Trolls Just Want to Have Fun

“Our research suggests that, for those (trolls) with sadistic personalities, (their) ideal self may be a villain of chaos and mayhem”

 

A 2014 psychology journal article done by a group of Canadian researchers studied the personality traits of internet trolls. The well-designed study was published in the Journal of Personality and Individual Differences. It was titled “Trolls Just Want to Have Fun”.

 

The article included these comments:

 

“Trolling correlated positively with sadism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism”;

The Sins of Ilhan Omar Start With Challenging Rigid Orthodoxy

Democrats have gone all atwitter (pun intended), scattering ruffled feathers all over the barnyard as if a fox were after them when the only serious threat to their blinkered preconceptions comes from a bird of different plumage. Not all Democrats are squawking like chickens with their heads cut off (as it were), but enough of the older, backward-looking birds are making enough noise to make the whole party look idiotic.

In plainer language, the Democratic Party remains in the grip of white privilege, which can only be a losing position in a country where there’s no effective challenge to Trump for the white supremacy vote. Want proof? Nominate Biden. But that’s only a prediction. What’s going on right now in the House of Representatives is reprehensible enough as reflexive ideologues swarm to block the smallest whiff of any fresh air.

How Chatbots Win Elections

Drawing of hand holding a phone with texts happening on it and a robot off to the side texting too

Most of us are aware and skeptical of “bots” interfering with our daily lives. Some modern examples of this include suspicious insurance calls and obviously fake suitors on dating apps. It seems most of us have encountered them in one way or another.

The creation of these bots came from the modern need for automation — using robots to increase efficiency. This often means removing human responsibility. For instance, we know from the accounting industry that automation has all but erased the need for the human touch in data entry.

Medicare 4 All Barnstorm Canvases

Woman holding up a sign saying Medicare For All! Love it! Improve it!

March 17 (1:00 - 3:00 PM), March 20 (5:00 – 7:00 PM), and March 23 (10:00 AM – Noon), 2019
Almost a month ago, we hosted a Medicare 4 All Barnstorm, an initiative of National Nurses United (NNU).  Only through an "uprising" of the people, will the Medicare For All Act of 2019, HB 1384, be moved through the Congressional House. Canvassers will be going door to door to ask our neighbors to call their member of the Congressional House to become a cosponsor of Medicare.  If you would like to participate or need more information, please email to Bob Krasen, brkrasen@gmail.com.  In case these Canvasses are not convenient, go to the medicare4all.org website, click on ACTIONS, and the map will lead you to other Canvasses that are scheduled, hopefully nearby.  Location:  Meet at Whetstone Library, 3903 N High Street Columbus, 43214. 

Bill Cohen Plays John Denver - Part Concert, Part Sign-Along

White man with curly blonde hair and a mustache and beard smiling

Saturday, March 16, 2019, 7:00 PM.   

A Comprehensive List of Vaccine-Associated Toxic Reactions

When I went to medical school in the late 1960s, one of my wiser pediatric professors told us students: “always listen to the parents of your pediatric patients, because they will tell you what is wrong with the child”.

 

That truism proved to be valuable in dealing with patients and their family members throughout my career in family practice, and I still believe in its profound truth. Even when dealing with adult patients, I have found that family members often have valuable observations and know important historical facts about the patient that helped me make a more accurate and timely diagnosis.

 

I have heard many physicians complain that they are sometimes kept from obtaining a thorough medical history because of time constraints imposed on them by their clinics, which can impair the development of the list of potential diagnoses. Important examples of diagnoses that are frequently not considered are the host of vaccine-induced adverse effects – partly because they are largely un-recognized by many pro-vaccine physicians and nurses and partly because they qualify as being iatrogenic.

 

The Student Strike for Climate Action: Columbus

Young people marching outside with a banner reading School Strike for Climate Action

Friday, March 15, 12noon
Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square
On March 15th, students across the world will strike in order to call for radical action on climate change. The strike was inspired by Greta Thunberg, a teen activist in Sweden who began striking every Friday last summer, and who has been joined by more and more students every week. The Student Strike for Climate Action on March 15th will involve students from France, Sweden, Australia, Ireland, the U.S. and other countries. We are calling for every student in Ohio to not attend school and join our protests in order to show their disgust with our government’s failure to combat climate change.
This event is for the Columbus march. Join us at the Ohio Statehouse in front of the William Mckinley Monument. This monument is located on the west side of the Statehouse.
#ClimateStrikeOhio #ClimateStrikeCity #ClimateChangeisReal

Artificial Morality

Artificial Intelligence is one thing. Artificial morality is another. It may sound something like this:

“First, we believe in the strong defense of the United States and we want the people who defend it to have access to the nation’s best technology, including from Microsoft.”

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