Back At 'Em

OK, I am staggering to the Election Finish Line with renewed fervor! After limping around since April with a sore this and a strained that, I finally had x-rays taken in September, which culminated in my Halloween Treat of a hip replacement surgery. What's the old saying? "Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you get Democratic votes"? (I might need to Google that). In any case, the first orthopedists I spoke with said they might be able to schedule me for surgery next January, to which one of my devoted daughters replied, 'Wow, and we're not even Canadian!".

But this is America, and we can do better! And after some recuperation and rehab I will be doing better again. The doctor did not actually promise to make Tom Maguire great again, but that is the plan.

And I am sure you're curious, so yes - I did ask each doctor if I would be able to play the piano after the operation. In what I take as a tribute to the high quality of our medical educational system, none of them actually fell for that old chestnut. Nor did I collect a prize for being the Millionth Patient to attempt that joke, but hey - if every little comic foray paid off I'd be writing for David Burge or something.

 

Comments

[Eric in Boise]

Best of luck, TM. As someone who went through that procedure in '15, a couple words of advice (yeah, I know):

1) If you haven't watched the video yet, DON'T.

2) If you own a treadmill, sell it and get an elliptical instead. Your orthopedist will smile :)

[Buckeye]

TM

Best wishes on your recovery!

Really hope this eliminates the pain that has been clouding your judgment.

Maybe now you can figure out the right guy to vote for:)

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

Tom-

Best of wishes on your recovery.

[Thomas Collins]

I hope the docs make your hip great again, TM!

[GUS]

Tom!! Under RODHAMCARE, you get to keep your Doctor, and your $6,000 deductible.
Vote RODHAM!!!

[Thomas Collins]

Five Thirty Eight Hips Plus has a 99.9% chance you'll be fit as a fiddle after your surgery, and a 0.1% chance you'll be wearing a red Make America Great Again hat in January of 2017!

[Threadkiller]

MTMGA

[common man]

One last comment that I gleaned from the IBD crosstabs dive I just did. My first crosstabs dive this election.

Trump's strongest region is the Midwest. He hits his highest vote % ( 49%) and his largest margin +5 there. The four regions IBD uses are Northeast, Midwest, South and West. Not sure where they stick Pennsylvania in that slicing, but if its not in the Midwest then Michigan and Wisconsin have to be really good pick up candidate. Ohio and Indiana bumping up against Illinois should cancel out, so someplace in there is lurking a surprise.

We shall see.

[henry]

At current rates... one hip makes TM the $6 million man.

[henry]

Gmax, maybe WI? Trump here Sunday (just outside of Milwaukee)... although Trump is polling 6 point lower than Ron Johnson (Marquette Law) because of all the #NeverTrump around here.

[Porchlight]

TM, best wishes for a speedy recovery. My dad had it done and three weeks later drove from south Florida to Minnesota with zero problems.

Western medicine still great, for now.

[Porchlight]

Bill Mitchell @mitchellvii

To bring the race back to TIED, Rasmussen slashed his lead with Independents from 14 to 7 in ONE DAY. Impossible.

6:45 AM - 4 Nov 2016

Trump still +10 with the 86% certain to vote.

[Jim Eagle]

TM,

Are you having it done at HSS, in the City?

I am having the knee done around the same time frame only because he wants to wait a year from the onset of the prior infection.

[rse]

Good luck TM. I suggest bribing the doctors and nursing staff with gourmet cakes from whatever the local delicacy is. It works wonders on getting everyone to check on you promptly as they come by to say thanks for the treat.

Seriously we did that when red had her back fusion surgery and with my mom's hip replacement and it totally works wonders.

[Jim Eagle]

henry,

Reposting my last link from prior thread. You'll get a kick out of this one:)

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/11/03/entire-harvard-men-soccer-team-suspended-over-lewd-scouting-report/x4ZrXKMTCWW6YlhId10w8H/story.html?s_campaign=email_BG_TodaysHeadline&s_campaign=

[DebinNC]

"they might be able to schedule me for surgery next January"

I hope that's CT-speak for the January which begins 2 mos. from now. In my GA experience "next January" would be the one following "this January" which is 2 mos. away.

[Buckeye]

I will defer to RG's take, but my gut says the AA community knows Obama is talkin' shit about Curb Dive.

