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Explaining Trump: Checkers, Chess, and Norman Vincent Peale

Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, has a regular Periscope broadcast worth watching. Here are two recent episodes on YouTube (odd formatting; the Periscope versions take up a more of the screen). The subject is President Trump, and Adams is most interested in interpreting Donald Trump as a master persuader:

https://youtu.be/X5602LoXyhY?t=1m15s

https://youtu.be/2cZqlWuz3YI?t=2m9s

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Two Stories of Changed Minds

Dave Rubin interviewed John Stossel and “Red Pill Black,” this week. What is interesting is to compare their similar changes of heart and mind regarding politics and towards more limited government perspectives.

Unless you are following new media, you may never have heard of Candace Owens (“Red Pill Black”), but Stossel is a well known consumer reporter who moved from ABC to Fox Business . . . and now to that aforementioned new media.

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President Trump’s Mastery Explained

Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip, explains why Donald Trump got elected — and why Adams was the first to predict The Donald’s success.

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A Speech in Berkeley

A much-awaited, much-dreaded speech:

https://youtu.be/Ae4VZTVEFC4

The culture of violence around it:

The speechmaker’s wrap-up:

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Cryptocurrency Insecurity

A big problem with tomorrow’s money:


 

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Attention, Sports Fans!

You may remember Andrew Heaton playing a character on Fox Business’s The Independents of a few years ago. Or for his EconPop podcasts. Or for stuff like this:

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This is Fake News?

The latest Reason TV parody:

It seems eerily familiar, though:

Maybe because the “Fake News” problem isn’t over at CNN, or elsewhere.

Oh, and here’s another one from just a few weeks ago. It doesn’t haven’t much to do with CNN, though:

Notice the pattern? I mean, other than that Remy is funny?

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Racialized Collectivists on the March

After viewing Vice’s excellent, revelatory coverage of the so-called “Unite the Right” rally, it might help putting the current culture war and its Charlottesville battlefield in perspective courtesy of Carl “Sargon of Akkad” Benjamin:

https://youtu.be/gwSYhTWk6E8

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James Damore Speaks About Google

The big news this week has been the “Google Memo” scandal, which ended up with the firing of its author, James Damore. He gave several interviews after getting the sack, most prominent being with Dr. Jordan Peterson:

Bloomberg covered the story:

Damore also talked to Ben Shapiro:

But Damore’s first public interview was with Stefan Molyneux:

https://youtu.be/TN1vEfqHGro

Molyneux also talked about the affair, a little earlier:

https://youtu.be/gxIw9fyIK_c

And then there is Paul Joseph Watson and the art of the rant:

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Gatekeeping 2.1 (The YouTube Gambit)

Paul Joseph Watson expands on how one of the major players in social media is trying to re-establish the center-left’s gatekeeper hegemony: