[Continuation] The Trump Presidency: Part 24 - Page 3

jnelso99 · 23rd July 2020, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by alfaniner

A lot of times, these kinds of tests aren't testing what you might think they are.

Like Rorschach tests. I have an old book, Big Secrets by William Poundstone, that tells you in which blotches you're SUPPOSED to say you see the hoo-hahs.

Trebuchet · 23rd July 2020, 02:22 PM

Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger

Next time? Someone's been giving you the test?

Yes, see below. There's also a questionnaire asking stuff like whether you've fallen. https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Edu..._ICN905706.pdf

Originally Posted by Tero

Any of you on Medicare? The free annual "physical" is a so called wellness visit with a lower medical staff running through home safety check lists etc. she can give you the full Montreal cognitive test or parts. The doctor then can concentrate on the physical aspects of the exam on the second visit. Mine, the nurse, asked me what day it was. I knew it was past the 17th since that was the last check I wrote.

Minoosh · 23rd July 2020, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by jnelso99

Like Rorschach tests. I have an old book, Big Secrets by William Poundstone, that tells you in which blotches you're SUPPOSED to say you see the hoo-hahs.

The would-be Mercury astronauts were asked to describe what they saw on a blank piece of paper. Some said they saw nothing; others saw a snowfield. One guy said, "But it's upside down!"

He didn't get selected as one of the original seven.

For some reason Trump's dragging out of this cognitive test issue strikes me as one particular area that must have foreign heads of state laughing, whether in glee or out of a desperate urge not to cry. Most of these are serious people - not good people, necessarily, but solidly educated and cognizant that these tests are not the kind you brag about acing. I think of Xi rising to lead the CCP; Putin the KGB man and master manipulator, Merkel with her doctorate in chemistry - and then I think of Trump who probably needed to cheat and bribe just to manage a B.A. (or B.S.) degree in general business, or whatever the easiest business major there is, and just cringe.

Safe-Keeper · 23rd July 2020, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Galaxie

I gave that cognitive test to my mom - after she had three glasses of wine. It was hilarious!

Now I need to try this test on my friends as a drinking game

.

Trebuchet · 23rd July 2020, 02:33 PM

My wife says he just announced the Jacksonville convention is cancelled.

TragicMonkey · 23rd July 2020, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Minoosh

The would-be Mercury astronauts were asked to describe what they saw on a blank piece of paper. Some said they saw nothing; others saw a snowfield. One guy said, "But it's upside down!"

He didn't get selected as one of the original seven.

For some reason Trump's dragging out of this cognitive test issue strikes me as one particular area that must have foreign heads of state laughing, whether in glee or out of a desperate urge not to cry. Most of these are serious people - not good people, necessarily, but solidly educated and cognizant that these tests are not the kind you brag about acing. I think of Xi rising to lead the CCP; Putin the KGB man and master manipulator, Merkel with her doctorate in chemistry - and then I think of Trump who probably needed to cheat and bribe just to manage a B.A. (or B.S.) degree in general business, or whatever the easiest business major there is, and just cringe.

Putin's Rorshach test: "I see...an overwhelming popular mandate for me to continue in my leadership position. Isn't that what you see, too, doctor?"

alfaniner · 23rd July 2020, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by jnelso99

Like Rorschach tests. I have an old book, Big Secrets by William Poundstone, that tells you in which blotches you're SUPPOSED to say you see the hoo-hahs.

I have that one, too. It's been quite a while since I read it..

Skeptic Ginger · 23rd July 2020, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by quadraginta

This may be a rare incident of Trump honesty. Perhaps he actually did find the "test" hard.

The way he brags and goes on about the test, I have no doubt it was hard for him.

TragicMonkey · 23rd July 2020, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger

The way he brags and goes on about the test, I have no doubt it was hard for him.

Well, for a man of his age and probable circulatory issues that may be something boast-worthy...oh, never mind, you mean the test.

