jerryskids

I'm trying to have a conversation. You are trying to get some sort of win over something I never said.

Brianna is right: true trans people with gender dysphoria are going to lose their medical care and legal protections because the Woke Left made trans a hipster social contagion.

As a Suns fan, I am so happy about this. I heard that the Rockets included 5 2nd round picks as well. KD is a luxury weapon for a championship-ready team, which isn't the Suns. If they could somehow figure out how to unload Beal, I might splooge on my keyboard$#@!

Bummer about the Haliburton achilles injury. Hope it isn't too serious. For this game, Indiana is holding their own without Tyrese but, it looks like without a miracle comeback, it's not going to happen.

That wasn't my question. RIF. Do you agree that Iran was developing nuclear weapons?

Again non-responsive. Iran is developing nuclear bombs, yes or no?

Whew, thank goodness if true! They can continue to pursue their peaceful nuclear power plants.

Wife and I talked about this. JD seems more presidential than Rubio IMO. But I'm concerned he's too much of an isolationist. I'll be interested to see if it turns into an open primary.

Informative graphic. Click to see entire thing including who sends how much oil through there. Also, it looks like the shipping lanes are actually in Omani waters.

I taught my young children that they are responsible for their actions and reactions. Apparently no one taught Squissy that.

It's fairly obvious that Trump went through all of the lawfare, assassination attempts, and campaigning to put in 20 hour days doing whatever Israel wants. It's nuance, ESAC!

The Left: Donald Trump is a narcissist who doesn't listen to anyone and does whatever he wants. Also the Left: Donald Trump does whatever Israel wants.

The JCPOA is/was a joke. What, Iran needed nuclear energy to free them from their reliance on the ocean of oil and natural gas they sit atop? Cmon now. But, bad on Trump for leaving it and not working on a better deal. He clearly saw the mistake of that this time around. Shame also on the Biden Politburo for not getting a new deal.

Who is calling for regime change? If the Iranians do it, great, but we aren't going to do another Iraq or Afghanistan.

We've had this discussion. Trans is a mental illness. You can call it something different if you don't like the negative connotation, but if your brain thinks you are a different sex than your body is, your brain is not working correctly. The question then becomes: what do we do about it? We seem to be as a society in a mode of "encourage it, glorify it, and provide medical ways to mutilate your body," which seems like an odd way to address a mental illness.

No worries, this is a chat board, your contribution to chatting is welcome. However, I didn't say the court ruled Trans isn't a suspect class. I pointed to concurring opinions that indicated three of the justices feel that way. Which makes me think that Roberts joined the majority so that he could write a more restricted opinion. Had he not, a majority of the majority likely would have written a much more sweeping majority decision.

Well, yeah, but this Islamic stuff is just pawns on the chess board. The end game is China and Taiwan. And China got a clear message this week. Certainly YOU never use exaggerated language.

I don't want a war. And we don't have a war yet. Nor do I think we will.

Livestream on The Free Press discussing it. I apologize if login is needed: https://www.thefp.com/livestream

What is this beef bacon?

Guess he didn't wait for two weeks and TACO.

Throat cancer; a large tumor blocking a lot of my airway. A squamous cell carcinoma in my supraglottis, for those playing doctor at home. Yes I've been throating hogs like @DonS. In fact he and I have been PM'ing as I've started this journey a few weeks ago. TL;DR: It is operable, and I will have surgery in a week or two. Post op treatment TBD. Prognosis looks pretty good as of this weekend but there is a long way to go and several risks described below. Symptoms started maybe 4 months ago in hindsight; a slight cough maybe once every day or two. I was also training for Pat's Run and commented to my wife that I felt like I wasn't quite getting all of the oxygen I thought I should. While I'm fit I'm not a runner so, what did I know? With Covid floating around and the symptoms just sorta hovering I figured I had it and was experiencing some of those longer term effects they mentioned. In May or so I occasionally noticed that I'd choke a little occasionally when I was eating. I figured I was getting old and just needed to chew my food better. It never occurred to me that they were all related. Swallowing became increasingly difficult and I started coughing consistently whenever I swallowed anything, even water. I became convinced that something was wrong with whatever isolates the food pipe (esophagus) from the air pipe (trachea). I hoped… prayed… meditated? that it was irritation from drinking too much. Did I mention that I was drinking too much? I was. I also used to chew, a lot, but quit that 5+ years ago. Anyway, I stopped drinking altogether around when I noticed some blood in my mucus (there wasn't much mucus so it probably had been there for a while and I didn't notice). Finally called an ENT. After some Covid test delays he saw me last Friday and was confident, based on my fitness, that it was just acid reflux. He stuck a camera down my nose into the area and… oops, big ass tumor. Covers more than 50% of the area. Just above the vocal cords but isn't growing on them. He thought I should look a lot worse, so I've got that going for me. He is friends with an ENT at Mayo who is the teaching doctor in the state, maybe country, for a laser procedure that cuts it out from the inside. He called him that evening and said "you need to see this guy ASAP." Got a call Monday to go to Mayo for another Covid test (I'm quite Covid free it appears), saw the surgeon Tuesday, CAT scan Wed, PET Thurs, results on Mayo patient portal Fri including a summary from the PA. Meeting rad/onc Tuesday. Somebody mentioned recently how much better a place like Mayo is than other clinics. All of this under one roof (well, two campuses and multiple buildings), and so far you can set an atomic clock by their keeping appointment schedule. Since I can breathe fine even while laying down, the surgeon wants to collect the above data and review with their cancer board this week. Probably surgery next week is my guess. The good news from the tests is that carcinoma is the best cancer you can get, and as hoped it hasn't spread to other parts of my body. It did go to the lymph nodes on that side of my neck, but that is expected apparently. Also no sign of other tumors brewing. I was particularly skeered about it metastasizing, because it might have been growing there for years. Post-surgery depends on if they can get it all, if they can save my vocal cords, and if they can avoid a permanent tracheostomy (breathing thru a hole in my throat). As the doctor said, I should get back to normal, but I may have a new "normal". I expect I'll be eating smoothies for a few weeks, and not allowed to talk much if at all in that period. Anyway, I'm sure there is more but for now LOOKATMEEEEEEEEE!1!!!!11!!!

It's mostly good. Perfect would be nothing on the scans. Occam's Razor says that the spot is scar tissue related. But, you never know. I'm also quite heartened to learn that if it is more cancer, the Keytruda should be an effective treatment, and/or some of these new treatments.

I don't mind his release; holding him without bail seems egregious. Besides, maybe he'll flee back to Syria and get his old job with UNRWA, where he can help them help Hamas steal UN aid from Palestinian citizens.