2024 US Presidential Election

[Deesse23]

New, more accurate translation of the Putin interview.

I saw it on the Internet so it must be true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfEje1DSOTo

You completely failed to adress my concern, on purpose....and evrybody knows. Why dont you care to display your dishonesty so openly, while, at the same time pretending you are the onle one here who is really trying to be intellectually honest?

I ask again: I am coming to conclusions similar to many others who are watching news sources you consider to be "propaganda". Are my informations accurate? If not why not?
If you keep pointing to the sources being inherently "propaganda", i will keep accusing you of poisoning the well, because thats what you are doing.

You dont want to talk about the facts, you want to talk about the sources, thats all one needs to know about your methodology: Looking for sources that confirm what you like to be true.

[Belacqua]

New, more accurate translation of the Putin interview.

I saw it on the Internet so it must be true.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfEje1DSOTo

You completely failed to adress my concern, on purpose....and evrybody knows. Why dont you care to display your dishonesty so openly, while, at the same time pretending you are the onle one here who is really trying to be intellectually honest?

I ask again: I am coming to conclusions similar to many others who are watching news sources you consider to be "propaganda". Are my informations accurate? If not why not?
If you keep pointing to the sources being inherently "propaganda", i will keep accusing you of poisoning the well, because thats what you are doing.

You dont want to talk about the facts, you want to talk about the sources, thats all one needs to know about your methodology: Looking for sources that confirm what you like to be true.

I have no idea what your conclusions are, or what news sources you trust, or anything about what you believe.

I agree that looking for sources to confirm what we want to be true is unlikely to lead us to the truth.

[Nanny]

Is Belaqua's bigger? Cuz that's what this thread has devolved into.

[Thumpalumpacus]

We can talk to Julian Assange about who gets to sit in prison and who doesn't. 

That was a case of revealing stolen classified materials, not offering contrary opinions as in Russia. Nice false equivalency, though.

[Angrboda]

He definitely has a stutter, it's just not nearly as bad as they've made it out to be. 

I honestly didn't know that, and I've seen quite a few videos over the years. But I believe you if you say it, because you're clearly not making up excuses. 

Maybe mental deterioration aggravates incipient stutters. But that's still mental deterioration.

It’s also true that many voters think the president’s age is an issue. But there’s perception and there’s reality: As anyone who has recently spent time with Biden (and I have) can tell you, he is in full possession of his faculties — completely lucid and with excellent grasp of detail. Of course, most voters don’t get to see him up close, and it’s on Biden’s team to address that. And yes, he speaks quietly and a bit slowly, although this is in part because of his lifetime struggle with stuttering. He also, by the way, has a sense of humor, which I think is important.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opini...erica.html

[Belacqua]

I honestly didn't know that, and I've seen quite a few videos over the years. But I believe you if you say it, because you're clearly not making up excuses. 

Maybe mental deterioration aggravates incipient stutters. But that's still mental deterioration.

It’s also true that many voters think the president’s age is an issue. But there’s perception and there’s reality: As anyone who has recently spent time with Biden (and I have) can tell you, he is in full possession of his faculties — completely lucid and with excellent grasp of detail. Of course, most voters don’t get to see him up close, and it’s on Biden’s team to address that. And yes, he speaks quietly and a bit slowly, although this is in part because of his lifetime struggle with stuttering. He also, by the way, has a sense of humor, which I think is important.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opini...erica.html

The New York Times is mostly a government mouthpiece. Krugman is not someone I consider impartial.

He may be correct, but he's not disinterested, and considering we've already had several cases of high-level people blatantly lying to support Biden, I'd take this opinion piece with a large grain of salt.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opini...erica.html

The New York Times is mostly a government mouthpiece. Krugman is not someone I consider impartial.

He may be correct, but he's not disinterested, and considering we've already had several cases of high-level people blatantly lying to support Biden, I'd take this opinion piece with a large grain of salt.

And yet you’re somehow qualified to diagnose mental deterioration at a distance. That’s like a superpower.

Boru

[The Architect Of Fate]

The New York Times is mostly a government mouthpiece. Krugman is not someone I consider impartial.

You are the last person in the universe who gets to use he word " impartial" I can expect to be taken seriously.

[The Valkyrie]

The New York Times is mostly a government mouthpiece. Krugman is not someone I consider impartial.

He may be correct, but he's not disinterested, and considering we've already had several cases of high-level people blatantly lying to support Biden, I'd take this opinion piece with a large grain of salt.

And yet you’re somehow qualified to diagnose mental deterioration at a distance. That’s like a superpower.

Boru

Mental healthwise, judging by the speeches I've seen recently, Biden's remarkably sharp for a man his age.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

And yet you’re somehow qualified to diagnose mental deterioration at a distance. That’s like a superpower.

Boru

Mental healthwise, judging by the speeches I've seen recently, Biden's remarkably sharp for a man his age.

Agreed - he's a pop-pop. He's going to forget things, slurs some words, etc. Doesn't mean he's a candidate for a rubber room.

Boru