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New Jersey Resident is a Lazy Campaigner

by $8 blue check mistermix|  August 4, 20229:50 am| 106 Comments

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For some reason I’m on Dr Oz’s mailing list. Compared to the deft, relentless and imaginative Fetterman campaign, here’s how Dr. Oz communicates with his best contributors:

Dr. Oz is in a strong position to return the U.S. Senate to Republican control in 2022! Why must that happen? Skyrocketing inflation, an illegal alien invasion, rampant crime, a weakened military, record high gas prices, and out-of-control spending of your hard-earned money.  That’s what Joe Biden and his Congress have given us in two years.  All of America is looking to Pennsylvania, as this is one of the most important Senate races in the nation!

I can almost smell the hangover sweat of the intern who cranked out that uninspiring prose.

The rinky-dink outlook.com email address attached to a $2-5K solicitation is as laughable as the notion that someone would spend $2-5K to meet this rich asshole.

The mailing was sent by “Americans for Freedom,” headquartered in Naples, FL, but the solicitation says that checks should be payable to the Oz campaign, so Americans for Freedom are fundraising contractors. This was sent to my “real” email address, which I used once to contribute to a Democrat running for Senate somewhere. I do all my donating on a different email address now. So it’s a shit email, for a shit event, sent to a shit list.

The whole thing reeks of what would happen if a lazy, rich grifter decided to run a vanity campaign and delegated the hard work to people with no skin in the game. Above all, it is absolutely no fun. The Fettermans are having fun with their campaign. This guy isn’t.

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  1. 1.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    August 4, 2022 at 9:59 am

    The think I like is Oz doesn’t even say what he thinks should be done to fix the issues he brings up.

  2. 2.

    MattF

    August 4, 2022 at 9:59 am

    Oz is the prototypical celebrity candidate. He appeared on Oprah! Trump loves that.

  3. 3.

    azlib

    August 4, 2022 at 10:02 am

    Wow! Why do campaigns always make these kind of unforced errors? The town the event is at is just over the Jersey line which I guess is convenient for Oz. He will not have drive very far!

  4. 4.

    germy shoemangler

    August 4, 2022 at 10:02 am

    My favorite Oz story is when he didn’t know his phone was still on.  A reporter trying to get an interview heard a long and crazy conversation between the QuackDoc and his wife.

  5. 5.

    jonas

    August 4, 2022 at 10:02 am

    I don’t think Fetterman’s even back out campaigning in public yet, and he’s still up by a pretty healthy margins in the most recent polls I’ve seen.

  6. 6.

    Heidi Mom

    August 4, 2022 at 10:11 am

    That paragraph of text is maybe, maybe a notch above a set of instructions translated into English from another language.

  7. 7.

    Pete Mack

    August 4, 2022 at 10:11 am

    “Return control of the Senate to Republican control” as an explicit reason to vote is an admission to being a placeholder. “Yeah, I may be -6WAR compared to possible alternative Republican candidates, but at least I am not a Democrat. Also, buy some of my super-food magic beans.”

  8. 8.

    Snarki, child of Loki

    August 4, 2022 at 10:15 am

    Clearly, Oz is running a Rinki-Tink operation.

  9. 9.

    Suzanne

    August 4, 2022 at 10:17 am

    Times New Roman just screams, “I did this in Microsoft Word!”.

    Seething with contempt!

  10. 10.

    Ken

    August 4, 2022 at 10:17 am

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: The phrase “Republican control” tells you the answer: tax cuts!

    They’re especially good for fighting the deficit.

  11. 11.

    jonas

    August 4, 2022 at 10:20 am

    @azlib: Fetterman’s been slagging him for months for not even maintaining his primary residence in Pennsylvania and the thing is, Oz doesn’t even really do anything to respond. Or ends up owning himself by posting a response from inside the living room of his Jersey mansion or something.

  12. 12.

    trollhattan

    August 4, 2022 at 10:20 am

    I’m a Patriotic Eagle™, damnit, and I demand half of the room, plus you have to pay me to show up!

    Do you want to win, or not. Your choice, Oz. Love ya, Katie.

