General notification: I normally use a FireFox analog, Pale Moon, as my browser. As many of you already know, Balloon Juice is currently blocked for FF users, so I’ve had to resort to IE, which sucks seventeen ways, none of them enjoyable. There will be crankiness.
Latest upgrade I can find on HRClinton’s incident this morning, from the NYTimes:
… Mrs. Clinton was taken from the morning event at ground zero to the Manhattan apartment of her daughter, Chelsea. About 90 minutes after arriving there, Mrs. Clinton emerged from the apartment in New York’s Flatiron district and waved to onlookers, posing for pictures with a little girl on the sidewalk.
“I’m feeling great,” Mrs. Clinton said. “It’s a beautiful day in New York.”Mrs. Clinton left in her motorcade without the group of reporters that is designated to travel with her in public. A campaign spokesman, Nick Merrill, indicated that she returned to her Chappaqua, N.Y., residence after 1 p.m., but did not give an exact time.
Mr. Merrill described the Democratic presidential nominee only as feeling “overheated” during the commemoration ceremony that morning…
[Rep. Peter T.] King said it was hot enough that officials working at the event offered the dignitaries bottles of water as they stood. But he noted that he did not see anybody accept a bottle.The congressman, who served alongside Mrs. Clinton when she was in the Senate, said he could not recall Mrs. Clinton suffering any medical episodes at any of the public events he had attended with her…
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In other news, I had intended to post this before today’s game:
This is huge: the entire @Seahawks team will silently protest the national anthem at the season's opener on 9/11. pic.twitter.com/NDAq7VUWtz
— David Harris-Gershon (@David_EHG) September 8, 2016
How about an event where saluting idiots go a stadium and listen to patriotic songs and leave the rest of us who want to watch sports alone.
— TBogg (@tbogg) September 9, 2016
According to the Palm Beach Post [warning: autoplay], the Seahawks players modified their protest with a plan for all players to stand with their arms interlinked during the anthem. Some of the players on the opposing teams, the Dolphins, chose to protest themselves by kneeling. The usual suspects are taking this very, very seriously.
What else is on the agenda for the evening?
Trentrunner
Clinton has pneumonia. Her doctor examined her today and just released a statement.
Gonna be a bumpy 60 days.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
I’m here using Firefox.
The problem is something called OCSP stapling. Disabling it in about:config allows me to bypass the fit Firefox is throwing over the security certificate here.
Someone who knows a lot more than I do about browser security will have to dig deeper, but it looks to me like it’s a difference in how Firefox handles a problem with the certificate vs how other browsers handle the errors.
SiubhanDuinne
@Trentrunner:
According to doctor’s statement, HRC was put on antibiotics Friday and advised to modify her schedule. She did get overheated and dehydrated this morning. Doctor says HRC is now rehydrated and “recovering nicely.”
gogol's wife
@SiubhanDuinne:
But isn’t this a bit of a problem?
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism:
That sounds painful.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: Surely she has gotten the pneumonia shot? Though I guess it’s not entirely effective.
WaterGirl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Only if you’re doing it wrong!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Trentrunner: PANIC!
?BillinGlendaleCA
@WaterGirl: Or doing right, I think I saw that in a movie.
WaterGirl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Were there nurses in that movie? (Not sure why, but when I think of p0rn, I think nurses.)
Elie
@WaterGirl:
The pneumonia shot mainly deals with one type of pneumonia. She could have had a bad cold that just deteriorated to pneumonia. She is 68 and under some stress of course. Ouch… just no way not to say ouch, sorry.
West of the Cascades
I’m surprised (sort of) that there hasn’t been an expose on Trump-sicknesses … surely with the amount of time he’s spent in front of cameras in the last 30 years, there are instances where he has said “I’m just getting over a bad cold” or “I’ve been under the weather.” or something else showing less than stupendously excellent health (i.e. something more specific than his nearly-permanent florid face).
ETA: here’s hoping for a very speedy (i.e. by September 26th!) recovery for the Secretary …
SiubhanDuinne
@gogol’s wife:
@WaterGirl:
I have no idea. I guess we’ll see.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@WaterGirl: There was a nurse in the movie.
