Mumford...

Listen...

multiple personality disorder,^[5] is a mental disorder characterized by at least two distinct and relatively enduring personality states.^[1] There is often trouble remembering certain events, beyond what would be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.^[1] These states alternately show in a person's behavior;^[1] presentations, however, are variable.^[3]

The cause is believed to be childhood trauma.^[2] In about 90% of cases, there is a history of abuse in childhood, while other cases are linked to experiences of war or health problems during childhood.^[1] Genetic factors are also believed to play a role.^[3] 

Treatment generally involves supportive care and counselling.^[2] The condition usually persists without treatment.^[2][7] It is believed to affect about 2% of the general population and 3% of those admitted to hospitals with mental health problems in Europe and North America.^[4]

Dissociative identity disorder [DID] is diagnosed about six times more often in females than males.^[3] The number of cases increased significantly in the latter half of the 20th century, along with the number of identities claimed by those affected.^[3]

Hahn...

Jessica Hahn is an American model and actress. She accused televangelist Jim Bakker of rape while she was employed as a church secretary. She frequently appeared on The Howard Stern Show  late 1980s and into the 2000s. 


Hahn first came to public attention following Jim Bakker's announcement on March 19, 1987, that he 
was stepping down as head of PTL Satellite Network and Heritage USA, pending the imminent disclosure of a sexual encounter between the two of them. 

According to Hahn, on the afternoon of December 6, 1980, when she was a 21-year-old church secretary, she was drugged and raped by Bakker and another preacher, John Wesley Fletcher, for "about 15 minutes".^[2] 

Hahn was given a $279,000 pay-off for her silence
 [a million dollar today], which was paid to Hahn by Roe Messner.^[2] Bakker allegedly kept two sets of books to conceal the accounting irregularities. 

Sound Familiar?

Go Low...

Democratic candidates need to be laser focused on their message, talking health care, jobs and other issues of intense, personal concern. They do not need to be talking about impeachment, Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s DNA or distracted by drama generated by Hillary.

Mrs. Clinton,   “You cannot be civil with a political party that wants to destroy what you stand for, what you care about.”

She proclaim political civility is dead until her team wins again.

Unfortunately, Mrs. Clinton was asked several pointed questions about her husband’s Oval Office's  with Monica Lewinsky...….

(Juanita Broaddrick’s accusation that she was raped by Mr. Clinton in 1978 can be revisited ....”)
Just tell us what are you standing for.

High...

In 2005, high blood pressure was responsible for one in six deaths in the United States,” [Institute of Medicine]. That’s because hypertension boosts your risk of dying of a heart attack or stroke more than smoking, high cholesterol, obesity, or any other risk factor does. Excess salt is a major cause of high blood pressure.   Over time, salt may and will damage  your life.

Risk rises before your blood pressure is "high"

Hypertension harms the heart, brain, and kidneys, not to mention the knees, feet, etc.

Drugs haven’t solved the problem, it gives you a temporary break to adjust your food intake. In addition, the medication itself may cause additional health problems.

That’s why expert panels recommend no more than 1,500 mg of sodium a day if you’re middle aged or older, are black, or already have high blood pressure.  You must read the label before eating processed food and or soup.

Cuts in salt can save your life, and your dollars.  Just an [urgent] thought.

Moving...

As the Trump tax cut was being debated, California’s Gov. Jerry Brown called the bill “evil in the extreme” and fumed that it would “divide the hell out of us.” 

Millions of people, thousands of businesses, and tens of billions of dollars of net income will flee high-tax blue states for low-tax red states.  But the Trump tax bill’s cap on the deduction for state and local taxes, or SALT, will accelerate the pace. The losers will be most of the Northeast, along with California.  

High earners in places with hefty income taxes will bear more of the true cost of their state government. Also in big trouble are certain States where the overall state and local tax burden (especially property taxes) is so onerous that high-income residents will feel the burn.  On the other side are nine states—including Florida, Nevada, Texas and Washington—that impose no tax at all on earned income.

Cynicism...

It is becoming increasingly clear that the war in Syria defies all logic. It is driven by cynical rivals who use short-term tactics without pursuing any long-term strategies.

Who is forming alliances with whom and why? Nothing seems to make sense, and chaos and new partnerships are constantly emerging.

Moscow has seemingly given Ankara the green light for its incursion into northern Syria.   Turkey is fueling tension with its NATO partner the United States, who, in turn, backs the Syrian Kurds.  

The war in Syria has lost its aim. And it will probably not be found. Would Macron dare send French fighter jets to combat the Russians?    And after the intervention in Libya and its catastrophic consequences.

In retrospect, it was not wise to launch the military intervention against the "Islamic State" in the summer of 2014 without international legitimacy. Things continued to go downhill after making that colossal mistake. 

War has its own dark laws. If the situation does not improve, then the arbitrary slaughtering will continue, guided by the great masters of cynicism who no longer have a goal  at least not a worthy one.

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Second Look...

The optimist says the glass is half full. The pessimist says the glass is half empty. 
The project manager says the glass is twice as big as it needs to be. 
The realist says the glass contains half the required amount of liquid for it to overflow.

A second look at this theory may be an important step to explore the half we consider.

The cup half empty noticed what is wrong with one half. Accordingly may be ready to do something about it.

While the optimist sees the little water in, and accept it as such.

Optimist or pessimist are based on how we view things, but it's what we do about it that shape the character we would like to have. Just a thought.

Face...

Both Trump and Clinton, in their own trademark ways, stepped in it again this week when it comes to women.

Trump’s comments describing Stormy Daniels as “Horseface”  is the more offensive as he is the president, and presidential words carry extra weight. 

Yet Clinton’s comments insisting that her husband’s affair with Monica Lewinsky did not constitute an abuse of power because Lewinsky, then 22, “was an adult”  are the more painful because she could have, should have, done better.

Trump played to piggish type with his comment about Daniels, the adult-film actress who was paid $130,000 to keep quiet about a sexual encounter she says she had with Trump. This was a tweet about a judge’s ruling in Trump’s favor in a defamation suit filed by Daniels: “Great, now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer,” Trump wrote.  

Yet that was all about cashing in on a story in order to get more.

“Horseface” now joins the panoply of Trump’s greatest sexist hits: “Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that?” (Carly Fiorina). “Face of a pig” (Gail Collins). “Fat, ugly face” (Rosie O’Donnell). “Blood coming out of her wherever” (Megyn Kelly). That this is not anywhere near the complete list tells you everything you need to know about Trump’s unrelenting offensiveness.