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Rep Gill (Rep-TX) suggest deporting Omar to Somalia. She’s hosting workshops to illegal Somalians to evade deportation. I’m all for it.
I see that Politico (liberal rag news organization) was somehow receiving 7 million dollars from USAID…so 7 million in taxpayer money to be a liberal talking head for the Democratic Party. Thank God for DOGE
Google USAID expenses under sniffer. It boggles the f–king mind.
The liberals slush fund.
My favorite government waste was the $2 million for sex change operations in Guatamala. What a friggin’ joke
The whole DOGE process is going to be fascinating.
One would think figuring out where all the tax money is going would be unilaterally supported by regular joes, but today I ran into a person who is livid about what Elon and crew are doing.
I personally am eating popcorn with both hands while watching…
Same. Both my children somehow became very liberal in college.
@shocking@
I am really enjoying watching this.
it is entertaining, and necessary
I get a pizza party at work today for putting in 25 years.
If only they knew how close my plan is to fruition…
‘my plan is to fruition’
You put fruit on your pizza?
Are we talking pineapple here??
Pepperoni Pineapple pizza…
We got a ‘Super Combo’ pizza last night and it had some pineapple on it.
Not enough to make a difference to me but The Teacher enjoyed it.
Have fun at the wacka mole !!
Well, that didn’t take long. Trump has only been in the Oval Office for about two weeks and Democrats are already trying to impeach him – again.
The day after Trump announced his intention to take over the Gaza Strip amid the war between Israel and Hamas, Rep. Al Green (D-TX) announced on the House floor that he is introducing articles of impeachment against the president for participating in “ethnic cleansing” in the region.
The Libs will never get back into power with this stupid stuff.
Their propaganda arm of the DNC is bleeding viewers at an unprecedented rate.
They have learned nothing from the election.
Correct. So let the fools keep doing the stupid stuff.
It is fun to watch their over the top hysteria.
Chuck explaining that guacamole comes from avocados was comedy gold.
With only a 4 or 5 seat majority, I expect a handful of idiot Republicans to join in on this.
Happy Hump Day! 🐫
I will see your Soda Slut and raise you a happy, healthy Wednesday.
I will rec your happy, healthy Wednesday, while still posting my Soda Slut every Hump Day 😊
A logical reaction.
Rec for you too.
Not for Soda Slut though.
This is my experience with The Flu Jab.
‘The CDC decided to list some of the most common side effects people might experience from getting a flu shot:
soreness, redness, and swelling;headache;fever;nausea;muscle achesfainting for some people (not me)’
The article is mostly Pro Flu Jab but for me absolutely feeling miserable for a weekend is not worth it since the very low number of times I have had the flu.
Not to mention the last time I got the Flu Jab and how my Crud acted up for about 8-9 months. As long as I have this Crud I will not get the Flu Jab.
Seems to me the flu shot is a 50/50 chance of working.
I’ve had flu vaccines in the past. Got the flu.
I haven’t had a flu vaccine for like 5 years, and I haven’t had the flu.
Got the Covid jab. Got Covid anyway.
I’m sure MT will say it’s best to get the vaccine, but it’s a crap shoot.
As long as I am pretty healthy, I don’t get jabs.
The article says that like the Covid Jab you are less likely to get a worse case of the flu due to the Jab.
Keeping healthy and in shape seems the better option.
Yes, the typical statistic is that in the elderly population (that is you and me), it reduces the risk of hospitalization for influenza by 70-80%. That is some significant dollar savings.
‘significant dollar savings’
So it is all about saving the insurance industry money?
#joke
narf narf.
I have heard anecdotally that insurance companies rate of refusing coverage for medical claims is on the rise.
The only time I get the flu, is when I get a flu shot. So the shot increases my chances of getting sick to 100%.
You cannot get influenza from the vaccine. However, yes you can get influenza despite being vaccinated. In 2021 the protection was 40% at best for the strains circulating that year. However, over the long term the average reduction in hospitalization due to influenza is reduced by 70-80% in the vaccinated population. That is a huge number.
Just curious, why isn’t the vaccine more effective?
Because the Flu Virus mutates every year.
So every year we’re fighting last year’s war.
They have different strains every year and the CDC ‘guesses’ which ones will be the most prevalent during the cold/flu season.