  13. 13.

    NeenerNeener

    August 4, 2022 at 10:23 am

    My local Fox station has been running ads for the execrable Claudia Tenney, who’s vowing to have Biden impeached. I haven’t thrown a shoe at my tv yet, but it’s been close since this commercial has run in every break from 7 pm to 8 pm for the last week. We aren’t even in her target district or close to it. If she wants to burn campaign funds I wish she do it somewhere else.

  14. 14.

    dmsilev

    August 4, 2022 at 10:23 am

    @Suzanne: And not even a recent version of Word at that; MS has switched away from TNR as a default font for a while now.

  15. 15.

    Feathers

    August 4, 2022 at 10:24 am

    Medical question. I got a rash on my face, including around my eyes, that flared up in the heat. Went to urgent care, they put me on prednisone, knocked it back, but the high dose was only for two days. I’m tapering down on the meds, but the rash is still there. Any advice?

    I’m self paying. Currently uninsured because of the late Mr Feathers dragging out the divorce to the point that he got cancer and died, leaving me legally a widow instead of divorced. He was still alive when I lost my job, so I wasn’t able to sign up on my own. Currently cleaning up my finances to pay for last semester of school and be set to apply on the exchanges.

  16. 16.

    AliceBlue

    August 4, 2022 at 10:24 am

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: Herschel Walker doesn’t either.  None of them do.

  17. 17.

    germy shoemangler

    August 4, 2022 at 10:26 am

    Official Dr. Oz Campaign Photo… pic.twitter.com/Rc3KocUBMO

    — RB (@rbisrb) August 1, 2022

  18. 18.

    Redshift

    August 4, 2022 at 10:28 am

    On top of his laziness and entitlement aka New Jersey-ness, I can’t help but wonder if having to put his first name on things is hurting Oz with Republican voters. “Dr. Oz, from Oprah!” (like the wizard of Oz) may be fine, but “Mehmet”? That doesn’t sound like “one of us.”

  19. 19.

    Suzanne

    August 4, 2022 at 10:29 am

    Fetterman trolled Oz for his designer jeans this week and I was absolutely there for it.

  20. 20.

    germy shoemangler

    August 4, 2022 at 10:31 am

    But wait there’s more: Oz can’t coordinate with the super PAC on fundraising. But his in-laws are its top donors, including Oz’s father-in-law, Dr. Gerald LeMole, who has already donated more than $1.5 million, according to campaign filings. https://t.co/JdYHBWkzr4

    — The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) July 14, 2022

  21. 21.

    Benw

    August 4, 2022 at 10:35 am

    @Feathers: I’m not a doc, but I get rashes when I contact certain vines (fu Virginia creeper!) and I’ve been on similar high-dose then taper steroid treatments for them. Usually it does take the rash a bit longer to fade than the steroid dose, but if you’re worried you can also ask for a prescription topical cortisone cream – I’ve gotten those too. Hope it keeps fading!

  22. 22.

    Redshift

    August 4, 2022 at 10:37 am

    as laughable as the notion that someone would spend $2-5K to meet this rich asshole.

    To be completely fair, most people who spend 2K or more for a fundraiser aren’t doing it to experience the candidate’s sparkling personality.

  23. 23.

    Another Scott

    August 4, 2022 at 10:37 am

    @Feathers: IANAMD.

    It sounds like a reasonable treatment approach to me. Drugs.com has some patient comments that might be helpful. Some comments about higher doses being needed in some cases, but take everything with a grain of salt.

    GoodRx prices for 20 mg tablets x 10 – it might be worth trying that if you don’t have alternative prices.

    Again, IANAMD. I hope this helps a little and you are able to get relief quickly.

    Hang in there.

    Best wishes,
    Scott.

  24. 24.

    geg6

    August 4, 2022 at 10:38 am

    Didn’t want to travel too far from home, I see.

  25. 25.

    Feathers

    August 4, 2022 at 10:39 am

    @Benw: That’s what I’ve always done before, but I can’t do that around my eyes. I think I’m going to ask for another round of Prednisone and crème for not around the eyes, so the meds don’t have as much to deal with.

