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Folate

Go straight in to 40:17. What a surprise, the Orange One With All The Best Words has a microphone in his face. "Zero Autism?" Actually a laudable goal, even if in practical terms, an impossible dream. But Zoe Gross was on camera with Amna Nawaz. She makes no secret about being autistic, and is an Advocate. But even the Orange Jerk might accidentally say something that's not a bad thing, not a lie--- even if his assertion is questionable. INSTANTLY, Zoe flipped the Political Correctness switch: she turned the Orange Words around to mean that HE intended that there should be no autistic people. It does seem to me that reducing or eliminating autism is not univocal with excluding and negating the presence of people in our midst who live with autism. But immediately, she got all indignant...

It's less than a reliable claim, I heard, to use Folate to treat autism. Still, it seems that if autism can be reduced or eliminated by any means, why would that not be a good thing, eh? Autistic people can still live and study and work and do whatever they want to do, too. ORK?
https://www.pbs.org/video/september-25-2025-pbs-news-hour-full-episode-1758772801/

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  • edited September 26
    "INSTANTLY, Zoe flipped the Political Correctness switch: she turned the Orange Words around to mean that HE intended that there should be no autistic people."

    @Crash- Yes, I caught that and thought that it was degrading to her comments.

    Have you noticed increased reporting hostility to the Trump administration since the elimination of the PBS grants,or is it my imagination?
  • @Old_Joe I watch PBS Newshour pretty regularly, almost every night. My impression is still that they are quite even-handed. You and I both noticed the point I made, above. They gotta fill airtime, of course.
  • @Crash- if you watched PBS News Hour tonight (Friday) do you still think that there hasn't been a definite change in the tone of their reporting on the White House?
  • Old_Joe said:

    @Crash- if you watched PBS News Hour tonight (Friday) do you still think that there hasn't been a definite change in the tone of their reporting on the White House?

    I was smiling. The news as it is doesn't need to be tilted or slanted in order for the Orange Criminal Disaster to be shown to be just what he is: an Orange Criminal Disaster. I was pleasantly surprised by what Ty Cobb had to say. Blunt, direct, not mincing any words. This "President" has obliterated the Rule of Law. So... He joined the first Orange regime out of a sense of civic responsibility, even though he was no Trump fan. Back during those several years ago, I never would have come to that conclusion.

    The more they simply report the truth, the uglier the Orange Doink appears; the more he looks like what he truly is: a narcissistic, spoiled uber-wealthy scumbag without a moment to spare for anyone else but himself. A criminally self-absorbed, walking, talking Impeachment for dereliction and high crimes. Let's get a 3rd impeachment done after mid-terms. Unless the captive courts just give him what he wants, and the midterms get rigged.

    I've looked at many different prospects. Where might I go to live if this gets truly drastic. Of course, if my wife or son or cousin or friend had already been deported, it is already Nazi Gestapo Reality. We are screwed, until half the voting public gets brain transplants so that they can start to think intelligently, and maybe cease to be invertebrates, like the current majority in the Congress.
  • edited September 27
    I think OJ is correct about PBS. . More lean to the left and opposition to Trump and his policies in recent weeks. Lengthy interview with Ty Cobb Friday may be illustrative. In more normal times there’d be a second voice in that interview. These are not normal times.

    Not passing judgement on PBS. The network news has become an absolute farce. A couple weeks ago NBC covered a ”crash landing” of a sea plane near the Florida coast, airing videos of nearby beachgoers assisting the uninjured pilot / sole occupant in getting to shore. Bad enough they considered it newsworthy. Then, at the end of the story, they noted the mishap had occurred a month ago! If you can download cool videos from some kid’s phone, why bother hiring real reporters?
  • Yes, all the commercials, too. 30 minutes? You might get 17 that are not commercials!
  • "Lengthy interview with Ty Cobb Friday may be illustrative. In more normal times there’d be a second voice in that interview. These are not normal times."

    @hank- Exactly.
  • edited September 28
    I don’t think there is such a thing as a perfectly “neutral” news source. Slant in one direction or another (whether intended or not) can be achieved by choice of who is (or is not) interviewed on a given topic, types of questions asked or not asked, selection of video clips aired, which “facts” get presented and which ones don’t, amount of time devoted to a subject, and increasingly by moderator tone ie (confirming, argumentative, sarcastic, incredulous).

    In addition to @Old_Joe’s observation re PBS, I have noticed a new reluctance by the 3 major networks even to cover “hot” political stories. I think this reflects back to a fear of the current administration which has threatened to revoke FCC licenses. So typically you get 5 minutes of opening coverage on these really important matters, 15 minutes of “fluf” (shark bites swimmer in Bermuda) and 10 minutes of commercials. Cronkite was no saint. But hellofa lot better than what we’ve got now.

    I’ve stumbled upon a couple episodes of bill Maher’s “Real Time” CNN show and find them a refreshing alternative to what we normally get from the major outlets. I’ve no idea how often or at what time of day they air. But if you want something different, try digging some up. Other than that, CNN is garbage.

    Flolate? I’ve taken it for years - but not related to pregnancy or autism. There may be other benefits for some individuals.
  • edited September 28
    Major networks are pre-censoring themselves. Murrow would be screaming. What happened with the Nazis and with Mussolini's crackdown on dissent did not happen overnight. It was gradual. Yesterday is not much different from today. But compare 1933 to 1939. Concentration camps. We won't see that here, because we can export the ones who would have been imprisoned and worked to death at Dachau. (It did open in 1933.) They can suffer and be extinguished beyond the USA. Yet even here, conditions in the detention "facilities" are beyond atrocious.

    This will only get worse. Until half the country who voted for the Orange Destructor and who still support him and the Repugnant Party disenthrall themselves, to use A. Lincoln's word. And the Demublicans will not be our saviors, either. Find a 2nd passport. Or get a Residency Permit to somewhere else.

    Mexico will grant PERMANENT Residency if you can prove $300,000 in assets, as a pensioner. I'd go to Baja, not the mainland, with the violent criminal drug cartels and shit. There are some fees attached, too.

    Got an EU passport? You can pretty much go for 90 days to any other EU country and just roam, no questions asked.

    The most recent country to offer Citizenship by Investment is Sao Tome e Principe. Islands in the water off Gabon. A married couple can get citizenship there for $95,000 plus fees. Got citizenship? No more worries about clocks and calendars and how much time to remain in-country. And Sao Tome will grant you citizenship, without ever needing to go there. But it might end up to be more free and safer than the Orange Reich(?)

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