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blacbird said:

That's the most minimal math you can do. Realistically, I'd bet there isn't a single parent of a Korean War soldier alive today who is younger than 105. How many 105-year-old people do you know?

But Bone Spurs has been hearing from a lot of these parents. Which means . . . ?

caw

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Yep, not very many. However Trump has been asked since the 80’s to become president. I’m guessing Trump is recollecting to back then.

Kwitshadie said:

Yep, not very many. However Trump has been asked since the 80’s to become president. I’m guessing Trump is recollecting to back then.

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My grandfather fought in the Korean War. He died in 1978.

I'm guessing That Orange Person did what he always does: made up something he thought would play to his base, and didn't give it a bit of thought past that.

Kwitshadie said:

Yep, not very many. However Trump has been asked since the 80’s to become president. I’m guessing Trump is recollecting to back then.

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That's a very generous assessment! I'm guessing he's just lying his face off about it, exactly as he lies about everything else, and his voter base either doesn't care or doesn't think. (Or possibly both.)

blacbird said:

That's the most minimal math you can do. Realistically, I'd bet there isn't a single parent of a Korean War soldier alive today who is younger than 105. How many 105-year-old people do you know?

But Bone Spurs has been hearing from a lot of these parents. Which means . . . ?

caw

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They are haunting him! Maybe this explains some of his dubious actions? Guy hasn't had an undisturbed night's sleep in years. (Even if there were a 'sympathy' emoji, I wouldn't use it.)

lizmonster said:

My grandfather fought in the Korean War. He died in 1978.

I'm guessing That Orange Person did what he always does: made up something he thought would play to his base, and didn't give it a bit of thought past that.

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You might be right then, I was mostly going by my AncestryDNA family tree. I am going to take this as a compliment. I don’t mean to brag but if you look at my Ancestry.com family tree my Ancestors predominately live until they are in their 80’s-90’s; making my earlier guess possible. Politically I’m giving Trump the benefit of the doubt until the judge proves him guilty of any crime.
As a side note, I don’t seem to find a Politifact.com article stating “Trump: Korean War Gold-star Parents:”Please rebury my son”. Fox News could be fibbing.

blacbird said:

That's the most minimal math you can do. Realistically, I'd bet there isn't a single parent of a Korean War soldier alive today who is younger than 105. How many 105-year-old people do you know?

But Bone Spurs has been hearing from a lot of these parents. Which means . . . ?

caw

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45 can see dead people?

Kwitshadie said:

You might be right then, I was mostly going by my AncestryDNA family tree. I am going to take this as a compliment. I don’t mean to brag but if you look at my Ancestry.com family tree my Ancestors predominately live until they are in their 80’s-90’s; making my earlier guess possible. Politically I’m giving Trump the benefit of the doubt until the judge proves him guilty of any crime.
As a side note, I don’t seem to find a Politifact.com article stating “Trump: Korean War Gold-star Parents:”Please rebury my son”. Fox News could be fibbing.

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Good grief. How much benefit of the doubt does he need?

And, yeah, Fox News is not exactly the most reliable source.

Helix said:

Good grief. How much benefit of the doubt does he need?

And, yeah, Fox News is not exactly the most reliable source.

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I’m waiting to see if either Kim Jung Un turns his back on America or if Trump arrests my coworkers for working at the City of Seattle; just because Seattle is a Sanctuary city. I have room to escape since I have an Afternoon job if the latter becomes true.

Kwitshadie said:

I’m waiting to see if either Kim Jung Un turns his back on America or if Trump arrests my coworkers for working at the City of Seattle; just because Seattle is a Sanctuary city. I have room to escape since I have an Afternoon job if the latter becomes true.

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Have you seen all the other stuff?

Kwitshadie said:

North Korea was from 1950-1953. Age of consent and joining the army is 18 years old, if you do the math say a Soldier joins the fight in January 1953. You have to be at least 36 years old to be a parent of a soldier; born in 1917 and now would be 101 years old.

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I give -- why would you have to be at least 36 to be a parent of a soldier?

