Joe's missing millions! Financial records reveal Biden had $5.2million in unexplained

Damocles said:
This conflates IQ with intelligence. The two are not mutual.

Intelligence, as I describe it, is measured by the intelligent choices one makes rather than simply whether or not they could do a complex math problem. Though I seriously doubt that Hunter makes intelligent choices in either venture.

Now what I describe here is the value of saying that someone is "the smartest man I know" when they would literally videotape themselves breaking the law, then turn the laptops with the videos on them over to someone else, then simply forget the laptops and not pay for them making someone else the owner of the laptops. That is not "smart" by any measure that I know of in this world today and especially unintelligent in a world where their father is running for President.
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I never said a thing about IQ.

True intelligence takes knowledge that isn't in textbooks.

Which is why we have so many incompetent engineers and architects.
 
Damocles said:
Simply stating I do not "admire" someone for this does not mean I vilify them. I simply would not hold them up as an example of something to admire. Those two things are not the same.

Your assumptions are stupid and of no value at all.
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Actually, Dummkopf makes your point in spades. A hopeless dry opiate addict who is one of the dumbest members of this board.

Notwithstanding the fact that he tries to keep up.

But he's an anomaly. He was never bright at any point in his life, as evidenced by his grammar/punctuation/spelling.
 
dukkha said:
nobody cares if you admire clean addicts or not
Nobody wants your credit or your condemnation. People just dont want to be stigmatized after they get clean.
When you start looking at addiction as a medical issue then maybe you'll get a clue
When you start to learn "harm reduction" then maybe you'll understand what society can do to minimize the damage to the individual and society as well

But feel free to issue your judgements on other's worth
just remember let those without sin cast the first stone
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Thanks for a great post. I do not understand those who hold nothing but disgust for someone who has fallen into the well of addiction and managed to claw his/her way out and stay out.
 
Damocles said:
Simply stating I do not "admire" someone for this does not mean I vilify them. I simply would not hold them up as an example of something to admire. Those two things are not the same.

Your assumptions are stupid and of no value at all.
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you said more then that, you completely "dissed" addicts who have gotten clean under the false pretense that addiction is some kind of choice
When you were a smoker did you choose to become a nicotine addict? no
You liked to smoke and the drug became an addiction.
No one walks into drug use thinking they are going to wind up addicts

Also you completely seem to misunderstand/ignore harm reduction.
It's the best way for society to help itself from addicts committing property crimes etc,
but at the same time letting addicts function in society.

I'd be a little careful of the "stupid " talk since your post show great ignorance
and no desire to widen your understanding
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PS to the doc that wont prescribe pain meds:
most people can take them for short term use.
Doctors need to look for signs of addiction however before prescribing
That would be a regular alcohol user, on any evidence of prior substance abuse

Pain management with opioids is a legit practice -it just has to be moniterrd carefully
 
harm reduction drugs
https://drugpolicy.org/issues/harm-reduction
Harm reduction stands in stark contrast to a punitive approach to problematic drug use—it is based on acknowledging the dignity and humanity of people who use drugs and bringing them into a community of care in order to minimize negative consequences and promote optimal health and social inclusion.
 
dukkha said:
you said more then that, you completely "dissed" addicts who have gotten clean under the false pretense that addiction is some kind of choice
When you were a smoker did you choose to become a nicotine addict? no
You liked to smoke and the drug became an addiction.
No one walks into drug use thinking they are going to wind up addicts

Also you completely seem to misunderstand/ignore harm reduction.
It's the best way for society to help itself from addicts committing property crimes etc,
but at the same time letting addicts function in society.

I'd be a little careful of the "stupid " talk since your post show great ignorance
and no desire to widen your understanding
~~
PS to the doc that wont prescribe pain meds:
most people can take them for short term use.
Doctors need to look for signs of addiction however before prescribing
That would be a regular alcohol user, on any evidence of prior substance abuse

Pain management with opioids is a legit practice -it just has to be moniterrd carefully
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When I smoked did I choose to smoke? Yes. When I quit I chose not to smoke. While choosing to quit was a smart choice, it is not something to admire. I admire the folks that saw those around them smoking then still made the smart choice rather then emulate the example provided.

I simply spoke of the decisions they make and why I would not call them "smart" or "intelligent" decisions and why they are nothing to admire. I spoke from the view of someone who has lived with an addict, not by choice, but because they were a parent. Pretending that talking about decisions they make and how it affects others is somehow "dissing" someone is just flat absurd.

The reality is your assumptions of me and your complete misunderstanding that words actually mean things and that I am careful to mean what I say are stupid. You basically tell someone not to make assumptions about someone, then without information you make assumptions that are based in nothing other than your own specific "feels" and your own wish to pretend that I meant something I didn't say.

I find you disingenuous and clearly not much worthy of conversation. If you cannot do some introspection when it is pointed out to you directly and move on then you will find I have little trouble moving on from paying any attention to what you may have to say and even less trouble valuing your participation in a conversation. Either speak to the subject and talk about why I should "admire" addicts while I speak to the subject and tell you why I do not admire them and leave the personal crap out or expect me to continue to call your assumptions stupid when you make stupid assumptions.

<(note also, it is your assumption I find stupid, I do not know yet if you personally are actually stupid or you just really want me to be the strawman you are trying to argue with)>
 
Phantasmal said:
I remember when Obama offered him a loan to help with Beau’s family and his cancer. President Biden is a good man and I’m sure there are many people willing to help him out.
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You're right, I forgot about that. Biden was going to sell his house to help Beau's family. Here's a memory refresher.

"In an interview aired Monday by CNN, the vice president said that he told Obama that he and his wife Jill planned to sell their home in Delaware to support Beau Biden’s family if his son became unable to work.

“Jill and I will sell the house and be in good shape,” Biden says he told the president during a weekly meeting. Obama’s response was swift, the vice president recounted.

“Don't sell that house. Promise me you won't sell the house,” the president said, according to Biden’s recollection of the conversation. “I’ll give you the money. Whatever you need, I'll give you the money.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-obama-offered-financial-help-during-beau-biden-s-illness-n494616
 
ExpressLane said:
I have seen no evidence Hunter is trying to turn his life around. And there are lots of drug addicts that don't frequent prostitutes. You don't become a drug addict if you have the moral character to never start using drugs.
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Funny you think that way. I've read plenty of stories about doctors, nurses and other medical people getting addicted because it's easy for them to steal the stuff... until they get caught.
 
ThatOwlWoman said:
Thanks for a great post. I do not understand those who hold nothing but disgust for someone who has fallen into the well of addiction and managed to claw his/her way out and stay out.
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Well, Dummkopf was forced to go cold turkey because his governor shut down the pill mills years ago. You should have seen him howling about it.

To his credit, he didn't turn to the street for heroin.
 
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