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Perhaps to you because your opinion might also be shaded by pride. Not a pejorative,pride causes all of us to abandon reason. In this instance it made you miss the fact that I was responding to a post about Shapiro, if I would be responding to a post about Beshear then I would respond accordingly.

If her pride shaded her reason I would , and I will. what makes you think that?

Wedge issue politics!! The truth of the matter is that Immigration , both legal and Illegal, in the face of population decline and the subsequent economic challenges and changes of age demographics, Is America's superpower. But there are those who for political gain seek to use it as a wedge issue to separate the uninformed and weak minded from the inconvenient truth that even illegal immigration provides a net gain for the US.

pride is considered one of the seven deadly sins in Christianity and Islam It leads people to unreasonable conclusions.

I think it is reasonable that a voter might not support a candidate who advocates something they strongly oppose.

Not true that every Democrat has the same unequivocal support as Shapiro.. It is really a very simple observation and not open to much argument. . A Shapiro choice will not resonate well with the base that is against the genocide.

So wea indeed that in the first 24 hours she has raised only 81 million dollars and $150 million in commitments. https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-fundraising-democrat-president-biden-trump-434a55ea1eb29e5da92cc9b1f9cb401f https://apnews.com/article/kamala-harris-fundraising-democrat-president-biden-trump-434a55ea1eb29e5da92cc9b1f9cb401f and received Only!! $150 million in new commitments from major Democratic donors in 24 hours https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2024/07/22/scoop-harris-big-donor-money-bomb-00132333 Sorry for the bold large text of the first quote, and link. everything I tried will not remove the formatting , if Mods can fix it i would appreciate it. .

Shapiro's support for Israel , though it might resonate well with Jewish voters will not help because they vote overweeningly democratic anyway. But it would hurt with those democrats of which there are many, who are against the Palestinian genocide.

I hope with age trump would move a little bit more to the right . (Pun intended)

keep your hands in your pockets and you will be ok!! But be careful if someone asks you to count to 10 because you might come up with 11. It would be funnier if I had a drum roll

you got me there. I hate the competition

No I don't mean that at all. Ok Nostradamus.

Absolutely right, and I am sure he knew it, all the rest was IMO politicking to wait until after the RNC convention and steal trump's post convention bump. I said so several tines in the past couple of weeks. After all the call for him to step down it was impossible for him to conduct a viable campaign. After all these democrats thought that he was not a viable candidate, if he decided to stay in how would it had looked in his campaign? trump would had said "not only do I think he is not fit to be president. but most people in his party think so" How would Schumer or others campaign for him after they said they thought he should drop out? Every time Biden tripped, or misspoke the media would had shucked the oxygen out of that news cycle.He would had been constantly on the defensive against the ropes.

Wow this is so witty. But I agree with your sentiment as displayed by your post .

Biden truly took a metaphorical bullet for democracy!! Joe , thank you for your service!! I am glad he did the right thing, I have no doubt that if re elected for a second term barring catastrophic age induced illnesses,he would have done a great job. But the operative phrase here is "If Re elected" and events of late , including the disastrous debate would had made it very difficult. Those who say that his mental acuity made him unfit to be president either have something to gain by saying so, or have no idea what the president's job is. Any mental decline he might experienced as a result of age. would had been more than compensated by age experience and wisdom. Age might had slowed him down, but he got there as opposed to the other fist pumping a-hole who aside from flapping his gums in the wind never got there. As reported, not even with the porn star. He is already placed as the 14th best president in history, where trump finished 45th and perhaps one or the worst presidents in history. I just wrote my check to Harris. Time for those of us who love our country to put our money where our mouth is and keep the malignancy that is trump from another term in the oval office. And please make sure to vote!!

The only thing more stupid than what he said, are the people who buy it. trump is a gigantic IQ test for america and I am afraid the results are troubling to say the least. One way or another trump will go away, but the magamorons will remain. A ball and chain on the leg of American progress. "What the Hell did I do to Democracy?” from a man who tried to subvert the democratic process. " Last week, I took a bullet for Democracy" No sir "and I use the term sir loosely" someone took a shot at you because you are such an a-hole and threat to democracy.

I am glad you are so trusting of technology, but i subscribe to the maxim " Trust but verify" Omron is IMO better than other but it does not stop from being a machine and as such susceptible to calibration issues that might give a lower or higher reading , either can be a problem . A lower reading would give you false security, and a higher reading induce medication intervention, both situation IMO not optimal.

Omron are the best. I was in the States, Christmas time, and got a very good deal on the Bluetooth one on Amazon. I love it, it automatically downloads every reading I take on the Omron app , so I have a record for every day and an average, my cardiologist here in Thailand was impressed by the detailed record.

Simple, if they are both the same then , unless in the very unlikely event of coincidence, your machine is Ok, If they are different , one or the other is not working properly, and I am willing to be it is yours since the ones in the hospital are better monitored than yours. . It is not the machines in your doctors office that can't be trusted it is the readings that can't be trusted because of "white coat syndrome" ( Have been running to get there, not allowed to sit for 5-10 minutes, reason you are there is you are not filling well, etc) But as long as the same conditions apply for both machines the readings even if not correct , should be similar, .

Bad as what?

Just because other people using the machine get different reading is no indication that the calibration might not be off. It could be showing a lower reading for both you and them. Best bet as I said in another reply is to have it checked against another machine. Easy enough to do and would give you peace of mind. I am sure your local clinic will do it for you free.

The above meant to be a bit of a joke, I should had said "Pun intended" But as always . yours is good advice , I will further discuss it with my cardiologist next follow up appointment.

a few years ago I came here on an one way ticket no problem. We were trapped in the US during covid, by the time we made it back once the 7 day quarantine was allowed (remember those days?) I had to start my extensions to say from the beginning. My Non O and extension to stay is based on Marriage, but i think the same would apply for retirement. So I got a Non O based on marriage visa before we left the US, at the Thai embassy (was done on line, easy and fast ) And both me and my wife only got one way tickets, obviously we did not need a return ticket since we were not returning any time soon. The airline asked why we did not have a return ticket, we pointed out that our visa was a long stay visa based on marriage and we will not be coming back any time soon, and that was the end of the story. Came here, got my extension, and did not go back to the US for two years. Hope this helps

So you are telling me to forget about it?

Simple fix. Next time you go to the doctor, take your machine with you and have it checked against theirs. Or check it against a friends or perhaps at the pharmacy or at a community clinic.