Kwitshadie said:

Yep, not very many. However Trump has been asked since the 80’s to become president. I’m guessing Trump is recollecting to back then.

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Dude. He can't recollect five minutes ago. I'm guessing he made it up because he thought it sounded good -- same as he's been making shit up wholesale since the '80s. Just ask Trump spokesperson John Miller.

Kwitshadie said:

I’m waiting to see if either Kim Jung Un turns his back on America or if Trump arrests my coworkers for working at the City of Seattle; just because Seattle is a Sanctuary city. I have room to escape since I have an Afternoon job if the latter becomes true.

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Turns his back on America? What does that mean?

cornflake said:

I give -- why would you have to be at least 36 to be a parent of a soldier?

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Point taken, I suppose Step-Parents would get a leeway. I explained my reasoning in the quote ^_^

cornflake said:

Dude. He can't recollect five minutes ago. I'm guessing he made it up because he thought it sounded good -- same as he's been making shit up wholesale since the '80s. Just ask Trump spokesperson John Miller.



Turns his back on America? What does that mean?

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I’ll take your word on that part, I’ve never seen Trump up close since he’s never been welcomed in Seattle. I’m not so concerned about Trump as much as I’m concerned about Kim Jung Un. North Korea was really quick to reach out in friendship to America, I’m concerned that Trump is being a little too naive.

Helix said:

Have you seen all the other stuff?

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What kind of stuff do you have in mind?

Kwitshadie said:

What kind of stuff do you have in mind?

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Are you trolling?

Helix said:

Are you trolling?

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I’m actually being quite honest here and was not trying to troll. Sorry if it sound like I’m trolling, perhaps we can get to the same page. :/

UPDATE:Reading the past threads to get a clear picture.

Kwitshadie said:

Point taken, I suppose Step-Parents would get a leeway. I explained my reasoning in the quote ^_^

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Sorry, I went back and re-read it and still don't understand why someone would have to be 36 to be the parent?

I’ll take your word on that part, I’ve never seen Trump up close since he’s never been welcomed in Seattle. I’m not so concerned about Trump as much as I’m concerned about Kim Jung Un. North Korea was really quick to reach out in friendship to America, I’m concerned that Trump is being a little too naive.

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He wasn't quick to reach out in friendship. First, he put up with an idiot calling him playground names, then, as he has for years, he said he'd discuss things, then Trump apparently learned Kim was a brutal dictator and decided they were pals and should meet. Naive is giving him too much credit. He met Kim, bowed to a NK general, gave up things and got absolutely nothing in return -- yet thinks he did something good.

cornflake said:

Sorry, I went back and re-read it and still don't understand why someone would have to be 36 to be the parent?



He wasn't quick to reach out in friendship. First, he put up with an idiot calling him playground names, then, as he has for years, he said he'd discuss things, then Trump apparently learned Kim was a brutal dictator and decided they were pals and should meet. Naive is giving him too much credit. He met Kim, bowed to a NK general, gave up things and got absolutely nothing in return -- yet thinks he did something good.

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Kim has been a brutal dictator since he took office in 2011. Kim has been threatening to “nuke America” for years. How can Trump learn that Kim is a brutal dictator just now? :/ If that is true then I wonder if Trump was colluding with North Korea; it might be a conspiracy theory at this point but Kim Jung Un’s threats to America have been repeated for years. Why learn that Kim is a Dictator now?

You make a good point and I’m now suspicious.

Kwitshadie said:

Yep, not very many. However Trump has been asked since the 80’s to become president. I’m guessing Trump is recollecting to back then.

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Let's get real now. It was an utterly idiotic thing for Trump to say, and completely unnecessary to boot. Nothing more complicated than that.

caw

Kwitshadie said:

Kim has been a brutal dictator since he took office in 2011. Kim has been threatening to “nuke America” for years. How can Trump learn that Kim is a brutal dictator just now? :/ If that is true then I wonder if Trump was colluding with North Korea; it might be a conspiracy theory at this point but Kim Jung Un’s threats to America have been repeated for years. Why learn that Kim is a Dictator now?

