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General Discussion => WHATEVER => Topic started by: Dirty_Dan90 on March 06, 2024, 08:26:06 AM
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The rematch nobody wants...
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Of the people saying trump, do you think he’d leave office after four years (following the two term limit), he won’t and you like that or don’t care?
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oh dave my guy dont do it
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There is absolutely no contest, I'm voting for Biden because his advisors actually know how to read and aren't sucking down Xanax and speed all day long (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503/).
Also, it is worth pointing out that all the absolute minimum guardrail of having horrible people like the CEO of Exxon limiting the damage Trump and team can do will be gone. It will be full on crazies and neo-nazis running the show for four years.
I feel Americans have forgotten just how bad things were under Trump and just how poorly Republican led states are doing. Red states have more crime, despite Fox/OAN trying to convince the world urban places are the worst (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/30/murder-rates-democrat-republican-states-gun-control). 9/10 states with the highest poverty rates are Republican led and have been for decades (https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/poverty-rate-by-state/). The top ten states with the shortest life expectancy, 9/10 are Republican led (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/life_expectancy/life_expectancy.htm).
Not to mention all the people around Trump that have gone to prison/jail. Like, he doesn't hang out with people are even remotely honest. And, it has been obvious for decades that he isn't even remotely honest and will do anything to avoid being held accountable.
Like, honestly, I have no idea what issues are driving people to say, "Yes, I'd like what Mississippi and Alabama are having as things seem to be going really well down there. I'd like my state to be like the poorest, most impoverished, and least educated places in America" or "Yes, Trump's rain multiple casinos into the ground, his son-in-law is now getting billions from the Saudis, his daughter got patents in China for exchange for tariffs on certain products being reduced, the tariffs helped Brazi's farmers dramatically increase their exports, he did backstage diplomacy with Rudi, and all sorts of other shady shit... this man is a leader."
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I like that this thread was started today as if it took Nikki Haley dropping out for this to be the reality that has been clear for years
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mississippi and alabama both have some of the highest black populations in the US
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There is absolutely no contest, I'm voting for Biden because his advisors actually know how to read and aren't sucking down Xanax and speed all day long (https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-white-house-drugs-speed-xanax-1234979503/).
Also, it is worth pointing out that all the absolute minimum guardrail of having horrible people like the CEO of Exxon limiting the damage Trump and team can do will be gone. It will be full on crazies and neo-nazis running the show for four years.
I feel Americans have forgotten just how bad things were under Trump and just how poorly Republican led states are doing. Red states have more crime, despite Fox/OAN trying to convince the world urban places are the worst (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/30/murder-rates-democrat-republican-states-gun-control). 9/10 states with the highest poverty rates are Republican led and have been for decades (https://wisevoter.com/state-rankings/poverty-rate-by-state/). The top ten states with the shortest life expectancy, 9/10 are Republican led (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/life_expectancy/life_expectancy.htm).
Not to mention all the people around Trump that have gone to prison/jail. Like, he doesn't hang out with people are even remotely honest. And, it has been obvious for decades that he isn't even remotely honest and will do anything to avoid being held accountable.
Like, honestly, I have no idea what issues are driving people to say, "Yes, I'd like what Mississippi and Alabama are having as things seem to be going really well down there. I'd like my state to be like the poorest, most impoverished, and least educated places in America" or "Yes, Trump's rain multiple casinos into the ground, his son-in-law is now getting billions from the Saudis, his daughter got patents in China for exchange for tariffs on certain products being reduced, the tariffs helped Brazi's farmers dramatically increase their exports, he did backstage diplomacy with Rudi, and all sorts of other shady shit... this man is a leader."
no one who votes for the guy is saying, or even thinking about this. they watch FN, OAN, use FB or whatever other social media and see/hear/read/consume what's catered to them, no more, no less.
these same people probably aren't aware of statistics regarding a shorter life expectancy or higher poverty rates.
DT is a showman who, along with the media around him, evokes emotion, guiding people to feel both disenfranchised and empowered in the same sentence. It's a playbook as old as time. Hatred and Fear can really temporarily bring people together.
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Over the course of today and considering it is the anniversary, I thought it would be nice to have the bi-partisan January 6 hearings in their entirety here. I'm only slightly through a re-watch of the first video and it was surprising how much of the evidence I had already forgotten about. If they don't find him guilty for his actions (and inaction) related to January 6 and what he did in Georgia... it will be one of the biggest bunts in American history and we will be in DEEP shit.
Roughly 30 hours in total.