JoeMorgue · 23rd July 2020, 02:54 PM

Originally Posted by Trebuchet

My wife says he just announced the Jacksonville convention is cancelled.

Local news is confirming same.

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...FK4GKY2GHQ6SE/

Belz... · 23rd July 2020, 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

But there's a more opaque mentality at work here, more of a Joker-esque need to just watch the world burn, all to get back at people who dared to tell you not to touch the hot stove and then had the utter audacity to actually be right that touching the hot stove was a bad idea. "I'd rather think for myself then be factually correct" has become self-feeding and self-destructive.

In a way that's the logical end-result of focusing so much on the individual at the expense of the community, and of telling every single person that they are super-special and important.

They're not.

varwoche · 23rd July 2020, 03:16 PM

I especially enjoy when Fox News polling (A- rated by 538) comes out with numbers like...

PA: Biden +11
MI: Biden +9

This poll (Quinnipiac) is eye-catching.

FA: Biden +13

link

TheSupermeerkat · 23rd July 2020, 03:25 PM

Originally Posted by Minoosh

The would-be Mercury astronauts were asked to describe what they saw on a blank piece of paper. Some said they saw nothing; others saw a snowfield. One guy said, "But it's upside down!"

.

That astronaut was Pete Conrad, who made it into the gemini programme and became the third man to walk on the Moon.

/derail

zooterkin · 23rd July 2020, 03:38 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Local news is confirming same.

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...FK4GKY2GHQ6SE/

Just saw it on the BBC news here .

phiwum · 23rd July 2020, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Ironically the rise the Trump is the first thing I've seen that really makes me believe that large chunks of the Right can no longer really sustain the lie that they are right about most things or that history is moving in their direction.

I wish I were confident that history isn't moving in their direction. Sure has taken a turn that way recently.

Minoosh · 23rd July 2020, 04:31 PM

Originally Posted by TragicMonkey

Putin's Rorshach test: "I see...an overwhelming popular mandate for me to continue in my leadership position. Isn't that what you see, too, doctor?"

Wow. I think you nailed it.

Originally Posted by TheSupermeerkat

That astronaut was Pete Conrad, who made it into the gemini programme and became the third man to walk on the Moon.

/derail

Just finishing up "The Right Stuff" here.

a_unique_person · 23rd July 2020, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by Belz...

Evangelical end times hype.

The more it looks like it's the end times the happier they are.

a_unique_person · 23rd July 2020, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Squeegee Beckenheim

Trump has decided to elucidate on the test he "aced", by describing the last very difficult question. It's exactly what everybody has been saying it is.

https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/s...205405184?s=20

Footage embedded in tweet.

He forgot the name of the test

L:

Minoosh · 23rd July 2020, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by JoeMorgue

Local news is confirming same.

https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...FK4GKY2GHQ6SE/

I wonder if this will make any Trump fans realize that he is confirming a reality that he has denied for months. That had he done this sooner, the U.S. would be dealing with a smaller, more manageable problem?

Captain_Swoop · 23rd July 2020, 05:04 PM

Trump Tweets

The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article. Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better!
Joe Biden’s disastrous plans for America’s suburbs

Quote Tweet
If you live in the suburbs or you’re a city dweller eyeing a move to a quiet cul-de-sac where your kids can play outside, you need to know about Joe Biden’s plan for a federal takeover of local...
nypost.com

Trebuchet · 23rd July 2020, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article. Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better!
Joe Biden’s disastrous plans for America’s suburbs

Quote Tweet
If you live in the suburbs or you’re a city dweller eyeing a move to a quiet cul-de-sac where your kids can play outside, you need to know about Joe Biden’s plan for a federal takeover of local...
nypost.com

Trump, on the other hand, is all about a federal takeover of downtown Portland and other cities. Which is just fine, because reasons, according to conservatives and libertarians on this forum.

pgwenthold · 23rd July 2020, 05:11 PM

Has anyone looked up the website for the Suburban Housewives of America (SHA)?