Elie
She can kick this pretty quickly if she does what she is told and rests a bit. Her team will have to manage the rest of the week given that they came out with the facts pretty fast. It IS gonna be a bumpy ride, but there it is….
?BillinGlendaleCA
@West of the Cascades: Didn’t you read Trump’s Doctor’s letter, the man has never had a sick day in his life.
WaterGirl
@?BillinGlendaleCA: I knew it!
WaterGirl
To speak to a more concerning issue, I wish Colin Kaepernick had a name that was easier to spell. I’m really glad that others are standing up with him (metaphorically speaking) and that this is getting some traction. Dave Zirin had a column yesterday where he declared that Colin Kaepernick is winning on this issue.
Like a lot of things, time will tell.
SiubhanDuinne
Sorry about the Politico link, but here’s the physician’s statement.
Pneumonia’s obviously no joke, but it’s far from the dire diagnosis it used to be.
philadelphialawyer
Man, I couldn’t agree more with TBogg.
If I wanted to attend concerts of patriotic songs or memorial services to military members, police officers, fire fighters, whatever, I would do so. And same if I wanted to watch them on TV.
But I don’t want to.
So why do I have those things forced on me because I do like to attend sporting events and watch them on TV?
When and who decided that these alleged displays of patriotism, these demonstrations of military hardware, these more or less coerced offering of “thanks” to military members, etc, are inescapably to be part and parcel of games?
I like sports. I don’t much like the military or the police. Nor do I like “God Bless America.” I like to some extent the national anthem, but, when it comes to sports, I don’t see why it cannot be restricted to international and, at most, national events. Yes at the Olympics and the World Cup. OK at the Super Bowl. But not at every frickin’ game, from high school on up. Otherwise, fans of patriotic music can attend concerts, such as, for example, those presented on the Fourth of July, if they so choose. And, similarly, as far as memorial services for military veterans, the police, and so on, are concerned, these can be organized as stand alone events, at for example, military cemeteries, veterans’ and police memorials, for those so inclined as well.
I want my sports straight. I don’t want politics, either of the conventional, actual “PC” hoo ray for the troops, the cops, and the US of A, kind, or even of the allegedly PC, liberal kind. I don’t want to hear about charities, either. There are times and places to discuss political issues, and for charitable giving. But the game shouldn’t have to be one of those.
Elie
@SiubhanDuinne:
Truly — and she should be able to kick it quick. Its a relatively concrete thing to have and glad that they are handling it matter of factly — Stonewalling was not their strategy and I admire that, though I was more wishy washy about the wisdom of revealing anything…
Betty Cracker
@Elie: That sounds about right. I’ve had pneumonia, and I’m one of those stubborn folks who thinks you can power through anything if you just keep plugging away. Well, you can’t fuck around with pneumonia; you will get worse if you do.
pea
living in weeki wachi (betty cracker!!!), the youngest person under 80 in this ‘hood,
i know what it’s like melting into a puddle while my ears are being twisted off twisted off,
feeling you’re going to throw up/faint if you stand still 5 more minutes.
PsiFighter37
I hope Hillary simply rests before the debate (which is 2 weeks away), then comes out and kicks Donald’s ass. Have Kaine hit all the places she was supposed to be at, and roll out the surrogates earlier than you may have wanted. Get PBO out there stat…
JMG
@PsiFighter37: Can’t do that. It’d be reported like she was at death’s door. All she (or any other presidential candidate) needs is one event a day which provides one soundbite a day in time for 6 o’clock news broadcasts. Not that tough.
Aleta
Hal
I’m really and truly amazed by the freak out over this little episode. I expect the media to report on it, it’s valid in a presidential election. But that doesn’t mean anyone outside of people who think Clinton killed Vince Foster are going to think twice about this. The election is not going to be decided by Hillary Clinton being a little over heated. I’m not even going to worry about it.
Wapiti
@SiubhanDuinne:
Or what it may be in the future, if we lose effective antibiotics.