You make a good point and I’m now suspicious.

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Because Trump is an ignoramus with zero interest in most things outside himself. He didn't know health care was complex. He didn't know Lincoln was a Republican, or that the Korean War ended. He doesn't know a lot.

He doesn't know how the government works.

He doesn't know you can't enter the country and somehow take advantage of DACA.

He doesn't know NASA is currently operational, or that there are people in space, perpetually.

He doesn't know no one has been president of the U.S. for 16 years.

He doesn't know what a blind trust is, but neither do any of his moronic children. He doesn't know he's a terrible businessman. He is ignorance personified.

cornflake said:

Because Trump is an ignoramus with zero interest in most things outside himself. He didn't know health care was complex. He didn't know Lincoln was a Republican, or that the Korean War ended. He doesn't know a lot.

He doesn't know how the government works.

He doesn't know you can't enter the country and somehow take advantage of DACA.

He doesn't know NASA is currently operational, or that there are people in space, perpetually.

He doesn't know no one has been president of the U.S. for 16 years.

He doesn't know what a blind trust is, but neither do any of his moronic children. He doesn't know he's a terrible businessman. He is ignorance personified.

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Thanks for the links, I will look after them ^_^

cornflake said:

Sorry, I went back and re-read it and still don't understand why someone would have to be 36 to be the parent?

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I suspect the assumption is that most people are at least 18 before they become parents, and most soldiers are at least 18. Of course there were plenty of teen parents back then, probably more than there are now statistically (and there are still a decent number of teen parents, even now).

My husband's step dad was in the Korean War as a young man, and he's in his 80s. His mom died some years ago, but she wouldn't have begged #45 for anything, and she'd probably be pretty disgusted if she'd lived to see him become POTUS.

Kwitshadie said:

Kim has been a brutal dictator since he took office in 2011. Kim has been threatening to “nuke America” for years. How can Trump learn that Kim is a brutal dictator just now? :/ If that is true then I wonder if Trump was colluding with North Korea; it might be a conspiracy theory at this point but Kim Jung Un’s threats to America have been repeated for years. Why learn that Kim is a Dictator now?

You make a good point and I’m now suspicious.

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Cornflake provided a lot of good examples of Trump being late to the party. Don't forget the whole Canada burning down the White House thing, too, which I've known since I was 10 years old. That one makes me laugh more so than the others do.

Relative to Kim, Trump also has a pattern of railing against his enemies, until he decides they are aces in his book and they can do no wrong. Or the reverse where he has full confidence in someone just days before tweeting, backstabbing or firing someone. These examples call to mind schoolyard bullies who torment their targets then, either in a fit of true remorse or just to look good, decide to be friends just because the bully decides to be friends (and woe to the target if the friendship offer is rejected). The sudden realization of well-known facts as urgent and newsworthy is, I think, a symptom of the same shortsidedness and focus only on what the person knows. Narcissism, in a word.

I gotta say 'we're going to reopen NASA' and go to space, was the highlight for me this week. That's the best one since he reanimated Frederick Douglass.

I love picturing the thousands of people working at NASA and the people on the ISS hearing it and being all 'we're closed? Why am I here at my desk?' 'If I'm not in space then...I mean they told me I was going to space; is this like that old Twilight Zone episode? Where am I!?'

Chris P said:

These examples call to mind schoolyard bullies who torment their targets then, either in a fit of true remorse or just to look good, decide to be friends just because the bully decides to be friends (and woe to the target if the friendship offer is rejected).

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cornflake said:

I gotta say 'we're going to reopen NASA' and go to space, was the highlight for me this week.

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I'm sure there are plenty of happy out-of-work space engineers out there.

-cb

Kwitshadie said:

Politically I’m giving Trump the benefit of the doubt until the judge proves him guilty of any crime.

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If you're still willing to give him that benefit, you haven't been paying attention. The man has a long, documented history of being a congenital liar.

Just for example.