    Realizing that having to wear masks doesn’t help. My neighborhood used to be so good, but now not so much.

  26. 26.

    Cmorenc

    August 4, 2022 at 10:39 am

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques:

    Oz doesn’t say anything about how to fix the alleged problems he raises because his goal in his campaign is to stoke hot-button resentment points, not to describe practical details on how to fix these problems.  It’s a blunderbuss-shot, not a this-old-senate fixer-upper show.

  27. 27.

    geg6

    August 4, 2022 at 10:40 am

    @jonas:

    He’s only doing smaller more intimate events so far.  He looks great though.  I think he has lost quite a bit of weight.  I bet Giselle is kicking his ass.

  28. 28.

    dmsilev

    August 4, 2022 at 10:41 am

    Dana Milbank with the gouge-your-eyes-out sentence of the day:

    It is crucial to understand that Donald Trump didn’t create this noxious environment. He isn’t some hideous, orange Venus emerging from the half-shell.

  29. 29.

    Feathers

    August 4, 2022 at 10:42 am

    @Another Scott: Thanks. The prescription was under $20 at my local Walgreens, so there are still reasonable drugs available.

  30. 30.

    danielx

    August 4, 2022 at 10:44 am

    @dmsilev:

    Quite true, although that particular horrible image….

  31. 31.

    Ken

    August 4, 2022 at 10:47 am

    @Redshift:

    REPORTER: “What do you look for in a candidate?”

    LARGE-DOLLAR DONOR: “Obedience.”

  32. 32.

    Alison Rose 💙🌻💛

    August 4, 2022 at 10:49 am

    In other “Republicans are dipshits” news, Dee Snider (the pride of Long Island!), told Kari Lake to go fuck herself for using his song:

    Dee Snider is ripping Arizona GOP gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake as a “fascist moron” for quoting a Twisted Sister song and reportedly playing it at her rallies.

    A Twitter account describing itself as Lake’s official campaign tweeted out the lyrics to the band’s 1984 hit “We’re Not Gonna Take It” this week.

    You love to see it:

    HEY IDIOTS! READ THE 1ST LINE:"We've got the right to CHOOSE!"This is a PRO-CHOICE anthem you or co-opting. It was NEVER intended for you fascist morons!As the songwriter & singer I DENOUNCE EVERYTHING @KariLake STANDS FOR!Write your own damn song!@CNN @FoxNews @MSNBC https://t.co/iNwMFoxI0V— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) July 31, 2022

    He also had some choice responses to critics:

    The only thing that bothers me about your tweet is that you EVER thought I stood side by side with pieces of shit like you Magat lovin', Q-ahole, Trump sucking fascists.Never did. Never will.You can go now, bitch. https://t.co/xwmrwY0wwe— Dee Snider🇺🇸 (@deesnider) August 4, 2022

    Beauteous.

  33. 33.

    raven

    August 4, 2022 at 10:49 am

    Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) wants Democrats to drop a provision tightening a tax loophole associated with hedge fund managers and private equity executives from their $740 billion package enacting President Joe Biden’s climate, health care and tax plans, according to reports from Politico and Axios.

  34. 34.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 4, 2022 at 10:50 am

    @germy shoemangler:

    Dr. Gerald LeMole

    Please tell me Dr. LeMole is a dermatologist.

  35. 35.

    Mike in NC

    August 4, 2022 at 10:50 am

    What Trump hath wrought: scores of fellow imbeciles like the TV quack Dr Oz, who are catnip to knuckle-dragging GOP primary voters.

  36. 36.

    ...now I try to be amused

    August 4, 2022 at 10:50 am

    @dmsilev:

    [Trump] isn’t some hideous, orange Venus emerging from the half-shell.

    The world needs a present-day Botticelli to produce that picture! (Sorry, Simonetta.) Preferably before 2024.

  37. 37.

    narya

    August 4, 2022 at 10:54 am

    @Feathers: use findahealthcenter dot gov to find an FQHC. They have a sliding fee scale, won’t turn you away for lack of ability to pay.

  38. 38.

