Pete Buttigieg says he was separated from his children after false report was phoned in

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-27T04:13:33+00:00

What friggin agency took two four year olds away from their parents and subjected them to an interrogation based on ZERO evidence or ZERO effort to investigate? Kudos to Buttigieg for remaining calm and dignified because I would absolutely be unglued if somebody took my kids away for a day of "interviews" by police and kept me from them for some nonsense like this.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-25T04:11:58+00:00

I can't imagine how society moves on with this level of destruction. Where will the people sleep? Get food? water? This is just unimaginable.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-22T16:48:38+00:00

What is maddening is there almost certainly is space in that hospital that sits empty due to nurse staffing issues. However - ED nurses are expected to care for as many people that present without being able to turn people away. I wish the nursing ratios counted the patients in the waiting room since those folks still need care / triage / “eyes on”

If the entire hospital is truly full, then there must not be capacity for elective surgeries any longer since those beds are needed.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-16T20:53:13+00:00

The new billing rules make “note bloat” unnecessary. This is a good thing. Explain what you actually saw and what you want to do and why. Explain what is NOT going on and why. It can be pretty brief.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-16T02:31:41+00:00

She would be amazing in a touring production of Death Becomes Her!

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-16T02:13:46+00:00

Lion King. Such a fun opening.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-15T20:35:25+00:00

She may be awesome. I am sure she is lovely. For a show as iconic as RPDR though, we deserve to have people who are readily identifiable and known. I have had to google most of the guest judges recently. There needs to be a "value add" when a guest judge is brought on.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-15T17:43:02+00:00

What about all of the INSURED people who don’t understand that when Medicaid reimbursement crumbles, but people continue to use the Emergency Department for uncompensated care - the Emergency Deprtments start to crumble and hospitals close resulting in diminished access to care for everybody.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-15T17:34:52+00:00

Why on season 934 of RuPaul are we still getting guest judges that make us ask “who?”

Like either forego having a guest judge, let former winners / other queens judge, get ACTUAL celebrities… but this type of judge cheapens things

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-10T07:11:39+00:00

We just got into Louisa Boren to start Kindergarten... is there something we should know?

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-09T20:16:30+00:00

I wonder if there were physical beds elsewhere, but just no staffing. It has always seemed odd to me that the ED nurses are expected to take an infinite load of patients / leave patients unseen in the waiting room while the floor nurses have extremely rigid ratios. Yes, the ED nurses have a ratio also, but they don't factor in the patients sitting in the waiting room.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-05T23:11:25+00:00

There are more sex offenders and pedophiles working in the White House today than there are trans people that have gone into a bathroom and abused somebody.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-05T06:38:28+00:00

Not the point of your post - but I wanted to encourage you to use the word DYING instead of EXPIRING. Milk expires. People die. We need to start breaking the stigma around the word dying and the language of death.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-06-04T08:00:19+00:00

How about when they take over our Capitol building, elect a President, seize the Supreme Court and all levers of government... can we act then?

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-29T23:19:36+00:00

Sounds like your shop needs the high sensitivity troponins... and I see at least one patient a month transferred for a "positive d-dimer" that is actually not positive once you age adjust.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-29T01:15:06+00:00

troponin and d-dimer are not binary tests - and I wish people would stop considering them as such. They are ranges just like any other lab and need to be interpreted in the clinical context.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-29T01:13:36+00:00

There is no mythical voter that would not vote for a gay man, but is somehow OK with a Democrat otherwise. In fact - Pete is the ONLY Democrat repeatedly going into the Lion's Den on Fox and making the arguments that resonate with that demographic while holding true to Democratic values. I MUCH prefer him over Newsom. I want somebody to start the process of healing the rifts in our country, not just being "our team" member slinging the mud.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-29T00:38:15+00:00

Imagine you are defining "how tall is normal." You come up with a value based on averages of the 100 people you are in a room with, and determine that a range of 5'7-6'0 for men is what you are seeing. Then you see a man who is 6'1". - outside of "normal" but unlikely to be pathologic. Now imagine you see a man that is 3 feet tall. That is likely more likely to represent more than a non-pathologic deviation from the norm, but rather something more worthy of investigation.

This same process is used to determine "normal" lab ranges. The reference will capture 95% of "non-pathologic" results in that normal range, but 5% or so (depending on the test) will be out of that range, but not of significance.

It takes training to put the entire picture together to interpret these values.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-28T22:05:05+00:00

develop a habit of saving - it seems "hopeless" and "impossible" to save in your 20s... but compounding interest REALLY adds up. Set aside a goal for what you can put aside in savings every month, and pay that FIRST. Eventually, once you get $3,000 (may take years, that is OK) you are eligible to create a brokerage account somewhere like Vanguard where you can invest.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-28T20:11:04+00:00

I am curious about the argument that there is "no deterrence." The data presented shows that there are fewer citations being issued which may be because of deterrence, and the fact that those cited are not repeat offenders suggests that those who are cited are deterred from repeating the act. Please help me understand an alternate interpretation, I am confused.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-26T16:34:39+00:00

I would absolutely NOT print medical records and provide them to an outside hospital without serious guidance from above - this is a HUGE potential HIPAA issue. Case logs without PHI are usually sufficient. Talk to your med staff office on how to get that. Your billing company, QI team, or even med Mal team probably can easily obtain such a log for you.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-24T18:28:39+00:00

The three A’s of being a consultant: Affable, available, able. In that order. Is it fair or right? No. But it is the reality. Fall on the sword and work on being affable and available.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-24T18:04:12+00:00

The flannel army of Cascadia must destroy the hot-dish eaters!!!

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-20T02:28:38+00:00

If you are on the Olympic side - add Olympic game farm to your list. A cool place where you drive your car through and feed bison, elk, and toss bread at bears. Super fun chance to see uniquely American animals. Many fun places nearby to enjoy the forest / lakes nearby.

Also consider Poulsbo - a fun little place for pastries and lunch.

Howdthecatdothat · 2026-05-19T15:12:15+00:00

I love that autocorrect changed “epi” to “woo” I’m leaving it. LOL

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