All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[WestPhillyPunisher]

I don't think Dr. Jackson is a quack. I think he's in the same position as an otherwise honest professor at a division 1 university who gives the star quarterback a C instead of the D he deserves so that he can stay on the team, because the professor is afraid of losing his own job if he doesn't let the quarterback pass.

Your anthology makes perfect sense. Still, I don't like being lied to when my eyes plainly see Trump AIN'T 239. No way, no how. Meanwhile, James Gunn is on the "Girther" bandwagon:

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Offers $100,000 If Trump Will Step On A Scale

[Iron Maiden]

I don't think Dr. Jackson is a quack. I think he's in the same position as an otherwise honest professor at a division 1 university who gives the star quarterback a C instead of the D he deserves so that he can stay on the team, because the professor is afraid of losing his own job if he doesn't let the quarterback pass.

So true. It wouldn't be good for PR or national security I suppose if the doctor exposed that the President was in bad health. One of his meds he's taking is Crestor, which is for high cholesterol. That's to be expected with his fast food binging on KFC and McDonald's. He had to have had a blood test for his cholesterol, HDL and LDL to indicate the results were elevated. So I think he is a high risk but they're not saying anything more than the doc wants him to go on a diet and exercise. We know that won't happen though. I wonder if they had him take a stress test.

[Iron Maiden]

Your anthology makes perfect sense. Still, I don't like being lied to when my eyes plainly see Trump AIN'T 239. No way, no how. Meanwhile, James Gunn is on the "Girther" bandwagon:

‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Director James Gunn Offers $100,000 If Trump Will Step On A Scale

His money is safe

Since he looks about 6'2", instead of 6'3" and we're guesstimating 280 lbs that gives him a BMI of 36. You can play around with an online calculator, which is probably what the doctor did, to get it to come out so you are not in the obese category.

The Girther movement is building up steam on Twitter I see

[JCAll]

I don't think Dr. Jackson is a quack. I think he's in the same position as an otherwise honest professor at a division 1 university who gives the star quarterback a C instead of the D he deserves so that he can stay on the team, because the professor is afraid of losing his own job if he doesn't let the quarterback pass.

Might just be worried that the president would go batshit bonkers if a doctor called him fat. The country doesn't need that kind of trouble, we have problems enough.

[GindyPosts]

I love New California, if only because its so easy to mock.

Come on; conservatives dominate rural areas, but the reason why they can't get stuff done is because they keep electing people to undermine that process.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

So true. It wouldn't be good for PR or national security I suppose if the doctor exposed that the President was in bad health. One of his meds he's taking is Crestor, which is for high cholesterol. That's to be expected with his fast food binging on KFC and McDonald's. He had to have had a blood test for his cholesterol, HDL and LDL to indicate the results were elevated. So I think he is a high risk but they're not saying anything more than the doc wants him to go on a diet and exercise. We know that won't happen though. I wonder if they had him take a stress test.

This makes one wonder about just how much information is intentionally withheld from the public about the overall health of the men who occupy the Oval Office, especially those who had problems in one form or another. Going back in time: you had FDR with polio which inevitably killed him, JFK with back injuries suffered during World War II, and Reagan who was rumored to have been in the early stages of Alzheimer's during his second term. That was what people knew, then there's what that wasn't known. We automatically assume presidents from Obama on down were in great shape when they took office, though the stress of the job aged them prematurely. What if they weren't?

[Mister Mets]

There has been a huge tide of anti-intellectualism ripping through this country, and Id probably say its been going on since the early 2000s

youve got the anti-vaxxers, you have the flat earthers

generally there is this narrative that if someone is educated, they are talking down to you, or trying to tell you they know better, its not true but thats what the mouth breathers here

I disagree with the idea that this is a recent development.
http://bactra.org/Mencken/the-hills-of-zion/

[Jack Dracula]

This makes one wonder about just how much information is intentionally withheld from the public about the overall health of the men who occupy the Oval Office, especially those who had problems in one form or another. Going back in time: you had FDR with polio which inevitably killed him, JFK with back injuries suffered during World War II, and Reagan who was rumored to have been in the early stages of Alzheimer's during his second term. That was what people knew, then there's what that wasn't known. We automatically assume presidents from Obama on down were in great shape when they took office, though the stress of the job aged them prematurely. What if they weren't?

