661-Pete wrote:Reports that Drumpfh looked at the (partially) eclipsed sun without eye protection, today. Probably not long enough to do any damage. But stooooopid!
Would a blinded POTUS be any more amenable to reason? At least he wouldn't be reading drivel off his autocue. He'd have to make it up as he went along, hence more prone to stumbles.
Alas - probably not. I'm mindful of the character 'Blind Pew' in in Treasure Island. Totally blind, but (IIRC) one of the nastiest pieces of work in the book....
We have the greatest sun, it's so great even I had to squint a bit...
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Hmmm.... so he sent 'letters' to the families of killed US servicemen?
I expect some of these letters will be put to good use - in the loo....
Suppose that this room is a lift. The support breaks and down we go with ever-increasing velocity. Let us pass the time by performing physical experiments... --- Arthur Eddington (creator of the Eddington Number).
661-Pete wrote:Reports that Drumpfh looked at the (partially) eclipsed sun without eye protection, today. Probably not long enough to do any damage. But stooooopid!
The guys a moron of the highest order but the don't look at the sun malarkey wheeled out each eclipse is a bit over the top. It takes a fairly sustained stare (at least a minute) in order to permanently damage the retina. The kind of hype around eclipses implies the sun is suddenly more dangerous than it is normally! A look of the nature he did in that photo would do little more than result in some after images.
The danger with eclipses is when it is close to totality, the intensity of the light from the part of the sun still visible is still the same but the overall volume of light is much reduced. The eye's automatic response regarding contracting pupil, pain, squinting and an urge to look elsewhere does not activate and so it is easy to manage the required minute or two stare inadvertently.
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"I heard what he said because the phone was on speaker."
Ian
Not the best comment from the commander and chief! I was surprised by George W as he still arranges and takes part in events for injured servicemen, one of these is with the Ride to Recovery group. He appears to be quite a humble person in comparison to Trumpy! I could imagine Trump might give them a discount at one of his golf courses, if they are lucky.
"I heard what he said because the phone was on speaker."
Ian
Not the best comment from the commander and chief! I was surprised by George W as he still arranges and takes part in events for injured servicemen, one of these is with the Ride to Recovery group. He appears to be quite a humble person in comparison to Trumpy! I could imagine Trump might give them a discount at one of his golf courses, if they are lucky.
He is a decent man. Misguided on occasion, to say the least, but fundamentally decent.
Psamathe wrote:I appreciate his daily antics continually beggar belief, but one I found particularly shocking today:
Ian
Not the best comment from the commander and chief! I was surprised by George W as he still arranges and takes part in events for injured servicemen, one of these is with the Ride to Recovery group. He appears to be quite a humble person in comparison to Trumpy! I could imagine Trump might give them a discount at one of his golf courses, if they are lucky.
He is a decent man. Misguided on occasion, to say the least, but fundamentally decent.
Who?
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