Why do people think it's the end of the world...

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  1. kazenatsu

    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Yes, who checks the bias of sites that purport to check the bias of other sites?
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Based on a logarithmic function, we could expect Biden to have a roughly 1 in 10 chance of not living 2 more years.
    1 in 5 of dying before his 4-year presidential term would expire.
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I think maybe he expects professional people touted in the media to show proof to support their claims, but he himself does not feel the same applies to him.

    Yes, that's a little bit hypocritical, but not entirely unreasonable.
     
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    That seems about right; maybe even slightly above that, since each subsequent year the chance of death will incrementally increase. So there's a more significant chance of Biden not making it through his term than if he were fifty-eight years old, but the odds are still decidedly in his favor: for the average man his age, about 7:2 against dying. And, as I'd previously said, Biden appears to be healthier than the average American man his age.

    I would also add that, though a lot of stress comes with the Presidency, having a feeling of purpose, that one is doing something important, & something that he loves doing, I believe are even stronger forces for preserving & extending one's life than the stress, incumbent with that purpose, is for shortening it.

    When age is more likely to be a concern will be if then-President Biden decides to run for a 2nd term.
     
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    Trump lost the majority of middle class and poor voters.

    but he did win the wealthy. Yay him!!

    :p
     
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    Well, it is my opinion that Trump is a belligerent windbag that is too incompetent to have really been the actual president at least for the first 2 years.

    However after all of the adults in the room had been fired and Mattis resigned, the last 2 years of unbridled chaos probably was all Trump.

    Now before you claim peace in the Middle East;

    https://www.npr.org/2020/12/02/9413...ban-reach-breakthrough-to-restart-peace-talks

    https://apnews.com/article/peace-pr...es-jerusalem-c87ca011c2cd4321d587e9684dfb84e1

    I am a bit concerned about Biden's age. But not his mental capacity, he is known for being bad at public speaking yep, even lying but hey Trump lies all the time. At least the content of his public speeches aren't spent stroking his own ego, insulting his rivals or inciting violence.

    You are aware that Trump will also be 78 in '24 when he runs again right?

    Also if you think I'm ignoring my threads and replies to my posts, I don't have a lot of time in my day for this, as much fun as it is.
     
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    I'm talking about presidents that won the popular vote and the electoral college.

    https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/5579161/presidents-elected-electoral-college/?amp=true

    Are you trying to revise history or do you need more "Patriotic" education?
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I think he will be too old to run again.

    Unless the other alternative viable nominee options are really really bad.
     
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    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Actually many of the wealthiest individuals vote for Democrats. That was all the more especially so the case in this election.
     
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    That is a total lie. All the rioting , assaults and killing came from the left and a recent attempt at a terrorist attack on train tracks in Washington state was from 2 leftists. You are the one blinded by fake news.
     
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    The richest people in the world are democrats willing to suppress and oppress speech to help democrats get elected. Steve Jobs' widow bought the Atlantic monthly magazine and used it to spread a lie about Trump based of course on "un named sources". This is a blatant example of the mega rich using their wealth to help the democrats.
     
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    So?
    My statement remains sound, and your complaint matters not in the slightest.
    Not a single president was "appointed" by the electoral college; all but two of them were elected by same.

    Are you trying to revise history or do you need and -actual- education?
     
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    They are listed as left biased, not leaning. So are all of these:

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/left/

    I keep the ol' salt shaker handy regardless of source. I like to see a few corroborating articles from the least biased sources before deciding whether or not to trust any article. I'm certainly not going to blindly trust any news from these sources:

    https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/fake-news/

    No one should.
     
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    Too bad you have no EVIDENCE to back up your fabricated and false claims.

    Actually, it's not "too bad".
     

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