When I saw the HUFFPOST front page article below this is what I thought of. What can I say? I was a Freudian psychotherapist for 40 years.I've been reminded that everyone doesn't want to waste "head space" with knowing about this and some people don't know why the Super Mario Kart video game mushroom is significant. For them from Stormy Daniels' book here's a graphic explanation:
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August 9, 2024
August 7, 2024
The "Battle of the Dolls" which could have predicted who the next president would be probably won't happen, by Hal Brown, MSW
I noticed yesterday that a Trump with an injured ear bobblehead doll was being offered for sale. They didn't show how the actual doll would look so two cheezy mockups were published.
As I was planning to write about the injured ear bobblehead this story came up:
It was reported back in 2017 here:
I went to the website (here) and it looked like you couldn't order a new one of these. Clicking on the "shop now" link didn't go anywhere.
I tried to see if any were made and whether they might be available of ebay. Looking deeper into the situation it appears that the dolls were never made (read why):
Considering that the bobblehead looks like a cardboard Trump face pasted on a body that doesn't look like it belongs to Trump I have my doubts whether many of these will sell if any are ever made.
The Trump doll will be offered by the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame which actually exists (see Wikipedia) so it actually may come onto the market, as may competing versions from other companies.
Thus, hoping to be able to write a "Battle of the Dolls" blog about this, I have ended up with a non-story.
Oh well....
August 5, 2024
When your opponent suggests you will be another Hitler what's left but to say besides that they will start World War III? By Hal Brown. MSW
As regular readers know one of the first websites in look at in the morning is RawStory. Articles there often give me the idea for my blog.
By the time you look at it the top articles will have changed as RawStory updates in real time as news breaks. Here are some from right now. (Clicking will enlarge image.)
This is the article that first jumped out at me because it had World War III and apocalyptic the title:'Heading to World War III!' Trump takes aim at Harris in apocalyptic Truth Social rant
"STOCK MARKETS ARE CRASHING, JOBS NUMBERS ARE TERRIBLE, WE ARE HEADING TO WORLD WAR lll, AND WE HAVE TWO OF THE MOST INCOMPETENT 'LEADERS' IN HISTORY. THIS IS NOT GOOD!!!"
This is about a following Truth Social post:
"VOTERS HAVE A CHOICE — TRUMP PROSPERITY, OR THE KAMALA CRASH & GREAT DEPRESSION OF 2024, NOT TO MENTION THE PROBABILITY OF WORLD WAR lll IF THESE VERY STUPID PEOPLE REMAIN IN OFFICE"
"REMEMBER, TRUMP WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!!!"
In the first post Trump starts with warning about a stock market crash and terrible job numbers and seques without missing a beat into saying we are heading into World War III. In the next post about a world war he's gone from saying that we are heading to World War III to saying World War III is probable if Kamala Harris is elected.
This is from this YouTube about what World War III would look like.Here Trump leaps from the stock market and jobs to nuclear Armageddum. Who does this? Really, do you need to ask?
Oddly, or I should say "weirdly" since this is the word we use now, he concludes with "this is not good" followed by three exclamation marks. If the end of civilization is just "not good" what is something most people would call the ultimate horror?
I can smell the pungent stink of Trump's flop sweat in this message. Here's a definition of what this is from this website:
You auditioned for -- and landed -- the lead role in a musical. You've practiced, rehearsed, learned your lines as if you'd written them, and the staging now seems like second nature. It's opening night, and in a minute, you'll walk across the stage and deliver your first lines. But as you think about it, you realize just how many lines there are. Now, rivers of sweat are now pouring off your face, and your clothes are soaked. What's going on here? And what on Earth is your cue?
The term "flop sweat" has its origins in the theater and refers to the sudden, heavy perspiration experienced when confronted with anxiety and fear of embarrassment. Though identified with the stage, flop sweat is a very real phenomenon that we'll all experience at some point in our lives.
I can see him standing in a puddle of his own sweat and with the aid of AI so can you.
The many frequencies of violence, By Hal M. Brown, MSW
Whether it is the man who shot Charlie Kirk or the person who s hot the people at the Dallas ICE facility we do not know with certainty ...

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Hal Brown’s June blog My photo blog is here. For a start this morning check out this Salon article and then read what I had to say abo...
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This was the the top HuffPost story this morning . It prompted me to spend some time using AI to create an illustration of Cook bending at t...
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Click image to enlarge. This image was posted on the private Duty 2 Warn Facebook page . It was started on Feb. 1, 2017 by Dr. John D. Gar...