Bitch about Biden thread

[thebeave]

Zuckerburg, Bezos, and yes Musk voted for Hillary as well.

Cite?

Prior to the 2016 United States presidential election, Musk donated to Hillary Clinton and later said he voted for her. In November 2016, Musk criticized Donald Trump as "not the right guy" in an interview with CNBC.

did musk vote for hillary - Google Search

As for Zuckerburg and Bezos I can not find a cite using a the liberal search engine google, however both were married to extremely liberal wives and both contributed heavy to the Democrat party.

There is no such thing as a liberal search engine. It's just reality has a strong liberal "bias". When you step out of your cult's echo chamber you think something is wrong because you don't find what they've been telling you.

Are you sure about that? We had a thread awhile back about google having its "thumb on the scale". To summarize, if you typed "american inventors" into Google and then click on images, you get results that are somewhat on the woke side. I just tried it again, and the results are roughly the same as back then.

 

[ZiprHead]

How the hell does a list of inventors become "woke"?

 

[Politesse]

How the hell does a list of inventors become "woke"?

The results include women and non-Whites.

 

[laughing dog]

Zuckerburg, Bezos, and yes Musk voted for Hillary as well.

Cite?

Prior to the 2016 United States presidential election, Musk donated to Hillary Clinton and later said he voted for her. In November 2016, Musk criticized Donald Trump as "not the right guy" in an interview with CNBC.

did musk vote for hillary - Google Search

As for Zuckerburg and Bezos I can not find a cite using a the liberal search engine google, however both were married to extremely liberal wives and both contributed heavy to the Democrat party.

There is no such thing as a liberal search engine. It's just reality has a strong liberal "bias". When you step out of your cult's echo chamber you think something is wrong because you don't find what they've been telling you.

Are you sure about that? We had a thread awhile back about google having its "thumb on the scale". To summarize, if you typed "american inventors" into Google and then click on images, you get results that are somewhat on the woke side. I just tried it again, and the results are roughly the same as back then.

I'm sorry, but that is one of the most fuckingly stupid things I have seen on the internet.

 

[ZiprHead]

Thebeave is saying the prominent display of AA inventors on the images tab of Google is woke is a misunderstanding of what woke means. The definition of "Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination."

 

[laughing dog]

Thebeave is saying the prominent display of AA inventors on the images tab of Google is woke is a misunderstanding of what woke means. The definition of "Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination."

From my observation, that is the woke definition of woke. Apparently to many, "woke" means "whatever bothers me".

 

[ZiprHead]

Thebeave is saying the prominent display of AA inventors on the images tab of Google is woke is a misunderstanding of what woke means. The definition of "Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination."

From my observation, that is the woke definition of woke. Apparently to many, "woke" means "whatever bothers me".

I'm not going to place that attitude on thebeave. I think it was just a misunderstanding of the term. That the right has changed the meaning to too many blacks, women, gays, etc. has spread far and wide.

 

[Politesse]

Well, it didn't work, because he felt vaguely uncomfortable by the presence of a few names on the list that he didn't already know and thus was afraid to click on any of the faces and accidentally learn something. But it's true that if he had actually clicked, and learned soemthing, that would likely have made him more "woke" in the classic sense to the real history and conditions of inventing. So perhaps the charge is fair.

 

[ZiprHead]

Well, it didn't work, because he felt vaguely uncomfortable by the presence of a few names on the list that he didn't already know, and was afraid to click on any of the faces and accidentally learn something. But it's true that if he had actually clicked, and learned soemthing, that would likely have made him more woke to the real history and conditions of inventing. So perhaps the charge is fair.

I did as thebeave did and the page was mostly AA inventors displayed. I assume searches for AA inventors has been trending so that's what Google returns with.

 

[laughing dog]

Well, it didn't work, because he felt vaguely uncomfortable by the presence of a few names on the list that he didn't already know, and was afraid to click on any of the faces and accidentally learn something. But it's true that if he had actually clicked, and learned soemthing, that would likely have made him more woke to the real history and conditions of inventing. So perhaps the charge is fair.

I did as thebeave did and the page was mostly AA inventors displayed. I assume searches for AA inventors has been trending so that's what Google returns with.

I got a pictures of 42 inventors from the US. The overwhelming majority were old white guys.

 

[ZiprHead]

Well, it didn't work, because he felt vaguely uncomfortable by the presence of a few names on the list that he didn't already know, and was afraid to click on any of the faces and accidentally learn something. But it's true that if he had actually clicked, and learned soemthing, that would likely have made him more woke to the real history and conditions of inventing. So perhaps the charge is fair.

I did as thebeave did and the page was mostly AA inventors displayed. I assume searches for AA inventors has been trending so that's what Google returns with.

I got a pictures of 42 inventors from the US. The overwhelming majority were old white guys.

You didn't do as thebeave instructed. Search for "American inventors" then choose images.

