I have recently discovered this book, Ponerology - The Science of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes and it seems I am not the only one, this book is taking the serious thinking person by storm.

Here is the synopsis of the book from the publisher Red Pill Press :-

"The first manuscript of this book went into the fire five minutes before the arrival of the secret police in Communist Poland. The second copy, reassembled painfully by scientists working under impossible conditions of repression, was sent via a courier to the Vatican. Its receipt was never acknowledged, no word was ever heard from the courier - the manuscript and all the valuable data was lost. The third copy was produced after one of the scientists working on the project escaped to America in the 1980s. Zbigniew Brzezinski suppressed it.

Political Ponerology: The scientific study of Evil adjusted for Political Purposes was forged in the crucible of the very subject it studies. Scientists living under an oppressive regime decide to study it clinically, to study the founders and supporters of an evil regime to determine what common factor is at play in the rise and propagation of man's inhumanity to man.

Shocking in its clinically spare descriptions of the true nature of evil, poignant in the more literary passages where the author reveals the suffering experienced by the researchers who were contaminated or destroyed by the disease they were studying, this is a book that should be required reading by every citizen of every country that claims a moral or humanistic foundation. For it is a certainty that morality and humanism cannot long withstand the predations of Evil. Knowledge of its nature, how it creates its networks and spreads, how insidious is its guileful approach, is the only antidote."

It seems that Catherine Austin Fitts has discovered this book too.

Catherine Austin Fitts is the founder and President of Solari,Inc.
Fitts served as Managing Director and Member of the Board of Directors of the Wall Street investment bank, Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. and also as Assistant Secretary of Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD in the first Bush Administration and was the President of Hamilton Securities Group, Inc., a broker-dealer/investment bank and software developer.

Fitts has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from The Wharton School and studied Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She serves on the board of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee and publishes a column, "Mapping the Real Deal", in Scoop in New Zealand.

She serves on the board of 911Truth.org.

On her blog, Fitts implicates Jewish investors in her denunciation of the current economic system in the United States, specifically referring to "their ethnic affiliations and the DNA of greed."[1] She has also used her blog to accuse Israel of "the ethnic cleansing of Palestine,"

The Catherine Austin Fitts Blog

http://www.votesolari.com/catherinesblog/

Ignotas Nulla Curatio Morbid - A Review of Political Ponerology by Andrzej
M. Lobaczewski

January 15, 2007 at 11:17 pm · Filed under Daily Musings

Ignotas nulla curatio morbid - do not attempt to cure what you do not
understand - is the opening theme in this study of evil. Political
Ponerology is “a science on the nature of of evil adjusted for political purposes.” The author, Andrzej Lobaczewski, describes himself as a Polish psychologist who — with many other colleagues — found meaning living through Nazism and then Communism by studying how evil happens and triumphs in a wider political and economic system.

Lobaczewski’s hypothesis is that a small percentage of humans are born
psychopaths. He describes the research to back up that data that was
destroyed and supressed. Another minority percentage are of a nature to go along with psychopaths while the vast majority of people are essentially healthy. The majority who are healthy have a difficult time understanding that some people are not — they can not fathom being a psychopath or acting like one.

No one has worked harder in the last five years to understand the Tapeworm than Harry Blazer. It was Harry who discovered Political Ponerology and sent it to me. I found it chock full of deeply useful insights that can inform organizing to shift our situation. For example, Lobaczewski discovered that dealing with psychopathic systems made healthy people neurotic. However, they could heal very quickly when he gave them a scientific framework for understanding what had happened and why. With a sound framework, they could start to differentiate who was healthy and who was not and to devise
strategies to deal effectively with psychopaths in power. Rather than having their relations with all humans destroyed, they were able to discriminate between healthy and unhealthy and increase their immunity to the drain of unhealthy culture and systems.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone who is managing human or financial risk in this environment or is looking to create healthy change.

Traditionally, the Tapeworm’s greatest advantage is that healthy people can not fathom what they are up against and so keep inviting the Tapeworm back into their intimate spaces. This book helps you understand why that will not work. It helps you understand why conspiracies of the healthy and ‘coming clean’ are essential.

Political Ponerology is a book to read slowly. Lobaczewski uses a lot of academic and long words. The insights are deep and rich — they require focus and concentration. And the point comes home again and again: Ignotas nulla curatio morbid — do not attempt to cure what you do not understand.

