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[Bob Ross]

Get your groove on! 

 

[andi9899]

I saw that stupid crap. The journalist was trying so hard not to call him out on his stupidity. Big whoop. You can repeat words in order and you probably had to practice a bunch beforehand. I just can't.

[happyhoix]

Apparently his staff is telling trump to focus on Biden’s cognitive impairment, which is why trump keeps boasting about how well he did on this test.

I don’t think boasting about remembering five words for 30 minutes is what his staff had in mind.

#sad

[Tennesseer]

[Tiny]

What is the response from people who will be voting for Trump in the November election to the original interview (without the autotune)?

Is this something they would see in the media they view?

Who is Trump's target audience for this interview? And what is the desired result of the interview?

In other words is Trump thumbing his nose at his opponents? (as in "I'm gonna make fun of you all. you don't have a chance, ha ha ha')

Is this comedy?

Is this something else?

[oped]

He acts like its an IQ test and not a dementia screening. Seriously... bragging about passing this test should be its own symptom. 

[saveinla]

Sarah Cooper's take on it - watch out for the display board that has the pictures - 

[kadee79]

And here is the written part of DT's cognitive test....


www.newyorker.com/cartoons/blitts-kvetchbook/trump-aces-the-cognitive-test

[happyhoix]

Jul 24, 2020 9:37:04 GMT -5 Tiny said:

What is the response from people who will be voting for Trump in the November election to the original interview (without the autotune)?

Is this something they would see in the media they view?

Who is Trump's target audience for this interview? And what is the desired result of the interview?

In other words is Trump thumbing his nose at his opponents? (as in "I'm gonna make fun of you all. you don't have a chance, ha ha ha')

Is this comedy?

Is this something else?

I would like to say this is trump being sarcastic but I don’t think he has a sense of humor. My guess is his minions will believe this to be fake media manipulation and that trump actually aced an iQ test.

[Icelandic Woman]

That cognitive test doesn't mean what Donald Trump thinks it means

The site says that the test is used to diagnose, among other things, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS and schizophrenia.
"Acing" the MoCa then simply means that you are very unlikely to have any of those conditions. Doctors telling Trump that they "rarely" see anybody do as well as he did on the test is not some sort of testament to the power of his mind, but rather an indication of the sort of patient to whom the test is typically administered.
It is not any sort of intelligence or IQ test, as Trump seems to believe.
In short: The test doesn't tell Trump what he seems to think it does.

Now, of course, none of this means that Trump is suffering from any sort of major cognitive impairment either! In fact, if he "aced" it -- as Trump claims -- he is likely out of the woods for any of the major illnesses I listed above.
But it's also important to note what the MoCa doesn't prove: it is not meant to be a measure of overall mental acuity or fitness for an office like the presidency. Trump may well have "like, a good memory, because I'm cognitively there." But that's not what this test proves.

www.cnn.com/2020/07/23/politics/donald-trump-cognitive-test-montreal-mental-health/index.html

[djAdvocate]

i doubt that was the list.
the first three things are one group, and the last two are another group.

a better cognitive test would be:

banana, starfish, hamburger, pinecone, gladiator

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Jul 24, 2020 9:37:04 GMT -5 Tiny said:

What is the response from people who will be voting for Trump in the November election to the original interview (without the autotune)?

Is this something they would see in the media they view?

Who is Trump's target audience for this interview? And what is the desired result of the interview?

In other words is Trump thumbing his nose at his opponents? (as in "I'm gonna make fun of you all. you don't have a chance, ha ha ha')

Is this comedy?

Is this something else?

I think many of these ads are being played where tRump can see them.  They are pretty much being played for an audience of 1 - tRump.  If they happen to be seen by some of his buttlickers, then all the better but they want him to go off he rails (further).

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Jul 24, 2020 14:00:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i doubt that was the list.
the first three things are one group, and the last two are another group.

a better cognitive test would be:

banana, starfish, hamburger, pinecone, gladiator

Exactly.  They probably made it as easy for him as possible.  

[weltschmerz]

So, he aced a test any 7 year could pass. The American people must be so proud!

[Icelandic Woman]

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Jul 24, 2020 14:34:06 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

So, he aced a test any 7 year could pass. The American people must be so proud!

Please stop!  There is so much we hate about him and what he does and we are doing the best that we can.  You rubbing our noses in it is not helping.  

[weltschmerz]

Jul 24, 2020 14:37:55 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:34:06 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

So, he aced a test any 7 year could pass. The American people must be so proud!

Please stop!  There is so much we hate about him and what he does and we are doing the best that we can.  You rubbing our noses in it is not helping.  

I'm still trying to figure out how the USA let this happen. Let him happen, despite all the red flags.
Can't wrap my mind around it.

[pulmonarymd]

Jul 24, 2020 14:57:45 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:37:55 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Please stop!  There is so much we hate about him and what he does and we are doing the best that we can.  You rubbing our noses in it is not helping.  

I'm still trying to figure out how the USA let this happen. Let him happen, despite all the red flags.
Can't wrap my mind around it.

Bashing America is not helpful. You could wind up where we are. It happens stealthily if you have a party craven enough to want to win at any cost, and plays to your worst impulses. Part of the reason we got here is that we didn't think it could happen. Remember, more people voted for Clinton. Trump needed a quirk in our Constitution to win. If you look around the world, we are not the only democracy with questionable leadership, we just happened to elect the worst one. Not sure why you are so critical, unless you believe in American exceptionalism.

