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GoneFishin

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56. Cheap shots at RFK Jr. only cost yourself credibility. I have listened to him enough to know

Reply to REP (Reply #51)

Wed Nov 6, 2013, 12:22 AM

Nov 2013

that you are making shit up.

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Michael Hastings's brother rules out foul play in death; says media sensationalized [View all] pnwmom Nov 2013 OP

THEY obviously got to him... gcomeau Nov 2013 #1

How do we know this was REALLY his brother? LadyHawkAZ Nov 2013 #6

I'm just gonna kick this from time to time.....nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #2

I know what that's like, going to stay with someone DevonRex Nov 2013 #3

I have had a similar experience with a good friend Skidmore Nov 2013 #9

She was right. DevonRex Nov 2013 #10

It's one thing to consider, but that's all CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #4

He was with him hours before his death, sleeping in the same apartment, pnwmom Nov 2013 #11

sad to see people make conspiracies out of things like this functioning_cog Nov 2013 #20

Yes, we've established that he was with him, and he was upset CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #23

We know his brother is a doc. We know they lived together in NY cali Nov 2013 #27

It isn't just the fact that he was the brother. He was the brother pnwmom Nov 2013 #28

The "journalists" who insert themselves in this situtation are ghouls. Fucking ghouls. nt msanthrope Nov 2013 #35

Good thing we have you here to correct his family and the people geek tragedy Nov 2013 #31

The only person I corrected was the OP CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #36

Problem is that your post was neither rational nor simple. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #37

your entire post is complete nonsense CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #39

"automatically suspicious by any sane criteria." geek tragedy Nov 2013 #40

You are really just having an argument with yourself at this point CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #41

It seemed suspicious before we knew any more. pnwmom Nov 2013 #44

Do you know something I don't? CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #52

Unlike you, I don't think his brother and mother are liars. Or deluded. pnwmom Nov 2013 #53

Now who's being unreasonable CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #55

You're the one who is likely to be mistaken, not the closest family pnwmom Nov 2013 #57

I was quoting the brother, who as a doctor, and the family member pnwmom Nov 2013 #43

codswallop. His brother is a doctor and knew him intimately cali Nov 2013 #25

I agreed it should be considered CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #33

It is a subjective opinion of a doctor who was a family member pnwmom Nov 2013 #45

What drove him to that point should be the real question? Coyotl Nov 2013 #5

People with high stakes jobs often thrive on the pressure but collapse from the stress. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #7

Drugs. zappaman Nov 2013 #8

Blame drugs? Coyotl Nov 2013 #14

High stress leads a lot of recovering substance abusers to relapse into adiction and abuse. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #16

In this case, yes. zappaman Nov 2013 #24

No, drugs were not a factor CrawlingChaos Nov 2013 #54

The brother says drugs were a factor. If you understood anything about pnwmom Nov 2013 #59

Exactly. n/t zappaman Nov 2013 #63

No, only the people who had bipolar disorder or other risk factors. n/t pnwmom Nov 2013 #29

Preexisting bipolar disease plus drugs is a toxic combination. pnwmom Nov 2013 #12

There is a big distinction between ingredient and answer. Coyotl Nov 2013 #17

What then do you believe drove him towards his episode? LanternWaste Nov 2013 #19

My whole point is I'm not into "believing" what really must have happened. Coyotl Nov 2013 #22

it didn't just happen now JI7 Nov 2013 #18

No, that's not a real question REP Nov 2013 #21

I think you nailed it. pnwmom Nov 2013 #32

People with BPD can also be very successful - there may be a stereotype of BPD = nonfunctional REP Nov 2013 #46

You don't get "driven to" a manic episode. It's a disease. Do you ask Recursion Nov 2013 #58

Doesn't matter. zappaman Nov 2013 #13

Well, gosh. That's good enough for me. Case closed. Iggo Nov 2013 #15

So he was crazy,he imagined the government was spying on him and someone had tampered with his car. jakeXT Nov 2013 #26

Somehow, his family is less concerned with this conspiracy theory than geek tragedy Nov 2013 #30

He had a psychotic break, something that can happen with bipolar disorder. pnwmom Nov 2013 #34

We do not know if he had full blown psychosis and that is what a psychotic break entails cali Nov 2013 #38

I was reacting to the post before. If he was imagining things that weren't true, pnwmom Nov 2013 #42

I think I will go with the official story on this one. Rex Nov 2013 #47

The Kennedy family remained silent about JFK and RFK deaths for 50 years. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #48

He's a physician who's dealt with his brother's manic episodes before pnwmom Nov 2013 #50

My points stand. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #61

And it's A Kennedy with some unusual wackdoodle theories about vaccines REP Nov 2013 #51

Cheap shots at RFK Jr. only cost yourself credibility. I have listened to him enough to know GoneFishin Nov 2013 #56

The only thing whackadoodle about the Skakel case, according to the pnwmom Nov 2013 #62

The RFK Jr interview is laughable; not the judge's opinion REP Nov 2013 #65

I don't know what interview you're talking about, but he wrote a long, pnwmom Nov 2013 #66

Sure. And I suppose Paul Wellstone's plane was not sabotaged, either. (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2013 #49

Right, because the least obtrusive way to kill an old man is to crash his plane Recursion Nov 2013 #60

Please. pnwmom Nov 2013 #67

Looks like a fe people here just are scared to death of the true constant of the universe. Archae Nov 2013 #64

So your point is that powerful righties have no problem killing for profit and power. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #68