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From the medical front, very bullish news that may connect to youth unemployment in Europe:

First results from human young blood rejuvenation trial expected

Dracula was on to something. The idea that blood from the young can rejuvenate an ageing human body might not be too far from the truth – but no biting is required.

Next year we’ll see the first results from a trial that has given young blood to people with mild to moderate Alzheimer’s in the hope that it will improve their symptoms.

There’s good reason to think it will. Years of animal experiments have shown that an infusion of young blood in older mice can improve their cognition, physical endurance and the health of several organs. It even makes them look younger.

OK, wow. But enough Holiday cheer.

I understand that not everyone here is Irish, so the ability to quickly segue to "How badly will this go wrong?" may not come as easily. In other words, yes, I am really pessimistic about the low level of pessimism here...

So just to help any sci-fi writers out there, suppose the medical benefits of this under-30 blood in over-80 veins are real, but also much more powerful with blood relations. Ahh, well! We are either talking about grandkids or the offspring of frisky old goats defying the emerging medical CW. My guess is that, in either case, new sets of societal strains would emerge.

OK, maybe not that new a societal strain - in most of the world children have always been the primary source of retirement support for the elderly. But taking the blood of the grandkids?

What will childless couples do, pester their nieces and nephews for more quality time with their offspring? And could a parent's timeless conversational gambit - "We're not getting any younger, when might we expect some grandkids?" - get any more fraught? Maybe!

The future is coming at us like a freight train.

I DEPLORE THESE GRATUITOUS CHEAP SHOT: Sure, if this works Hillary will be the first to find out, but that means the rest of us benefit from upgraded governance right? Right?!? Waddya mean, 'more BS faster'?

 

Comments

[Lazybusy]

Good morning.

[henry]

Last health thing I saw had the youth racking up STDs at an alarming rate. I'll pass on their blood.

[matt]

So what will reverse the atrophy in Democrats minds?

[new lurker]

I have passed on people with AIDS' blood for years preferring to depend on friends if I need a blood transfusion. Thankfully, I have not needed one.

[clarice]

Blood suckers, indeed. Does Sumner Redstone have grandchildren?

[daddy]

'more BS faster'
I think TM's suggesting that Hillary got a blood transfusion from her grandkid during the Debate break Saturday night. Look how fast she struts back in.

[peter]

We got Obama's pterydactyl arm swing stair climbing, now the hag has the big arm swing saunter.

[Keith Richards]

Good topic TM. Thanks.

[Thomas Collins]

My nomination for theme song for this thread.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM5Nq9D1TFU

[pagar a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

" and the Obama administration last week conveyed the Iranian anger to American lawmakers."

Has the Obama regime registered as Iranian lobbyists?

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/obama-admin-congressional-crackdown-on-terror-will-violate-iran-deal/

I support anything that will violate the Iran Farce.

[Buckeye]

Buckeye Jr. spent the first 3 months of his life in the NICU in the early 80s. He had a surgery and a couple other reasons to require transfusions. This was before HIV/AIDS screening of the blood supply.

Damn terrifying when you get a call from a doctor telling you that they want to test your toddler for HIV because of the potential for having been infected.

Quite a few sleepless nights until the results came back negative.

[daddy]

Rush in Hour 3 taking aim at Jeb's comment that he feels comfortable not being the front runner.

Not verbatim Rush: Obviously in the Jeb camp they are still holding out hope that this race hasn't really even begun yet. They think voters will start to think more seriously as Iowa gets nearer and they'll quit being foolish and suddenly realize that Jeb is the guy they'll decide is the guy who can win.

Without actually saying Team Jeb is delusional Rush is saying Team Jeb is delusional.

[daddy]

"Take 3 pints of Grandkid and call me in the morning."

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Another must read from Wretchard; Washington DC as Tammany Hall.
As usual it is also worth reading Subotai Bahadur's comments.

[clarice]

I don't know about you, but I'm ordering some neat stuff from Tiffany's for the wolverine this very minute,

[daddy]

Rush now doing a good segment hammering the News Media for refusing to seriously go after Hillary for lying about ISIS video ads based on Trump.