I tried to watch as many of them live but I did miss a couple days so I am re-watching them all. The last video is the Final Report, which is a recap with recommendations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL2inz487U&t=4043s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiL2inz487U&t=4043s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgUG8lPHzE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLgUG8lPHzE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzSYO1ve3g8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzSYO1ve3g8)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZPBWZcr-vw&t=471s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZPBWZcr-vw&t=471s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vwrzaQOUQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vwrzaQOUQ)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgDdomPn7C0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgDdomPn7C0)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK7__28iw20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK7__28iw20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDrxaFTBRo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DDrxaFTBRo)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mhhCNqsrcI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mhhCNqsrcI)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtwItbTPWNE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtwItbTPWNE)
If you can watch even a fraction of the January 6 hearings and STILL support tRump... I really don't even know what to say. He lost, he knew he lost, he purposely spread misinformation and attempted to overthrow an election... amongst other things...
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Biden no contest. I dont even like him.
Thereʻs no way we can let that criminal scumbag back into office.
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mississippi and alabama both have some of the highest black populations in the US
So, what? Unless we are trying to make a racist implication that Black Americans are lesser (which I don't think is your point), Alabama and Mississippi with their low investment in education, their low tax schemes, and the other brilliant policy ideas should have helped this group "pull themselves up by the bootstraps."
Using Alabama's presidential voting record as a directional piece of data, Republicans have had control over Alabama for 40 years. 40 fucking years and it is still struggling with huge problems. It's GDP per capita is 3rd worst in America (only slightly better than West Virginia and Mississippi), so the GOP "economic realists" can't even point to an economic win.
Even when conservatives want to bitch and moan about CA and NY to sell some dumbass story to show how "real America" is better, they rarely point to metrics that actually matter. NY's and CA's GDP per capita as both states are in the top 5. The north has the advantage of its industrial past, but if the GOP policies were even remotely decent, Alabama and Mississippi would be making progress not forever struggling with major issues with no improvements in sight.
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I value the fact that this country belongs not to just the white man. No way in fuck would I ever vote Republican until that word means something entirely different.
Also, no thanks to corporate tax cuts for the middle class to continue to further shouldering the burden.
I realize money is the root of all evil, and what all of this truly boils down to, but those that stoke the flames of culture wars can get fucked. We need solidarity against the powers that be.
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do you think the poorest states having high populations of black americans is coincidental
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I like that this thread was started today as if it took Nikki Haley dropping out for this to be the reality that has been clear for years
I’m happy to have read this thread, if only for your comment.
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Does AMA stand for "Ask me Anything" or "Against Medical Advice"? The free dictionary isn't really helping me much on this one.....
https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/AMA
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mississippi and alabama both have some of the highest black populations in the US
So, what? Unless we are trying to make a racist implication that Black Americans are lesser (which I don't think is your point), Alabama and Mississippi with their low investment in education, their low tax schemes, and the other brilliant policy ideas should have helped this group "pull themselves up by the bootstraps."
Using Alabama's presidential voting record as a directional piece of data, Republicans have had control over Alabama for 40 years. 40 fucking years and it is still struggling with huge problems. It's GDP per capita is 3rd worst in America (only slightly better than West Virginia and Mississippi), so the GOP "economic realists" can't even point to an economic win.
Even when conservatives want to bitch and moan about CA and NY to sell some dumbass story to show how "real America" is better, they rarely point to metrics that actually matter. NY's and CA's GDP per capita as both states are in the top 5. The north has the advantage of its industrial past, but if the GOP policies were even remotely decent, Alabama and Mississippi would be making progress not forever struggling with major issues with no improvements in sight.
so what?
https://youtu.be/UJUNTcOGeSw (https://youtu.be/UJUNTcOGeSw)
https://youtu.be/K7fgB0m_y2I (https://youtu.be/K7fgB0m_y2I)
https://youtu.be/LJ25-U3jNWM (https://youtu.be/LJ25-U3jNWM)
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mississippi and alabama both have some of the highest black populations in the US
So, what? Unless we are trying to make a racist implication that Black Americans are lesser (which I don't think is your point), Alabama and Mississippi with their low investment in education, their low tax schemes, and the other brilliant policy ideas should have helped this group "pull themselves up by the bootstraps."
Using Alabama's presidential voting record as a directional piece of data, Republicans have had control over Alabama for 40 years. 40 fucking years and it is still struggling with huge problems. It's GDP per capita is 3rd worst in America (only slightly better than West Virginia and Mississippi), so the GOP "economic realists" can't even point to an economic win.
