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“JRPG Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Is Getting Its Own Sake”
“Are We Living Under a Kakistocracy: Government by the Worst?”
“Mighty Bowser is officially still the biggest Mario set to be released so far”
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Riven
[riv-uhn]
noun
1. a gaming, lifting, shooting, intoxicated, ravenous, and happily-taken nerd.
2. often aims to misbehave.
3. and though she be but little, she is fierce.*
And rumor has it that she (and her husband) are also delightful dinner companions. You didn't hear it from me, though.
“Are We Living Under a Kakistocracy: Government by the Worst?”
I for one, do NOT welcome President Nikki.
Gah! Then FedGov would push for mandatory abortions… and infanticide… and homicide of all 18 or under…..
The face, and udders, of the Kakistocracy is Nancy Pelosi.
What an udder nightmare.
Yes, he really dugg into that.
The progressive dream, everyone sucking the govt teat.
Mrs. S was going on about the Jan 6 hearings last night. My response: The 2020 election did reveal a big threat to democracy, but not the one everyone thinks. The real threat is that, in a country of 330 million people, after 18 months and $1B of campaigning, the best we can do is a choice between Donald Fucking Trump or Joe Fucking Biden. THAT’s the problem.
Agreed. In theory those were supposed to be the “best” candidate from each party.
What if the ineptitude of our leaders is actually our strength?
For instance, our benign hegemony might no longer be considered benign with competent leadership. Inserting spies into the US government is child’s play, so we’re an open book to other nations. Consider Swalwell’s honey pot, Hillary’s emails, and so on. Other countries get an inside look at our leaders, and realize that they’re just a bunch of dopes they don’t need to fear. And the Pax Americana rolls on.
Pax?
That’s what I was thinking the other day. Not terribly peaceful.
Compared to what?
It’s a positive love in out there.
Well, you have a point. Pax Romana wasn’t terribly peaceful, either.
“I divide my officers into four groups. There are clever, diligent, stupid, and lazy officers. Usually two characteristics are combined. Some are clever and diligent — their place is the General Staff. The next lot are stupid and lazy — they make up 90 percent of every army and are suited to routine duties. Anyone who is both clever and lazy is qualified for the highest leadership duties, because he possesses the intellectual clarity and the composure necessary for difficult decisions. One must beware of anyone who is stupid and diligent — he must not be entrusted with any responsibility because he will always cause only mischief.”
I worry that we have a critical mass of stupid and diligent in DC.
Bad news for the Hawaiian porn industry?
iwannalayu.com?
wannapeekapeepee.com
“A stalactite formation in a Hawaiian cave system from this study with copper minerals and white microbial colonies.”
When I first saw that I thought it was the scrotum of something from SugarFree’s fiction.
It still could be.
Hawaii’s volcanic environments contain a rich array of mysterious microbes, new research this week has found. Scientists say that the islands’ lava caves and other structures created by volcanic activity have unique, diverse, and still uncharacterized communities of bacteria living inside them.
The thing that impressed me the most when I visited Hawai’i for the first time was how many buildings were quarried from the local volcanic stone instead of being made from concrete or whatever. Even the public restrooms at the park. I guess that’s why they call them lavatories.
Swiss is gonna have a meltdown.
It’s going to be seismic.
I’m sure he’ll take it all with a grain of basalt.
Probably doesn’t give a schist.
C’Mon people. Be Gneiss.
I’ll be sure to mind my pints and quartz.
He better not take us for granite.
Who doesn’t lava good pun?
Yes, he will let the anger flow…
Keep the pressure building and he may have a pyroclastic break.
You were holding that joke in until it just erupted from you, weren’t you?
That’s gneiss.
Visited a water park long ago composed mostly of pumice: fun but abrasive. Wonder if it’s still there.
Fun and exfoliating for the whole family!
I’ve been described that way as well.
I am late, I realize….but…
*VAST, MASS NARROWED GAZE*
“Hawaii’s volcanic environments contain a rich array of mysterious microbes, new research this week has found. Scientists say that the islands’ lava caves and other structures created by volcanic activity have unique, diverse, and still uncharacterized communities of bacteria living inside them. The findings indicate that there is much left to learn about life in some of the most extreme conditions on Earth.”
OK, not all surprising.
“Some scientists call such groups ‘microbial dark matter’—the unseen or un-studied microorganisms in nature.”
