thephan wrote:

CalvinBall wrote:Bannon refused to answer questions in the hearing that he was subpoenaed to speak at

I am a novice at best, in legal matters, but when did it become purely optional to answer question? Bad memories about, flat out refusals, et. al. No contempt path? No fines, etc.? how worthless is it for these hearings if they cannot compel answers to questions?

Werthless wrote:

Monkeyboy wrote:I have an almost irrational hatred of Kushner and Ivanka. I say "almost" because they are certainly worthy of the hatred. I sometimes really hate what someone is doing, but rarely do I actually hate the person. I don't even hate Donald. But there's something about this entitled couple , vomited from the bowels of two corrupt families, doing whatever they want and acting like they are too superior to ever get caught, that really makes me want to ... I don't know what, but something. I really think they are sociopaths, like for real. We're going to find out one day that he or she or both of them have done terrible things.

I actually feel bad for them at times. They've lost all of their friends in the last 2 years. Their parents have put them into positions in their organizations where they are destined to fail. And they are being ridiculed for situations -- being in over their head, being in charge of policy where they have no experience, being asked to help with a Presidential transition when an actual political professional should have been summoned -- that are difficult to navigate. Especially if, as I suspect, they do not have both the raw intelligence and emotional intelligence to evaluate when they are unqualified for something and act on it. But they may periodically think "if my dumb dad/FIL can get elected President, maybe I can help out with this..." I sometimes don't blame them for being overconfident in their own abilities.

Sometimes. Mostly, I'm just amazed that we've gotten to this place in the country.

pacino wrote:Macron sucks on immigration and refugees

traderdave wrote:"The president is mentally very sharp, very intact," Jackson said. "He is fit for duty."

And passing THIS was all it took to prove it:




#STABLEGENIUS

@realDonaldTrump

New report from DOJ & DHS shows that nearly 3 in 4 individuals convicted of terrorism-related charges are foreign-born. We have submitted to Congress a list of resources and reforms....

Barry Jive wrote:imagine if you could empathize with people^ who weren’t big pieces of shit

^includes poors, blacks, and women

Donald Trump wrote:Eric Trump on @foxandfriends now!

slugsrbad wrote:

Donald Trump wrote:Eric Trump on @foxandfriends now!

What a proud papa.

traderdave wrote:"The president is mentally very sharp, very intact," Jackson said. "He is fit for duty."

And passing THIS was all it took to prove it:

#STABLEGENIUS

The point is not that the test is easy. The point is that an inability to complete aspects of the test reveals different types of mental decline. The clock test is about executive brain function: memory, planning ahead. The different parts of the MoCA are labeled according to what they test, with the clock test falling under “visuospatial/executive.” Questions about the current year and date are under “orientation.” The request to identify a drawing of a camel is under “naming.” In the test’s scoring instructions, it explains what is covered: “attention and concentration, executive functions, memory, language, visuoconstructional skills, conceptual thinking, calculations and orientation.”

It is, as Trump’s doctor noted, a tool for identifying early signs of mental deterioration, like the mental version of a blood sample on which your doctor runs a battery of tests. It’s not the SAT; it’s a screening device. Imagine a disease in which you suddenly were unable to say the letter H. Singing the alphabet song is a trivial task that kindergartners do, but if you suddenly stumbled over the letter that follows G, your doctors might take that as a sign that the H illness was present. It might also be an error, of course, but that’s the point. It’s a test of a particular thing that for everyone else is easy.