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Mearsheimer agree with his theories or not (I usually don't) is a respectable academic. MacGreggor is a useful idiot for Putin. Why post garbage from him?

... and I'm considering doing that without a doctor's advice. This is a bit of a can of worms topic. Metformin is a very common med for people with Type 2 (not Type 1) diabetes. I don't have such a diagnosis though I suspect possibly pre-diabetes which I do plan to get screened for medically first which of course would also be a screening for Type 2. That said, based on reading I have done recently Metformin seems to be very promising for off label purposes. A number of them including prevention of dementia. Being in Thailand, I don't expect a doctor here would usually suggest this. As I'm not aware of much in the way of downsides of taking it as a non-diabetic, I am strongly considering taking it anyway as it can be bought without a scrip here. Obviously if diagnosed with Type 2 I would follow a doctor's treatment plan which would likely include Metformin anyway. If diagnosed with pre-diabetes even more reason to take it than no diagnosis. But again I'm considering taking it without any such diagnoses. I'm not going to post links about this but if you're interested this info is widely available.

What was passed was an increased tax deduction for yes seniors which is useful only for some. Trump LIED and said social security tax was stopped. Not true at all.

2026 is a midterm. You're thinking of 2028. No need for a presidential pick for 26. If the democrats are blocked from taking any power in 26, chances are there will never be a real presidential election in the US again anyway.

Most of them never. It's not a trivial thing to deprogram people from any cult.

Obviously, the main perhaps only reason Trump is bizarrely obsessed with winning the prize (much more than actually doing a good job) is because Obama won it undeserved. Just because the Nobel people made a mistake with that doesn't give Trump the right to force them into a mistake in favor of him. Again, if he can really solve Ukraine-Russia, he would well deserve it. But he clearly can't.

Of course he lied. Talking to you is a waste of time. You're all lies just like Trump. BYE.

The increased deduction for some (not all) speeds up the date when there will be a MASSIVE cut for ALL SS recipients. Duh.

Fine. But Trump LIED about this. Grow up!

That's a lie in itself.

Lame whataboutism. The republicans have total control now. They just made it worse and not one peep at address the funding crisis coming sooner now because of their action.

All politicians lie sometimes. Duh. But Trump lies at a level never seen before in American history.

True. But only for some people that will get a benefit from that. Not even close to all SS recipients. Again, Trump lied. Face facts.

Hey I would lobby myself for Trump to win the prize IF: he brokers a solid peace deal Ukraine/Russia that is NOT a surrender of Ukraine that provides actually real security guarantees for Ukraine that does not force Ukraine to demilitarize and does not ban them from joining NATO sometime in the future. Chances of that happening? Oh well, ZERO.

You really think that I didn't know that?

Is your 5 keyboard key stuck?

SSA as in Social Security which so many of us American expats living in Thailand depend on. Trump claims credit for fixing Social Security as it barrels toward insolvency - The Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/14/trump-social-security-90th-annniversary/ To wit: Trump did not eliminate SS taxes as he lied he did. Trump's policies do not strengthen the future of SS as he lied that they did. Instead he weakened it's future. Trump via DOGE did not improve the service of SS as he lied that he did. Instead, he degraded it. On top of the big lies mentioned in the article it should also be noted that Trump's firing of a respected objective statistician to be replaced with a maga cult loyalist threatens the future accuracy of COLAs. To explain this, the Trump regime obviously wants to deny inflation for political reasons. COLAs are based on inflation statistics. With a Trump's yes man feeding fake numbers to please the dear leader Trump, it's fair to think that the ultimate result of future COLAs under Trump will be lower than they would have been with real numbers. In fairness as far as Trump lying. Of course he lies constantly, much more than any other president in history. So it isn't really news when he tells lies. Rather it's news about the rare occasions that he tells the truth.

No doubt about that whatsoever. He sees himself as a dictator and his Project 2025 fueled regime is working very hard and very swiftly to fully accomplish that as reality. At this point in time, American democracy has already been deeply damaged, and without successful active resistance, Trump will fully realize his dictatorial aspirations. To those who say or said It can't happen here. Well, sadly, that's wrong. It IS happening here and at lightning speed.

Another important part of the fascist Trump regime's attack on free speech is the literal BANNING of many words on any government document, website, etc. This is truly horrendous! It seeks to ERASE the acknowledgement of the existence of groups of American citizens with a particular obsession with persecuting transgender people. It's gotten to the point of absurdity. The Trump regime banned the picture of the airplane used in the WW2 nuclear bombings because the name of the plane was shown. The Enola GAY. Again the authoritarian extremist Trump regime has no business whatsoever lecturing any other country on matters of free speech! Trump follows through on plan to punish free speech | Opinion www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2025/03/23/trump-punish-free-speech-project-2025-authoritarian/82554118007/

I have looked into that and it appears that is true. I have acknowledged that Colbert was a bad example. However, it can't be known if finance was the ONLY reason for the cancellation. That remains doubtful.

The Trump regime's suppression of free speech. EXAMPLES: Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech but critics say his actions threaten it | PBS News www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-campaigned-as-a-protector-of-free-speech-but-critics-say-his-actions-threaten-it Trump’s assault on the First Amendment | International Bar Association www.ibanet.org/Trumps-assault-on-the-First-Amendment