We learned tonight that, in late April, a long time friend was diagnosed with uterine cancer and, while checking that out, they found lung cancer. Two separate cancers, unrelated. So she has now had two surgeries (one for each cancer). As both are early stage there is much hope.
But sheesh! All that in the midst of the pandemic! And she had JUST retired at the start of April. It's a good thing she is in Vermont because she was ABLE to have the surgeries!
Bummer. I hope for a good outcome. With modern technology one can have at least as good an idea of how things will go after two years as we used to have at five years.
My oncologist suggested, and I agreed, to have more follow-up CAT scans than he would have done for someone in their thirties. Given my age, the one or maybe two percent increase in cancer risk twenty years in the future from the radiation was less significant than missing a recurrence in the following couple of years.
Thanks. I continue to have some side effects of the treatment, but they are in the minor nuisance range and in some respects continue to show very (very) slow improvement.
Taegan Goddard: Chyron of the day. [Click] “I suspect this may be very hard to explain to future generations.” Well, yes. Tom Nichols: “If Obama or Clinton or Biden were up late tweeting out crackpot theories from a ‘sex with demons’ doctor, the Republicans would be calling on the military to surround the White House and enforce the 25th amendment with nuclear weapons.”
Biden Flipping Georgia More Likely Than Texas [Click] Notes: A new Public Policy Polling survey in Georgia finds Biden just ahead of Trump, 46% to 45%. A new Monmouth poll in Georgia finds Joe Biden and Donald Trump tied in the presidential race at 47% each. (In the US Senate races it’s not looking good for the Dems.) [Click]
I seem to recall somewhere that they are slowly working on it. My daydream has the local police reading the federales the riot act, and when they fail to disperse turning the fire hoses on them (think of Bull Connor). Round up the half-drowned rats, arrest them for illegal assembly, failure to disperse, and most importantly for impersonating police officers. (Their uniforms say "police.") I don't know whether that is a misdemeanor or a felony in Oregon; it varies by state. Maybe there are some other things that could be thrown at them.
Vermont: 1406 cases (+1) 56deaths (0x43days) 161 active known cases Recovered 1194 In Hospital = 1 ( 0) Tests 92,461 (+600)
Note: The good news is that we have 1 new known case only! The downside is that apparently yesterday’s number was increased by 2 to 5. Still...go Vermont!
OHIO: As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been at least 87,893 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 3,422 deaths, and 10,553 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
'The hotspot of a hotspot of a hotspot': coronavirus takes heavy toll in south Texas [Click] “Hundreds have died in Hidalgo county, on the Mexican border – but the governor has thwarted efforts to go back into lockdown.” If I am not mistaken, Hidalgo County votes heavily Democratic. A terribly cynical person might suggest that could have something to do with the lack of help from a Republican governor.
POLITICO Playbook: How to translate congressional code [Click] “THERE COMES A POINT IN EVERY CONGRESSIONAL NEGOTIATION where it would be helpful for Google Translate to have a feature to turn Capitol Hill speak to English.”
I do hope, but I have been politically disappointed so often over the years that I am not sanguine. He needs to choose someone he can work well with, and I can't know who that is. Whoever it is will help to shape the Democratic Party for quite some time.
Hope you had safe travels, Alan!
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Thanks for your clarification about Convention, Bill.
Yep, traffic was moderate, and we got home a little after 7PM.
DeleteYayyy! Welcome back!
DeleteI sent email to Cat.
Our favorite corn store was open. Six freshly harvested ears for a dollar, max 18 per car. This afternoon we will share with friends.
DeleteYum!!
DeleteWe learned tonight that, in late April, a long time friend was diagnosed with uterine cancer and, while checking that out, they found lung cancer. Two separate cancers, unrelated. So she has now had two surgeries (one for each cancer). As both are early stage there is much hope.
ReplyDeleteBut sheesh! All that in the midst of the pandemic! And she had JUST retired at the start of April. It's a good thing she is in Vermont because she was ABLE to have the surgeries!
Bummer. I hope for a good outcome. With modern technology one can have at least as good an idea of how things will go after two years as we used to have at five years.
DeleteThat is encouraging to hear, Alan. Thank you.
DeleteMy oncologist suggested, and I agreed, to have more follow-up CAT scans than he would have done for someone in their thirties. Given my age, the one or maybe two percent increase in cancer risk twenty years in the future from the radiation was less significant than missing a recurrence in the following couple of years.
DeleteI was in my early sixties at the time.
DeleteI’m so glad you are well.
DeleteThanks. I continue to have some side effects of the treatment, but they are in the minor nuisance range and in some respects continue to show very (very) slow improvement.