Political Ponerology is available from:

Red Pill Press
http://www.redpillpress.com/

Me : READ IT AND SET YOURSELF FREE FROM THE PSYCHOPATHS!

I have recently discovered this book, Ponerology - The Science of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes and it seems I am not the only one, this book is taking the serious thinking person by storm.

Here is the synopsis of the book from the publisher Red Pill Press :-

"The first manuscript of this book went into the fire five minutes before the arrival of the secret police in Communist Poland. The second copy, reassembled painfully by scientists working under impossible conditions of repression, was sent via a courier to the Vatican. Its receipt was never acknowledged, no word was ever heard from the courier - the manuscript and all the valuable data was lost. The third copy was produced after one of the scientists working on the project escaped to America in the 1980s. Zbigniew Brzezinski suppressed it.

Political Ponerology: The scientific study of Evil adjusted for Political Purposes was forged in the crucible of the very subject it studies. Scientists living under an oppressive regime decide to study it clinically, to study the founders and supporters of an evil regime to determine what common factor is at play in the rise and propagation of man's inhumanity to man.

Shocking in its clinically spare descriptions of the true nature of evil, poignant in the more literary passages where the author reveals the suffering experienced by the researchers who were contaminated or destroyed by the disease they were studying, this is a book that should be required reading by every citizen of every country that claims a moral or humanistic foundation. For it is a certainty that morality and humanism cannot long withstand the predations of Evil. Knowledge of its nature, how it creates its networks and spreads, how insidious is its guileful approach, is the only antidote."

It seems that Catherine Austin Fitts has discovered this book too.

Catherine Austin Fitts is the founder and President of Solari,Inc.
Fitts served as Managing Director and Member of the Board of Directors of the Wall Street investment bank, Dillon, Read & Co., Inc. and also as Assistant Secretary of Housing/Federal Housing Commissioner at HUD in the first Bush Administration and was the President of Hamilton Securities Group, Inc., a broker-dealer/investment bank and software developer.

Fitts has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, an MBA from The Wharton School and studied Chinese at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She serves on the board of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee and publishes a column, "Mapping the Real Deal", in Scoop in New Zealand.

She serves on the board of 911Truth.org.

On her blog, Fitts implicates Jewish investors in her denunciation of the current economic system in the United States, specifically referring to "their ethnic affiliations and the DNA of greed."[1] She has also used her blog to accuse Israel of "the ethnic cleansing of Palestine,"

The Catherine Austin Fitts Blog

http://www.votesolari.com/catherinesblog/

Ignotas Nulla Curatio Morbid - A Review of Political Ponerology by Andrzej
M. Lobaczewski

January 15, 2007 at 11:17 pm · Filed under Daily Musings

Ignotas nulla curatio morbid - do not attempt to cure what you do not
understand - is the opening theme in this study of evil. Political
Ponerology is “a science on the nature of of evil adjusted for political purposes.” The author, Andrzej Lobaczewski, describes himself as a Polish psychologist who — with many other colleagues — found meaning living through Nazism and then Communism by studying how evil happens and triumphs in a wider political and economic system.

Lobaczewski’s hypothesis is that a small percentage of humans are born
psychopaths. He describes the research to back up that data that was
destroyed and supressed. Another minority percentage are of a nature to go along with psychopaths while the vast majority of people are essentially healthy. The majority who are healthy have a difficult time understanding that some people are not — they can not fathom being a psychopath or acting like one.

No one has worked harder in the last five years to understand the Tapeworm than Harry Blazer. It was Harry who discovered Political Ponerology and sent it to me. I found it chock full of deeply useful insights that can inform organizing to shift our situation. For example, Lobaczewski discovered that dealing with psychopathic systems made healthy people neurotic. However, they could heal very quickly when he gave them a scientific framework for understanding what had happened and why. With a sound framework, they could start to differentiate who was healthy and who was not and to devise
strategies to deal effectively with psychopaths in power. Rather than having their relations with all humans destroyed, they were able to discriminate between healthy and unhealthy and increase their immunity to the drain of unhealthy culture and systems.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone who is managing human or financial risk in this environment or is looking to create healthy change.

