loreta said:In this video at the 1:13 she is answering how she feels. Maybe I am wrong... but it is really her voice? It seems to me that no, it is not her voice at all.
FWIW, that was over an analog telephone line.
loreta said:In this video at the 1:13 she is answering how she feels. Maybe I am wrong... but it is really her voice? It seems to me that no, it is not her voice at all.
Leaked e-mails show that Clinton's aides researched medication used to treat Parkinson's.
Clinton has suffered from fainting spells as early as 2005, when she lost consciousness while making a speech. In 2009 she fell and broke her elbow. In 2012 she suffered a concussion after fainting and striking her head. All of these falls can be explained by Parkinson's, which affects the motor system. (Team Hillary blames dehydration.)
Hillary's personal aide Huma Abedin wrote in an e-mail that Clinton is "often confused." Again, this would be consistent with Parkinson's, which in its advanced stages can even lead to dementia.
Numerous documented cases where Clinton needed physical assistance, whether it's using a chair as a support while giving a stump speech, or requiring help climbing stairs. Again, Parkinson's severely impedes motor functions.
During a roundtable discussion in April, Hillary nodded her head for an extended period -- one estimate puts the number of nods at 400; it looks odd, but it makes perfect sense if she has Parkinson's: It's a head-nodding tremor. (Go to 5:45 in the video. Truly bizarre behavior.)
Clinton has also shown signs of "pin-rolling" tremors, as well as unnatural (and even painful) finger positions.
The now-famous video of Hillary's head bobbing uncontrollably while speaking with the press was not a "seizure" (or a result of "iced chai"): It's a very common side-effect of Levadopa, a common and effective treatment for Parkinson's. However, visual stimulus, or anxiety, can cause unnatural reactions. Which brings Dr. Noel to his next point:
It's been nearly 300 days since Hillary Clinton has held a press conference. No one has offered a rational reason for this. But here's an easy explanation: It's because Hillary's condition makes it very difficult for her to handle stressful situations in which she is bombarded with multiple questions and requests at the same time.
Furthermore:
This also explains her frankly bizarre facial expressions during her nomination. (Go to 9:38 in the video, because you can't do this point justice without watching the video.)
In response to a protestor at a rally, Clinton literally freezes. She's unable to move, let alone speak. An aide rushes up to her and says "It's okay. We're still here. Keep talking." We urge everyone to watch Dr. Noel's analysis of this event, which begins at the 11:14 mark.
Her coughing fits are evidence of a swallowing disorder — common in those who suffer from Parkinson's. It could even be a symptom of pneumonia, which is also quite common among those with Parkinson's. (NOTE: Dr. Noel made this observation more than a week before Hillary was "diagnosed" with pneumonia.)
Hillary's doctor claims that Clinton's behavior on September 11 was due to "dehydration", the excuse used every time Clinton has a "medical episode". Here you really have to watch the video to fully appreciate how unbelievable this claim is — and how often it's been used.
Clinton is wearing blue-tinted glasses, which are used to help stabilize motor functions in those suffering from Parkinson's.
When Clinton begins to fall, as shown in the video, she doesn't attempt to hold out her arms or protect her face. She has lost all motor function.
It's obvious that Clinton's condition is serious — but instead of going to the hospital, she is taken (against protocol) to Chelsea's apartment. The only way this makes sense is if Clinton's team already knew what was wrong.
Pneumonia cannot explain much of Clinton's behavior. Parkinson's, on the other hand, would explain all of it.
Atomas said:An interesting read of comments provided on the recent medical episode by someone who claims he served as Secret Service agent. He analyses every excerpt of the video, pass it through his thinking machine and shares what he sees.
"By now, you have most likely seen the startling video of Hillary Clinton ‘fainting.’ Through the lens of my 29-year-career in The Service, I can see what a naked-eyed media pundit cannot: There is something seriously wrong with Mrs. Clinton.":
zerohedge.com/news/2016-09-13/former-hillary-secret-service-agent-explains-why-her-fainting-video-really-scares-me
All fine, good and at the first glance makes sense. But... as he worked for The SS he still should be one of those who "plays for the other side". And at least not to reveal any special protocol details (I would suppose there should be a sort of NDA or Non Disclosure Agreement), not to mention his expressed worries that there is something really serious with the candidate's health.
Laura said:Most informative:
He says she has symptoms of someone who's been taking the parkinson's meds a LONG time.
In his video analysis, Dr. Noel makes the following points:
Leaked e-mails show that Clinton's aides researched medication used to treat Parkinson's.
Clinton has suffered from fainting spells as early as 2005, when she lost consciousness while making a speech. In 2009 she fell and broke her elbow. In 2012 she suffered a concussion after fainting and striking her head. All of these falls can be explained by Parkinson's, which affects the motor system. (Team Hillary blames dehydration.)
Hillary's personal aide Huma Abedin wrote in an e-mail that Clinton is "often confused." Again, this would be consistent with Parkinson's, which in its advanced stages can even lead to dementia.
Gaby said:Likewise, she could already have some dementia. I'm even wondering if the gadget that sometimes could be intuited in her leg might be related to a stimulator like this one:
It doesn't make sense for her to wear a vesical catheter. For that she could just wear diapers like everybody else.
