Category Archives: America

Rony Guldmann: The Twin Pathologies of Fat Acceptance and Anti-Vax Conspiracism

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 I might be too extrinsically motivated02:00 Philosopher Rony Guldmann, https://ronyguldmann.com/14:00 Whose Banana Republic Is This Anyway?, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0xpCRet5To20:00 University of Michigan physics professor calls out DEI, https://x.com/JohnDSailer/status/18650635757834121881:15:00 Kip joins the show1:35:00 Critiquing right-wing podcasts 2:12:00 Joe Rogan, Rush Limbaugh

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Why do men fear women? (12-5-24)

Posted on December 5, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 After his bad fall and back surgery three weeks ago, Dennis Prager can now mouth words, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15809902:00 Julie Hartman gives a Dennis Prager health update, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKsYFLicmM03:00 Parasocial interaction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial_interaction20:30 Commentary magazine crew on the trans debate before the Supreme … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump – The President Of Vice (12-4-24)

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Luke Ford

01:00 Vice is bad, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/04/opinion/donald-trump-vice-voters.html03:00 Commentary mag: There Are Nations in Crisis—Just Not Ours, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqSB6OeDxow08:20 Among Transition hiccups, Trump survives stuff that no political mortal could survive, says Mark Halperin, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/among-transition-hiccups-trump-survives-stuff-that/id1573813504?i=100067924014212:00 Humor & Morality, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=15804219:00 Variations in Moral Concerns across … Continue reading →

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Variations in Moral Concerns across Political Ideology: Moral Foundations, Hidden Tribes, and Righteous Division

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Luke Ford

From The Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology (2022): * Traditional Conservatives (19 per cent). This group is patriotic, religious, moralistic, and tends to lament what it perceives as the gradual erosion of a bygone and glorified American way of life. … Continue reading →

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Decoding the Trump Transition (12-3-24)

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Luke Ford

04:00 Hunter Pardon, Day 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sme1_gt4GJM11:00 The “If You Like Your Doctor, You Can Keep Your Doctor” Pardon and Kash Patel,https://ewerickson.substack.com/p/the-if-you-like-your-doctor-you-can17:30 Say Nothing tv show, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Say_Nothing_(TV_series)19:30 Americans used to be known for their plain speech, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0arXVZ72hvI24:20 Inflation was the result … Continue reading →

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