Notices by Eric J. Korpela (setieric@qoto.org)

@freemo That's the problem with sharing short tweets. Donald Trump accuses Nancy Pelosi of being responsible for January 6th because he claims she refused additional security which allowed the insurrection to occur. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-blames-nancy-pelosi-jan-6_n_65074da3e4b04435d25fc69d

That may not be what you mean when you say "responsible for January 6th."

@freemo In the speech referred to he said that Nikki Haley declined 10,000 national guard troops to defend the Capitol on Jan 6. Of course Nancy Pelosi didn't do that either, but Trump frequently claims she did.

Anyway my suspicion as to cause is because a relative developed similar gate and stance and anomia to what Trump has. The cause wasn't determined until she had a noticeable stroke. An MRI showed that she had had several strokes that had not been noticed, but killed small regions of her brain.

Not that it mattered. Colon cancer killed her.

In Trump's case the anomia could be something else entirely. Strokes are probably best case as they are not progressive.

@freemo On a poor connection here, so I can't tell if this includes the video, or if it's just NBC talking about it. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-confuses-nikki-haley-pelosi-talking-jan-6-rcna134863

@freemo Anomia possibly secondary to one or more minor strokes.

@WiseMagic @TruthSandwich @admitsWrongIfProven @georgetakei The system (requiring a majority of the electoral votes rather than electing the one who gets the most) was designed to prevent 3rd parties. That's why there will not be a 3rd party president. The way a 3rd party succeeds is through the destruction of one of the other two parties, and then you end up with two parties. That hasn't happened in 167 years. Till then you are stuck with two choices. Voting for a 3rd party is effectively a vote for the candidate that is least like the one you voted for.