Minoosh · 23rd July 2020, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by pgwenthold

Has anyone looked up the website for the Suburban Housewives of America (SHA)?

Who even uses the term "housewife" anymore?

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Retweeted

Brit Hume
@brithume
Quote: “Even if the charges are dis*missed, or the McCloskeys are par*doned af*ter be*ing con*victed, again we have a pub*lic of*fi*cial re*spon*si*ble for up*hold*ing law and or*der wink at a mob while treat*ing law-abid*ing cit*i*zens as crim*i*nals.”

What's up with all the as*ter*isks?

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 05:59 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Retweeted

Will Chamberlain
@willchamberlain
Matt Borges - the former chair of the Ohio Republican Party - set up a #NeverTrump PAC to try and elect Joe Biden
Today he was arrested in a $60 million bribery case

I'm not sure that bragging about one of your own being caught in a $60 mil bribery case is smart politics.

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
No matter what @realDonaldTrump did, what he closed down, how many masks he wore, @TheDemocrats were going to use his response to the #coronavirus as a political weapon in 2020.

No, kidding, Buck. What was your first clue?

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop

Trump Tweets

Obama, who wouldn’t even endorse Biden until everyone else was out of the primaries (and even then waited a long time!), is now making a commercial of support. Remember, I wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for them. I wouldn’t be President. They did a terrible job!

That actually asks an interesting hypothetical question: Would Trump have run and won in 2016 if Hillary was president 2008-16? I think I could argue either the "yes" or "no" side.

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by Stacyhs

... And I'm in my mid-60's.

Damn spring chickens on this forum really get my goat sometimes.

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 06:21 PM

Originally Posted by Segnosaur

As court victories go, it's pretty small (and Cohen is not exactly the most sympathetic character). But I do like seeing the Trump administration lose court cases, and maybe Cohen's book (if he does publish it) will have a little extra dirt on it to further tarnish Trump's image.

And for those of us in lock down states, we're pretty much on home confinement anyway.

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by phiwum

I wish I were confident that history isn't moving in their direction. Sure has taken a turn that way recently.

Depends on your concept of "recently". If recently = last decade, then I would agree. If recently = since late 70s, I would disagree.

SezMe · 23rd July 2020, 06:32 PM

OK, I'll stop now.

Sideroxylon · 23rd July 2020, 07:17 PM

Person, woman, man, camera, TV.

Ladewig · 23rd July 2020, 07:33 PM

Trump’s campaign ad blunders.
I can’t decide if they

-are the inevitable result of DJT not wanting to pay too much for staff
-are attempts to troll the liberals
-are designed to be distractions to keep people from focusing on more important things.

Actually, I’m going to eliminate that last one. It would require more planning than Team Trump is capable of mustering.

ETA
Did any of them include “I am President Trump and I approved this message”?

Segnosaur · 23rd July 2020, 07:36 PM

From: People
One of the country's top generals dismissed President Donald Trump as "an idiot" businessman with no "basic understanding of national security" at a 2017 dinner, according to another official's notes...In the Post story about sexual assault allegations against Gen. John E. Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser shared notes she took from the October 2017 dinner where she annotated the general's comments....Hyten, now 60, added that he believed First Lady Melania Trump had a better grasp on military operations than the president.

That is totally fake news.

Everyone knows Trump isn't an idiot. He's a moron.

Nova Land · 23rd July 2020, 07:37 PM

Originally Posted by Minoosh

Who even uses the term "housewife" anymore?

Well, Donna Stone for one seems happy to be identified with that term.