Sometimes their guesses are not so good, sometimes better.
Correct.
They make an educated assumption about the most likely variant affecting the population.
If they guess wrong, the vaccine for that year is useless.
Many factors including what SoCal said below. I also suspect some immunocompromised (elderly et. al.) lose immunity. I see Walgreens advertising flu vax in August. Here in Montana it seems we peak around now. Not sure immunity last from August until February in the aforementioned. I tell my pts to get vax around Halloween. As do the ID’s in this area. That’s actually why I started instructing that way.
Thank you.
My question comes from thinking that some vaccines have a really high success rate while the flu ones seem to be much less successful in general.
The influenza virus is an RNA virus, which means it is inherently unstable and lacks any repair mechanism to mutagens. Polio, another RNA virus, also mutates and people think the vaccine is 100% effective, although (off the top of my head) two doses of the vaccine are only about 90% effective against paralytic polio.
The Teacher get her Jab every Sep.
She get sick much more often than I, how much of that is being a 1st grade teacher is unknown but I suspect a lot.
This is her first year of retirement so we will have to see going forward.
#MeToo
I always get mine in early November, to coincide with peak humoral immunity during peak exposure. That means I get at least two motivational emails that I best be getting my flu shot soon from my employer.
I blame Ponder
Always.
and Rick
I blame Kirko
Well, I’m no doctor, but every time I have gotten a flu shot, the next day I had the flu.
I get the flu shot every year, I know it doesn’t cause the flu but it can make you feel a little sick for a couple of days.
I have never felt sick after a flu shot. The only reason I don’t get a flu shot is because I forget to schedule one.
Same. I do a flu and covid i’m sick for 3 days. I deal with allergies but it seems to defeat the purpose.
I was fully vaccinated for COVID, with all boosters, due to my job requirements. I got COVID at least three times. The whole intent of a vaccine used to be, to prevent you from getting sick. Like the polio vaccine. However, as you noted, this “vaccine” did nothing of the sort, and the scientists fell back on the commentary that “you are less likely to get a worse case of the illness if you are vaccinated”. It was all lies in the end, and this is what angers me most about the liberals. They condemned anyone who didn’t want to take the COVID shot as enemies of the State, and their position forced millions of Americans to get vaccinated to keep working.
Plus they ‘cancelled’ all those who were skeptical of the narrative.
It caused an all time low in the trust in government.
I readily admit that part of my reluctance now was being forced to take the Flu Jab then. I still caught pneumonia twice after getting the jab. So much for ‘lowering your chances of getting a worse case of illness’.
My angst with the whole pandemic had nothing to do with the vaccine. It had to do with closing schools with no real evidence that decreased transmission rates, closing businesses and churches but not bars, and the whole six foot separation and wear a mask BS.
I’m on the same page with you guys, in that I got the vaccines far before most of you, was happy to get the vaccines, yet nothing changed at my workplace regarding precautions for the next 24 months.
I only tested myself once for COVID and that was after a significant exposure to a patient followed a week later (on vacation) prodromal symptoms. I tested positive but never developed full blown symptoms. That is the one and only time I tested for COVID. Sounds like they tested you a whole bunch.
The Teacher has mild Asthma and as a teacher she was mandated to get the Jab and all updates.
Since I had the Crud and co-habitated with The Teacher I felt it best in ‘our best interest’ to get the Covid Jab since her chances of getting it were greater, due to working with little germ factories, and we didn’t know how the Plague would effect our conditions.
We both were positive once but symptoms were so mild were were not sure if it was a false positive or not. Don’t regret getting that Jab but the Flu Jab is not the same for me, although The Teacher gets hers every year.
I’m not sure how Montana handled it, but in Minnesota my restaurant and bar was shut down for months. We had bar owners that were sentenced to jail time and fined 10s o f thousands of dollars for opening.
We have seen the videos of Watz’s police going thru neighborhoods paint balling people for just standing on their porch.
And I thought Commiefornia was bad.
I loved the tapes of the narc line.
They could operate at 50% capacity and had to close by 10 pm under Governor Bullock’s mandate. When Governor Gianforte took office he immediately repealed those restrictions.
