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45694. arkymalarky - 11/1/2013 1:14:49 AM Ted Cruz and his dad are both nuts. Dominionists are a big concern to my mother. I think/hope they are what drives the Tea Party to complete irrelevance and enables the GOP to purge them and become a reasonable party. 45695. judithathome - 11/3/2013 9:58:41 PM Your last sentence looks like it's in peril of not happening. It's more like the Republican party is driving itself into complete irrelevance and they left reasonableness behind the day Obama was sworn in as President.
The Tea Party didn't send Mitch McConnell out the day of the inauguration to tell his core group "We are going to do everything we can to make this man a one term President." He did that as Republican, not as a Tea Party suck up. 45696. judithathome - 1/10/2014 10:07:32 PM So, no one is talking about the demise of Chris Christie's political hopes? 45697. arkymalarky - 1/10/2014 10:46:46 PM I don't think anybody's posting about anything, really. I linked a fascinating video in the cafe the other day and no one even looked at it as far as I know. We are personally in the process of dealing with Stan's mother who had to go to the emergency room last night and is now in the hospital and probably about to head to the nursing home from there. 45698. Wombat - 1/10/2014 11:57:08 PM Other than a group chortling session about some air being let out of Christy's presidential trial balloon, I would prefer to wait and see how far this goes. 45699. robertjayb - 1/11/2014 8:44:54 PM I watched the video and as an inveterate innumerate found it entertaining but baffling. 45700. robertjayb - 1/11/2014 8:52:24 PM Christie's "I'm not a bully" reminds me of Nixon's "I'm not a crook." 45701. Trillium - 1/11/2014 9:03:24 PM Thanks for sharing the video, Arky. I enjoyed it and filed it under "Math topics", although I didn't have enough time to really focus while watching. I'm trying to prepare for the upcoming Anatomy & Physiology II class (reading about blood components, heart disease etc.) and it's a stretch... I try to break up the reading with exercise, but to stay on task. So truthfully I only skimmed the video but was impressed with the doodles and the way the girl's mind works. 45702. Trillium - 1/11/2014 9:04:52 PM But Arky further: Please feel free to share what you can about your mother-in-law's nursing home experience. One motivation for me to work in part-time home health was to learn more about what I will face if I have to look after several elderly relatives. So far all are doing okay, but I am well aware of our risks.
Nursing homes are akin to schools in the sense that there are huge variations in quality, and you want to do your research before (and while) you have family members involved. I'll be grateful to learn what your family finds wonderful/less than wonderful at the nursing home and why -- if you get their consent to share their impressions, it might help the rest of us when we deal with this situation. There are so many variables. 45703. Trillium - 1/11/2014 9:07:35 PM My impression of Christie is that he tries to be pragmatic, but this snafu was a BIG mistake. NYC runs on bully and mob politics -- anything is possible including murder so I'm not surprised. If I had been stuck in that traffic though, I would be mad about having been used as a political tool. 45704. judithathome - 1/11/2014 9:08:34 PM Best coverage on Christie is from Steve Kornaki on MSNBC...he knows many of the "actors" personally and used to work for one of them. He is presenting "just the facts" but at least he has more background knowledge on some of them than other reporters.
This sounds like politics as usual where I'm from...our Lt. Gov. recently called a police station and demanded they release his sister-in-law who was being held for drunken traffic violations and angrily identified himself with "I am David Dewhurst, the ------ Lt. Governor of this state!" 45705. judithathome - 1/11/2014 9:11:21 PM Trillium:
To heck with dealing with relatives...I'm at the age where I will need to deal with nursing homes MYSELF! ;-) 45706. Trillium - 1/11/2014 9:19:06 PM Judith, you're being honest... I'm still trying to avoid thinking about the prospect of nursing homes for myself!
But thanks to working with disabled elderly clients, I've gotten religious about trying to get out and exercise, and watch my diet a bit more carefully.
Even that is no guarantee; I helped one poor guy who had his stroke while at the gym doing his daily workout! But his chances of recovery are much better than if he were totally decrepit and overweight... I hate being sick. ...also right now half my family is down with some version of flu. I bring soup to the door, and DVDs, and run away and wash my hands. Don't want the crud, I hate being sick. 45707. judithathome - 1/11/2014 9:39:40 PM Get some of those painters' masks and use them when you deliver soup.
