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  1. 2 hours ago, formermav43 said:

    There's zero reason for Thompson to transfer until after the season is over. Even if he could somehow get somewhere else and be eligible this late in the game (which is doubtful), his best chance at playing THIS fall is still right here, should Card get injured or just falter. Plus, that allows him a much better look at what other rosters look like in the Spring to pick the most advantageous situation for him. He could transfer out after the season, be wherever he is going for Spring ball, and still have 2 years of eligibility remaining with the additional year granted due to COVID. 

    Basically, there's no upside to leaving now and plenty of incentive to stay.

    I like the way you think Mr. Thompson.

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  2. 28 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

    I'm not going to say hang in there because you are.

    Instead I'll tell you a story. 

    4 years ago I got appendicitis and wound up in the emergency room of The Heart hospital.  I was really scared. I'd never been under general anesthesia or had an operation of any kind. I'm also terrified of hospitals. A nurse noticed I was kind of freaking out when she checked on me, leaned in close in a comforting but borderline flirty way, and said,

    "I know you are scared, but this is the Heart Hospital. You are by far the healthiest person in this building. You're in good shape, you can breath, you're not all swollen up with edema and everything other than your appendix mostly works. It's our pleasure to take care of you, and I'd rather be in here with you than anywhere else in this building."


    And just like that, my worry and anxiety stopped cold. Ended. Simply because a nurse made me feel like my situation, which was the most important thing in the world to me in that moment, was also the most important thing to the people who were taking care of me (even thought that wasn't really true). 

    Look, I know the situation is completely different. And I know that you are struggling mightily to even do the basics to take care of yourself. I know that you can't properly care for anybody right now. But I hope you know that a large majority of the people you work with are grateful for the care you, personally, provide,  and that you are living a life of great positive consequence even when it feels like you are overtaken by events. 

    It doesn't make it easier, but this time will be a memory soon enough. When it is a memory, make sure you get the help you need to process it. Nobody's blame you for taking this one on the chin. 

    When that nurse left did a cocky ass white coat come in, look at you like you were acting like a pussy, and tell you check your nut sack cause we are going for a ride?  Cause that may have been me.    In all seriousness... thank God for good nurses.

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  3. 2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

    Damn right it's partisan.  Partisan only because stupidity reigns supreme in the GQP and those who support them:

     

     

     

    Wait.  Both these conservatives died in hospitals, AND were treated by doctors??  That is awfully suspicious and is all the evidence I need to see this conspiracy!

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  4. 1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Ironically, that last phrase captures the problem.  A slow, methodical withdrawal would have been discovered for what it was, which no doubt would have set in motion a similar chain of events to what we're seeing now.

    Whenever it became clear that we were leaving, it would have turned into a shitshow, pretty much any way you slice it.

    Exactly.   All these secretary of state wanna be's who keep posting that it would of been so simple to have done this in a organized and responsible way are FOS.    Withdraw all US citizen first?   OK now you have tipped your hand and the result is chaos and humanitarian crisis.   Don't withdraw all citizens first?  OK now you have a different form of chaos and humanitarian crisis.  It all ends up pretty much the same with very little overall difference.

     

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  5. 1 hour ago, UDontKnow said:

    The corrupt Afghan government, including Ghani and Saleh, were playing games and it should come as no surprise that their legitimacy was questioned. After 20 years in Afghanistan, the US government likely knew this as well as the state of the Afghan forces and should have responded in better fashion not to overly accommodate the Afghan government nor the Taliban. The withdrawal would have never been ideal, but this clusterfuck of an evacuation situation where troops had to be sent back most certainly could have been avoided. 

    I mean I guess.  I think a reasonable case can be made for either case, and everything is crystal clear in hindsight.  Perhaps we should of just completely given up on any chance of the Afgan government from step 1 and shown our white flag to the Taliban.   My sense is that this would have created an entirely different type of humanitarian crisis with everyone scrambling to get out, not unlike what happened anyway.  There would of been similar outrage from the peanut gallery about "how can can Biden abandon our friends and not even give them a chance to fight back!!".  IMO, the result would have been basically the same... a complete shit show.  But who knows..... not me and not you.

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  6. It is real easy to say the we should of just evacuated all Americans and allies first, but my understanding is that the Afgan government specifically asked that we not do that since it would basically doom any chance of the Afgan government having legitimacy.   Yea, in hind sight there was no chance of that anyway, but I can definitely see why we wouldn't flush any chance of the Afgan goverment fighting back from step 1.   

    This was ALWAYS gonna be a shit show and the equivalent to releasing a bull in a china shop.  You can plan all you want, it ain't gonna change the end result.

     

    https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/embassy-evacuation-kabul-taliban.html

    "Ordering an evacuation too early could deal a psychological blow that would speed the collapse of Afghan forces and the government in Kabul. But wait too long, military officials warned, and the administration faced a frenzied rush to evacuate thousands of civilians in what would become a bottleneck at the airport, the main lifeline to the outside world.

