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The Master Persuader Filter on Michael Moore

Posted December 18th, 2015 @ 8:43am in #Trump #halfpinion

I appreciate anyone’s call to freedom and equal treatment, but I’m going to rank Michael Moore’s “We are all Muslims” protest movement as the least-likely-to-work idea of all time.

Logically, I totally get the point. So on the 2D level of reality it makes perfect sense. But on the 3D level, where all that matters is how people feel, this feels like a non-starter to me. That’s what the Master Persuader argument says.

If the future proves me wrong about this, feel free to ignore 100% of anything else I’ve ever said.

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Renaming ISIS to VZTP

Posted December 17th, 2015 @ 9:30am

ISIS, ISIL, DAESH… all terrible names for an enemy. Those acronyms sound like corporate projects.

What we need is a name for our enemy that puts a damper on their recruiting efforts.

Here I will assume that most ISIS recruits are youngish males. I also assume the reports of ISIS fighters being totally drugged-up for battle are accurate. And I also assume that those fighters are not experiencing a satisfying love life.

Put it all together and I give you my new name for ISIS: Virgin Zombie Target Practice. (That’s VZTP for short.)

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The Lucky Hitler Hypothesis (Trump Persuasion Series)

Posted December 16th, 2015 @ 10:57am in #Trump

I understand why people are upset about Donald Trump’s racist vibe. He’s spreading racist breadcrumbs all over the place. I shall list a sample.

So far, Trump…

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Master Persuader Update - Slip of the Tongue (Trump series)

Posted December 15th, 2015 @ 7:34pm in #Trump

In the Republican undercard debate tonight, George Pataki referred to Trump as “president.”

That’s the tell for persuasion that I predicted in this post. Search on the page for “bonus thought”. The idea is that Trump has been acting like a president so effectively (and intentionally) that you feel as if he is the incumbent.

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An Unusual Argument for Electing Hillary Clinton

Posted December 15th, 2015 @ 9:34am in #Clinton Trump

According to some of the Kurds, the fighters in ISIS believe they won’t go to heaven if they are killed by a woman on the battlefield.

I wonder if ISIS fighters really believe that.

And if they do…

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A Voter’s Guide to Thinking

Posted December 14th, 2015 @ 12:31pm in #Trump

As the American presidential race heats up, you’ll see a lot of bad thinking emerge, especially mine. So I thought it would be useful to agree on some ground rules to keep each other in line.

I give you my first draft (subject to your improvements) of A Voter’s Guide to Thinking:

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Immigration Without the Hate Part (Trump-related)

Posted December 14th, 2015 @ 9:01am in #Trump

Suppose that instead of temporarily banning Muslim immigration as Trump proposes – which offends our sense of religious tolerance – we ban violent anti-Americanism, but we do it statistically instead of individually. That way we can discriminate in the service of national self-defense and not feel so icky about it.

Allow me to explain.

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Calling the Clinton Top (Trump Persuasion Series)

Posted December 13th, 2015 @ 7:11pm in #Trump

Today Trump said that Hillary Clinton “Killed hundreds of thousands of people with her stupidity.” He was talking about the Middle East and Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State.

According to the Master Persuader filter, that statement will set off a week of media yapping about how many thousands of people Clinton “killed” with her policy contributions as Secretary of State. As always, Trump sets a high anchor of “hundreds of thousands” and makes everyone think some form of “Can’t be more than 50,000, tops.”

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Master Persuader Update (Part of My Trump Series)

Posted December 11th, 2015 @ 3:23pm in #Trump

A few quick things of note.

Trump has been saying Hillary Clinton lacks the “strength and stamina” to run for President. In a strange turn of events, Clinton confirms that the campaign is exhausting. She also offered a weak reason why it is still “fun,” but it sounded a little sad. She doesn’t sound like a people person.

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Who Wants to Create Dilbert for a Week?

Posted December 11th, 2015 @ 9:29am

I’m planning to take a month off from cartooning, sometime soon, to finish work on the Dilbert movie script and launch a start-up that’s just about ready. The only wrinkle in my plan is that I need to create a comic every day.

So…here’s my tentative plan. I’m looking for four artist/writers to do one week apiece (six daily strips and one Sunday) of Dilbert, with full credit, and modest pay. (Negotiable.) I would provide the Dilbert comic panel outline in a digital file and you would fill in the art and writing. My syndication editor and I would guide you.

But there is a twist.

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