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Rep. Jim Jordan tweets

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President Obama blamed President Bush for everything.

President Biden is blaming President Trump for everything.

Why don’t Democrats ever hold themselves accountable?
 
Captain_Swoop said:
Rep. Jim Jordan tweets

@Jim_Jordan
President Obama blamed President Bush for everything.

President Biden is blaming President Trump for everything.

Why don’t Democrats ever hold themselves accountable?
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...says a guy who has done a heck of a lot to avoid being held accountable for his actions. The Democrats pretty much actually are the party of personal responsibility, regardless, unlike the "We take no responsibility at all" Republicans.
 
Yeah, remember Trump complaining how Obama left the pandemic response equipment is horrible shape. Despite Trump having had over 3 years to fix any shortcomings and ashcaning all the pandemic preparations of the previous 3 administrations.
 
Scopedog said:
I don't know if it's important. There was quite a bit of technical analysis on the authenticity of the Flyboard video so I guess it could be more or less important than that.

ETA: Another angle with the same hand-passing-conspicuously-over-foreground-microphone:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/vide...91feff-9f5b-4644-98c9-5fc3588a3c18_video.html

I don't know enough about video to judge if there's a known principle for why this would happen.
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So? Are you thinking this is some kind of video fraud? Why? And keep in mind if there were, the White House Press Corp would be part of the conspiracy. What I see are two different camera views. Nothing looks strange to me.
 
SuburbanTurkey said:
This is fantasy. The Parliamentarian's decision could have been overruled by Harris. The covid relief bill with the wage increase also could have passed by a simple majority
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I'll speculate that Biden wants the Senate to return to the old days and told Harris not to overrule the parimentarian and to play be the rules.
 
acbytesla said:
So? Are you thinking this is some kind of video fraud? Why? And keep in mind if there were, the White House Press Corp would be part of the conspiracy. What I see are two different camera views. Nothing looks strange to me.
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To the extent that some people think or thought it looked odd, it's been resolved to be an optical illusion.

What do you think of the strange audio at 1:16:35 in this video from January 21st?
https://youtu.be/Ec3mkoSWf0A

It's interesting to me because it sounds like Hunter Biden leaving a voicemail for his father. Even if that isn't what it is I'm still curious about how it would happen on a technical level.
 
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Scopedog said:
To the extent that some people think or thought it looked odd, it's been resolved to be an optical illusion.

What do you think of the strange audio at 1:16:35 in this video from January 21st?
https://youtu.be/Ec3mkoSWf0A

It interesting to me because it sounds like Hunter Biden leaving a voicemail for his father. Even if that isn't what it is I'm still curious about how it would happen on a technical level.
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I don't know. I see nothing unusual. Beyond my expertise.
 
Scopedog said:
To the extent that some people think or thought it looked odd, it's been resolved to be an optical illusion.

What do you think of the strange audio at 1:16:35 in this video from January 21st?
https://youtu.be/Ec3mkoSWf0A

It's interesting to me because it sounds like Hunter Biden leaving a voicemail for his father. Even if that isn't what it is I'm still curious about how it would happen on a technical level.
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I do think that the one pixel on one of the frames of that video is evidence of....um, er, well, I dunno! But someone should look into it!...

Or, jebus some people really *really* go into the weeds trying to find something, anything they can squint through one eye and declare to be nefarious.
 
wareyin said:
I do think that the one pixel on one of the frames of that video is evidence of....um, er, well, I dunno! But someone should look into it!...

Or, jebus some people really *really* go into the weeds trying to find something, anything they can squint through one eye and declare to be nefarious.
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You should watch Michael Shermer's talk on "why people believe weird things". He goes into depth how all of us come to believe what we believe.

Regardless of how intelligent one might be, the process is often not rational. It's often instinctive and then from that moment on we tend to seek out evidence that confirms our instincts and dismiss what doesn't. And that is true whether you're Einstein or the village idiot. We all do this.

Trump supporters have been fed a steady diet of gas lighting and stories of why they should distrust the media. It's not surprising they are pixel focused on anything , and everything that confirms this narrative.
 
Scopedog said:
To the extent that some people think or thought it looked odd, it's been resolved to be an optical illusion.

What do you think of the strange audio at 1:16:35 in this video from January 21st?
https://youtu.be/Ec3mkoSWf0A

It's interesting to me because it sounds like Hunter Biden leaving a voicemail for his father. Even if that isn't what it is I'm still curious about how it would happen on a technical level.
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It's some idiot who was supposed to have his mic muted, probably part of the broadcasting team.
 
