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The Marshmallow Test Donald Trump Is FailingFifty years ago, in a now-classic experiment, Stanford University psychologist Walter Mischel and his colleagues presented preschoolers with a plate of treats and a dilemma: Have one marshmallow now or wait 20 minutes and get two marshmallows later. The kids who managed to wait (despite a plateful of temptation in front of them) turned out to be generally more successful than their more impatient… Source ….. Read More.Washington Monthly – General Political | Politics & GovernmentThu, June 4, 20202 days ago

Will Donald Trump Finally Be The President We Hoped For?GARYTALK.COM (GaryWords) – As if things weren’t bad enough following 3 and a half years of Donald J. Trump occupying the White House in Washington, D.C., the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic in some countries swiftly became a “pandemic” after the virus rapidly spread throughout the world and came to the shores of the United States. After […] ….. Read More.GARYTALK – Conversations & Commentary | This, That and The OtherThu, April 2, 20202 months ago

Donald Trump orders 9,500 US troops to leave GermanyWhite House says move due to more Nato defence spending, not tensions with MerkelDonald Trump has ordered the US military to remove nearly 9,500 troops from Germany in a move likely to raise concerns in Europe about the US commitment to the region.The move would reduce US troop numbers in Germany to 25,000, compared with the 34,500 currently there, a senior US official said. Continue reading… ….. Read More.THE GUARDIAN – General | World News & EventsFri, June 5, 20205 hours ago

James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the ConstitutionJames Mattis, the esteemed Marine general who resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018 to protest Donald Trump’s Syria policy, has, ever since, kept studiously silent about Trump’s performance as president. But he has now broken his silence, writing an extraordinary broadside in which he denounces the president for dividing the nation, and accuses him of ordering the U.S. military to violate the constitutional rights of American citizens.“I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis writes. “The words ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ are carved in the pediment of the United States Supreme Court. This is precisely what protesters are rightly demanding. It is a wholesome and unifying demand—one that all of us should be able to get behind. We must not be distracted by a small number of lawbreakers. The protests are defined by…

U.S. jobs report represents ‘a great day’ for George Floyd, Trump saysU.S. President Donald Trump invoked George Floyd’s name as he delivered remarks trumpeting the latest unemployment numbers, which showed the U.S. economy unexpectedly adding 2.5 million jobs last month. ….. Read More.CBC News – General World News | World News & EventsFri, June 5, 202014 hours ago

Joe Biden clinches Democratic presidential nomination, setting up race with TrumpJoe Biden has formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, setting up an election challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump. ….. Read More.CBC News – General World News | World News & EventsFri, June 5, 20204 hours ago