Monday Open Thread

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1. WOTD "phonemic paraphasias". Raw Story
   WOTD2 "tangential speech". Ditto.

   Trump is showing increasing signs of dementia.

   Phonemic Paraphasias:

   According to psychologist Dr. John Gartner, formerly of Johns Hopkins University Medical School, Donald Trump's slurring and inability to sometimes formulate complete sentences appears to be a sign of growing dementia and possibly early stages of Alzheimer’s.

   Trump, he noted, appears to be spiraling into "phonemic paraphasias" during his rally speeches, which he described as, "the substitution of non-words for words that sound similar—are not normally seen until a patient enters the moderate to severe stages of Alzheimer’s."

   According to Gartner, "Some examples of Trump’s non-words: Beneficiaries becomes 'benefishes.' Renovations become 'renoversh.' Pivotal became 'pivobal.' Obama became 'obamna.' Missiles became 'mishiz.' Christmas became 'Crissus.' Bipartisan became 'bipars.' This is a fundamental breakdown in the ability to use language. If you were talking to your father on the phone and he did this you would think he is having a stroke. There is no healthy older person who speaks that way."

   Tangential Speech:

   Referring to the former president's "tangential speech," he elaborated, "He just becomes incomprehensible when he engages in free association word salad speech that is all over the place. Again, that's a sign of real brain damage, not being old, not being slow, not losing a step not being, but of severe cognitive deterioration."

   He continued, "What I don’t understand is why those clips aren’t replayed over and over in the mainstream media. Isn’t Trump babbling incoherently the most newsworthy part of his rally? You can be sure it would be if it were Biden."

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   1. Thanks for the info & link.

      A Souuthern friend summarized diierently…  "That guy ain't right"

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2. Question:  Are there any non-kleptocrats left in the Republican Party? 

   Former VA union leader is accused of misusing funds

   Varela is also a candidate for 3rd Congressional District seat in Congress

   The whistleblowers calculated that Varela spent some $100,000 in unauthorized union money.

   Hilary Glasgow, president of the AFL-CIO Southern Colorado Labor Council, dealt with Varela through their work with the council. She called him a “snake oil salesman.”

   “He skirts around the law all the time,” Glasgow said. “The things he does, he’s not doing it for some noble cause. He’s not skirting the law to make things better — he’s doing it so he can get more power and prestige. His noble cause is himself.”

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3. FFS. 

   This is why Christianity in America is in decline, not because iberals are trying to keep a wall between Church and State.
    

   

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   1. He doesn't REALLY believe this. I think its an intelligence/dis-intelligence filter.

      If you can suck in the stupid people, the it is easier to run a grift on them.

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      1. Just how many new, stupid people are left that haven't already been co-opted by our current crop  of grifters??? 

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         1. There is never any shortage, Michael. Stupidity is truly a bottomless well. And keep in mind that they also keep procreating and then they instill their "values" (prejudices) into their spawn as though they are transmitting virtues.

             

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4. Imagine if all defendents could treat our criminal justice system the same way Trump treats it. If we all had nearly infinite resources to pay bail and lawyers then our criminal justice system would grind to a halt and there would be no justice.

   Even if he gets convicted, it'll be so long after the crime(s) that it really won't feel like justice.

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5. Colorado Sun reports

   For next budget year, which starts July 1, Colorado’s Office of the State Public Defender is asking for 70 more attorneys and 58 new support staff, including paralegals and investigators, at a total cost of $14.7 million.

   That’s still far less than 230 new attorneys the office says it needs — let alone the 700-plus hires it would take to triple current staffing levels to meet the study’s recommendations.

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6. Buckles goes cuckoo

   https://www.mediaite.com/politics/biden-impeachment-critic-unveils-house-resolution-urging-kamala-harris-to-remove-president-with-25th-amendment/

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