It's all about him.

[henry]

Jack, that was in the WSJ tweet stream last night. the Globe had a link to the Harvard wymyns team response.

[Beasts of England]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Tom!

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

this election season can't end soon enough.

[DebinNC]

My husband just picked up a 2-in-the-box EpiPen prescription after a recent yellow jacket sting caused problems. Pharmacist said w/o insurance the cost would have been $600 but with $45. I'd like to know the pre-Obamacare cost.

[Buckeye]

Beasts

What kind of bird did you do the water landings in? Cessna on floats or more exotic?

On the same lake where you keep Subterfuge?

[Black Hat]

99% lurker here (but you are in my "Classics' folder on Feedly with Instapundit and Ace). My hope for you is a speedy recovery.

[Buckeye]

This would be an excellent day for Curb Dive to catch that early onset rigor mortis that is going around.

[RattlerGator]

Buckeye, they know. But they (for the most part) have chosen to remain stuck in the "racial teams" vortex. If we're able to get the black vote up to 30%, American politics will never be the same!

20% is certainly attainable but 15% ends Hillary's chance to be President.

[-peter]

May your femoral problems be ephemeral

[RattlerGator]

Did the damn service just eat my reply posted from my smartphone?

[RattlerGator]

No. But I see how people get confused when trying to comment via phone.

[henry]

Deb, pre-Obamacare less than $100 for me.

[Beasts of England]

It was a Sea Rey - not sure of the model, Buckeye. Yes, my home lake!! 😎

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

Great to see Elliott on the prior thread.
Congrats to the OL family.
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http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-03/what-does-it-take-bring-hillary-clinton-justice

". DCLeaks.com, for its part, has connected Soros Open Society foundations to global funding rackets directly leading to subversion of governments and outright regime change (obviously sparing Clinton Foundation donors.)"

Yet we hear that there are still Americans who are going to vote for Hillary. Unbelievable, IMO.

[DebinNC]

Harvard men's soccer team, whose team was cancelled, appears to be ~half white and half black/hispanic.

[DebinNC]

"season" not "team"

Thanks, henry, for the price comparison stat.

[Buckeye]

". DCLeaks.com, for its part, has connected Soros Open Society foundations to global funding rackets directly leading to subversion of governments and outright regime change (obviously sparing Clinton Foundation donors.)"

Hopefully, this is the last election he screws with.

[James D]

"What does it take to bring Hillary Clinton to justice?"

A wooden stake, a gun full of silver bullets and some holy water?

[Captain Hate]

Just back from a cardiologist checkup; it seemed like I was the only person in the waiting room not needing a joint replacement. When I was talking to the medical tech, I said "this seems like a good day" she responded "maybe Clinton will go to jail". I told her she was talking my language.

Bring.It.On.

[henry]

Wi expects monster turnout. This is odd, as the Milwaukee suburbs (aka WOWW counties) expect reduced turnout (aka #NeverTrump).

[boris]

Trump should do a Harvard Soccer Team commercial.

Maybe get some famous female athletes, miss universe winners, and models to ridicule the Harvard snowflakes.

[Porchlight]

this election season can't end soon enough.

Not for me.

I love it so much.

[Porchlight]

A wooden stake, a gun full of silver bullets and some holy water?

"Embalm, cremate, bury at sea. Take no chances."
--Churchill

[DebinNC]

It would be so fitting if post-election voter analysis shows ObamaCare's price increase shock produced a Pres. Trump.

[rse]

Deb-having been drug in last two years to the recruiting programs at hotels or campuses for many of the most well known colleges and universities they all trumpet their desire now to no longer be "majority white".

My husband would have been apoplectic if his motto weren't that he only sees the campus on move-in day.

[dublindave]

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[DebinNC]

WaPo gives details re Harvard men's soccer season cancellation.

[dublindave]

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[dublindave]

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[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

Doesn't this sound like he could not have just learned it when it was reported on TV?

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/11/02/catherine-herridge-huma-abedin-legal-jeopardy-anthony-weiner-fbi-probe-hillary-clinton

"Abedin Told FBI She Notified WH Every Time Clinton Changed Emails"

[dublindave]

PLOY

[dublindave]

ment

[dublindave]

Thank you Mr.Pres

[dublindave]

ident xxxxx

[henry]

H1Bs and double counted teachers.

