What caught my eye from Legal Insurrection’s latest report on the Chavin trial was the paraganglioma which was found on autopsy. That item, by itself, could easily have caused Floyd’s death. This is a rogue adrenal tumor which releases epinephrine into the body, raising the blood pressure to dangerous levels under stress.
My husband had one of these. It was identified when he nearly died in routine back surgery. He awoke to find an anesthesiologist “dancing” around him for at least an hour in recovery. This was followed by consultation with an endocrine specialist surgeon and two months of treatment with heavy blood pressure meds to allow surgery to remove the tumor safely. These tumors are most often found on autopsy, because the patient is not aware it’s there until it kills him.
I’ve got a very funny colleague hails from Bologna. His opinion of pizza-guzzling Neapolitans isn’t fit for polite company. Chalk and Cheese!
Not that there’s anything wrong with pizza for breakfast. Why else did the Wakandans invent the microwave oven? We owe them a debt of gratitude.
Here they go to pack the SCOTUS. I’d write to my senators, but with Blumenthal and Murphy it would be a supreme (pun intended) waste of my time and bandwidth.
@physicsguy:
If those two walked into a bar would we stand a chance of scoring a decent punchline?
I know, I know… The Joke’s on Us.
Vesti la giubba.
“ The real crisis in America is not the opioid pandemic, but the unreality pandemic plaguing our rulers. As the range of acceptable debate narrows, they are left with an increasingly bizarre set of choices. In order for them to get attention, which is the currency of democracy, they must outdo the last bizarre idea. Like an addict searching for the next high, our rulers are riding a dragon of depraved reality avoidance, taking the rest of us into the abyss where all addiction leads.”
alley in Liberia … at least the sign in lower corner right hand side says Liberia?
@jack:
Libreria. It’s a sign for a university library. This infernal photo is giving me carb cravings.
Thanks, Jack! The Luna Rossa information is fascinating and I will be following the Coinbase saga rather closely in the next several months. Have you attempted to buy any shares?
Kate,
Years ago I saw a cartoon with a Dr. standing in front of a patient, eyes glued to the clipboard in his hands. The Dr. says, “I’ll have a better idea of what the problem is once I see the test results.” Patient asks, “Which test?” Dr. replies, “The autopsy.”
“Have you attempted to buy any shares?”
No no … tend to stay away from IPO’s. I find that by the time we peasants can get in … they have jumped up to much for my risk level.
I went in for “test” once. Left 6 days later with a zipper on my chest. Not really zipper. They used SUPER GLUE!
But i’m technically a member of the “Zipper club.”
Rufus, you’re killin me.
Oops. My bad. It’s a sign for a bookshop selling university texts.
“It’s a sign for a bookshop selling university texts.”
Looked up that bookshop and pretty sure it’s Italy … somewhere!
Chauvin chooses not to testify. The defense rests.
I expect the closing argument by Nelson to be that the state proved his case that Chauvin did not kill him. I doubt it will matter. Terrorism is the Democrats favored weapon right now.
Rep. Mondaire Jones has tweeted: Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure.
Meaning that the Dems hope to attach said expansion to the infrastructure bill being rammed through under faux reconciliation.
The author, Thomas Lifson, claims this is an act of desperation. I’m always doubtful of such claims but this really is something way outside of the norm.
Nelson has to use the phrase “reasonable doubt” in every sentence of his closing argument. There were several things far more likely to be the cause of death other than the way GF was restrained- coronary artery disease, the paraganglioma, and above all the fentanyl. The officer had no way of knowing about any of these and was doing the job he was paid to do by the city.
Judge Cahill should take every juror individually into chambers and ask if he/she feels free to vote free of intimidation or fear of consequences. Any negative answers should result in a mistrial.
I’m not as widely travelled as many, but have been to several areas of Italy. Loved every one of the trips. Never had a bad meal, nor a bad experience with the locals. Will likely go again once they reopen to travelers.
As goes our republic. Guam will be tipping over any moment now.
Speaking of Italy, anyone know when travel into Italy from the US will be open again?
Any guesses?
Ah, yes. Love being lectured by Hank Guam Johnson as I said at misplacedpants at protonmail dot com. For you AA castouts ?
For those of you who didn’t read it, and for those who did and want to stroll down memory lane, here’s my April Fools post about Hank Johnson and Guam. It got tons of traffic, and much of it was people who believed it was true. I had to post several disclaimers later.
It’s Siena.
Neo, that street promises some adventure!
A shift of topic. Systemic racism is supposedly the problem. Then how do we explain Chicago and several other major U.S. cities?
From a friend:
“Systemic Racism in Chicago?
