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• Confusion Technique

  
  Sanctuary for the Abused — Authority: 129
  ONE TECHNIQUE USED BY ABUSERS & SEDUCERS Confusion Technique The birth of Milton H. Erickson’s Confusion Technique: Milton Erickson’s Collected Papers-Volume I-pg. 259 "One windy day as I was on my way to attend that first formal seminar on hypnosis conducted by Clark Hull in 1923 , a man came ...
  20 hours ago

• I Didn’t Quit Drinking to Get High On Hope and Change

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 799
  With the holidays fast approaching, I thought it might be a good time to jot down some thoughts on drinking.  Or, more specifically, not drinking – booze  or Kool Aid. Recently, I celebrated my eighth year of sobriety.  I have 9/11 to thank for that; it was shortly after the attacks that I began attending ...
  6 days ago

• Way To End – Desecrated Internal Journey

  
  Braingell Radio — Authority: 152
  Is it just me or has France been absolutely phenomenal lately with their metal?  French black metallers WAY TO END is the next beast to arise, and their latest, Desecrated Internal Journey , expands evil into unimaginable dimensions.  And that by all means is not an understatement.  The band has such a unique ...
  1 week ago

• WoW: The guild effect for teachers

  
  NetFamilyNews — Authority: 512
  There are lots of good reasons why an assistant superintendent of schools would start a guild in World of Warcraft (WoW) – all laid out in a fascinating profile of the Cognitive Dissonance Guild and its educator members in The Journal this month. But the reason why Catherine Parsons, assistant superintendent for ...
  1 week ago

• Merit and the marketplace, free choice etc

  
  Aristotle The Geek — Authority: 122
  Horwitz has an article on the “myth of merit” - In his various chapters and essays on the “mirage” of the concept “social justice,” F. A. Hayek makes a claim that is very often overlooked by those who support the market. He argues that markets generally do not reward “merit.” That is, the people who ...
  1 week ago

• Rogue News Pushers, Klingon’s and a Lackluster California Riot

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 131
  We start the day with Fox News! showing us video of thousands of Obama FEMA camp fodder, lined up and ready to slap down $1.99 for the book of Roguenss.  There goes the college fund!Being the lying Oligarchies that they are, Fox News! was showing video from a Palin/McCain run at the White House event [...]
  1 week ago

• Procrastination, guilt, excuses and the road less traveled

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent . (Bob Dylan). I certainly agree with the first part of this Dylan quote, but Im quite sure that theres more to it than repentance, including: distraction, forgetting, trivialization, self-affirmation and denial of responsibility to name a ...
  1 week ago

• Apostle(s) of Common Sense

  
  Natural Family Planning — Authority: 416
  Mark Shea, devotee of the Apostle of Common Sense , has birthed a mini-conversation at his blog, inviting conversation on the NFP witch hunt taking place here (with NFP being the witch hunted for–not myself, except for approximately two days per my cycle). Some of my favorite comments (there are more): Of ...
  1 week ago

• Why It’s Hard To Stop Believing In Santa Claus

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  When, as a child, I first encountered the idea that Santa Claus might not be real, I balked. Usually, I looked up to older, wiser kids, but they seemed naïve to suggest that my parents were actually stuffing my stocking. Why, on December 24th, would the weatherman bother using his radar to track a hefty gentleman ...
  1 week ago

• Kansas State University: Non-Custodial Mothers: Thematic Trends and Future Directions

  
  Battered Women, Battered Children, Custody Abuse — Authority: 143
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] Crisis in the Family Courts; Our Children are at Risk~! . Permalink   Non-custodial Mothers: Thematic Trends and Future Directions Michelle Bemiller 1 * Bemiller@ksu.edu 1 Kansas State University Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Sociology ...
  1 week ago

• Kansas State University: Non-Custodial Mothers: Thematic Trends and Future Directions

  
  Family Court Crisis-Abusers Getting Custody..!! — Authority: 144
  Note: Cross posted from [wp angelfury] Crisis in the Family Courts; Our Children are at Risk~! . Permalink   Non-custodial Mothers: Thematic Trends and Future Directions Michelle Bemiller 1 * Bemiller@ksu.edu 1 Kansas State University Copyright © 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd Sociology ...
  1 week ago

• Priest accuses Diocesan Programs of Mortal Sin!

  
  Natural Family Planning — Authority: 416
  Do you belong to the “NFP cult”? Blogger and Seattle acquaintance Mark Shea recently gave NFPworks a little nod in a post , which has attracted a clergyman in the combox who snarkily calls (and implies that I think this) NFP the “8th Sacrament” and a sympathetic commenter implies that NFP fans are (or ...
  2 weeks ago

• The WoW Factor: Cognitive Dissonance and WoWinSchool the Focus of THE Journal Article

  
  edurealms.com — Authority: 112
  If you haven’t read the recent issue of THE Journal, be sure to take a look at the article .  It’s a great discussion of how the Cognitive Dissonance Guild is supporting educators’ explorations in the virtual world, World of Warcraft.  There’s also discussion of our very own WoWinSchool Project! -Lucas
  2 weeks ago

• Southerners want Federal money and fear for jobs

  
  KnoxViews - — Authority: 512
  The local paper has this AP blast about a Winthrop Poll that has some expected (partisan views of Obamas trustworthiness) and even more e... read more
  2 weeks ago

• Fallacies offer cold comfort for cognitive dissonance

  
  My Point Exactly — Authority: 131
  “Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.” ~ Mark Twain Twain’s wisdom came to mind as I read a recent article by new Dispatch columnist John Larson (another new club member; welcome!) about medical marijuana dispensaries. Near as I can tell, Larson ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cognitive Dissonance, the Need to Belong, and Mass Murder

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  On Thursday, November 5, 2009, Major Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Fort Hood in Texas. Since then, there has been much speculation as to why he behaved as he did. Some of the more prominent explanations include post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of working with ...
  2 weeks ago

• Clap if you believe in gender!

  
  Shades of Gray — Authority: 108
  This might be a post which will generate some heated debate, maybe make some people start to hate me, but you know what, guys? I fucking hate the word “agender.” I see people calling themselves this fairly often in the asexual community–in fact, roughly 18% of the respondents to my survey on asexuality and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Fort Hood Exit Strategy: The Cognitive Dissonance of a Military Psychiatrist

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  With the recent tragedy at Fort Hood, the time has come to face up to two facts: War is Hell-this we know. War is not conducive to mental health. This we dont want to realize. And it may be that if a little war is bad for ones mental state, a whole lot of war is a whole lot worse. Leaving aside the merits of any ...
  3 weeks ago

• Interesting Conversation at Engaged Marriage

  
  Natural Family Planning — Authority: 416
  Dustin over at Engaged Marriage did a blog entry on the TIME piece, “Green Sex, anyone?” , which has yielded more than a couple comments, most profusely visited upon by commenter named crow who, among his many words, recommends natural abortafacients to his pro-life audience, copies and pastes from 4th-hand ...
  3 weeks ago

• Things That Make You Go "Hmmm."

  
  Jennwith2ns — Authority: 112
  Today I went into a Starbucks Id never been to before. The guy taking peoples orders looked like quite a nice young man, and sort of like someone I might have seen before. I decided that was probably because he looked like a Type. This is the thought that went through my head after I decided that: "He looks like he ...
  3 weeks ago

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