[henry]

Boston Globe reports MA vote fraud. we are in bearded spock world

[dublindave]

"Abedin Told FBI She Notified WH Every Time Clinton Changed Emails""Abedin Told FBI She Notified WH Every Time Clinton Changed Emails"

What faction of the F.B.I did she tell? The group who have sworn allegiance to Shweizer and the alt-rights promise to bring down Clinton at any cost or the faction who are just there to do their job.

Which faction within the FBI did she talk too?????????

I ask again....what faction within the FBI did Abedin talk too. ALT-RIGHT BREITBART FBI or just the normal folks who have sworn to uphold the law?

[Captain Hate]

Labor participation rate is lower than dumbassdave's blood alcohol level.

One of Trump's early moves should be firing all the liars from the BLS.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

Posted by: Porchlight | November 04, 2016 at 10:50 AM

I was trying to catch up on some of that reddit stuff ... yeah ... here we are.

there was some push back there on the more creepy stuff but ... yeah.

[Eric in Boise]

That's not 4.9, it's .49. You're looking at your BAC reading, champ.

[dublindave]

"Labor participation rate is lower than dumbassdave's blood alcohol level"

When you say participation...are you including 65 year olds and above plus teenagers in that group?

You are, aren't you?

[buccaneer morgan]

Best of luck, tm.

[DebinNC]

Imagine the low unemployment stats once Hillary's promised shovel-ready + clean energy jobs machine ramps up, aka Porkulus III, IV, V, VI ...

[Porchlight]

rich,

For what it's worth, the #spiritcooking stuff does seem to be rippling. Example (language alert + obviously can't confirm).

and here: https://twitter.com/aniyah_vernisha/status/794531699933659136

[Porchlight]

Photo of Trump's huge crowd in Selma, NC last night. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cwa102vUcAACOY2.jpg:large

Hillary got 1000 at hers, per this Twitterer.

[Fresh Air, deplorably]

Cap'n--

Charles Biderman (TrimTabs) has been going on for years now about how absurd the BLS surveys are. They are 30-60 days in arrears. They are often filled out by clerks. And there is a tendency for firms to rush through them just to get rid of them. They are mailed and often get lost. On top of all that, there is a massive non-return rate, so you get a skewed sample.

Biderman has been collecting and tracking realtime federal withholding amounts and sales tax receipts, which give a much more accurate and timely picture than anything the BLS "statisticians" with their 1950s methodology can produce. Apparently you can also buy Visa and Mastercard macro data, but the government is too smart to need that...

[Porchlight]

DailyCaller says per Wikileaks the Foundation doctored a memo on its HIV drug program before sending to Politifact.

http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/03/politifact-used-doctored-clinton-foundation-memo-on-its-hivaids-program/

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

Scott Adams
‏@ScottAdamsSays

Do any Clinton scandals NOT involve sperm? #SpiritCooking

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For those who have forgotten, this is the guy who created Dilbert.

[Captain Hate]

No dumbassdave, I'm not including your whore mother or the underaged girls Slick violated on Epstein Island.

[dublindave]

Come on guys.....4.9% unemployment rate is pretty damn impressive, right?

Skewed samples, labor participation yeah yeah yeah....right-wing claptrap aside President Obama has done a pretty remarkable job, right?

[henry]

Yeah Fresh Air, the BLS surveys are just one more of an unending stream of government bs we have to deal with. No penalty-- circular file.

[Cecil Turner]

In what I take as a tribute to the high quality of our medical educational system, none of them actually fell for that old chestnut.

If they'd failed to bite on a hand related surgery, I'd be more impressed. If one does fall for the ol' playing-the-piano gag relating to a hip replacement, I'd be inclined to look for another doc.

Best wishes.

[Cecil Turner]

In what I take as a tribute to the high quality of our medical educational system, none of them actually fell for that old chestnut.

If they'd failed to bite on a hand related surgery, I'd be more impressed. If one does fall for the ol' playing-the-piano gag relating to a hip replacement, I'd be inclined to look for another doc.

Best wishes.

[Cecil Turner]

In what I take as a tribute to the high quality of our medical educational system, none of them actually fell for that old chestnut.

If they'd failed to bite on a hand related surgery, I'd be more impressed. If one does fall for the ol' playing-the-piano gag relating to a hip replacement, I'd be inclined to look for another doc.

