RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition
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@George-K Is that pretty common to do like they make it sound?
Maybe, but anybody in their high 80's, I think that any surgery can be risky.
@taiwan_girl said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
@George-K Is that pretty common to do like they make it sound?
Maybe, but anybody in their high 80's, I think that any surgery can be risky.
I'm the wrong person to ask - bachophile would know a lot better.
But, my limited experience with this sort of thing indicates cause for concern. Add the fact that she's been undergoing chemoRx for the last 3 months...
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Biliary stents are replaced every so often. They can become blocked with sludge and cause cholangitis. So to answer your question, doing an ERCP to switch a stent is not that uncommon.
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In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.
Only non-witches get due process.
- Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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If she'd die or step down tomorrow (or in the next few weeks), could Trump replace her before the election?
@Klaus said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
If she'd die or step down tomorrow (or in the next few weeks), could Trump replace her before the election?
Short answer, yes. The word is that the short list has been selected and vetted. Since Dingy Harry changed the rules, the Murder Turtle could probably get a new Justice through in 30 days.
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If it wasn't for double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
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If it wasn't for double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
@Doctor-Phibes said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
If it wasn't for double standards, they'd have no standards at all.
Wasn't the GOP that shoved through a new set of rules, podnuh. They're just playing to win by the rules they were given.
Which is why the Senate leans (or should lean) so heavily on tradition. The Dems nuked the nomination process with Bork, refined it with Thomas and now I don't give a damn if they die of apoplexy during a rushed process.
Trump could nominate Jesus Christ, and there would be at least 40 Democrats vote against him.
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Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?
The idea that the GOP have more principles than the DEMs is very amusing and everything, but guys, nobody important cares what we write - a little honesty is in order here.
I was only joking
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Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?
The idea that the GOP have more principles than the DEMs is very amusing and everything, but guys, nobody important cares what we write - a little honesty is in order here.
@Doctor-Phibes said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?
Yes, he did. And as Jolly points out, he was playing by the rules of the Senate. The majority makes the rules.
Was it wrong? I'm of mixed thought on that.
Would it be hypocritical now? Sure.
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Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?
The idea that the GOP have more principles than the DEMs is very amusing and everything, but guys, nobody important cares what we write - a little honesty is in order here.
@Doctor-Phibes said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
nobody important cares what we write
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Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?
The idea that the GOP have more principles than the DEMs is very amusing and everything, but guys, nobody important cares what we write - a little honesty is in order here.
@Doctor-Phibes said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
Didn't Mitch McConnell refuse to countenance an Obama appointee close to the election, as it would be inappropriate?
The idea that the GOP have more principles than the DEMs is very amusing and everything, but guys, nobody important cares what we write - a little honesty is in order here.
Don't forget, Obama (a sitting President) was not running.
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Oh yeah, that makes it a completely different situation.
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Come on Jolly, just have the courage to say it was opportunistic then and it would be opportunistic now. The only principle applied was ‘because we can’.
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Shades? They're more like curtains.
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In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.
@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.But I assume a president Biden could "retaliate" by increasing the number of judges until they have a democrat majority?
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@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.But I assume a president Biden could "retaliate" by increasing the number of judges until they have a democrat majority?
@Klaus said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
@jon-nyc said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
In theory. The senate might have to change their rules.
He has to nominate and the senate has to approve. I think it's only Senate rules that would prevent that from happening in rapid succession. And the Senate is GOP controlled.But I assume a president Biden could "retaliate" by increasing the number of judges until they have a democrat majority?
Roosevelt tried that. It was met with outrage by both parties.
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@George-K I don't know the historic context, but why would that upset the Democrat party today?
@Klaus said in RBG Hospitalized for Gallbladder Condition:
@George-K I don't know the historic context, but why would that upset the Democrat party today?
Good question. I don't know.
