June 8, 2018 6:30 AM
Morning Reads for Friday, June 8, 2018
- I thought this was evidence that someone had been spying on my family.
- And nobody wears a helmet.
- Hikes for the rest of us.
- Roadtrip!
- Mean Girls, the Musical. (Yes, there’s a Georgia connection.)
- I mean, it’s pretty. But I’m quite partial to Augusta National GC.
- How many more kids fall through the cracks?
- Everything else is awful. Nope, not that. Nope. Nope. Way Nope.
- Pass the popcorn.
- Print ‘em if you got ‘em.
- 10 things. Or something.
- What could go wrong?
- One of these is not like the other.
- He’s not dead yet, he’s feeling better.
- Hotel California, but for realz.
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Another high profile suicide. Seemingly hugely successful. What’s going on??
https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/08/us/anthony-bourdain-obit/index.html
However you might measure “success” doesn’t in reality correlate with suicide.
Another One..
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/06/08/anthony-bourdain-cnn-host-and-celebrity-chef-dead-at-61.html
G6 + Trump = 0
And on that theme I give you this:
It’s important for people to know that 54% of people that committed suicide did not have a known mental health issue. Please talk with family and friends during hard times. You may not think that a loved one would ever go that far, but why risk it.
https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/suicide/
Thank you for that Eiger.
If I may add, below is a resource for both the person in distress and their friends and family:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Call 1-800-273-8255
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
During hard times, during any times, because you never know what someone else is going through if you’re not in touch. If you haven’t heard from a friend or a loved one in a while, give a call.
That is certainly true but that stat would overlook populations who likely have some mental health problem but refuse to seek help for whatever reasons.
I’ll be perfectly honest, the mental heath field is the last area of medicine that is being drug out of the dark ages. Two generations ago lobotomies were still given for mild causes of bipolar disorder/manic depression. The use of spiritual healing is still a standard practice for addiction problems but it is called 12-step.
It’s a frontier area of medicine. With newer therapies and medications things will continue to get better.
Boy, that “ten Paradoxes” story sounds a lot like someone trying hard to be controversial and/or relevant.
Any thoughts on this new Cagle secret recording scandal will play out?
Considering that we live in a world where the person occupying the presidency has told (and continues to tell) demonstrable and provable lies with zero consequences, I’m guessing nothing happens to Cagle.
I don’t understand how Cagle supporting a bill supposedly prevents Hunter Hill from getting a big contribution?
Passing the bill Hunter’s single issue supporter(s) wanted passed (even if it’s a poorly crafted bill that folks will regret or need changed later) means supporters have no need to give Hunter’s PAC the funds to get what they want, since Cagle gave it to them for free.
That would be pretty esoteric.
Presumably they wouldn’t donate if the bill failed, so why didn’t he fail the bill?
In passing the bill, Cagle would had to somehow make it known (to the Walton Family Foundation) that Hunter Hill had nothing to do with it’s passing and he did? Usually those donors don’t give a damn about how their pet bill gets passed as long as it passes.
It just seems weird.
“I think I’m very well prepared. I don’t think I have to prepare very much. It’s about attitude.” — Donald Trump on meeting with North Korea.
He’s right too. Trump’s preparation consists of staff assuring him he’s a foreign policy genius that can bullshit and bluster his way to personal success. Trump’s meeting concedes US recognition of North Korea as a nuclear peer. All that North Korea need do to make the dotard happy in return is to allow him a little latitude to project a little attitude.
I can’t tell you how exhausting it is to have to worry about this every time some one wants to mess with covering pre-existing conditions.
https://www.axios.com/trump-justice-threat-affordable-care-act-6e326f0d-9396-49a5-a841-1039e57220f7.html
The Trump admin, the DOJ, and the haters of the ACA in congress won’t care about a renew focus on mental health for the deaths of two well known and beloved national icons (one of which was an extreme Trump hater) no more then they care about mental healthcare to prevent would be school shooters – so long as not covering pre-existing conditions or mandating mental healthcare generates a memo of ‘Keeping the promise to kill Obamacare’ or a healthcare story saying insurance rates will not raise as much or could even lower over all for everyone else who would still be covered and it hit the press before the first Thursday in November – lowering the chances of the GOP loosing the House. See in the circus that follows Trumpland. conservative judges are more import then healthcare. Removing decades worth of regulations with no clue what the end result to American will be, is more important the Healthcare (and ethics -Long live the SWAMP!). Raising the defense budget (even while raising the cost of steel so taxpayers get less shock and awe for their buck) is more important the healthcare. Giving Muhammad Ali a pardon (which he technically does not need) is more important then my healthcare. Removing/destroying a law (good or bad) that Obama signed is more important then healthcare
Yes that sounds harsh and unfeeling, and it saddens me greatly to say it, but it does not make it anyless true.
A better lead for “One of these is not like the other” would be, “It’s Texas, ‘nuf said.”
A catastrophic loss…
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/08/fox-news-star-charles-krauthammer-reveals-has-weeks-to-live-in-heartbreaking-letter.html
Karen Handel’s ignorance of the Constitution shines through once more during questions on the census citizenship question
“Rep. Karen Handel (R-GA), whose red state is gradually turning purple as its immigrant population grows, suggested in her questions for Marshall that all noncitizens — not just undocumented immigrants — should be excluded from congressional apportionment.”
Yeah Karen…reduce Georgia’s influence and when we lose a seat we’ll be sure it’s YOURS!
Entire piece here
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/republicans-congressional-apportionment-census-hearing
Interesting lead…
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/the-astonishing-tale-of-the-man-mueller-calls-person-a/562217/
That should say read not lead… Sigh…
So Deep Dark, we ever going to get the 5 min edit thingy back…?
What a clown. Bring back Benedict…or even Al Gorged…
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/391470-pope-warns-oil-executives-climate-change-may-destroy-civilization
Another needless tragedy. Babies, family members gone…Kill every God Damned one of these things! If the deer population skyrockets, make deer season two weeks longer. I need a new belt and boots and Fish Thyme in Acworth needs more meat for its’ appetizers!
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/body-missing-florida-woman-bitten-alligator-found-officials-162203739–abc-news-topstories.html
Not so weird if you premise your position on every issue with the question “How can we turn this into an advertisement to sell more guns?”.