    MattF

    August 4, 2022 at 10:55 am

    This Slate article/interview presents the definitive case against Alex Jones. I’ve generally regarded Jones as merely a crazy guy with anger-management issues, but it’s really much worse. It’s important to get this right because there’s a movement afoot to present Jones in a positive light. Don’t fall for it.

  39. 39.

    ...now I try to be amused

    August 4, 2022 at 10:55 am

    @Mike in NC:

    What Trump hath wrought: scores of fellow imbeciles like the TV quack Dr Oz, who are catnip to knuckle-dragging GOP primary voters.

    The GOP is testing the limits of the celebrity candidate strategy. They seem to have found some, fortunately for us.

  40. 40.

    VeniceRiley

    August 4, 2022 at 10:55 am

    Greetings from England I am all settled in. The wife has decided we need a big dog. Puppy pickup on the 21st, when he turns 8 weeks old. I have named him Reggie and he is an absolute chonky unit, having gained over a kilo in the last week alone to weigh in nearly 4k. at 5 weeks. St. Bernard/Standard poodle mix and the largest in his litter by a mile.
    I’ll be running around picking up puppy chaos and cleaning for the next while. Good wishes appreciated!

  41. 41.

    Old School

    August 4, 2022 at 11:00 am

    @raven: When the Manchin plan was announced, I saw speculation that the carried interest revenue was such a small part of the bill that it was possibly just there to be taken out later.

    I guess we might have reached that point.

  42. 42.

    lowtechcyclist

    August 4, 2022 at 11:02 am

    @dmsilev:

    [Milbank:] It is crucial to understand that Donald Trump…isn’t some hideous, orange Venus emerging from the half-shell.

    Is too!

  43. 43.

    Baud

    August 4, 2022 at 11:02 am

    @raven:

    @Old School:

    My understanding is that “closing the loophole” involved changing the time the asset needed to be owned from 3 to 5 years. So not a huge change.  Tax lawyers can correct me if I misheard.

  44. 44.

    MattF

    August 4, 2022 at 11:02 am

    @MattF: Note that if you’ve hit your free-article limit on Slate, it can be evaded with your browser’s incognito mode.

  45. 45.

    Ohio Mom

    August 4, 2022 at 11:06 am

    @Feathers: I have no advice except OY! on untangling the legal and financial aftermath of Mr. Feathers’ death.

  46. 46.

    SFAW

    August 4, 2022 at 11:06 am

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    Please tell me Dr. LeMole is a dermatologist.

    Please tell me his real name is Paolo A. LeMole.

    OK, not a great pun/play on words.

  47. 47.

    Another Scott

    August 4, 2022 at 11:07 am

    @Feathers: $20 is good, but $4 is better.  Doesn’t hurt to look around!  :-)

    Good luck!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  48. 48.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 4, 2022 at 11:09 am

    @Baud: so basically we gotta toss Sinema a $14 billion cookie? and let Bernie bloviate, pontificate and fustigate for a couple hours on the floor?

  49. 49.

    lowtechcyclist

    August 4, 2022 at 11:09 am

    @Cmorenc: It’s a blunderbuss-shot

    What’s a blunderbuss, you ask?  Maybe the Four Wise Clerks of Oxenford have something to say about that.

  50. 50.

    Subcommandante Yakbreath

    August 4, 2022 at 11:09 am

    “…an illegal alien invasion…”

    Lectroids from the 8th dimension landing in Grover’s Mill?

  51. 51.

    waspuppet

    August 4, 2022 at 11:12 am

    @Enhanced Voting Techniques: In that, he’s a completely mainstream Republican. Spend 18 months telling people their lives are miserable, then 6 months saying “If you think your life is miserable, vote Republican.” That’s it; that’s all they do.

    This year, for the first time since at least Obama-Romney 10 years ago, “what kind of country Republicans want to create” is a campaign topic. And Republicans are furious: “That’s against the rules!” And some of them actually believe it!

    As for this race, someone said a while back that the conventional-wisdom question “Can Fetterman shitpost his way to the Senate?” is exactly backward. Dr. Oz is trying to shitpost his way to the Senate, as all Republicans do; Fetterman is just doing something about it instead of wringing his hands and apologizing about gas prices.

