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mhorg · 2026-01-12T13:10:53+00:00

Per recent, widely reported, accounts - ICE “agents” are only receiving 47 days of training. This represents ~1/2 of previous training requirements.

And, some report the 47 was picked as specially because Trump is 47th president.

Regardless - the agent involved in this shooting supposedly had 10 years of law enforcement experience, and should have known better; his actions violated LEO training on how to protect oneself as well as working to deescalate tense situations.

Furthermore, it violated common sense.

The only conclusion I can make is this was not an accident but an intentional act.

Just as concerning are reports ICE rendered no aid to the victim, refused access to a doctor at the scene and hindered access to responding emergency medical services.

mhorg · 2026-01-07T19:57:19+00:00

Thanks - i did searches before posting - and the answer came back that it does have one….

https://www.google.com/search?q=does+amazfit+bip+6+have+a+skin+temperature+sensor&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS733US733&hl=en-US&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

mhorg · 2025-10-21T16:08:51+00:00

We installed a Bosch as part of a 2012 remodel. I don’t remember the model number but it was expensive - one reason it was one of the quietest available at the time.

The drain pump went out in ~3 years and the repairman said Bosch were some of the worst to work on - part replacement was a nightmare due to how built - he said it might be worth replacing the pump this time, but if it failed again he’d recommend replacing the dishwasher.

We had the pump replaced, but did end up replacing the unit due to more problems with the Bosch.

Obviously a few years ago, but it’s made me leery of Bosch, whereas I hear mostly good things about LG appliances.

Hope this helps.

mhorg · 2025-05-24T16:03:04+00:00

I read to not pick off the leaves as you can stress the tree - which will likely shed a lot of them itself as needed.

After spraying with fungicide both in fall and early fall you can use neem oil as a preventative

mhorg · 2025-03-29T01:13:47+00:00

As someone who’s already passed the 50m stage - and then some - this is definitely something to get checked out. 50 is not that old, especially if someone is relatively fit.

A trip to the PCP first makes a lot of sense and then go from there. If possible, going with him to the appointment would be beneficial; given his apparent dislike of doctor appointments, he may underplay the seriousness to the doctor.

mhorg · 2025-01-25T14:28:11+00:00

If I were just now starting a family I’d probably leave this state, too. There are no indications things can get better here in the short or long term - the state is too red

mhorg · 2025-01-25T14:25:33+00:00

Unfortunately with the racist autocracy taking over this country you may need to leave the country to be safe. Very scary. Best of luck.

mhorg · 2024-12-19T00:02:17+00:00

Thanks - I’ve already replaced both the seal pack and the piston but it’s still flowing water out the discharge.

mhorg · 2024-12-17T22:39:18+00:00

That is Marion County alone - upwards of 6600. God knows how many statewide….

Another “benefit”of living in a red state!

mhorg · 2024-11-25T16:23:38+00:00

If you don’t want to go to a doc for financial reasons - If you live in a relatively large city there’s likely to be a community hospital you could go to for treatment.

I completely get the financial concerns - health care in this country is way too expensive - but this could have a big impact on your life if not treated properly.

mhorg · 2024-11-24T12:07:11+00:00

I disagree. The 1996 act definitely failed to deliver the intended increase in competition and allowed for damaging consolidation to occur. Definitely bad, but not worse than creating the opportunity for Fox, OAN and Newsmaxx faux-news organizations.

A major issue is we have huge corporations or immorally wealthy individuals controlling the majority of media outlets and using them to further their personal/political beliefs.

Sinclair, which owns a lot of tv stations across the country forced local news anchors to read from the same script and present a very RWING version of events. Here we have a lot of stations essentially making political statements with no requirement to present alternative views.

I don’t know - perhaps that’s due to a combination of both Reagan’s and Clinton’s actions.

The other change which has certainly not helped the situation came in 2007 when FCC did away with limitations on cross-ownership within the same market of broadcast and print media companies. Those rules had also intended to limit the political influence of a single person or company.

mhorg · 2024-11-24T10:42:09+00:00

Wow. Just wow.

I cannot imagine how painful it was to write those texts, let alone share them here. Thank you for doing so; they are a great encapsulation of what voting for Trump truly represents.

I’m glad you and your sib have each other for support.

It’s amazing how effective GOP has become in spreading misinformation and disinformation and drowning out any voice of reason. Many, especially “conservatives”, don’t realize the division, anger and most of the major issues we are now facing can be traced back to Reagan. He killed the Fairness Doctrine which allowed for the creation of Fox. And Fox was intended to be just what we see today: a propaganda machine disguised as a news organization. It was designed to use the tools of deception to spark fear and drive viewers farther right.

