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Yes you would think so, to the latter, as impairment of personal function requires therapy - but narcissism is one of the hardest to treat as those impaired by it
do not believe they have a mental health problem, deeply tied to the very reason they exhibit narcissistic tendencies.
The kindest thing in this case is for the voters to wake up to this, but recent events see manipulation of the voting electoral process. ( I wonder why ? )
One can only hope intelligence returns there eventually.
I read here, possibility of the 25th amendment being invoked https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...t-donald-trump
which calls for the orderly transfer of power when a president becomes temporarily or permanently incapacitated.
Last edited by Light Dependant Resistor; 27-03-2020 at 23:44.
People forgetting that it was a choice between Trump and Hilary Clinton for President. I certainly wouldn't have voted for Clinton which only leaves one option.
The hysteria about Trump is almost as stupid as Trump himself.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
State Governers are bidding against each other for resources they need to save lives, ventilators, PPE etc.
No centralised Federal Government help, they are on their own.
Trump joked about only dealing with States that were “appreciative” to him.
Mob Boss behaviour.
Madness, people are...dying.
I truly believe that Trump is a bullying psychopath, and is getting enjoyment from others suffering.
It’s all about him.
He and this situation is what happens when good men sit back and do nothing.
He knew for many MONTHS this was coming, and ignored it.
He cut funding for the CDC, and disbanded CDC Departments BASED IN CHINA specifically tasked with dealing with a crisis like this.
Its not just all on him, but his enablers that for whatever reason are sticking with him, doing whatever he says.
Dangerous Days.
Last edited by Gazjam; 28-03-2020 at 07:58.
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AMPS
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SPEAKERS
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DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
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Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
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Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
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Even as a younger Guy he had the same haircut!
AC POWER
Hardwired 10kVA balanced mains powering entire system
AMPS
Meridian 557 power Amp (Modded) / PS Audio BHK Preamp (Modded)
SPEAKERS
Wharfedale Evo 4.4
DAC
PS Audio Directstream (Modded)
TURNTABLE
Pro-Ject X8 balanced output via XLR / Ortofon Quintet Blue cartridge
PHONOSTAGE
Pro-Ject DS3 B balanced Input (TT and Phonostage powered by Pro-Ject Power box RS2 linear psu)
DIGITAL
OPPO 203 (Modded: Linear PSU, i2s output to Dac) - Roon Endpoint, HDMI input used for all things Streaming/ PS5 /AppleTV ... also good for movies apparently?
MUSIC PLAYBACK
Tweaked AP-Linux based Roon Server into Oppo 203 as Roon endpoint
Ipad Roon Remote.
Apple Music/ YouTube via AppleTV, fed to Dac via Oppo HDMI input/i2s output to Dac.
SPEAKER CABLES
Biwired: Duelund DCA10GA (Bass) Duelund DCA16GA (mid & treble) Duelund 12DCA used as jumpers (On "Blackcat Cable" Chris Sommivigo's advice - yup, even with biwire it sounds better - and it does)
INTERCONNECTS
All Balanced: Ghost+ recording studio XLR cables
If you're looking for someone to blame surely it would be the Chinese government who did nothing for weeks when they could have contained the spread to a very small area of their own country? And who did nothing to stop people selling and eating horseshoe bats which were known for more than a decade to be the source of viruses like Corona.
No country in the world was prepared despite a major corona outbreak from horseshoe bats being predicted by medical scientists at least 13 years ago.
Not a defence of Trump as clearly he's a nutcase. But let's have some realistic perspective that's not clouded by partisan politics.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
Also have you not noticed that anytime the US elects a Republican president you get people shouting that it's the end of the world? Reagan, Bush Snr, Bush Jnr. And yet we're still here.The last Republican President who was elected without such hysteria was Nixon - and look how that turned out.
Current Lash Up:
TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.
I know, it should have been fixed years ago. But I think it's his hands that bother me the most, they're far too small for his body.
I once worked for a company that appointed a new CEO to get them out of the shit, a huge Glaswegian thug freshly graduated from the Barlinnie Charm School, and he had teeny-tiny hands. And he was a right bastard.
I just dropped in, to see what condition my condition was in
T/T: Inspire Monarch, X200 tonearm, Ortofon Quintet Blue. Phono: Project Tube Box CD: Marantz CD6006 (UK Edition); Amp: Musical Fidelity A5 Integrated.
Speakers: Zu Omen Def, REL T9i subwoofer. Cables: Atlas Equator interconnects, Atlas Hyper 3.0 speaker cables
T'other system:
Echo Dot, Amptastic Mini One,Arcam A75 integrated, Celestion 5's, BK XLS-200 DF
A/V:
LG 55" OLED, Panasonic Blu Ray, Sony a/v amp, MA Radius speakers, REL Storm sub
Forget the past, it's gone. And don't worry about the future, it doesn't exist. There is only NOW.
KICKSTARTER: ENABLING SCAMMERS SINCE 2009