(Or at least I'm not aware of any complaints from her about her biographer Josie Brown repeatedly identifying her as a housewife. I assume if Stone were upset about being identified that way that Brown would have been "replaced" by now.)

carlitos · 23rd July 2020, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by a_unique_person

He forgot the name of the test

L:

When he was praising Ft Bragg in the Chris Wallace interview he said (I’m paraphrasing from memory) that it was in a beautiful state, he loves that state. He did not name that state.

carlitos · 23rd July 2020, 07:59 PM

Originally Posted by Sideroxylon

Person, woman, man, camera, TV.

I’ll take this one, Alex. “What are things Trump can see while being interviewed on a tv show”

shemp · 23rd July 2020, 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Segnosaur

From: People
One of the country's top generals dismissed President Donald Trump as "an idiot" businessman with no "basic understanding of national security" at a 2017 dinner, according to another official's notes...In the Post story about sexual assault allegations against Gen. John E. Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser shared notes she took from the October 2017 dinner where she annotated the general's comments....Hyten, now 60, added that he believed First Lady Melania Trump had a better grasp on military operations than the president.

That is totally fake news.

Everyone knows Trump isn't an idiot. He's a moron.

No, he is a full-blown idiot:

Idiot^WP

Quote:

In the early 1900s, Dr. Henry H. Goddard proposed a classification system for intellectual disability based on the Binet-Simon concept of mental age. Individuals with the lowest mental age level (less than three years) were identified as idiots; imbeciles had a mental age of three to seven years, and morons had a mental age of seven to ten years.

Here is a documentary about idiots:

YouTube Video This video is not hosted by the ISF. The ISF can not be held responsible for the suitability or legality of this material. By clicking the link below you agree to view content from an external website.

I AGREE

Venom · 23rd July 2020, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by varwoche

I especially enjoy when Fox News polling (A- rated by 538) comes out with numbers like...

PA: Biden +11
MI: Biden +9

This poll (Quinnipiac) is eye-catching.

FA: Biden +13

link

Very interesting numbers.

Stacyhs · 23rd July 2020, 10:58 PM

Originally Posted by MRC_Hans

Yes, yes, but if you are in no doubt about your mental state, and don't expect others to be, what do you do when some one says you're demented?

1) Take a test to prove you aren't?

2) Ignore it?

Hans

I'd ignore it rather than give it more attention. But this is Trump. Don't expect 'normal'.

23rd July 2020, 02:16 PM	#81
jnelso99 Muse Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 901	Originally Posted by alfaniner A lot of times, these kinds of tests aren't testing what you might think they are. Like Rorschach tests. I have an old book, Big Secrets by William Poundstone, that tells you in which blotches you're SUPPOSED to say you see the hoo-hahs.
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23rd July 2020, 02:22 PM	#82
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 31,059	Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger Next time? Someone's been giving you the test? Yes, see below. There's also a questionnaire asking stuff like whether you've fallen. https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Edu..._ICN905706.pdf Originally Posted by Tero Any of you on Medicare? The free annual "physical" is a so called wellness visit with a lower medical staff running through home safety check lists etc. she can give you the full Montreal cognitive test or parts. The doctor then can concentrate on the physical aspects of the exam on the second visit. Mine, the nurse, asked me what day it was. I knew it was past the 17th since that was the last check I wrote.
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23rd July 2020, 02:31 PM	#84
Safe-Keeper Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Norway Posts: 10,395	Originally Posted by Galaxie I gave that cognitive test to my mom - after she had three glasses of wine. It was hilarious! Now I need to try this test on my friends as a drinking game .
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23rd July 2020, 02:33 PM	#85
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 31,059	My wife says he just announced the Jacksonville convention is cancelled.
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23rd July 2020, 02:34 PM	#86
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 59,506	Originally Posted by Minoosh The would-be Mercury astronauts were asked to describe what they saw on a blank piece of paper. Some said they saw nothing; others saw a snowfield. One guy said, "But it's upside down!" He didn't get selected as one of the original seven. For some reason Trump's dragging out of this cognitive test issue strikes me as one particular area that must have foreign heads of state laughing, whether in glee or out of a desperate urge not to cry. Most of these are serious people - not good people, necessarily, but solidly educated and cognizant that these tests are not the kind you brag about acing. I think of Xi rising to lead the CCP; Putin the KGB man and master manipulator, Merkel with her doctorate in chemistry - and then I think of Trump who probably needed to cheat and bribe just to manage a B.A. (or B.S.) degree in general business, or whatever the easiest business major there is, and just cringe. Putin's Rorshach test: "I see...an overwhelming popular mandate for me to continue in my leadership position. Isn't that what you see, too, doctor?"
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23rd July 2020, 02:30 PM	#83
Minoosh Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 12,239	Originally Posted by jnelso99 Like Rorschach tests. I have an old book, Big Secrets by William Poundstone, that tells you in which blotches you're SUPPOSED to say you see the hoo-hahs. The would-be Mercury astronauts were asked to describe what they saw on a blank piece of paper. Some said they saw nothing; others saw a snowfield. One guy said, "But it's upside down!" He didn't get selected as one of the original seven. For some reason Trump's dragging out of this cognitive test issue strikes me as one particular area that must have foreign heads of state laughing, whether in glee or out of a desperate urge not to cry. Most of these are serious people - not good people, necessarily, but solidly educated and cognizant that these tests are not the kind you brag about acing. I think of Xi rising to lead the CCP; Putin the KGB man and master manipulator, Merkel with her doctorate in chemistry - and then I think of Trump who probably needed to cheat and bribe just to manage a B.A. (or B.S.) degree in general business, or whatever the easiest business major there is, and just cringe.