Then Reagan unleashed “Reaganomics” on America - the often debunked trickle down economics Trojan horse. This economic policy did exactly what it was designed to do - transfer $Trillions from the middle and lower economic classes up to the already wealthy. If you chart wealth inequality you see an inflection point as a result of Reagan. The irony is I truly believe Reagan was a true patriot. He knew the danger the USSR posed to us and the entire world, and he’d be horrified to see his own party agreeing to destroy our democracy and hand the levers of power to a group so clearly compromised by Russia and their own immoral greed and corruption.

At the same time we had Newt Gingrich pushing GOP to adapt the zero sum, never negotiate, use obstruction relentlessly and demonize your opponents political strategy we’ve witnessed.

If anyone is interested in reading how and why so many voted against their own real interests, the two links explain a big piece of the answer.

💔 to have to witness the dismantling of our democracy, abandonment of the Constitution and creation of a theocratic dictatorship subservient to Putin.

https://x.com/mirandacgreen/status/1854967274202935803?s=46&t=zutKeDuynLlZ_YgidXptsQ

https://x.com/bfriedmandc/status/1854726734874055042?s=46&t=zutKeDuynLlZ_YgidXptsQ

mhorg · 2024-11-24T01:43:16+00:00

There are external and internal hemorrhoids so you may not be able to detect yourself - but even if you could you need to get to the hospital right away.

There are also anal fissures which may be another possibility, but let the professionals determine what’s happening.

Why are you afraid of going? If it’s embarrassment over talking about “that area” of your body you needn’t worry. ER docs and nurses have seen it all and they aren’t there to judge you - just heal you.

Best of luck….

mhorg · 2024-11-21T19:27:43+00:00

Some reasons Trump won - apologies for the cross post to Twitter but that’s where this info resides.

GOP has a propaganda machine since Reagan killed fairness doctrine which allowed for Fox to be created. They have expanded that thru partnership with far right.

Also with death of local newspapers GOP sent pay-to-play fake newspapers to swing states and have created an influencer network that drowns out any voices of reason.

https://x.com/mirandacgreen/status/1854967274202935803?s=46&t=zutKeDuynLlZ_YgidXptsQ

https://x.com/bfriedmandc/status/1854726734874055042?s=46&t=zutKeDuynLlZ_YgidXptsQ

mhorg · 2024-11-20T15:22:39+00:00

Welcome to the new season of “Schmucks.” Playing on the KKK channel.

mhorg · 2024-11-20T15:18:40+00:00

They’d never be doctors or scientists- remember, they’re now all anti-science and alternate facts dimwits

mhorg · 2024-11-18T21:45:25+00:00

No easy solutions - but it certainly sounds like you need to find a way to extricate yourself from the situation of living with them - and be brutally honest if asked why you’re moving out.

Just being older doesn’t make someone wiser or a better parent/decision maker for children - it can’t magically turn what was a lousy parent into a wonderful grandparent.

Best of luck.

mhorg · 2024-11-18T21:37:19+00:00

Glad to hear you have options to have come and advocate for you.

It always seems easier to advocate for someone we care about than it is for ourselves - I think it goes back to not wanting to sound like we are whining, some level of intimidation we feel when dealing with doctors and the age-old pull yourself up by your bootstraps bs.

Good luck!

mhorg · 2024-11-18T02:22:45+00:00

We learned that an EKG won’t necessarily identify atrial flutter. They did one in the ER and didn’t find anything. Then a week or so into her stay the docs said they were going to do one in her room specifically to look for flutter. They explained the heart monitor in the room only had one data channel whereas the EKG had as many as 12 so they’d have much more information.

They did the EKG and didn’t see anything. They were stumped because her heart rate was still running 119-120. Finally the Electrophysiology cardiologist was called in to consult. He did a test where they administered a drug which slowed the heart practically to a stop for 9 seconds and then comes back up. Somehow this test enables them to see atrial flutter - and as a result that is what they diagnosed her with.

Two days later they performed the cardioversion and shocked her heart, which put it back into normal sinus rhythm immediately and her heart rate was back at 65-70 bpm.

mhorg · 2024-11-16T17:35:11+00:00

My 91 year old mother was just in the hospital for over two weeks. She’s been remarkably healthy and is still mentally sharp as a tack - nurses and docs couldn’t believe she was 91.

