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Cont: The Trump Presidency: Part 23

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Captain_Swoop said:
We're signing a health care plan within two weeks. A full and complete health care plan, that the Supreme Court decision on DACA gave me the right to do
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Trump routinely gives a two week timeframe for new policy when he's just making stuff up
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Is he confusing the Supreme Court DACA decision with a lower court Chewbacca decision?



Trump lawyers actually making Chewbacca argument in court filling in 5

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Captain_Swoop said:
Trump Tweets

So we catch Obama & Biden, not to even mention the rest of their crew, SPYING on my campaign, AND NOTHING HAPPENS? I hope not! If it were the other way around, 50 years for treason. NEVER FORGET!!!!
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If only there had been someone in a position of power these past three and half years who could have done something about this...
 
Stacyhs said:
You think Trump wrote that or ordered the flags flown at half mast? Silly boy!
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If he did, I still fault him. The president has more important things to focus on than if proper flag protocols are being followed.....



like where he should play his next game of golf.
 
Paul2 said:
I just had the clock exam given to me, and after the instructions, I asked "In what language?"

:D

ETA: I was expecting extra credit for that one, but no luck.
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Numbers have different languages? No wonder I was always late for French class!
 
Ladewig said:
Trump’s exact words

“I took it at Walter Reade, a medical center in front of doctors, and they were very surprised. They said ‘that’s an unbelievable thing. Rarely does anybody do what you just did.'”
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Having seen the questionnaire, someone correct me if I'm wrong but that definitely appears to be the sort of test you would give an elderly person whom you were determining the level and/or decline in their senile dementia. So I suspect they left out a few words. Like "It's unbelievable for anybody to do what you just did SO BADLY AND STILL NOT BE REMOVED FROM YOUR JOB AND COMMITTED FOR TREATMENT."
 
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Stacyhs said:
Ahem: I was joking which I thought would be clear by saying I was late to FRENCH class.
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The French use a 24-hour clock! You were brainwashed! Nothen ta brag about, palsy.

Goddamn French. They act like a buncha foreigners.
 
Norman Alexander said:
Having seen the questionnaire, someone correct me if I'm wrong but that definitely appears to be the sort of test you would give an elderly person whom you were determining the level and/or decline in their senile dementia.
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I think they started testing me annually with a test like this at my physical when I turned 65. I’m about to turn 71. Another question they ask is if you’ve had any falls.

Personally, the short term memory test is not a breeze. Nor is counting backwards from 100 by sevens. I still fly, accomplish pretty complicated tasks, do better at Jeopardy than most of the folks I watch with, and compose posts such as this one. Still, I struggled to come up with the word “vigilante” this morning. Not worrisome yet, but just starting to notice little things.

But being in the “normal range” on tests such as this is hardly something to brag about - unless someone needs to brag about everything!
 
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Fast Eddie B said:
I think they started testing me annually with test like this at my physical when I turned 65. I’m about to turn 71. Another question they ask is if you’ve had any falls.

Personally, the short term memory test is not a breeze. Nor is counting backwards from 100 by sevens. I still fly, accomplish pretty complicated tasks, do better at Jeopardy than most of the folks I watch with, and compose posts such as this one. Still, I struggled to come up with the word “vigilante” this morning. Not worrisome yet, but just starting to notice little things.

But being in the “normal range” on tests such as this is hardly something to brag about - unless someone needs to brag about everything!
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Counting backwards by sevens isn't a walk in the park for most people, no matter what age. I just subtract 10 and then add three (or four if subtracting by six etc) . I've done that since I was young. Temporarily struggling for a certain word or the name of an actor, etc is normal but it does get more common as we age. I've noticed that (I'm 66). But the word or name always comes to me if I just stop concentrating on it for a minute or two. As for Jeopardy, I'm pretty damn good at it and get the Final question more often than not.
 
Stacyhs said:
I just subtract 10 and then add three (or four if subtracting by six etc).
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Thanks for the tip - I’ll practice doing it that way.

From 100, 93 is easy. Then I figure it takes 3 more to get to 90, and I need another 4, so...86. From there, 6 to get to 80, plus one more for 79. From there, 72 is easy. And so on. But it’s not hard to get lost in the process when being asked to “perform” and to prove you’re not getting senile.