Even when conservatives want to bitch and moan about CA and NY to sell some dumbass story to show how "real America" is better, they rarely point to metrics that actually matter. NY's and CA's GDP per capita as both states are in the top 5. The north has the advantage of its industrial past, but if the GOP policies were even remotely decent, Alabama and Mississippi would be making progress not forever struggling with major issues with no improvements in sight.
so what?
https://youtu.be/UJUNTcOGeSw (https://youtu.be/UJUNTcOGeSw)
https://youtu.be/K7fgB0m_y2I (https://youtu.be/K7fgB0m_y2I)
https://youtu.be/LJ25-U3jNWM (https://youtu.be/LJ25-U3jNWM)
Sorry, you can't repeat a karma action without waiting 24 hours.
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
I wrote a paragraph but a mod fucked with it... so ill just boil it down to this, I hate leftist bullshit. Im not a right winger either im just a dude. right wing shit is wack but right wingers arent all over demanding i bow to thier ideals or else. People are sick of it.
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
They demand you have to bow once you no longer fit their ideals. You just happen to fit in. Imagine what your situation were if you were a little different.
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
They demand you have to bow once you no longer fit their ideals. You just happen to fit in. Imagine what your situation were if you were a little different.
If my situation was different maybe i would vote a different way, BUT ITS NOT, im voting for MY interests not other peoples dude, thats how this goes, i cant even imagine voting for other peoples interests
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
They demand you have to bow once you no longer fit their ideals. You just happen to fit in. Imagine what your situation were if you were a little different.
That’s because you’re a selfish and miserable bastard with no empathy.
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
They demand you have to bow once you no longer fit their ideals. You just happen to fit in. Imagine what your situation were if you were a little different.
Yeah he definitely sounds like the kind of guy i imagine who will vote for Trump. Who cares about other people, the homeless, the sick, the poor and the elderly? As long as Trump promises (but of course doesn't deliver) that they can fill up their RAM cheaper...
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
They demand you have to bow once you no longer fit their ideals. You just happen to fit in. Imagine what your situation were if you were a little different.
wait wait i've heard this one before
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dictator for 'one day only'...yeah right.
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He really spelled it tRump... longtime lurker first time poster voting for trump AMA
Why do you want to vote for him? I ask that genuinely by the way.
They demand you have to bow once you no longer fit their ideals. You just happen to fit in. Imagine what your situation were if you were a little different.
look at this self centered fuck.
if you actually think leftists are forcing their ideals onto you then wtf do you think Christians, republicans and the GOP in general are doing about women's rights and abortion?
fuck you.
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With trump getting 25% of the vote on such a left leaning website, how do you think the rest of the country is doing? Id say its not looking good for joe biden, im predicting a trump win this year.
It’s an anonymous poll on a fairly left leaning site. There are certainly some pot stirring protest votes in this (and all) polls. That being said, he seems to be leading many polls this far out and he hast that whole cult thing going for him so it’s worrying.
On the flip side, more republicans who voted in primaries said they would never vote for him than I expected which is significant. Statistically those are more likely voters than the participants in this skateboard site poll.
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probably just going to vote trump because i voted for biden in 2020. just like to stir shit up for no reason. nothing matters either way, this country is doomed
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That Kanye piece. George Bush don't care about black people shit was god tier. Wtf happened?
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I'd much rather have someone a good 20-30 years younger than Biden, but I think the "He's got dementia and has no idea what he's doing! He's just following orders through an earbud" claims are ridiculous. Reminds me of the Obama birther shit, why actually argue about policy when you can just make compilations of 4 second cips of Biden's speech impediment.
Even if his brain was completely gone, he's got semi competent staff he's working with, rather than Betsy Devos and the Exxon CEO.
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I never try to be overconfident, but based off Trumps record ever 2 years, would find it surprising for that to change all of a sudden
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I hope I am wrong, but I feel Trump won his first term due to underestimating the lack of enthusiasm/likeability for Clinton. History will repeat itself. Trump over Biden for the same reasons. Regardless we are a nation in decline if these two are the best candidates we can come up with.
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"Things you are Not Stoked On..."
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I hope I am wrong, but I feel Trump won his first term due to underestimating the lack of enthusiasm/likeability for Clinton. History will repeat itself. Trump over Biden for the same reasons. Regardless we are a nation in decline if these two are the best candidates we can come up with.
From a non US perspective it's like a comedy show. First Trump gets elected because people hate Hillary so much, then Biden cause people hate trump so much, and now looks like people are ready to elect trump again as they've realized Biden is five years overdue from chilling in a nursing home
Pretty interesting to see if things will get back to somewhat normal again four years from now
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I hope I am wrong, but I feel Trump won his first term due to underestimating the lack of enthusiasm/likeability for Clinton. History will repeat itself. Trump over Biden for the same reasons. Regardless we are a nation in decline if these two are the best candidates we can come up with.
