Monthly Archives: April 2020

Donald Trump really does have an appalling lack of scientific understanding for an American Adult

Posted on April 27, 2020 by a1skeptic

Last week Donald Trump created a firestorm when he suggested that two treatments for coronivirus might involve injecting commercial household cleaners and using ultra violet rays to irradiate the body. The Internet immediately went into overdrive, producing many precious memes … Continue reading →

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How Donald Trump is not like Hitler, but is a lot like Joseph Goebbels

Posted on April 20, 2020 by a1skeptic

I’ve already written several times how I am opposed to analogizing Trump with Hitler under the theory of Reductio ad Hitlerium. Hitler was the posterchild for neurotic Psychopathy If anything, Hitler was the posterchild for neurotic psychopathy. The man had … Continue reading →

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A Look at Propaganda in Action: Trump’s decision to punish the World Health Organization.

Posted on April 17, 2020 by a1skeptic

I got an email the other from an old friend of my bother’s, a big conservative and fanatical Trump supporter. He doesn’t usually include me in his email circulars, because he knows what my position is. But I thought, okay, … Continue reading →

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How a fanatical Bernie Sanders supporter is both right and totally wrong about his withdrawal from the race.

Posted on April 13, 2020 by a1skeptic

As most of you know, Bernie Sanders suspended (but did not outright abandon) his Presidential campaign last week. A number of Sanders supporters were mighty unhappy with the development, and one of them, a real-estate agent from southern Oregon named … Continue reading →

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This is why progressives are apoplectic about Donald Drumpf

Posted on April 2, 2020 by a1skeptic

The other day I wrote a piece about how Donald Drumpf is like a Rorschach test, and that the Coronavirus pandemic is unlikely to change the perception of people who are Drumpf supporters and those who are not. The post … Continue reading →

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