I agree with you. I think it is much more likely he had a lot of fluid drained from the heart sac and abdominal cavity and was on rest. Neither require a general anesthesia so he could be up and able to walk to a car 3-4 days after it was done
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I agree with you. I think it is much more likely he had a lot of fluid drained from the heart sac and abdominal cavity and was on rest. Neither require a general anesthesia so he could be up and able to walk to a car 3-4 days after it was done
Occam's Razor never lets me down. The simplest explanation here is they drive him to the club and maybe even around the course a bit but he doesnt really play because he doesnt have the strength. A body double would require too many moving parts
Or getting a pericardiocentesis procedure, where they drain the fluid build up in his heart sac. Also could be done at the WH since a general anesthesia is not required. For that matter he could have had fluid drained from his abdominal cavity as well.
That is a photoshop
My guess is that they had to do a pericardiocentesis on him which i where they drain fluid directly from the sac around the heart. They coukd do it at the WH med facilities as it doesn't require general anesthesia. It would require rest though
His congestive heart disease is worsening. My guess is the reason we didn't see him for a few days is because they had to perform a pericardiocentesis which is where they drain fluid directly from the heart sac. www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treat...
The photo at the WH with the USSS and his granddaughter was from today. The video may have been from s different outing
That was taken this morning before he played
7 months. Luka was traded February 5.
That was my thought exactly. My first thought was still isn't as soul crushing as the Luka trade.
I think Tree Paine did a PR crash course with the Kelce's shortly after they started dating. There is no way he would have given that interview if it wasn't approved.
I think it is also about the misogynistic culture in our formative years as even more about the rock solid belief of many Gen-Xers that cynicism = intelligence (see South Park). If someone buys into that they can easily reach everything "sucks" so might as well just look out for myself.
Agree there is no 1 reason. That said I think the blatant misogyny & rape overtones that was an acceptable part of the "brat pack" culture plays a big part. All of the misogyny of decades of entertainment w/out guardrails of what was considered decent. See Porky's, St Elmo's, 16 candles, etc
A fatal epidemic did take out some of the most creative boomers as that was the generation far more impacted by AIDS.
She won. Also it is the DLCC the recruits and funds state races not the DNC. People who discuss these races should take the responsibility to know the role of the DLCC, DCCC, DSCC, and DNC rather than using DNC as a catchall for your concerns and criticisms
It is indeed big and expensive but it does not seem as ostentatious as some other celebrity rings even as it is bigger. Perhaps because it is not in a raised setting?
They seem happy and the world needs more happy. Best wishes to them!
I noticed it right away as well. What a beautiful piece. As for the ring, it is gorgeous.
It is a big ring but not as ostentatious as many other celeb engagement rings including several JLo has had.
Third generation wealthy (grandfather was wealthy enough to fund the school of medicine at U Chicago , father & brothers started Hyatt) versus these tech bros and a billionaire wannabe Trump
The DNC did not throttle his voice as the DNC does not run Presidential campaigns. When a candidate is chosen, their campaign takes over the DNC w/ the chair reporting to them. Any choices made about his messaging were made by the Harris-Walz campaign team (many of whom were leftover Biden folks)
You should be asking the DCCC (the House campaign committee (CC)) and the DSCC (the Sen CC) that as the DNC neither recruits nor funds congressional elections. That is entirely up to the respective CC.
We have three. I actually think both Roberts & Gorsuch are likely to hold Johnson up as well.
That is what gets me. If he is going to use concealer/foundation to cover his obvious IV sites up, for goodness sake, at least blend it and match to his skin tone. Either his makeup artist (or even valet) hates him or he refuses to let them help. Also can you imagine shaking that?