23rd July 2020, 02:39 PM	#87
alfaniner Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Sorth Dakonsin Posts: 24,889	Originally Posted by jnelso99 Like Rorschach tests. I have an old book, Big Secrets by William Poundstone, that tells you in which blotches you're SUPPOSED to say you see the hoo-hahs. I have that one, too. It's been quite a while since I read it..
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23rd July 2020, 02:42 PM	#88
Skeptic Ginger Nasty Woman Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 86,982	Originally Posted by quadraginta This may be a rare incident of Trump honesty. Perhaps he actually did find the "test" hard. The way he brags and goes on about the test, I have no doubt it was hard for him.

23rd July 2020, 02:51 PM	#89
TragicMonkey Poisoned Waffles Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Monkey Posts: 59,506	Originally Posted by Skeptic Ginger The way he brags and goes on about the test, I have no doubt it was hard for him. Well, for a man of his age and probable circulatory issues that may be something boast-worthy...oh, never mind, you mean the test.
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23rd July 2020, 02:54 PM	#90
JoeMorgue Self Employed Remittance Man Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 30,692	Originally Posted by Trebuchet My wife says he just announced the Jacksonville convention is cancelled. Local news is confirming same. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...FK4GKY2GHQ6SE/
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23rd July 2020, 03:09 PM	#91
Belz... Fiend God Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In a post-fact world Posts: 91,433	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue But there's a more opaque mentality at work here, more of a Joker-esque need to just watch the world burn, all to get back at people who dared to tell you not to touch the hot stove and then had the utter audacity to actually be right that touching the hot stove was a bad idea. "I'd rather think for myself then be factually correct" has become self-feeding and self-destructive. In a way that's the logical end-result of focusing so much on the individual at the expense of the community, and of telling every single person that they are super-special and important. They're not.
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23rd July 2020, 03:16 PM	#92
varwoche Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Puget Sound Posts: 15,433	I especially enjoy when Fox News polling (A- rated by 538) comes out with numbers like... PA: Biden +11 MI: Biden +9 This poll (Quinnipiac) is eye-catching. FA: Biden +13 link
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23rd July 2020, 03:25 PM	#93
TheSupermeerkat Muse Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 676	Originally Posted by Minoosh The would-be Mercury astronauts were asked to describe what they saw on a blank piece of paper. Some said they saw nothing; others saw a snowfield. One guy said, "But it's upside down!" . That astronaut was Pete Conrad, who made it into the gemini programme and became the third man to walk on the Moon. /derail
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23rd July 2020, 03:38 PM	#94
zooterkin Nitpicking dilettante Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Berkshire, mostly Posts: 48,463	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue Local news is confirming same. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...FK4GKY2GHQ6SE/ Just saw it on the BBC news here .
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23rd July 2020, 04:22 PM	#95
phiwum Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 12,719	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue Ironically the rise the Trump is the first thing I've seen that really makes me believe that large chunks of the Right can no longer really sustain the lie that they are right about most things or that history is moving in their direction. I wish I were confident that history isn't moving in their direction. Sure has taken a turn that way recently.

