Dangers of a Trump Presidency--Part 7

[MacMadame]

I guess we aren't the only ones who aren't impressed that Trump can pass the cognitive test:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/07/19/president-is-very-proud-he-can-count-backward/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_headlines

 

[rfisher]

I wonder how far he got past 93. They typically stop the test taker if they can do the first subtraction. That whole interview was just bizarre. He makes it so easy for Biden's ad team.

 

[skatingfan5]

I wonder how far he got past 93.

I got to 2 so I guess I aced it. (Lately my mental functioning has seemed fuzzier than usual so I was curious. )

 

[MacMadame]

I wonder how far he got past 93. They typically stop the test taker if they can do the first subtraction. That whole interview was just bizarre. He makes it so easy for Biden's ad team.

In the article I posted a link to, there is another article that says that Trump's team has decided not to harp on Biden's mental acuity anymore. Good call. Nothing they hit Biden with seems to stick and I think it's because whatever it is, Trump is worse on that measure.

Also, I was so intrigued by the whole subtract down from 7 thing that now when I get bored counting down from 100 to fall asleep, I do that instead.

 

[once_upon]

I'm bad at math. I would fail the 100-7 = 93, 93-7=86, then would really have to think about it

 

[MacMadame]

I'm bad at math. I would fail the 100-7 = 93, 93-7=86, then would really have to think about it

I made myself do arithmetic in my head to get stronger at arithmetic. I found it easier to do subtractions with certain numbers so I do it that way. i.e., I would do it as 86 - 6 is 80 and minus 1 more is 79. 72 is easy as the next one. Then 72 - 2 = 70 and minus 5 more is also easy, 65. Generally around here is when I start making mistakes though.

 

[Reuven]

Trump says about the briefings:

Trump says regular coronavirus briefings will resume as cases surge

President Donald Trump said Monday he'll resume regular ******** briefings as the country experiences a resurgence of cases.

tinyurl.com

Why? Because of the ratings, of course:

Oh boy, more lunatic rantings at a campaign rally thinly disguised as a press briefing.

 

[Susan1]

In the article I posted a link to, there is another article that says that Trump's team has decided not to harp on Biden's mental acuity anymore. Good call. Nothing they hit Biden with seems to stick and I think it's because whatever it is, Trump is worse on that measure.

Also, I was so intrigued by the whole subtract down from 7 thing that now when I get bored counting down from 100 to fall asleep, I do that instead.

I mentioned before that a few years ago when I was told that count back by 7s was going to be on the test, I practiced. And then it wasn't. I did have to do simple math in my head though. I really would not be able to remember the five things five minutes later, unless I wrote them down myself somewhere and then could picture what I wrote. I just looked at the test and I can't remember them now. But I remember "truck, cabin, spoon" from the Alzheimer's episodes on Grey's Anatomy. Also, would you have to draw the numbers on the clock in order? I would do the 12, then the 6, then the 3, then the 9 and put the 1, 2, etc. in so they would be spaced correctly (anal, I know).

The doctor behind a cognitive test Trump took says ‘it’s supposed to be easy’

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, test discussed by President Trump and Chris Wallace is ‘not an IQ test,’ Dr. Ziad Nasreddine tells MarketWatch

www.marketwatch.com

 

[Sparks]

I took the test last year as part of a Medicare physical.
The count back by 7 was the hardest question. I said, 93 then raised my voice and told the nurse, "Don't ever ask me about numbers!". You are expected to do it fast, and I got anxiety.
Most of the questions are basically a MMSE, which I used when I was a Psych clinician.
If he had this test in November during his mysterious trip to Walter Reed, that tells me he had some sort of stroke or a TIA.

 

[rfisher]

I took the test last year as part of a Medicare physical.
The count back by 7 was the hardest question. I said, 93 then raised my voice and told the nurse, "Don't ever ask me about numbers!". You are expected to do it fast, and I got anxiety.
Most of the questions are basically a MMSE, which I used when I was a Psych clinician.
If he had this test in November during his mysterious trip to Walter Reed, that tells me he had some sort of stroke or a TIA.

we used to have patients do this when doing interventional radiography studies on patients who'd had a stroke. They only had to count a couple of iterations then they'd move on to the next question. It's if you can that's relevant, not your math skills. And, I've never heard anybody bragging about how they aced the test. Ever. It had no bearing on intelligence but just your cognitive function at that particular moment.