JPL
The newsies are upset that they were not notified Friday..
cuz transparency is important for her but not him, I guess.
raven
No college football thread yesterday (but we got soccer), no NFL thread today and all we get is some bitching an moaning about some shit that isn’t going to change. Fucking commies.
hovercraft
@WaterGirl:
Flu and pneumonia shots only cover certain strains of the infections. It’s always hit or miss whether you will be exposed to other strains of the infections and therefore be infected. CNN is going blanket health scare, with the focus now being on whether she should have disclosed that she had pneumonia on Friday when she was diagnosed. Why didn’t she disclose, why didn’t she follow doctors orders. Why is she so secretive, why is she playing into the Trump campaigns meme that she is unwell. So now the question what to do, follow doctors orders, and she is sick unwell, if she travels, why isn’t she modifiying her schedule?
Pogonip
@Trentrunner: I’ve had that twice. No wonder she fainted. I wish her a speedy recovery!
JPL
Techies needed upstairs pronto..
Pogonip
@WaterGirl: I don’t follow football. What are they protesting?
raven
Timely Masterpiece tonight:
“The story of Winston Churchill’s 1953 stroke and recovery, which occurred during his second stint as prime minister. In order to remain in office, he shields his condition from the world and, with the aid of a nurse, relearns to speak, stand and walk.”
?BillinGlendaleCA
@raven: Hey gramps, didn’t ya here the Cold War is over?
raven
@?BillinGlendaleCA: Maybe yes, maybe no.
redshirt
I’m curious why one browser would behave so differently then others.
Does this show a weakness or a strength for Firefox? I haz confused.
Elie
@hovercraft:
Well, you knew this was gonna be the case. They will wear it out in a few days if she is back on her feet and back at it. Actually, I do not know why she didn’t just come late to the festivities this morning and leave it at that… got some rest, etc but its always simple from the outside.
Immanentize
@philadelphialawyer: I think this is exactly why fans cheer sooner and sooner as the national anthem is sung. Get on with the frickin game!! Sole we will cheer after “Oh say”
ruckus
@philadelphialawyer:
Went to a talk/old military airplane demonstration a couple of weeks ago and there was a color guard, they were kids in uniform, and then everyone was asked to stand and pledge allegiance. It actually pissed me off, I was in the military and we didn’t pledge allegiance, we did pledge to uphold the constitution when we were sworn in. However, no one said a thing when I stood there silently with my hand at my side.
redshirt
@raven: BJ knows their audience!
redshirt
Silver lining: This will remove the media’s focus on “Baskets of Deplorables” for a couple of days.
hovercraft
Sanjay Gupta need to go fuck himself with a rusty pitchfork. “The statement is useful but incomplete, because first we heard about allergies, and now we are hearing about pneumonia, which you need a chest x-ray to diagnose, when did this happen and why wasn’t it disclosed? Both can be true but we need to know more, the doctor should come forward and hold a press conference and answer questions so we can get a full picture of what happened here.”
For fucks sake she has a allergies, she was coughing and assumed she was suffering from said allergies, she feels like crap, goes to see her doctor, she is diagnosed with pneumonia, she goes to an event feels like crap and or faint, she rehydrates and goes home where her doctor is waiting for her, another examination, the doctors says she is now rehydrated and is resting comfortably. What other fucking questions do you have. These fuckers asking why she didn’t cancel everything on Friday after the diagnosis should STFU. She is an adult and can make her own decisions about her health.
WaterGirl
@hovercraft: I always figure that if you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t, that gives you the luxury of doing what you think is right.
SiubhanDuinne
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
@raven:
In other words, the Tepid War. The Lukewarm War. The Meh War.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@hovercraft: Because there are “questions” about her; Trump, no so much.
ruckus
@hovercraft:
She’s a woman. She has no self autonomy, that’s why no woman can be president, or make their own health decisions.
Haven’t you been paying attention? Women, minorities, anyone under 21, a skin tone that can be in any way described darker than pure white, they are not capable of any decisions more serious than what to eat for dinner.
gogol's wife
@raven:
I know, I couldn’t believe the coincidence.
hovercraft
@WaterGirl:
There have been several reports that this is Hillary’s assessment too. No matter what she does the “questions” never go away. Everything somehow always raises more questions no matter what.
SiubhanDuinne
@hovercraft:
Yup. Apparently that epitome of contemporary journalistic excess, Wolf Blitzer, played the clip of HRC’s stumble 40 times in 10 minutes.
