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  1. Temporary and permanent paralysis, including of facial features is a common result of strokes. Often on one side of the body or the other, depending on which part of the brain was affected. Maybe even TIAs (mini strokes), not sure. There's been some reasoned speculation, but speculation nonetheless, that a) his leg swelling is related to thrombotic syndrome or blood clots, which might make some sense given its relatively recent and sudden appearance and b) he has had some TIAs transient ischemic attacks, or mini strokes that aren't usually debilitating, but could also relate to clotting disorders as well as cranial atherosclerosis and c) this led to his taking blood thinners which would be a very logical explanation for the hand bruises. TIAs will cause sometimes some temporary speech difficulties, balance problems, and various such things but don't know about the paralysis. They'd be a good explanation for some of his recent "behaviors" and his weekend "absence."
  2. Dems are just so anxious to take the high road in the face of this shit that they are debasing themselves, imo. So, the first one.
  3. Tabless meaning this: Bahaha, I was just reading his wiki bio and his CO in Iraq was none other than: Hooah? I do note that his Bronze Stars are NOT with V, so in the rear with the gear. He does have a CAB, apparently.
  4. Well, shit, I hadn't been keeping up when I said I though the SAIC in SLC was safe. Damn.
  5. Bullshit or not, it's highly reductionist. And the assertion that he thinks the current number of gunshot deaths and injuries is an acceptable cost for the benefit of an armed citizenry is 100% accurate. He never really identifies that benefit, though. And then he goes on to say that there will never be zero gunshot deaths. That's probably true, but no one was arguing for that. Classic reductionism.
  6. I love me some Constitution!
  7. Another perfect law from Leviticus: Anyone with such a defiling disease must wear torn clothes, let their hair be unkempt,[c] cover the lower part of their face and cry out, ‘Unclean! Unclean!’ 46 As long as they have the disease they remain unclean. They must live alone; they must live outside the camp.
  8. I know two doctors personally that were there. Fathers of friends. /csb
  9. Appreciate that from you and js1. I try not to be a dick on things that I care about and mental well-being is one of them. But my fingers get ahead of my brain sometimes. It is surly, after all.
  10. More like, nah, we're going to take it out of public display and put it in a museum along with statues of confederate generals and politicians, Joe McCarthy, Father Coughlin and other examples of the worst of American history. And leave it a little open whether Kirk was the worst or his murder was the worst.
  11. Do you think ol Chuck is being anything but reductionist in that video? Very few on the left expect zero gun deaths or even want to or believe that you can confiscate all guns and achieve that?
  12. And all of this assumes that it's because of his hateful rhetoric. There's a better than 50% chance it's because it wasn't hateful enough, or directed at the right people.
  13. Also, that "senior law enforcement official," he's on the list now, buddy.
  14. In a lot of ways, the FBI wasn't really "all that" to begin with. So, some pruning and redefining mission was not inappropriate. But, as with all things Trump, right question ("does the FBI kinda suck"?), wrong answer.
  15. For whatever reason, I enjoy Devin having success. I guess because she's put in the work without a lot of playing time or accolades.
  16. Yeah, let's get real, sports is a grind for everyone that plays them at the college level. It's a wonder more of them don't have mental health problems. I'd bet they do but guys are probably pressured to push through and be quien es mas macho. And, women don't really have some glorious and lucrative pro career to incentivize them, and are thus forced and also naturally inclined to stress about school in a way that most male athletes don't. I did use the term "burnout," with its negative connotations, but I think all athletes deserve some sympathy/empathy on that. So fuck me for that.
  17. Yeah, the fact that the "report" spoke in terms of "ideology" speaks to a biased reporter or made up bullshit inserted by someone.
  18. Well, as mentioned, some are hard core and just want legitimization. Others need a rationalization. Some are flat evil, some are not but their better angels are suppressed.
  19. And yeah gonna quote myself here. Even more benign conservatism needs some of this, some people to explain why we can't have all the nice things, why you can't vote for free ice cream at every lunch and three-hour recess.
  20. On a more general note, I was contemplating that there's no Charlie Kirk (or Tucker Carlson or any of a dozen others) on the left. And the corollary thought that they need someone to "tell them how to think." I think the first proposition is accurate and that leads to the second and prompts the question why is it this way? And maybe in a blinding glimpse of the obvious, deep down people know that most of the hateful "conservative" positions these days are just that, hateful and inhuman. Despite our natural tendency to avoid or even demonize "other," I think most people also have enough of a moral compass to know when ideas are at best suspect if not outright immoral. So, "the right" needs someone(s) to "make it ok" to harbor and act upon inhumane if not immoral thoughts. To justify racism. To justify inhumanity to queer people and minorities and the poor. This is what "say the quiet part out loud." The quiet part is quiet because people know that it is fundamentally wrong, deep down inside. So they need someone to justify it for them. To make it OK. It's like little kids and young people doing racist things like the "SAE song." It's fun because it's naughty. It's naughty because it's wrong and they know it. And they can be naughty with mostly minimal consequences. This is not to say that there aren't sociopaths, psychopaths, and hard core racists out there that have zero qualms or reservations about this kind of shit. But sort of the average person needs that justification real bad. And Trumpco provides it.
  21. JE was "interviewed" and said something like "you can't really contend without at least two elite DS." I was a little bit orlly? He's learned a lot.
  22. Really with you on Skinner. Also, at UK, she was admittedly a burnout, even with or maybe because of an NC under her belt. I think last year she was a burnout again.
  23. On the other end, something was going on with Emma last night. They were serving her hard and it was fairly effective at times. At one time the announcers mentioned an alignment/responsibility problem with her and AVW that may have extended to other rotations. I'm not going to ever doubt Emma's ability in serve receive or anything else for that matter, but they seem to have scouted something there.
  24. It's being reproduced mostly in the least accurate corners of the internet, including gateway pundit.
  25. That post reeks of bullshit. Web search it and it is propagated only on bullshit sites, mostly right-wing affiliated.
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