Dr Burisma! GASP! “Welcome to my Island of Death! I am its chief, it’s cook, and, oh yes, it’s bottlewasher. Permit me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Burisma. As for you you are well known, the Yankee spy MATT HELM!”
“Heh..I sure hope the condemned man gets a last cocktail!”
If the dementia test in America is the same as Australia, passing it is NOT a high bar. Failing it means you're officially deemed incompetent to manage your own affairs. Any "smart person" should get 100% in their sleep.
We all know he passed six years ago. It would be genuinely interesting to see if he passed today.
Nikki Haley doesn't need a cognitive test. she just needs to force Trump into a debate. In a situation where he has to come up with an answer within a 60 second sound bite, Trump can't do it. Ask him what state "Fort This" is in? He can't answer. Ask him how many members are there in the House of Representatives? Ask him how many Senators does Virginia has? Ask him who the Speaker of the House is? I doubt he knows the answer to any of them.
Did someone say, " Someone said to me, 'Sir, you have the most cognition of anybody, the best. Your mental and so forth is...not Nikki Pelosi. No.' " ?
In that quote about Nikki Haley, I can’t quite believe one of his asides in referring to Jan. 6: “You know, nobody talks about the crowd size.”
When I consider how pathologically insane and beside the point that is, my brain ties itself into a double knot and shuts down. If I try to think, a giant green neon sign flashes, saying INSERT RADIOHEAD HERE.
"And of course he’s continuing to make up racist names mocking Nikki Haley and her birth name “Nimrata.” (This is why we don’t cleverly call her “Nimrata” in the comments, commenters.) For some reason his camel-identifying brain thinks it’s clever to call her “Nimbra.”"
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I get that Stinky (insofar as he CAN think) *thinks* it's an insult to call somebody by their full name, but that's actually pretty lame. It's like when your Mom gets mad at you and calls you, "Christopher Patrick!" It signals trouble a-brewin', but it's not actually an insult.
The point is, she's asked to be known as "Nikki" so that's what we should call her.
We all agree that deliberately dead naming a trans person is disrespectful and hateful. Let's not dead name Nikki just because she's a wretched person.
I actually talked about this to my oldest daughter when she had a baby. I told her that the only time I ever heard my full name was when I was in trouble and it caused me to dread and hate my full name. I never did that to her, and she decided she wouldn't do it with her daughter, either.
Oh my parents called me the sisters's names, closest brother in age, and the occasionally the poodle before getting to me. Grandmom couldn't remember the brother's name either and never bothered with the dog's name.
I hate to say this, but I think he actually IS a retired admiral.
I can't believe that Trump might have actually gotten something right, but fair is fair.
If I insist that Trump is wrong, even if he's right, then I am no better than my Trumpy neighbor who blames Biden for everything that's gone wrong in the world since the Cold War.
"I would sit down right now and take an aptitude test"
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So we're watching Fargo right now. Jon Hamm's character is the evil sheriff, and he seems like an untouchable supervillain until you think about it a little bit.
He ALWAYS punches down. Whenever he's confronted with anyBODY or anyTHING that he doesn't like, he just shoots them. It's scary, but after awhile, it becomes really obvious that he can't function on a level playing field, even to the extent of answering questions at a city council meeting.
Stinky Loser is the same way, albeit without 1/1000th of Jon Hamm's looks or charisma. He would never take an "aptitude test", or an "intelligence test", or anything else that's an objective measure of ability that he can't bully, manipulate, or whine endlessly about. People like him develop an instinct VERY early in life to avoid any person, any situation, or anything else where they can be objectively proven wrong.
I've spent years shuttling elderly parents to appointments and sitting in. This will sometimes get done during routine check-ups. I've also seen the nurses just automatically do it at semi-annual home health visits. I think the doctor does it when suspecting cognitive decline or dementia, whereas the nurses do it as a default action.
My point being that there doesn't HAVE to be a precipitating medical event. The annual check-up of the president's health is supposed to be very thorough. More than most of us ever get.
Is it ok to call her nimrod?
Sure seems to be obsessed with those cognitive evaluations. As much as he lies, I might think that was some kind of tell or something.
Hmmmmm.
Really, Evan. You shouldn't spread this sort of misinformation.
They shoot you behind the BARN.
I thought they shot you in the middle of 5th Ave and didn't even lose any voters.
Dr Burisma! GASP! “Welcome to my Island of Death! I am its chief, it’s cook, and, oh yes, it’s bottlewasher. Permit me to introduce myself. I am Dr. Burisma. As for you you are well known, the Yankee spy MATT HELM!”
“Heh..I sure hope the condemned man gets a last cocktail!”
Matt Helm! There's a blast from the past. He's right up there with Our Man Flint.
I just keep thinking that “Burisma” sounds like a Matt Helm villain
If the dementia test in America is the same as Australia, passing it is NOT a high bar. Failing it means you're officially deemed incompetent to manage your own affairs. Any "smart person" should get 100% in their sleep.
We all know he passed six years ago. It would be genuinely interesting to see if he passed today.