 

[Aussie Willy]

we used to have patients do this when doing interventional radiography studies on patients who'd had a stroke. They only had to count a couple of iterations then they'd move on to the next question. It's if you can that's relevant, not your math skills. And, I've never heard anybody bragging about how they aced the test. Ever. It had no bearing on intelligence but just your cognitive function at that particular moment.

That part of the interview was really weird. The fact that he brags about it and then says to Chris Wallace "you couldn't pass the test". WTF?

Those "press briefings" are just going to provide more ammunition for Trump to hang himself. They didn't work before and they are certainly not going to work now. I think he is just trying to poke the bear (being the media) and hoping that strategy works for his supporters. Because I think he has lost pretty much everyone else.

 

[Vagabond]

Chris Wallace and George Wallace should never, ever be confused with each other.

 

[ballettmaus]

DHS is getting ready to deploy agents to Chicago. Trump also wants to send them to New York and Philadelphia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...a42b8a-caaa-11ea-89ce-ac7d5e4a5a38_story.html

 

[MacMadame]

DHS is getting ready to deploy agents to Chicago. Trump also wants to send them to New York and Philadelphia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...a42b8a-caaa-11ea-89ce-ac7d5e4a5a38_story.html

And Oakland.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Chris Wallace and George Wallace should never, ever be confused with each other.

Apologies - my bad - have corrected

 

[Dobre]

I think he is just trying to poke the bear (being the media) and hoping that strategy works for his supporters.

I think he realized that the Tulsa & Arizona rallies backfired polling-wise, the GOP Convention in Florida is looking more & more crumbly, and even interviews on Fox are not working so he is resorting back to trying to control his own narrative on TV. (If he could control his own narrative the first time around, they wouldn't have needed to end in the first place. Some people should never be handed a microphone).

DHS is getting ready to deploy agents to Chicago. Trump also wants to send them to New York and Philadelphia. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...a42b8a-caaa-11ea-89ce-ac7d5e4a5a38_story.html

And Oakland.

 

[Vagabond]

‘Anti-Feminist’ Lawyer Is Suspect in Killing of Son of Federal Judge in N.J.

Roy Den Hollander had openly seethed against the judge, Esther Salas. After the shooting at her home, he was found dead in an apparent suicide.

www.nytimes.com

The New York State Police found Mr. Den Hollander’s body near Liberty, N.Y. — about a two-hour drive from the judge’s home — after he shot himself in an apparent suicide, officials said.

I hope that he's the one who did it because the alternative is that the killer is still on the loose.

 

[Vagabond]

Defying Trump, Lawmakers Move to Strip Military Bases of Confederate Names

The push by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress sets up an election-year veto fight with the president, and shows how he has isolated himself even from members of his own party on the issue.

www.nytimes.com

“We won two world wars, two world wars, beautiful world wars that were vicious and horrible, and we won them out of Fort Bragg,” Mr. Trump said. “We won them out of all of these forts, and now they want to throw those names away.”

 

[ballettmaus]

Defying Trump, Lawmakers Move to Strip Military Bases of Confederate Names

The push by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress sets up an election-year veto fight with the president, and shows how he has isolated himself even from members of his own party on the issue.

www.nytimes.com

How do you throw names away?

 

[MsZem]

"We won two world wars, two world wars, beautiful world wars that were vicious and horrible, and we won them out of Fort Bragg,” Mr. Trump said. “We won them out of all of these forts, and now they want to throw those names away."

As to that:

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Jump to Introduction Video about Germany: 01:47 English subtitles available! Eine niederländische Fernsehsendung, deren Konzept offensichtlich von uns geklau...

youtu.be

 

[ballettmaus]

The majority of reforestation in the US is done by temporary workers who come to the US on an H2B visas. Employers have advertise the jobs first before the job goes to a foreign worker and in previous years, there were hardly any takers. H2B visas are suspended until the end of the year, though. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/12/trump-immigration-trees-357786

 

[clairecloutier]

This tweet was a little bit of black comic relief this morning: https://mobile.twitter.com/EyePatchGuy/status/1285188675991674881

 

[Vagabond]

How do you throw names away?

Like this:

Robert E. Lee -----------> Abraham Lincoln
Braxton Bragg ----------> Harriet Tubman
Donald Trump ----------> Joe Biden

 

[caseyedwards]

“General and future president Grant intended that the Confederate soldiers would not face treason trials and severe punishments.” Time to redo history!! Get all those confederates convicted of treason! The peace was all wrong! Got to fix the peace!

