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[embedded content] In this fascinating look at the "alpha male," primatologist Frans de Waal explores the privileges and costs of power while drawing surprising parallels between how humans and primates choose their leaders. His research reveals some of the unexpected capacities of alpha males -- generosity, empathy, even peacekeeping -- and sheds light on the power struggles of human politicians. "Someone who is big and strong and intimidates and insults everyone is not necessarily an...

Richard Wolff is clearly very angry here, but he is very articulate. Would the 'mighty ' and big mouthed Jordan Peterson have the guts to take up Richard Wolff 's challenge for a debate. I doubt it, because he has too much to lose as his rhetoric is built on hot air,  do it's easy to disassemble Jordan Peterson 's arguments.What annoys me, is that Jordan Peterson says his position is not political, as if he is stating some universal truth, but his arguments are clearly old fashioned right...

New research suggests a belief in oneness has broad implications for psychological functioning and compassion for those are outside of our immediate circle. Scientific American Blogs — Beautiful MindsWhat Would Happen If Everyone Truly Believed Everything Is One? Scott Barry KaufmanSee alsoHuffPostOur Models of Consciousness: How They Shape Our Reality Marjorie Woollacott | Emeritus Professor of Human Physiology and a member of the Institute of Neuroscience at the University of Oregon

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Is this just about more profits for the military-industrial- complex? I have read that the U.S. is hoping to bankrupt Russia by getting it into a new nuclear arms race. [embedded content] President Putin: "Of course, there are certain issues concerning the development of missile technology in the world and the restrictions which only the US and the USSR, then the Russian Federation undertook. But what are we concerned about? We are concerned that the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was...

The INF Treaty limits missiles with a range from 500 km to 5,000 km. China, Iran and North Korea simply cannot pose a “threat” to the United States by deploying such missiles. The INF is all about the European theater of war. So, it’s no wonder the reaction in Brussels and major European capitals has been of barely disguised horror. EU diplomats have told Asia Times the US decision was a “shock”, and “the last straw for the EU as it jeopardizes our very existence, subjecting us to nuclear...

Raising gas prices is one of the conditions for the IMF to continue cooperation with Kiev. The mission of the fund worked in the Ukrainian capital from September 6 to September 19, and, as reported by the media, put forward four conditions for obtaining a new loan. In addition to raising gas prices, Kiev must conduct an anti-corruption reform, adopt a balanced budget and reorganize the State Fiscal Service.... "We're from the IMF and we're here to help."Fort Russ NewsAdventures in...

“China is convinced that Trump is not looking to resolve the trade dispute,” Daniel Russel, the State Department’s top Asia diplomat from 2013 to 2017, told me last month. Instead, he says, the Chinese feel Trump is merely using trade issues as a way “to undercut China.” According to multiple sources, Trump’s goal is to severely hurt China’s economy, mostly by making it so hard for companies to do business there that they go elsewhere. The tariffs are one way to do that.  It helps explain...

Derren Brown is British mentalist, and if you haven't heard of him, the guy is amazing, but he says he has no special psychic gifts, it's all psychology, and that he can read a person's body language. He's now bringing his superb British show to the US, and you will love it!Very seldom do you get to know how Darren Brown does his amazing mind tricks on people, but in this video he shows how he hypnotized Simon Pegg, a top British comedy actor whose films I love, into wanting a present he did...