Dear A.J. Philips,

I'm pleased that you found my link to The New England
Journal of Medicine (NEJM) relevant. I deliberately
choose it because of its impartiality. It presented
views from both sides.

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) as you
probably know is a weekly medical journal published by
the Massachusetts Medical Society. It is among the most
prestigious peer-reviewed Medical Journals as well as the
oldest continuously published one.

It employs a highly rigorous peer-review and editing process
to evaluate manuscripts for scientific accuracy, novelty,
and importance...Of the thousands of research reports
submitted each year, about 5% are eventually published in
NEJM.

It goes without saying that Trump is narcissistic. You'd have to be to even consider seeking that job. How could anyone think that they both deserve, and are capable of being, the most powerful person on the planet without being narcissistic. I'd venture that you'd struggle to find any leader since Caesar who wouldn't pass AJ's little test.

Read the list of traits with the Obamessiah in mind and see how narcissistic he was. eg:

"Exaggerates own importance;" Obama thought his nomination "was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal" .

Read (with an open mind) Obama's auto-biography and see if he is anything other than a narcissist. Check out the errors and fabrications in that book and have the diagnosis confirmed.

People like AJ might not be able to remember Obama's more narcissistic moments having memory-holed them, much like they conveniently forget that this same tactic was used against Bush the Younger and all previous Republican leaders. Its called the Goldwater rule for a reason - hint Goldwater was a conservative which for some means that he was, by definition, mentally ill.

This whole thing is just another diversion. The Russia story didn't pan out. The Trump as Hitler thing blew up. Trump is incompetent falls apart was he gets things done. Since the left can't fight on the policies they need something else to give them hope that "beautiful things" are ahead. They'll latch onto this until something better or at least different comes along.

"If President Trump Is Mentally Unstable, Let’s Hope It’s Contagious"...http://lidblog.com/president-trump-mental-problems/

Hi there LEOJ...

Point taken I've been appropriately rebuked, therefore I apologise to you and everyone else, for making a presumption without first, establishing the facts!

Interestingly, my own squad when attempting to discover the author of a crime, with scant evidence available, would often, all go off at a tangent in other words 'brainstorming' with what facts that were available, and had been corroborated, validated and verified by us.

You might also be quite surprised what falls out of the tree, when vigorously shaken. Another small advantage investigators have over the perpetrator; they (suspects) don't know, precisely how much the police know, nor is it incumbent upon police to share that knowledge with a suspect.

In most investigations I've led, I prefer the gently and polite approach when conducting preliminary interviews with suspects. Allaying any fears they may harbour, that we're suspicious of them. I also like moments of silence, a pause in the interview (15/25 secs) many offenders like to fill these moments, with talk of some kind, indicating their level of nervousness. Even 'boob rats' I've had my sights on, find these pauses in the Q & A process, manifestly uncomfortable. They prove nothing other than 'wrong footing' suspects.

I've no knowledge of Mr TRUMPS mental or physical health. Other than what I've seen and heard. However prima facie I think the guy is at least problematic.

A bit of light relief provided by David Scammel in the Spectator:

"There's not a lot to lot to love about Donald Trump but these commentators want to be seen not loving him more than anyone else".

Dear mhaze,

Why are you struggling with this?

Runner originally asked;

“Anyone seen US employment figures lately?”

Not unemployment, not African/american unemployment, nor any other derivative. Purely employment which is what I directly responded to.

For you to say; “I was merely pointing out that, of the dozen or so stats available from the BLS on employment/unemployment you chose to highlight the one that most suited your prejudices” is complete rot. It does not say a thing about my prejudices because I used the statistic most directly related to the question at hand. For you to say I should have explored less directly applicable stats says far more about your own prejudices wouldn't you agree?

Now I'm going to type slowly here in the hope you may get your head around a very important point. The counter ratios of employed vs unemployed are not in complete lockstep. You can have falling employment and falling unemployment at the same time because of other factors.

The US economy needs 150,000 jobs to be added each month to be growing. The December figures of 148,000 do not quite get there. So why is there a drop in unemployment especially in African/american unemployment? Well one factor is the markedly increasing school retention rates within black communities because of policies implemented by the Obama administration. Another is the number of baby boomers moving out of the job market.

So at the moment the “Job Creation” promises of Trump are not being met. For people like you and runner to hang your collective hats on unemployment figures to praise him is disingenuous at best and downright deceitful at worst. He doesn't hold a candle to Obama's job creation efforts.

The stockmarket gains indicate paper wealth is being created. This isn't translating into jobs or stronger wages but rather profits for the most wealthy.

Just look at Trump's achievements listed by Steve Kates on Catallaxy Files today to see how smart he really is.