I'll concede the presidency to any Republican who can pass this cognition test. The colors must be correct. https://substack.com/profile/157157166-phried/notes
Nikki Haley doesn't need a cognitive test. she just needs to force Trump into a debate. In a situation where he has to come up with an answer within a 60 second sound bite, Trump can't do it. Ask him what state "Fort This" is in? He can't answer. Ask him how many members are there in the House of Representatives? Ask him how many Senators does Virginia has? Ask him who the Speaker of the House is? I doubt he knows the answer to any of them.
Just administer the dementia test during the "debate". See if he can still pick out the fucking camel.
OBAMA NETFLIX!
Obama Kenya Netflix.
Did someone say, " Someone said to me, 'Sir, you have the most cognition of anybody, the best. Your mental and so forth is...not Nikki Pelosi. No.' " ?
In that quote about Nikki Haley, I can’t quite believe one of his asides in referring to Jan. 6: “You know, nobody talks about the crowd size.”
When I consider how pathologically insane and beside the point that is, my brain ties itself into a double knot and shuts down. If I try to think, a giant green neon sign flashes, saying INSERT RADIOHEAD HERE.
And either way you turn
I'll be there
Open up your skull
I'll be there
Climbing up the walls
"404 Comments"
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Well, of COURSE they're not found; comments aren't allowed here.
"And of course he’s continuing to make up racist names mocking Nikki Haley and her birth name “Nimrata.” (This is why we don’t cleverly call her “Nimrata” in the comments, commenters.) For some reason his camel-identifying brain thinks it’s clever to call her “Nimbra.”"
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I get that Stinky (insofar as he CAN think) *thinks* it's an insult to call somebody by their full name, but that's actually pretty lame. It's like when your Mom gets mad at you and calls you, "Christopher Patrick!" It signals trouble a-brewin', but it's not actually an insult.
The point is, she's asked to be known as "Nikki" so that's what we should call her.
We all agree that deliberately dead naming a trans person is disrespectful and hateful. Let's not dead name Nikki just because she's a wretched person.
I actually talked about this to my oldest daughter when she had a baby. I told her that the only time I ever heard my full name was when I was in trouble and it caused me to dread and hate my full name. I never did that to her, and she decided she wouldn't do it with her daughter, either.
My grandmother called my two older sisters by the names of her two nieces. Me she called "this one".
I actually had three daughters who all answer to the term of endearment "Hippo."
When one of them was doing something crazy, it was much easier to yell, "Hippo, NO!" rather than to try to remember her name.
My parents started with the dog's name before getting mine right
Oh my parents called me the sisters's names, closest brother in age, and the occasionally the poodle before getting to me. Grandmom couldn't remember the brother's name either and never bothered with the dog's name.
"And Jackson? Ronny? The great congressman? Nikki Haley. White House? Doc Ronny? Camel. Nikki Haley. Jackson? Congressman? Texas? Nikki Haley. White House doctor? Doc Ronny? Jackson?"
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My personal favorite is when TFG called Ronny the "Admiral".
I hate to say this, but I think he actually IS a retired admiral.
I can't believe that Trump might have actually gotten something right, but fair is fair.
If I insist that Trump is wrong, even if he's right, then I am no better than my Trumpy neighbor who blames Biden for everything that's gone wrong in the world since the Cold War.
I just Googled it; he is a retired rear admiral.
*tee-hee*
"I would sit down right now and take an aptitude test"
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So we're watching Fargo right now. Jon Hamm's character is the evil sheriff, and he seems like an untouchable supervillain until you think about it a little bit.
He ALWAYS punches down. Whenever he's confronted with anyBODY or anyTHING that he doesn't like, he just shoots them. It's scary, but after awhile, it becomes really obvious that he can't function on a level playing field, even to the extent of answering questions at a city council meeting.
Stinky Loser is the same way, albeit without 1/1000th of Jon Hamm's looks or charisma. He would never take an "aptitude test", or an "intelligence test", or anything else that's an objective measure of ability that he can't bully, manipulate, or whine endlessly about. People like him develop an instinct VERY early in life to avoid any person, any situation, or anything else where they can be objectively proven wrong.
"when I heard the word ‘cognitive,’ you know, I’ve taken two of them now."
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Doctors do not rush patients to the hospital for a dementia test -- in the middle of a pandemic, no less -- because they're BORED.
Stinky Loser collapsed, or had a stroke, or had a TIA, or SOMETHING -- and the test was to get a baseline assessment of his cognitive function.
This. Doctors don't have you take a test for fun.
Which, in fact, was nothing to brag about then, and he has seriously deteriorated since.
I've spent years shuttling elderly parents to appointments and sitting in. This will sometimes get done during routine check-ups. I've also seen the nurses just automatically do it at semi-annual home health visits. I think the doctor does it when suspecting cognitive decline or dementia, whereas the nurses do it as a default action.
My point being that there doesn't HAVE to be a precipitating medical event. The annual check-up of the president's health is supposed to be very thorough. More than most of us ever get.
Granted -- but if I'm remembering correctly, this specific test was on a Sunday afternoon in the middle of the pandemic.
Also I have never heard of a camel on the list of words.
If they showed him pictures and asked him to name them, that’s a different test. Sounds like he’s having trouble with words, not memory.
He probably called it a "shithole horse".