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February 4, 2019
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kindness-emotions-psychology/
"Forget Survival of the Fittest: It Is Kindness That Counts"
When will we learn?
Our research and that of other scientists suggests that the vagus nerve may be a physiological system that supports caretaking and altruism. We have found that activation of the vagus nerve is associated with feelings of compassion and the ethical intuition that humans from different social groups (even adversarial ones) share a common humanity. People who have high vagus nerve activation in a resting state, we have found, are prone to feeling emotions that promote altruismcompassion, gratitude, love, happiness. Arizona State University psychologist Nancy Eisenberg has found that children with elevated vagal tone (high baseline vagus nerve activity) are more cooperative and likely to give. This area of study is the beginning of a fascinating new argument about altruismthat a branch of our nervous system evolved to support such behavior.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/kindness-emotions-psychology/
February 2, 2019
http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe
http://www.changethemascot.org/
Do you like sports teams? Mascots?
We all need to get real about racism. Do you support the NFL? Are you going to watch the Super Bowl? Washington Redskins fans, anybody?
NCAI's Long Standing Opposition to Harmful "Indian" Sports Mascots
As the nations oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native peopleincluding sports mascotsin media and popular culture. In 1968 NCAI launched a campaign to address stereotypes of Native people in popular culture and media, as well as in sports. Since this effort began, there has been a great deal of progress made and support to end the era of harmful "Indian" mascots in sports.
As the nations oldest, largest, and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native advocacy organization, NCAI has long held a clear position against derogatory and harmful stereotypes of Native peopleincluding sports mascotsin media and popular culture. In 1968 NCAI launched a campaign to address stereotypes of Native people in popular culture and media, as well as in sports. Since this effort began, there has been a great deal of progress made and support to end the era of harmful "Indian" mascots in sports.
http://www.ncai.org/proudtobe
http://www.changethemascot.org/
February 2, 2019
Gov. Northam should not resign
because I believe in forgiveness, if the person is seeking forgiveness.
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
― Oscar Wilde
February 1, 2019
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/who-is-roger-stones-wife-nydia-betran.html/
sybarites... trump and all his buddies
The couple made headlines in 1996 when Stone was forced to resign as a consultant on Bob Doles campaign after the National Enquirer ran a story that the pair had posted swinger ads looking for male partners.
Hot, insatiable lady and her handsome body builder husband, experienced swingers, seek similar couples or exceptional muscular well-[endowed], single men, an ad in Swing Fever magazine read.
Stone initially denied the claims but in a 2008 interview with The New Yorker, admitted that he and Betran had posted the ads.
When that whole thing hit the fan in 1996, the reason I gave a blanket denial was that my grandparents were still alive. Im not guilty of hypocrisy, he said.
Hot, insatiable lady and her handsome body builder husband, experienced swingers, seek similar couples or exceptional muscular well-[endowed], single men, an ad in Swing Fever magazine read.
Stone initially denied the claims but in a 2008 interview with The New Yorker, admitted that he and Betran had posted the ads.
When that whole thing hit the fan in 1996, the reason I gave a blanket denial was that my grandparents were still alive. Im not guilty of hypocrisy, he said.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/who-is-roger-stones-wife-nydia-betran.html/
February 1, 2019
Must read
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/01/donald-trump-timeline.html?gtm=bottom>m=top
January 30, 2019
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/mitch-mcconnell-russia-obama-joe-biden-359531
Question: why do we allow traitors subvert our Democracy when we learn the truth?
Joe Biden said Tuesday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stopped the Obama administration from speaking out about Russian interference in the 2016 campaign by refusing to sign on to a bipartisan statement of condemnation.
That moment, the former Democratic vice president said, made him think the die had been cast ... this was all about the political play.
He expressed regret, in hindsight, given the intelligence he says came in after Election Day. "Had we known what we knew three weeks later, we may have done something more, Biden, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, said.
That moment, the former Democratic vice president said, made him think the die had been cast ... this was all about the political play.
He expressed regret, in hindsight, given the intelligence he says came in after Election Day. "Had we known what we knew three weeks later, we may have done something more, Biden, a potential 2020 presidential candidate, said.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/mitch-mcconnell-russia-obama-joe-biden-359531
January 29, 2019
trumps promises
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