Author: Tom Rob Pugh

What a narcissistic parent said to you as a child may not have caused the most long-lasting damage, but what you still tell yourself now may. “Mom and dad, or whoever was narcissistic, were hypercritical and judgmental,” Wise told Lesi Howes, the host of The School of Greatness podcast. “Now I grow up and say, “I’m not going to be like that,” but what am I to myself?” Wise cautions that one of the most obvious indicators of a narcissistic upbringing, according to family therapist Jerry Wise, is a person’s unrelenting inner voice that constantly criticizes, judges, and tearms. extremely…

Since the 1980s, this country has been experiencing a slow-motion British Revolution, and one of its main targets has always been the police. Did you fail to notice? You weren’t supposed to. This was the first revolution in history to alter morals, laws, and regulations while leaving all structures intact. No concentration camps, guillotines, or barricades. Just an arrogant, annoying visage telling you what to think and how to think it. This is the true reason why the man who stabbed poor Henry Nowak was pampered and petted while he lay dying like a criminal. Even the government and the…

Steve Clarke and his Scotland players have been practicing in Florida this week as they get used to life in America after defeating Curacao 4-1 at Hampden last Saturday. Clarke’s team will fly to New Jersey for their final warm-up encounter against Bolivia on Saturday night in order to prepare for their first World Cup appearance in 28 years. After that, everything is set to go as they compete in Group C against Brazil, Morocco, and Haiti with the goal of making history by being the first Scotland team to go to the major finals’ knockout stages. The opening encounter…

Though ballots are still being tabulated, Spencer Pratt has maintained his lead over rival Nithya Raman in the tight contest to become the next mayor of Los Angeles. With 34.8 percent of the vote thus far, incumbent Democratic leader Karen Bass has progressed to the runoff election, while Pratt is just trailing in second place with 30.44 percent. Pratt’s left-leaning opponent, city councilwoman Raman, is in third place with a mere 22.32 percent. Thus far, sixty-three percent of the votes have been counted. The largest city in California will elect a new mayor if one contender receives more than 50%…

Due to his provision of computer hardware for Iran’s military and nuclear programs, a California IT boss has been placed under arrest. On Wednesday morning, 63-year-old dual Iranian-American Jamshid Ghomi was hauled out of his $35 million Newport Beach estate while handcuffed. After providing networking, security, and encryption equipment to Iran for over ten years, he is accused of conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. According to the Department of Justice, the equipment was given to the Iranian Ministry of Defense and the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. From 2011 to 2015, Ghomi made over 400 purchases…

After her ex-husband allegedly shot her in their apartment, a cherished mother of two from Louisiana died in what appeared to be a murder-suicide. According to authorities, Meridian Thomas Woodson, 28, was slain on May 28 in Elmwood, New Orleans, when her ex-husband Kody Woodson, 30, started shooting before turning the gun on himself. Kody was discovered in his car in a nearby parking lot with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office deputies. After being taken to the hospital after surviving the original shooting, the spouse passed away the next day. Authorities did not provide information…

Before the obviously inebriated group took over the conversation, an NBC reporter maintained her composure when speaking to inebriated supporters of California mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt during a live broadcast. Reporter Liz Kreutz found it difficult to explain to a boisterous group of enthusiastic Pratt supporters why they were supporting the former reality TV star for the position of mayor of Los Angeles. Pratt, 42, is ‘speaking out against communism and socialism,’ according to a supporter wearing a pinstripe suit, sunglasses, and a drink. It is a major issue in our cities, particularly in Los Angeles, where it has become…

During its most recent wave of layoffs, National Public Radio (NPR) eliminated its entire climate desk, joining a number of other outlets in doing the same. In an effort to “adjust” to a time without federal subsidies, NPR CEO Katherine Maher declared that the organization was eliminating dozens of journalistic jobs. The commercial broadcasting organization that was formerly in charge of directing federal monies from Congress to NPR, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), was shut down in January. The network anticipates earning $15 million less in station fees this year, so reorganization was required, according to Maher. “We have…

On an exotic vacation with her girlfriends, Kylie Jenner enjoyed the sun while wearing a tiny string bikini. The 28-year-old tanned in Turks and Caicos on Tuesday while sporting a two-piece outfit with a pink snake print that accentuated her amazing figure. A year after the reality star revealed in a TikTok comment that she had implants when she was much younger, her breasts nearly burst out of her little bikini top. Jenner is throwing a Kylie Cosmetics event in a home in the vacation spot with a number of her friends. Victoria Villarroel, Maguire Grace Amundsen, Anastasia Karanikolaou, and…

After reportedly encouraging his own son to throw a ball at their rivals’ dugout out of rage, a young baseball coach was given a lifetime ban. USA Today reports that Welling, Oklahoma resident Michael Ryals was charged for instructing his 12-year-old son to throw a ball at their rivals at a tournament in Kansas City. On Memorial Day weekend, the son—who has also been banned for five years—was pitching in the sixth inning of a contentious game against a rival Nebraska squad. However, the kid turns away from the batter and tosses the ball at their opponent’s dugout in a…