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On Fri, 2 May 2025 10:15:58 -0700,  Alan says...  

> 
> On 2025-05-02 06:06, AlleyCat wrote:
> > 
> > Last week, we saw signs of a major market shift, including a rare
> > convergence of signals that is pointing to a potential surge in U.S.
> > stocks. Add in a flood of cash just waiting to re-enter the market -
> > a key financial event that my InvestorPlace colleague Luke Lango
> > predicts will occur on May 7 - and we could be at the front end of a
> > major rally.

> So you're reversing your stance about the importance of stocks 
> indicating the health of the US economy, are you?

So... you can't refute what was posted, can you?

Narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, often exhibit a tendency to project their own thoughts and feelings onto others, 
which can lead them to claim they know what someone else is thinking or feeling. This behavior can stem from these SEVEN factors:

PROJECTION:		Narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, may project their own insecurities or thoughts onto others as a 
			defense mechanism. By assuming they know what others are thinking, they can deflect attention from their own 
			vulnerabilities.

CONTROL:		By asserting knowledge of someone else's thoughts, narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, can 	
			manipulate conversations and maintain control over interactions. This can create a power dynamic where the 
			other person feels invalidated or misunderstood.

NO EMPATHY:		Narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, often struggle with empathy, making it difficult for them to 
			accurately	understand or relate to others" feelings. Instead, they may rely on their assumptions, which 
			can lead to misinterpretations.

ATTENTION-SEEKING:	By claiming to know what others are thinking, narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, can draw attention 
			to themselves and reinforce their self-image as insightful or superior.

INSECURITY:		Deep down, narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, may feel insecure about their own thoughts and 
			feelings, leading them to overcompensate by trying to assert dominance in conversations.

INSECURITY:		Deep down, narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, may feel insecure about their own thoughts and 
			feelings, leading them to overcompensate by trying to assert dominance in conversations.

INSECURITY:		Deep down, narcissists, who grew up rich and sheltered, may feel insecure about their own thoughts and 
			feelings, leading them to overcompensate by trying to assert dominance in conversations.

Understanding these behaviors can help in navigating interactions with narcissistic individuals.

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"Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition

All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike 
of Donald Trump, to the point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."

Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into 
three distinct phases or stages:

"In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, 
as if 140 characters were all it took to change the world."

"The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting 
solely of hyperbole."

"As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality."

The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk opposition from liberals to anything and everything 
Trump does. If Trump announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would suggest he was up to something 
nefarious, according to the logic of TDS. There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be received 
positively by TDSers.

The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early 2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was 
a punch line for late-night comics and nothing more.

Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first coined by the late conservative columnist Charles 
Krauthammer back in 2003. The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people 
in reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay - the very existence of George W. Bush."