During his admin Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke which left him bed-ridden and nearly paralyzed for approx 17 months.
His wife kept it a secret and pretty much ran the country during that period. He never completely recovered.

[TheInvisibleMan]

I disagree with the idea that this is a recent development.
http://bactra.org/Mencken/the-hills-of-zion/

perhaps social media has made it more visible then

[KOSLOX]

This makes one wonder about just how much information is intentionally withheld from the public about the overall health of the men who occupy the Oval Office, especially those who had problems in one form or another. Going back in time: you had FDR with polio which inevitably killed him, JFK with back injuries suffered during World War II, and Reagan who was rumored to have been in the early stages of Alzheimer's during his second term. That was what people knew, then there's what that wasn't known. We automatically assume presidents from Obama on down were in great shape when they took office, though the stress of the job aged them prematurely. What if they weren't?

#42 we know for a fact had weight and cholesterol issues (remember the morning runs he had to start doing). #43 was a former alcoholic, and #44 was a habitual smoker.

Eisenhower had a heart attack at one point.

[Tazirai]

RE: Chelsea Manning

Ive always had split feelings about what happened

rules/laws were broken, but for a greater purpose

I think when you put on the uniform, and you swear an oath that means something bigger than yourself

I do agree that she had to serve time, Im still on the fence about the sentence being commuted BUT Im ok with her running for office

if anything, itll make people take notice...if she and Danica Roem can do it, anyone can

As an Air Force guy I swore that oath also. My Daughter did, and so did my dad. But at the same time. I'm a human being and I despise injustice. So yes sometimes heroes have to pay the consequences for their actions, and she did. She and Snowden also helped ungrateful ass Americans in the process. But in time they'll be vindicated, especially once all this Russia crap blows over.

In his day Dr. Martin Luther King, a Democratic Socialist, was seen as everything from a commie, to a marxist, to rabble rouser, to traitor. It happens to heroes all the time. Even from the Heroes own side. History is very cyclical, People love Heroes after the fact.

She did her time, and like Danica, whom I supported 100%, she's got my support also.

[rogersmcfeely]

There has been a huge tide of anti-intellectualism ripping through this country, and Id probably say its been going on since the early 2000s

It's always been here, maybe even before the founding of the republic.

[TheInvisibleMan]

As an Air Force guy I swore that oath also. My Daughter did, and so did my dad. But at the same time. I'm a human being and I despise injustice. So yes sometimes heroes have to pay the consequences for their actions, and she did. She and Snowden also helped ungrateful ass Americans in the process. But in time they'll be vindicated, especially once all this Russia crap blows over.

In his day Dr. Martin Luther King, a Democratic Socialist, was seen as everything from a commie, to a marxist, to rabble rouser, to traitor. It happens to heroes all the time. Even from the Heroes own side. History is very cyclical, People love Heroes after the fact.

She did her time, and like Danica, whom I supported 100%, she's got my support also.

Im a veteran as well, along with the 3rd generation of my family to serve - my granddad and great uncle were in WW2 and after, my aunt did 12 years in the Air Force, and I was in the Navy so I get it

and you're right about history loving heroes down the road

[BeastieRunner]

Mr. Bannon, let's play ... LET'S MAKE A DEAL!

He's taking a plea.

[PaulBullion]

She issued a statement denying it.



It might just be that no one who hasn't been married to Trump is willing to admit to sleeping with him.

She admitted to it in a 2011 interview, before she signed the NDA:

While Stormy adamantly denied that anything happened in a letter released by Trump's lawyer on Jan. 10, In Touch has an explosive first-person interview with the adult entertainer that was conducted in 2011, in which she details her affair with the then-star of NBC’s The Apprentice.

In the new issue of In Touch, on newsstands today, Stormy (given name: Stephanie Clifford) confirms in her own words that she had sex with Donald Trump in his Lake Tahoe, NV, hotel suite in 2006 — a story that was corroborated to In Touch in 2011 by her good friend Randy Spears and supported by her ex-husband Mike Moz. Stormy also took and passed a polygraph test at the time of the interview.

http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/s...d-trump-151571