Cloak and Dagger

The Psychology of False Confessions

Every single confession obtained from Bush and Cheney’s “enhanced interrogation techniques," or torture, falls into “Coerced” and “Coerced-internalized” false confession criteria long-recognized by the Supreme Court, army intelligence, and more than anyone, the CIA. […]

Cyrus the Stray

A Study in Projection: Cyber Bully Jeremy Lam’s Claims of Cultural Appropriation

First of all, Jeremy Lam is appropriating Chinese culture by implying all Chinese can be represented by one Chinese man and cyber bully, and that they are enamored of the victim-hood mentality to the ridiculous extent he is. This man actually feels victimized by a white girl honoring the Chinese culture by wearing a prom dress celebrating it! Second of all, you’re projecting your own appropriation of your culture on to an innocent party. Please stop, Jeremy. […]

Independent Press

Trump is Doing What Kennedy Tried To Do – Kevin Shipp

On Friday, Shipp and other retired top officials at the CIA, FBI, DOJ and NSA held a press conference and demanded Attorney General Jeff Sessions prosecute top Obama era officials for obvious crimes against the incoming Trump Administration. Shipp says, “We have a coup within our government right now at the senior levels at the CIA, DOJ and the FBI attempting to unseat a duly elected President who was elected by the American people and remove him from office. . . .This is, at worst, treason with senior officials in the shadow government or Deep State . . . to attack Donald Trump and remove him from office. . . . We have not seen anything like this since the Presidency of John F. Kennedy (JFK), when CIA Director Allen Dulles attacked him, and we saw what happened there. . . . […]

Cyrus the Stray

The Dunning-Kruger Effect: The more a person thinks they know is the less they really do.

The surest proof of media brainwashing is thinking you are smarter and just as informed as the President of the United States just because the media says so; without cabinet advisers or the Presidential Daily Brief (PDB) from all key intelligence agencies. The 2nd surest proof of brainwashing is believing you are smarter than President Trump just because the media flatters you into believing it. Consider the skill set we need to be anywhere near his intelligence (estimated 156 IQ, genius, believe it or not, with accomplishments and skill sets that actually support an applied, not passive, 156 IQ). How many of us can say that we have, without having held any public office or political experience, ran for and won the presidency of the United States on the first try? […]

Gratuitous Impiety

Boycott These CNN Advertisers. With Extreme Prejudice.

The Children’s Crusade didn’t end well. And it won’t end well this time, either. The script is simple. The network is promulgating a demagogue and crisis actor as we can see in this video shot by a schoolmate regarding his 26 year-old debate partner from California who lied about being at the shooting. […]

Cyrus the Stray

Cognitive Biases That Make Us Dumb Asses

We all have them. From psychologists identifying them to marketers who exploit them to manipulate others, we all have them. These are the cognitive biases, the critical breakdowns in logic and reason we are all subject to daily. Which is your favorite, as in, the one you’re most vulnerable to? […]