Overlooked Trump Clang

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Sunday June 11, 2017 · 6:21 PM PDT

2017/06/11 · 18:21

Donald Trump tweeted;

I believe the James Comey leaks will be far more prevalent than anyone ever thought possible. Totally illegal? Very 'cowardly!'

There is a word that’s off here.

I think that Trump clanged “prevalent” from “relevant”. My Dad had Parkinson’s-related dementia. This was a symptom. We could cover for him on relevant/prevalent, but at his worst my Dad may have said “elephant”.

Clanging

By Renée Grinnell
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Also known as “clang association”, clanging is a manner of speaking in which words are chosen for their related sounds rather than logical meanings. Many patients with psychotic mental illnesses such as schizophrenia present these symptoms.

I don't give credence to stories being written that Trump is expecting more memos. I think he chose the wrong word by mistake or by clang association.

I have Senate-centered health care.

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Wednesday March 15, 2017 · 3:53 AM PDT

2017/03/15 · 03:53

My oligodendroglioma was resected in 2006 — brain tumor. I met with a neuro-oncologist yesterday to discuss long-term treatment. Now I'm up at 4:30 AM, deciding among the options and about 7-8 Senators drift into my thoughts : Cassidy, Heller, Murkowski, Collins, Sasse, Flake, Cotton…

The tumor has been monitored yearly. Very little growth over 10 years. About 5 millimeters total. No immediate danger to me but the question is if treatment now would deliver best result for 10-15 years into the future. Big numbers!

Second surgery immediately plus (Hello Jeff and Dean) radiation/chemo? Risk of taking out my left arm and leg. (Can I trust you Tom?).

Or I could wait for symptoms which would mean the tumor has grown and would be tougher to treat. Immunotherapy is on the horizon. (Corker and Lankford just showed up.)

I have the resources now to attack even if waiting is objectively better. I need to consider whether “Repeal and Replace” means I'm defenseless in 5 years. (And Marco Rubio has arrived.)

Doctor concerned about me in 10-15 years? Seems that I have "patient-centered" health care and these jokers in the Senate are trying to strip it from me.

Lions vs. Vikings

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Sunday November 20, 2016 · 8:26 AM PST

2016/11/20 · 08:26

@KeithOlbermann is right. Resistance must happen immediately. The press cannot be allow to normalize this administration. Les Moonves thinks Trump is just swell for @CBSNews.

@CBSSports is another division of CBS. The early game on Thanksgiving is the Lions vs. Vikings. I know America loves the NFL.

John Lewis had his skull bloodied by nightsticks. MLK and Medgar Evers were assassinated. Thousands of lynchings.

Many are marching today. I can’t march but I can sure as hell miss one football game.

Muslims, Sikhs, Jews, Hispanics, Blacks, women, Asians are vulnerable today.

Greatest possible result is Keith Olbermann being called a nutjob in 4 years. He’ll take it. Honored place in history.

If this is a benign Presidency, it will be because of resistance not because we exaggerated the evil. This is David Frum’s idea.

Huma Abedin was forthright from the beginning

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Monday October 31, 2016 · 2:22 PM PDT

2016/10/31 · 14:22

www.google.com/…

A Yahoo News review of Abedin’s interview with FBI agents last April — when the Clinton email probe was in full swing — shows that the longtime Clinton aide hinted that there might be relevant material on her husband’s personal devices. But agents do not appear to have followed up on the clues.

Huma is being accused of perjuring herself but clearly she made the FBI aware of the device. Sean Spicer blew a blood vessel attacking her.

Wife the Girl : How to learn about the alt-right.

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Tuesday September 13, 2016 · 3:35 PM PDT

2016/09/13 · 15:35

I’ve discovered what I think is an important way to learn about the alt-right. With the media telling us only about “David Duke”, the country is missing the threat.

Watch their cartoons. They are educational and serve as a platform to learning the players and their language.

Try this :

YouTube Video

Walt Bismarck is the name attached to these productions. I promise you'll learn. Evola, POZ the neghole, MacDonald, Brimelow, Jared Taylor, dindus, JQ. Press has failed to alert America to this danger.

Erasing President Obama from History

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Saturday March 19, 2016 · 4:36 PM PDT

2016/03/19 · 16:36

Imagine researching the 2008 election and your only video evidence were speeches and interviews of John McCain. The other guy would pop up occasionally.

YouTube Video

Watching the President today, I was reminded of one of my favorite interviews. With the Des Moines Register in 2008. I've watched and shared it many times. It was just a Google search away. “Obama Des Moines Interview” usually gave a direct hit. I spent the morning trying to find it.

See if you remember it : White-haired man asks about Obama’s temperament. Obama says he keeps his cool and says Michelle would agree even when she’s yelling at him. He says he tries to understand an issue from opponent’s perspective. But if he senses they're tryimg to pull something on him, he will crush them. Laughs and says he's joking.

