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Old 01.08.2021, 17:39
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Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Here is a video clip of where Biden said that ^^^:



If you only watch or read that tiny portion of it, I suppose it does seem like what he's saying doesn't make much sense. You have to see the rest of it to put it into context. Here is a link to where you can view the entire recording of the CNN town hall meeting, where that video segment above was taken from:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/21/p...-21/index.html

He is very coherent and makes sense. But obviously, some people want to take a tiny portion of what he said during that town hall meeting and change the narrative on it to try to make it look like Biden doesn't make sense in general.

And clearly some people think it's okay to make fun of someone with a speech impediment.
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Old 01.08.2021, 18:30
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Remember when they said Trump was deranged?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t7WwDL...ature=youtu.be

For less intellectual readers, it may indeed look like incoherent rambling. When I look at the text, I see similarities with Mozart's music, hidden coded messages, Fibonacci sequences. It's just so wise and beautiful what he says. He is definitely one of the greatest people of our time.
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And clearly some people think it's okay to make fun of someone with a speech impediment.
It's Ok to make fun of anybody and everybody who put themselves in the spotlight or holds public office. Next thing you'll say is that caricatures are bad.

Don't like it stay private.

Biden holds the most powerful office in the world, he chose and fought for his position. He is not a victim; the same applies to, among others, Harris, AOC, and Pelosi, etc.
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Old 06.08.2021, 18:15
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Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Great news for Biden as the U.S. added 943,000 jobs in July as job growth accelerated for the fourth consecutive month, the Labor Department reported Friday. Additionally, the unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent along with substantial upward revisions to the provisional June and May jobs reports in total 119,000 jobs.

This is in almost every online and paper newspaper so I have not provided a link; on request, I am happy to provide a link to thehill.
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Old 06.08.2021, 18:39
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Great news for Biden as the U.S. added 943,000 jobs in July as job growth accelerated for the fourth consecutive month, the Labor Department reported Friday. Additionally, the unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent along with substantial upward revisions to the provisional June and May jobs reports in total 119,000 jobs.

This is in almost every online and paper newspaper so I have not provided a link; on request, I am happy to provide a link to thehill.
I don't believe in crediting presidents or governments for economic growth, especially when this government has been in office for half a year only. I always thought it was ridiculous how Trump bragged about the GDP or JOBS JOBS JOBS as his achievement, and I believe so did you.
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Old 06.08.2021, 18:55
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If you only watch or read that tiny portion of it, I suppose it does seem like what he's saying doesn't make much sense. You have to see the rest of it to put it into context. Here is a link to where you can view the entire recording of the CNN town hall meeting, where that video segment above was taken from:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/21/p...-21/index.html

He is very coherent and makes sense. But obviously, some people want to take a tiny portion of what he said during that town hall meeting and change the narrative on it to try to make it look like Biden doesn't make sense in general.

And clearly some people think it's okay to make fun of someone with a speech impediment.
Thank you for posting the link to the full interview.
That's all I gotta say to this.
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Old 06.08.2021, 18:57
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I don't believe in crediting presidents or governments for economic growth, especially when this government has been in office for half a year only. I always thought it was ridiculous how Trump bragged about the GDP or JOBS JOBS JOBS as his achievement, and I believe so did you.
I wrote "Great news for Biden" which it is.
I did not give him credit?

Suppose I wrote "great news that I won the lottery" that does not mean I am giving anybody credit.

It is great news for Biden as it makes it difficult for the GOP to criticise his handling of the economy which is lucky for him.
As you post, in the real world presidents have little control over the economy, viz the collapse in the US economy due to the virus.
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Old 06.08.2021, 19:02
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I wrote "Great news for Biden" which it is.
I did not give him credit?

Suppose I wrote "great news that I won the lottery" that does not mean I am giving anybody credit.

It is great news for Biden as it makes it difficult for the GOP to criticise his handling of the economy which is lucky for him.
As you post, in the real world presidents have little control over the economy, viz the collapse in the US economy due to the virus.
Fine, sounded to me like you would, but nevermind.

Trump and Biden are equally bad when it comes to responsible government finances, it seems. But then, Obama and GWB were not much better. Wait ...
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Old 07.08.2021, 00:07
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Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Grandpa Biden just announced 350M Americans have been vaccinated

USA population is cca 320M

Have they taken his driving license yet?
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Re: Will Biden be a good President?

