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All Bullies Are Narcissists - Joseph Burgo
Stories of bullying and hazing in the news break down to narcissism and insecurity. Late in October, a complaint was filed against Aledo High School football coach Tim Buchanan for encouraging his players to “bully” their opponents. The nature of the alleged bullying? An investigation by the school district soon cleared Coach Buchanan, and interviews suggest he did what he could to minimize the rout, but the feelings of that disgruntled parent aren't hard to understand, even if we don’t agree with the charges. But unlike Coach Buchanan and his players, the actual bully deliberately sets out to make his victim feel inferior. Recent studies suggest that bullies may actually have normal or above-average self-esteem, at least in terms of their physical attractiveness and popularity, but they also tend to be more “shame-prone.” Bullies and narcissists thus follow similar psychological strategies for building and defending their identities. Incognito was bullied himself as a child.
Which Country Is The Greatest Threat to World Peace?
Map created by Joe Hammer The map shows the results of a 2013 (pre-Trump) WIN/Gallup International survey asking people which country they felt was the greatest threat to world peace. According to the survey results: The US was the overwhelming choice (24% of respondents) for the country that represents the greatest threat to peace in the world today. Interestingly, Iran was seen as the biggest threat by Americans, Canadians and Brits, but Australians viewed the US as the biggest threat. Regional rivalries were also common, for example South Koreans think of North Korea as the biggest threat to world peace, the Japanese, Vietnamese and Filipinos think of China as the biggest threat (although China views the US as the biggest threat to peace), Indians view Pakistan as the biggest threat (although Pakistan does not return the favour, instead focusing on the US as the biggest threat) and Poles view Russia as the biggest threat to peace. The survey methodology: What do you think about this map?
Steve Bannon is back — and while we’re all distracted he wants to outsource the war in Afghanistan
So according to Donald Trump Jr.’s own emails it looks like he, Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort knowingly met with a woman said to be representing the Russian government who was peddling derogatory information about Hillary Clinton. Whether that constitutes a crime is still unknown, but it proves that the Trump campaign was at best dumb as rocks, and at worst willing to collude with a foreign government to win an election in return for God knows what. That story has sent an electric shock through Washington with tales of a White House in chaos and a Shakespearean family drama unfolding before our eyes. The president has uncharacteristically withdrawn from public sight as his son and son-in-law become the central players in the scandal with speculation running rampant about who is leaking the information and why. Bannon’s feud with Kushner has quieted down. Erik D. I wrote about Prince’s relationship with Trump a few months ago.
Giant invasion of Argentine ants conquers Europe
Billions of ants from Argentina have created the Earth's biggest "super organism" in Europe, a network of communicating worker ants spanning more than 3,700 miles. The invading ants are in millions of nests in a supercolony stretching from northern Italy, through the south of France to the Atlantic coast of Spain, in what is thought to be the largest co-operative unit of individual organisms. The Argentine ant first appeared in southern Europe in the Twenties and wherever it went it managed to push out the 20 or so indigenous species of European ant. Ants of the same species from different nests are usually highly aggressive towards each other, but the Argentine invader does not seem to share this aggressiveness between neighbouring ants. For that reason, an unprecedented degree of co- operation between worker ants from neighbouring nests has grown into a fully fledged supercolony extending from Italy to Spain. "A collection of colonies acting as one can be described as a supercolony.