From a non US perspective it's like a comedy show. First Trump gets elected because people hate Hillary so much, then Biden cause people hate trump so much, and now looks like people are ready to elect trump again as they've realized Biden is five years overdue from chilling in a nursing home
Pretty interesting to see if things will get back to somewhat normal again four years from now
Are y’all seeing the video footage of trump speeches where he is clearly unable to speak properly? Dude is regularly confusing names, stumbling over words/sentences, and unable to make appropriate connections of people, places, and things.
Im curious because i regularly see comments about Biden’s age and mental clarity, but very, very little concerning Trump and his cognitive function.
I dont disagree that they are both too far gone, yet the focus on the age of Biden alone seems to me like a manufactured issue that is working quite well in distracting voters and bystanders such as folks outside the states from Trump in general
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Trump is likely going senile from the STDs you’d expect from a sex predator and raw dog prostitute purveyor.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/syphilis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351756
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Neither of these fools are cognitive. One can't talk and the other thinks they're running against Obama.
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imagine obama or joe having a playdate with a hungarian despot at their own home..they'd all want him hung from the highest tree, but somehow this is all normal..
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Most of the time the “cognitive decline” I see in Biden is from someone who has worked hard in their life to overcome a stutter
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I hope I am wrong, but I feel Trump won his first term due to underestimating the lack of enthusiasm/likeability for Clinton. History will repeat itself. Trump over Biden for the same reasons. Regardless we are a nation in decline if these two are the best candidates we can come up with.
From a non US perspective it's like a comedy show. First Trump gets elected because people hate Hillary so much, then Biden cause people hate trump so much, and now looks like people are ready to elect trump again as they've realized Biden is five years overdue from chilling in a nursing home
Pretty interesting to see if things will get back to somewhat normal again four years from now
Are y’all seeing the video footage of trump speeches where he is clearly unable to speak properly? Dude is regularly confusing names, stumbling over words/sentences, and unable to make appropriate connections of people, places, and things.
Im curious because i regularly see comments about Biden’s age and mental clarity, but very, very little concerning Trump and his cognitive function.
I dont disagree that they are both too far gone, yet the focus on the age of Biden alone seems to me like a manufactured issue that is working quite well in distracting voters and bystanders such as folks outside the states from Trump in general
Oh yeah trump seems to be getting senile too, so the election might become about who's the least senile candidate. Which would be hilarious if it wasn't real life
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Trump is going to win, unfortunately. And both options here are shit.
Im more scared of the Trump acolytes and state/county/city level extremist candidates who will be emboldened by him than I am of Trump himself.
I live in a battleground state and it’s absolutely insane some of the mouth breathers the Reps are fielding. I can understand (even if I disagree with it) Mitt Romney type educated, accomplished/successful conservatives, the christofascist swamp nazis on the ballot today are something fucking else.
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Most of the time the “cognitive decline” I see in Biden is from someone who has worked hard in their life to overcome a stutter
This seems to me to be a fairly accurate assessment. Dudes got natural cognitive decline, he is old. Period, but youre spot on about the stutter and it being played/preyed upon.
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Im goin turd sandwich
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Most of the time the “cognitive decline” I see in Biden is from someone who has worked hard in their life to overcome a stutter
This seems to me to be a fairly accurate assessment. Dudes got natural cognitive decline, he is old. Period, but youre spot on about the stutter and it being played/preyed upon.
The fucking cognitive decline I hit when I turned 35 was notable. Not sure if my (diagnosed) ADHD was kicking it, but I found it quantifiably harder to recall the names of thing.
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I've watched all the Biden dementia compilations on Youtube and they're all a joke. If he actually has dementia, I'd like to know. Get back to me when Biden thinks he's in the 80's, or he can't remember Kamala's name. Flubbing a few words while public speaking(to millions no less) or falling off a bike with cages is completely normal. If they said it was early dementia or something, I'd say that's plausible, but they've been saying that for almost 10 years now. It's the same shit they always pull, just throw a bunch of outlandish claims repeatedly knowing most people's political knowledge is facebook memes.
I'm not trying to start an argument on this, I just would actually like to know the answer. I keep seeing shit about how the Dems had 50 years to codify Roe, but REFUSED to. Was there actually a time in the last 50 years where we definitively had enough votes to get past the filibuster? Like all this garbage social media political shit makes it sound like it'd be super easy to pass, but I remember support for abortion rights when I was a kid being pretty abysmal.
