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winetarelliwinetarelliMember
@irwin posted:

Xrays won’t hurt.  But a torn rotator cuff is diagnosed with an MRI.  The problem is that upwards of 20% of people over forty have torn rotator cuffs and are asymptomatic.  Good luck.  

She’s eliminating a broken bone or dislocated something from possibility. Thinks I should wait a few weeks in a sling with anti-inflammatories if there’s nothing bone-related to see how healing goes to decide if an MRI is necessary. (Hoping no surgery.)  Though, I suppose it would make sense to get it all done at once. Also, she seems to think it may be a terrible sprain as opposed to a torn rotator cuff.

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G g-manMember
@patespo1 posted:

A minority woman politician with a low approval rating in America?  Count me as shocked

to be fair,

she's acutally doing quite alot of work and not spending time in the public eye and probably could do with a proper publicist.

Weird catch 22 in t his country, you become popular by being in the public eye but you don't really get any work done.  But then folks complain how nothing is getting done.

InsightInsightMember
@g-man posted:

to be fair,

she's acutally doing quite alot of work and not spending time in the public eye and probably could do with a proper publicist.

Weird catch 22 in t his country, you become popular by being in the public eye but you don't really get any work done.  But then folks complain how nothing is getting done.

Ask most anyone who was in the San Francisco Bay Area who paid any attention during her time in various capacities here, and you'll get few responses of “she was a rockstar!”  She reminds me a lot of Hillary Clinton (though nowhere near the IQ that HRC has) - - - competent but doesn’t connect with the general population.  That is fine when you’re a San Francisco DA, or a California AG, or even a US Senator to some degree.  But as we’ve witnessed once rather recently, it is not a recipe for success when you need the support of broad swaths of the populace, much less Capitol Hill.

Her presidential ambitions would’ve been better served as US Attorney General.  

winetarelliwinetarelliMember

Given that I came here to bitch already, figured I might as well post an update.  It's broken.  Not the ball and socket, but the bone right beneath the ball.  (Dodged a bullet, I suppose.)  Doctor says sling and immobilization for 6-8 weeks, then PT is her guess, but she made an appointment for me to see an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow for confirmation.

J jcocktostenMember
@winetarelli posted:

Given that I came here to bitch already, figured I might as well post an update.  It's broken.  Not the ball and socket, but the bone right beneath the ball.  (Dodged a bullet, I suppose.)  Doctor says sling and immobilization for 6-8 weeks, then PT is her guess, but she made an appointment for me to see an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow for confirmation.

Ouch - sorry about that

The Old ManThe Old ManMember
@winetarelli posted:

Given that I came here to bitch already, figured I might as well post an update.  It's broken.  Not the ball and socket, but the bone right beneath the ball.  (Dodged a bullet, I suppose.)  Doctor says sling and immobilization for 6-8 weeks, then PT is her guess, but she made an appointment for me to see an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow for confirmation.

Wow. Very awful.

sd-wineauxsd-wineauxMember
@winetarelli posted:

Given that I came here to bitch already, figured I might as well post an update.  It's broken.  Not the ball and socket, but the bone right beneath the ball.  (Dodged a bullet, I suppose.)  Doctor says sling and immobilization for 6-8 weeks, then PT is her guess, but she made an appointment for me to see an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow for confirmation.

I'll second or third the ouch!  I suppose breaking the socket would suck worse, but that location has got to be a close 2nd since I'm guessing you still need to immobilize the shoulder to the maximum extent practicable.

I'd suggest not showering anymore, but that quickly would interfere with wine enjoyment. So get yourself a floor mat with a grippy back!  Good thing you only need one arm to lift a wine glass.

patespo1patespo1Member
@The Old Man posted:

Kyle is going to get away with murder. I am afraid the prosecutor is terrible and the judge already appeared to be sympathetic to the defendant.

Complete sham.  I would love to see him crying in an orange jump suit.  His mother's fake tears are just as bad. All the gun nuts will love it when if/when he is acquitted;  just take to the streets and murder people and claim self defense.

Interested to hear the perspective of Irwin or someone in the legal profession about the judge and his handling of the case.  His cell phone goes off in yesterday in the middle of the trial, and the ringtone is one of the theme songs for TFG MAGA rallies? 

irwinirwinMember

I don't handle criminal cases, but here is what I think.  I am sympathetic to the judge.  He makes a ruling on keeping out of evidence a selfie in a bar, and the prosecutor tries to get it in.  That would piss off any judge.  What I don't frankly understand is this:  While it is certainly true that one may not comment on the post-arrest silence of a defendant, this defendant has not been silent post arrest.  He has given interviews. He has posed for photos.  So, in my view, he has largely waived any claim in this regard.  The prosecutor needs to provide the judge with texts, transcripts, etc of the post arrest interviews, and I think at that point, this issue goes away.

Clearly, the defendant is guilty of some gun violations, like carrying around a weapon w/o a license, and participating in a straw purchase.  I haven't followed the facts closely enough to comment on the self-defense defense.  Trials are stressful.  People cry.  The mother's tears bother me. She raised this cute little monster to carry around an AK-47? Maybe she is crying over her own obvious failure as a mother.

billhikebillhikeMember
@csm posted:

Noted good guy all around LeBron James saw fit to weigh in on Mr. Rittenhouse's testimony, commenting on his fake tears.  Probably should take Bron Bron his word on this as he's clearly an expert in the field of faking it.

It must have been six minutes since the previous time he grabbed attention for himself from an event he had nothing to do with. For a guy who does nothing criminally wrong, doesn’t appear to harm others and seems pretty giving of his wealth he still manages to come off as a prototype d-bag.

winetarelliwinetarelliMember

Might as well post the update.

