Joe Biden lied about assaulting Tara Reade. He nodded 'yes' just like Bill Clinton did when he made his public denial.
I have said that I wouldn't be able to respect any woman who agrees to be his VP, but if the plan is to usurp him, I can remain neutral for the time being.
Has the Obon holiday been affected by the pandemic, Tatami?
I googled it and found it is usually a busy period for travelling. Here in Wales we still have a lot of restrictions to inhibit the spread of infection.
I really like the message of holding one's emotions at heart level.
The teacher has obviously thought about the dangers of suppressing feelings and their communication as much as the consequences of letting emotions and behaviour go unchecked.
It is a message which includes emotional maturity, becoming a self-aware congruent person, becoming other-aware and using empathy, as well as understanding that our behaviours have consequences and envisioning sequences of consequences as I mentioned earlier.
I think my grandchildren see me as some kind of encyclopaedic guru. If I'm not interjecting things I know, I'm questioning and googling. Watching animated films with them is good for this as they are often based upon legend and character relevant names can often be translated.
My current project is finding out how the foundations of bridges are built in water because two of my grandsons travelled the suspension bridge between Wales and England recently. I think there might be some fun to be had with Lego and a sink full of water.
I think I will share this video with them and see what they make of holding one's emotions at heart level. I'll let you know how it goes.
A political party will have researchers and advisers.
Just like picking a jury, the research, assessment and selection of candidates is motivated by the desire to achieve a certain outcome.
Liking, or respecting jury members is irrelevant.
Liking, or respecting the VP may make for a more pleasant working relationship, but the priority will be getting elected.
It's notable how much talk there is about Biden not being able to complete his term(s) of office due to his perceived fragility. I wonder if Harris had been a presidential candidate whether she had any chance of being voted into office, but as VP she is considered suitable to take over.
I wonder if there is a plan in there somewhere to get Harris into office without the risk of an election failure due to her being a biracial woman.
On the other hand, perhaps some voters may overlook any qualms they have about voting for Biden if they think Harris will take over sometime soon. There is likely a multi-faceted aspect to her selection in the interests of maximising votes.
Thinking that Joe Biden personally and solely picked Harris for VP and that he respects her is a romantic notion. It's not like Biden is known for respecting women.
I think this little girl has listened very carefully to her teacher at school (or wherever she spends time with other children) and has assimilated an important message from him, or her.
It's impressive that she has reproduced the fairly complicated message so acutely in an appropriate setting. She recognises the message applies to her parents arguing and appears to understand the representations of 'heart', 'high', 'low' and 'heart level', at least enough to reproduce the message. She appears to understand the consequences of behaviour and can conceptualise potential sequences of events.
I take my hat off to teacher and student, and in the case of the little girl, the student who becomes the teacher.
Another brilliant video Tatami, thankyou for taking the trouble to share it.
I'm not over-reacting. The name 'Karen' is being used as a racial slur in this video and Chat has copied it in his title. The 'Karen' stereotype refers to a white women who uses her privilege at the expense of others.
If we are going to make a stand against racial discrimination, we should be non-discriminatory about it.
By the way, was it you who commented on Anglophobia being the last bastion of acceptable discrimination in Ireland?
'Moron' meaning 'a stupid person' can be universally applied. It's not a racial slur and isn't discriminatory given it's use as an IQ category is obsolete.
This woman contradicted herself and was behaving in a selfish way.
Calling her 'Karen' is a discriminatory act. Discrimination is selfish and discrimination impacts negatively upon others. The nature of your criticism contradicts the purpose.
As you say on your side of the pond, that was dumb, Chat.
I'm quite surprised he hasn't been assassinated, though. He might survive if he loses the election in November, but then he'll be eligible for prosecution on a number of different matters.
Andrew will be ostracised, but Trump will be removed from society one way, or another.
I come from a line of mixed parentage and grew up in a mixed culture.
I have never dated someone from my culture and never will because noone will have experienced my particular mix of culture. Even my sister experienced our childhood culture differently than I.
When we have a relationship we find commonalities and we find difference whether that relationship is mixed race, or same race.
