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Attilatheblond

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21. Back before Reagan closed all the CA state mental health care hospitals, I got to spend a day during a psych class trip
Tue Mar 17, 2026, 11:29 AM
Mar 2026

Our class was split up into small groups that got put into LOCKED WARDS to 'mingle' with the patients. Yeah, those people were certified insane and danger to themselves and others. Got to observe for hours, and speak to several one-on-one.

Frankly, every single one of them made more sense that Donald J. Trump does these days. Even the chap who really though he was God was more reasonable that the current POTUS.

Patients who were certified insane and dangerous by professionals. But in that locked ward, I felt pretty safe because I knew the people there were fairly well medicated and VERY well supervised. They were being 'treated' as best as could be, but were in a situation where they, and others, were basically safe.

Scars the daylights outta me knowing that the guy calling the shots for our military powers is completely mad and unsupervised.


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He's gone full fucking nuts Johonny Mar 2026 #1
Of course, they are covering up his mental decline, because that's what they accuse us of doing with Biden. Walleye Mar 2026 #2
Practically everyone has some cognitive decline with old age. ananda Mar 2026 #11
My auntie Alice played contract bridge up until the age of 98, in tournaments she won Walleye Mar 2026 #12
Cool beans! ananda Mar 2026 #14
I have trouble with names and sometimes murielm99 Mar 2026 #23
Peas in a pod. ananda Mar 2026 #38
My main issue... canetoad Mar 2026 #45
I identify with that!! brer cat Mar 2026 #47
Back before Reagan closed all the CA state mental health care hospitals, I got to spend a day during a psych class trip Attilatheblond Mar 2026 #21
I had the same experience in Tennessee Jilly_in_VA Mar 2026 #32
That's how a strong, stable genius does things. Swede Mar 2026 #3
Germany's Minister of Defense Botany Mar 2026 #8
The world is not coming to help him, because the world knows he is Baitball Blogger Mar 2026 #4
He has slapped everyone of our former Allies in the face FakeNoose Mar 2026 #17
In Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, it was The Mule....... lastlib Mar 2026 #25
It's time to end this clusterfuck named Trump, everybody knows this can't continue. It will just keep getting worse Blues Heron Mar 2026 #5
madman mountain grammy Mar 2026 #6
Can't remember from one minute to the next what he's just said struggle4progress Mar 2026 #7
Definitely has splinters in the windmills of his mind.n/t Dixiegrrrl Mar 2026 #50
In Trump's world there is no "we" PatSeg Mar 2026 #9
As I said in another thread MustLoveBeagles Mar 2026 #31
Hopefully the day will come PatSeg Mar 2026 #42
ramblings of a syphalitic mind nt Javaman Mar 2026 #10
Not syphilis, dementia. ShazzieB Mar 2026 #41
Well, He Said He Vanquished STDs As His "Personal..... ColoringFool Mar 2026 #52
Exacly! ShazzieB Mar 2026 #53
Then he said - "Maybe we shouldn't even be there" 617Blue Mar 2026 #13
And I'm guessing that no one called him on it. Just a wild guess.... TheRickles Mar 2026 #15
And that's the reason he's been allowed to pull all the shit he has. llmart Mar 2026 #27
The cheese... GiqueCee Mar 2026 #16
I honestly don't know what it would take at this point to invoke the 25th Amendment Grim Chieftain Mar 2026 #18
The 25th will not remove him RetiredParatrooper Mar 2026 #28
Then why is there a 25th Amendment? Grim Chieftain Mar 2026 #29
What it would take Jilly_in_VA Mar 2026 #33
Yes RetiredParatrooper Mar 2026 #44
Double speak from forked tongue. BattleRow Mar 2026 #19
Keep in mind .... Grammy23 Mar 2026 #20
Trumps got himself in a pickle. BradBo Mar 2026 #22
How scary is it that the Magaloons with all their guns believe this is their messiah? NoMoreRepugs Mar 2026 #24
MAGATS equal MORONS AZ8theist Mar 2026 #43
He flipped faster than the cook at IHOP Ritabert Mar 2026 #26
so he's saying he's only asking for help to be manipulative, not because he actually needs their help eShirl Mar 2026 #30
It would be more fun, watching Trump drive the Republican Party over the cliff, if we weren't in the back seat with him! surfered Mar 2026 #34
Of course they aren't "helping" with your war of aggression. It's an f-ing DEFENSIVE alliance. pat_k Mar 2026 #35
Whose idea is it to create more confidence and support by having TSF appear on TV every day? Can't they tell it wiggs Mar 2026 #36
Email me when they stop covering his every utterance as breaking news. Boomerproud Mar 2026 #37
I am not entertained, either. cab67 Mar 2026 #39
Every U.S. Navy ship afloat can be a Mine Detector. James48 Mar 2026 #40
Time to move his cognitive tests to daily Hassler Mar 2026 #46
You clearly have dementia when: Aussie105 Mar 2026 #48
He changes his position from one sentence to the next and sometimes BigmanPigman Mar 2026 #49
Why would anyone "jump" to help the slob? SheltieLover Mar 2026 #51
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