DAY 1264
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How Trump scores on 20 unflattering personality traits.
And what this tells us about the 45th president.
And what this tells us about the 45th president.
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A 'Sweet Dog' Confronts the Trump Catastrophe
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WE CONCLUDE our analysis of Donald Trump today, using the "Hare Psychopathy Checklist," a list of 20 unflattering personality traits. Yesterday, Mr. O and I went through the first 10 items, and now we've finished the remaining ones, including # 20 - Criminal versatility (i.e. commits diverse types of crimes). We tally the individual scores to see how Trump measures up against the likes of Ted Bundy, and discuss whether this exercise has given us any new insights into the president. CLICK here to go to our blog.
THE TRACKER
PHOEBE
Phoebe is widely regarded as a "sweet" dog. It's what a veterinarian wrote when he first examined her after she was brought to Rhode Island from Missouri at age 6 months, and it's the first thing people say when they meet her on the street.
She came to Newport in 2012 to live with her humans - The Nice One and The Grouchy One - at age 2 and would have remained blandly non-political but for the threat Trump poses to democracy and the planet. What could an ordinary citizen do? She wasn't a fetch-the-ball type and hardly a guard dog. But she could write, and so she started a blog, of which she's the principal author.
She came to Newport in 2012 to live with her humans - The Nice One and The Grouchy One - at age 2 and would have remained blandly non-political but for the threat Trump poses to democracy and the planet. What could an ordinary citizen do? She wasn't a fetch-the-ball type and hardly a guard dog. But she could write, and so she started a blog, of which she's the principal author.
IN MEMORIAM
Cat, a cat, was Phoebe's co-author. He died Nov. 14, 2019. His contribution was to keep the liberal and often over-the-top Phoebe sensible and on course, making sure she focused on results. He is remembered in every posting, and missed.