 

[canbelto]

An article about the briefings reboot:

Trump’s Briefings, ‘The Apprentice’ and the Perils of the Second Season

President Trump seems to think there’s no such thing as too much of him on TV. He’s been wrong about that before.

www.nytimes.com

 

[ErikWilliam]

I mentioned before that a few years ago when I was told that count back by 7s was going to be on the test, I practiced. And then it wasn't. I did have to do simple math in my head though. I really would not be able to remember the five things five minutes later, unless I wrote them down myself somewhere and then could picture what I wrote. I just looked at the test and I can't remember them now. But I remember "truck, cabin, spoon" from the Alzheimer's episodes on Grey's Anatomy. Also, would you have to draw the numbers on the clock in order? I would do the 12, then the 6, then the 3, then the 9 and put the 1, 2, etc. in so they would be spaced correctly (anal, I know).

The doctor behind a cognitive test Trump took says ‘it’s supposed to be easy’

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, test discussed by President Trump and Chris Wallace is ‘not an IQ test,’ Dr. Ziad Nasreddine tells MarketWatch

www.marketwatch.com

I am hit or miss with remembering certain words. I'm presently couch potatoing watching Classic Concentration and sometimes I'm good and other times I'm pathetic. I do still remember the five words when I took the test two weeks ago, though: Face, Velvet, Church, Daisy, Red.

The clock is something that many many people miss, surprisingly. It's not just being able to correctly number the clock it's also to check if you can think where the minute and hour hands are supposed to be. Many people forget that the hour hand also moves slowly so let's say you are supposed to draw 2:30 you are supposed to put the minute hand on 6 and the hour hand halfway between 2 and 3, which is what most of the people who miss it do wrong.

Anyway, I'm relieved Trump's advisers are trying to have him cool it with the "Biden is senile" angle. Every time Trump speaks it is CLEAR there is significant cognitive impairment there. The whole "Biden is Corrupt" angle is also just as laughable.

Also, I don't feel comfortable making fun of a senior with cognitive decline. I feel sorry for them. Biden isn't as sharp as he was four years ago, it's evident, but he is still able to speak in complete sentences and convey his thoughts appropriately. Trump has hardly shown that. Everything is beautiful, wonderful, the best, etc where those words really don't make sense. Two 'beautiful' world wars????? The MoCA test was a 'beautiful' test? Who talks like that? So, I'm walking for me a fine line between seemingly making fun of Trump and just calling out his total negligence and unfitness for office. I hope that's clear.

 

[Susan1]

I am hit or miss with remembering certain words. I'm presently couch potatoing watching Classic Concentration and sometimes I'm good and other times I'm pathetic. I do still remember the five words when I took the test two weeks ago, though: Face, Velvet, Church, Daisy, Red.

I'll remember them two weeks from now. ha ha I don't remember them now though. Watching current Jeopardy! reruns, if I didn't know it the first time, I'm not going to remember it this time. I like the old, old ones now. I knew the whole 80's t.v. category. I wouldn't know the 2020's t.v. questions.

I used to be able to remember what I wrote on my grocery list a day ago if I didn't have it with me. Now I forget what wrote the minute I stand up. But I know every word of the oldies and classic rock songs I am listening to on the internet. Important stuff.

 

[Cachoo]

OUCH! (You knew this one was coming: Many thanks to Chris Wallace)

Trumpfeld

No re-election for you

youtu.be

 

[canbelto]

So Trump went to a fundraiser last night in close proximity with people without a mask. Guess the mask wearing Trump didn't last long.

Trump seen at DC fundraiser without mask just hours after saying it's 'patriotic' to wear one

President Trump was seen in video footage at his Washington, D.C., fundraiser Monday night without a mask hours after tweeting that it’s “patriotic” to wear one.

thehill.com

 

[Cachoo]

So Trump went to a fundraiser last night in close proximity with people without a mask. Guess the mask wearing Trump didn't last long.

Trump seen at DC fundraiser without mask just hours after saying it's 'patriotic' to wear one

President Trump was seen in video footage at his Washington, D.C., fundraiser Monday night without a mask hours after tweeting that it’s “patriotic” to wear one.

thehill.com

Don't worry he's taken hydroxychloroquine! Btw I have elderly people calling asking where they can get hydroxychloroquine because that f***wit promoted it.