@narceducator Also the Delta wave consisted of a lot of people under age 60. By that time the elderly were all vaccinated. our Covid ICU was full during Delta in 2021, and often everyone was under 60 and unvaccinated.
@JackTomo7139 Theyโve both made it clear that they want a family. I think she will still record music but I hope she takes years off to have some kids.
If Mitch McConnell didn't break any bones in his fall, had no concussion, no tumor, no stroke, no heart attack, or hemorrhage (according to his statement), then what exactly is he recovering from?
I wanted to use Trump's threat to levy 50% tariffs on Canada to discuss the behavioral reasons why I believe Trump is so fixated on tariffs.
Two cornerstone objectives for Trump, especially now that he's playing out his final chapter on Earth, are greed and grandiosity. These two things, which interrelate, permeate everything he craves. He is a giant id. He wants awards, he wants things named after him, he wants $10B here and billions more there, and all of that is but a subset of what he really wants: The knowledge and belief that he can do whatever the f*ck he wants.
The legacy media always tries to understand Trump's stubborn fixations by normalizing him and asking: "What's he thinking?"
Allow me: Trump doesn't think; he feels. He craves.
And he likes how tariffs make him feel, because he can be a bully, impose his will, make and remove threats, and cause countries to do his bidding and pay him tribute arbitrarily. THEY FUEL HIS GRANDIOSITY.
How much more American consumers, businesses, and importers pay, is immaterial. None of that matters to Trump. People don't matter. America doesn't matter.
Bullying, imposing his will, being the center of attention, and threatening others, is the essence of what a malignant narcissist does.
It's like America didn't even elect a person.
It elected a pathology.
@OrevaZSN Age 16. Worked at Hardeeโs. The other location called and said they had just been robbed. I decided I was leaving in case they were coming to our location next. So I walked out and never went back.
@CoffeeBlackMD My Dad was the same way! Worked all the time and emotionally distant and I never really liked him. As a grandfather โ whoa! Big difference and my kids adore him! Now I am finally bff with my old Dad after losing my Mom last year. Dad did the best he knew how to do.
@JakeSherman@BaddCompani Re: being fully dressed. If heโs in rehab itโs normal for patients to be dressed each day in their clothes. Itโs part of their rehab to get fully dressed. Iโm shocked, but this is likely accurate.