While I am disappointed in Jeffries communication style he has excelled at the most important job of the minority house leader - keeping his caucus together. Not one voted for the BBBB or continuing funding resolution. Crockett w/only 2 yrs won't have those skills or relationships in the house
Not sure why you are contacting the DNC. It does not recruit or fund House candidates and because of that has no control over the D house leader. The org that does is the DCCC
I think he has congestive heart failure (which can take years to lead to death) and the IV treatments he is obviously getting are diuretics. He may also have chronic venous insufficiency; however, I think that was a lie to cover up the CHF
Boomer have in many ways; however, both President Biden and Justice Bader-Ginsburg are from the silent generation (1928-1945). She was born in 1933. He was born in 1942.
Makes sense if you consider rising costs means people who wouldn't normally shop at Walmart are looking for lower cost alternatives
Sales are increasing at Walmart because some people who would shop at more expensive general merchandisers are going lower cost.
The American obsession with "authenticity", as defined by crassness and bullying, over everything else is a big part of how we got here. President Clinton, with whom I have many issues, was authentic; however, he was not crass and rarely bullied.
While I agree in theory - the mechanism for doing that is not there except for state & local workers. The federal government takes taxes directly out of paychecks. Those tax receipts are not routed through state government coffers first. They go from worker to the fed.
There are still a few publications that focus on characters in their longform journalism. Texas Monthly for one.
Again there was no recourse but to accept it. He tried to appoint 3 folks to the NLRB and 1 person to the CFPB during Sen pro forma sessions in 2013 all 9 justices said it was unconstitutional. As for RBG he asked her to retire in 2013 and she flat out refused. That is on her.
Which is why she should have retired in 2013 when Obama asked her to as Rs did not flip the Senate until the 2014 mid terms.
*didn't do
Agree on RBG; however, Obama had no recourse to push through his nom. Sen did do a recess and due to him losing NLRB v. Canning, a case where he appointed someone during pro forma Sen sessions and the nom was voided by SCOTUS 9-0, that avenue had been closed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NLRB_v....
I liked the concept of the first order. Just not the execution across the three movies. Much like I liked the concept of the growth of the Empire in 2.5 the prequels just not the focus and execution. The last half of Sith was fantastic. The rest, especially the romance, was dreck.
Neither Lynch or Holder are associated with Epstein.
He at least makes sense as he was the AG when there was a lot of dragging of feet. There is a lot more reason to call him than Holder or Lynch. Still if I were Gonzalez I would point out Mukasey was AG when the actual deal was made.
Why should Holder & Lynch be questioned? They were not the AGs when Epstein was given his sweetheart deal in 2008. Michael Mukasey was and notice he is not on this list. Neither is Alex Acosta.
Another one missing: Michael Mukasey, the AG when Epstein received his 2008 sweetheart deal. If I am ANY of the other AG's (R or D) subpoenaed the first thing I say is this isn't serious when the people who offered and approved Epstein's sweetheart deal are not being called in front of congress.
If/when his health issues get the best of him. There is no way Rs in congress will give Vance the deference they give Trump
According to VG she was just a locker room attendant who was interested in massage therapy. Maxwell "just happened" to see here reading a book about it and offered her a job www.politico.com/story/2019/0... I think the more telling thing is that Trump remembered her leaving MAL for Epstein.
It has been my experience that it is mostly college aged and above as spa attendants while the high schoolers are the pool/cabana attendants. Still it isn't out of the realm of possibility that a high schooler could be a locker room attendant in a spa.
While the whole thing is totally creepy, VG herself said that she was a locker room attendant at the spa. She also said she got the job through her dad who was a maintenance manager at MAL. The trafficking comes in because it seems that MAL was being used to scout girls for Epstein to traffic.
I believe he didn't either. He hates staying anywhere he doesn't own. Still why would he need to? Both his New York & Palm Beach properties were less than a 10 minute drive from Epstein properties.
Jordan brand tour.
Luka's most endearing attribute is his Jordanesque levels of pettiness. Fondly recall him crushing the souls of the Twolves in 2024 WCF, Game 5. He was ticked off at them & their fans & decided the series was ending in the 1st qtr. As a Mavs fan I hope he beats them like a drum every single time.
No. VG herself says she was approached in 2000 by Maxwell at MAL while reading a book on massage therapy and that is when the trafficking began. www.politico.com/story/2019/0...