Traditionally, the Tapeworm’s greatest advantage is that healthy people can not fathom what they are up against and so keep inviting the Tapeworm back into their intimate spaces. This book helps you understand why that will not work. It helps you understand why conspiracies of the healthy and ‘coming clean’ are essential.

Political Ponerology is a book to read slowly. Lobaczewski uses a lot of academic and long words. The insights are deep and rich — they require focus and concentration. And the point comes home again and again: Ignotas nulla curatio morbid — do not attempt to cure what you do not understand.

Political Ponerology is available from:

Red Pill Press
http://www.redpillpress.com/

Me : READ IT AND SET YOURSELF FREE FROM THE PSYCHOPATHS!

Snakes in Suits - when psychopaths go to work!

By Helen Reed

Helen Reed was drawn to the title of a lecture by Dr Robert Hare, who created a checklist for spotting the psychopath.
What unfolded was a fascinating academic lecture with thought-provoking material for the 'real' workplace.

Dr Robert Hare suggests that psychopaths are an estimated 1% of the general population, and 15% of the prison population, most are not in prison. He also suggests that it's purely down to opportunity whether the psychopath ends up in prison or the workplace.
How to spot a psychopath in the workplace

The prime interest of the psychopath is self-interest, and even though they may only exist at one per cent in the workplace, their impact is enormous and the damage they wreak is disproportionate to their numbers.

A prototypical psychopath has particular characteristics in a heavy dose. They tend to be superficial, grandiose, manipulative and deceitful.

They lack empathy, lack remorse, don't accept responsibility, have poor behavioural control, and show anti social behaviour. They are in fact life's predators: tough, cold hearted, narcissistic, egocentric, unpredictable and ruthless.

Cool under pressure with an adroit use of charm and charisma, they intimidate and control others. There is often an intrusion of space and the predatory 'stare'. They have a natural ability to lie and deceive, and have an impressive use of jargon. They are naturals at undermining and pushing the buttons of others - the workplace bully.
White-collar criminal

The psychopath often ends up in leadership positions through manipulation, deviousness and use of others. But their capabilities as good leaders are fundamentally flawed, because of their ruthlessness and need to revel in prestige and power.

They will also discredit their employer as their behaviour is virtually always on the shady side of the law. They will be involved in some something of an illegal or undetected nature - at best swindling accounts or misusing expenses.
How they survive

Like any predator, psychopaths are extremely good at survival.

In the workplace they are clever at identifying useful 'pawns' and equally clever at setting up 'patrons' - important people who they can manipulate, charm and who can protect and defend them when necessary.

They also spread disinformation about themselves and others, i.e. they'll lie about their own education or ability. Disparage rivals and create conflict among co-workers when it suits them.
The way to catch a psychopath

Look for particular behaviour traits. You can catch a psychopath in an obvious lie and they will act as if nothing has happened with no embarrassment, unlike a normal person.

Another classic symptom can be the ability to fly off the handle into extreme anger or rage, but can change immediately as if nothing has happened. Where most non-psychopaths would take quite a while for the emotion to settle down again and recover.

In Dr Hares description he says: "Their real ability to experience ordinary emotions is a bit like the colour blind person understanding what is meant by the colour red."

If and when you ever catch out the psychopath, they will always claim that they are the victim. This often happens in bullying cases.
The ultimate problem?

"Us! " says Dr Hare.

"The majority of people and therefore workplaces are easy prey, because we still want to believe that people are inherently good. We don't really want to believe that such people exist."

But Dr Hare concluded that "perhaps a new name would help us to stop these predators?

"Instead of the name 'psychopath', what about substituting the word 'bastard'?

Visit Professor Dr Hares website for details of his book, Without conscience - the disturbing world of the psychopath amongst us.
www.Hare.org

Helen is keen that members who have suffered bullying or who are still coping with bullying or harassment at their workplace should be able to discuss their experiences and gain empowerment from mutual support.

If you would like to support Helen's initiative, join the NUJ's anti-bullying campaign, or tell Helen of your experiences, please email her at helenreed@virgin.net.
Copies of the NUJ's booklet "NUJ Targets the Bullies" can be obtained from Tracy Trickett on 0207 843 3726 or at tracyt@nuj.org.uk
Bullying Links
Useful information on bullying can be obtained at the following sites:
www.nujglasgow.org.uk/bullying
www.bullyonline.org
www.workSMART.org.uk/rights
www.hse.gov.uk (stress solutions discussion group)
www.antibullying.net
www.andreaadamstrust.org
www.tuc.org.uk
www.abc.tcd.ie (anti-bullying centre Trinity College, Dublin)
www.ictu.ie (Irish Congress of Trades Unions)

Snakes in Suits - when psychopaths go to work!