That reminds me of this clip I suffered thru earlier of Scarborough trying to get Katrina Van Der Heuval to have the guts to say Yes or No, whether she agrees with Trump that there is no evidence that Putin killed Journalists.

Scarborough Interview With Nation Editor Derails: ‘You’re Actually Defending Putin!’

I would recommend watching it, but only if you want to cut a vein and bleed out a couple pints, in order to be empty to receive a Peter Pan transfusion later in the day.

[Buckeye]

cross posted from last thread....

It is hard understanding Lindsey having any supporters unless they are old patrons of the family saloon.

But much more difficult to understand is the continuing flood of money paying for the ads pushing JEB.

He hasn't moved the needle in weeks. That dog ain't gonna hunt. WTF are his supporters thinking?

Don't like Cubans? Gotta have a blue blood?

[Buckeye]

clarice

I must be clueless, but buying for a 28 year old daughter is painfully impossible.

[daddy]

Clarice,

It's not from Tiffany's, but in light of TM's post this might make a nice JOM stocking stuffer:)

[FTL]

I have seen it hypothesized that the ad slots were purchased up front with campaign donations collected before the campaign hit the iceberg.

It makes perfect sense if the people running the campaign financially benefit from whatever media operation is paid to handle the ads.

If so, then political campaigns really are little more than organized crime.

"Down in the polls? F.U. Pay me!"

[Old Lurker]

"I must be clueless, but buying for a 28 year old daughter is painfully impossible."

Good heavens Buckeye. THAT has never been a problem with the Young Lurkers. Something from Apple is always a last minute stop for me.

[NK]

Apple stuff! that is the stocking stuffer for my daughter! Thanks OL.

[Buckeye]

"Down in the polls? F.U. Pay me!"

I think you are probably right FTL

[MarkO]

Three letters: HGH

[daddy]

How come The Weekly Standard continues to refuse to allow comments?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

How come Zerohedge continues to allow them?

[James D.]

MarkO. @ 3:42

Was that a suggestion to Buckeye for a gift for his 28 year old daughter? Seems an odd idea, but what do I know?

[daddy]

Steve Forbes disagrees with Rush and with me about this Budget Deal. He says that postponing the ObamaCare Cadillac Tax is great for Repubs.

I think he's crazy.

[DrJ]

daddy,

As far as I can tell, the only upside with delaying the Obamacare Cadillac and Medical Device taxes are that these both are necessary to fund Obamacare. Slowly many of the financial legs are being cut off.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I think Mark was suggesting an alternative to inviting the neighborhood kids over for a blood transfusion.

[daddy]

Via Miss Marple 2 threads back: Climate change shock: Burning fossil fuels 'COOLS planet', says NASA

That's a croc:)

[Old Lurker]

But DrJ, when deficit spending does not seem to matter to either party, helping fund O'care or not is of little value.

Now having the Cadillac Tax land with both feet on the unions would have had great educational value, seems to me. The Medical Device Tax too is educational, just not with the smart bomb accuracy of the Cadillac Tax.

So those delays are in the D column as far as I am concerned. I think R's got skunked big time. Probably a 150 : 0 rout by the winner's own tally. (Being allowed to export $34 oil is of questionable near term utility, sorry Ryan...)

[daddy]

Still way behind but with a question about Lakeisha Holloway, the Black murderous driver in last nights Las Vegas Massacre.

I still can find almost nothing about her, and her story is getting very minimal coverage when I can get the TV remote control back from my daughters. I did see that Terrorism, which was ruled out last night, is no longer ruled out.

Any info you guys know about that I haven't got to yet?
My guess is that if this "crisis" allowed an avenue for SJW's to make racial/political headway, it wouldn't be going to waste.

[DrJ]

OL, I agree with you, but what I pointed out were the only upsides I could see. It is pretty thin gruel.

[Jack is Back!(and On Alert)!]