I cannot find this clip. I think it’s been taken down. ERASED from history.

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Please post if you can find it. McCain’s interviews are still up.

"7-2 -- Kagan, Sotomayor dissent"

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Monday February 15, 2016 · 10:37 AM PST

2016/02/15 · 10:37

87.8 Ginsburg

84.4 Kennedy

82.4 Breyer

72.5 Thomas

70.8 Alito

66.5 Sotomayor

65.9 Roberts

60.7 Kagan

These will be the ages of the Supreme Court Justices on January 20, the end of President Obama’s term. (if they all live 11 months)

Ted Cruz said in the last debate that the next President may appoint 3 or 4 Justices. No disagreement with Cruz here.

I had not realized that Breyer is 10 years older than Thomas. If Democrats lose to a President Trump/Cruz/Rubio, it is not hard to imagine:

Thomas, Alito, Roberts AND 4 new Conservatives

VS.

Kagan and Sotomayor

Think about reading that headline for 20 years. So let Hillary and Bernie supporters rip each other to shreds. We better know what the situation is after the fight.

NY Times sneaks out line in Frank Bruni's piece

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Sunday November 22, 2015 · 7:29 AM PST

2015/11/22 · 07:29

I think Bruni has edited his article since this morning. He had the line about “warranted and earnest” which is still there but I tweeted back a reply to a line that is now missing. He wrote “no commonsense reason to believe a terrorist...” I think it said would choose the refugee system get here over many easier ways.

He left in the “warranted and earnest” but cut out the sentence that contradicted himself. Maybe I’m wrong.

Who has this captured? MediaMatters?

Alphonse Beliavsky ‏@AlphonseBeliav1 1h1 hour ago

@FrankBruni no common-sense reason to believe that a terrorist...Bruni. "WARRANTED"

“That’s who I thought it was."

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Thursday September 17, 2015 · 9:24 AM PDT

2015/09/17 · 09:24

When he entered, one officer leaned back in his chair and said, “That’s who I thought it was,” Mohamed told MSNBC.

This comment seems oddly personal to me. The cop didn't say, "I knew it was one of them." Or "Figured it would be a Muslim."

"That's who I thought it was." I suspect that this policeman already knew Ahmed Mohamed from a file.

Ahmed's father is Mohamed ElHassan Mohamed. This man defended the Koran in a stage trial against pastor Terry Jones in Atlanta. This family was CERTAINLY known by the police department. http://www.vox.com/...

Police departments are tracking Muslim children. I take it back. The government is on the lookout for potential Islamic radicals. Does that make it sound like less of a conspiracy?

Compliance while deranged

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Wednesday September 09, 2015 · 2:27 PM PDT

2015/09/09 · 14:27

"Once the officers arrived, the patient continued to refuse to comply with the nurses and officers’ demands." https://www.rawstory.com/...

I have been the one "NOT COMPLYING".

It simply was not possible.

I was in the mental ward of Memorial Hospital in Lake Charles, Louisiana. BAM!

I become aware. I am being carried away.

There is a 300-pound African-American man named William restraining my left arm. He has broken my wrist. I am screaming. Ernestine is controlling my right arm and Marcus has my feet locked.
more...

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Tuesday August 18, 2015 · 10:20 AM PDT

2015/08/18 · 10:20

My friends Bill and Patrick, and I were finishing dinner at a Mexican restaurant. Patrick says, "Trump may be the best candidate the Republicans have." We understand what he means.

"I was born a poor Democrat but I believe in voting for the best candidate, Republican or Democrat." This new voice is coming from behind me. I recognize this as what I call the "S.E. Cupp shtick". Her line was, "I'm an atheist and even I recognize the war on Christianity." The interviewer would point out that there is no evidence of this and she'd reply, "But I'm an atheist!"

He continues, "I'd never vote for Bobby Jindal again." More Cuppishness. I know what's coming. I don't let him get to it. I wheel around and say, "I don't agree. I'll vote for the best Democratic candidate. I have brain cancer, I get insurance through the Obamacare exchange. I'm not risking that." He's a 50-something guy just like me and my friends and now he proceeds to educate me.

"But you already have health insurance."
"What?"
"That's already in place and it would take an 'Act of Congress' to change that." Then he announces to Patrick that he ALSO supports Trump. Wow. And he's a Democrat! Cuppishness complete.

"I see what we've got here," I say to my friends. I don't even look back at the guy. I go sit on the bench outside. They know I'm not coming back. Bill and Patrick exit 10 minutes later. "Thanks for picking up my check." Bill, "No problem."

Worst use of the idiom "Act of Congress" EVER...

Never believed Ted Cruz until now

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Sunday July 26, 2015 · 2:59 PM PDT

2015/07/26 · 14:59

Referencing the speech where he called McConnell a liar:

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act," Cruz said, referencing a quote often attributed to author George Orwell. "It is unlike any speech I have given in this chamber, and it is one I was not happy to give."

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