In my student days I house-shared with many different people, but only once with people who were culturally similar to myself. I really enjoyed it and there was a certain comfort in feeling that my cultural quirks were understood and accepted.
If I look at some of the other people I shared a part of my life with, however, people who were culturally very different and had different belief systems, there was a great deal of kindness, acceptance, communication and humour.
If we don't have the skills, or emotional maturity to have kindness, acceptance, communication and humour it doesn't really matter how alike, or unalike we are in a relationship. Race, or culture isn't the most salient feature in having a healthy relationship.
I'm just getting into wearing a mask. They're not mandatory here, but with the public transport and travel ban lifted, there's no way I'm getting on a bus without one.
I'm not worried about catching it because I'm pretty sure I had it in early April, but I am worried about being over-confident that I can't be carrying it and infecting others.
Masks are horrible: I keep thinking my nose is running, but it's just condensation; it keeps slipping up under my eyelashes impeding easy vision; & my glasses steam up when I'm trying to grocery shop. I take it off the moment I'm outside and well distanced from others.
As a side note, I seem to have ongoing symptoms which I read yesterday were common: I've had frequent headaches (very unusual for me), my vision seems to have deteriorated and I'm struggling with ongoing fatigue. Thankfully I don't have continued breathlessness, coughing and my heart rate is healthy.
Given the short and long term impact of Covid-19 on people's health is unclear, I would suggest that precautions are not just about people dying. We have no idea if some people will experience permanent, or even degenerative issues as a result of infection.
The problem we have in the UK is that election campaigns are becoming more like yours in the US, that is, they are becoming advertising campaigns.
It appears many people in the US are unaware that election campaigns are advertising campaigns. Here it is in this commercial on this blog, a carefully crafted advert and you can't, or won't see what's under your nose.
Brand success is about packaging, frequency of exposure and psychological manipulation, not the content, or efficacy of the product.
I see from your profile you have a passion for travel, so I imagine you're feeling especially cooped up at the moment. Are you able to continue with your studies from home, or is your entire life on hold?
England has eased a lot of restrictions, but here in Wales there has been little change. Wales has been the hardest hit country per capita in the UK.
Next weekend I hope to take the 20 minute bus journey to the village where my daughter and family live. I haven't been able to use public transport since February.
The only thing we can do together is go for a walk where I will have to maintain a two metre distance from my daughter and four grandchildren.
My daughter has dropped off supplies a couple of times because there aren't many shops in my village. We have been able to chat in the street, but because they only have a small car, I've only seen my two biological grandchildren. They have had to come up when my two inherited grandsons (her partner's boys) have been with their mother.
Despite restrictions in England easing, the UK infection rate is still going down gradually. There are a couple of concerning hotspots, but I don't think they've locked back down as yet.
Like our opinions are irrelevant and once we've been found we're just going to fall into line?
I don't open most of my mail, but occasionally in moments of boredom I pick up a message which comes across as some bloke thinking it's a done deal, like they've found what (not who) they want.
Sometimes I empathise with sandwiches on a lunch menu.
It's 5 pence for a small, thin bag, 10 pence for a larger, sturdier one.
Some supermarkets have a 'bag for life' scheme. You buy a 10 pence sturdy bag which they'll replace when it breaks, or wears out from repeated use. They recycle the old ones and have a bank outside the supermarket where you can drop off any plastic bags you no longer want.
I use my own cloth bags.
Soon after the law was introduced I no longer saw plastic bags blowing about streets and the countryside. They used to be everywhere.
Tell her that she's not obligated to die according to someone else's time scale.
My mum's determined to stay alive simply to stop her pension from going back into Boris Johnson's coffers. I have reassured her that if she does pop her clogs, I'll have a letter box fitted in her coffin so we can keep posting her cheques.
My mum's life is her choice. Her treatment, or the right to decline any, is her choice. When she's good and ready she'll know.
It's my job to accept and support her life choices. It's my job to know what she would and would not want; what constitutes quality of life in her terms in case one day I have to speak for her.
I have to let go when she's ready. That's the only way I can be ready to let go.
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What do you expect from someone with malignant narcissistic traits?