Comments by "Oblithian" (@Oblithian) on "David Pakman Show" channel.

  1. Given all of his sabotage how does the postal board tolerate him?
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  2. I may not agree with all of his opinions, just like David, but both have vastly more integrity than the so called "journalists" that dominate today's media.
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  3. I can tell you right now, if you want a new medical system you should start from a point of greater advancement, one that the bureaucracy is impeding in other countries. Use expert systems (AI. ...not true AI, you troglodyte. A logic system built using the knowledge of experts in the medical field), as the public facing interface for general (non-emergency) medicine. Doctors are effectively troubleshooting systems. A computer can do that sort of function better than a person, since it will know all possible diagnosis at any moment (and the most up to date research). Doctors have different quality levels and make mistakes (they also may write unnecessary perscriptions for a cut of drug referral), where as an expert system gives everyone top-level care. It can even automate blood tests, do photo referencing, and check vitals. Hell even eye exams (though programming the former is much simpler). It will then give advice, issue non-controlled perscriptions, or escalate issues as necessary to real doctors. With all that preliminary stuff out of the way it will reduce time doctors spend with patients, improve access, and a provide more consistant level of care. You can even take it a step further and have one tier of caregorization and escalation online in a reliable way (not web MD). Patients can then be directed to the nearest machine or directly to a GP or even a specialist. Again, this will reduce wait times, give 24 hour access, and not impede emergency care.
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  4. *opt (If you are interested. if not, spell as you like.)
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  5. Better question for #3, if he's an indicted crook. Why is he at a dinner with the "Completely innocent" president and his "Completely upstanding" lawyer?
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  6. To be fair, if they don't like either party, why would they be involved in the primaries? They may yet show up for the actual election.
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  7. You have to look at this from the perspective that this is a group of former enemies that are now a part of the country. If you want to assimilate a group you have to make concessions like, giving recognition to the dead and the people who fought for them unless you want an uprising and more conflict. I suspect, most of these things were done/allowed with that in mind. A few generations down the line it's not going to matter as much, but if you start attacking the group (the regions that were a part of that) you start getting them gathering together against those attacking them. If you start heavily antagonizing people for being the children and grandchildren of _ then you are going to upset them because you're attacking their family (even if their family is deserving of criticism) and chances are, they themselves are not deserving of such vehement attacks. Even outside of the region such significant attacks on moral integrity like calling them racists merely for having a flag on their vehicle (likely because they liked dukes of hazard), they wouldn't be bothered by the label if they didn't think it was wrong to be racist. Now you have an even bigger group that starts to cluster together. The biggest issue now, is for anyone who started out as mainly a bystander to start adopting the more extreme views of those they have been pushed into a corner with. This applies to any group. Never moving past issues, only causes rise to more. One of the best examples is how hatred of and excessively punishing Germany created a path to WW2. Now in this instance, war seems absurdly unlikely. But any time a person is attacked for something they had no part in, be it a family member, a friend, or an acquaintance, it is discrimination by association. If the media didn't make a big deal of these things, or the masses didn't start labeling everyone a racist for what started as merely disapproving of vandalism, they probably could have phased a lot of these out without anyone caring (except history buffs, or the odd person who is a kkk member). Should it be phased out for unity, yes. Should it be erased from history? No. If they took statues/flags down and put them into museums, it would probably be amicable. But once you try to ban something you're making a metaphorical martyr of it, and getting upset by long irrelevant symbols, historical figures, etc. Gives those things more power than they should have over you, and more power & recognition to any splinter group that remains.
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  8. There is ALOT more to this than what David covered, I encourage you to look into it more. But fundamentally, I think they should all be more on top of moderation for bullying/harassment/racism, and of fake and misleading news and advertisements. However, it NEEDS to be executed with clearly defined guidelines. What is happening in practise is a lot more... at minimum questionable, and inconsistent. Because of those cases and their complete inflexibility in acknowledging error or even correcting a mistake/overstep, they are giving justification for people across the spectrum to oppose these actions. (Even if they were only one in ten or one in 100, it doesn't make the mistakes/oversteps acceptable. It shouldn't be used as an argument against the measures, only against how they are implemented. But, how they are implemented needs to be corrected).
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  9. This is weird. It doesn't seem like dementia.
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  10. Look, likely questionable trump campaign related motivations aside David, your characterization of the actions taken is completely misrepresenting things. It would be completely unacceptable to deny a group recovery aid merely because their views do not align with the government in power. THINK ABOUT HOW THAT WOULD GO! Maybe Trump denies the David pakman show funding, or refuses businesses with CEOs known to be democrats. If they had denied vaccine companies recovery funding you would be exactly on the same page as me. I get that it happens some times, people are bound to lose sight of the big picture while in all the BS that happens. But this needs clarification so it doesn't sound like you are saying the government SHOULD deny aid to groups because of opposing views.
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  11. Well most people wouldn't have opted for him in the first place if there were a passable option (which was not H. Clinton).
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  12. "decline of our own country" So even Carlson admitts A isn't G, A or otherwise. Which would mean Trump is either allowing the decline, hastening the decline, or failing to stop the decline. None are good.
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  13. What's the point in partial results now?
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  14. I could say, "PARTIAL RESULTS ARE IN! Candidates ALL tied with one vote each!" Or "... Warren is leading everyone with 90% of the vote." (what does everyone else have? 0,0,0,0,0,1,0)
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  15. Just because people were so afraid of the F@#%ing slightly less bad than INFLUENZA virus.
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  16. There is a difference between realistic/complete representation and alarmism. There is a line, and people are freaking out when you merely point out facts that seem to be presenting this vaccine (or any vaccine) in something other than a glowing light. There are legitimate reasons not to get a vaccine. Mind control chips and conspiracies, are not legitimate.
