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Taft required a special bathtub installed in the WH. Not sure what could be installed there in 2025 to remedy Trump's cognitive handicaps. Perhaps a trapdoor. Biden I'm less worried about - maybe because I know his choices of veep, cabinet and support staff are sound and informed by decades of political experience.

But until it does affect ones ability to do a job it is irrelevant. Thus to eliminate someone from consideration for a job simply due to age is bigotry. People can show mental decline well before age 65. Why should we allow people under 65 with mental decline to hold office while those over 65 without mental decline are denied that right? You should address the heart of the matter. If mental decline is the problem you want to eliminate, then you should ban those with mental decline. Don't pick a different category to ban just because that category has a higher likelihood of mental decline. That method seems to trade off effectiveness for expediency.

Transformations are hard, and we’re in the middle of one right now. We are experiencing (and in some cases advocating) the change. The sad part is it will never be as hard for us to adjust how we apply our words and alter our language during the transition as it is for people trying desperately to be authentic with who they are within a society who hates and so often wants to hurt them and strip away their rights merely for doing so.

The actual subjects are anyone running for President. That is what prompted this branch of the conversation; the suggestion that a candidate for President must be less than 65 years old.

While I agree there are legit concerns, it's worth noting that the special counsel who wrote that report on Bidens hazy memory and timeline difficulties was a Trump appointee who questioned Biden for five hours. A tired Biden who had been handling that day the outbreak of war in Gaza. And Hur also lobbed powerful emotionally triggering questions in regarding a son who had died, Beau Biden. I think math and timeline difficulties, in that context, might be something plenty of younger people would have, and not be indicative of an inability to reason, weigh options and form sound judgements. It has also been pointed out that Hur's comments on Biden's cognitive capacity in that sort of report were viewed as highly unprofessional and an inappropriate placing of his thumb on the scale. At the very least, I would want an impartial and professional person qualified to administer a test of mental competency, before getting too worried about Joe's brain fitness for the job. Yes, and that points to the vast range of biological ages that can atttach to a chronological age. There are areas in the world where entire populations show physical and mental markers a decade or two decades under chronological age, due to lifestyle, exercise levels built into their lives, and diets like the Mediterranean or Okinawan or 7th Day Adventist. If you look at Biden and Trump, you see one person at the Sardinia "blue zone" end and the other in Bacon Cheeseburger Sedentary Needs Golfcart to walk over 100 feet can't remember correct name of leading primary opposing candidate rants incoherently zone.

I'm 62 in a few days. I'm about 50 in my profile pick... forever young. It should be noted that those protected characteristics cannot affect ones ability to do a job, but advancing age can and does.

Oui. If an OAP expert wants to carry on they can be consultants rather than executives. And it can all go into oblivion with cognitive decline. I've been close to someone's parent not too long ago with Alzheimer's. It means nothing if it's not accessible anymore.

Oh yeah ? Well D Trump has, for years, been holding vindictive grudges with people who were allies, but later decided not to kiss his ass anymore, or decided to save their own skin 😄. The fact that one is old, and the other is old and crazy, is no excuse. You should be under 65 to run for President. In my opinion.

“Donald Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man.” He’s a Rorschach test where everyone sees whatever they want inside the blob.

Colorless green ideas sleep furiously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously

Like Franklin D. Roosevelt. William Taft reportedly weighed 330 poumds.

You need to specify where the signal generator is located. Sagnac corrections are important for sending timing signals via satellite; GPS isn’t the only satellite system that is affected. Two-way satellite time transfer (TWSTT) bounces signals off of geostationary satellites, which generally has the signal path covering a larger area and thus has larger Sagnac shifts.

Convenient for Nikki that she set an age limit that doesn't impact her. Plenty of people under 75 will not pass mental competency tests. If you are going to test one, test all.

Since we aren't aligned politically, are you implying none of our definitions have any meaning at all? By this reasoning, we'll never be able to define anything meaningfully. Are you sure about requiring our politics to align? Maybe our definition of "align" is different too. So how do you think making decisions for others has any meaning? My stance is that you can influence MigL's choices, you can berate him for things that make you uncomfortable, you can even work towards legislation that will force him to make more typical choices, but ultimately the decision to behave in a way that feels right is his, and his alone.

I would think it is much easier to go from millionaire to billionaire than to go from poverty to millionaire. The poor, and even middle class these days, need to spend their money to survive and keep a roof over their heads. They have no 'play' money for investments that can generate large wealth. Usually 'self-made' means starting off with a small fortune, and turning it into a large one ( most often, at the expense of poorer people ). E Musk did not start off as destitute; his family had already acquired wealth in the South African gem business. I'm sure that emerald mine took advantage of a lot of poor black people. Now he's seen as the 'rags to riches' guru, and people flock to invest with him. Similarly, B Gates bought a cheap operating system, and when G Kildall went fishing instead of meeting with IBM, Gates was handed the IBM PC compatibility monopoly which lasts to this day. ( but at least he's using his money for some worthwhile causes, these days , unlike E Musk, or J Bezos )

You are not thinking big enough. Asteroid slide.... angle of the impact. Some bounce! It is there plain as day, right in front of your nose! Think bigger!

Hmm... If it is a furrow as you say? How else would you explain the bottom of the ocean on top of North Africa, and do not forget the diamonds that were littered about the sand like common rocks (The German"s farmed the diamonds before WWII).

I really do not care to argue about the subject. I just wanted to bring this to someone's attention. CYA