23rd July 2020, 04:31 PM	#96
Minoosh Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 12,239	Originally Posted by TragicMonkey Putin's Rorshach test: "I see...an overwhelming popular mandate for me to continue in my leadership position. Isn't that what you see, too, doctor?" Wow. I think you nailed it. Originally Posted by TheSupermeerkat That astronaut was Pete Conrad, who made it into the gemini programme and became the third man to walk on the Moon. /derail Just finishing up "The Right Stuff" here.

23rd July 2020, 04:32 PM	#97
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waiting for the pod bay door to open. Posts: 43,043	Originally Posted by Belz... Evangelical end times hype. The more it looks like it's the end times the happier they are.
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23rd July 2020, 04:34 PM	#98
a_unique_person Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Waiting for the pod bay door to open. Posts: 43,043	Originally Posted by Squeegee Beckenheim Trump has decided to elucidate on the test he "aced", by describing the last very difficult question. It's exactly what everybody has been saying it is. https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/s...205405184?s=20 Footage embedded in tweet. He forgot the name of the test L:
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23rd July 2020, 04:44 PM	#99
Minoosh Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 12,239	Originally Posted by JoeMorgue Local news is confirming same. https://www.actionnewsjax.com/news/t...FK4GKY2GHQ6SE/ I wonder if this will make any Trump fans realize that he is confirming a reality that he has denied for months. That had he done this sooner, the U.S. would be dealing with a smaller, more manageable problem?

23rd July 2020, 05:04 PM	#100
Captain_Swoop Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 31,911	Trump Tweets The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article. Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better! Joe Biden’s disastrous plans for America’s suburbs Quote Tweet If you live in the suburbs or you’re a city dweller eyeing a move to a quiet cul-de-sac where your kids can play outside, you need to know about Joe Biden’s plan for a federal takeover of local... nypost.com

23rd July 2020, 05:08 PM	#101
Trebuchet Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Townsend, Washington Posts: 31,059	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets The Suburban Housewives of America must read this article. Biden will destroy your neighborhood and your American Dream. I will preserve it, and make it even better! Joe Biden’s disastrous plans for America’s suburbs Quote Tweet If you live in the suburbs or you’re a city dweller eyeing a move to a quiet cul-de-sac where your kids can play outside, you need to know about Joe Biden’s plan for a federal takeover of local... nypost.com Trump, on the other hand, is all about a federal takeover of downtown Portland and other cities. Which is just fine, because reasons, according to conservatives and libertarians on this forum.
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23rd July 2020, 05:11 PM	#102
pgwenthold Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 20,133	Has anyone looked up the website for the Suburban Housewives of America (SHA)?
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23rd July 2020, 05:51 PM	#103
Minoosh Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 12,239	Originally Posted by pgwenthold Has anyone looked up the website for the Suburban Housewives of America (SHA)? Who even uses the term "housewife" anymore?

23rd July 2020, 05:54 PM	#104
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Retweeted Brit Hume @brithume Quote: “Even if the charges are dismissed, or the McCloskeys are pardoned after being convicted, again we have a public official responsible for upholding law and order wink at a mob while treating law-abiding citizens as criminals.” What's up with all the asterisks?