Similar to your method is a shortcut pilots use to figure reciprocal headings. You need to just add or subtract 180° from the heading to find it’s reciprocal. For instance, 040° + 180° = 220°, it’s reciprocal*. But adding or subtracting 180 to a number in your head can be hard, especially when tired or under stress. The shortcut that makes it easier is to either add 200° and then subtract 20°, or subtract 200° and then add 20° back in. Adds a step, but most folks find it a whole lot easier using that hint.

*Runways are numbered according to their magnetic bearing, rounded to the nearest 10°. So Runway 4 (roughly 040° magnetic) will be Runway 22 going the other way.
 
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Fast Eddie B said:
Thanks for the tip - I’ll practice doing it that way.

From 100, 93 is easy. Then I figure it takes 3 more to get to 90, and I need another 4, so...86. From there, 6 to get to 80, plus one more for 79. From there, 72 is easy. And so on. But it’s not hard to get lost in the process when being asked to “perform” and to prove you’re not getting senile.

Similar to your method is a shortcut pilots use to figure reciprocal headings. You need to just add or subtract 180° from the heading to find it’s reciprocal. For instance, 040° + 180° = 220°, it’s reciprocal*. But adding or subtracting 180 to a number in your head can be hard, especially when tired or under stress. The shortcut that makes it easier is to either add 200° and then subtract 20°, or subtract 200° and then add 20° back in. Adds a step, but most folks find it a whole lot easier using that hint.

*Runways are numbered according to their magnetic bearing, rounded to the nearest 10°. So Runway 4 (roughly 040° magnetic) will be Runway 22 going the other way.
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My dad was a pilot: C130s, fighters, 737, 727.....
 
Fast Eddie B said:
I think they started testing me annually with a test like this at my physical when I turned 65. I’m about to turn 71. Another question they ask is if you’ve had any falls.

Personally, the short term memory test is not a breeze. Nor is counting backwards from 100 by sevens. I still fly, accomplish pretty complicated tasks, do better at Jeopardy than most of the folks I watch with, and compose posts such as this one. Still, I struggled to come up with the word “vigilante” this morning. Not worrisome yet, but just starting to notice little things.

But being in the “normal range” on tests such as this is hardly something to brag about - unless someone needs to brag about everything!
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My mum is 92 and in a nursing home. She is physically frail but mentally strong. She has these sorts of tests done on occasion and also puts in a better effort than Donny does.

Thing is that Trump actually bragged about having "aced" the test. Which suggests he thought it was a pass/fail thing rather than an assessment. And that says he had no idea what the whole purpose of the process was. Chances are the assessors noted that too - a complete failure to comprehend and appreciate the nature of the testing. Thus they would have noted their subject is a complete knucklehead who needs constant positive reinforcement to ensure cooperation. ..."Of COURSE, Mr president! You did WONDERFULLY! We were all SO impressed!"
 
To poke at a couple things...

Voting Rights Roundup: Pennsylvania GOP aims to gerrymander the court that blocked their gerrymander

...And, under the current gerrymandering, they have an very unfortunately good chance of success, unless there's a massive blue wave.

In Portland related news...

Proud Boys Leader Admits Their Rallies Are For Fighting And Wasting Money
The group brawls with antifa under the guise of free speech. But video exposes its true intentions: violence and wasting public resources.

Rather than attack protesters ― as they’ve planned to do in the past ― the Proud Boys retreated across the Willamette River and then left the city, announcing on their way out a new campaign to waste Portland’s time and revenue, an apparent political maneuver aimed at Mayor Ted Wheeler.

“The gathering was never about bringing carnage or violence to the city of Portland, it was about financially crippling the progressive hotbed until they take action against antifa,” the gang said in a press release.

This appears to be the first public admission by the Proud Boys that the group’s aim is to hobble Wheeler’s administration. The mayor has allowed these rallies to go on in the name of free speech, despite acknowledging that violence is often the only item on the agenda.
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The "Proud Boys" are being as despicable as usual.

Speaking of white supremacists, though...

Fox News Staff Erupts Over Network Racism: Bosses ‘Created a White Supremacist Cell’

Yeah, Fox is horrible. This isn't particularly news, of course, but reminders about why don't hurt.

Elsewhere, looks like a Judge, Esther Salas, that was apparently just assigned a Deutsch Bank and Epstein case 4 days ago has... had their husband shot and son killed, with the Judge supposedly being the intended target.

I don't think I need to speak much further about how problematic this is, especially at a time when the Trump Administration is increasingly openly acting like the US is a banana republic.
 
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