That’s retarded.
I see they’ve joined meteorologists in the “take a normal thing and give it a cool-sounding name” school of science.
How much of the global warming/climate change narrative is being driven by the adjectives being used in headlines on The Weather Channel?
+1 Winter superstorm Roberto
Just wait until we’re in summer heatwave Shanequa
Hot, moist, and sticky?
You’re like candy, baby. https://youtu.be/CtDO3qBo72M
unique, diverse, and still uncharacterized communities of bacteria
Oh great. Next I will be hearing our section isn’t diverse enough because we haven’t hired any members of unique communities of bacteria
“A stalactite formation in a Hawaiian cave system from this study with copper minerals and white microbial colonies.”
It’s in our most ancient DNA to be racist imperialists.
I guess we just have to embrace who we are and start conquering again.
*Ibram X. Kendi nods furiously*
Does anyone here have a recommendation for a good machete/survival saw type tool to carry in a vehicle or airplane in case of being stranded?
https://www.rmjtactical.com/
I really like these, too, if you don’t mind Russian stuff…
kizlyarsupreme.com
I keep a PET with me at all times, and enough emergency equipment to survive 6 days easily, winter or summer
Watch the local laws on knives. Double edged blades are often illegal.
When my bro and I were still in high school, pops took us down to Ensenada for a long weekend. We each bought a switchblade and my dad freaked cuz they’re illegal in Cali. When we crossed back he actually declared the knives to the border patrol agent, who could have cared less, and let us in unmolested. I know pops was hoping the blades would be confiscated to teach us a lesson. I was surprised when he himself didn’t take them away.
It’s a long story, Mother!
The most effective way to get something past Customs (if one hypothetically needed to do that) is to walk up to them and open your luggage and show them that you bought something like a pack of batteries on your trip and “…look I filled out the paper even though it wasn’t worth much but I wanted to make sure..”
Customs guy: “Yeah, get out of here.”
I wanted to bring jamón ibérico from Madrid once. You cannot bring meat products from abroad. I wasn’t afraid of Customs guys, I was afraid of Customs dogs.
Nor young raw-milk cheese.
https://www.foodbeast.com/news/costco-iberico-ham/
(Whole leg with stand.)
Se puede comprar también: https://www.costco.com/whole-wheel-parmigiano-reggiano%2c-72-lbs.-.product.100096211.html
A friend from Austria came with a whole bunch of pork products. Customs took nearly all of it. Welcome to America. I’m sure the Customs agents had a feast.
https://www.knifecenter.com/item/TOT010/tops-knives-tom-brown-tracker-1-fixed-carbon-steel-blade-black-micarta-handles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkHjVns2yR4
Jump to 14:25
Sounds like the “scout rifle” of knives to hear them talk about it.
Here ya go
I would buy a bunch of cheap ones and put them in every vehicle, home, garage. Buy 10 for the price of one really good one and then buy one really good one that can be sharpened and used for years of use.
Yeah, I was looking for some relatively inexpensive options that can be put in an emergency pack and left in each vehicle. I don’t want to have to think about whether my emergency kit is complete before I go out.
If you want relatively inexpensive, get a Mora Kansbol 13505 bushcraft knife and a Corona RazorTooth folding hand saw. You’ll be out around fifty bucks per vehicle.
I think Gerber has a cheap (read Chinese) model. I keep on in the truck.
Remember that saw blades need not be rigid; I’ve seen survival saws which are made of wire with a ring on each end. Those are sometimes included in the hollow handle of survival knife kits.
Are you looking for something to get out of the vehicle with? Bushcraft knife? Gathering firewood/building temporary shelter? Something else?
How about a regular machete?
Caving is fun, lava? No thanks
The idea is to let the lava cool before you go exploring in the tubes. This is a fun place to try it.
Of course, some of the best spelunking doesn’t involve a cave at all.
“Abracapocus!”
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Newport News?
Shakespears Sister
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrbFydtLF-Y
We must make an example of him
Former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon was found guilty Friday of two counts of contempt of Congress after a trial in federal court in Washington, D.C.
Jurors deliberated for less than three hours before convicting Bannon of willfully failing to comply with subpoenas demanding his testimony and records, which were issued last September by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
He faces a minimum punishment of 30 days in jail, and a maximum of one year when he is sentenced on Oct. 21. He also faces a fine in the range of $100 to a maximum of $100,000
Bow down, peasant, or face the consequences.
