Category Archives: Power

Psychopath corporate executives

Corporate Executive Screening: filtering IN the psychopaths

  In a paper recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics entitled “The Corporate Psychopaths: Theory of the Global Financial Crisis”, Clive R Boddy identifies ways in which Corporations may be actually searching out and employing mentally deranged individuals

Psychopath corporate executives

Corporate Executive Screening: filtering IN the psychopaths

  In a paper recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics entitled “The Corporate Psychopaths: Theory of the Global Financial Crisis”, Clive R Boddy identifies ways in which Corporations may be actually searching out and employing mentally deranged individuals

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Early EU protoypes and their Dismal Disintegrations

This article concerns Lothair, king of Lothringen, a kingdom that no longer exists. But first some background about why I decided to write on Lothair…. “Lothar of the Hill people” is an old SNL skit based upon “Lothar of the

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Early EU protoypes and their Dismal Disintegrations

This article concerns Lothair, king of Lothringen, a kingdom that no longer exists. But first some background about why I decided to write on Lothair…. “Lothar of the Hill people” is an old SNL skit based upon “Lothar of the

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Catharsis

Get to know the Cathars, the cause for the first inquisition in the 12th century. They appear to have a gnostic, anarcho-christian-buddo-daoist take on life. They have been the source of a lot of curiosity over the centuries, mostly because

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Catharsis

Get to know the Cathars, the cause for the first inquisition in the 12th century. They appear to have a gnostic, anarcho-christian-buddo-daoist take on life. They have been the source of a lot of curiosity over the centuries, mostly because

observations on celebrity and public access

if tabloid news has any insight to offer, it’s that going public with your private life makes you crazy. so why are people voluntarily opening themselves up, turning their lives inside out, and ignoring the negative consequences of public consumption?

observations on celebrity and public access

if tabloid news has any insight to offer, it’s that going public with your private life makes you crazy. so why are people voluntarily opening themselves up, turning their lives inside out, and ignoring the negative consequences of public consumption?

Chewing on Big Red

what if the russians actually won the cold war… not the soviets as the soviets, but a small fragment within the goverment that continued on in it’s mission even to this day i got to thinking on the plane  about

Chewing on Big Red

what if the russians actually won the cold war… not the soviets as the soviets, but a small fragment within the goverment that continued on in it’s mission even to this day i got to thinking on the plane  about

Guess who’s coming to Bohemia…

To verificate, click here and then be healed. Itenerary via Prague Daily Monitor, Illustrated manna via popetoast.com

Guess who’s coming to Bohemia…

To verificate, click here and then be healed. Itenerary via Prague Daily Monitor, Illustrated manna via popetoast.com

Robert McNamara is dead but he’s left quite an impression

Robert Strange McNamara died in his sleep this morning. A peaceful end for the 93 year old Master of War who tried to rationally streamline violence, warfare and the American automobile. He never dropped a bomb or fired a gun,

Robert McNamara is dead but he’s left quite an impression

Robert Strange McNamara died in his sleep this morning. A peaceful end for the 93 year old Master of War who tried to rationally streamline violence, warfare and the American automobile. He never dropped a bomb or fired a gun,

Katharine Weymouth the desperate Power Ranger

The Washington Post is losing money. Lots. Last year it blew $19.5 million just to keep rolling. It happens. Back in the 1880′s, when things were tight, the editors revamped themselves and commissioned John Philip Sousa to write a march.

Katharine Weymouth the desperate Power Ranger

The Washington Post is losing money. Lots. Last year it blew $19.5 million just to keep rolling. It happens. Back in the 1880′s, when things were tight, the editors revamped themselves and commissioned John Philip Sousa to write a march.

Lesley Stahl takes a stab at mind reading

Before I get to the brunt of this transmission, let me point out that the world record for “Largest Object Removed From Human Skull” goes to survivor Michael Hill of Jacksonville, Florida. I think the title should include something about

Lesley Stahl takes a stab at mind reading

Before I get to the brunt of this transmission, let me point out that the world record for “Largest Object Removed From Human Skull” goes to survivor Michael Hill of Jacksonville, Florida. I think the title should include something about

Building Integrity

The wise man built his apartment block upon the rocks, but the foolish man built his flats upon the Dianpu River AND after it was built, he decided to dig out the foundation to make a parking garage…. and the

Building Integrity

The wise man built his apartment block upon the rocks, but the foolish man built his flats upon the Dianpu River AND after it was built, he decided to dig out the foundation to make a parking garage…. and the

Change… into a tsar

Russian leadership succession follows a very specific pattern: Hairy guy, bald guy, hairy guy, bald guy…. This goes back to the time of Alexander I, who was both hairy and bald

Change… into a tsar

Russian leadership succession follows a very specific pattern: Hairy guy, bald guy, hairy guy, bald guy…. This goes back to the time of Alexander I, who was both hairy and bald

Al Gore Statue Erection fails

By a vote of 15-14, the resolution to honor local Tennessee homeboy, Albert Arnold Gore Jr., has failed. Authors of the measure thought it was time the state testified to Gore’s Nobel Laureateness and internet inventiveness. Most senators voting against

Al Gore Statue Erection fails

By a vote of 15-14, the resolution to honor local Tennessee homeboy, Albert Arnold Gore Jr., has failed. Authors of the measure thought it was time the state testified to Gore’s Nobel Laureateness and internet inventiveness. Most senators voting against

No More Bongo

Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon has died. His friends called him Omar Bongo. One Norwegian foreign Minister mistakenly identified him as Bongo from the Congo. Whatever… No more Bongo. He went down in Barcelona. It was his heart. The

No More Bongo

Omar Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon has died. His friends called him Omar Bongo. One Norwegian foreign Minister mistakenly identified him as Bongo from the Congo. Whatever… No more Bongo. He went down in Barcelona. It was his heart. The

The Spawn: A look inside the North Korean nuclear family

The DPRK by night… a great place to set up a telescope It has recently been reported that North Korea is flaring up… again. This is not the first time that the country has played the wild card and threatened

The Spawn: A look inside the North Korean nuclear family

The DPRK by night… a great place to set up a telescope It has recently been reported that North Korea is flaring up… again. This is not the first time that the country has played the wild card and threatened

More than a feeling: 3 unforgiving moments in the life of Maximilien Robespierre

To understand the madness of a man ruled by terror, consider 3 moments that molded him into legend. 1. Rejection in Youth / 1774- afternoon pep rally at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand A High School in downtown Paris. it’s raining. Everyone

More than a feeling: 3 unforgiving moments in the life of Maximilien Robespierre

To understand the madness of a man ruled by terror, consider 3 moments that molded him into legend. 1. Rejection in Youth / 1774- afternoon pep rally at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand A High School in downtown Paris. it’s raining. Everyone