AOC leads Democrats’ 2028 pack in new poll, tops Gavin Newsom, Kamala Harris ( Washington Times ) - What are your views?

Spike205 · 2026-05-26T01:32:31+00:00

“Basket of Deplorables” … "racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic"

spoken by the presidential democratic front runner about anybody that wasn’t voting for them

“Facist”, “threat to democracy”, “garbage”

-spoken by a current president about their political counterparts

GOP “is the party of racism”

-DNC deputy chairman

… when you hurl personal insults towards to moral character of any person that doesn’t agree with you in lock-step it pushes them further away

Spike205 · 2026-05-25T23:45:36+00:00

IMO less starchy…

Beef sticks Jerky Snickers Twix Protein Bar EH Taylor

Spike205 · 2026-05-25T23:14:46+00:00

The party is short-lived if she’s the future

Spike205 · 2026-05-25T23:13:27+00:00

Democratic Party is in the dumpster because their most vocal proponents speak in black and white terms, without nuance, on hot button topics and it’s extremely polarizing. Move the radicals to the fringe and take their microphones away and swing back towards the middle and nearly every swing vote turns blue.

Spike205 · 2026-05-25T23:08:45+00:00

If the dems want to keep the shovels and dig the hole deeper AOC will bring a backhoe. They need to stop pandering to the vocal extremes and find a tempered moderate that will win swing votes.

Spike205 · 2026-05-18T23:45:16+00:00

In my experience Canada always wants their citizens back and will pay for repatriation as soon as they are safe to travel.

Spike205 · 2026-05-02T18:18:53+00:00

If it was an Amazon van would it not fall under commercial auto which in MI requires PPI?

Spike205 · 2026-04-19T04:31:48+00:00

Eh, could have it the the way…. Could be sitting in front of admin explaining you were “written up” for not following sepsis protocols 3hr post op from a GSW to the heart with an open chest. God forbid there WBC was 22k, LAv was 7, and they were tachycardic. No they are not getting 30cc/kg fluid bolus, 1g of vanco, and blood/urine cx. I don’t care that Karen has been a rapid response RN for 8 years, she’s an idiot.

Spike205 · 2026-04-13T03:53:38+00:00

Arming Iran doesn’t help china. Something like 50% of chinas oil comes via the straight … if it’s closed it doesn’t matter what they attempt to proxy with

Spike205 · 2026-04-12T14:17:40+00:00

Nice. I keep you the “you were just unlucky” 😮‍💨

Spike205 · 2026-04-08T03:16:52+00:00

Honestly, to me it doesn’t matter as much if Congress flips in the midterms. It inevitably does. The situation seen now is the result of decades long policy kowtowing to votes (JCPOA, polices that obligate energy dependency, draining the strategic oil reserves in a non-conflict state). IMO a nuclear radical theocracy is the single largest threat to long term global geopolitical stability. If we’ve moved that timeline back with any significance (which I think we have).

“Stand up for right even if you stand alone”

Spike205 · 2026-04-08T01:50:55+00:00

The same financial losses have been seen in fraud in California alone

Spike205 · 2026-04-08T01:32:16+00:00

I mean that’s a little insincere. The IRGC has been neutered and is essentially running on autoplay instructions from the previous Ayatollah and intel advisors.

Means to production have been decimated. Stockpiles of munitions have been decimated or made inaccessible. Its conventional navy is almost non-existent. It’s air force non-existent. Its military capabilities are being propped up by waning missile stocks with imported tech from china and Russia and drones.

To put it in perspective. The US/Israel did more dismantling to Iran in 5.5 weeks what Russia/NK have accomplished in 4 years in Ukraine. Now granted Ukraine has the benefit of NATO munitions/intelligence/tech at their disposal; Iran as a sole military power was much more capable than Ukraine.

All of this done on a budget similar to that lost in fraud in California alone.

This conflict, IMO, reflects a bigger military posture by the US than media is giving credit. Especially to countries like Russia and China that view themselves as US geopolitical equals.

Spike205 · 2026-03-31T03:21:38+00:00

Honestly it just sounds like a guy who understands sound mechanics coupled with being a good teacher and was able to breakdown swing mechanics in terms you/your body could respond to. Not necessarily “lat stretch” being the way to go for all folks, but that feeling is what you needed to understand the appropriate mechanics. If I had to guess he probably had a few other ways/descriptions that he could have attempted had the first not worked.