It is all so creepy; however, to be accurate VG herself said she was just a spa attendant at MAL and had aspirations to become a massage therapist some day which is why she was reading a book about it when Maxwell "spotted" her. I think he flagged her to Maxwell/Epstein so they could traffic her
2000 according to the Netflix documentary
Feel dirty liking your post because they describe horrific crimes; however, well done on succinctly describing that depravity
Same. I have been to a lot of high end spas and I can't ever remember any of them having anyone younger than early 20's working even at the desk. Teenagers at those places are usually cabana attendants for the pools. Not the spa.
Do we know which reporter asked the question. We need to reinforce that this is how we want reporters to act
She was born in 1893 so if she worked there in 2000 - 16 or 17.
I will repeat what I always say - Trump & MAGA may not believe in climate change but insurance actuaries sure do and we are fast reaching the tipping point where what they think will outweigh denial on the right. Folks in Florida are already pretty much there
Her interviews where she didn't know which MCU movies she was in were legitimately funny (and also why would she since some of those appearances were one off closing credit scenes).
I believe this. That man is notorious for not wanting to be anywhere but his properties & he certainly is not a beach person. Still him not going to the island doesn't mean he didn't go to Epstein's townhouse in NY or mansion in Palm Springs - both of which were close to Trump's respective homes
The deal happened under Bush. Obama didnt become President until Jan 20, 2009
All of this. Also with the advent of inexpensive air fryers things like frozen burritos cook up even better now.
The article actually says Jeffries and house leadership are telling members not to let up on the drum beat but some of the centrist members of his caucus are questioning that.
Trump's erraticness, especially around tariffs, are hurting business interests in this country. The WSJ's first mission has always been protect the business environment.
Then he should take it up with his father - the person who made her his chief political advisor.
While I get his anger, he undercut himself significantly by going after Anita Dunn. She was his dad's chief political advisor and one of his closets confidants for decades. If takes issue with her "grifting" the D party he only needs to look to his father for enabling that.
While I get his anger, he undercut himself by going after Anita Dunn. She was his dad's chief political advisor up until the second he stepped down from running. If he has an issue with her grifting the D party he only needs to look to his father for enabling that.
Except if he is going to call out Anita Dunn's grifting then he should call out his father for enabling her. She was his chief political advisor for years and chair of his re-election campaign up until he dropped out.
Yes he did. She was his chief political advisor
Same. Anita Dunn made so much money off tge D party primarily through her long time and deep connection to Joe Biden.
Didn't stop them with the Clinton oval office scandal.
MAGA's hold on congress will fall apart without Trump. He dies and the business wing makes their move quickly starting with ending tarrifs and the round up of their inexpensive labor
FEMA grants something like 90% of all exemption requests. The people who ask for those requests have the $ to spend on submitting updated studies. That means it isn't a Christian camp thing. It is a wealthy thing.
Camp Mystic is upstream about 20 miles/45 minutes east of Kerrville. It is on the south fork of the Guadalupe. It and the north fork converge in Hunt, about 15 miles/30 minutes east of Kerrville. Have been baffled why Kerrville officials have not just thrown all of these ?'s to the county.
This very long Texas Monthly article from 2011 about the infighting in the Eastland family about control of the camp shows that Dick Eastland indeed controlled the camp as both owner and director www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/...
The NWS warning at 1:14 said that flash floods were happening in Kerr County. Other camps got that same warning & evacuated despite the county not issuing orders. No doubt the county completely failed. That doesn't negate that Mystic Camp officials also failed.
He was the owner and executive director of the camp.
The son of the director that drowned said Mystic received the NWS warning at 1:14 AM & waited 1 hr to evacute. Other camps in the area received that same warning & evacuated. The county and the state not upgrading their systems doesn't negate the camp being negligent. They all can be at fault.
People who had alerts active on their phone received the NWS alerts w/ the "considerable" tag warning of flooding. Those are also sent through FEMA's IPAWS systems. Counties can they send additional alerts on specific actions. Kerr did not do this. Still people should have weather radios.
