What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!
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Anti-China ad in... a mock Chinese restaurant. I was half waiting for her to do something with her eyes or an accent, it's about the only way it could get more racist.
‘His legacy is cringe’: how Charlie Kirk became a meme among the young – even his supporters
Crude jokes about the Maga luminary are exploding online – less than a year after conservatives were suppressing any slander against him
www.theguardian.com
I'd prefer that he be forgotten like Rush What's-his-name, but internet mockery is acceptable.
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
President Donald Trump led tributes to Graham, a leading Republican voice on defense and foreign policy, describing him as a “true American Patriot.”
www.nbcnews.com
Watch them blame Ukraine.
Yes, he had a “brief and sudden” illness of old age!Not who I expected we were going to hear had died.Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
President Donald Trump led tributes to Graham, a leading Republican voice on defense and foreign policy, describing him as a “true American Patriot.”
Truthfully, given his age, there are any number of maladies that might have occurred (or been built to) without obvious prior signs. I’d lean towards either a CVA (Stroke) or MI (heart attack of some fashion).
Like with other horrible people, I’m going to sympathize with his family, but I refuse to play the game the mainstream media is going to do in placing him as this “noble public servant” as his views and policies worked towards negative ends.
But in my hospital, we have a saying of “they come in 3s”. First Graham, probably McConnell, dare we place bets on number 3?
Wow.
I don't know how to process this. I should not be surprised. 71 is old. But it's gotten so bad that by Congress' standards that's not even that old. Chuck Grassley is 92 years old and still going. So I hear Lindsey Gram is dead and I think he wasn't that old, but 71 is old. I'm so confused.
I don't know how to process this. I should not be surprised. 71 is old. But it's gotten so bad that by Congress' standards that's not even that old. Chuck Grassley is 92 years old and still going. So I hear Lindsey Gram is dead and I think he wasn't that old, but 71 is old. I'm so confused.
Could well have been deep vein thrombosis from the flight from Ukraine.
How is this possible?! Scott Jennings just had a twenty-minute phone call with him!
DVTs are simply the existence of a clot in a major vessel in the lower half of the body. In and of themselves, they aren’t immediately life threatening. It’s when they travel is when they become life threatening. If that is a case here, then the question would be where the clot ended up to cause the need for medical intervention.
If they were perceiving him as having a “sudden illness”, my guess would be a Pulmonary Embolism (aka, blood clot(s) in the lungs). Many of its symptoms mimic common respiratory illnesses like shortness of breath, coughing (with or without blood), and the like. With him having just taken those multi-hour flights to and from Ukraine, many warning signs of DVTs (For me, the only warning I had when mine developed was something like a nagging cramp in my calf muscle*) might have been chalked up to the extended travel. Respiratory issue might have been downplayed as catching something from Ukraine and they’d see how he did over the weekend…until the clot occluded something important.
*Yes, I have had a couple DVTs in my lower leg. I AM on long term blood thinner for the issue. Again, the only indications I had a DVT were low end, persistent, nagging cramp like feelings in my foot arch and calf muscle. They were caught soon enough that, with treatment, I have not had any issues aside from long term vascular damage causing one of my lower legs to be more prone to edema (fluid retention/swelling)
And nothing of value was lost.
Okay, rather shocking news. Good shocking for once, at least. And completely unexpected.
Here's hoping a few more of 'em drop off, nice and quietly.
Here's hoping a few more of 'em drop off, nice and quietly.
Sen. Lindsey Graham dies at 71 after ‘brief and sudden illness’
President Donald Trump led tributes to Graham, a leading Republican voice on defense and foreign policy, describing him as a “true American Patriot.”
Not a good week for people with "Graham" in their names.
THE MONSTER LIVES!
apnews.com
Yeah really would like to know how he was communicating because this is the picture of a man who's brain has been robbed of a lot of it's facilities and he's barely holding on to who he is.
bsky.app
Ironbite-betting he had a massive stroke.
McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence about health condition
Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, in a statement said a fall was what landed him in the hospital four weeks ago.
apnews.com
Yeah really would like to know how he was communicating because this is the picture of a man who's brain has been robbed of a lot of it's facilities and he's barely holding on to who he is.
Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social)
Mitch McConnell has released a photo and the first statement on his condition: "I was briefly unconscious and was taken to the hospital. While receiving excellent care over the past several weeks, I’ve also had to deal with a mild case of pneumonia."
bsky.app
Ironbite-betting he had a massive stroke.
Ok - this one about Lindsey Graham refers to an aortic tear, but they're still doing some other tests.
The rest of the article is more bio/career history than medical info, though.
The rest of the article is more bio/career history than medical info, though.