DeleteVermont: COVID-19 Reduced Incarceration To Levels Reformers Had Only Dreamed Of. Will It Last?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.vpr.org/post/covid-19-reduced-incarceration-levels-reformers-had-only-dreamed-will-it-last#stream/0
Taegan Goddard: Chyron of the day. [Click] “I suspect this may be very hard to explain to future generations.” Well, yes. Tom Nichols: “If Obama or Clinton or Biden were up late tweeting out crackpot theories from a ‘sex with demons’ doctor, the Republicans would be calling on the military to surround the White House and enforce the 25th amendment with nuclear weapons.”
ReplyDeleteBiden Flipping Georgia More Likely Than Texas [Click]
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A new Public Policy Polling survey in Georgia finds Biden just ahead of Trump, 46% to 45%.
A new Monmouth poll in Georgia finds Joe Biden and Donald Trump tied in the presidential race at 47% each. (In the US Senate races it’s not looking good for the Dems.) [Click]
U.S. Agents Begin Withdrawal from Portland [Click]
ReplyDeleteFederal Agents Leave Seattle [Click]
Why Trump’s Protest Crackdown Has Failed [Click]
Did the Judiciary ever speak?
DeleteI seem to recall somewhere that they are slowly working on it. My daydream has the local police reading the federales the riot act, and when they fail to disperse turning the fire hoses on them (think of Bull Connor). Round up the half-drowned rats, arrest them for illegal assembly, failure to disperse, and most importantly for impersonating police officers. (Their uniforms say "police.") I don't know whether that is a misdemeanor or a felony in Oregon; it varies by state. Maybe there are some other things that could be thrown at them.
Delete‘Defendant Shall Not Attend Protests’: In Portland, Getting Out of Jail Requires Relinquishing Constitutional Rights [Click] It seems to me that if an arrest is made by someone impersonating a police officer, a conviction would be the fruit of the poisoned tree. Tossing this into the pot makes matters all the worse.
ReplyDeleteMagistrate judges are near the bottom on the judicial totem pole.
DeleteLast and First Men review – eerie sounds and unearthly images from a posthuman world [Click] I found the combination of this article and the explanatory link to the article on the Spomeniks terrifically interesting. My art story of the day, I think. The movie might be a bit much, but I can't see it.
ReplyDeleteLouie Gohmert Tests Positive [Click]
ReplyDeleteYesterday Gohmert Spoke to Barr Without a Mask [Click]
From Masking Naysayer to COVID Victim: The Louie Gohmert Story [Click]
Vermont: 1406 cases (+1)
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161 active known cases
Recovered 1194
In Hospital = 1 ( 0)
Tests 92,461 (+600)
Note: The good news is that we have 1 new known case only! The downside is that apparently yesterday’s number was increased by 2 to 5. Still...go Vermont!
OHIO: As of Tuesday afternoon, there have been at least 87,893 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 3,422 deaths, and 10,553 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
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Delete‘Umbrella Man’ Who Smashed MN AutoZone Was White Supremacist, Cops Say [Click]
ReplyDeleteWill White People Forget About George Floyd? [Click] “A parable embedded in The Maltese Falcon offers a cautionary tale.”
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ReplyDelete'The hotspot of a hotspot of a hotspot': coronavirus takes heavy toll in south Texas [Click] “Hundreds have died in Hidalgo county, on the Mexican border – but the governor has thwarted efforts to go back into lockdown.” If I am not mistaken, Hidalgo County votes heavily Democratic. A terribly cynical person might suggest that could have something to do with the lack of help from a Republican governor.
Plus southern Texas just had a Tropical Storm blog through, wreaking havoc.
DeleteHa! That's supposed to be "blow through" ~ really funny typo!
DeleteI guessed "slog" but "blow" is a better fit.
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DeleteDivided and Demoralized on Virus Aid, Republicans Ask, ‘What’s in the Bill?’ [Click]
ReplyDeletePOLITICO Playbook: How to translate congressional code [Click] “THERE COMES A POINT IN EVERY CONGRESSIONAL NEGOTIATION where it would be helpful for Google Translate to have a feature to turn Capitol Hill speak to English.”
BCC: Mystery of origin of Stonehenge megaliths solved [Click]
ReplyDeleteGuardian story [Click]
Make that fifty out of the fifty-two sarsen stones; two outlying ones came from somewhere else.
DeleteObama to eulogize John Lewis as former presidents attend civil rights icon's funeral [Click]
ReplyDeleteFairly good accounting of Our Dear Leader's whereabouts.
DeleteBiden pledges to choose running mate in the first week of August [Click]
ReplyDeleteDare we hope he doesn’t blow it?
DeleteI do hope, but I have been politically disappointed so often over the years that I am not sanguine. He needs to choose someone he can work well with, and I can't know who that is. Whoever it is will help to shape the Democratic Party for quite some time.
DeleteOh, and if you haven't looked at the "Chyron of the Day" link I posted at 11:58, I very highly recommend it.
ReplyDeleteGohmert says he will take hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment [Click] Sounds to me like this guy’s been having too much sex with demons.
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DeleteHe apparently can’t resist a good conspiracy theory.