And this is why my son will soon be famous: Artificial blood.

At the beginning of the school year, he had to register a "passion project" that he would research, write about and then present it to the whole class in January.

He chose "Advancing the Research to Reality: Artificial Blood and Eliminating Qualifications". No worries about HIV or STD or hepititas etc. His blood will be pure and full of good things like oxygen and made with water from St. Augustine.

The only issue at this time is whether I am prepared to give up a well functioning blender so he modify as a centrifuge:)

[Threadkiller]

The last black chick crazy driver, with a kid in the car, story didn't make headlines so much either, daddy.

Even after DC Police swiss cheesed her.

[Jack is Back!(and On Alert)!]

... so he can modify it....

[daddy]

Thanks DrJ and OL. Good points both.

I come down on the side of letting the public experience the consequences of this terrible legislation instead of continually shielding them from it, but decent to hear an alternative argument.

[Old Lurker]

Preaching to the choir I know, DrJ.

[Dave (in MA)]

Lakeisha:

Will Carr ✔ @WillCarrFNC
Sheriff: not comfortable disclosing what driver said about why she crashed into so many people on Las Vegas Strip #FoxNews
1:21 PM - 21 Dec 2015
125 125 Retweets 44 44 likes

[Old Lurker]

Daddy, I know they always talk about the impact of the Cadillac Tax on union workers. I wonder why they never mention how many K Street law firms and lobbying firms also benefit from those gold plated policies?

Cowinkydink?

[Old Lurker]

Dave, was he being careful because she said "Because of Ruby Ridge" maybe?

Just wondering.

[pagar a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

More on the car driver: https://www.facebook.com/BreakingObama/?fref=nf

[Threadkiller]

http://m.lasvegassun.com/news/2015/dec/21/why-motive-sought-after-pedestrians-mowed-down-alo/

[daddy]

If you think Hillary Clinton's getting younger now, just you wait:

Chelsea Clinton Has Another Baby on the Way

[Miss Marple 2]

Not content with backing the loser, Jeb, T. Boone Pickens now wants a BI-PARTSAN panel to screen potential presidential candidates. Because Trump.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/12/t-boone-pickens-screen-presidential-candidates-217043#ixzz3uzSkQC4N

[NK]

I thought in Omen, Damien was an only child.

[Jeff Dobbs]

So I'm building a sled launch hill for the kids. Tough going, the snow here is so light and dry, but the hill is now five feet tall. Gotta drag out a hose to wet it down so it will freeze solid.

Ok, break over. Gotta get back out there.

[Old Lurker]

"T. Boone Pickens now wants a BI-PARTISAN panel to screen potential presidential candidates."

Because the Founders made such a big deal about their being political parties - let's say TWO of them for grins - in the constitutional system we have had, and which made him rich.

A*hole... Go read a book.

[Old Lurker]

Jeff. You have better Homeowners' Insurance than I do.

[Buckeye]

"Lakeisha:

Will Carr ✔ @WillCarrFNC
Sheriff: not comfortable disclosing what driver said about why she crashed into so many people on Las Vegas Strip #FoxNews
1:21 PM - 21 Dec 2015
125 125 Retweets 44 44 likes"

I figured she was simply pissed off because her EBT card was rejected at Walmart.

[Beasts of England]

I bought my girls presents from Tiffany each Christmas for many years. This year it's cash and promises for a couple of Father/Daughter concert trips during the upcoming year.

I can handle Adele, Widespread Panic, and the occasional festival, but the younger daughter has already put in the request for - wait for it - Justin Beiber!

Hahahaha! Can't wait!!

[daddy]

Pagar's link above indicates Lakeisha is a recent convert to the Religion O' Peace.

I'm not yet buying that, as it may be a prank/hoax website, since I've never seen or heard of it before.

Guess we'll have to wait and see, but I am surprised that @18 hours now after the incident I haven't yet seen her next door neighbors from back in Oregon on the tube discussing her and the baby.