Third world banana kakistocracy.
But I have nothing but contempt of congress. I’m not going to prison am I? I’m too pretty for that, they’ll eat me alive.
Become a trusty? Jailhouse lawyer?
He should get the exact same penalty as Eric Holder got for his contempt of Congress.
My thoughts exactly. When they found Holder in contempt, I was ready for some real consequences.
And nothing else happened.
That’s exactly the problem. Holder should have been punished and so should Bannon.
Bannon has done nothing wrong. There’s no reason to punish him. He ignored a subpoena issued by a sham J6 committee.
Are you telling me the committee lacks the lawful authority to subpoena witnesses?
Yes, if the committee itself is illegitimate.
The January 6 Committee is an Illegitimate Operation
In a just world with a rule of law or the upside down wonderland where private individuals are property of the US government?
Congressional subpoena power is limited to government employees related to their employment or use of their office and contractors for the scope of their contracts. Everyone else can tell them to fuck right off with impunity. They are the hired help, not masters.
No congressional committee should have the lawful authority to demand a citizen appear before them with threat of violence if they don’t. Ignoring congress should never be a crime.
Or what Gustave said, more eloquently.
Lets be real here.
Is there anybody that doesn’t hold Congress in contempt?
I’d wear that charge as a badge of honor. I’d most certainly put it on my resume.
It’s Friday in the new non-normal. I’ll be heading out for a bike ride shortly, but wanted to provide the Zoom/Happy Hour/Last week planning link for everyone. I’ll kick it off at 20:00 Eastern.
Make that around 20:00, there was a delay getting food at the brewery, and I’ve got another stop before biking home.
World’s First Mobile Phone (1922)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILiLaRXHUr0
Now all they need to do is get people to talk on film…
The cat was in the backyard underbrush when suddenly there was a bit of a dust up happening there. A young cottontail bunny shot out of the brush and went straight over the edge of the pool ~splash!~
Bunny doggy(?) paddled in the pool, attempting to get out, which was impossible with the vertical face 4-5 inches high between the water and the pavement. Cat came over and tried to hook the bunny under one arm.
Fortunately for bunny, husband was in the pool and scooped the bunny into the net we use for leaf removal. He let bun-bun go in one of the grassy common areas in the neighborhood.
I had found a dead bunny a few months ago and thought “surely Felix isn’t skilled enough to get a bunny.” Looks like I was wrong about that.
Fuzzy murder machines.
Domestic cats, particularly the larger ones, can take a bunny. A friend was regularly gifted with dead or almost-dead rabbits by her cat.
Felix is 12 lbs, but it’s all lithe and athletic, no fat on him.
I had a 8 lb tortie who could take down squirrels and rabbits. She didn’t even have front claws.
My little tortie goes for bigger rabbits. I wish she’d do squirrels. I hate it when she kills bunnies.
Torties seem to have cornered the Barn Cat market. They are extremely good hunters and can struggle through hard times.
My tortie was a bit of an idiot, but man could she hunt.
You’d be shocked at how a cat’s instincts take over for hunting prey. Especially, for mamma cats. Every time a mamma cat has a litter, they turn into a hunting machine. Nothing like waking up to a bird, rabbit or bat in the house. Yes, bats.
Felix likes to bring live lizards into the house, not to present as trophies or offerings, but to play with for hours.
I think he might do well with a companion kitty.
Haha! Then you’ll have 2, 3 or 4 cats all trying to get the lizard out from under the couch when they lose it. My cats used to love to play with the lizards, but only ate the tails. Weirdo cats.
Bean, my Siamese bird murderer, has recently switched to field mice. She has been leaving them by the fire pit for me to find with the lawnmower.
/Now I have a camp song stuck in my head.
Little bunny Foo-foo
Hopping through the forest
Scooping up the field mice
And bopping them on the head.
And down came the Good Fairy, and she said:
Little Bunny Foo Foo, I don’t like your tagitude. Scooping up the links and not closing all your tags.
(Me? I don’t bother with HTML. Am I spreading colon cancer?)
“Siamese bird murderer” made me think of this.
(31 second YouTube clip)
https://youtu.be/ywcwY6OJrpo
I’ve got a “barn cat” that protects 3 chickens while they free range.
only freaks out when she sees me watching them, then she runs away in shame.
