Merkel Reacting to Putin Mansplaining

[bigtree]

SimonNRicketts? @SimonNRicketts

Mansplaining, G20 style. Watch Angela Merkel’s eye-roll.

Link to tweet

[True Dough]

1. Who knows?

Maybe what Putin said was, "Yes, and I had to sit there for 45 minutes with Donald Trump."

That would have been enough to elicit the knowing eye roll from Merkel.

[bigtree]

3. not likely

...Merkel has complained before about Putin's lecturing.


Merkel attempted an explanation of Putin's behavior. Her quote, reported in George Packer's December 2014 profile of Merkel in the New Yorker, is one of the most pithily succinct insights into Putin and the psychology of his 14-year reign that I have read:

"I understand why he has to do this — to prove he's a man," Merkel said. "He's afraid of his own weakness. Russia has nothing, no successful politics or economy. All they have is this."

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/quiet-german

[smirkymonkey]

10. She has both Trump's and Putin's number and they know it.

That is why they try so hard to dismiss and intimidate her.

They are both insecure little bully boys who throw their weight around to cover up for the fact that they are anything but men.

[DonCoquixote]

32. this

quote of the week

[volstork]

34. She has an effing PhD

in effing physical chemistry, one of the most difficult scientific disciplines. She can run intellectual circles around both of those bozos...

[BlancheSplanchnik]

36. 👍🏾 👏🏾

Vlad and Comrade Fatass....the stupids like them because they pose like strong men. Typical third grade mentality.

[smirkymonkey]

38. "Pose" is the key word here.

They are exactly the opposite. They are weak men who have adopted authoritarian behaviors because they are afraid that the world will find out how truly powerless they are as human beings.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

42. yes! And the people who can't see that...

It drives me crazy. 😡

[suffragette]

11. Great find bigtree. Combine this and her eye roll and it's great insight into Putin from Merkel.

[iluvtennis]

25. +++ agree

[The Wielding Truth]

51. Thanks. Great article. Seems like it is a matter of lecturing.

[wryter2000]

2. Lordy, what that woman has to put up with

First our Orange Menace and now Pooty-Poot. Doesn't she have a PhD in physics? Maybe she should explain a few things to these a-holes.

[tblue37]

8. Yep, in quantum physics. nt

[Lucky Luciano]

16. I thought it was chemistry. Either way, Go Science!!! nt

[tblue37]

19. The degree is in physics, but I believe her studies emphasized

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quantum chemistry.

Here is an explanation I found on Quora of the relationship between the two fields of research and practice:

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Quantum chemistry is an application of quantum physics. It’s mainly concerned with finding solutions to the multi-particle Schrodinger equation, almost exclusively through the use of computational models. (That’s pretty much the only way to proceed) This gives you approximate, but accurate electron wavefunctions, which can be used to predict how complex molecules behave and interact.

Quantum physics is also concerned with solving the multi-particle Schrodinger equation (among other things) but in a different context. Condensed matter physicists, rather than being concerned with individual molecules, look to solve for electron distributions in crystalline structures like graphene, or any number of solid structures. They aren’t typically concerned with reactions, rather with the physical properties of materials like thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity

The tools of both fields are very similar, but they differ in their application.
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And here is another answer from Quora

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Like others have already pointed out, quantum chemistry is the application of quantum physics to chemistry. Which means that, instead of deducing/calculating/explaining the properties of molecules and compounds from macroscopic or estatistic theories and measurements, quantum chemistry explains chemical processes from first principles, that is from the quantum properties/behaviour of the atoms and their bindings into molecules.

Those quantum calculations and measurements are far from trivial and they requiere rather complex and heavy-duty computer modelling/analysis. The advantages are huge accuracy and a more detailed understanding of chemical processes, as well as consistent explanations for fenomena that in cases “standard macroscopic chemistry” cannot explain.
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https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-differences-between-quantum-chemistry-and-quantum-physics

[Lucky Luciano]

46. Got it - thx for th clarification. nt

[malaise]

35. Quantum Chemistry n/t

[MindPilot]

17. And didn't W give her a somewhat unwelcome massage?

[wryter2000]

50. He sure did

I didn't think I could be more embarrassed

[JHan]

49. Also she was born in East Germany... she understands Putin types.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. Brilliant!