[Buckeye]

"Guess we'll have to wait and see, but I am surprised that @18 hours now after the incident I haven't yet seen her next door neighbors from back in Oregon on the tube discussing her and the baby."

If she was a white male redneck driving over people entering Planned Parenthood, it would be all over the news 24/7.

[daddy]

I thought in Omen, Damien was an only child.

:)

[clarice]

well , beasts, smart ticket if you're planning on blood contributions in return.

[clarice]

daddy--there's a lot of B.S. about her being Somali and saying Allahu Akbar when she did it, but she seems to be a very troubled born in america gal with no political ties I can see that I trust.

[Beasts of England]

It's Christmastime, so I'll self-censor my comment about Lakeisha. Prayers for the victims of this senseless violence. Dang.

[Threadkiller]

When the Cliven Bundy "supporters" shot up Vegas, the connections were made in record time.

[daddy]

Thanks for the Lakeisha updates guys. I'm always interested in The dog that didn't bark The crisis that did waste.

[buccaneer morgan]

They still haven't run that is tape that shows razorback, zaphod and w.

[daddy]

Speaking of which, from the lack of Media coverage I'd say Rahm has weathered the BLM storm.

[Dave (in MA)]

I'm going to guess based on the Sheriff's reluctance to disclose her comments that it was either an aloha snackbar or blm scenario.

[jimmyk]

I thought in Omen, Damien was an only child.

I had a similar reaction, though was thinking about this:

[Dave (in MA)]

.
h.t. Stephanie

[NK]

jimmyK-- you are a slave to the UWS!

[buccaneer morgan]

He had a cousin, Mark who died of an aneurism, clearing the last obstacle to the thorn fortune.

[MaryD]

clarice @ 3;18: I couldn't understand why you dropped the comment about shopping/wolverine/tiffanys into the thread until I remembered the subject of TM's post! LOL

[Dave (in MA)]

Howie Carr texter points out that Miss Lindsey was looking at the prospect of being at the kiddie table in the upcoming debate in his home state.

[jimmyk]

the upcoming debate

You mean there's another one!? Please, make it stop.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

From daddy on previous thread. Who picks up his 3 supporters? 😂😂. I just wanted to use my fav emojis

[Miss Marple 2]

Juan is comparing terrorism to accidental deaths.

Greg points out that bathtubs don't try to blow up buildings.

(To this I would add that it's possible to prevent a lot of accidents by being CAREFUL, like don't run the hair dryer while you're in the bathtub, look both ways before crossing, don't leave candles burning when you go to sleep, etc.)

Terrorism is violence without warning, with an intent to kill people.

Juan also makes his lame point that the terrorists don't have the technology to do a large-scale attack, yet. Greg says "YET" and points out that the sarin gas attack on the Japanese subway was 20 years ago, so they could easily have the ability to do so.

[pagar a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

WE have lost more: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2015/12/21/six-u-s-troops-killed-in-taliban-motorcycle-bombing

Plus

"The State Department today confirmed the murder of an American woman, Lisa Akbari, on Sunday in Kabul."

It just goes on and on.

[Texas Liberty Gal]

In retrospect I should have usedf 3 emojis. One for each Lindsey supporter.

[MaryD]

Beasts, look at it this way: attending a Justiin Bieber concert has got to be worth a plenary indulgence at least! So go forth and sin all ya' want! In the spirit of Christmas, of course! :-)

[Threadkiller]

In retrospect I should have usedf 3 emojis...

[Thomas Collins]

As Belichick would say, BOE, study film to prepare.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfSX_UxmK34

In the first clip, notice how girly boy Bieber, after going into his vehicle, comes out and acts all tough with all his musclemen around him. Well, I guess to keep the peace with your daughters, it's probably better not to point that out.

[MarkO]

A decade ago I had an adventuresome doctor who found that HGH seemed to clear his mind like "windshield wipers" on a car might. You know, just remove the clutter.

I tried it. While I took it I could remember everything quickly and accurately. It wasn't as if my memory was really fading, it was just that I could recall the B side to the record "Little Darlin'" without so much as a squint.