    “Beginning an evacuation contributes to the downward spiral as there’s nothing more symbolic of the U.S. loss of confidence in the Afghan government than closing its embassy,” said Laurel E. Miller, a former top State Department official who worked on Afghanistan and Pakistan diplomacy during the Obama and Trump administrations. “Once you break the glass and pull the fire alarm, there’s no going back.”

    Karl W. Eikenberry, a former top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan and a former U.S. ambassador to Kabul, put it this way in an email on Sunday:

    “Evacuation of an embassy can be interpreted locally and internationally as abandonment, akin to a military unit fleeing from its position under enemy pressure,” he said.

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  7. 39 minutes ago, SEC said:

    They should just give them injections of bleach like they want, it'll be quicker and save resources for people who actually need them.

    Yea but I would be could rightfully be sued and thrown in jail for that.  Now a lawsuit because I tried too hard to educate my patient about their condition... that one would be fun to participate in. 

  8. 7 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

    Fucking discharge them, then.

    Yea I am having a very difficult time working up a lot of sympathy these days for the purposely unvaccinated.  The kids, immunocompromised,  and those who can't be vaccinated but have done what they can are a different story of course.  If I run into a patient accusing me of lying that they have covid this will be me after I hand over the AMA form

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    "The pulmonologist has attempted to convince patients and their families to get vaccinated, but he’s only succeeded about a fifth of the time. “There's a fair number of people who don't believe they have COVID and that we're lying to them,” he said.  When Dr. Meena attempts to educate his patients, he finds that the process itself can cause his patients to get unstable. “If they get too agitated, then they get more short of breath, then they require more support and then they get intubated. "

     

    Interesting.  I may have to try this out....

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  9. 1 hour ago, The Dog said:

    Baylor Med not associated with Rapelor anymore. They broke off a long time ago.

     

    42 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

    Baylor College of Medicine has no affiliation with Baylor University. 
     

    and I don’t know if a meet n greet for freshman about to enter the most stressful (to date) year of their lives is the appropriate time to do a study 

    I know this has been established, but for purely personal, and selfish reasons I am quoting these two posts for emphasis.  BMC is more affiliated with Rice than any other institution and wish to god they would just go ahead and formalize that relationship.  

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  10. 41 minutes ago, tantric superman said:

    Okay, on the whole Abbott "kill kids".  Abbott and the Republicans are guilty of absolutely moronic ideas regarding liberty, the Constitution, and masking.  But ultimately, I think they'd justify their approach along the lines of how parents are allowed to keep guns in the house, or travel with their kids in cars, or take their kids out on the boat, or the myriad of other activities where government does not prohibit parents from accepting risk on behalf of their children.

    I think the above is the most fucked up logic in the world, but warped though it be, given Abbott's argument that he's not prohibiting anyone from wearing a mask, I think it does make the "he wants to kill kids" to win reelection a bit much.

    Irresponsible, a dereliction of duty, etc.?  Sure.

    News flash-  The masks are not to protect you, they protect others, and only work if nearly all of us do it.    It's the same reason I wear a mask in the OR... its not to protect me.  That is why "wear a mask if you're scared,  no one is stopping you!" is nonsense.  

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  11. 6 hours ago, closetohumping said:

    I’m pretty disappointed in our coaches and admin if this is true.  Siap

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    If I am a UT lawyer, I am looking at the B12 bylaws with a microscope for clauses regarding B12 officials disparaging or soiling the reputation of a conference member as grounds for termination.  

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  12. 1 hour ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

    Remember, just a couple of pages back, we were told our boy Pressley chose to go on the ventilator.

    I do sincerely hope his followers take Lin's advice, however:

     

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    So his hospital and physicians are insisting on following standard of care despite his family and lawyers demands to the contrary?  Lol.  As a physician I fully support Mr. Wood’s advice that anti-vaxers, science deniers, and those who want to “speak to the manager” about deviating from standard of care should definitely avoid the ‘medical prisons’,  stay home, and exercise their medical freedom.

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  13. 2 hours ago, Nivek said:

    Maybe those docs and nurses should take a leave and offer their services where they are wanted.

    If I was just a bit more immoral and had some high level MAGA connections, this would be my scam:   "Conservative Health Hosp Inc."   .   We don't hire "medical professions" .  We don't believe in liberal concepts like "germ theory", "sanitary technique"  or "science".   No required handwashing, gloves or masks during your procedures!   No sir, your medical care at our intuition will be based on the latest QNan and Facebook cures of the day,  and whatever is on sale at Tractor Supply.   Mostly your healing will involve prayer (after the collection plate is passed) and watching your wife clucked by large, well hung minorities.   Cash/credit card only and no socialism such as compassionate care or discounts.

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  14. 16 hours ago, Goredho said:

    This poor fucking kid.  Nothing to say, other than I wish he had parents that were up to the responsibility of having a child.

    "I am very saddened to report that H Scott Apley passed away last night at about 3 am. He leaves behind his wife, Melissa, who is COVID positive, as well as their infant son Reid. Your donations are greatly appreciated and will help the family as they get through this difficult period."

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    Now all us socialists get to support his widow and son.

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