Gavin Newsom is a loathesome idiot. Also clearly running for president 2024.
https://www.yahoo.com/video/newsom-sign-gun-law-modeled-140032215.html
Hard to decide if he’s stupid, and just doesn’t understand the distinction, or evil and just doesn’t care.
“Both” is likely the correct answer.
He’s not stupid; he’s counting on the mass of voters to be stupid.
I always wonder if the pro-abortion folks who claim to be all about women’s health ever consider the female fetus a life worth saving.
Also, I’m never saying “pro-choice” again. I’m saying “pro-abortion”, and even considering tossing in “embryo-phobic” if the opportunity arises.
Oh, they are even denying that it’s a life form of any sort.
Counting on the mass of voters to be stupid has worked well for him so far. That and his dreamy good looks. I still remember a party where some of the ladies were squirming in their seats talking about how they had been at some event with him.
But he’s not even polite. Clinton and the Kennedys were IMO a bit odd-looking (jolie laide) but probably seemed much handsomer when they were being charming. I don’t respond to index-finger lectures about how I too am traffic.
This is true. He is a condescending ass. Even some true believer democrats were pissed off by his repeated violations of his Covid decrees.
He’s not charming at all; quite the contrary.
But they will still vote for him if he’s their nominee. Anyone but a GOP or libertarian candidate!!
Me: “Hey, [relative]: look, a Recall Newsom petition! Let’s go sign it!”
Relative: “Why would I want to do that?”
Said relative did sign a gas-tax recall petition, at least.
(er, repeal, rescission, yada)
He survived his recall, now he thinks he’s invincible.
Within California, he’s not wrong.
Nope, totally not grandstanding.
Too snide and unfolksy for national consumption, I hope.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079489/mediaviewer/rm3199920641
I think so. Imagine him having to interact with people in Iowa and New Hampshire. I think they will gladly choose someone else.
The DNC is actively working Iowa and NH irrelevant. So don’t assume we’re going to save the world from assholes like Newsom.
I’m not counting on any one place. There is plenty he has done that his competitors will put in their commercials.
Oh, great. More “investigations” outside the justice system, under which at least the accused has rights.
I also like how the article takes as a given fact that gun safety laws saves lives. It Is Known.
He’ll probably parlay it into a senate seat.
DiFi is replaced with GaNa.
Newsom – Am I the only person that gets the Anti-Christ vibe from him?
No, just a slimy greaseball.
No
And I take some pleasure in the fact that he probably got Bells Palsy from the vax.
Someone here nailed it when they called him a cross between a televangelist and used car salesman.
Producer for a porn studio.
It’s got the entire DC Castle!
You’ll need to get another castle to find your princess though.
“JRPG Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Is Getting Its Own Sake”
Sakuna Matata?
Anything not fit for sake, specifically nihonshu, is turned into shouchuu.
Your trivia is that what we call sake is specifically referred to as nihonshu in Japanese. Sake is more generally an alcoholic drink that includes nihonshu.
お酒、おねがいします。
One of my mother cats liked to bring chipmunks in the house, for the kittens to practice on.
How many cats do you have?
“The latest? The Nakagawa Shuzo sake brewery in Tottori, Japan”
I had one of my most miserable trips in Japan to Tottori.
I spent several hours on a diesel train going across Hokkaido in the wintertime, no snow however, just rain and cold. I then met with a customer who I had to bring bad news to (a price increase). He proceeded to yell at me in Japanese and bang on the table for 2 hours. We then drank and ate at a subpar restaurant, slept, then I took the train back to Osaka for my flight home the next day.
That is miserable. Why did you fly home from Osaka and not Tokyo?
On the plus side getting yelled at in a language that isn’t native is a bit funny. I tend not to give a shit and find it humorous. Same thing in English puts my blood pressure to the roof.
Depends if you like trains. Could be outfuckingstanding and punch another one off the list.
/may have 5 train calendars in office and lab
Fetish confirmed
But is it really a fetish without tunnels, too?
Pretty much the shittiest train ride in Japan tops the best in the US.
After commuting on the train for 25 years I’ll be happy to never ride another.
