2016 US Presidential Election and Fallout

[whatmeworry]

Re: 2016 US Presidential Election

Hardly surprising - Welch was a fellow corporate tyrant (though nowhere near as bad as Trump), and was probably a role-model for the "You're fired!" quote.

Well Trump is advocating getting rid of Bank regulations because his friends need 'money'.

“There is nobody better to tell me about Dodd-Frank than [JP Morgan C.E.O.] Jamie [Dimon]. So he has to tell me about it, but we expect to be cutting a lot from Dodd-Frank because, frankly, I have so many people, friends of mine, that have nice businesses, they can’t borrow money,” Trump said Friday morning, shortly before signing the executive orders. “They just can’t get any money because the banks just won’t let them borrow because of the rules and regulations in Dodd-Frank.”

Trump Says He Cut Wall Street Reform Because His “Friends†Need Money | Vanity Fair

 

[Jay Cee]

Re: 2016 US Presidential Election

The only two words the Prime Minister has to say is "Pine Gap"...say no more. End of posting this subject.

 

[straitman]

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The only two words the Prime Minister has to say is "Pine Gap"...say no more. End of posting this subject.

There are also a few other places that come to mind.

 

[amaroo]

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[Moody]

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Is this supposed to be humorous? Why do people have the mistaken impression that refugees aren't human? It is most peculiar ....

 

[get me outta here]

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It went over my head. Yes, but sadly refugee is synonymous with "illegals" for some people.

Is this supposed to be humorous? Why do people have the mistaken impression that refugees aren't human? It is most peculiar ....

 

[GarrettM]

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It went over my head. Yes, but sadly refugee is synonymous with "illegals" for some people.

Illegals doesn't go far enough now. They're aliens don't you know. As in... not human.

 

[amaroo]

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It went over my head. Yes, but sadly refugee is synonymous with "illegals" for some people.

Funny what we see. IMO it's a play on "a view" that BO has attempted to assert/maintain/inflict some level of influence post the 20th January..... hence the "dirty tricks" line.

 

[TheRealTMA]

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Illegals doesn't go far enough now. They're aliens don't you now. As in... not human.

I heard an Alternative Fact today that Aliens can be detected because they have RH- blood types! Beware at Border Security if they want blood tests.

 

[QF WP]

Re: 2016 US Presidential Election

Watched this video this morning and it makes some interesting claims about Trump and his (in)ability to read: https://www.facebook.com/WSBYSO/videos/1363252000364163/

 

[drron]

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But there was an article in a US magazine before the election with the IQ scores of recent US presidents and the 2 candidates.
George W-125
Obama-135
Bill Clinton-145.
Hiliary-130
Trump-156.
Cant find the article at the moment but those figures are within 1-2 points.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Re: 2016 US Presidential Election

But there was an article in a US magazine before the election with the IQ scores of recent US presidents and the 2 candidates.
George W-125
Obama-135
Bill Clinton-145.
Hiliary-130
Trump-156.
Cant find the article at the moment but those figures are within 1-2 points.

LOL. If Trump's is 156, yours, DrRon, must be in the 200's?

(Or did you lower it by posting this? )

 

[serfty]

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"Trump 156" is googleable.

Snopes debunks it, mainly based on it not being a "proper test" but I have come to believe snopes is anything but impartial when it come to Trump.

 

[whatmeworry]

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Watched this video this morning and it makes some interesting claims about Trump and his (in)ability to read: https://www.facebook.com/WSBYSO/videos/1363252000364163/

Might be dyslexic.

Steve Bannon did one over him by getting Trump to sign an Executive Order (Which Trump didn’t read) putting Bannon on the security council.

Funnily every tweet he makes as President has to be stored by the Smithsonian.

 

[wazza888]

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Hilarious SNL sketch of Sean Spicer .... must watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dvo6EHEJQE&t=31s

Edit: Full versions on other Youtube channels

 

[lovetravellingoz]

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But there was an article in a US magazine before the election with the IQ scores of recent US presidents and the 2 candidates.
George W-125
Obama-135
Bill Clinton-145.
Hiliary-130
Trump-156.
Cant find the article at the moment but those figures are within 1-2 points.

Bunkem! Never before in history have we have so many providers of "Fake News" which then get repeated as being factual.

Trump has never actually done an IQ Test. The 156 came about as he attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Given the usual entrance requirements for admission to a top school like Wharton, the news website BeforeItsNews.com estimated that Mr. Trump has a 156 IQ at the minimum.

However the Wharton’s admission requirements are actually irrelevant, as Trump did not enter Wharton as a freshman. He transferred there aftewards, and Wharton does not list SAT scores among its requirements for transfer students. So the estimate is baseless.

It is revealing about Trump that he is happy to repeat this baseless estimation as evidence of him being a "genius". Certainly no one with an actual IQ of 156 would do so!

 

[drron]

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Though he would not have lasted long at Wharton if he was and idiot who couldn't read.
Disclosure-my son went to Wharton.

 

[get me outta here]

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He slid sideways into Wharton and didn't need to satisfy entry requirements. You can do a Bachelors degree without being that smart. EQ is much more useful.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

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Though he would not have lasted long at Wharton if he was and idiot who couldn't read.
Disclosure-my son went to Wharton.

He is obviously no dummy. However the report of him having an IQ of 156 has no basis.

The ability to read is another matter. There have been various smart cookies who could not read well for various reasons.

Trump however is happy to repeat things as fact when he knows them not to be. In this particular case he actually boasts of it, despite there being no actual basis for the claim.

If one could measure ego I have sure that he would have a huge Ego Quotient !!!

 

[get me outta here]

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EQ is emotional intelligence and he has almost none on show.

Emotional Intelligence Test. EQ reflects a person's ability to empathize with others: identify, evaluate, control and express emotions ones own emotions; perceive, and assess others' emotions; use emotions to facilitate thinking, understand emotional meanings.