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probably just going to vote trump because i voted for biden in 2020. just like to stir shit up for no reason. nothing matters either way, this country is doomed
Sometimes I really loathe the fact that everyone's vote counts equally
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probably just going to vote trump because i voted for biden in 2020. just like to stir shit up for no reason. nothing matters either way, this country is doomed
Sometimes I really loathe the fact that everyone's vote counts equally
It’s even worse.
In a battleground state, that vote means a lot more.
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I've watched all the Biden dementia compilations on Youtube and they're all a joke. If he actually has dementia, I'd like to know. Get back to me when Biden thinks he's in the 80's, or he can't remember Kamala's name. Flubbing a few words while public speaking(to millions no less) or falling off a bike with cages is completely normal. If they said it was early dementia or something, I'd say that's plausible, but they've been saying that for almost 10 years now. It's the same shit they always pull, just throw a bunch of outlandish claims repeatedly knowing most people's political knowledge is facebook memes.
I'm not trying to start an argument on this, I just would actually like to know the answer. I keep seeing shit about how the Dems had 50 years to codify Roe, but REFUSED to. Was there actually a time in the last 50 years where we definitively had enough votes to get past the filibuster? Like all this garbage social media political shit makes it sound like it'd be super easy to pass, but I remember support for abortion rights when I was a kid being pretty abysmal.
I'm not a neuropsychologist, but I am a Clinical Psychologist at the VA and used to do full-time cognitive assessments for geriatric patients. Dementia isn't dichotomous, but it's on a spectrum like any other neurocognitive disorder and it's pretty obvious both candidates have age-related declines.
Our executive functioning (frontal lobe) typically peaks around late 20's and everyone starts to show some declines once they hit late 50's or 60's, which is why some professions require retirement at a certain age (e.g. FAA requires retirement at age 65yo). Any gero psychologist would tell you both Biden and Trump have some level of neurocognitive impairment and should not be the leader of the free world. Even for people with very obvious dementia (e.g. Mitch McConnell, Dianne Feinstein, etc) there are no fail-safes in US politics.
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Just unite them into one person: Triden or Bidump
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probably just going to vote trump because i voted for biden in 2020. just like to stir shit up for no reason. nothing matters either way, this country is doomed
Sometimes I really loathe the fact that everyone's vote counts equally
In a battleground state, that vote means a lot more.
I don’t understand why someone like this would bother voting at all.
“nothing matters, so I’ll probably go out of my way that day to vote”
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I've watched all the Biden dementia compilations on Youtube and they're all a joke. If he actually has dementia, I'd like to know. Get back to me when Biden thinks he's in the 80's, or he can't remember Kamala's name. Flubbing a few words while public speaking(to millions no less) or falling off a bike with cages is completely normal. If they said it was early dementia or something, I'd say that's plausible, but they've been saying that for almost 10 years now. It's the same shit they always pull, just throw a bunch of outlandish claims repeatedly knowing most people's political knowledge is facebook memes.
I'm not trying to start an argument on this, I just would actually like to know the answer. I keep seeing shit about how the Dems had 50 years to codify Roe, but REFUSED to. Was there actually a time in the last 50 years where we definitively had enough votes to get past the filibuster? Like all this garbage social media political shit makes it sound like it'd be super easy to pass, but I remember support for abortion rights when I was a kid being pretty abysmal.
Our executive functioning (frontal lobe) typically peaks around late 20's and everyone starts to show some declines once they hit late 50's or 60's, which is why some professions require retirement at a certain age (e.g. FAA requires retirement at age 65yo). Any gero psychologist would tell you both Biden and Trump have some level of neurocognitive impairment and should not be the leader of the free world. Even for people with very obvious dementia (e.g. Mitch McConnell, Dianne Feinstein, etc) there are no fail-safes in US politics.
Thank you for this reply, this is the kind of opinion I like getting. I wouldn't disagree with what you said either. Without getting too deep into this, it just irritates the shit out of me that people pass over Trumps mental decline just because he's belligerent and antagonizes people.
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I've watched all the Biden dementia compilations on Youtube and they're all a joke. If he actually has dementia, I'd like to know. Get back to me when Biden thinks he's in the 80's, or he can't remember Kamala's name. Flubbing a few words while public speaking(to millions no less) or falling off a bike with cages is completely normal. If they said it was early dementia or something, I'd say that's plausible, but they've been saying that for almost 10 years now. It's the same shit they always pull, just throw a bunch of outlandish claims repeatedly knowing most people's political knowledge is facebook memes.
I'm not trying to start an argument on this, I just would actually like to know the answer. I keep seeing shit about how the Dems had 50 years to codify Roe, but REFUSED to. Was there actually a time in the last 50 years where we definitively had enough votes to get past the filibuster? Like all this garbage social media political shit makes it sound like it'd be super easy to pass, but I remember support for abortion rights when I was a kid being pretty abysmal.
