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The probability is that the blunt-force impact to the chest caused his heart to fibrilate- that is, stop pulsing in a regular heartbeat and essentially shiver. The AED shocks the heart out of its shivering (sort of a heard reboot) and give it chance to resume its regular pumping. We were told the magic number is 3- three minutes without oxygenated blood reaching the brain and other vital organs, three days without water, or three weeks without food and you are irrevocably damaged or dead. It may all come down to how soon the AED was applied and how soon and consistently the CPR was done.

Terse, but pithy advice.

Well, he is going to be well acquainted with earth soon. Depending on how he lived, maybe even fire.

There is pretty good evidence that significant steroid usage during the teen years when bodies are going through massive hormonal and muscular changes can produce enlarged and/or weakened hearts in otherwise healthy young adults. We will probably never know if this is the case here,

Aaaand...away we go.... Moderate House GOP May Bolt And Form ‘Coalition Government’ With Democrats The conversations have started on a potential House government between moderate Republicans and Democrats if the House GOP can’t get it together. It would just take six House Republicans who decide they don’t want to live in crazy land for the next two years for a coalition majority to happen. It is important to note that these conversations are not originating with Democratic House leadership. This is something moderates are starting to rumble about and kick around. https://www.politicususa.com/2023/01/03/moderate-gop-coalition-house-of-representatives.html

Donald Trump Jr. Gets Holy Hell Over Bible Fundraiser Video. Donald Trump Jr. is selling Bibles on social media. The eldest son of Donald Trump was accused of “peak grift” over a video promoting a “We The People” Bible. The Trump scion said the book defended America’s “Judeo-Christian” values, which he claimed are under attack. It comes as key evangelical figures turn their backs on the former president, who has launched a third run for the White House amid a slew of criminal investigations into his conduct. Twitter account PatriotTakes shared the clip of Trump Jr. online last week. It went viral for the wrong reasons on Monday after being retweeted by outgoing Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), a fierce critic of the ex-president and his administration, among others. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-jr-promotion_n_63b3d6a6e4b0cbfd55e3977a

“Sick disgusting human beings”: Right-wingers use NFL player’s collapse to push anti-vax conspiracy. MAGA conservatives tried to score political points after the Buffalo Bills' Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Right-wing anti-vaxxers pushed a debunked conspiracy blaming COVID shots after NFL player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field on Monday. Hamlin, a 24-year-old safety for the Buffalo Bills, suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field after a scary hit to his chest during the Monday Night Football matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. Players surrounded Hamlin as he received CPR for about nine minutes before being taken off the field in an ambulance. The game was postponed and Hamlin was taken to a local hospital. "Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest following a hit in the Buffalo Bills' game versus the Cincinnati Bengals. His heartbeat was restored on the field and he was transferred to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center for further testing and treatment. He is currently sedated and listed in critical condition," the Bills said in a statement early Tuesday. The scary moment led to an outpouring of support and prayers for the young second-year player and an online toy drive fundraiser launched by Hamlin quickly raised more than $3 million in donations in the hours after his collapse. But some right-wing anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists used the incident to stoke a widely debunked claim that the COVID vaccine is causing young, healthy athletes to suddenly collapse. "This is a tragic and all too familiar sight right now: Athletes dropping suddenly," tweeted Charlie Kirk, the head of the Trump-allied Turning Point USA. "There have been too many recent #diedsuddenly cases to deny it anymore," wrote failed Nevada GOP gubernatorial candidate Joey Gilbert.

Prognosis poor.

Good luck to them enforcing that. Kids can watch horrific torture and killing scenes on all manner of TV programs, but watching people having sex is no ok. Weird.

