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Apparently there's nothing Sarah Palin won't lie about, even when it isn't beneficial to her. But that's absolutely typical of a narcissist.

The coherence of the narcissist's dysfunctional and precariously-balanced personality depends on the plausibility of his stories and on their acceptance by his Sources of Narcissistic Supply. The narcissist invests an inordinate time in substantiating his tales, collecting "evidence", defending his version of events, and in re-interpreting reality to fit his scenario. As a result, most narcissists are self-delusional, obstinate, opinionated, and argumentative.

The narcissist's lies are not goal-orientated. This is what makes his constant dishonesty both disconcerting and incomprehensible. The narcissist lies at the drop of a hat, needlessly, and almost ceaselessly. He lies in order to avoid the Grandiosity Gap - when the abyss between fact and (narcissistic) fiction becomes too gaping to ignore.

The narcissist lies in order to preserve appearances, uphold fantasies, support the tall (and impossible) tales of his False Self and extract Narcissistic Supply from unsuspecting sources, who are not yet on to him. To the narcissist, confabulation is not merely a way of life - but life itself.

My reaction to the michael jackson hoo-haw yesterday:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHo5w2WGZWA

the video of the massey coal whores threatening their economic-kin is a video that encapsulates the american history of how corporate/ruling class interests have been able to play one segment of the working class against another since the country's founding.

Wed, 07/08/2009 - 08:37 — Evet
Huff needs to hire some spell checkers (coroner) for these headlines.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9qncGmgbs&fe...

The YR Voter Fraud came (apparently) again to the spotlight to smokescreen the actions (and inactions) of the other YR candidate, as noted here: http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/20... .

The fraud allegations are serious, just as serious as racial insensitivity.

Obama justice system, SHOW TRIALS for all:

Glenn Greenwald here

Galloway's always worth a read. And McNamara apparently had more of a conscience than many, frighteningly enough.

The WV video is infuriating but predictable. Matewan, anyone?

The Amusing Ourselves to Death cartoon was creative. I'm a big fan of Neil Postman, who was very sharp overall, but he did oversimplify Orwell to make his points, and sets up a bit of a false dichotomy. Huxley was creative, but I'd rate Orwell a much better writer, certainly in terms of craft, but also originality and insight. (Zamyatin's We also isn't appreciated enough.) Many other writers and thinkers have covered the same ground as Huxley, and in terms of narrative, I'd say some have been more successful. His most original ideas center on love and sex, because his basic take is the same ol' "give them bread and circuses" idea from millennia ago, except in a future, technological setting. Orwell, Huxley and Zamyatin were all social and political critics, and their work is more complementary than contradictory.

Somebody please tell me how that shirtless, knuckle walking troglodyte could possibly get it's fat ass down a coal mine shaft, and if by some miracle it did, how could it possibly work an 8 hour shift without having a stroke?