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nolabear

(41,963 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 03:31 PM Jan 2017

Obama Press Conference. Everything he's doing is sending a message to the incoming.

The fact that he's doing this now is showing how he values the press and can take the tough questions without throwing tantrums or abusing its necessary power.

He's trying to set an example. Incoming won't get it at all. But it certainly shows the contrast between someone who respects the government and the country and...whatever the hell is coming.

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Obama Press Conference. Everything he's doing is sending a message to the incoming. (Original Post) nolabear Jan 2017 OP
Wasted breath Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #1
Not on me. nolabear Jan 2017 #2
I apologize for being pedantic, but you're not incoming. nt Xipe Totec Jan 2017 #3
Post removed Post removed Jan 2017 #4
please don't post this pseudo-scientific garbage here ProfessorPlum Jan 2017 #5
"Otherwise we would have cretinism running rampant." Uh huh. Youbetcha. Achilleaze Jan 2017 #8
You are perfectly free to ignore my post. But you're not free to tell me what I can and cannot BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #10
I have a PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry ProfessorPlum Jan 2017 #13
Flouride-skeptics? They still make you? n/t mattclearing Jan 2017 #6
Do your research. I'm not here to hold your hand nor to "make you a believer". You might be a raging BlueCaliDem Jan 2017 #11
Oh, phooey. tenorly Jan 2017 #12
Just what the world needs...another Internet scholar. n/t mattclearing Jan 2017 #15
they are sapping our vital fluids ProfessorPlum Jan 2017 #14
I only wish he had used slightly stronger language. randome Jan 2017 #7
Orator to buffoon ................ a HUGE step for America Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #9

Response to Xipe Totec (Reply #1)

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
5. please don't post this pseudo-scientific garbage here
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:34 PM
Jan 2017

americans get more than enough iodine from iodized salt. Otherwise we would have cretinism running rampant. you only need a small amount.

The rest of your post seems to be almost tongue in cheek enough to believe that it was written sarcastically. Please tell me you were just throwing out this stupid stuff about bromine and iodine in baked goods to see if you would catch someone with it.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
8. "Otherwise we would have cretinism running rampant." Uh huh. Youbetcha.
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:49 PM
Jan 2017

The cretinous Republican party, with the welcome Black Ops assistance of Russia, has just elevated Comrade Casino to the office of Cretin-in-Chief.

I rest my case.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
10. You are perfectly free to ignore my post. But you're not free to tell me what I can and cannot
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:54 PM
Jan 2017

post, whether you agree with it or not.

Apparently, you don't care to read the info at the link nor what I've posted. Your choice. But others might find it useful and choose to research for themselves in private something they didn't know before. Your censorship is hereby DENIED.

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
13. I have a PhD in pharmaceutical chemistry
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:36 PM
Jan 2017

the fact that the excerpt you posted seems to think that baked goods have elemental iodine and bromine in them is monumental scientific illiteracy.

That others "might find it useful" is what is scary about it.

Go ahead and post it if it makes your day, but I need to call out bullshit where I have some knowledge of it and where it might harm others who don't know better. Otherwise, I'm as bad as the Trump-enabling media.

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
11. Do your research. I'm not here to hold your hand nor to "make you a believer". You might be a raging
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:55 PM
Jan 2017

skeptic but others might be interested to know something they haven't before, and would like to do more research on their own.

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
12. Oh, phooey.
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:12 PM
Jan 2017

The Nazis used it in the concentration camps' water supply, so it must be safe for us in 'Murica - right?

 

randome

(34,845 posts)
7. I only wish he had used slightly stronger language.
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 04:42 PM
Jan 2017

Something like, "Democrats are not afraid of press conferences." There. That says a lot without being directly insulting.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Precision and concision. That's the game.[/center][/font][hr]

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)
9. Orator to buffoon ................ a HUGE step for America
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:51 PM
Jan 2017

If you do a image search you will find many images of Trump

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