I'm not surprised. The orthopedic surgeon who did Mr wtg's knee replacement said it was likely that the meniscus surgery he had fifteen years prior probably caused the knee to eventually fail. And he used to take aspirin or ibuprofen on a regular basis for arthritis pain.
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There goes Scaramucci's recordNew White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is leaving her job after just five days in the face of criticism over her performance, a White House official confirmed to CNBC on Friday.
Earlier Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump told reporters that he had just suggested to Zacharia that she quit.
“I just spoke to her about it. I said, ‘Katie, is this for you?’” Trump said outside the White House.
″‘If I were you, I’d reconsider,’ ” the president said he told Zacharia.
The White House official, who spoke condition of anonymity to discuss the staffing shake-up, confirmed Fox News’ report that Zacharia is “transitioning” out of the press secretary role.
Zacharia’s five-day tenure in the Trump administration is shorter than that of Anthony Scaramucci, who in 2017 served as White House communications director for less than 11 days. That length of time became jokingly referred to as a “Scaramucci” and was used to measure the durations of other short-serving officials.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/16/trump-katie-zacharia-white-house.html
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Op 72. No 1.@mark As always, your performance reflects your love of music and it brings me great joy to listen to you making music! Thanks for sharing with us.
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Surf’s up!@Mark Yea, I was surprised, too. Didn't see anything on the local news here. But the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel had a story:
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Continuing to redecorate Washington DCPirro must have gotten hold of the report and that's why she dropped the charges against the Olympic guy. She dropped the charges on August 4th; report is dated the 6th.
The blue coating applied to the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool this summer failed in at least 85 places because of errors in the renovation, including the premature refilling of the basin before the liner had fully dried, according to an inspection report obtained by The Washington Post.
The Aug. 6 report, commissioned by the contractor that did the work, documents far more damage than has been previously reported. President Donald Trump has generally attributed the damage to vandals, but the report makes no mention of vandalism to the liner and blames the problems on the use of improper materials and a rush to complete the job. The administration wanted the project finished in time for the celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary.
The 75-page “failure analysis” by Atlantic Coating Inspection includes scores of photos documenting the liner’s deficiencies — ranging in severity and including blisters, peeling and cracks — and identifies their likely causes.
tl;dr - The report notes a ton of reasons the paint peeled; none of them involved vandalism. There was also a lot more damage than previously reported. The Delusional One gets the last word:
Last Tuesday, as the repairs were nearing completion, Trump told reporters that the latest fixes would make the pool “as vandal-proof as you can get.”
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HegsethOtherwise I cannot see why he would make such an abysmally stupid statement.
He's made a lot of them; at least he's consistent.
I just read that Hasan is paralyzed from the chest down. Who could possibly think that it's a good idea to livestream the execution (via firing squad) of a man in a wheelchair?
Hegseth is as unhinged as his boss.
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HegsethDon't know if I'm suffering from confirmation bias, but the framework outlined in this article makes a good bit of sense to me.
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/15/nx-s1-6001794/fort-hood-execution-hegseth-christian-nationalist
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A goldfish named Ziggy@Steve-Miller Well, some people might do it for the sexting...
https://www.wired.com/story/i-got-my-muse-ai-agent-to-sext-me-and-meta-says-thats-totally-fine/
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Word association threadwalker
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Meta-thread: Word association threadDefinitely showing my age...
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AmeliaA team of researchers have arrived at a remote island to inspect possible plane wreckage of famed aviator Amelia Earhart, who vanished in 1937 while flying around the world.
The group from the Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) and Purdue University arrived at Nikumaroro Island in the Pacific Ocean on Monday.
The search team's work, expected to take five days, could be hampered by giant land-dwelling crabs, as well as the El Niño climate phenomenon which is now the strongest ever recorded.
Coconut crabs, also known as Robber crabs, emerge at night to hunt for small mammals and seabirds, and will force the search crew to spend nights on their ship for their own safety.
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What is your seafood eating?Investigation traces problems in global feed supply
Fish meal and fish oil used in aquaculture linked to pollution, overfishing and labour abuses
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/outlaw-ocean-fishmeal-9.7312543
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@Andy, I found a house in NY...you might like. Watch to the end.
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A goldfish named Ziggy"Have I got some bad Muse for you"
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Where (and how) to frame this?(don't come at me for my knick knack shelf....
That's fodder for @kluurs thread....
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Where (and how) to frame this?Be sure to get an acid free mat if you go the route of matting it.