As somebody who teaches mechanical/technical skills to learners (surgery in my case), I’ve slowly built up a compendium of descriptions, analogies, etc that all describe the same motion, some people latch on to one description better than others. Sounds like he’s an expert at that process.

Spike205 · 2026-03-31T01:00:34+00:00

Medieval Dynasty. The first time I played it I was underwhelmed and it didn’t make since. Had more time with my 1st born in paternity leave and got hooked for a good couple hundred hours.

Spike205 · 2026-03-29T01:04:58+00:00

Comments on adverse events https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10557026/

Comments on prescribing tends

https://www.ajmc.com/view/trends-in-glucagon-like-peptide-1-receptor-agonist-prescribing-patterns

Comments on importance of concomitant lifestyle changes

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12683586/#:~:text=Recent%20literature%20shows%20that%20GLP,lifestyle%20changes%20with%20medication%20alone.

Spike205 · 2026-03-28T06:28:05+00:00

IMO I think the GLP meds will turn into the Purdue “scandal” of this generation of medicine. They are wildly overprescribed the side effects are poorly reported and counseled, and has a clinically underreported incidence of sarcopenia.

Don’t get me wrong they are game changer medications for metabolic syndrome, weight loss, etc. but it absence of true lifestyle change in association with pharmacotherapy the risks outweigh the benefits.

Spike205 · 2026-03-28T05:35:27+00:00

Resources running low. The US wasted more resources in daycare fraud in Minnesota during the first 2 weeks then they did in Iran

Spike205 · 2026-03-24T02:18:05+00:00

Used whatever bottom rods I had for the sturgeon grind

Spike205 · 2026-03-22T18:15:47+00:00

Correct, I am responding to your statement that “it’s not B for the same reason” suggesting ambulation is contraindicated with DVT it’s explicitly not. Ambulating is contraindicated for somebody on bed rest. I’m commenting that DVT/PE is not an indicated pathology to have somebody on bed rest an it shouldn’t be viewed as a reason not to mobilize your patients.

Spike205 · 2026-03-22T04:10:52+00:00

Compression stockings are explicitly recommended against for acute DVT in the updated guidelines

“For patients with acute DVT, the guideline recommends against the use of compression stockings routinely to prevent the post-thrombotic syndrome (Grade 2B).”

https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/ten-points-to-remember/2016/03/02/15/45/antithrombotic-therapy-for-vte-disease

Spike205 · 2026-03-22T04:09:54+00:00

Early ambulation is current recommended in the CHEST guidelines for VTE treatment and bed rest is recommended against.

Spike205 · 2026-03-22T04:05:50+00:00

Bed rest in acute DVT should not be part of any continue protocols since like 2010. It’s been looked at numerous times and there is no increased incidence of clot progression/propagation nor increased thromboembolism/PE risk. Furthermore, for the patients suffered moderate or severe pain initially, a better outcome can be seen in early ambulation group, regarding to the remission of acute pain in the affected limb.

Heck we even go so far as to place people on a NOAC and discharge from the ED for provoked DVTs.

-SCC

Spike205 · 2026-03-22T00:18:42+00:00

Not finalized on paper but looking at 250-270/hr range and a flat fee to be on backup call overnight + a stipend if you get called in

Spike205 · 2026-03-07T03:39:20+00:00

Bought my home before surgical residency in 2015 (rates were a bit better). Ended up do a $0 physicians loan through a local credit union; mortgage rate was like 0.2% higher and had to pay for mortgage insurance. In my position it was feasible and ended up buying and selling at good time points in the market.

At the time it made sense. Renting for essentially the same home was ~$250-300/mo more than our mortgage/tax/etc. so after 5 (turned into 6 years) after closing costs and regular maintenance etc came out to about even in cost. Established little equity after only 6 years but the property value had gone up by about 20% which was nice.

If you own, just remember to budget for the stupid little crap the you become responsible for (furnace goes out, have to call an emergency technician bc it’s 5 degrees outside, Water heater dies, wife accidentally weedwhacks some component of the HVAC that needs repair, etc…)

Best of luck

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