Are you going to watch Biden-Trump debate Thursday?

[LKB]

Speaking of which --- how about Ukraine giving back to Poland and Romania the territories which were forcibly taken from them by Stalin's Red Army and incorporated by fiat into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic to which they had never before belonged? It would be a nice token of gratitude for all the costly humanitarian and military aid both countries have been offering Ukraine since the Russian invasion.

Do you truly believe that Ukraine should address such concerns at this time?

They are struggling daily against annihilation, and are hardly in any position to prioritize anything else.

[relm1]

No point in watching it. 

[AnotherSpin]

Do you truly believe that Ukraine should address such concerns at this time?

They are struggling daily against annihilation, and are hardly in any position to prioritize anything else.

Ask him about returning Erdély (Transylvania) to Hungary.

[Florestan]

Do you truly believe that Ukraine should address such concerns at this time?

They are struggling daily against annihilation, and are hardly in any position to prioritize anything else.

Calm down, man. Neither Poland nor Romania have any claims upon those territories and both have been among the staunchest supporters of Ukraine. My real point was apparently lost on you but certainly not on the one whom it was directly addressed to.

[Maestro267]

Ah yes, the famous CLASSICAL MUSIC topic of American politics. Someone should ask the candidates whether Mahler 6 should be Andante-Scherzo or Scherzo-Andante or if applause between movements is acceptable...

[Florestan]

Ah yes, the famous CLASSICAL MUSIC topic of American politics. Someone should ask the candidates whether Mahler 6 should be Andante-Scherzo or Scherzo-Andante or if applause between movements is acceptable...

That would make for a world premiere: both candidates simultaneously passing out live on stage because of stroke... 

[DavidW]

That would make for a world premiere: both candidates simultaneously passing out live on stage because of stroke... 

Well the Mahler 6 is known for the hammer blows of fate!

[Florestan]

Well the Mahler 6 is known for the hammer blows of fate!

 

[Florestan]

From my whole heart, fuck'em both! And Putin as well while we're at it. 

[drogulus]

    I don't want to watch, though some of the debate might get through my defenses because the Other One will have it on.

    A WaPo article raised the issue that probably concerns a sizable chunk of the audience.

Trump's long fixation on mental fitness followed years of watching his father's worsening dementia — a formative period that some associates said has been a defining and little-mentioned factor in his life, and which left him with an abiding concern that he might someday inherit the condition. While much remains unknown about Alzheimer's, experts say there is an increased risk of inheriting a gene associated with the disease from a parent.

     Trump provided ample reason to suspect he was impaired throughout his term. This isn't a condition that gets better, but only worse all the way to the end.

[steve ridgway]

I don't want to watch, though some of the debate might get through my defenses because the Other One will have it on.

    A WaPo article raised the issue that probably concerns a sizable chunk of the audience.

Trump's long fixation on mental fitness followed years of watching his father's worsening dementia — a formative period that some associates said has been a defining and little-mentioned factor in his life, and which left him with an abiding concern that he might someday inherit the condition. While much remains unknown about Alzheimer's, experts say there is an increased risk of inheriting a gene associated with the disease from a parent.

    Trump provided ample reason to suspect he was impaired throughout his term. This isn't a condition that gets better, but only worse all the way to the end.

I would ask the candidates if they'd ever consider a preemptive strike on North Carolina .

[Pohjolas Daughter]

I'll be watching it tonight.

PD

[DavidW]

I would ask the candidates if they'd ever consider a preemptive strike on North Carolina .

RIP Dave (SonicMan). First he gets mocked for listening to Angela Hewitt's Couperin, next he is being nuked!

[drogulus]

I'll be watching it tonight.

PD

    If it was only through the lens of politics I could watch the debate. What is disturbing is that because Trump lives all of his life in public he is trapped. He can't get help while running for office and fighting his legal battles.

[Bachtoven]

Absolutely not, but if it erupts into a fist fight and Trump gets KTFO, then I'll watch the replay later.

[Karl Henning]

If it was only through the lens of politics I could watch the debate. What is disturbing is that because Trump lives all of his life in public he is trapped. He can't get help while running for office and fighting his legal battles.

He can't get help because in his narcissism he never needs help. And I'm incapable of sympathy for a pathological narcissist who needs to burn America down to satisfy his ego.

[drogulus]

He can't get help because in his narcissism he never needs help.

     He can never be seen to need help. That was my point about his public life.

     The fact that so much of his dilemma is his fault doesn't negate my concern for what isn't his fault. I guess you could chalk up my reaction to squeamishness as much as a kind of sympathy.

[Karl Henning]

I guess you could chalk up my reaction to squeamishness as much as a kind of sympathy.

Understood.

[Karl Henning]

During the debate, I'll be watching Jaws. Really, for the electrocution angle, it should be Jaws 2. Heck, I may make it a double-feature.

[Dry Brett Kavanaugh]

During the debate, I'll be watching Jaws. Really, for the electrocution angle, it should be Jaws 2. Heck, I may make it a double-feature.

I'm ready! Me and my friends are somewhat nervous!

Mic muting and no live audience. This may be disadvantageous to Trump.