IIRC most restaurants had takeout only. Quite frankly since my shop was filled with over 100 patients many in the ICU and spillover ICUs and with several dying each week my appetite for eating out was pretty minimal, pun intended.
Probably the biggest thing that pissed me off in terms of county responses were like what went on here in Dawson County, where I moved in late 2021, but visited from time to time during the heart of the pandemic. People were carrying on like nothing was going on, many refusing vaccination, no social distancing or masks in the grocery stores. Now you might say, gee MT you have said those measures pissed you off you can’t have your cake and eat it too, but it was quite the anxiety inducer for me to be in the local Albertson’s and have ten people congregating in the milk aisle coughing on each other. Predictably, small town Montana had sky high infection rates and all those patients when hospitalized, you guessed it, got shipped up to Billings. I literally saw someone waltzing around with 10 others on a Saturday followed by seeing their intubation x-ray on Friday.
We were completely shut down from the night before St. Patrick’s day, until end of May maybe beginning of June. We were take out and delivery from that point until October. November, we were able to open at 50% capacity December and it was back to takeout only.
During the time we were takeout only, we sold about 10-20 meals per day. Our operating costs just to keep the kitchen open was $2500-3000 per month.
We had a brigade of narcs that would report any activity in our restaurant, we never broke the rules, so we did not get in trouble.
Our infection rate was very low during covid. But being from a county of about 10,000 people, if you have one case it blows up the cases per 100,000 numbers the gov was using to wield their power.
My favorite part of Covid, was the overworked medical staff that would show up to get their takeout food wearing the scrubs they were wearing while dealing with covid patients.
Fortunately, at my shop in Billings scrubs were provided. They are not here…I put my scrubs in a bag at my desk and wear normal clothes to and from work, haul the bag home for laundry on the weekend.
I farking hate people that wear scrubs into non medical businesses. SO gross.
Was that before or after doing the Jerusalema challenge? Asking for a friend.
My only test for Covid was when we came back from Germany. The good ‘ole USA wouldn’t let us back in without a test.
I got the flu shot once. It was the sickest winter I’ve ever had. Haven’t gotten it since.
I never got the COVID jab. Didn’t feel I needed it. I got COVID once and then never again.
This is my experience with the influenza vaccination.
I have received it in November of every calendar year since 1986. Occasionally I have some redness and swelling at the site, but have never taken analgesics for same. Certainly the localized side effects are milder than the COVID vaccinations and far far less than the zoster/shingles vaccination.
During that time I have never sought care for an influenza like illness, nor missed work, and to the best of my knowledge any viral symptoms I had during flu season were cold-like rather than flu like. I’ve certainly never had a chest x-ray or CT scan that revealed lungs looking like dog poop.
I have been happy that I have not had any anecdotal evidence that I passed on the influenza virus to an immunocompromised patient while harboring the virus during the incubation and prodrome phase.
As I cannot get influenza from the influenza vaccination, I would not hesitate to get the vaccination if I had some other minor cough or rhinorrhea.
I am glad that it works for you.
That winter of coughing up several Tablespoons of mucus every couple of hours, even while trying to sleep, was far worse than any flu I have ever had.
Had a dozen different types of tests but they all came back negative. Screw that stuff.
I don’t have any hidden agenda. Whether any of you are hospitalized with the flu or not is your business. Hell if everyone refused the flu shot business would be booming, just think of all the people exposed to influenza while they get a knee replacement, work physical, blood pressure check, etc…However, for obvious altruistic reasons I’m going to try and consistently give the fair and balanced outlook.
I appreciate your efforts.
Everyone is different and has had different experiences with that Jab which informs their opinions.
Government pushing the Jab after all of their lies about Covid just reinforces the reluctance.
I have no real issues with the flu shot. I have not gotten one the last 4 years, and have not been sick. My last time getting the flu (Influenza A) was while on a cruise ship. I used the hot tub, and did not get out when 6 other people joined in, and one of those was coughing. Stupid Surly, finally left, but felt like crap the next day. At least that was the last day on the ship. I was sick for over a week. That was 2017 and I have not had the flu since. I did get the jab the next 3 years because I never want that again if possible.
I am now 61 and should probably get the flu jab every year, since I do think it helps build the immune system, and I never really have had a bad reaction to any shot.