  52. 52.

    Alison Rose 💙🌻💛

    August 4, 2022 at 11:13 am

    (Oops I think my comment got stuck in link jail)

  53. 53.

    Geminid

    August 4, 2022 at 11:17 am

     

    @jonas: Pennsylvania is the Keystone State, but Oz thinks it’s the Stepstone State.

  54. 54.

    Suzanne

    August 4, 2022 at 11:17 am

    @geg6:

    I bet Giselle is kicking his ass. 

    I hope so.
    As much as I like Fetterman, when I heard that he hadn’t been taking his heart medication or seeing a doctor, I was incredibly pissed at him on behalf of the SLOP. I hope he realizes that his family has sacrificed a lot on behalf of his career and he recognizes that he has to care for his health in order to not squander that.

  55. 55.

    Frankensteinbeck

    August 4, 2022 at 11:18 am

    @dmsilev:

    We used to call Trumpist candidates ‘Tea Party’ candidates when they were announcing they’re not a witch.  Crazy has been a big advantage in Republican primaries at least since Obama was elected.

    @raven:

    Fine.  Drop that provision.  That’s not a pound of flesh, it’s a drop of blood.  If it gets Sinema on board, give it to her.

  56. 56.

    Old School

    August 4, 2022 at 11:18 am

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Isn’t sausage making interesting?

  57. 57.

    randy khan

    August 4, 2022 at 11:19 am

    @Redshift:

    My wife and I were on the Shore last week (not the beach, and always capitalized, thank you) and saw an Oz ad because Pennsylvania people come to the Shore for vacation.  The tag line was “I’m Dr. Oz and I approve this message,” and my first thought was that his campaign didn’t want to use his first name because it makes it appear that he’s Muslim.  (I have no idea if he is or not, as I don’t care.)

  58. 58.

    sdhays

    August 4, 2022 at 11:19 am

    It’s not a coincidence that candidates who couldn’t come close to closing the deal with voters (even the awful voters who vote in Republican primaries) without the cult leader backing them are bad candidates.

  59. 59.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 4, 2022 at 11:20 am

    @randy khan:

    and my first thought was that his campaign didn’t want to use his first name because it makes it appear that he’s Muslim.  (I have no idea if he is or not, as I don’t care.)

    didn’t they accuse somebody (Dems or one of his primary opponents, I forget which) of bigotry for calling him Mehmet Oz?

  60. 60.

    Alison Rose 💙🌻💛

    August 4, 2022 at 11:20 am

    @randy khan: I’m kind of surprised he hasn’t gone the Cruz route and started calling himself Michael or something.

  61. 61.

    Feathers

    August 4, 2022 at 11:21 am

    @Another Scott: Agreed, but I don’t have a car and not having to wait for shipping or do extra public transportation trips during a pandemic is worth $12. If it was going to be recurring, I would totally go that route. The Mark Cuban site looks great. Such a wide range of drugs available. Their overnight shipping is $15.

    I know Walgreens has been doing some shitty stuff, but my local was great with the COVID shots and the pharmacist’s advice has kept me from getting nauseous with these meds. Had problems with that before.

  62. 62.

    HumboldtBlue

    August 4, 2022 at 11:21 am

    Breaking: Brett Hankison is among four LMPD officers who were arrested this morning by the FBI in relation to their role in the Breonna Taylor case. The 3 others are Joshua Jaynes, Kelly Hanna Goodlett, and Kyle Meany. There will be a DOJ presser at 11am to disclose more details

  63. 63.

    randy khan

    August 4, 2022 at 11:23 am

    @raven:

    Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) wants Democrats to drop a provision tightening a tax loophole associated with hedge fund managers and private equity executives from their $740 billion package enacting President Joe Biden’s climate, health care and tax plans, according to reports from Politico and Axios.

     

    She also wants some provisions on Western water protection, which actually seems reasonable for me, and normal for a Senator from a dry Western state.  And what I say to both of these things is “Take the deal.”  I have no idea why she likes hedge fund managers so much, but I want this legislation to pass, and if she’s willing to act like a regular, deal-making politician for once, I’m totally in favor of encouraging that behavior.