I knew someone who dug all those science-channel shows about overseas high-speed trains and skyscrapers, and who voted for the CA train project. (My vote cancelled out his; ha ha!)
https://youtu.be/-r5mRd4Yzq8
Pretty much the shittiest _________ in Japan tops the best in the US.
Fill in the blank. Many exceptions though, starting with, ironically, “toilet”.
Gun range, pizza?
I like mayo and corn on a slice.
I was staying in Osaka the previous two days. I flew I. And out of KIX.
KIX
If you’re out of KIX….
BEAT YOU!!!
Also, you actually linked a good song.
No, no he didn’t.
They just keep getting harder to find.
We had a Japanese VP in our engineering firm who took delight in scorching suppliers.
“YOUR PLODUCT IS SHEET!”
A friend married a Japanese woman, whose little sister had been an exchange student. In Arkansas.
“For fun we would go to the Pigry Wigry.”
I guess we are going to find out just how stupid Team Red voters are.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/07/22/trump-2024-schedule-f-pentagon-doj-fbi/
Draining the swamp is great. Replacing the swamp with your own swamp, not so much.
Nope. You absolutely need to bring your own people and place them in every available position while firing as many government bureaucrats as possible. Everything else is a recipe for disaster as we saw during the Trump administration.
I interpreted TOK’s comment as meaning the only way to drain the swamp is to eliminate positions, programs, and agencies. Perhaps even entire departments.
You need to have your own people who will work on implementing these things. One President is not enough to eliminate anything. You need people who will know how to shut down programs and positions without immediately violating laws and existing regulations. And, of course, Congressional Republicans–with a couple of exceptions–are on the side of the administrative state.
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This is also why it’s probably impossible to do and collapse is the ultimate answer.
Trump didn’t eliminate any departments or lower the headcount.
Lowering headcount is a Clinton initiative.
The Department of Education has information that will lead to the conviction of Hilary Clinton.
Worth a shot.
I like it.
What does stupidity of Team Red voters have to do with Schedule F? At least Schedule F is a plausible way of fighting against the administrative state. That’s more than one can say about the other potential GOP presidential candidates.
4D chess
Well, he was right about that.
Still hope he won’t run.
Trump is a bozo, but he said some shit that nobody would dare. And, he broke people with TDS, which brings out their true selves.
My fav quote (not exact): “The MSM is the enemy of the United States!”
We already know that only the appointee level serve at the President’s pleasure. Not the SES (which would be the level you would need to apply this to) or the civil service (which the top of is regularly skimmed to fill the SES ranks).
I can’t find a clip so this is from FB
Bill Burr makes a run at abortion the way a comedian should.
https://www.facebook.com/reggientanesha/videos/bill-burr-on-point-with-abortion-/589251922810222/
Its Burr..its obviously NSFW.
That was awesome.
I love Bill Burr.
Why? There’s no reason.
He makes me laugh. He’s a comedian, so that’s all I require of him.
He’s actually right. Weird .
Bill Burr has a lot of insight on thorny problems. His wife is African American so his pieces on race are always good for laughs and for reflection.
I’m on vacation and in a different time zone, so just now going through links – regarding this mornings Houston ATM shooter, I think he should be charged with manslaughter, but if he is/has shown remorse, I don’t think it does anyone any good to lock him up, give him probation. Also, he should be sued and will lose. You can’t pay a civil loss if you are locked up. And while money won’t bring the child back, locking the guy up for 10 years does even less towards providing justice for the family.
That’s a fair take.
Thoughts on removing his right to a firearm? Is that something that happens in Texas for any felony?
I believe all felonies and domestic assault gross misdemeanors.
And I think his poor judgment has shown he probably shouldn’t have a firearm outside of his household.
How many cats do you have?
None, now. All gone to Kitty Heaven.
At one time I had ten. Two females I was asked to “temporarily” care for (There was this girl, see?) who had litters of three and five. I ended up keeping the two mothers and three of the kittens. We were a big happy family for many years.
I hope you live on a farm somewhere.
“As many as FIFTY children as young as 12 ‘are found working at Hyundai supplier factory’ in Alabama after cops launched search for girl, 13, who ran away with 21-year-old worker”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11039513/Hyundai-subsidiary-used-child-labor-Alabama-factory.html
That fucked even by Alabama standards.
Child labor should be perfectly legal.
For this and other extremely unpopular opinions, follow me.
*clicks follow*
Wake me up when you start your TED talk.