Got the Shingles shots when I turned 60 – no issues
Got the Covid J&J shot to be able to keep working, then also had to get the Moderna booster for the same job about a year later. So far the nanobots have not killed me, nor have they made me smarter.
I have not gotten any further Covid shots, since I think the entire premise is bullshit and all about profit. Somehow I have more faith in the flu shot that is decades old tech vs the new fancy shit (less than 5 years for Covid MRNA) that has not been fully tested and proven over enough time to make me comfortable.
If I have to get a shot to keep working, I will. I am just not volunteering for another covid shot today.
I feel the same about Statins. Looking at the possible side effects, I keep saying no to those (for now). I hope I can make it into my 70s while not taking those, so I get off the hard sell from the doc. Once the patient is 70+, it seems they back off on the drug pushing for cholesterol.
My GP wanted to put me on Statins.
I said no.
Cholesterol was 202 and LDL was 111.
Both slightly above the normal.
I have never had a Cholesterol issue my entire life.
Seemed pretty aggressive to prescribed drugs when I monitor my diet.
I feel like statins should be in the water supply, given the risk/benefit ratio.
The good news is if you have a stroke in the right area, you might get alien hand syndrome where your hand appears to move of its own accord; how cool is that?
😂
Sick basterd.
No Kink Shaming.
He might have meant his had accidentally flipping off people who really needed it.
Oh! Carry on then. 😂
Muscle pain and weakness for all? No thanks
Less common side effects you may have with statins are:
Statins also carry warnings that memory loss, mental confusion, neuropathy, high blood sugar, and type 2 diabetes are possible side effects. It’s important to remember that statins may also interact with other medications you take.
I have never had any of those symptoms. What was I saying? I need to scratch my arm.
‘pretty aggressive to prescribed drugs’
Drugs seem the simple answer that Dr’s computer programs push.
I was told to get my numbers down and six months later my Dr wanted me to start a drug program. He had not even seen me in between those two interactions.
When I pointed that out he had me come in, take some tests and then told me ‘whatever you are doing keep it up’. He said that the ‘program’ Kaiser used pulledl my name up on a list and sent it out under his name.
I have been on statins for years. They really help with my cholesterol. Of course I have familial cholestrolemia so there is that.
Since you brought it up…
My long term internist and I used to just buddy buddy talk during my annual “physicals”. I have type IV hyperlipidemia so I basically convert sugar into fat which makes my triglycerides and cholesterol naturally higher than one would like. So I have been taking a statin in one form or another since 2004.
My new internist here in the ‘dive, who was actually the first American doctor I saw when I moved here in 1991, is more of the military type bend over and cough doc. When I saw him in January of 2024 (first time since the 90’s) he muttered about my trig, chol, LDL, weight, blood pressure, blood sugar, PSA grumble grumble. I was kinda offended like I am the perfect specimen. The usual banter well my trig is barely above normal, my sugar is normal at 100 for pete’s sake but of course hit home. He upped my long term dose of atorvastatin from 20 to 40 qd. I felt that. More myalgia, more stiffness but given the horror shows I see I sure AF don’t want to have a stroke due to carotid athero.
Checked labs in August, they were better except sugar unchanged, his letter to me said a bunch of medical mumbo jumbo, but kinda jumped off the page you could lose some weight fatass…well not that last word but you get it.
I was like jeez I walk my dogs for miles every day, don’t eat much sweets, I’m 220 at 6’5 3/4″ wtf.
Here on the ol’ skoloholics couple of guys (you included I believe) chat about DDP yoga. Wife has been bugging me for years to do some fart inducing fairy yoga.
My Christmas present to myself was a year’s subscription to the DDP app. Seems less fruity although still fart inducing. Started Christmas eve. Wife complained about my moaning and groaning in the living room so I moved out to shop where the dogs pounce on me and lick my sweaty face for motivation. Made some mild dietary changes, more fresh fruits and veggies, smaller portions. My myalgias and joint pain disappeared.
Saw the internist last week for my annual. I had dropped 12 pounds, BP down at low end of normal. Told him gee maybe the yoga helped he was well aware of DDP. So I don’t understand when people say their docs just want to give them a pill, this guy went out of his way to put me on the right path.
If my labs look good in August I’ll drop back to 20 of atorva.