  64. 64.

    Another Scott

    August 4, 2022 at 11:28 am

    ICYMI, Science.org on climate aspects of BBB Inflation Reduction Act of 2022:

    For climate advocates in the United States, the past month felt like a roller coaster. In early July, negotiations in Congress on clean energy legislation of historic proportions collapsed, and the effort seemed doomed. But backroom talks continued and last week key senators suddenly announced an agreement on a $369 billion bill that would provide the most climate funding ever seen in the United States. “It was the best kept secret, potentially, in Washington history,” says Leah Stokes, a political scientist at the University of California (UC), Santa Barbara.

    The backers—Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D–WV), who had initially balked at the cost—announced that the draft bill would ensure U.S. carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions would fall by 40% by 2030, compared with 2005.

    U.S. emissions have been falling by about 1% per year since 2005, when emissions peaked, largely because of replacing coal power with wind and solar power, as well as natural gas, and rising fuel economy in light cars. But this pace is nowhere fast enough to meet President Joe Biden’s goal of a 50% to 52% cut in emissions by 2030 relative to 2005, pledged as the U.S. contribution to the Paris accord’s goal of holding global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

    Biden’s major effort had been the Build Back Better Act, which would have invested $560 billion in cutting greenhouse gases but died in the Senate after Manchin objected. The smaller new bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, preserves much of the bang for clean energy, says energy systems expert Jesse Jenkins of Princeton University’s Rapid Energy Policy Evaluation and Analysis Toolkit Project, which runs one of the models. “I think [Senate staff] did a miraculous job,” he says. In particular, the bill provides subsidies to expand renewable energy and lure consumers to buy electric vehicles, solar panels, and climate-friendly home heat pumps.

    […]

    Just a day after the bill was released, Rhodium posted preliminary estimates on its website. The topline result: a 31% to 44% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005. Compared with current policies, that’s an additional drop of 7 to 9 percentage points. Variables such as the price of natural gas account for much of the uncertainty: If gas prices drop, utilities might favor gas over renewable power, slowing the decline in carbon emissions.

    Models can have difficulty predicting the pace of technology cost reductions and quirks of human behavior, cautions economist Meredith Fowlie of UC Berkeley. “I wouldn’t believe any one projected number, but [key] models agree in a qualitative sense that this is going to bend the trajectory,” she says.

    Today, the think tank Energy Innovation narrowed the range, forecasting emissions reductions of 38% to 41%. It estimates a largergain from the bill itself, just 13 to 17 percentage points below current policies.

    Both analyses find the two most important factors driving down emissions are clean electricity tax credits—which the bill provides for at least a decade—and expanded tax credits for both new and used electric vehicles. The subsidies will help utilities install more capacity from wind farms and solar panels and help keep nuclear power plants financially viable as they face competition from cheap natural gas. Previous analyses had also pointed to green electricity generation and transportation as crucial to reducing emissions.

    Much more, including more embedded links, at the link.

    West Virginia gets 88% of its electricity from burning coal. Getting Manchin on board was always going to be a heavy lift, but he did good here – it’s important incremental progress.

    This bill is a big Biden deal. And long overdue. Since the health insurance rates for next year will be start being set in mid-August, I assume this will be on Biden’s desk in the next 10 days or so. We should celebrate bigly when that happens.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  65. 65.

    satby

    August 4, 2022 at 11:29 am

    @Feathers: @Benw: @Another Scott: Did they give you a diagnosis of what the rash is, because if it’s suspected to be a topical reaction to something (like Benw’s reaction to vines) vs. an inflammatory reaction like eczema (which can be triggered both externally or by ingestion) the advice is slightly different. Heat often triggers eczema, for instance, or on the face it could be rosacea, which sometimes requires antibiotics as well as steroids for full relief.

    If they just put you on a prednisone blast (high dose start, tapering off each day), that was just to interrupt the inflammation cycle. Something like a 10% hydrocortisone ointment can help the rash of they didn’t give you an Rx for anything stronger. Colloidal oatmeal compresses to the affected area may help if it’s itchy. But what will ultimately resolve it depends on what may have caused it.

