Headlines

U.S. begins troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, official says

Coronavirus live update: Third cruise ship is kept at sea; billionaires are losing billions

Market bloodbath: stocks crater ... oil plunge ... banks hit hard ... Fed’s pump more cash

Deadly prison protests breakout in Italy ...

Progressive group that endorsed Warren switches to Sanders

Mortgage rates could be even lower, but lenders struggling with high demand

Michigan once was Bernie resurrection. It could now be his funeral ...

Stocks slammed, market circuit breakers triggered, trading halted

 Trump attacks second Democratic governor  over coronavirus criticism

WHO says threat of pandemic ‘has become very real’ even as China recoveries rise

Scott Adams: Even with coronavirus, Bernie and Biden will lose

Poll: Trump leads Joe Biden in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania

Cable News

"Fox News clearly labels its news versus opinion people

CNN doesn't clearly separate their news from opinion

MSNBC doesn't seem to have news, just mind-reading opinion"

Scott Adams in "The Dilbert Blog" 

Headlines

Trump: 'We cannot allow all of these people to invade our country'

Bitcoin falls below $6,000 but crypto trader says it's not over

ICE protests spread across America ...

Italy to impound NGO migrant ferries

Sessions warns against obstructing border police

Hungry rat shreds more than $17,500 in cash inside ATM in India

Border jumpers out with no 'judge or court'

S. African Jews alarmed by spike in anti-Semitic attacks

Reversal of fortunes: Obamacare rate hikes pose problems for Republicans

Explosion destroys apt. block in Ger,any, 25 injured

Erdogan wins again ... Rigged: police find car full of forged ballot papers

Scott Adams: Republicans -- vote because 'they're coming for you next'

Peek Behind the Curtain

If you are a fan of the comic strip "Dilbert" like I am, then you must be curious about the thought processes of Scott Adams, its creator. So, here's your chance ... cartoonist Adams has given you an insight into how and why this cartoon is created and, more facisnatingly, the inner workings of Scott himself. All this juiciness is contained in a promotional free chapter for his new book, "winning Bigly" which you can read HERE. It involves hypnosis, the art of persuasion and other secret thoughts of this successful, and somewhat egotistical, man. I think you will find this peek behind rhe curtain a facisnating read.

Psychological Warfare

Scott Adams of Dilbert fame, I think has it right -- calling terrorists "terrorists" reinforces their self worth since that is what they are trying to evoke -- terror. And also calling them "cowards" just slides off their backs because they deem themselves heroes for Allah ... see: Dilbert Blog.

Scott Adams rather likes Trump's term "losers" since it is true negative reinforcement for such scumbags ... particularly when their caliphate suffers another loss on the battlefield. And Dilbert's drawer also would like Muslim religious poobahs to disabuse their flocks that 72 virgins await them in heaven for their martyrdom. If they thought that killing innocents guaranteed them an eternity in Hell (without any nookie), they might have second thoughts about their diabolical plans.

I agree on both counts ... and believe that more psychological warfare along these lines might save the U.S. many lives and much treasure.

Dilbert Speaks

Scott Adams in his Dilbert blog has just promoted President Trump from der Fuhrer to Mr. Incompetent as a result of his failure to repeal and replace Obamacare ... see: Dilbert Blog. Actually this is not a dis of our president because the Hitler image was pulling Trump down far worse than a Pajama-boy image.

This is an unique Dilbert-like concept but not one that Trump should embrace as it makes his job far more difficult getting done all the things that he has promised ... at least in the short run. Adams is also predicting that Trump will be back on his mojo by year end. But in the meantime, if his opposition no longer fears him, then they likely will move into full-throated ridicule mode ... and no humans are better at ridicule than media types. Watch Mika "I'mSorryBut" Brzezinski on Morning Joe on Monday to see how deliciously sarcastic a media moonbat can get.