Thanks guys for mentioning DDP.
TLDR
But now I have to look up DDP.
Hope it doesn’t take me to a Pron site.
Thought it was Direct Deposit of Pay.
Thought is was ‘Double D and Perky’.
DD, AND perky? Unpossible….
They can be found in Anime so there is hope that a cure can be found.
Hmmmmm…
Diamond Dallas Page professional fitness coach ex wrestler
Diamond Dallas Page! Duh.
DDP works for me as well. Did that years ago when I had the YRG (Yoga for Regular Guys) DVD’s.
I started in September with the app, and got myself a subscription. I still need to drop a few pounds, but it got my blood pressure back to the normal range within a few weeks.
I already get plenty of Cardio, but the Yoga really, really helps my arthritis pain. I row every day, lift weights 2-3x per week, and follow the DDP schedule for me that is usually 4 days per week.
It also helps if I do not drink booze and eat junk food.
working on that. Total of 4 beers consumed since New Years Eve.
I still do not want to take Statins. Doc is not really pushing the pills. He offers them as a long term solutions. But for both Blood Pressure and Cholesterol, he has let me work on diet and exercise and just monitors me.
I feel he pushes the statins more than other things, even the flu shot.
I asked him in August if he was on commission. He did not laugh, but he backed off.
Both my PB and Cholesterol are in the “High normal” to “Borderline” range. Triglycerides are fine. Blood sugar is low normal. Getting old is hard.
I do not want to take a lifetime medication if I can avoid it. And I really do not want any of the side effects from statins. Especially the muscle pain and fatigue.
I like when he says, “If you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re right.”
I’m just following along the program, typically 3-4x/week now. Those 10 ct plank pushups are a MFer, even though I know they’re coming. Pushes my HR a little over 150 every time.
I was hoping to get super powers. That didn’t happen either.
Stay healthy, stay active, don’t get fat, you shouldn’t need the flu shot. My opinion.
Rats! Well, as Meatloaf said, two out of three ain’t bad.
What if someone were
onezero out of three?Asking for a friend.
Carryover from discussion on earlier page.
I really do wonder why KOC doesn’t put more emphasis on developing a running game.
You’re not going to beat the Eagles in January in the snow flinging the ball around all the time.
Exactly. Plus, being balanced keeps the defenses on their toes. It’s much easier to plan a defense when you know they’re basically going to pass on most downs.
@Maybe they should hire Zimmer as an assistant offensive coordinator@
I think it’s because we don’t have a Peterson or Cook (in their days) on the roster. Jones is decent, but not an elite RB.
He only eclipsed 100 yards in 2 games this season, his longest run was only 41 yards.
With all our passing targets out on routes taking defenders with them, he should have been eating yardage at 10 – 20 yards a pop, and taking it to the house a few times over 50.
I guess but also believe all coaches have a certain DNA. GF mentions Zimmer and he certainly had his. Now KOC, as a former QB himself, believe he just likes to fling it.
Maybe just temper that a little bit.
It feels like in the NFL, teams throw the ball far more often than they run it. It feels like they throw it 65% or more of the time. However, in 2024 only one team (the Browns) threw the ball 65% of the time. Only 7 teams threw the ball over 60% of the time. The Vikings threw the ball 57.42% of the time, which ranked 15th most. So they were pretty balanced in play calling, relative to the league.
How effectively they ran the ball is another question altogether. Only 6 teams rushed for fewer yards per carry, than the Vikings. We need better runs, not just more runs.
OK. I use ‘running’ to mean effectively. Defenses certainly don’t respect ineffective running games.
Yep. I just posted those numbers to show the reality of passing versus running in the NFL. I expected everyone not named the Eagles or the Ravens, to be higher than 60% in passing plays.
I think the interior O line is a major reason the running game sucks.
I didn’t notice the popcorn machine in the game room at first.
Dang…party at GF’s house!
Popcorn machine, snowcone, machine, and a cotton candy machine.
The only drawback at this stage in life is that if the party isn’t over by 7 p.m., I’m not going!
No wonder you run so much. All three of those things are highly addictive.
You are up for Awesome Dad award for that room.
First!
Fists.
Fish!
I was going to say fist, but I couldn’t find a gif of that scene from Borat.
LOL!!!
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