My neighbor is 84 and still flies to Oregon each year to see her son...she ALWAYS gets sick when she goes.
I have urged her to wear a mask on the plane and she refuses...says she doesn't want to "look funny". She has COPD and gets a chest infection every single time she flies...and is too vain and/or stubborn to believe me that she could avoid getting sick if she'd only wear a mask. 45708. Trillium - 1/11/2014 10:07:04 PM The mask thing is a good idea. I've thought of wearing them on airplanes but haven't done it yet. Maybe some group ought to get this started, if people are too shy as individuals to get the trend started. Dang, the airline should encourage people to do this, just pass out the masks and encourage people to mask up voluntarily whether they are sick or not. Or pass them out at cost (what could it be, a few cents?) for smart people to use -- include photos of passengers wearing masks on the seat belt videos! 45709. Trillium - 1/11/2014 10:10:29 PM Don't think all that much about Chris Christie, in Tennessee we have a different scandal... Mark "Coonrippy" Brown and his confiscated pet raccoon Rebekah. I'm not against Gov. Haslam who usually does a decent job... but it is disgraceful that Brown's petition with thousands of signatures was deleted, without even being read. Somebody needs re-education in that administration
Nashville on Coonrippy
45710. arkymalarky - 1/11/2014 10:12:17 PM Trillian, this should be in health (I'll repost there), but we have very few options here and even if you find what you want, being able to get her in would be a huge challenge. Right now she's in the hospital, but she's delirious and cannot do anything without two or three people helping. She's bedfast since Thursday and has to be watched constantly to keep her from pulling out her IV. This all came about just Wednesday night and we haven't been at work since. It's a long drawn out process, that in some ways is just now starting. Up to now family and hired help has been able to live with her at home and up until recently one person could manage to help her. Over the last two or three weeks that has changed dramatically and it takes at least 2 at all times. Now, since Thursday night, she can't even get by with that. The only reason I'm here today is because Stan's brother's there today. Will be back on duty tomorrow. It's just what happens when you get old. She was extremely healthy until she wasn't, had surgery to fix the problem, and lost oxygen during the surgery and got dehydrated and got a uti and it's been a downhill rollercoaster ever since.
One thing that I would strongly advise, is watch doctors in elderly people and the medications they give them, because she was being given the wrong medication (diuretic and bp meds which worsened her dehydration and dropped her already below normal bp), and when she got off of it it was too late and she needed the surgery but it was too little too late. No choices are good ones. The healthcare system in this country for average people is a disgrace and the lack of concern for patients is appalling. My dad, 82, went to an endocrinologist who was rude and unfriendly until he found out Dad was an emeritus.
excuse typos. Voice to text on my phone. 45711. arkymalarky - 1/11/2014 10:28:02 PM I meant to mention on the vihart video that she and an MIT prof work on projects together, and she's just one of a growing number of amazing young talents comprising a web subculture that is increasingly brilliant. I was reading about quants the other day and what people are accomplishing is mind blowing. 45712. robertjayb - 1/12/2014 2:31:16 AM An observer I admire, but don't always agree with, Col. Pat Lang, says this on Christie:
IMO Christie will be lucky if he survives this crisis in his political life. Having watched prosecuters and legislative committees work on things like this I am pessimistic on the governor's chances. There is a civil class action lawsuit for damages, but worst of all is the performance yesterday of Wildstein before the NJ legislature. He refused to answer many questions while citing his right to do so under the 5th Amendment. In my experiece someoone who does this is often constructing a negotiating position for a "deal" with some future prosecuter.
My guess is that there are many people who can be pressured in one way or another into "dropping a dime" on Christie. Rats do not "hang together" under fire. pl
Me? I plan to enjoy the show.
45713. judithathome - 1/12/2014 2:55:26 AM There is little doubt Wildenstein is going to drop a TON of change on Christie...not just a dime. His lawyer said as much to the committee yesterday...he said that should his client be granted immunity by local, state, and federal authorities, Wildenstein's "responses will very different and of great interest" to those asking the questions.
He all but did the cartoon wink with the eyeball extended.
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