Esp w/stage 4 cancer… Yes, it would be ironic.

Nearly half of all patients with heart failure have a normal ejection fraction (EF). The prevalence of this syndrome, termed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), continues to increase in the developed world, likely because of the increasing prevalence of common risk factors, including older age, female sex, hypertension, metabolic syndrome, renal dysfunction and obesity. However, we should be aware that the president’s ejection fraction has not been disclosed, nor has his BNP, Creatinine & GFR (or troponins/EKG). When was his last ECHO and Stress Test???

totally screws with his kidneys hampering their ability to filter fluids.

the blood thinners won’t save him… he should also be on the statins and auxiliary anti cholesterols… Additionally, he should be using a CPAP or BiPaP for his sleep apnea so could actually get decent sleep. But instead he just stays up and posts on his stupid social platform and watches cable tv instead.

Well there actually is a Fatwa on him thanks to his Iran bombing… However I don’t believe that will take him out (unlike the actual gifted Rushdie). I think it will be the bacon cheezberders and freedom fries. All that fucking salt.

Most of GenX did not expect to live long enough to collect SS.

BS He has heart failure perhaps without decreased ejection fraction. He has obviously getting diuretic injections into his hand on a daily basis vs just taking a pill. But it is not common for anyone to have lower extremity edema without some kind of systemic issue. I assume he has already tried wearing compression socks. Another lie to add on top of all the others.

I donate to NPR/PBS annually; probably will need to double my donation.

I read used EVs are selling well. Not so much current new models. People are probably holding on to their money.

You know, I thought that at first. Then I was talking to this coworker who lives in the country on a small farm/homestead (that is a lifestyle choice, not an actual career). And she had absolutely not one iota of compassion or empathy for those people sent to an El Salvador Prison without due process. Her view was that it just was less expensive than detaining them here. Even though I said… but, they won’t ever get out of there, there is not court or deportation back to their country" and she shrugs and says “not our problem anymore.” Heartless Snaggletooth Cunt.

Even worse, they will go ahead and deny themselves and their family in order to qualify for benefits in order to starve the (government) beast and then bitch about the legit poor who actually need the temporary help from the government.

Well, I don’t know what to say to them when they actually experience the consequences of their firm belief system other than to shrug my shoulders and say well, sorry you are struggling, isn’t there some other job you can work that can pay for xyz that you voted to fuck the rest of us over for? I mean there are unintended consequences and I am sure they didn’t expect to be the people that were hurt, just those other people like you and me.

Deluded and brainwashed at this point.

I was wondering if the AI would expand the role of humans in the security sector of tech.

Unions are pretty weak in the South. Go North. MA, IL, WI, NY, PA, MI… That said, I think there will be opportunity in AL – didn’t the state get a new industry that will provide a large number of jobs coming-- A new aviation facility? They will have to build it and may need to increase the workforce so there may be training opportunities for that. I know my community has expanded new programs at the CC for Micron’s approaching construction and implementation.

Apprentices are paid and get full benefits. They typically get raises about every 6 months or every year depending on the program.

A lot of union halls have expanded their apprentice programs – they just need qualified people to apply and unfortunately, many do not choose to stay preferring an air conditioned office or remote work from home or even the big box store vs the dirty, hot construction site+ classes (our IBEW actually has apprentices working 4 days and school 1 day, when my husband apprenticed, he went to school to nights a week after work). It is hard work, lifting heavy things, random drug testing, working off ladders, carrying a lot of tools and requires a good working knowledge of trigonometry (although many use apps on their phones now-- didn’t exist when he entered it). They are a lot more nicer to apprentices these days as well. It is interesting that we are seeing more middle aged people entering the apprentice programs now, second careers.

Currently there is a big shortage in Nuclear Medicine (NM) Technicians (with PET and CT certs as well) and ECHO technicians (particularly those with certification with infant ECHO). The hospital I work in started an ECHO school because so many leave to travel or go to the cardiology offices. It is the only way we can keep staffed. NM-- we are reduced in the cardiology offices to hiring on one travel tech per office (we used to have 3 techs at a time). With one tech, they have to provide extra nursing support and it is almost harder to keep office nurses.

Cory Doctorow’s “The Masque of the Red Death” is my current favorite endgame for those doomsday shelter billionaires… Here’s a free audio of it: https://ia902908.us.archive.org/1/items/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_332/Cory_Doctorow_Podcast_332_-_The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death.mp3

It was really hard in the mid 1980s to find a job as a new grad as all the Boomers who had been laid off during the recession were hired first as they had experience. It was McJobs or nothing unless you were a computer science/programming grad. Things have changed dramatically since then. It is a different world.