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Inauguration Day, Inauguration Hooooooraaay!
2020-02-05, 12:53 PM #15881
I mean, he's ahead of Buttigieg and sometimes even ties with Warren in national polls. It's creeping out of the realm of unimaginable into the realm of "I don't know. Maybe?"
former entrepreneur
2020-02-05, 12:55 PM #15882
On the plus side, if Bloomberg wins the democratic nomination you can safely tune out of politics again because Bloomberg and Trump are literally the same person.
2020-02-08, 8:14 PM #15883
https://nationalpost.com/news/jordan-petersons-year-of-absolute-hell-professor-forced-to-retreat-from-public-life-because-of-tranquilizer-addiction
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2020-02-09, 1:34 AM #15884
:-/
2020-02-09, 1:35 AM #15885
I watched some of the last interview he gave in September (while in rehab, I believe). He seemed like he was in really bad shape, shaking and tearing up.
2020-02-09, 5:20 AM #15886
Tough up, bucko. :(
former entrepreneur
2020-02-09, 12:12 PM #15887
I’m not saying this to make fun of Peterson, per se, but I think this is useful and you can use it to make up your own mind.

Jordon Peterson is a published expert on alcohol and benzo abuse. He wrote his thesis about it; even if it’s not what he prefers to talk about recently, it’s literally the work that made his career. It’s what got him a job at Harvard.

In other words, he knew exactly what he was getting into. He took his prescription knowing what the drugs were and what they did. Then when he developed a chemical dependence, he knew that he needed to be weaned off using a different benzo, but he refused. Instead he flew to Russia to get an experimental (cold turkey) treatment that he knew would cause permanent and possibly lethal brain damage. (And keep in mind, no matter what you think about Russians, they don't grow doctors dumb enough to cold turkey someone on benzos. This treatment was definitely elective. Probably his genius daughters idea.)

Everything that happened was not only completely avoidable, but Jordan Peterson is probably the first person on earth you’d expect to avoid it. Like I said, this is the area that his academic career was based on.

So what does this say? Is this a sad story of how professional expertise can blind us? Is this a sad story about how even smart, well educated people can get suckered in by scam artists (his daughter)? Or does this just say something about Peterson’s temperament, like he wouldn’t know good advice if he gave it? Or his scholarship, like maybe he didn’t even write his own thesis? I’m not sure. I’m not comfortable mocking the man*. But I do think that, if you’ve ever taken his ideas seriously, you should pause and take stock again.


* Maybe this wouldnt have happened if he cleaned his room.
2020-02-09, 12:16 PM #15888
The beef guy got addicted to vallies.
nope.
2020-02-09, 7:09 PM #15889
I wonder if he had been an addict at some point before he got his PHD. It might even be what motivated him to do that research. Possibly some life circumstances caused him to seek a prescription because he wanted the high. Or maybe he had some issue that he felt was so bad that the risk was worth it. Many people take Valium for a little while and end up ok.

It sounds like by the time he got taken to the Russian treatment center he may not have even been coherent enough to make his own medical decisions.
2020-02-09, 9:04 PM #15890
I definitely heard him talk about how much he used to drink at some point because he is from some little oil town or something. I think his wife has angry cancer or something and thats how he got on it? I might have just heard this all second hand though.
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2020-02-10, 6:46 AM #15891
(sorry, I see this ground has already been covered)
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2020-02-19, 10:33 PM #15892
So outside of a few thousand actually rich people, what kind of deviant votes for Bloomberg, especially after watching him self-immolate tonight?
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2020-02-20, 10:16 AM #15893
Ha, I used to watch democrat primary debates. Now they're kind of in the same category as award shows. I only know one was on because I hear about the ridiculous things that were said the night before.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2020-02-20, 11:30 AM #15894
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
So outside of a few thousand actually rich people, what kind of deviant votes for Bloomberg, especially after watching him self-immolate tonight?


I've heard the familiar he's-really-rich-so-he-can't-be-bought defense.
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2020-02-20, 1:06 PM #15895
I hear he’s nice to some women.
2020-02-20, 2:25 PM #15896
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
So outside of a few thousand actually rich people, what kind of deviant votes for Bloomberg, especially after watching him self-immolate tonight?