By Helen Reed

Helen Reed was drawn to the title of a lecture by Dr Robert Hare, who created a checklist for spotting the psychopath.
What unfolded was a fascinating academic lecture with thought-provoking material for the 'real' workplace.

Dr Robert Hare suggests that psychopaths are an estimated 1% of the general population, and 15% of the prison population, most are not in prison. He also suggests that it's purely down to opportunity whether the psychopath ends up in prison or the workplace.
How to spot a psychopath in the workplace

The prime interest of the psychopath is self-interest, and even though they may only exist at one per cent in the workplace, their impact is enormous and the damage they wreak is disproportionate to their numbers.

A prototypical psychopath has particular characteristics in a heavy dose. They tend to be superficial, grandiose, manipulative and deceitful.

They lack empathy, lack remorse, don't accept responsibility, have poor behavioural control, and show anti social behaviour. They are in fact life's predators: tough, cold hearted, narcissistic, egocentric, unpredictable and ruthless.

Cool under pressure with an adroit use of charm and charisma, they intimidate and control others. There is often an intrusion of space and the predatory 'stare'. They have a natural ability to lie and deceive, and have an impressive use of jargon. They are naturals at undermining and pushing the buttons of others - the workplace bully.
White-collar criminal

The psychopath often ends up in leadership positions through manipulation, deviousness and use of others. But their capabilities as good leaders are fundamentally flawed, because of their ruthlessness and need to revel in prestige and power.

They will also discredit their employer as their behaviour is virtually always on the shady side of the law. They will be involved in some something of an illegal or undetected nature - at best swindling accounts or misusing expenses.
How they survive

Like any predator, psychopaths are extremely good at survival.

In the workplace they are clever at identifying useful 'pawns' and equally clever at setting up 'patrons' - important people who they can manipulate, charm and who can protect and defend them when necessary.

They also spread disinformation about themselves and others, i.e. they'll lie about their own education or ability. Disparage rivals and create conflict among co-workers when it suits them.
The way to catch a psychopath

Look for particular behaviour traits. You can catch a psychopath in an obvious lie and they will act as if nothing has happened with no embarrassment, unlike a normal person.

Another classic symptom can be the ability to fly off the handle into extreme anger or rage, but can change immediately as if nothing has happened. Where most non-psychopaths would take quite a while for the emotion to settle down again and recover.

In Dr Hares description he says: "Their real ability to experience ordinary emotions is a bit like the colour blind person understanding what is meant by the colour red."

If and when you ever catch out the psychopath, they will always claim that they are the victim. This often happens in bullying cases.
The ultimate problem?

"Us! " says Dr Hare.

"The majority of people and therefore workplaces are easy prey, because we still want to believe that people are inherently good. We don't really want to believe that such people exist."

But Dr Hare concluded that "perhaps a new name would help us to stop these predators?

"Instead of the name 'psychopath', what about substituting the word 'bastard'?

Visit Professor Dr Hares website for details of his book, Without conscience - the disturbing world of the psychopath amongst us.
www.Hare.org

Helen is keen that members who have suffered bullying or who are still coping with bullying or harassment at their workplace should be able to discuss their experiences and gain empowerment from mutual support.

If you would like to support Helen's initiative, join the NUJ's anti-bullying campaign, or tell Helen of your experiences, please email her at helenreed@virgin.net.
Copies of the NUJ's booklet "NUJ Targets the Bullies" can be obtained from Tracy Trickett on 0207 843 3726 or at tracyt@nuj.org.uk
Bullying Links
Useful information on bullying can be obtained at the following sites:
www.nujglasgow.org.uk/bullying
www.bullyonline.org
www.workSMART.org.uk/rights
www.hse.gov.uk (stress solutions discussion group)
www.antibullying.net
www.andreaadamstrust.org
www.tuc.org.uk
www.abc.tcd.ie (anti-bullying centre Trinity College, Dublin)
www.ictu.ie (Irish Congress of Trades Unions)