Mark Milley’s testimony reveals Trump plan to get back at retired military officers who criticized him The Jan. 6 insurrection testimony of General Mark Milley revealed that there were conversations among members of the Trump administration to court-martial retired military officers who criticized Trump’s handling of 2020 civil unrest in published op-eds, Insider reports. A 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and top military aide to Trump since 2019, Milley’s testimony was part of a trove of documents the committee released earlier this week. The testimony includes Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA) asking if Milley considered approaching former Trump advisor, Michael Flynn, about the administration's desire to enforce military action against the retired officers. Milley said he was “concerned about the politicization of the military” after op-eds “very critical of then President Trump” by retired military officers were published. Milley said, "There was actually discussions with me: Bring him back on Active Duty, court-martial him, you know, make him walk the plank sort of thing, right? I advised them not to do that, because that would further politicize, in my personal view." Retired military officers the administration targeted for court-martialing were not named during testimony, but according to Insider, a few did publish op-eds criticizing the way Trump responded to nationwide protests following George Floyd’s murder in 2020. For Foreign Policy, retired Marine Corps General John Allen wrote, “Donald Trump expressed only the barest of condolences at the murder of George Floyd, but he also said nothing about the fundamental and underlying reasons for the unrest: systemic racism and inequality, a historic absence of respect, and a denial of justice.” Allen also highlighted that Trump "threatened to deploy the U.S. military against American citizens." https://www.alternet.org/mark-milley-testimony-military-trump/

Personal biases are just as prevalent in the NFL as elsewhere. Its not necessarily the best players who start, but the ones the coaches like best or are emotionally invested in.

Renner was blowing his driveway out at his home at Lake Tahoe after a heavy snowfall and was hit by a passing big snow plow.

A bit over the top but a good point nevertheless.

Too late! A good deal of the GOP is already radicalized. Some of them were there but latent, and others gravitated to the party when Trump ascended to the leadership. As has happened in Canada, this has and will continue to cause a rift in the right wing which will cause a formal split, then two solitudes, then a shotgun marriage when they get tired of being out of power, but it will be an uneasy union at best.

Agreed. The general public reactions to Trump's cheating on his taxes and not being audited was admiration, not anger, and that shows the mindset of much of American society. Its called economic cannibalism where one or more members of a society enrich themselves by feeding on others. That will ultimately doom them as it did in Rome and many other civilizations. It is not sustainable, but for those enjoying the short term gains, it is worth sacrificing the future in order to feast on the present to the point of gluttony.

Like calls to like and flies are drawn to poop.

Trump’s New Year’s Message Shows That It Is Killing Him That America Has Moved On Trump posted his New Year’s message from his little isolated social media corner and showed a jilted ex-president who can’t move on. Trump posted on Truth Social, “HAPPY NEW YEAR to all of the Radical Left Democrats, Marxist Lunatics, China loving Coco Chow and her Obedient Husband, Mitch, and Clueless RINOS, who are working so hard to DESTROY our once great Country. More importantly, HAPPY NEW YEAR to the Incredible, Brave, and Strong American Patriots who Built, Love, and Cherish America. The REAL leaders of our Country will always remain FAITHFUL and LOYAL to you. The USA will be back, Bigger & Better & Stronger than ever before. GOD BLESS YOU ALL" (Trump could not resist mixing some good old-fashioned racism in attacking Mitch McConnell's wife Elaine Chao again. He knows his base)

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They correctly assume that their core group is so blindly mon-focused that they will believe and act on anything that is fed to them by their idols. On CNN yesterday, people were asked what they thought of Trump scamming tens of millions of dollars by claiming patently illegal deductions on his corporate and personal taxes. The overwhelming responses were "good for him" and "I wish I could do that". No sense of civic responsibility. This sure sounds like the death-knell for American society. Trump hints he may split from GOP, dooming their 2024 election chances Former President Donald Trump has shared an article suggesting that he should run as a third-party candidate if the Republican Party doesn’t choose him as its nominee for the 2024 presidential election. Trump shared the article, entitled “The Coming Split,” on his Truth Social page. The article asked, “What should we do when a majority of Republicans want Trump, but the Republican Party says we can’t have him?” “The Republican machine has no intention of letting us choose Trump again,” the article stated. “He is not a uniparty team player. They’d rather lose an election to the Democrats, their brothers in crime, than win with Trump.” https://www.alternet.org/trump-2024-2659052456/

Any such will come after the holidays so as to not get lost in the hullabaloo. That's what I've been telling my son in law for years. So far, so good. To underline this, I let him know that I was on a first-name basis with a couple of members of a social group of motorcycle enthusiasts.

And she got caught. She has a history of such agitation for right-wing groups.