Paris has always claimed Michael as her biological father, but it's pretty obvious that's not the case. She was raised in that weird world of his and when her mother took her $10,000,000 divorce settlement, she sold her kidslet Michael have custody of the children. After her Michael died from "milk" overdose, his mother took custody of the children.

Sorry to hear that, but probably was best for Addy. I remember reading something about how animals live very much "in the moment". And when they are in very terrible pain/health, it is not fair to prolong things for them.

But still, it is a very tough thing to lose a pet. 😔

I think it will be interesting. Gold (I think) will go up if inflations continue to go up.

(I thought it was interesting in their charts in the website, that when you compare gold (for example) against the US stock market, they only trace back the US stock market to 2009 or so, so it looks like gold has had better returns. However, I think historic, the stock market has had better returns than gold).

@jon-nyc said in A hypothetical problem:

That’s why mobsters set up front businesses to launder cash.

That is what I was thinking!!!! LOL Sounds like a money laundry!

@jon-nyc said in VDH: "Can the FBI Be Salvaged?":

Start paying attention to Niall Ferguson.

You mean the guy who said Trump will win in 2024?

Oh, I think the House can impeach. I think it would be fun for the Senate to show him the gate.

Click on the Explore Deployments button, and flip through it.

You will wonder if all this will work as planned.

Great idea. It could be that Trump's real legacy will be a revival of domestic manufacturing.

@larry follow the thread. Some...interesting pictures.

Also: https://phisick.com/item/mr-maunders-dental-mouth-gag/

They take their damn sweet time about rolling out a new season.

But I'm ready...

@george-k said in White student begs for permission to have an opinion.:

@jolly said in White student begs for permission to have an opinion.:

The problem is that not enough people are laughing at it.

I wonder how long it'll be before Ms (can I say that?) Nelson files a lawsuit over the mockery of her "work."

Considering her major, there is a decent chance this hurt her as much as the time she was hit in the balls in little league.

@jolly said in The hammer came down yesterday.:

@axtremus said in The hammer came down yesterday.:

@jolly said in The hammer came down yesterday.:

Ok, what are your chances of getting COVID-19 from a healthcare provider in PPE and getting a life-altering disease from tainted blood? Your chances of surviving C-19 are pretty good. HIV may have more of an impact on your life style and your life span.

Oh good, now we are down to negotiating a price probabilities.

Now, Mr. I-used-to-inspect-blood-banks, what are the chances that the blood bank system let slip a pint of blood that is HIV+?

Hey, shithead, I don't question Jon's knowledge of finance, Mik's expertise in legacy hospital information systems, Aqua's power of the pen, George's knowledge of how to pass gas or LuFin's knowledge of the current piano market. I've spent 41 years in the clinical lab biz, with a three year stint in immunohematology. Shit, I'm sitting in a hospital as I type this, jaw-jacking with the lab staff...About a fourth of them used to work for me.

If I'm going to hang a unit on a patient, I want it to the best I can give them. Admittedly, COVID has thrown a monkey-wrench into things. I had a bleeder last weekend that I could not get A neg for...I told the doc to put a cork in him and we would try to get some blood out of Texas. Luckily, we did, about the time his hgb hit 7. If not, I'd already made the decision to use A POS and try to keep him alive until we could find blood or the antibodies kicked in on subsequent units and killed him. Why no O neg, you say? Solid gold, friend. We're in such a bind for the universal donor emergency stuff, we treat it like the jewel it is. Usually, when you change types to something else compatible you hang with it, but you can't hang what you ain't got.

The doc makes the final decisions, but there are times when the best advice I can give, is crappy advice. But, c'est la vie.

Now, tell me what you know about crossmatch procedures and compatible blood. I've got a family if Bombay's in the area and I'd love to hear your learned thoughts.

Well, I guess the little slant-eyed bastard doesn't know a fucking thing about running a blood bank, unit allocation, unexpected antibodies, eluates or even how to watch a button slide or shake off the bottom of a blood bank tube.

Don't spit on my porch again, asshole.

@89th said in No Wimmenz:

I never knew CrashTest was Greek.

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