New x-rays at orthopedist. Broken upper humerus. (We already knew.) “cracks” running throughout the shoulder and ball. But they’re all clean. No surgery seems to be needed. No MRI needed at this time. 3 weeks checking progress. Thanks for all the well wishes. Seems like, while bad, I may have dodged a bullet.

billhikebillhikeMember
@winetarelli posted:

Might as well post the update.

New x-rays at orthopedist. Broken upper humerus. (We already knew.) “cracks” running throughout the shoulder and ball. But they’re all clean. No surgery seems to be needed. No MRI needed at this time. 3 weeks checking progress. Thanks for all the well wishes. Seems like, while bad, I may have dodged a bullet.

Good luck for a full recovery that hopefully isn’t too far off.

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irwinirwinMember
@winetarelli posted:

Might as well post the update.

New x-rays at orthopedist. Broken upper humerus. (We already knew.) “cracks” running throughout the shoulder and ball. But they’re all clean. No surgery seems to be needed. No MRI needed at this time. 3 weeks checking progress. Thanks for all the well wishes. Seems like, while bad, I may have dodged a bullet.

Don’t fall again!  And get the booster in the other arm.

C csmMember
@Vino Me posted:

The Wisconsin statute makes an exception for someone who is 17 years old to possess a gun as long as the barrel is of a certain length. The State failed to introduce any evidence on the length of the barrel and therefore failed to meet their burden of proof. Oops.

Gets better (or worse, not sure which).  in addition to failing to lead any evidence as to the length, the prosecution also apparently conceded the gun was not "short barreled" in its submissions.   Clear now why the charge was dismissed.

G g-manMember
@csm posted:

Gets better (or worse, not sure which).  in addition to failing to lead any evidence as to the length, the prosecution also apparently conceded the gun was not "short barreled" in its submissions.   Clear now why the charge was dismissed.

in case folks are surprised about such law.

it's legal in alot of states to own a long barrel "non firearm".

ie you could get a rifle in new york ifit had a > 16" barrel and > 26" in total length as it's not considered a fire arm.

irwinirwinMember
@Vino Me posted:

The Wisconsin statute makes an exception for someone who is 17 years old to possess a gun as long as the barrel is of a certain length. The State failed to introduce any evidence on the length of the barrel and therefore failed to meet their burden of proof. Oops.

This is speculation on my part, but perhaps the prosecution wanted to eliminate the possibility of Rittenhouse getting convicted ONLY on the gun charge.   Perhaps they were concerned that the jury would feel that they had to convict this young thug of something, but not the charges that would likely put him away for a long time.  So, they conceded on the gun charge to put the jury on the spot and to put Rittenhouse in the cross-hairs, so to speak.  Sort of all or nothing strategy.

But, as I said, this is speculation on my part.

The Old ManThe Old ManMember
@billhike posted:

Wrong aspect ratio?

Well now you've opened the door! For those of you old folks who have MeTV you will find that many shows from the 50s and 60s, including The Twilight Zone, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (Did you know that Mary Tyler Moore called it "The Penis Von Lesbian Show"?) are shown in the incorrect aspect ratio but here it's kind of a good thing.

Most of the shows at that time were filmed using 35mm film cameras. Their native ratio is known as "full frame" of 1.66: 1. In the viewfinders there was etched a 1.33:1 rectangle called the "TV safe action area." It was understood that when it was shown it would be shown on 1.33:1 TV sets. So this was how all shows were framed. Now when MeTV is showing it they are using direct transfers from the original sources and are showing them full frame. So in this case you are actually seeing about 20% more than was shown originally. Part of the reason they are doing this is it leaves smaller black side bars.

While I am an aspect ratio purist I don't really see much harm in this. Many of those shows only had so much time to allow for creative compositions and camerawork. Also you are seeing more the set where more creativity was displayed.

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The Old ManThe Old ManMember
@mimik posted:

Basically the top NATO allied commander Wesley Clark discovers plans that the bush-cheney-Rumsfeld team had plans to invade and topple 7 foreign governments in 5 years under the pretext and aftermath of 911 as early as late September 2001. Sounds like the plot of a movie but it’s not

True or conspiracy theory? Asking seriously though at this point, with almost daily revelations about the Trump attempt to overthrow the election who knows what's not possible anymore?

N napacatMember
@The Old Man posted:

Well now you've opened the door! For those of you old folks who have MeTV you will find that many shows from the 50s and 60s, including The Twilight Zone, and The Dick Van Dyke Show (Did you know that Mary Tyler Moore called it "The Penis Von Lesbian Show"?) are shown in the incorrect aspect ratio but here it's kind of a good thing.

Most of the shows at that time were filmed using 35mm film cameras. Their native ratio is known as "full frame" of 1.66: 1. In the viewfinders there was etched a 1.33:1 rectangle called the "TV safe action area." It was understood that when it was shown it would be shown on 1.33:1 TV sets. So this was how all shows were framed. Now when MeTV is showing it they are using direct transfers from the original sources and are showing them full frame. So in this case you are actually seeing about 20% more than was shown originally. Part of the reason they are doing this is it leaves smaller black side bars.

While I am an aspect ratio purist I don't really see much harm in this. Many of those shows only had so much time to allow for creative compositions and camerawork. Also you are seeing more the set where more creativity was displayed.

God you must be fun at a diner party.

mimikmimikMember
@The Old Man posted:

True or conspiracy theory? Asking seriously though at this point, with almost daily revelations about the Trump attempt to overthrow the election who knows what's not possible anymore?

Not a conspiracy theory but underreported. The problem with conspiracy theories is that they range in gambit from the absurd(Elvis us still alive,   Trump won the election, etc) to the plausible (YouTube link) to the proven( NSA is spying on you ).

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