A Touching Man
Over the last month or so, The BAG has experience an uptick in mail relating to Bush's tendency to hug, kiss or put his hands all over people.
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Why Gitmo's Commander Was Disappeared (Or: My Secret Guard Den)
"Tuesday night, while packing to leave Guantanamo Bay, I called Bumgarner's cell phone to say goodbye.... It was Navy Capt.-select Katie Hampf, Bumgarner's second-in-command. She now had Bumgarner's phone because she was acting prison commander.... A spokesman said Bumgarner's decision to allow us to listen in on staff meetings...
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Reclaiming Iraq – Part 2: The Simple Hand Job
Is it too much to hope the MSM might sees past these theatrics? Simply, what was billed as a two-day summit to recallibrate the Administration's Iraq policy turned into a one day meeting at Camp David, then a massive publicity stunt on day two, dropping Bush into Iraq so he...
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Hope She Gets Some Help
As a liberal, I could marshall up as much outrage toward Ann Coulter as anyone. As a clinician, however, I would rather not.
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Psychology Watch: The Obvious Boy For Next Secretary Of Defense
Do you know adults that emotionally never graduated from short pants? Are you familiar with the expression "boys will be boys?" Do you wonder why only Senator Dodd looks embarrassed? Without a better way of understanding such things, most people attribute the Lieberman - Bush attraction to a combination of...
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Does Bubble Boy Float?
link based on a finer eye developed here with help of astute readership, think this is wrong carter in '73 maybe, but eyes closed or big smile. SMUG inside the bubble, and oblivious to the fact there even is one....
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Fit To Be Tried
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4445150.stm Why do prisoners wear lurid jumpsuits? ...A regular feature in the BBC News Magazine - aiming to answer some of the questions behind the headlines The suits may be removed before the defendant appears in the court, but this is up to the contractor in charge of transporting the...
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All Trees, No Forest: The Strange Logic of Sam Alito
A BAGnewsNotes Character Snapshot: When it comes to Sam Alito, is the problem just a political issue, or is it also a psychological one? If this photo is "obtuse," could it capture the rather odd judicial disposition of our Supreme Court nominee? For some reason, Sam Alito and his...
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All I Need Is You: The Psychology of George And Harriet
Because so few images of Harriet Miers are available, you probably have already seen the photo of her with Bush in the canyon. (As soon as I heard the news, I even used it in my rather snarky piece on HuffPo this morning.) It’s not just the single picture,...
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Dick Cheney: Once A Bad Cop, Always A Bad Cop?
(After Republican Convention) (After Cheney Wandered Off Message This Tuesday) If you factor out the ideology, the Bush spin machine is a pure wonder to behold. Look at the way the Republican’s used the convention to moderate Dick Cheney’s image, for example. By featuring his speech alongside a decompensating...
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Political Psychology: Hail to the Stiff
On the subject of Jon Stewart, he really did a great job with John Kerry a week and a half ago. People fault Kerry for being stiff, and he is. That said, he’s still far healthier psychologically than Bush. When you take a closer look at both candidates, Bush...
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