By Daniel Brouse For Widgette / Private Business Has America turned into a giant Tupperware Party? The field of consumer behavior is a social science that studies the psychology of consumerism. There are five basic psychological tactics to marketing: * emotional and psychological appeals * optimize credibility by highlighting your flaws * re-position your competition […]
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FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt)
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Tagged Donald Trump, doubt, fear, FUD, Tupperware party, uncertainty
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Trump to Trash the Environment
United States of America — The world watches in dismay as Donald Trump appoints Myron Ebell, a professional climate change denier, to head his EPA transition team. During his campaign, Trump said that climate change is a hoax. Slate magazine reports, “Trump had tweeted in 2012 that global warming “was created by and for the […]
Also posted in Agriculture, Business, Education, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Government, International, Science
Tagged climate change, Donald Trump, EPA, Myron Ebell
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Gay Church Vs. Corruption
WEST CHESTER, PA — A microcosm of what is going on globally can be found at the corner’s of Gay and Church Street in West Chester, Pennsylvania. It is the County Seat and has a university within the Borough — a collision of humanity and hypocrisy. Musicians, and artists of a wide variety, often come […]
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Tagged bad cops, Chester County, Church Street, Civil Rights Violations, Corporal Joshua Lee of the West Chester Police Department, Dan Truitt, election, free, freedom of speech, Gay Street, Harassment, Hate Crimes, John O'Donnell, live, Mayor Carolyn Comitta, music, original, PA, PA State Representative, Patrolman Gregory M. Cugino, Pennsylvania, Police Chief Scott Bohn, police corruption, police misconduct, Police Terror, songs, songwriter, street musicians, Swatting, Terroristic Threats, West Chester Pennsylvania, West Chester Police Department, Wrongful Arrest
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Violation Of The Constitution
WEST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA — Civil rights violations and hate crimes have been occurring within the borough of West Chester, PA. An existing noise ordinance was used by corrupt cops and a few businesses (Penn’s Table, Malena’s, and Malcolm Johnstone of the West Chester Business Improvement District) to commit crimes of hate. After the civil rights […]
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Tagged Anthony Marion, bad cops, Chester County, Civil Rights Violations, Corporal Joshua Lee of the West Chester Police Department, Gay Church, Gay Street, Harassment, Hate Crimes, John O'Donnell, live, Lt. William Morris, Malena's West Chester, Mayor Carolyn Comitta, MP3, music, PA, Patrolman Albert McCarthy Jr., Patrolman Gregory M. Cugino, Penn's Table Restaurant, Police Chief Scott Bohn, police corruption, police misconduct, Police Terror, Sergeant Deighan, street musicians, Swatting, Terroristic Threats, West Chester Pennsylvania, West Chester Police Department
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Disappearing Islands (Climate Change Refugees)
By Daniel Brouse THE MARSHALL ISLANDS — If your home is going underwater, you have no doubt about human induced climate change. This is the case for Bikini islanders. In the 1940’s, Bikini island was used for atomic bomb tests. The United States conducted at least 23 nuclear tests including the Bravo hydrogen bomb (the […]
Also posted in Environment, Global Warming, Government, History, International, Law, Science
Tagged Atomic Bomb, Bikini islands, climate change, climate change refugees, sea level rise
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The FED (Federal Reserve Bank)
by Daniel Brouse The FED tries to control our spending… and that ain’t easy. It seems to happen around election time — all these wacky posts about the FED. (Luckily, I’ve a degree in international economics for just such an occasion.) If you are posting about the FED, please remember these facts: * The FED […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
by Daniel Brouse The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) is a free trade agreement being negotiated by twelve countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, United States, Vietnam, Chile, Brunei, Singapore, and New Zealand. The TPP will eliminate over 18,000 taxes, tariffs and other trade barriers. One of the largest benefits of the TPP will be […]
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Tagged copyrights, fair trade, free trade, Intellectual Property (IP) RightsIntellectual Property (IP) Rights, Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP)
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Copyrights And Patents
by Daniel Brouse Though copyrights and patents are generally thought to protect the creator from the public, sometimes they may be thought to protect the public from the creator. A copyright offers protection to literary and musical works. In the United States a copyright’s duration is usually for the life of the author plus 70 […]
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Tagged Adolf Hitler, copyrights, dangerous book, expires, farmers, Mein Kampf, Monsanto, Nazi, patent, Roundup Ready, soybeans
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Torture = Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
The United States’ Senate Intelligence Committee released a 6,000 page report detailing how the CIA tortured prisoners at Bagram, Guantanamo Bay, and Abu Ghraib. A 480 page summary gives a troubling overview. The BBC reports: Were the interrogation methods – torture if you like – more extensive and more brutal than previously admitted? It looks […]
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Bagram, CIA, Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Guantanamo Bay, Senate Intelligence Committee, sexual torture, torture, United State, USA, waterboarding
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War Declared
Washington DC — On September 10, 2014 between 9PM and 9:15PM, President Obama declared war on the Islamic State (ISIS). “Our objective is clear: We will degrade, and ultimately destroy, ISIL through a comprehensive and sustained counter-terrorism strategy.” Critics raised debate on the irony of Obama going into Iraq after his position on getting out […]
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Tagged declaration of war, Iraq, ISIL, Islamic State, Obama, President, war
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