Our executive functioning (frontal lobe) typically peaks around late 20's and everyone starts to show some declines once they hit late 50's or 60's, which is why some professions require retirement at a certain age (e.g. FAA requires retirement at age 65yo). Any gero psychologist would tell you both Biden and Trump have some level of neurocognitive impairment and should not be the leader of the free world. Even for people with very obvious dementia (e.g. Mitch McConnell, Dianne Feinstein, etc) there are no fail-safes in US politics.
I echo the appreciation that others have posted regarding your professional insight.
I am a speech-language pathologist, and I have my own professional opinions regarding both candidates. Each of them certainly has age-related cognitive decline. Having experience working with children and adults with dysfluent speech (stuttering), I feel my concerns are almost identical.
Overall, linguistic cohesion and sequencing of their messages seem lacking. Most worrying to me are instances when they are not self-monitoring and repairing their messages (e.g., using the wrong president's name, the name of an incorrect country, not adequately answering the question, etc.).
I was pleasantly surprised at how Biden performed during the State of the Union, overall.
Considering the population size of the U.S., it is ridiculous that these are the two front runners. In my mind, the two options from the major parties signal how deficient the two-party system is.
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I've watched all the Biden dementia compilations on Youtube and they're all a joke. If he actually has dementia, I'd like to know. Get back to me when Biden thinks he's in the 80's, or he can't remember Kamala's name. Flubbing a few words while public speaking(to millions no less) or falling off a bike with cages is completely normal. If they said it was early dementia or something, I'd say that's plausible, but they've been saying that for almost 10 years now. It's the same shit they always pull, just throw a bunch of outlandish claims repeatedly knowing most people's political knowledge is facebook memes.
I'm not trying to start an argument on this, I just would actually like to know the answer. I keep seeing shit about how the Dems had 50 years to codify Roe, but REFUSED to. Was there actually a time in the last 50 years where we definitively had enough votes to get past the filibuster? Like all this garbage social media political shit makes it sound like it'd be super easy to pass, but I remember support for abortion rights when I was a kid being pretty abysmal.
Our executive functioning (frontal lobe) typically peaks around late 20's and everyone starts to show some declines once they hit late 50's or 60's, which is why some professions require retirement at a certain age (e.g. FAA requires retirement at age 65yo). Any gero psychologist would tell you both Biden and Trump have some level of neurocognitive impairment and should not be the leader of the free world. Even for people with very obvious dementia (e.g. Mitch McConnell, Dianne Feinstein, etc) there are no fail-safes in US politics.
I echo the appreciation that others have posted regarding your professional insight.
I am a speech-language pathologist, and I have my own professional opinions regarding both candidates. Each of them certainly has age-related cognitive decline. Having experience working with children and adults with dysfluent speech (stuttering), I feel my concerns are almost identical.
Overall, linguistic cohesion and sequencing of their messages seem lacking. Most worrying to me are instances when they are not self-monitoring and repairing their messages (e.g., using the wrong president's name, the name of an incorrect country, not adequately answering the question, etc.).
I was pleasantly surprised at how Biden performed during the State of the Union, overall.
Considering the population size of the U.S., it is ridiculous that these are the two front runners. In my mind, the two options from the major parties signal how deficient the two-party system is.
In this 2nd gilded age, the system is functioning as it is intended. Oligarchs don’t give up their spot
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i think Trump could do good for the economy, why we paying $80 for a decks now?
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i think Trump could do good for the economy, why we paying $80 for a decks now?
Can you imagine the tens of votes either candidate would get from the skateboarding community if they ran a “Make Real Skating Affordable”
It’ll be abbreviated: “MRSA”
Guaranteed to win. You’ll see.
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i think Trump could do good for the economy, why we paying $80 for a decks now?
When has a republican ever done a good job with the economy? One step forward two steps back and often a democratic president (like Carter with Nixon, Obama and bush, Biden trump) has to eat a shit sandwich that wasn’t their making
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I dont like either one of these candidates but its what were stuck with again...seemed like i could afford a lot more before Biden was in office. I didnt vote for Trump the first time around but things seemed pretty fucked right now economically.
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Keep in mind, interest rates were historically low after Wall Street destroyed the economy in 2008. Interest rates went negative during Covid. Not much to do with who was in office. I would also say my opinion on why grocery prices are so high is because food companies want to maintain their margins. Cost goes up, prices go up more, margins stay the same and profits go up.