When I read people citing a speech impediment for obvious cognitive decline it underscores how little they know about either affliction
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When I read people citing a speech impediment for obvious cognitive decline it underscores how little they know about either affliction
I remember when all sorts were trying to diagnose Trump with various disorders - some even based on his Tweets - now a clearly demented Biden fumbles his way through speeches and we're supposed to pretend it's all fine and dandy!
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Old 07.08.2021, 09:34
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I remember when all sorts were trying to diagnose Trump with various disorders - some even based on his Tweets - now a clearly demented Biden fumbles his way through speeches and we're supposed to pretend it's all fine and dandy!
Yep we could criticise and laugh at Trump all we wanted on EF, but Biden appears to be gaining the status of the UK‘s National Health (NHS) and will become a holy cow - untouchable…
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When I read people citing a speech impediment for obvious cognitive decline it underscores how little they know about either affliction
Do people criticize his stutter? Really?
Last time I checked it was all about the fact that he keeps losing his line of thought.
The fact that these are entirely different aspect shouldn't even have to be mentioned.

That said, you do demonstrate yet again the left's very strong tendency to avoid playing the player. Instead you try to make it a moral issue and blame whoever dares to criticize poor old handicapped Biden, insinuating that any and every critique can only be caused by the handicap.
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Old 07.08.2021, 16:55
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Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Meanwhile, Biden has the CDC abuse their power simply because the other relevant parts of his administration are incompetent and unable to get their act together. In short he's pissing on the US Constitution he swore to uphold and protect. He pretty much went into full autocrat mode, disregarding the rule of law and the limits of executive powers.

Congress last year created legislation to suspend evictions from rental homes. This has been extended a few times, the last time until July 31 (here's the NYT on the issue's history). The extenstion has been challenged, and upheld by the Supreme Court. The SC don't publish their reasoning on this type of verdict, but big bad Kavanaugh (who voted for the extension) published his opinion (quoted below, with references to other rulings removed for improved readability). He basically said that congress has provided the means to react, and that it makes sense to give them time to start distributing the $45bln apportioned for this. He announced that he'll vote to uphold the challenge if there is any further extension of the eviction suspension, turning the 5:4 into 4:5.

Well, Biden's incompetent administration can't get their act together, so he had the CDC abuse their power and issue yet another extension, despite the CDC's initial refusal, knowing full well that it was unlawful. But a challenge takes time, so he went against his own oath.

Now, one consequence is that the owners won't get their full due.

Another one is rising rents, because the homes that would increase supply after the eviction don't get on the market. But the owners are likely to vote GOP already, and the young who pay the bill in increased rent are probably a group he doesn't care about, the very young are much less likely to use their vote so it's a net gain for him.

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Put another way, Biden's buying the votes of those who don't get evicted due to the illegal suspension.

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The application to vacate stay presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is denied.

JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring.

I agree with the District Court and the applicants that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its existing statutory authority by issuing a nationwide eviction moratorium. [..] Because the CDC plans to end the moratorium in only a few weeks, on July 31, and because those few weeks will allow for additional and more orderly distribution of the congressionally appropriated rental assistance funds, I vote at this time to deny the ap-
plication to vacate the District Court’s stay of its order. [..] In my view, clear and specific congressional authorization (via new legislation) would be necessary for the CDC to extend the moratorium past July 31.
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Double standards are wonderful, are they not? The mental gymnastics required to believe such B.S needs to be an Olympic sport. Medals for all the quiters and losers for being so brave.
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Old 07.08.2021, 18:04
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I remember when all sorts were trying to diagnose Trump with various disorders - some even based on his Tweets - now a clearly demented Biden fumbles his way through speeches and we're supposed to pretend it's all fine and dandy!

Or maybe some people are just intelligent enough to recognize the fact that Biden has had a stuttering disorder since he was a kid and speaks a certain way because he has to adjust his speech patterns. But hey, that's not nearly as sexy or cool or edgy as claiming that Biden has dementia, is it?
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Or maybe some people are just intelligent enough to recognize the fact that Biden has had a stuttering disorder since he was a kid and speaks a certain way because he has to adjust his speech patterns. But hey, that's not nearly as sexy or cool or edgy as claiming that Biden has dementia, is it?
Since he was a kid?

He doesn't seem to have sttutering issues on this video from 1993

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/polit...ime-speech.cnn
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Since he was a kid?

He doesn't seem to have sttutering issues on this video from 1993

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/polit...ime-speech.cnn


https://www.asha.org/public/speech/d...rs/stuttering/

Speech Rate Modification and Its Effects on Fluency Reversal in Fluent Speakers and People Who Stutter
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2231598/
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The mental gymnastics required to believe such B.S needs to be an Olympic sport.
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Re: Will Biden be a good President?

Maybe we can for a moment forget about stuttering and dementia. Quite an interesting article, I find.

Biden's Neo-Populist Economic Doctrine

Aug 3, 2021

NOURIEL ROUBINI

Within the space of just half a year, US President Joe Biden has completed a necessary economic-policy regime shift that started chaotically under his predecessor. But while the Biden administration has a much better handle on the issues, that doesn't mean the new dispensation will be without risk.

Full article: https://www.project-syndicate.org/co...oubini-2021-08
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