The rich aspirant DINOs. So a huge chunk of democrats lmao
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2020-02-24, 2:02 AM #15897
DNC Mulls Asking Donald Trump To Run As Democrat In Effort To Stop Sanders


Quote:
WASHINGTON—As the beginning of primary season upped the stakes in their search for an alternative candidate, Democratic National Committee officials reportedly mulled Monday asking Donald Trump to run for president as a Democrat in an effort to stop Bernie Sanders. “He’s obviously not our first choice, but Trump has a track record of winning elections, not to mention he does well with the conservative voters we’ll need to swing some red states blue—if that’s who we need to ask to ensure Bernie doesn’t win, we’ll do it,” said DNC chairman Tom Perez, who had circled Trump’s name on a white board lising dozens of potential candidates the party could try to convince to jump into the Democratic Party primaries in order to obstruct a Sanders nomination. “This late in the game, we need somebody with name recognition and a built-in following, which Trump definitely has. He has political experience working with Republicans, which will help him win over moderate voters who are turned off by the idea of a socialist president. Plus, he’ll have the backing of the Democratic donor base, who generally prefer him to Sanders. Look, sometimes politics makes strange bedfellows, but I think I speak for party leadership when I say that we’d much rather see Donald Trump than Bernie Sanders as the Democratic nominee.” At press time, Perez was in negotiations to ensure Trump was on every Democratic primary ballot for Super Tuesday and changing the requirements to allow Trump to qualify for the next Democratic debate.
2020-03-18, 10:26 PM #15898
*crickets*

Sure has been quiet in here. How will we recycle this thread for 2020 without any activity?
2020-03-18, 10:51 PM #15899
why would you not just let this die
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2020-03-19, 12:36 AM #15900
Originally posted by Spook:
why would you not just let this die


https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/73826dd8-eca3-430e-b7bd-b6226a37e541
2020-03-19, 2:25 AM #15901
No threads are ever really gone.
2020-03-19, 2:52 AM #15902
Lock thread (after Trump loses to Biden) on next inauguration day?
2020-03-19, 3:35 AM #15903
One part "all of Trump's supporters will have died by plague before november", another part "but everybody who voted for Biden in the primary will be dead too".
2020-03-20, 9:11 AM #15904
Originally posted by Jon`C:
No threads are ever really gone.


Go back to the Rise of Skywalker thread.
Sorry for the lousy German
2020-03-21, 10:04 AM #15905
Originally posted by Reverend Jones:
Lock thread (after Trump loses to Biden) on next inauguration day?


Whhyyyy
former entrepreneur
2020-03-21, 10:30 AM #15906
Trump is terrible, did you guys know that?
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2020-03-21, 11:34 AM #15907
Originally posted by Eversor:
Whhyyyy


New inauguration, new thread.

It was a safe thing for me to suggest, though, because it seems like it won’t happen?
2020-03-21, 9:11 PM #15908
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/doj-suspend-constitutional-rights-coronavirus-970935/
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2020-03-22, 11:36 AM #15909
It's a good thing this is a Republican administration. Otherwise we probably never would have heard about this.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2020-03-22, 11:43 AM #15910
Whew theres a lot to unpack there
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2020-03-22, 1:02 PM #15911
Originally posted by Wookie06:
It's a good thing this is a Republican administration. Otherwise we probably never would have heard about this.


?
2020-03-24, 5:00 PM #15912
He’s saying that Obama/Democratic presidents do this sort of thing all the time, but the media only cares when a Republican does it.
former entrepreneur
2020-03-30, 8:36 PM #15913
Has anyone given any thought to whom they'd like to see run for the Democrat nomination in 2024?
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2020-03-30, 9:00 PM #15914
Maximilien Robespierre
2020-03-30, 10:02 PM #15915
Someone who can beat Trump
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2020-03-30, 10:11 PM #15916
Whew theres a lot to unpack there
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2020-03-30, 10:21 PM #15917
Oddly Wookie singled out the Democratic candidate when broaching the topic of the 2024 election. Why? Is he planning on voting for a third term?
2020-03-30, 11:44 PM #15918
**** you got a rueful grin out of me, Spook
2020-03-31, 12:32 AM #15919
Originally posted by Wookie06:
Has anyone given any thought to whom they'd like to see run for the Democrat nomination in 2024?


well regardless of what i want, the 2024 nominee will probably be biden
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2020-03-31, 12:54 AM #15920
Originally posted by Michael MacFarlane:
well regardless of what i want, the 2024 nominee will probably be biden


Since Biden will lose I'm guessing Chelsea Clinton? Then Hunter Biden in 2028, and one of Obama's kids in 2032.
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