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/REAINTRATREARAT10Y
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Part of the inflation equation is that these corporations know you will blame Biden instead of their own corporate greed.
They tried to rationalize the original inflation by saying they are making up for money they lost during Covid but look at every corporation bragging about their increased profits years later. Keep helping them get away with robbing you by blaming their designated scapegoat who has actually passed legislation to lower the initial inflation. Can’t legislate away their corporate greed unfortunately.
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Part of the inflation equation is that these corporations know you will blame Biden instead of their own corporate greed.
They tried to rationalize the original inflation by saying they are making up for money they lost during Covid but look at every corporation bragging about their increased profits years later. Keep helping them get away with robbing you by blaming their designated scapegoat who has actually passed legislation to lower the initial inflation. Can’t legislate away their corporate greed unfortunately.
Biden brought up shrinkflation in the SOTU and hopefully they can get a law or two passed
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I've watched all the Biden dementia compilations on Youtube and they're all a joke. If he actually has dementia, I'd like to know. Get back to me when Biden thinks he's in the 80's, or he can't remember Kamala's name. Flubbing a few words while public speaking(to millions no less) or falling off a bike with cages is completely normal. If they said it was early dementia or something, I'd say that's plausible, but they've been saying that for almost 10 years now. It's the same shit they always pull, just throw a bunch of outlandish claims repeatedly knowing most people's political knowledge is facebook memes.
I'm not trying to start an argument on this, I just would actually like to know the answer. I keep seeing shit about how the Dems had 50 years to codify Roe, but REFUSED to. Was there actually a time in the last 50 years where we definitively had enough votes to get past the filibuster? Like all this garbage social media political shit makes it sound like it'd be super easy to pass, but I remember support for abortion rights when I was a kid being pretty abysmal.
Our executive functioning (frontal lobe) typically peaks around late 20's and everyone starts to show some declines once they hit late 50's or 60's, which is why some professions require retirement at a certain age (e.g. FAA requires retirement at age 65yo). Any gero psychologist would tell you both Biden and Trump have some level of neurocognitive impairment and should not be the leader of the free world. Even for people with very obvious dementia (e.g. Mitch McConnell, Dianne Feinstein, etc) there are no fail-safes in US politics.
I echo the appreciation that others have posted regarding your professional insight.
I am a speech-language pathologist, and I have my own professional opinions regarding both candidates. Each of them certainly has age-related cognitive decline. Having experience working with children and adults with dysfluent speech (stuttering), I feel my concerns are almost identical.
Overall, linguistic cohesion and sequencing of their messages seem lacking. Most worrying to me are instances when they are not self-monitoring and repairing their messages (e.g., using the wrong president's name, the name of an incorrect country, not adequately answering the question, etc.).
I was pleasantly surprised at how Biden performed during the State of the Union, overall.
Considering the population size of the U.S., it is ridiculous that these are the two front runners. In my mind, the two options from the major parties signal how deficient the two-party system is.
Yeah, SOTU performance was way better than I thought it would be. He looked energized and handled MTG pretty well. On the flip side, it was obviously practiced and requires a lot less working memory, processing speed, and executive functioning. Interviews and debates are where he falls apart.
A lot of gero patients I see start rambling off non-sense and "don't have a filter." When really, they just can't plan out communication and lack the nuance of skilled conversation. Trump is the embodiment of this. He's also incapable of reciprocal communication, and will just distract interviewers with some non-sense to confuse them and change the subject. He never really answers the questions being asked.
If you thought the 2020 debate was sad, this one is going to be way worse with 4 extra years of cognitive decline.
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I've watched all the Biden dementia compilations on Youtube and they're all a joke. If he actually has dementia, I'd like to know. Get back to me when Biden thinks he's in the 80's, or he can't remember Kamala's name. Flubbing a few words while public speaking(to millions no less) or falling off a bike with cages is completely normal. If they said it was early dementia or something, I'd say that's plausible, but they've been saying that for almost 10 years now. It's the same shit they always pull, just throw a bunch of outlandish claims repeatedly knowing most people's political knowledge is facebook memes.
I'm not trying to start an argument on this, I just would actually like to know the answer. I keep seeing shit about how the Dems had 50 years to codify Roe, but REFUSED to. Was there actually a time in the last 50 years where we definitively had enough votes to get past the filibuster? Like all this garbage social media political shit makes it sound like it'd be super easy to pass, but I remember support for abortion rights when I was a kid being pretty abysmal.
