The Health Tell

I have blogged and tweeted that Hillary Clinton looks unhealthy to me. And I have mentioned on Twitter that one of the skills of a hypnotist is identifying subtle bodily changes. Observation is a huge part of a hypnotist’s skill. You look for micro changes in muscle tone, breathing, posture,…

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The Unfavorability Illusion

Regular readers remember I blogged that Megyn Kelly got her new haircut because of Trump’s influence. This article seems to confirm it. You also know I predicted that Megyn Kelly would do an interview with Trump that would mark Trump’s third-act solution. That interview is scheduled for May 17. It is worth noting that…

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Cyberbombs and ISIS

According to the news, the United States is stepping up its use of cyber attacks and psychology against ISIS. For example, our cyber forces are creating fake messages to send ISIS fighters to the wrong places. Update: Here’s more about current efforts. But the funniest part is that the U.S. military is…

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How Powerful is Persuasion?

I have been writing about Donald Trump’s powers of persuasion for months and yet many of my readers are still persuasion doubters. I get that. We like to think of ourselves as creatures of reason.  But we are not creatures of reason. We aren’t even close. Science has known this for a…

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The Trump Chess Board

With the New York State primary tomorrow, let’s see how the chess board is set up for Trump.  The Lead Trump has the lead in delegates for the Republican race and that lead will grow with the upcoming primaries. Momentum After Trump wins the New York primary he will be…

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Ayatollah So

In Iran you can vote for anyone for President so long as that person has been approved by the Ayatollah Khameini. We Americans call that system a dictatorship. Voters in America recently discovered that they live under an Iranian type of system and didn’t know it. In the primaries, voters…

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Why I Disagree With All of the Candidates

I’ve said a few times in this blog, and elsewhere, that my political views don’t match up with Donald Trump’s views, or anyone else’s.  How’s that possible, you ask? Let me give you a taste of it. Take International trade agreements, for example. My opinion is that I’m too under-informed to…

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My Billion-dollar CGI Movie Animation Idea

See Update at Bottom. Years ago, Jeffrey Katzenberg invited me to Dreamworks to brainstorm some non-Dilbert movie ideas that would work well with CGI animation. By then the world already had CGI movies about toys, cars, bugs, robots, fish, aliens, animals, birds, monsters, and most of the other non-human entities….

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Derailing the Trump Train

Donald Trump has made some big mistakes lately. On top of that, his opponents improved their game. As a result, he finds himself in an enormous hole of disapproval, especially with women. If you have been reading my Master Persuader series, you might be interested in why Trump’s persuasion suddenly…

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