But isn’t this the kind of open borders that Reason tells me is Libertarian Utopia?
*quickly extinguishes the Winston signal*
Thank you Trashy.
Look, Jason…Jason is it? Maybe you’re new here, maybe you’re not. I don’t really know anything. But whatever you do, don’t do that. That’s Winston’s shtick.
haha! got it.
Look it isn’t Winston you have to worry about, it’s his mom – she’ll cut you dude.
But what a way to go.
“She’ll cut you”off
They’re just taking the jobs that American children won’t do.
ALOL!
Go Tide!
Sorry, wrong reply?
Got an email from the annual conference/trade show I was going to next week that due to the local county being marked red by the CDC, they are going to require facemasks except when eating or drinking. I think I’ve got enough work to do that I’m going to skip it. Was looking forward to catching up with some people I haven’t seen since before COVID. Good news is I didn’t prepay so just going to no show.
Make your non-attendance known to the conference organizers. This shit will never stop until they realize their customers are fed up.
I’ve been saying for 30-40 years that each new election will be won by a person worse than those defeated. As we ponder who could be worse than the present president? It doesn’t take very long for Kamala/Newsome/Buttigieg to pop up. While it should be showtime for the Republicans the churches of the Democrats/Republicans will still vote the same way their parents did.
So far I haven’t been proven wrong
Or as I put it after we’d lived under the new administration a while the Republic has survived worse. I stopped doing that because the Republic kept taking it as a challenge.
Your daily dose of Sanford and son:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KkXF34r6AXE
https://www.wfmz.com/news/monkeypox-virus-could-become-entrenched-as-new-std-in-the-us/article_500c87c6-9ed6-56ce-aaba-379bdacccd07.html
“There was another reason to be optimistic: The U.S. government already had a vaccine. The two-dose regimen called Jynneos was licensed in the U.S. in 2019 and recommended last year as a tool against monkeypox.”
How fortunate.
No, no, it can’t be an STD – that isn’t scary enough, particularly one tied to men having sex with men (cis, trans, fluid, ambiguous or whatever).
My link keeps getting rejected but the not-Bee had some fun watching the MSM dancing around this yesterday.
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2022/07/22/pennsylvania-state-trooper-michael-perillo-animal-cruelty-horse/
What a dick.
At least he’s being punished, and not promoted.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/white-house-covid-czar-says-joe-biden-ate-breakfast-lunch-fully-showed-plate-like-3-year-old-child-video/
Wut?
So that’s how far he’s mentally regressed?
Who’s a big boy who finished his whole plate…”I’m a big boy”.
Did he turn over the reins of power to the First Woman of Color to be acting prez? See if she hops on AF1 and head down to the border.
I am sure nothing bad can come of this.
Biden’s Energy Secretary: “We’re witnessing the beginning of one of the most significant events in human history.”
Biden Energy Secretary Granholm: The Clean Energy Transition “Can’t Progress Fast Enough”
These people sure do have a RADICAL CHANGE! boner. Like every good commie.
Someone translate this please…
“We are addressing the things that we address and we have to address it at the mayoral federal level and we’re doing it every day.”
Some more inspiration for the US Mayors. What a gifted orator.
I understand her gift is more of the oral variety as opposed to oratory.
So they are going to off him then.
Joe Biden’s doctor said Friday he has stopped heart medications for Biden’s atrial fibrillation and high cholesterol due to his prescribing Paxlovid to treat Biden’s COVID infection. Atrial fibrillation can cause strokes and is treated by blood thinners to reduce the risk of stroke-causing blood clots being formed. Biden,79, had brain surgery in 1988 after suffering two brain aneurysms. Biden has been in cognitive decline in recent and even without a stroke a bout with COVID could accelerate the decline with COVID-related brain fog or “Long COVID”, impairing Biden’s “executive function” ability.
Nope, CommaLa with a pillow in the study.
At least this won’t be JFK style
I’ve been saying for 30-40 years that each new election will be won by a person worse than those defeated. As we ponder who could be worse than the present president? It doesn’t take very long for Kamala/Newsome/Buttigieg to pop up. While it should be showtime for the Republicans the churches of the Democrats/Republicans will still vote the same way their parents did.
Mencken got there first, fourscore:
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”
Probably where I stole it but a really long time ago. Mencken was early, we’re seeing the prognostication in real time.