Fucker.
Juju
@Betty Cracker: I had pneumonia in 1999 for approximately six weeks before I knew I had it. I felt tired and ragged but it never occurred to me it was anything but getting over a really bad flu virus. Fortunately I have a doctor brother who I saw when I drove my mom to visit him in a neighboring town. He noticed I was very pale and had a hacking cough. He listened to my lungs and said I have pneumonia. I got some antibiotic samples until I could get a prescription filled and I was fine in 10 days. Modern medicine is quite the thing. I now have to be aware every time I get the flu or a bad virus because my likelihood of getting pneumonia after a virus is higher than someone who has never had pneumonia.
WaterGirl
@Pogonip: The guy whose name is hard to spell – Colin Kaepernick – stopped standing for the national anthem as a protest about all the murders of black people by the police. It caused a ruckus. Oh sure, it’s an important thing, but you’re doing it wrong. Sure black lives matter, but do they have to matter right now? I mean this is football and it’s inconvenient. (My paraphrasing, taking license, pretty sure you can figure out where I stand.)
Players here or there have supported him, but today an entire football team came out in support.
Other people quoted Martin Luther King from his letters from the Birmingham Jail, and this seems completely on point:
SiubhanDuinne
@Wapiti:
True, but I’m limiting myself to one worry/day right now and I’m already overdrawn until payday.
WaterGirl
@SiubhanDuinne: They were apparently hoping for chickens coming home to roost, but all they got is this stupid stumbling story.
Applejinx
@Trentrunner: FDR had polio, no functioning legs, and literally died in office, but he was still FDR.
I’m still voting Hillary.
philadelphialawyer
@ruckus: I am sincerely glad you were able to register your feelings without incident. I have personally witnessed folks being bullied at sporting events for trying to opt out of the national anthem, GBA, a mandatory “thank you,” or other military hoo ha. It stinks.
debbie
@WaterGirl:
I am not a Hillary clone, but I’ve had a persistent cough for 16 months. In the middle of it, I came down with walking pneumonia (that sneaky bacteria always finds the weak spots in a person!). I’ve often coughed to the point of light-headedness and I’m surprised I never stroked. After spending more money than I wanted to to find out I’m allergic to everything, the allergist found a regimen that seems to be working (two different inhalers, nasal spray, and two different pills for GERD). It sucks, but my coughing’s way down.
I know RWNJs won’t believe pneumonia or allergies, but it happens. And the first of my Trump-loving brothers or nephew to mock her for this on Facbook will get his ass handed to him very publicly.
WaterGirl
@debbie: My sister is going through something similar, but it’s not been nearly that long. Sometimes you get the cough thing started and it’s like the coughing makes you cough and it doesn’t know how to stop. Glad they are helping, but it doesn’t sound like fun. Glad you will be on Facebook patrol for this issue.
sukabi
@hovercraft: has he been pounding drumpf to come in for a full checkup or is he taking the quacker Jack’s letter as proof of drumpfs health? Cause if he isn’t demanding daily donald be examined by an actual, competent dr., then he needs to STFU.
Aleta
@SiubhanDuinne: I like this budget, but keeping your worker in debt sounds like you’re running a low-down company store.
grandpa john
@redshirt: truly amazing, we got 24 hour news channels so they could give more comprehensive news coverage, but they spend the 24 hours covering one topic
way2blue
Hat’s off to the NFL players whose eloquent call for social justice during the national anthem today brought a tear to my eye…
a thousand flouncing lurkers (was fidelio)
@ruckus: Not even that, sometimes. Ask any woman who has ever ordered dessert in a restaurant, or an entree that wasn’t a salad.
Ask any pregnant woman about being pregnant in public.
Procopius
@Aleta: I haven’t even done a back of the envelope estimate, but $20 billion sounds like too little to help even families at 150% of the poverty line or below pay for private schools near their homes. That, of course, ignores the fact that the private schools might not wish to enroll students whom they perceive as having excessive melanin levels. IIRC, private schools are not considered the same as lunch counters. They can always find some reason other than race for denying students.
Emily68
@Betty Cracker: I still remember what happened when I said to myself, “Who’s in charge of this body? Me or the flu germs?” I found out.