arguments, and debate-strategies. VOL. I of The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN contains: [Circular Reasoning]- Hiding Circular Reasoning in Plain Sight- The Impenetrable Circles of Lies- Closed World Assumption- Open World Assumption- Whitewashing Over One Rail- What-Aboutism- Addressing the Brown Elephant in the Room[Cognitive Dissonance Avoidance]- When Truth Truly Hurts- The Struggles of Stephen the Stooge- A Self-Sustaining State of Stress- The Fearful Hate- That Dreadful Dread- Please be very afraid- Prejudice: The Problem with Premature Evaluation- TrumpSpeak- It is All Fun and Games. Until it is All Just Fun and Games.- The Tallest Tales are Still Told on Television- The Illusory Truth Effect- The Bigger the Turd the Better to Swallow- The Not So Subtle Subversion of the Soul[Ipse Dixit][Arguments from Authority]- A Life between Freedoms and Fetters- The Chink in the Armor- A Superseded Immune System- Authority: An Almost Unshakeable Illusion- All Power Rests in the People. Seriously.- Authority begets Authority- The 3-Steps Argument from Authority- An Apparent American Affection for Authorities- The Story of the Pennsylvania Plague Rat- The Story of the Antagonizing AmbassadorThe 3 Steps Argument from Authority- To trump [verb]: alternat./: to blatantly abuse power- Bonus Step 4: Entrenchment"The Bootleg Expert""The Expert Assassin""The Laymen Experts"- "The Appeal to Poverty"The Appeal to WealthThe Appeal to Poverty- Socialism - The Red Rag for Trumpists- Pandering to the Poor: A Global Success Story- The Modern American Poor- Plain Common Sense- The Hero They Do Not Need but Deserve- A Mass-Manipulator's Must-Have: The Matching Megaphone- The Lahren- & Karen-Conundrums- Blacks & Boogaloo for Trump- Repulsing the Populist AppealVOL. II of The MEGA MAGA MIND MELTDOWN contains: [Bullshitting]- The Ballad of Bullshitter Jeff- A Tale of Two Trumps- The Bullshitter's Playbook- John Barron. A Report.- - Childhood and Youth- - Spreading His Wings- - Coming into His Own- - A Star is Born- - Discoveries- - The Later Years- The Bullshitter's Pawns and Prey- An (Incomplete) Damage Report- Behind the Bullshitter's Mask- The Emotional Emptiness of the Embezzler- The Path of the Bullshitter- They live! Among Us.- Drying Out a Parasite[Doublethink]- The Devil's Offer- "The Chief's Choice"- A Future Epilogue- Back to 1984- American Angst- American Pride and Prejudice- Playing the Long Game- Ken Cuccinelli - Or: A Study in Hypocrisy- Room 101- DoubleThink or Hoodwink[The Factoid][The Woozle Effect]- What Really Happened in the Hundred Acre Wood- Getting the Woozle to Work- A Sobering Experiment- "Why You Must Eat Chocolate Daily."- "I have been foolish and deluded."

Los Angeles Magazine

Los Angeles Magazine
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2000-12
Genre:
ISBN:

Los Angeles magazine is a regional magazine of national stature. Our combination of award-winning feature writing, investigative reporting, service journalism, and design covers the people, lifestyle, culture, entertainment, fashion, art and architecture, and news that define Southern California. Started in the spring of 1961, Los Angeles magazine has been addressing the needs and interests of our region for 48 years. The magazine continues to be the definitive resource for an affluent population that is intensely interested in a lifestyle that is uniquely Southern Californian.

The Second Barnhart Dictionary of New English

The Second Barnhart Dictionary of New English
Author: Clarence Lewis Barnhart
Publisher: Bronxville, N.Y. : Barnhart Books
Total Pages: 550
Release: 1980
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780060101541

English language dictionary of new terms - includes source, citations, and approximate date of first usage for major neologisms of the 1970s.