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  17. I would bet on medication. The man is old, it's practically a guarantee that he's taking something. Whether or not it's causing this is another story.
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  18. lmao
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  19. The liberals were only elected after Harper because they ran on very lightly left policies, and policies of reform. HOWEVER, they went crazy with it the moment they won a majority government, and didn't follow through on a damned thing people actually wanted.
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  20. The one sxception could be national security and classified information. However, we have never seen any evidense suggesting or implying that Trump is professional or responsible in how he handles that information. So it seems very unlikely that it's just nothing and misunderstanding.
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  21. I would like to hear more detail the effect of the tariffs. ...If you happen to see this, and are down to cover it.
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  22. A by hand recount in georgia is likely to turn up more errors. Also, you can't "re-count" anything until you have a finished count in the first place.
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  23. To be fair, what is mundane and annoying to you is very likely not even a thought to the average person (perhaps that may be egocentric, or perhaps they consider it an annoyance hardly worth noting). After all, it may be their first time calling-in anywhere. While I can fully understand how annoying speakerphone is and it being perfectly reasonable to turn off speakerphone, you should probably try to be a bit more understanding of callers (even fans) who make the mistake. It's going to happen, it's a consequence of inviting callers, taking that expectation and being patient instead would go a long way in earning yourself some goodwill.
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  24.    In concept I thought he would be ok, given how he was presented on the apprentice. But after he started speaking you could immediately see he was full of crap and just making stuff up and attacking people.
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  25. "If the threat is eliminated" the "US Dogs" will always be a threat (on the peninsula or not). If you take away the threat of retaliation, how do you make sure they followthrough?
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  26. I bet he thinks they will build a wall to remedy the issue.
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  27. ... This is stupid, it highlights Burnie's arguments, it renders every rule arguable, and every enforcement of the rules previously despite legitimate argument is just an insult.
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  28. Lets make all the mistakes Reagan did, only more extreme, and with the knowledge that what may have been reasonable to attempt then, was proven ineffective
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  29. She is a 1 trick pony it seems. And a childish trick at that.
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  30. Suspiciously similar to what happened in China.
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  31. I bet the summary is "moronic".
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  32. Why would you even be concerned about their genitals? Does it matter, would that help you convince them of their follies?
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  33. It is indeed Ironic as trump lies about most things, and far more than Cruz.
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  34. This would otherwise be a major scandal. Well yeah, look at the fuss people in Canada are making over a pipeline, one pipeline, of dozens. Remember when keystone was an issue during Obama's tenure?
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  35. Honestly I think all US media at times takes too many liberties and needs some sort of curtailing. But for those on average, where it's say 1 over the top story for every 10 regular ones, Fox News is the opposite. Meanwhile the extreme non-mainstream medias (left and right) are more like 30 garbage stories to 1 regular story.
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  36. but 42% aren't even going to be given the vaccine today down the road more will take it. I am more comfortable with a mrna vaccine and it should be more effective.
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  37. Alienating the other side when many are coming around is a sure-fire way to drive more people to vote for trump again. Don't go out of your way to badmouth "trumpists" or label all republicans as all being the "diehard trumpists" you are thinking about. Just stick to the facts, don't bring labels into it, definitely don't be petty and insult people. And you know as well as I that if there is any chance of convincing a person, or just making them doubt, it's by doing this. Give them the knowledge and the space to come to a conclusion, if you attack someone, they'll just cling harder to the one they had before. Right or wrong.
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  38. Look I am all for preparedness, but you all need to chill with your doomsayer rhetoric (David, you especially 4:19). Yes we should all try to avoid getting sick and spreading the virus, but, IT IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE. More people die from influenza every year in Canada alone (let alone the US) than have died from corona virus. (and we can't deny that many of those who tragically have lost their lives to covid19 may have lost their lives to influenza or similar)
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  39. rubber bullets only?
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  40. All the republican politicians who didn't like him before will suddenly drop all support of him the day he is out of office, and act like they didn't just spend the last few years rolling over.
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  41. People hold a lot of stereotypes a too tightly.
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  42. No Pat is not a distraction, he sometimes adds a different perspective, or extra detail. It also makes the video a bit more engaging as it is not just a lecture/monologue.
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  43. Probably every person in every pageant.
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  44. Maybe this time Burnie should run as an independent. Play the party game till the end then drop the DNC.
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  45. I think the point was actually to promote trump as some amazing world saving diplomat.
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  46. That's just racism, but everyone is misattributing cancel culture these days. Especially Fox News. But also Davidn and other news outlets by creating a straw-man argument and only focusing on the absurd assertions. This approach by both the left and right is at the core of the polarization of the country. Both sides label and stereotype the other to dismiss their valid criticisms. Which antagonizes one another and prevents finding common ground and compromise.
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  47. tax automation? That seems backwards. Trying to impede technology will only cost more, it won't stop jobs shifting away from basic labour. A really misinformed republican might suggest such a thing, but Yang? This seems to conflict all of his beliefs.
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  48. No markets are cowardly these days, any instability means huge drops. It doesn't matter if it is a instability leading to success, instability = selloff.
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  49. Saying, SOME are relatively minor brain injuries, could be fair. Though generally speaking, every head injury is considered an emergency (as it is kind of the fabric of your personality and root of a body's functionality). But saying, "Some have headaches, it's nothing serious." is unequivocally dismissive.
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  50. Right but too many are under the wrong impression that all of those things are magical perfectly protective. it is important that people be properly informed, so that they may make appropriate decisions. For example, not to decide they will get the vaccine then going to 300 raves, but rather take the vaccine then exercise caution.
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