23rd July 2020, 05:59 PM	#105
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Retweeted Will Chamberlain @willchamberlain Matt Borges - the former chair of the Ohio Republican Party - set up a #NeverTrump PAC to try and elect Joe Biden Today he was arrested in a $60 million bribery case I'm not sure that bragging about one of your own being caught in a $60 mil bribery case is smart politics.

23rd July 2020, 06:01 PM	#106
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets Buck Sexton @BuckSexton No matter what @realDonaldTrump did, what he closed down, how many masks he wore, @TheDemocrats were going to use his response to the #coronavirus as a political weapon in 2020. No, kidding, Buck. What was your first clue?

23rd July 2020, 06:08 PM	#107
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop Trump Tweets Obama, who wouldn’t even endorse Biden until everyone else was out of the primaries (and even then waited a long time!), is now making a commercial of support. Remember, I wouldn’t even be here if it weren’t for them. I wouldn’t be President. They did a terrible job! That actually asks an interesting hypothetical question: Would Trump have run and won in 2016 if Hillary was president 2008-16? I think I could argue either the "yes" or "no" side.

23rd July 2020, 06:13 PM	#108
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	Originally Posted by Stacyhs ... And I'm in my mid-60's. Damn spring chickens on this forum really get my goat sometimes.

23rd July 2020, 06:21 PM	#109
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	Originally Posted by Segnosaur As court victories go, it's pretty small (and Cohen is not exactly the most sympathetic character). But I do like seeing the Trump administration lose court cases, and maybe Cohen's book (if he does publish it) will have a little extra dirt on it to further tarnish Trump's image. And for those of us in lock down states, we're pretty much on home confinement anyway.

23rd July 2020, 06:29 PM	#110
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	Originally Posted by phiwum I wish I were confident that history isn't moving in their direction. Sure has taken a turn that way recently. Depends on your concept of "recently". If recently = last decade, then I would agree. If recently = since late 70s, I would disagree.

23rd July 2020, 06:32 PM	#111
SezMe post-pre-born Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 24,982	OK, I'll stop now.

23rd July 2020, 07:17 PM	#112
Sideroxylon Featherless biped Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aporia Posts: 24,318	Person, woman, man, camera, TV.

23rd July 2020, 07:33 PM	#113
Ladewig I lost an avatar bet. Join Date: Dec 2001 Posts: 28,039	Trump’s campaign ad blunders. I can’t decide if they -are the inevitable result of DJT not wanting to pay too much for staff -are attempts to troll the liberals -are designed to be distractions to keep people from focusing on more important things. Actually, I’m going to eliminate that last one. It would require more planning than Team Trump is capable of mustering. ETA Did any of them include “I am President Trump and I approved this message”?
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23rd July 2020, 07:36 PM	#114
Segnosaur Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada, eh? Posts: 17,122	From: People One of the country's top generals dismissed President Donald Trump as "an idiot" businessman with no "basic understanding of national security" at a 2017 dinner, according to another official's notes...In the Post story about sexual assault allegations against Gen. John E. Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Col. Kathy Spletstoser shared notes she took from the October 2017 dinner where she annotated the general's comments....Hyten, now 60, added that he believed First Lady Melania Trump had a better grasp on military operations than the president. That is totally fake news. Everyone knows Trump isn't an idiot. He's a moron.
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23rd July 2020, 07:37 PM	#115
Nova Land / Tagger Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Whitleyville, TN, surrounded by cats Posts: 5,968	Originally Posted by Minoosh Who even uses the term "housewife" anymore? Well, Donna Stone for one seems happy to be identified with that term. (Or at least I'm not aware of any complaints from her about her biographer Josie Brown repeatedly identifying her as a housewife. I assume if Stone were upset about being identified that way that Brown would have been "replaced" by now.)