Just some thoughts.
Laura said:Most informative:
He says she has symptoms of someone who's been taking the parkinson's meds a LONG time.
HRC Campaign Site Explains Why Pepe the frog (and Alex Jones) are Supremacists
Donald Trump, Pepe the frog, and white supremacists: an explainer
That cartoon frog is more sinister than you might realize.
Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s son and one of his closest advisers posted an odd photo on their social media accounts:
This raised some important questions.
Why is there a frog standing directly behind Trump?
That’s Pepe. He’s a symbol associated with white supremacy.
Wait. Really? White supremacy?
That’s right.
Please explain.
Here’s the short version: Pepe is a cartoon frog who began his internet life as an innocent meme enjoyed by teenagers and pop stars alike.
But in recent months, Pepe’s been almost entirely co-opted by the white supremacists who call themselves the “alt-right.” They’ve decided to take back Pepe by adding swastikas and other symbols of anti-semitism and white supremacy.
“We basically mixed Pepe in with Nazi propaganda, etc. We built that association,” one prominent white supremacist told the Daily Beast.
Trump has retweeted his white supremacist supporters with regularity, but the connection between the alt-right and his campaign continues to strengthen. Trump has been slow to disavow support from Ku Klux Klansmen and white supremacy groups, and he recently hired Breitbart.com’s Steve Bannon as his campaign CEO (and Bannon isn’t shy about the fact that his “news” organization is the “platform for the alt-right”).
Now white supremacists have given Pepe the cartoon frog some Trump hair—and the candidate’s own son says he is “honored to be grouped with” him.
Let me get this straight: Trump’s presidential campaign is posting memes associated with white supremacy online?
Yes.
But it’s just his son and one of his closest advisers, right?
Nope.
Just curious: Who else is in this photo?
Notably, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who believes the government was behind the 9/11 (and that Newtown was “completely fake”), and Breitbart’s Milo Yiannopoulos, whose racism and bigotry is so egregious that Twitter banned him from using their site.
This is horrifying.
Yes.
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Photo: Jacquelyn Martin, AP
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left front, listens next to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., as President Barack Obama speaks next to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, of Nevada, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, of Calif., in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, in Washington.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a bruising weekend for Democrats, President Barack Obama on Tuesday mounted a vigorous defense of Hillary Clinton, her campaign's transparency and her fitness for the presidency, and blasted Republicans as fanning "anger and hate."
Obama painted a stark picture of the stakes in the face-off between Clinton and Republican rival Donald Trump, and tried to persuade Democrats that he's all-in behind his former secretary of state's bid for the White House.
"Hillary Clinton is steady and she is true," Obama told a group of cheering Democrats at an outdoor rally. "I need you to work as hard for Hillary as you did for me."
Obama aggressively stepped into a void left by Clinton, who is taking time off from campaigning after being diagnosed with pneumonia.
Obama is seeking to generate momentum for Clinton in a race that has become uncomfortably close for many Democratic supporters. The latest poll by Quinnipiac University found her with a 5 percentage-point edge over Republican Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
Obama's campaign appearance at an outdoor plaza in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art was his third for Clinton, including his speech at the Democratic National Convention. The president, who remains broadly popular among the Democratic base, is viewed as a key asset in pushing die-hard Democrats to the polls.
But the president's day job has kept him from being a fixture. Obama recently returned from 10 days abroad in Asia and will attend a United Nations meeting next week, leaving him just six weeks of full-throttle campaigning for Clinton.
Trump's campaign, meanwhile, responded to Obama's appearance with a statement suggesting he was shirking his duties.
"Shouldn't you be at work?" it read. "President Obama would rather campaign for Hillary Clinton than solve major problems facing the country."
At the rally, Obama made both the case for Clinton and for his own presidency. He claimed successes on diplomacy, health care, winding down the war in Afghanistan and reviving economy, which showed new strength Tuesday in a Census report documenting a jump in household incomes in 2015.
"Republicans don't like to hear good news right now but it's important to understand this is a big deal," Obama said of the new report, later joking: "Thanks, Obama."
The candidate whom Obama hopes will succeed him left a 9/11 ceremony after about 90 minutes Sunday and struggled to stay on her feet while she was helped into a van. Clinton's campaign said she had "overheated," but later revealed that she had been diagnosed Friday with pneumonia. The episode played into Trump's efforts in recent weeks to raise doubts about Clinton's stamina.
Clinton's campaign was already on the defensive after she used the term "basket of deplorables" to describe half of Trump's supporters.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Obama doesn't feel like he needs to help Clinton with damage control.
"I think the president's belief that she'd be an excellent president of the United States is something that you've heard him say many times. And I can tell you there's nothing that happened yesterday that has changed that assessment at all," Earnest said.
Asked about Clinton's use of the term "basket of deplorables," Earnest made clear that "it's not the president's phrase." He also said there has been a "disturbing tendency on the part of Republicans in Washington, D.C., to try to appeal to extremists for political support."
After the speech, Obama was due to address donors at a fundraiser for the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. About 25 attendees, who contributed $33,400 each, are expected to attend. The event hosts gave $100,000. He then was flying to New York City for a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser.