The Art of Charm Interview (with me)
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The Syrian Air Base Attack
As I blogged yesterday, the claim that Assad ordered a chemical attack on his own people in the past week doesn’t pass my sniff test. For Assad to order a gas attack now – while his side is finally winning – he would have to be willing to risk his life…
Read MoreThe Syrian Gas Attack Persuasion
According to the mainstream media – that has been wrong about almost everything for a solid 18 months in a row – the Syrian government allegedly bombed its own people with a nerve agent [link unavailable]. The reason the Assad government would bomb its own people with a nerve agent right…
Read MoreHow a Hypnotist Sees a Verbal Slip
A few days ago, Mike Cernovich [archive] broke the news that ex-Obama advisor Susan Rice had asked for the identities of Americans caught up in electronic surveillance of foreigners, including some Trump associates. After Mike broke the story, the big news organizations followed. I asked my well-informed Trump-hating friend what he thought…
Read MoreI Talk About When to Invest in Climate Change
Nine minutes of me talking about the EPA changes and when to invest in fixing climate change.
Read MoreThe Systems President
Was President Trump’s first attempt at getting a healthcare bill a failure? Your answer to that question probably depends on whether you are a goals-thinker or a systems-thinker. If you see the world in terms of goals, you would say the healthcare bill did not get enough votes on the first try, and therefore…
Read MoreHealthcare Startups that Lower Costs
This is just an update showing some more startups that could lower healthcare costs in the future. [Whencast is no longer online, so there is no recording to embed here]
Read MoreA Direct-Democracy Healthcare Bill
I don’t know much about Congress, and all its arcane rules, but I think the process for creating a healthcare bill goes something like this: With our current system (a Republic), that’s as good as we can do in 2017. The politicians need money to stay in office, and this…
Read MoreTrump and Healthcare
Today we are witnessing one of the most important events in political history. But you probably can’t see it because the news is talking about healthcare, and how Ryan and Trump totally failed to get enough votes. The real story is happening in parallel with the healthcare story, and that’s…
Read MoreHow to Change My Biases on Climate Science
I worry that climate scientists think the skeptics are just dumb. I’m sure there are plenty of dumb people on every topic, but I’m here to suggest that the bigger problem might be a form of pattern recognition. I’ll take you through that thought. I’ll start by displaying my own…
Read MoreSome Fake News About Me from Bloomberg
Last autumn, before the election, a writer for Bloomberg asked to spend a day with me to interview me for a feature piece about my blogging on Trump, and my life in general. I could tell from the initial conversation that it was going to be a hostile article. The…
Read MoreMy Take on Wiretapping, Trump, and Comey
FBI Director Comey says there is no evidence of President Trump’s claim that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower during the campaign. So why did President Trump say it happened? I give you my opinion in this video. (My face is black & white intentionally. Sort of.) — You might enjoy reading…
Read MoreI Declare Mobile Phone Carriers to Be Enemies of the State
Here’s the basic problem. Kids as young as eleven have smartphones. That situation won’t change. A kid with a smartphone has access to any illegal drug in the world, as well as all the peer pressure in the world. Pills are small, cheap, odorless, widely available, and nearly impossible for…
Read MoreHow Leonardo DiCaprio Can Persuade Me on Climate Change
Note: If you came here from Twitter, I use “kittens” as my code for climate science to thwart Twitter’s shadowban on my tweets. — You probably know that actor Leonardo DiCaprio is a climate activist, and he is trying to persuade the world that climate change is both real and serious. Someone…
Read MoreBest of Robots Read News
I’m testing a WhenHub visualization that is optimized for comics. Here are some of my Robots Read News comics that I thought worked best. For optimal viewing, click the icon in the lower right of the Whencast to view as a full page. [Whencast is no longer online, so there’s nothing to…
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