Best wishes.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

I don't know Porch seems to remind me of Geraldo Rivera chasing down satanic cults in the 1980s.

I will concede there is something weird to all this, but just for my own sanity, I'm drawing the line somewhere and backing away.

Insert Big Lebowski gif ... The Line, You Crossed It.

[Porchlight]

Have you tried the cold CHAI?

Clinton team scrambling to address WaPo question about funding to CHAI continuing after Clinton assumed SoS.

https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/46014

[dublindave]

"No dumbassdave, I'm not including your whore mother or the underaged girls Slick violated on Epstein Island"

You need to take that back right this second bud. Those girls were not under aged.

[Cecil Turner]

Wow, that's the first time that's happened to me. I blame typhuspad.

[DebinNC]

The Clintons and the BOzos will appear together Monday night in Philadelphia. Hope OH voters understand she likes PA voters more.

[Porchlight]

Yeah, rich, I'm not pursuing it either. Just pointing out that reaction is stronger (in an anti-HRC way) than I anticipated.

[Captain Hate]

Now the only thing on my to-do list is drag that dweeb David Maraniss in front of Mrs Hate and kick him in the balls until he admits that what he should have written is Curb Dive is the Ma Barker of the crime family.

[Porchlight]

Podesta didn't like Hillary congratulating herself and Bill in her statement of apology after misrepresenting the Reagans' record on HIV/AIDs.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/45661

He got overruled.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/45249

[Janet]

Big Lebowski - New Shit Has Come To Light

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

[James D]

rich @ 11:23

I think part of the reason it is spreading and making some traction is that the Clintons and their hangers-on have done (and gotten away with) so many unbelievable things for so long that it seems reasonable to believe absolutely anything they are accused of.

[Buckeye]

Philadelphia sounds ripe for that terrorist attack Monday.

Be a good day for JOMers, friends and family to visit Amish country:)

[henry]

if you can get out of town given the transit strike

[pagar, a bacon, ham and sausage supporter]

"94,609,000 Not in Labor Force; Participation Rate Drops to 62.8%"

IMO, 4.9 % is phony numbers like all leftist BS.

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/americans-not-labor-force-participation-rate-risesdrops

[buccaneer morgan]

You're assuming facts not on evidence, captain.

[Beasts of England]

DublinDave loves the increase in part time jobs!!

[Miss Marple the Deplorable]

James D.,

Maybe RG can fill me in on this further, but some guy on the Reddit site posted that he is black and that most black people do NOT like devil and spooky stuff and will NOT vote for her if she's associated with it.

There is a black gal in North Carolina who posted that she called to see if she could change her early vote (she can't) but she is calling all her friends and relatives to tell them about this.

That hash tag is now trending world-wide!

[Marlene]

TM,we lived in northern Maine for 30 years and the hospitals were always full of patients from New Brunswick. I laughed reading your daughter's joke. We wonder where the Canadians will go for health care when the U.S. has the Canadian system,God forbid.

[DebinNC]

Look where Hillary is today: Pittsburgh and Detroit. Detroit? Could Michigan actually be in play? The only surrogate in OH today is Jay Z's "Get Out the Vote Concert" in Cleveland. No Team Hillary surrogate in OH or AZ.

[Porchlight]

if you can get out of town given the transit strike

Exactly.

Even if no attack, I fear that Dems will try to extend voting there because of the strike.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

thanks for that Janet.

[Dave (in MA)]

Let's hope the T-Mag hip replacement goes better than my father's.

[Marlene]

I had a pedicure this morning and overheard a woman in another part of the salon saying in a very loud voice,I hate that woman! My ears perked up and I realized she was talking about Hillary. Heh.

[Dave (in MA)]

DuDa's BAC measures the percentage of blood in his alcohol stream.

[Janet]

It is dabbling with the occult.

They probably think it is "artsy" or something, but it is the occult.

Behold Dems - selling baby eyes & participating in spirit cooking.

Dem organizations attack all of our Judeo-Christian heritage & then fight FOR debauchery, the occult, & hacking up babies.

[the generalisticly deplorable rich]

Posted by: James D | November 04, 2016 at 11:37 AM

... I just don't know what to say. Fortune is a woman?