Why the Mittster will win

the Republican nomination.


It has nothing to do with his policies, because other than “double the size of Guantanamo” he appears to have none that anyone can actually drive a nail into.

And it obviously has nothing to do with his core beliefs or "values": this is a man who leaps and flops away from his own words harder than Asian carp

on the Illinois River.


Instead, he will win the nomination on the strength of his raw,


indefatigable,

(Close-up)

bi-lateral symmetry.

(The same close-up, but with right-side deleted and left-side mirrored)

This from “USA Today” (emphasis added...as symmetrically as possible):

The beauty of symmetry

Can your looks be measured by a mathematical ratio?
Studies show that "beautiful" people actually are just "more proportional" people.

By Elizabeth Snead

Everyone knows the adage "Don't judge a book by its cover." But we can't help it; we do just that, day in and day out, consciously and subconsciously. We rate others on the basis of their appearance and compare our own looks with the enhanced images of beautiful women and handsome men in movies and magazines and on TV and billboards.

Beauty not only sells -- it pays off. Beautiful babies get more attention from parents and teachers. Good-looking guys get more dates than average ones. Pretty women get out of traffic tickets and into exclusive clubs. The list of pluses for being one of the "beautiful people" goes on and on.

So what makes a person attractive? Don't bother looking in the mirror; just get out a measuring tape. Widespread studies, such as those conducted by Randy Thornhill (University of New Mexico) and Karl Grammer (University of Vienna), confirm that beauty is simply balance: The more symmetrical a face, the more appealing it appears.

The concept applies to bodies, too. Physical symmetry is subconsciously perceived as a reflection of a person's youth, fertility, health and strength. And although bilateral (left-right) symmetry might not be a bona fide health certificate these days, it has been a marker of good health and genes throughout human evolution.

"Our sensitivity to beauty is hard-wired -- that is, governed by circuits in the brain shaped by natural selection," says Nancy Etcoff, author of "Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty". "We love to look at smooth skin, shiny hair, curved waists and symmetrical bodies because, over the course of evolution, people who noticed these signals and desired their possessors had more reproductive success. We're their descendants."

Symmetry also is sexy. In a study by biology professor Thornhill and University of New Mexico psychology professor Steven Gangestad, hundreds of college-age women and men were measured (including their ears, feet, ankles, hands and elbows).

"Questionnaires revealed that men who were more symmetrical started having sex three to four years earlier and had more sex partners than their asymmetrical counterparts.

(And then a little touch which should transport Chris "English Leather" Matthews into bed-wetting paroxysms of man-crush ecstasy.)

"Symmetrical people smell better, too.

"Thornhill and Gangestad found that women prefer the scent of symmetrical men, and vice versa. So much for Old Spice and Chanel No. 5.
…"

Just another small example of how far from its origins as a Party led by a weird looking guy...


(From the AP)

Lincoln may have had facial defect

By CARLA K. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer Mon Aug 13, 11:03 PM ET

CHICAGO - Artists, sculptors and photographers knew Abraham Lincoln's face had a good side. Now it's confirmed by science. Laser scans of two life masks, made from plaster casts of Lincoln's face, reveal the 16th president's unusual degree of facial asymmetry, according to a new study.

The left side of Lincoln's face was much smaller than the right, an aberration called cranial facial microsomia. The defect joins a long list of ailments — including smallpox, heart illness and depression — that modern doctors have diagnosed in Lincoln.

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with good ideas, the GOP has fallen.