  66. 66.

    barbequebob

    August 4, 2022 at 11:29 am

    outlook.com

    Many of the spam e-mails I get telling me I have won a free gift gift card, and just have to click on the link to redeem, originate from outlook.com addresses.

  67. 67.

    NotMax

    August 4, 2022 at 11:34 am

    As it is Open Thread –

    “Holy tight with the sheriff, Batman.”

    IANAL but even this old fart can see multiple avenues for a countersuit (or several).

  68. 68.

    zhena gogolia

    August 4, 2022 at 11:35 am

    @Feathers: I am not a doctor, but doesn’t it take the whole course of prednisone for it to work? That’s been my experience. Can’t the prescriber help you out?

  69. 69.

    Wapiti

    August 4, 2022 at 11:35 am

    @randy khan: Mehmet is Turkish for Mohammad. So while I don’t really care what religion or national origin he is, “Mehmet Oz” sticks out – his voters might care that he is not like them.

  70. 70.

    VOR

    August 4, 2022 at 11:41 am

    @AliceBlue: None of them are running on policy. After all, most of their policies are unpopular. Instead they are running on owning the libs. They are running on “put us in power and we’ll make everything good again, just like 1980, I mean 1950, I mean 1850, maybe 1650”.  Most of them have no interest in actually legislating, it’s just a way to audition for their dream job of being a pundit on Fox News. How many bills authored by Madison Cawthorn, Lauren Boebert, and MTG have passed?

  71. 71.

    Geminid

    August 4, 2022 at 11:42 am

    @Wapiti: If the election was tighter, we might see PAC advertising harping on Oz’s dual citizenship and his service in the Turkish Army. We still might. The issues were raised in the Republican primary.

  72. 72.

    Ken

    August 4, 2022 at 11:43 am

    @VOR: How many bills authored by Madison Cawthorn, Lauren Boebert, and MTG have passed?

    Is this one of those trick questions where the answer is “all of them”, because they haven’t authored any?

  73. 73.

    Another Scott

    August 4, 2022 at 11:44 am

    @Wapiti: If I were in PA and thinking about voting for Oz, I’d have a lot much, much, much more concern about him being a (dual) Turkish citizen and voting for Erdogan in the most recent election than his name, myself.

    I know that he’s said that he would drop the dual citizenship if he won.  I don’t think that he’s explained the vote for Erdogan – slaughterer of Kurds- yet.  Maybe Fetterman will ask him about that.

    Grr…,
    Scott.

  74. 74.

    Ruckus

    August 4, 2022 at 11:45 am

    @MattF:

    Maybe it’s because I actually like reality (mostly!), but Alex Jones as merely a crazy guy with anger management issues? He is a major fucking asshole with far more wrong with him than just his anger management issues – which he has in abundance. They would have to concentrate the power of the sun a thousand or more times to hide them – by burning him down to a pile of rancid dog shit, which would be a massive improvement in his being.

  75. 75.

    Redshift

    August 4, 2022 at 11:46 am

    @randy khan:

    I have no idea why she likes hedge fund managers so much

    Because she knows she’s getting booted out of office in a couple of years, and she doesn’t want to have to work for a living? Just a guess.

  76. 76.

    TheflipPsyd

    August 4, 2022 at 11:48 am

    @randy khan: “Down the Shore”  although the local news tries to improve everyone’s grammer with “down at the shore”

    :-)

  77. 77.

    Suzanne

    August 4, 2022 at 11:48 am

    @Redshift:

    she doesn’t want to have to work for a living 

    I mean, to be fair, me too.

  78. 78.

    Redshift

    August 4, 2022 at 11:51 am

    @Another Scott:

    If I were in PA and thinking about voting for Oz, I’d have a lot much, much, much more concern about him being a (dual) Turkish citizen and voting for Erdogan in the most recent election than his name, myself.

    That shows you’re not a Republican voter. Those are reasonable concerns that require learning and thinking, whereas a name is something a wingnut can see with no effort and can react to with their gut

  79. 79.