All empires fall, maybe it is our turn. If we re-elect Trump, it probably is.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Jul 24, 2020 15:10:44 GMT -5 pulmonarymd said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:57:45 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

I'm still trying to figure out how the USA let this happen. Let him happen, despite all the red flags.
Can't wrap my mind around it.

Bashing America is not helpful. You could wind up where we are. It happens stealthily if you have a party craven enough to want to win at any cost, and plays to your worst impulses. Part of the reason we got here is that we didn't think it could happen. Remember, more people voted for Clinton. Trump needed a quirk in our Constitution to win. If you look around the world, we are not the only democracy with questionable leadership, we just happened to elect the worst one. Not sure why you are so critical, unless you believe in American exceptionalism.

All empires fall, maybe it is our turn. If we re-elect Trump, it probably is.

Well said. 

Anyone who thinks that this cannot happen to them is naïve.  I suspect that there isn't a country in the world that is immune to something like this happening under the right conditions. 

Snark isn't helpful, we know it's bad - but can't do anything until Nov 3.  

[dondub]

Jul 24, 2020 14:00:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i doubt that was the list.
the first three things are one group, and the last two are another group.

a better cognitive test would be:

banana, starfish, hamburger, pinecone, gladiator

I think I can do it:
Banana, starfish, hamberder, pinecone, gladiator

[andi9899]

Jul 24, 2020 14:57:45 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:37:55 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Please stop!  There is so much we hate about him and what he does and we are doing the best that we can.  You rubbing our noses in it is not helping.  

I'm still trying to figure out how the USA let this happen. Let him happen, despite all the red flags.
Can't wrap my mind around it.

Hillary got 3 million more votes than he did. The electoral college elected him, not America.

ETA: You don't live here so you can just ignore if you so choose.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 24, 2020 14:57:45 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:37:55 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Please stop!  There is so much we hate about him and what he does and we are doing the best that we can.  You rubbing our noses in it is not helping.  

I'm still trying to figure out how the USA let this happen. Let him happen, despite all the red flags.
Can't wrap my mind around it.

so are we.

if we can't figure it out, you will know in about 100 days.

[thyme4change]

Jul 24, 2020 14:57:45 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:37:55 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Please stop!  There is so much we hate about him and what he does and we are doing the best that we can.  You rubbing our noses in it is not helping.  

I'm still trying to figure out how the USA let this happen. Let him happen, despite all the red flags.
Can't wrap my mind around it.

I can understand how it happened. It could have been a perfect storm type of moment.

The real question is if we do it again. That will be the real test of what this country is and who we have become.

[NastyWoman]

Jul 24, 2020 14:00:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i doubt that was the list.
the first three things are one group, and the last two are another group.

a better cognitive test would be:

banana, starfish, hamburger, pinecone, gladiator

NO FAIR! You know there is at least one word in that list that he can't pronounce and there might be more. So how can you expect him to remember these words? This is a HOAX and you are part of the deep state (or something like that) 

[Tennesseer]

Jul 24, 2020 11:35:02 GMT -5 kadee79 said:

And here is the written part of DT's cognitive test....


www.newyorker.com/cartoons/blitts-kvetchbook/trump-aces-the-cognitive-test

I liked Chapter 11.

[djAdvocate]

Jul 24, 2020 17:30:09 GMT -5 NastyWoman said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:00:50 GMT -5 djAdvocate said:

i doubt that was the list.
the first three things are one group, and the last two are another group.

a better cognitive test would be:

banana, starfish, hamburger, pinecone, gladiator

NO FAIR! You know there is at least one word in that list that he can't pronounce and there might be more. So how can you expect him to remember these words? This is a HOAX and you are part of the deep state (or something like that) 

he hates words with more than 3 syllables, so my vote goes to gladiator.

[Opti]

Jul 24, 2020 14:57:45 GMT -5 weltschmerz said:

Jul 24, 2020 14:37:55 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Please stop!  There is so much we hate about him and what he does and we are doing the best that we can.  You rubbing our noses in it is not helping.  

I'm still trying to figure out how the USA let this happen. Let him happen, despite all the red flags.
Can't wrap my mind around it.

Let? Its only after he got elected we found out about Cambridge Analytics and other propaganda for hire. If you remember all of Paul's posts, a good portion of propaganda was seeded even before Trump was a candidate. Remember that somehow political dynasties were allegedly the root of all political evil? The two Bushes being President became a call to make sure the third one got nowhere near it. Apparently a possible Clinton and Clinton team was so scary that the RW propaganda machine did everything to make sure no dynasty existed. (Can't have a dynasty of one).

Like most conspiracy theories that spread like wildfire in that population, their heart wasn't entirely in it. For examples, just look at all the folks who are willing to have a Trump dynasty of sorts. Its been a time of fear, populism, and the rise of indulging in conservative feelings and ignoring logic. Trump was the result in the US. Britain got their own and Brexit. Macron in France lost his next chance of staying in power. If Canada had similar misinformation ops with similar skills and funding that the Right had here, it would show cracks and likely someone you didn't expect would be elected. 

[sesfw]

The American people must be so proud!

Aren't you glad you don't live here

[dondub]

Jul 24, 2020 19:43:30 GMT -5 sesfw said:

The American people must be so proud!

Aren't you glad you don't live here

You failed the cognitive test when you voted for Trump.

[weltschmerz]

Jul 24, 2020 19:43:30 GMT -5 sesfw said:

The American people must be so proud!

Aren't you glad you don't live here

I think you should take the test. You clearly don't remember posing the same question to me multiple times I'll give you the same answer for the 459th time.

Yes!