1. 2,240 Shootings, 440 Homicides from January thru July 2020. Almost every shooter and homicide were BLACK – 97.7%, but BLM and Chicago’s Democratic Politicians blame police and systemic racism.
2. The Chicago mayor is black.
3. The Superintendent of Police is black.
4. The Cook County States Attorney is black.
5. The Chief Judge of Cook County Circuit Courts is black.
6 The Illinois Attorney General is black.
7. The Chicago Fire Department Commissioner is black.
8. The Cook County Board President is black.
9. The State Senate Majority Leader is black.
10. The Illinois Lieutenant Governor is black.
11. The Illinois Secretary of State is black.
12. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is black.
13. The Cook County Clerk is black.
14. The Chicago Treasurer is black.
15. The Chicago Police Board President is black.
16. The Chicago Transit Authority President is black.
17. The CEO of Chicago Public Schools is black.
18. The Commissioner of the Department of Water Management is black.
19. 40% of the City Council belong to the Black Caucus.
Their average pay is $122,304 annually each, PLUS $122,000 per year in expenses. Their pension for life is 80% of last pay.
Republican head count in the City Council is ZERO.
William Hale Thompson was the last Republican Mayor of Chicago in 1931.
For 89 years Democrats have controlled the Chicago Mayors Office.”
A systemic, catastrophic failure of governance, IMO. Too much graft, too much self dealing, too much nepotism, too much bureaucracy, and too little care for the needs of the citizens. The present pols learned it from their predecessors – Daly, Curley, Dinkins, etc. It’s not new, just a different ethnic group. However, to claim there is systemic racism in our society requires blinders – very big blinders.
Guam tips over into the Marianas Trench; any day now. You didn’t know that islands had Plimsoll Lines did you?
On a lighter note — A 70’s band largely forgotten….
That’s not even a hard one. The answer is simple: “Everything bad that a black person might do is a result of systemic racism on the part of white people.”
Hello Neo,
This is for you to (hopefully) enjoy, another example of fine harmony singing by siblings. This is The Petersens, a wonderful family bluegrass act based in Branson. Mama Karen plays upright bass and Petersen sisters Katie, Ellen, and Julianne and their brother Matt plus dynamite dobro player Emmett Franz make up the band.
This is an original song written by Katie and Ellen. These are really fine people, very talented, and a joy to listen to. I hope anyone on the thread who clicks on the link enjoys their music as much as I do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQpK09EFMaA
Julianne’s outro is so cute it should be against the law.
In a rare, early-morning vote, Republican lawmakers in the Oklahoma House approved legislation to grant immunity to drivers who hit protesters.
On a party-line vote Wednesday, the House passed a bill that grants civil and criminal immunity for drivers who unintentionally injure or kill protesters while “fleeing from a riot.”
My mother always told me … DON’T PLAY IN THE STREET!
jack, it says “unintentionally” hurting people while fleeing from a riot. That’s different from the Charlottesville killer, whose actions were deliberate.
neo:
That was J.J. who made the significant points about Chicago and systemic racism, but I agree with your answer.
We are going for a trip end of this month … I-10 east.
Not sure what I would do If came up on protesters blocking road but have no doubt Mrs jack would take them out like bowling pins.
om:
Yes, I see now that J.J. made the comments.
What do you folks like to put in your home stir-fries? I’ve been using various combinations of shrimp, tofu, baby bella mushrooms and different peppers. I used to use squash more, especially yellow squash, but seem to have gotten away from that in recent iterations.
Philip Sells:
Broccoli, carrots, sometimes water chestnuts or peapods.
I took an Italian class in college, to help with my singing – the “translations” in the songbooks my voice teacher assigned didn’t always match the original words.
He was very young, had been to the country many times, and sometimes brought his French mistress to class to help explain things, because “French is very like Italian” – which a lot of the other students already spoke.
That gem of wisdom was not much help to me, as my only other language was German, but I did learn enough to achieve my purpose.
I am currently learning to play “O Sole Mio” on my ukulele.
“He was very young,” – that’s the Italian teacher at college.
My voice teacher (in my hometown) was a woman who was a HS buddy of my mom and dad.
She did make me get the pronunciation correct, howeve, which helps with vocal production in any language.
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Piza for breakfast?
What caught my eye from Legal Insurrection’s latest report on the Chavin trial was the paraganglioma which was found on autopsy. That item, by itself, could easily have caused Floyd’s death. This is a rogue adrenal tumor which releases epinephrine into the body, raising the blood pressure to dangerous levels under stress.
My husband had one of these. It was identified when he nearly died in routine back surgery. He awoke to find an anesthesiologist “dancing” around him for at least an hour in recovery. This was followed by consultation with an endocrine specialist surgeon and two months of treatment with heavy blood pressure meds to allow surgery to remove the tumor safely. These tumors are most often found on autopsy, because the patient is not aware it’s there until it kills him.
