A President's cognitive decline

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  1. Melb_muser

    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Sad that your level of rapport with him is so low that you are pecking at him through me.
     
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    popscott Well-Known Member Donor

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    Why?
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Strange post. So we agree that Trump passed a cognitive test a year ago. Good.
     
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    I’ve learned all kinds of things from you. About bee parasites present/not present in Australia. About the importance of remembering humans are more than the sum of their physical parts. About forest lifecycles and how stage of lifecycle affects ability to withstand fire. About the importance of correct usage of terms when discussing formal science. About Ukraine. All kinds of stuff.

    A great deal of the knowledge I’ve gained post formal education is a direct result of actual information shared with me by those like yourself or from other sources discovered during/after long form conversations on a subject.

    For example, I was unaware there were human clinical trials underway involving inhalation of ethanol vapor to treat/prevent respiratory disease. If you and I hadn’t discussed the subject at length it’s unlikely I’d have cared to look into it. Yes, your comments on murine trials prompted me to dig deeper. Now I’m excited that sometime in the future I may be able to treat viral pneumonia in my animals with something similar. If you recall I’d previously lamented the fact there are no common effective treatments for me to use on viral respiratory disease. Not only did our discussion lead me to learn about the current research on this treatment from a trivial perspective, but it’s likely sometime in the future I will benefit economically and from an animal welfare perspective as well. You can bet I will be discussing this with the more progressive veterinarians I deal with. :)

    Some posts of me referring to learning from others on PF. At least two were direct responses to @Melb_muser

     
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    557 Well-Known Member

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    Scary.

    Laugh all you want. The source I posted answers your questions. From a historical perspective!

    Your loss.

    I’m still laughing at how many times you refer to the left on PF and then claim no such entity exists. Bizarre.

    Let’s blow your mind. What is history?
     
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    LangleyMan Well-Known Member

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    You're still trying, are you?

    Like MAGA, you're generalizing about "the left" when you have no basis for your claim.
     
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    557 Well-Known Member

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    LOL. I posted EXACTLY who I’m referring to.

    YOU generalize about the left all the time on PF. You refer to the left and then claim no such entity exists. Your posts aren’t based on reality.

    What is history?
     
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    I love your formal "dictionary" definitions.
     
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    Great. They aren’t MY definitions. That’s the point. I have no use for your unsubstantiated opinions that conflict with evidence, data, and accepted definitions. If you ever want to discuss evidence, facts or how things and concepts are defined, I’m around. But I’ve completely lost interest in conversing with someone who posts voluminously about the left and then claims no such entity exists. That’s just too unconnected from reality to interest me further.

    Happy New Year.
     
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    Lols! And have we seen the actual results or just expected to believe what Trump and “The Candyman” tell us?
     
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    History is an interpretation of past events, influenced by social and economic factors, reported by a historian who typically sees history as progression over time.
     
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    Strange post ... Trump has never said he took a test in 2023 or 2024 or a year ago... unless you want to twist what he said..
    Maybe you can clear it by showing us these "reported that he had cognitive testing December 2023 and January 2024." Let's see what you got. He keeps repeating how he took the test 6 years ago at his rallies... he never said he took one in 2023 or 2024... Why would he????

    28:21
    Ronnie do you know Ronnie Ronnie Jackson I said should I take a cognitive test


    His 2024 rally he was referring to the tests 6 years ago.. He never says he passed it in 2024... Why would he refer to Ronnie Jackson giving a test in a 2024 speech? Ronnie Jackson did it 6 years ago... and was a president doctor.
    video here
    https://x.com/Acyn/status/1747811026228183328?s=20
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    28:21
    Ronnie do you know Ronnie Ronnie Jackson I said should I take a cognitive test


     

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    Dictionaries report common usage.
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Former President Donald Trump claimed to have again “aced” an increasingly difficult cognitive test (jan2024)

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/ariann...rd-cognitive-test-heres-whats-on-those-tests/

    Trump says he ‘aced’ recent cognitive exam Dec 2023

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4359408-trump-says-he-aced-recent-cognitive-exam/



    This isn’t the first time Trump has bragged about his performance on a cognitive test. Back in 2020, while still in office, the former president boasted twice about how well he said he did on a test of his cognitive abilities in two separate interviews within a week of each other.
     
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    Why not? As long as the results are visible to all and not like his “medical report”
     
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    Why get checked out? If he's good to go, he can end speculation.
     
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    Your self-image doesn't allow you to consider the possibility he doesn't think he learned anything from you?
     
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    Try to wrap your head around this @Melb_muser
    I challenge you to show us Trump actually saying he took a test in the year 2023 or 2024.. I triple dog dare ya.
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    ""During a New Hampshire campaign stop Wednesday"" per Forbes
    THIS IS HIS NEW HAMPSIRE STOP WEDNESADAY JAN 24 2024

    Nowhere can you show us he said he had a recent test done..... NOWHERE

    28:21
    Ronnie do you know Ronnie Ronnie Jackson I said should I take a cognitive test... Ronnie Jackson is the presidential doctor 6 YEARS AGO
    NEW HAMPSIRE STOP WEDNESADAY JAN 24 2024
     

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    Who says he passed, or even took one? Ronnie Jackson?
     
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    Why? The only one speculating is you and your ilk.... Biden has his WH staff hiding his for 4 years... doesn't seem to bother you a cognitively declined person is sitting in the oval orifice with his finger on the nuke button.. and has been for 4 years...
     
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    Yep..... Ronnie Jackson said it.. try to keep up.. this has been covered while you were asleep at the wheel..
     
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    Biden took a cognitive test and passed with flying colors, no one has ever said...
     
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    *NEWSFLASH*

    IT APPEARS WE HAVE AN UPDATE/CORRECTION.

    Despite Trump's multiple boastings over many years including as recently as 2024 there is no official record of him undertaking a cognitive test since 2018 (and that official record appears to be uncorroborated).

    This means by the end of his presidency Trump will be 82 and it will be at least 11 years since his last cognitive testing.
     
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    Melb_muser Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Would you believe I don't mind either way. I still enjoy debating with members here that have decided at some stage of their lives that they know everything and there's nothing more for them to learn.

    However, I will admit there is an extra layer of satisfaction with being able to get on with or even foster friendships with debate partners, including through a process of mutual education.
     
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    *NEWSFLASH*

    IT APPEARS WE HAVE AN UPDATE/CORRECTION TO YOUR UPDATE/CORRECTION..


    Your current president who's own aides have been covering up he cognitive decline the last 4 years HAS NEVER HAD A COGNITIVE TEST IN 82 YEARS

    Trump's doctor publicly stated he passed the test,

     
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