I bet she wanted to whack off that wagging finger, too.

[Boomerproud]

5. I love it. That eye-roll was classic.

Pooty needs to see that more often.

[NYResister]

6. lol

Here's another good one. Poland's First Lady blows off trump.

Link to tweet

[R B Garr]

12. LOL, the look on his face! I bet he is already plotting his revenge. nt

[MindPilot]

18. Yep...he's gonna run for president of Poland

This is as bad as Obama telling Trump jokes at the Correspondent's Dinner. Maybe worse!!

[lunatica]

20. If you watch it carefully (over and over) you can see that

she watched them shaking hands and made sure he was reaching for hers when she walked right past it.

On an aside Trump is making duck lips again.

[cwydro]

23. This made my day!

[kimbutgar]

45. In fairness she did go back and shake the orange ones tiny hand

[tblue37]

7. She probably rolls them even more when dealing with TwoScoops. nt

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. I love her.

[2naSalit]

13. The true leader of the free world....nt

[milestogo]

14. Asshole wags his finger at her.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

15. If there's anything I've appreciated over the past few months....

....it's been Angela Merkel's telling facial expressions in having to put up with the douchebags of the world.

[jmbar2]

21. Dear Angela Merkel

Please annex the United States and get rid of the Donald.

Sincerely,
Everyone

[shenmue]

52. Yes

[Hieronymus]

22. Putin cannot hope to ever have

Merkel's trust.
He brought his Labrador Retriever to a meeting with her, because he knew she was afraid of dogs.

[cwydro]

26. Afraid of a lab?

Never heard that story.

[Hieronymus]

28. Yes, Labs are big,

and Merkel was bitten by a dog. Check the news.

[cwydro]

33. They're the sweetest dogs ever.

That's so odd.

[Hieronymus]

39. Nice attempt to defend Putin ..

I'm no Putin fan.

[cwydro]

40. Huh?

I thought we were talking about dogs.

Jesus Christ people like to twist shit here.

[LittleBlue]

30. He doesn't need it, he bought Germany off with Nordstream 2

It's a pipeline that sabotages eastern European and Scandinavian security for German profits. Putin will be able to cut off gas to countries individually as a political weapon, deprive Ukraine of needed transit fees, and snoop around Scandinavian waters under the pretext of inspecting the pipeline.

Merkel is Putin's best friend. Everyone in this thread has extrapolated a brief gif image to define a much more complex relationship.

[BigmanPigman]

41. That was all he could come up with to intimidate her?

All those years as a Russain KGB agent and that was it! I think he needs to go get a refresher course at spy school.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

24. You know, we could have had a strong willed, intelligent woman as *our* leader, too.

Just sayin'.

[JHan]

48. the worst outcome for Putin would have been having to contend with Clinton and Merkel.

Oh well.

[Motley13]

27. trump is an idiot, you don't have to tell me

[Eliot Rosewater]

29. Plus, she knows Putin wants to harm her and everybody in her country.

She knows he is a murderous dictator.

All of this comes down to one thing, racism/misogyny/bigotry, all the same thing.

Humans who are so childish they cant coexist with other people who look or live differently from them.

[George II]

31. I'm getting to like that woman more every day.

[oasis]

37. "And here's the other pain in the ass I didn't want to talk with".

[american_ideals]

43. Putin has a strong spy service, but Merkel is 100 times smarter

Merkel is a PhD scientist and skilled speaker and politician.
She's going to/has been kicking Putin's ass. So is Macron. They will punish Trump too. Hopefully the US can get him out before that happens.

[AwakeAtLast]

44. Can't. Stop. Watching. This!

She has it down pat!

[MFM008]

47. Pooty

Has fat tiny hands as well.