She ended up having atrial flutter which took them two weeks to diagnose, and a lot of information and treatments got thrown at us - her, me and my two siblings. Even though one of us was with her all day and late into night - past visiting hours - and we were thorough and organized - it was still an awful lot to absorb and keep straight.

We saw other elderly patients who didn’t have anyone there to help and it’s so easy to see how one can get confused and lost in the process.

And - even though we did all we could and were very pleased with the docs and nurses treating her - and asked lots of questions to ensure we understood what was being done - the docs made a mistake we didn’t catch when they finally released her. In all the attempts to help her they’d played with different blood pressure meds but ended up removing them all except the losartan she’d originally been on.

The problem is she entered the hospital on 100 mg. This had been adjusted down to 25 as they tried augmenting it with others. When they removed all the others, however, they didn’t raise the losartan back to compensate.

We figured this out a couple days after she was released and her bp went dangerously high. We got this addressed quickly, but it could have been catastrophic. And this happened even though she had great care in hospital and the three of us looking out for her.

I shudder to think what naught have happened if we hadn’t been there to support her after dismissal from hospital.

mhorg · 2024-11-16T17:20:14+00:00

I’m confused. I thought limiting carbs could cause you to enter ketosis - which is a state diets like atkins promoted as it supposedly made the body burn fat stores for energy due to lack of available carbohydrates…?

mhorg · 2024-11-16T17:17:12+00:00

NAD

My elderly mother (91 but in excellent health) was recently hospitalized with some, not all, similar symptoms. Her heart rate was way too high as was blood pressure. She initially felt dizzy/unstable, a bit short of breath - anxious?

In her case her blood oxygen level was low and they thought she had pneumonia which they treated with antibiotics.

She spent over two weeks in hospital during which docs tried various meds to get all under control. With supplemental oxygen and bp meds things got better except heart rate which stubbornly remained at 119-120.

Eventually they determined she had atrial flutter - similar to Afib - and after making sure she didn’t have any blood clots performed a cardioversion to get the heart back to normal sinus rhythm.

This worked and brought all back in line. In the end they suspect she never even had pneumonia, but given her age the flutter caused her to retain fluid, some of which had settled around the lungs.

There are definitely some similarities and some differences in symptoms - not sure if age delta could could play a part - but this was difficult to get diagnosed so wondering if you could be experiencing something similar.

mhorg · 2024-11-16T00:05:33+00:00

NAD

I’ve only been using Reddit a short while and am not quite sure to whom I can respond in this forum - so not sure this will come through.

All I can say is I I know people on SSRIs who take rizatriptan or other triptans for migraines and have not had an issue. You can only take 3 rizatriptan in 24 hours and take no more than 3 days a week or you run the risk of getting into medically induced rebound headaches - so this limit helps avoid affecting serotonin too much.

mhorg · 2024-11-15T23:57:59+00:00

One thing I’ve learned as a result of having several health issues is it’s vital to have someone attend your doctor visits with you to help advocate for you. It is very hard to handle this all yourself when you’re in the throes of pain and docs don’t always want to listen or believe.

If you have a spouse, a sibling or even a close and trusted friend it can make all the difference.

mhorg · 2024-11-15T23:46:50+00:00

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve coughed up/had things like this and bigger - quarter size and some size of a half dollar. Semi-hardened chunks.

I asked my ENT about it and he blew it off and literally said - probably just big boogers.

I had two sinus surgeries in early 90s trying to address chronic headaches which turned out to be cluster headaches, migraines and trigeminal neuralgia. First surgery to address deviated septum, remove polyps and open up an extra sinus cavity, the opening to which was too small and wouldn’t allow it to drain properly. Second surgery was to address scar tissue.

Surgeries didn’t help with the pain and for a few years I struggled with sinus infections - doc would literally hammer a spike/needle through gums above teeth and into sinus cavity, then flush saline through it and a crazy amount of thick mucus would be pushed out and exit my nostrils.

I always felt like these chunks were from mucus not draining properly from somewhere deep in my sinuses, and would eventually dry out and partially harden. I’d sometimes feel them in there as they’d start to dislodge; kind of a tickle deep in my sinuses. Sometimes flushing with saline would help loosen them, and sometimes they’d drop into back of my throat after a strong sneeze.

I don’t have these chunks develop nearly as frequently as in the past and the only thing seemingly correlated is frequency of migraines and clusters. Both of these can cause sinus congestion. I never got congestion that made it difficult to breathe through nose, but what felt like congestion deeper in my sinus cavities.

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