To make it clear - People who have alerts active on their phone received the NWS alerts w/ the "considerable" tag warning of flooding. Those are also sent through FEMA's IPAWS systems. Counties can they send additional alerts on specific actions. Kerr did not do this. Other counties did.
Both sirens and weather radios are needed. Sirens, especially in hilly terrain covering a lot of acreage will have dead areas and areas where they will be hard to hear indoors. Weather radios are meant to be heard indoors.
It was a couple who owned and while the husband died, the wife is still alive. No doubt she will have to face some tough questioning in the days and weeks to come.
Yes. Both Mystic Camp sites had camps going on. Camp Guadalupe River (GR) had a 4 week session and Camp Cypress Lake (CL) a 2 weeks session. All of the deaths were in Camp GR as the young girls cabins in Camp GR are the ones on the floodway.
While those buildings should have been moved some time in the last 99 years, the flooding was the original camp site (Camp Guadalupe River). The expansion in 2019 was Camp Cypress Lake and it was uphill. While some of it took on H20, water the deadly flooding was at GR. Here is a site map
Probably more affairs. As for the NRSC they see a way to kneecap Paxton so he doesn't win the primary and make them spend $ in TX to defend the seat.
Austin is in Travis county. Travis county saw 7 deaths from flooding with 10 people still missing. Given that, most likely the Austin Fire Department's resources were being used a lot closer to where they are located.
Correction - I just read that none of the cabins were completely swept away
To orient folks, the 4 small buildings in the top middle were the young girls cabins. The bigger buildings are the rec hall, dining hall, etc. The cluster of small buildings in the bottom (1 red, the rest yellow) are the older girls cabins. The older girls cabins flooded but weren't swept away.
While I agree the Sheriff's office should have acted, individuals in Hunt were fighting for their lives. By the time the crest hit Kerrville ~15-30 minutes after it hit the Camp Mystic location, 39 was under water. At least 2 other camps (Waldemar Mo-Ranch Presbyterian) evacuated in time
While those buildings should have been moved some time in the last 99 years, that is the original camp site (Camp Guadalupe River). The expansion in 2019 was Camp Cypress Lake and it was uphill. Here is a site map
7 people dies in Travis county and 10 are still missing
Very enraging especially considering Travis County had flooding issues of its own. 7 folks died and 10 are still missing
No. The reunification point was in Ingram which is downstream from the Camp Mystic. CM is on the south fork of the Guadalupe. It and the N Fork converge in Hunt. Ingram is the next town east of Hunt. Then Kerrville. CM is actually 25 m/40 min SW of Kerrville.
Given how lax TX is about regulations that does not say a lot. For example, did the disaster plan weather radios for each cabin and one in the camp administrator's house? If not, is it because they were not required by state law?
There should be a warning system w/sirens. That said, that is a pretty big area with terrain that could absorb the sound so the sirens may not be reach everyone they need to. It seems to me the real failure here is the state government not requiring working weather radios at all camps, etc
They wouldn't have even had to fully evacuate. Just evacuate to the cabins on higher ground and wait until the water receded and they could be trucked out of there. This is what happened anyway. Just only with the survivors versus everyone
Bondi.
A $30-50 weather radio in each cabin along with one in the director's quarters would have worked just fine. They would have all gotten a loud blaring alarm at 1:15 AM telling them of the flash flood warning
It was built 100 yrs ago probably before an official flood plain was filed. Still I question why they didn't move those low lying cabins at some point
That means they didn't receive the NWS flood warning at 1:18 AM that had "considerable" tag on it which would have sent it to cell phones. Also a weather radio would have received it. That was ~2 hrs before crest at Mystic. Time will tell if there was a breakdown in monitoring at Mystic.
Folks who had alerts turned on AND had cell coverage did get alerts from the NWS starting at 1:14 AM. Still businesses who are entrusted with vulnerable folks should have the most reliable alert system available and that is a weather radio.