Squeegee Beckenheim
Penultimate Amazing
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The opening to Morning Joe today was a thing of twisted, demented beauty.
First snippet: Bolton refuses to watch Khashoggi video offering the excuse that he doesn't speak Arabic. A reporter reminds him that he has translators, and then he offers up more evasive gibberish.
Second snippet: Brennan, NSA under Obama, addressing an audience speaking Arabic.
Because an expert on national security might glean nuance, might recognize faces, etc.What would watching it with translators accomplish? Why can't he just read a report from the translators?
What would watching it with translators accomplish? Why can't he just read a report from the translators?
Sanders is literally true in the sense that an output of a model is not a fact in the same category as the war of 1812 started in 1812. But I don't have a pithy explanation of why models are very important.
Because an expert on national security might glean nuance, might recognize faces, etc.
Preemptively, it's highly unlikely I will answer any follow-up questions you may have.
What do you mean just like?I see. You are just like Trump and his gut.
What do you mean just like?
Never mind, Trying to out-Bob Bob is a fool's errand.
Your mystical abilities to divine information that others can't in the situation....like body language experts or phrenologists.
Ah, yes. Discerning tone and meaning from people's nonverbal cues is just like homeopathy.
You're doing this whole skepticism thing wrong.
That's the problem with trying to out-Bob Bob. He can't tell the difference between an actual question and mockery.Your mystical abilities to divine information that others can't in the situation....like body language experts or phrenologists.
I reject claims that people are able to accurately discern cross cultural non verbal cues until evidence is presented. What is the scientific basis for judgement based on non verbal cues, particularly in inferring whether someone not present gave a directive.
That's the problem with trying to out-Bob Bob. He can't tell the difference between an actual question and mockery.
As if potentially recognizing the face of a person you may have met before is Trump-like gut dependency. Poor showing, even for you.
Try this:
(smiling) "Hey, X is dead!"
What can you infer from the visual cue?
Come back to us with your findings on basic ******* human behaviour.
This highly asinine comment makes me realize something.He isn't an expert in Saudi arabian agents. How is he going to know more about the people there than experts who invested the research and time into answering that question?