 

[Politesse]

DId that and got quite a few images of African American inventors, which makes sense, as that includes two of the search terms requested. It's hardly Google's fault that no one makes a bunch of collages of white american inventors. They don't make or title images, they just help you find them.

 

[BH]

I read Biden went to a restaurant the other day and he could not wave his hand and make the prices magically go down. Oooooh that Biden!

 

[lpetrich]

White House aides hid Biden's apparent mental decline from Day 1 of his presidency, explosive report reveals - Dec. 19, 2024, 2:17 p.m. ET

White House aides covered up President Biden’s apparent mental decline from Day 1 of his presidency, shielding the aging commander-in-chief from the public and even rearranging his schedule after scatterbrained performances, an explosive report revealed Thursday.

joe biden mental health news: Biden’s apparent mental decline hidden by White House from the start? Bombshell report reveals cover-up tactics - The Economic Times - 19 December, 2024 10:53 AM -8 GMT

A bombshell report has revealed that White House aides hid President Joe Biden's apparent mental decline from day 1 of the presidency. Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. Private discussions with the President became less frequent and a voice coach was also hired.

Joe Biden’s decline called most ‘under-covered’ story of 2024 | Joe Biden | The Guardian - Mon 30 Dec 2024 13.31 EST - "CBS correspondent Jan Crawford castigates US journalists for not digging deeper into Biden’s alleged loss of acuity"
CBS reporter Jan Crawford:

Crawford castigated fellow journalists for not shedding light much earlier on the effect of ageing on the now 82-year-old Biden’s prowess.

“We should have much more forcefully questioned whether he was fit for office for another four years, which could have led to a primary for the Democrats,” she said. “It could have changed the scope of the entire election.”

Crawford also voiced astonishment over recent reporting – disclosed in a profile in the Washington Post about Biden’s reflections on his presidency – suggesting that he regretted abandoning his campaign and believed he would have beaten Trump in last month’s poll.

“Yet still – incredibly – we read in the Washington Post that his advisers are saying that he regrets that he dropped out of the race, [and] that he thinks he could have beaten Trump. And I think that is either delusional or they’re gaslighting the American people,” she said.

 

[lpetrich]

How Six People Covered Up Truth That Biden Was ‘Out of It’

Joe Biden’s inner circle noticed the signs of his aging, and worked tirelessly to manage his challenges and fend off the perception that he had declined, according to a new report.

The president was protected by six key people, all of whom thought that he could and should lead the country for a second term, The New York Times reported on Friday, based on dozens of interviews with Biden world insiders.

noting
How Biden’s Inner Circle Protected a Faltering President - The New York Times - Jan. 17, 2025 - "“Your biggest issue is the perception of age,” Mike Donilon, the president’s longtime strategist, told him in 2022, according to people who heard him."

The people closest to President Biden were well aware that he had changed. He talked more slowly than he had just a few years before, needed to hoist himself out of his seat in the presidential limousine and walked with a halting gait.

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Mr. Biden acknowledged the concerns, but the warnings only ignited his defiant, competitive streak. In April 2023, without convening his family or having long deliberations with aides, he announced he was running again.

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They rearranged meetings to make sure Mr. Biden was in a better mood — a strategy one person close to him described as how aides should handle any president. At times, they delayed sharing information with him, including negative polling data, as they debated the best way to frame it. They surrounded him with aides when he walked from the White House to the waiting presidential helicopter on the South Lawn so that news cameras could not capture his awkward bearing.

They had Mr. Biden use a teleprompter for even small fund-raisers in private homes, alarming donors, who were asked to provide questions beforehand. They came up with replacing the grand steps that presidents use to board Air Force One with a shorter set that led directly into the belly of the plane. They chastised White House correspondents for coverage of the president’s age. They hand-delivered memos to Mr. Biden describing social media posts the campaign staff had persuaded allies to write that pushed back on negative articles and polls.

Six people protected then-President Biden:

• Jill Biden, his wife
• Hunter Biden, his surviving son
• Mike Donilon, strategist
• Steve Ricchetti, counselor
• Annie Tomasini, deputy chief of staff
• Anthony Bernal, JB's most senior aide

They tightly controlled his public schedule.

All of them are deeply devoted to Mr. Biden. All are adept at navigating his quick temper. All enjoy proximity to the most powerful office in American politics.

And all were convinced that he was the only one who could beat Mr. Trump.

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Mr. Biden told USA Today that he could have defeated Mr. Trump if he had stayed in the race. But when he departs the White House on Monday, history will remember him as the man who beat Mr. Trump, then paved the way for his return.

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Mr. Biden, who exercised on a stationary bike most days, made decisions that he thought would showcase vigor. But, at times, they had the unintended effect of showcasing his advancing years.

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A drive to defy the odds is at the center of the Biden family. It was true when Mr. Biden won a long-shot race for a Delaware Senate seat against an older incumbent in 1972. It was true when he was counted out during the 2020 presidential primaries until decisive primary wins in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday changed his fortunes.

