Posted on December 6, 2008 by samvaknin
Obama’s early life was decidedly chaotic and replete with traumatic and mentally bruising dislocations.
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by samvaknin
I turned to the international affairs editor of a major Danish paper and told her “This could not have been done by al-Qaida.” I am an Israeli and, as such, I have a fair “sixth sense” as to the capabilities of terrorists and their potential reach.
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by samvaknin
Dreams are by far the most mysterious phenomenon in mental life.
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by samvaknin
Dan has no recollection of being Dan. Dan does not remember murdering Jack. It seems as though Dan’s very identity has been erased. Yet, Dan is in sound mind and can tell right from wrong. Should Dan be held (morally and, as a result, perhaps legally as well) accountable for Jack’s murder?
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by samvaknin
Narcissists often use verbal and psychological abuse and violence against those closest to them. Some of them move from abstract aggression (the emotion leading to violence and permeating it) to the physically concrete sphere of violence.
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by samvaknin
On July 8, 2002 seven pirates, armed with long knives attacked an officer of a cargo ship berthed in Chittagong port in Bangladesh, snatched his gold chain and watch and dislocated his arm. This was the third such attack since the ship dropped anchor in this minacious port.
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Posted on December 6, 2008 by samvaknin
Instead of buying and selling assets one way (as tangibles) or the other (as symbols) – we increasingly trade in expectations (in other words, we transfer risks).
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