As I sit here, I know the B side was "Land of Beauty," but it might take some effort to pick it up.

Anyway, our medical betters put the breaks on HGH, in part because jocks were juicing with it and doctors were being audited for prescribing it.

Drinking the blood of young virgins (like Louis Jourdan as Count Dracula in the best of its ilk, the PBS version) seems a bit tiresome, it might bring back HGH as a saner version of anti-aging medicine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_w3acFydk4

Further, affiant sayeth naught.

[Threadkiller]

Juan also makes his lame point that the terrorists don't have the technology to do a large-scale attack

Box cutters on passenger jets is pretty high tech.

[daddy]

"the upcoming debate"

You mean there's another one!? Please, make it stop.

14 January, JimmyK.

Be there or be square!

[Thomas Collins]

As you know, MarkO, I stay away from that type of stuff and use exercise in a three piece, beef chili nachos and adult beverages to clear my mind. Well, it doesn't really clear my mind, but it does entertain my friends and leaves me mellow!

[Threadkiller]

WTF at 5:38?

The pic changed.

???

[Threadkiller]

The link to the image:

http://images.clipartof.com/thumbnails/1066390-Clipart-Hear-No-Speak-No-And-See-No-Evil-Emoticons-Royalty-Free-Vector-Illustration.jpg

[MarkO]

I love me some mellow TC.

Next time, I'll slip some HGH in your drink and we'll play Jeopardy.

[Dave (in MA)]

Somebody no likey hot linky.

[MarkO]

You really should watch that clip. It's almost naughty.

[Thomas Collins]

It's still Bieber in my link, TK. Google Justin Bieber Worst Moments YouTube and it should come up.

By the way, TK, did you know that the balls were tested in the Pats-Titans game? The NFL stated it was part of the new random ball testing program.

[Dave (in MA)]

Cahslre Snojhon used to rig up his site so that hotlinking his images would appear as pR0n on the offender's page.

[daddy]

six-u-s-troops-killed-in-taliban-motorcycle-bombing

From the White House:

"We remain...Fore!...committed to supporting the Afghan people...go left, go left, go left...and their government...dammit all. 'Zo did you see that sucker tail away right...just as we will not...give me another ball, quick...relent in our mission to...steady, steady...counter the...thwack...threat of terrorism...sunuvabitch, it's tailing right again too...that uhhh plagues the region...sunivabitch...tee up another one."

[Thomas Collins]

I'm still getting Bieber. What is everyone else getting?

[Threadkiller]

My 5:38, not yours, TC.

Dave, what did I screw up?

Copyright protection??

[daddy]

I think daffy and fun Jo Ling Kent,
sitting in for the regular host on FOX Business, is cuter than Miss Columbia, Miss Philippines, and Miss USA all put together.

There. I said it.

[Threadkiller]

Good to hear about the ball testing, TC. No "balloons?"

[CR]

I think is the local NBC news affiliate:

NBC KSNV News 3 ‏@News3LV
#BREAKING Strip suspect to police: "I am hurting, and I want others to feel my pain!" Coverage on News 3 Live @ 3

[jimmyk]

Terrorism is violence without warning, with an intent to kill people.

With a political purpose (to rule out the mentally ill Adam Lanza and Robert Lewis Dear types).

[Threadkiller]

#BlackjackLivesMatter

[Beasts of England]

I'm not getting any Beiber. Or cowbell.

[Marlene]

On topic and sad...hubby has a family of seven cousins who have the Factor V blood disorder and one of the cousins is currently seriously ill. One of these times on an open thread,I'll tell the story of how the disease affected not only his cousin's family,but hubby's family. Too sad for Christmas week.

[Beasts of England]

lol, TK!!

[Dave (in MA)]

TK, some sites don't allow anyone to link images hosted on their site. There's usually no way to tell until it doesn't work. Sometimes the person who uses it in a post still sees it because it's in their browser cache from when they visited the site that hosts the pic, but everybody else can't see it.