I’ve got a very funny colleague hails from Bologna. His opinion of pizza-guzzling Neapolitans isn’t fit for polite company. Chalk and Cheese!
Not that there’s anything wrong with pizza for breakfast. Why else did the Wakandans invent the microwave oven? We owe them a debt of gratitude.
Here they go to pack the SCOTUS. I’d write to my senators, but with Blumenthal and Murphy it would be a supreme (pun intended) waste of my time and bandwidth.
@physicsguy:
If those two walked into a bar would we stand a chance of scoring a decent punchline?
I know, I know… The Joke’s on Us.
Vesti la giubba.
“ The real crisis in America is not the opioid pandemic, but the unreality pandemic plaguing our rulers. As the range of acceptable debate narrows, they are left with an increasingly bizarre set of choices. In order for them to get attention, which is the currency of democracy, they must outdo the last bizarre idea. Like an addict searching for the next high, our rulers are riding a dragon of depraved reality avoidance, taking the rest of us into the abyss where all addiction leads.”
https://thezman.com/wordpress/?p=23484
yo … Rufus T. Firefly
While scouring the bowels of the net last night these 2 links screamed … Rufus T. Firefly
https://www.sail-world.com/news/236712/Americas-Cup-Luna-Rossas-control-systems-outed
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/14/987380900/coinbase-a-bitcoin-startup-goes-public-is-crypto-really-the-future-of-finance
alley in Liberia … at least the sign in lower corner right hand side says Liberia?
@jack:
Libreria. It’s a sign for a university library. This infernal photo is giving me carb cravings.
Thanks, Jack! The Luna Rossa information is fascinating and I will be following the Coinbase saga rather closely in the next several months. Have you attempted to buy any shares?
Kate,
Years ago I saw a cartoon with a Dr. standing in front of a patient, eyes glued to the clipboard in his hands. The Dr. says, “I’ll have a better idea of what the problem is once I see the test results.” Patient asks, “Which test?” Dr. replies, “The autopsy.”
“Have you attempted to buy any shares?”
No no … tend to stay away from IPO’s. I find that by the time we peasants can get in … they have jumped up to much for my risk level.
I went in for “test” once. Left 6 days later with a zipper on my chest. Not really zipper. They used SUPER GLUE!
But i’m technically a member of the “Zipper club.”
Rufus, you’re killin me.
Oops. My bad. It’s a sign for a bookshop selling university texts.
“It’s a sign for a bookshop selling university texts.”
Looked up that bookshop and pretty sure it’s Italy … somewhere!
Chauvin chooses not to testify. The defense rests.
I expect the closing argument by Nelson to be that the state proved his case that Chauvin did not kill him. I doubt it will matter. Terrorism is the Democrats favored weapon right now.
I heard about the legislation brewing to pack the Supreme Court, but this twist here is astonishing.
Rep. Mondaire Jones has tweeted:
Supreme Court expansion is infrastructure.
Meaning that the Dems hope to attach said expansion to the infrastructure bill being rammed through under faux reconciliation.
The author, Thomas Lifson, claims this is an act of desperation. I’m always doubtful of such claims but this really is something way outside of the norm.
Nelson has to use the phrase “reasonable doubt” in every sentence of his closing argument. There were several things far more likely to be the cause of death other than the way GF was restrained- coronary artery disease, the paraganglioma, and above all the fentanyl. The officer had no way of knowing about any of these and was doing the job he was paid to do by the city.
Judge Cahill should take every juror individually into chambers and ask if he/she feels free to vote free of intimidation or fear of consequences. Any negative answers should result in a mistrial.
I’m not as widely travelled as many, but have been to several areas of Italy. Loved every one of the trips. Never had a bad meal, nor a bad experience with the locals. Will likely go again once they reopen to travelers.
Tuscany?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-packing-expansion-democratic-bill-13-justices/
It’s almost official. Anyone want a banana?
As goes our republic. Guam will be tipping over any moment now.
Speaking of Italy, anyone know when travel into Italy from the US will be open again?
Any guesses?
Ah, yes. Love being lectured by Hank Guam Johnson as I said at misplacedpants at protonmail dot com. For you AA castouts ?
For those of you who didn’t read it, and for those who did and want to stroll down memory lane, here’s my April Fools post about Hank Johnson and Guam. It got tons of traffic, and much of it was people who believed it was true. I had to post several disclaimers later.
It’s Siena.
Neo, that street promises some adventure!
A shift of topic. Systemic racism is supposedly the problem. Then how do we explain Chicago and several other major U.S. cities?
From a friend:
“Systemic Racism in Chicago?