The key to survival was, and always has been, to buckle down and hang on. To keep the faith, as Mr. Biden would say.

 

[lpetrich]

New book on Biden by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson reports a ‘cover up’ about his decline | CNN Business - 6:00 AM EST, Wed February 26, 2025

The day after Donald Trump won the 2024 election, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios correspondent Alex Thompson decided to co-author a book about what had led the Democratic party to defeat, with a focus on former President Joe Biden.

The deeply sourced reporters found what they call a “cover-up” of the former president’s “serious decline.”

The resulting book, titled “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” is coming out on May 20.

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“What you will learn makes President Biden’s decision to run for reelection seem shockingly narcissistic, self-delusional, and reckless — a desperate bet that went bust — and part of a larger act of extended public deception that has few precedents,” Penguin said in a press release.

Biden, “his family, and his senior aides were so convinced that only he could beat Trump again, they lied to themselves, allies, and the public about his condition and limitations,” the press release stated.

Should be great.

He should have kept to his earlier promise that he would be a one-term President. Whoever would try to succeed him might have had a more coherent campaign and stronger support than Kamala Harris did.

 

[Spacetime Inhabitant]

White House aides hid Biden's apparent mental decline from Day 1 of his presidency, explosive report reveals - Dec. 19, 2024, 2:17 p.m. ET

White House aides covered up President Biden’s apparent mental decline from Day 1 of his presidency, shielding the aging commander-in-chief from the public and even rearranging his schedule after scatterbrained performances, an explosive report revealed Thursday.

joe biden mental health news: Biden’s apparent mental decline hidden by White House from the start? Bombshell report reveals cover-up tactics - The Economic Times - 19 December, 2024 10:53 AM -8 GMT

A bombshell report has revealed that White House aides hid President Joe Biden's apparent mental decline from day 1 of the presidency. Aides kept meetings short and controlled access, top advisers acted as go-betweens and public interactions became more scripted. Private discussions with the President became less frequent and a voice coach was also hired.

Joe Biden’s decline called most ‘under-covered’ story of 2024 | Joe Biden | The Guardian - Mon 30 Dec 2024 13.31 EST - "CBS correspondent Jan Crawford castigates US journalists for not digging deeper into Biden’s alleged loss of acuity"
CBS reporter Jan Crawford:

Crawford castigated fellow journalists for not shedding light much earlier on the effect of ageing on the now 82-year-old Biden’s prowess.

“We should have much more forcefully questioned whether he was fit for office for another four years, which could have led to a primary for the Democrats,” she said. “It could have changed the scope of the entire election.”

Crawford also voiced astonishment over recent reporting – disclosed in a profile in the Washington Post about Biden’s reflections on his presidency – suggesting that he regretted abandoning his campaign and believed he would have beaten Trump in last month’s poll.

“Yet still – incredibly – we read in the Washington Post that his advisers are saying that he regrets that he dropped out of the race, [and] that he thinks he could have beaten Trump. And I think that is either delusional or they’re gaslighting the American people,” she said.

The claim that Joe Biden's (alleged) decline was most "under-covered story" of 2024, belongs in the greatest hundred jokes of all time. The media was continuously reporting the tiniest mistake or seeming mistake (because some of it relies on interpretation) of Biden, while at same time not reporting glaring inadequacies of Trump. Maybe more media pressure should have been put on Biden, but media pressure should have been on Trump and in massive amounts to reflect the massive deficiencies of Trump.

He beat Trump once so it is quite possible that he could have done it again, because a main reason Trump won was not because more people voted for him but that many people who voted for Biden in 2020 did not vote at all in 2024.

 

[Shadowy Man]

Getting back to the subject of this thread I think that Biden is doing a shit job as president right now.

 

[GenesisNemesis]

Thebeave is saying the prominent display of AA inventors on the images tab of Google is woke is a misunderstanding of what woke means. The definition of "Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE), originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination."

From my observation, that is the woke definition of woke. Apparently to many, "woke" means "whatever bothers me".

I'm not going to place that attitude on thebeave. I think it was just a misunderstanding of the term. That the right has changed the meaning to too many blacks, women, gays, etc. has spread far and wide.

"I'm going to be needlessly charitable to someone who doesn't deserve any charitability".

 

[thebeave]

Getting back to the subject of this thread I think that Biden is doing a shit job as president right now.

Saying "Biden is doing a shit job" would be an apt thing to say a few months ago, but this thread was started only a few days before Biden left office with the implication that it would be a look back at the shortcomings of Biden's term in office. You seem to be implying that we should not be discussing Biden since he is out of office and critiquing the current president we have right now instead (for which there are dozens of threads). What is wrong with having even a single thread dedicated to "bitching about Biden"? If you don't want to hear anything negative about him you can always do this.