Scopedog said:
In this odd video, after approaching the microphones, his hands conspicuously pass in front of the microphones which should be smaller and in the foreground at least a few feet in front of him. Can this be accounted for by artefacting or video compression/rendering/interpolation or whatever?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0139UytcR8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBPmaf7ffg8

With regards to the first video, have a look at the moment Biden's hands come down to the microphones.... his hands go between the microphones and the camera 0:07 and 0:09. His hands and body are in focus while the microphones are out of focus. That is impossible without a chroma-key setup - the lens has not yet been invented that can do this.

This video is an obvious green-screen effort, and a very amateurish one at that.
 
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acbytesla said:
You should watch Michael Shermer's talk on "why people believe weird things". He goes into depth how all of us come to believe what we believe.

Regardless of how intelligent one might be, the process is often not rational. It's often instinctive and then from that moment on we tend to seek out evidence that confirms our instincts and dismiss what doesn't. And that is true whether you're Einstein or the village idiot. We all do this.

Trump supporters have been fed a steady diet of gas lighting and stories of why they should distrust the media. It's not surprising they are pixel focused on anything , and everything that confirms this narrative.
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I think the hand-over-microphone videos were at least as worthy of discussion as the picture of the dress that some people thought was white and others thought was blue. Not knowing anything about video production, I thought the microphones looked added in post-production somehow and a lot of people, partisan or otherwise, perceived other shenanigans in the exact same footage. All the proposed shenanigans would require a conspiracy between at least Associated Press and Washington Post. I don't subscribe to conspiracy theories so I wanted an alternative non-conspiratorial view and I found it myself (optical illusion, very apparent when both angles are compared in slow motion). I corrected myself quickly and publicly and have done so repeatedly in this thread regarding these videos.

An alternative possibility to Einsteins and village idiots believing wierd things (I've read the book for what it's worth) is that, to you, the subject (President Biden) of this (small) controversy is one that's an uncomfortable target for scrutiny based on your own biases. If it were a video of a totally random person I'll bet you'd be more inclined to at least examine it from the perspective of people who initially found it strange. I wonder if you have the capacity for introspection and self-reflection to consider this. I'm certainly capable of and have experienced the errors in thinking that Michael Shermer wrote about.
 
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Skeptic Ginger said:
It's some idiot who was supposed to have his mic muted, probably part of the broadcasting team.
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What microphone or equipment picked it up? Was it the White House camera and the cameraman's phone? You can't hear a cellphone call unless you're very close to the phone (Chris Cuomo demonstrated this: https://twitter.com/i/status/1197557633059885056). Did the cameraman briefly put his phone on speaker mode? Alternatively, is it possible, perhaps, for cellphone or Bluetooth signals to interfere with White House equipment and, if so, which equipment?
 
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Scopedog said:
I think the hand-over-microphone videos were at least as worthy of discussion as the picture of the dress that some people thought was white and others thought was blue. Not knowing anything about video production, I thought the microphones looked added in post-production somehow and a lot of people, partisan or otherwise, perceived other shenanigans in the exact same footage. All the proposed shenanigans would require a conspiracy between at least Associated Press and Washington Post. I don't subscribe to conspiracy theories so I wanted an alternative non-conspiratorial view and I found it myself (optical illusion, very apparent when both angles are compared in slow motion). I corrected myself quickly and publicly and have done so repeatedly in this thread regarding these videos.

An alternative possibility to Einsteins and village idiots believing wierd things (I've read the book for what it's worth) is that, to you, the subject (President Biden) of this (small) controversy is one that's an uncomfortable target for scrutiny based on your own biases. If it were a video of a totally random person I'll bet you'd be more inclined to at least examine it from the point of view of people who initially found it strange. I wonder if you have the capacity for introspection and self-reflection to consider this. I'm certainly capable of and have experienced the errors in thinking that Michael Shermer wrote about.
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Nice try, but if this had been a video of a totally random person there would have been no controversy. We wouldn't have had people looking for conspiracies or nefarious explanations for mundane events.
 
wareyin said:
Nice try, but if this had been a video of a totally random person there would have been no controversy.
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I disagree. People on the internet discuss and argue over mundane optical illusions all the time. In fact, I mentioned one that was extensively discussed on this forum. Please examine your biases and your and others apparent predisposition to find fault with my comments.

wareyin said:
We wouldn't have had people looking for conspiracies or nefarious explanations for mundane events.
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Are you proposing that there are examples of that in this thread or are you referring to the internet in general?
 
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Apparently Biden is dead and that's why he hasn't had a 'proper' press conference yet.
'They' are using 'CGI' to keep the illusion going that he is in charge.
 
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