Our executive functioning (frontal lobe) typically peaks around late 20's and everyone starts to show some declines once they hit late 50's or 60's, which is why some professions require retirement at a certain age (e.g. FAA requires retirement at age 65yo). Any gero psychologist would tell you both Biden and Trump have some level of neurocognitive impairment and should not be the leader of the free world. Even for people with very obvious dementia (e.g. Mitch McConnell, Dianne Feinstein, etc) there are no fail-safes in US politics.
I echo the appreciation that others have posted regarding your professional insight.
I am a speech-language pathologist, and I have my own professional opinions regarding both candidates. Each of them certainly has age-related cognitive decline. Having experience working with children and adults with dysfluent speech (stuttering), I feel my concerns are almost identical.
Overall, linguistic cohesion and sequencing of their messages seem lacking. Most worrying to me are instances when they are not self-monitoring and repairing their messages (e.g., using the wrong president's name, the name of an incorrect country, not adequately answering the question, etc.).
I was pleasantly surprised at how Biden performed during the State of the Union, overall.
Considering the population size of the U.S., it is ridiculous that these are the two front runners. In my mind, the two options from the major parties signal how deficient the two-party system is.
A lot of gero patients I see start rambling off non-sense and "don't have a filter." When really, they just can plan out communication and lack the nuance of skilled conversation. Trump is the embodiment of this. He's also incapable of reciprocal communication, and will just distract interviewers with some non-sense to confuse them and change the subject. He never really answers the questions being asked.
If you thought the 2020 debate was sad, this one is going to be way worse with 4 extra years of cognitive decline.
Four years of high stress and relative isolation. Whooboy
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Love the world vote against hate.
Tomorrow we can have better candidates. It gotta happen.
Ones that aren't obsessed with violence
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Ranked voting would be nice: third parties might have a real chance.
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lara trump, donnies daughter in law is now heading the Republican National Committee. And with this new leadership:
"The RNC is being brought under the Trump campaign to such an extent, the sources said, that the firings are mainly to ensure there is no overlap in roles between the RNC and the campaign. The Trump campaign, for instance, already has robust political and communications teams."
...this should absolutely concern you
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Who wants to put money on this election? I got $100 on Biden. Bet.
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I'm just thinking about the Jews won't replace up people.
They are all 100% on one side.
They wanna kill me and my family because they Jewish.
Don't help that. Plz
I'm not worrying for me I'm worrying for my kids. I don't want them to have to do battle in the way me and my friends had to.
The Nazi skinhead movement SUCKED
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lara trump, donnies daughter in law is now heading the Republican National Committee. And with this new leadership:
"The RNC is being brought under the Trump campaign to such an extent, the sources said, that the firings are mainly to ensure there is no overlap in roles between the RNC and the campaign. The Trump campaign, for instance, already has robust political and communications teams."
...this should absolutely concern you
A few of Trump's PACs are going broke because of his legal fees, and now the RNC is about to drop what little it has left into his coffers.
Watching them burn through their budgets for nothing is amazing... dude didn't even do a GOP debate. Only reason Trump's even running is to delay and complicate all these fucking hearings he has to attend. Utterly insane.
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Oh man, keep preying and praying, brothers and sisters.
The evangelical movement will be keeping this afloat. So many tax scams going on. Man…
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Who wants to put money on this election? I got $100 on Biden. Bet.
Win win. If the preferred candidate doesn’t win, then you can still make money off the election.
I don’t like betting (I get too emotional). But if I were betting person, I’d say there is like a 1:1 shot either candidate wins. It’s too difficult to try and guess how the country is going to vote.
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Do Trump voters understand his wishes to become a dictator, and do they know what that means?
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Yes, but they but they are excited to watch their "enemies" be repressed and assume that'll it never happen to them.
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Trump doesn't have the same momentum. Plus, only one president has ever served non-consecutive terms. It's almost a tradition to concede after losing re-election. Then again, we'll be electing the oldest person to have ever served. Before Trump, Reagan was the oldest president at 73 for the start of his second term.
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Yes, but they but they are excited to watch their "enemies" be repressed and assume that'll it never happen to them.
I guess they didn’t learn anything in history classes. Don’t worry though if that happens they’ll all lose their guns(but ‘Murica?). You can’t have a dictatorship actually work with armed masses that may turn on you once they actually realize how much you’ve fucked them repeatedly.
I will give it to Putin though, he did learn from history. He took Germanys tactics from WW1 with Lenin and applied it quite well here. Release the bloated traitor man baby upon American and watch as it tears us apart and all he had to do was employ a few trolls to help him gather support.
The only reason he’s still running is to try and stop all the charges for all the treasoning he did while in office and right before he got the boot.
A tragic.
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Going to sit this one out.
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Trumps liquidity obviously over stated. He's so fucked. I'll buy trump Tower for $1 call it T squat.