I'm more confused by the stories down the side column of the link. Whatever happened to "Does my bum look big in this?" There's some huge backsides proudly being displayed.

With the quoted numbers his BMI is 29.9. 30 is classified as obese; see what difference an inch makes

Bullshit. A ton of Chineses, Indians, Italians, Jews, Armenians, Persians, Mexicans, Eastern Europeans, etc., arrived poor in the USA and are now rich.

Bullshit. A GREAT many more haven't. Do we really have to have that discussion again? Fact is, in the more recent past, in the US if you are poor you are very likely to stay that way. Much more likely than in Europe.

Why do we keep seeing here (in media in general, too) the no-no issues that the pro-pc folk get frequently upset about if it relates to somebody else: fat-shaming Trump, commenting on his many mental illnesses, calling him an idiot, unfit, old (hello agism snowflakes and equal opportunities rioters), looking into his plate, uhm...dyslexia? I might have missed a few. Is it just me who notices this, or "it serves him right". I guess people exclude potus out of their standards on decency if they consider him unworthy. Does it say something about the one who is being judged or about the self proclaimed experts on potus standards.

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I don't think it's anything to do with being PC. People spot bullshit and call it out. Simple as.

It's just upsetting the non-PC people, it seems.

The question is still being asked, only these days the desired answer seems to be "yes"

I can not believe that all details of the medical examination of Trump was publicly read out (by whom - was that the doctor in that video??!!).
I have not seen anything like it with any of our Bundesräte. In fact, I've not seen anything like it with any president in the world.

So it was a shithole for them when they came poor and for the few that made a mint, now it is nice. For the 99.9% who didn't strike it rich, it is still a shithole. What's so complicated about this to grasp?

Instructions unclear: poor still visible

Phos?


https://www.englishforum.ch/daily-li...ml#post2898221

That is the US tradition that the details of the medical examination of Trump are read out.
However;
The President has the right to review and censor the report before it is read out, there is no evidence Trump did that.

In JFK's case it was concealed he had Addison's disease and he took painkillers, anti anxiety agents, stimulants and sleeping pills, as well as hormones.

Trump's PSA was 0.12 which is extremely low, usually only that low after Prostate removal as part of Prostate cancer treatment. Possibly a side effect of the Propecia he takes against hair loss.

“Our study shows men who take Propecia can get persistent erectile dysfunction, in which they will not be able to have normal erections for months or years after stopping,” said lead study author Dr. Steven Belknap, a research assistant professor of dermatology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

Having said that Trump takes a very low Propecia daily dose.

See what I mean? None of my business

Precisely. Life has it's twists and turns.

Ex husband's ancester was convicted by Glasgow Parish Council for 'fornicating on a Sunday', did a runner to the U.S., got shipwrecked, went into a very profitable business, took a night off and Lincoln got assassinated, half the family went back to the UK, and he died from a head injury caused by tripping over his wife's dog's lead in Central Park. Them's the breaks...

Neverthless, people still keep on coming and keep on wanting to come.

So obviously there are more opportunities than in the countries they are leaving.

If it was just a big scam and propaganda trick, surely word would have got around by now.

Well they will not be arriving any more, only people who score high on merit.

I expect the locals will continue to have little enthusiasm to get jobs toilet cleaning or working in the fields. Probably a fortune to be made by the first person to invent an AI toilet cleaner.

Too late - already been done

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/s...cleaning-robot

Clever how Trump hides he is two inches taller than Obama; 6ft 3in versus 6ft 1.
Trump is probably bending his knees to avoid embarrassing Obama


Edit; in case you thought Obama was standing on a brick !

Again, bullshit:

https://mises.org/blog/poor-us-are-r...ss-much-europe

Most importantly, it's much easier to avoid or escape poverty in the USA then in Europe: to join the middle class an American needs just to finish high school, avoid having children out the the wedlock, and not committing crimes:

https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/t...-middle-class/

Also poor people in the US have Medicaid, food stamps, subsidized housing, etc., not much different than in amazing welfare Europe:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social..._United_States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public..._United_States
https://www.cbpp.org/research/variou...sitive-effects

BS yourself. Tell that to my relatives in the US who did finish high school, didn't have children out of wedlock, commited no crimes and are still just about to make ends meet. Most are long term unemployed so no longer qualify for that and as far as I know don't have their housing subsidized. There's no way they come close to middle class Europeans. And they're not immigrants, but Americans born and bred.

And fyi they've been in that situation for at least 10 years if not more.

And yet you won’t vote for Corbyn...