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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#240601: May 1st 2018 at 3:53:59 PM

What constitutes as "common sense" is heavily affected by the flawed ideologies and norms of the time. Part of the reason why many of the left's assertions are met with such resistance from not just conservatives but centrists and the general population is that they feel counterintuitive to what people have learned and what their sense of what should be true, despite the fact that much of academia has long supported their arguments.

This is before even getting into the idea that what's common sense for one person is not really common sense for someone else. Everyone has their own idea of how to solve problems, their own emotional truths and their own way of relating to the rest of the world.

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#240602: May 1st 2018 at 3:54:30 PM

Common sense is using the assumption with the least amount of logical leaps, and "The country isn't my household" is a lot less of a leap then comparing the economics of the two.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#240603: May 1st 2018 at 4:16:52 PM

I've been wondering, who leaked the mueller questions?

Judging by his reaction on twitter, I don't think trump knew about the leak, but then, who did? And what is their agenda?

edited 1st May '18 4:17:18 PM by megaeliz

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#240604: May 1st 2018 at 4:17:51 PM

There was the report that suggested it was Trump, but if he's tweeting as if that's not the case then it could've been someone in the administration.

edited 1st May '18 4:18:21 PM by sgamer82

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#240605: May 1st 2018 at 4:22:14 PM

Or he leaked it and then tried to pretend he knew nothing about it.

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Raptorslash Since: Oct, 2010
#240606: May 1st 2018 at 4:23:01 PM

Another issue is that many of these people are only using the "it's only fair to hear both sides" tack to gain ground in the conversation and make it sound like both sides are equal. For example, Scott Pruitt isn't sincerely interested in a good-faith and open-minded conversation about climate change since he's actively done his best to shut down the other side and get in the way of research.

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#240607: May 1st 2018 at 4:23:53 PM

Kelly would have beaten Trump to a pulp if it looked like he was going to personally leak that document. He would have bludgeoned him until he stopped moving, then grabbed his cell phone from him. It wasn't Trump. It was probably a staffer or a member of his legal team.

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megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#240608: May 1st 2018 at 4:29:59 PM

[up][up][up] Trump lies a lot, but is absurdly bad at keeping secrets.

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#240609: May 1st 2018 at 4:48:09 PM

Trump is such an egotistical dumbass, he can't grasp the basic concept of a secret. He's like: "Oh! Privileged information! I must immediately tell it to everybody I know, to show what an important insider I am!"

edited 1st May '18 4:51:36 PM by pwiegle

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#240610: May 1st 2018 at 5:04:21 PM

Speaking of Trump's ego, his former Doctor said that Trump dictated the letter of perfect health (you know, the one that technically said he was positive for every affliction and condition known to mankind?), not the actual expert.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/01/politics/harold-bornstein-trump-letter/index.html

Can buddy lose his license for signing off on that? I mean, seriously, "I just made it up as I went along.", what the actual fuck is that?

edited 1st May '18 5:05:38 PM by Rationalinsanity

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#240612: May 1st 2018 at 5:42:34 PM

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And that notably comes on the heels of his alleging that a Trump Tower lawyer, Trump's bodyguard, and an unidentified man "raided" his office to confiscate Trump's medical files in February 2017.

In an exclusive interview in his Park Avenue office, Bornstein told NBC News that he felt "raped, frightened and sad" when Keith Schiller and another "large man" came to his office to collect the president's records on the morning of Feb. 3, 2017. At the time, Schiller, who had long worked as Trump's bodyguard, was serving as director of Oval Office operations at the White House.

"They must have been here for 25 or 30 minutes. It created a lot of chaos," said Bornstein, who described the incident as frightening.

A framed 8-by-10 photo of Bornstein and Trump that had been hanging on the wall in the waiting room now lies flat under a stack of papers on the top shelf of Bornstein's bookshelf. Bornstein said the men asked him to take it off the wall.

Bornstein said he was not given a form authorizing the release of the records and signed by the president known as a HIPAA release — which is a violation of patient privacy law. A person familiar with the matter said there was a letter to Bornstein from then-White House doctor Ronny Jackson, but didn't know if there was a release form attached.

Would it violate the HIPAA if there was no signed form on the doctor's part?

And for the White House's part, Huckabee-Sanders is calling it a mischaracterization.

Asked about the incident by Hallie Jackson of NBC News on Tuesday afternoon, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that taking possession of medical records was "standard operating procedure for a new president" and that it was not accurate to characterize what happened as a "raid."

"Those records were being transferred over to the White House Medical Unit, as requested," said Sanders.

Bornstein said that Trump cut ties with him after he told The New York Times that Trump takes Propecia, a drug for enlarged prostates that is often prescribed to stimulate hair growth in men. Bornstein told the Times that he prescribed Trump drugs for rosacea and high cholesterol as well.

The story also quotes Bornstein recalling that he had told Rhona Graff, Trump's longtime assistant, "You know, I should be the White House physician."

After the article ran on Feb. 1, 2017, Bornstein said Graff called him and said, "So you wanted to be the White House doctor? Forget it, you're out.' "

Two days after the article ran, the men came to his office.

edited 1st May '18 5:44:44 PM by ironballs16

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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#240613: May 1st 2018 at 5:49:57 PM

At the debate for the 42nd California Congressional seat. This is where the NRA's most paid off Republican congressman from California, Ken Calvert, is running for reelection.

edited 1st May '18 5:51:08 PM by Parable

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#240614: May 1st 2018 at 5:53:10 PM

[up] Need any ideas for questions to ask?

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#240616: May 1st 2018 at 5:55:12 PM

Ask him if he believes that the droughts here are being affected by climate change. tongue

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#240617: May 1st 2018 at 5:55:24 PM

[up][up] well, do you know any issues that are likely to come up beyond NRA stuff?

And what about his opponent?

edited 1st May '18 5:58:29 PM by megaeliz

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#240618: May 1st 2018 at 5:58:34 PM

Probably healthcare and [up][up] the drought, as mentioned.

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#240619: May 1st 2018 at 6:09:50 PM

If he's ever claimed to be fiscally responsible, ask him how he tolerates Pruitt's millions in frivolous spending.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#240620: May 1st 2018 at 6:15:48 PM

[up] good one. Especially effective if he voted for him, and continues not to demand for his resignation.

On that note, The Tax Scam bill would also be something to push. Even Marco Rubio is saying it didn't work

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#240621: May 1st 2018 at 6:17:11 PM

Whelp. They just announced he declined to come.

That leaves two Democrats and one Independent. I've been canvassing for one of the Democrats, Julia Peacock.

megaeliz Since: Mar, 2017
#240622: May 1st 2018 at 6:19:44 PM

[up] suggest you put up an empty chair and label it with his name. Then you can post it on Social media to show how he wasn't there.

TheRoguePenguin Since: Jul, 2009
#240623: May 1st 2018 at 6:19:53 PM

Not surprising. Evidently he's been dodging town halls for a decade.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#240624: May 1st 2018 at 6:22:10 PM

He did a "video" town hall where he could control the questions a few months ago.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#240625: May 1st 2018 at 6:26:34 PM

Bill Gates said recently that GM Os and Climate Change were things that people opposed because of anti-intellectualism.

I cited, "An Enemy of the People" (Here) that the problem is a lot of people have a vested financial interest against both of those concepts. Monsato also makes GM Os look evil butthat's beside the point. While anti-intellectualism exist in America, I feel the denial is very much more done at the hands of people who have money to gain.

Mind you, I can only attribute anti-vaxx to idiots.

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