1. 2,240 Shootings, 440 Homicides from January thru July 2020. Almost every shooter and homicide were BLACK – 97.7%, but BLM and Chicago’s Democratic Politicians blame police and systemic racism.
2. The Chicago mayor is black.
3. The Superintendent of Police is black.
4. The Cook County States Attorney is black.
5. The Chief Judge of Cook County Circuit Courts is black.
6 The Illinois Attorney General is black.
7. The Chicago Fire Department Commissioner is black.
8. The Cook County Board President is black.
9. The State Senate Majority Leader is black.
10. The Illinois Lieutenant Governor is black.
11. The Illinois Secretary of State is black.
12. The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is black.
13. The Cook County Clerk is black.
14. The Chicago Treasurer is black.
15. The Chicago Police Board President is black.
16. The Chicago Transit Authority President is black.
17. The CEO of Chicago Public Schools is black.
18. The Commissioner of the Department of Water Management is black.
19. 40% of the City Council belong to the Black Caucus.
Their average pay is $122,304 annually each, PLUS $122,000 per year in expenses. Their pension for life is 80% of last pay.
Republican head count in the City Council is ZERO.
William Hale Thompson was the last Republican Mayor of Chicago in 1931.
For 89 years Democrats have controlled the Chicago Mayors Office.”
A systemic, catastrophic failure of governance, IMO. Too much graft, too much self dealing, too much nepotism, too much bureaucracy, and too little care for the needs of the citizens. The present pols learned it from their predecessors – Daly, Curley, Dinkins, etc. It’s not new, just a different ethnic group. However, to claim there is systemic racism in our society requires blinders – very big blinders.
Guam tips over into the Marianas Trench; any day now. You didn’t know that islands had Plimsoll Lines did you?
On a lighter note — A 70’s band largely forgotten….
Emmaline — Hot Chocolate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3gyr4zR-3o
A really wonderful song.
Well, perhaps, given the nature of the song, not “lighter” — but apolitical, at least.
Here’s the one other significant hit:
You Sexy Thing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUY9Y9RFiHY
Def. a bit lighter than Emmaline
😀
This would be a propriety song for 2020
The Police – Don’t Stand So Close To Me
https://youtu.be/KNIZofPB8ZM
om:
That’s not even a hard one. The answer is simple: “Everything bad that a black person might do is a result of systemic racism on the part of white people.”
Hello Neo,
This is for you to (hopefully) enjoy, another example of fine harmony singing by siblings. This is The Petersens, a wonderful family bluegrass act based in Branson. Mama Karen plays upright bass and Petersen sisters Katie, Ellen, and Julianne and their brother Matt plus dynamite dobro player Emmett Franz make up the band.
This is an original song written by Katie and Ellen. These are really fine people, very talented, and a joy to listen to. I hope anyone on the thread who clicks on the link enjoys their music as much as I do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQpK09EFMaA
Julianne’s outro is so cute it should be against the law.
Thanks Scott. Just listened to them. Good.
Does anyone think this is reasonable?
Oklahoma House passes bill to protect drivers who hit protesters
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/politics/2021/03/10/oklahoma-republicans-pass-bill-protect-drivers-who-hit-protesters/6935598002/
My mother always told me … DON’T PLAY IN THE STREET!
jack, it says “unintentionally” hurting people while fleeing from a riot. That’s different from the Charlottesville killer, whose actions were deliberate.
neo:
That was J.J. who made the significant points about Chicago and systemic racism, but I agree with your answer.
We are going for a trip end of this month … I-10 east.
Not sure what I would do If came up on protesters blocking road but have no doubt Mrs jack would take them out like bowling pins.
om:
Yes, I see now that J.J. made the comments.
What do you folks like to put in your home stir-fries? I’ve been using various combinations of shrimp, tofu, baby bella mushrooms and different peppers. I used to use squash more, especially yellow squash, but seem to have gotten away from that in recent iterations.
Philip Sells:
Broccoli, carrots, sometimes water chestnuts or peapods.
I took an Italian class in college, to help with my singing – the “translations” in the songbooks my voice teacher assigned didn’t always match the original words.
He was very young, had been to the country many times, and sometimes brought his French mistress to class to help explain things, because “French is very like Italian” – which a lot of the other students already spoke.
That gem of wisdom was not much help to me, as my only other language was German, but I did learn enough to achieve my purpose.
I am currently learning to play “O Sole Mio” on my ukulele.
https://www.steynonline.com/music/8150/o-sole-mio
“He was very young,” – that’s the Italian teacher at college.
My voice teacher (in my hometown) was a woman who was a HS buddy of my mom and dad.
She did make me get the pronunciation correct, howeve, which helps with vocal production in any language.