Throwaway05
21hr ago
The first few episodes and their melancholy nature really, REALLY hit for some people depending on where you are in life.
I know multiple people who became emotional wrecks. That generates a lot of love and investment in the show even if the rest of it goes in another direction.
Throwaway05
1d ago
TV Trops? Shit I'll be back in a few months.
Throwaway05
2d ago
These are the details I crave!
Throwaway05
2d ago
Hi! I work in healthcare and I think that's the most likely explanation and I know a lot of "successful" moderates who feel that way also. Even got a hispanic hard left doctor to admit it.
Throwaway05
2d ago
Terry Jones's education into medieval history proved invaluable when they were writing Holy Grail, to the point that it's sometimes been called one of the most historically accurate films with a medieval setting.
I would very much like to know more.
Throwaway05
3d ago
That would be fair except for two things:
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Even with DM1 as a comorbidity getting really really sick at his age is rare (he's under 40 and looks healthy!). It would be even more weird for him to be so sick that he couldn't briefly clean himself up from a hospital bed or his home office and be like "I'm working from home but I'm caring about you Texas." Most of the things that get you that sick at his age would take much longer to recover from (if ever).
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Disappearing like this is functionally unheard of and would be an automatic DQ in a less friendly media environment. Anyone in politics who is the least bit non-biased admits this. I can't think of another time this has happened. No, Mitch disappearing is not the same category of thing at all.
I've seen some smaller points that I know less about - for instance supposedly he claims he was at home doing work product but no work product has been made available.
It might be helpful to add that I've been on the other side of this - I've taken care of celebrities and so on and seen the PR spin on what they are up to, it happens often enough even when the reason for the medical care is unexciting or merely mildly embarrassing.
Throwaway05
4d ago
Yeah, hypothetically could keep him out of it for a long time but really would be weird.
Throwaway05
5d ago
yeah absolutely the whole thing stinks
Throwaway05
5d ago
This seems like a fancy pants kinda place so their risk tolerance and procedures may be different but usually once you've seen someone (and evaluation and recommendations would likely be considered treatment for this purposes) you can't comment at all.
Throwaway05
5d ago
I will say this. Medical ethnics are actually pretty good in that we're not getting tons of leaks about the drugs politicians are taking.
I mean I have personal knowledge of a few politicians and it is usually exactly what you'd expect - people using cocaine because of course. Sometimes Adderall.
Throwaway05
5d ago
I think the most likely explanation is that he had a mental health crisis and was admitted to a psychiatric facility. This would explain the lack of access, flu and other explanations would not preclude statements (even if he looked like ass). Even if he was in jail someone would leak it and someone else would be accommodating. Psych stay is strict.
He could have had a really bad medical event theoretically but it's hard to imagine what.
The other two explanations I heard was that it was some sort of 4D chess bait the Republicans thing, or he was secretly flying around doing fundraising (which, why would that stop updates?).
Weird all around.
The denial from the rumored place could be revealing depending on the phrasing, do you have it? I haven't seen it.
I feel like the framing of your question needs some reconsideration. Countries always claim to care about rules based international order, and then never actually do if they need something. This is not new. Our ties to Europe are deep except the Europeans don't care for their treaty obligations, are lately nearly useless allies, and claim that our relationship with them is now over because Trump is bad. Why spend American effort on helping them?
The impact on the conflict with Iran is uncertain. You could easily make this deal with hidden concessions involving that.
In the moment right now the US needs to loosen restrictions to help our economy and everyone else's. We can put it back later.
People are going to scream and blame America and Trump no matter what we and he does. That further incentivizes doing this, especially as a temporary measure.
It's also a fantastic move if you want to punish Ukraine for not following Trump's requests. You might not like that strategy but it is a good implementation of it.
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