    Redshift

    August 4, 2022 at 11:53 am

    @Suzanne: Yeah, it’s surprising how many things (not just in politics) I see and think, “I could do that, if only I had no shame.”

  80. 80.

    MattF

    August 4, 2022 at 11:55 am

    @Ruckus: Which is why the news that Greenwald is trying to make Jones into a free-speech martyr needs to be hammered downwards as fast and as hard as possible.

  81. 81.

    eclare

    August 4, 2022 at 12:09 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck:   Exactly.  I think the price tag was around $15B.

  82. 82.

    Bupalos

    August 4, 2022 at 12:14 pm

    What Fetterman does is not that hard and I don’t understand how we only one or 2 of this kind of effective Dem pugilist.

    His little tweet about how election fraud is not only very rare but OVERWHELMINGLY REPUBLICAN TRUMPERS takes like 1 second and zero thought to do. But that’s called actually fighting back.

    Everyone else is like “it’s been proven that there isn’t really enough fraud to have changed the election!” Drives me nuts.

  83. 83.

    eclare

    August 4, 2022 at 12:16 pm

    Just came in from voting in the TN primary and Memphis municipal elections.  Big race here is for DA.  I got a robotext from John Legend about it.

  84. 84.

    Bupalos

    August 4, 2022 at 12:18 pm

    @randy khan: Yeah that’s fine but on the hedge fund stuff there needs to be at least a little noise made about it so it sticks to her rather than the party. This needs not to be the dem brand.

  85. 85.

    Geminid

    August 4, 2022 at 12:19 pm

    @Redshift: 68.9% of Repulican primary voters voted for someone other than Oz. Trump’s endorsement barely dragged him across the finish line.

    Of course, ~27% voted for Kathy Barnette so I would not argue that Pennsylvania Republicans are very discerning.

  86. 86.

    Bill Arnold

    August 4, 2022 at 12:29 pm

    @raven:

    Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) wants Democrats to drop a provision tightening a tax loophole associated with hedge fund managers and private equity executives

    I’d be surprised to find out for sure that she was not taking and concealing bribes from said people. Many of them are psychopaths.

  87. 87.

    oatler

    August 4, 2022 at 12:32 pm

    @dmsilev:

    font-shaming

  88. 88.

    CaseyL

    August 4, 2022 at 12:35 pm

    @Bill Arnold: I’m not even sure how “concealed” the bribery is.   IMO she’s obviously for sale.  When the news on the bill was “No word yet from Sinema,” I said at the time she was waiting for the highest bidder.
    People keep talking about how Sinema is burning all her bridges, she won’t be useful to anyone after her Senate term is up, how can she be a lobbyist, etc.  To me, it’s clear she has no post-Senate plans other than taking the cash she accumulates now and triathalon-ing away into the sunset.​

  89. 89.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    August 4, 2022 at 12:51 pm

    @Bupalos: indeed, it’s not that hard to make dr Oz look like a fool, because Oz does it to himself

  90. 90.

    trollhattan

    August 4, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    @Another Scott:

    Interesting. So West Virginia’s 1.8 million citizens use more coal-fired electricity than California’s 40 million. Sheesh.

  91. 91.

    Suzanne

    August 4, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    @CaseyL:

    To me, it’s clear she has no post-Senate plans other than taking the cash she accumulates now and triathalon-ing away into the sunset.​ 

    I still think she wants to do-host The View or become a Fox News commentator or have a reality show, but otherwise I agree with you. Being in the Senate looks like a shitty job. Well-paying, but shitty. She wants to take the money and run.

    But, I mean, to be fair, me too.

  92. 92.

    Another Scott

    August 4, 2022 at 1:08 pm

    @Suzanne: You know much more about her than me.

    I’m, personally, surprised how often I see her on the Senate floor, glad-handing and talking with people.  (E.g. on the vote before the CHIPS act when Schumer was looking for 15 GQPers to determine what else to put in the bill.  Mark Warner was there a lot, too, talking with Schumer.)  She also does reasonably well in the committee hearings I’ve heard her participate in that I’ve seen on C-SPAN (but that could be a consequence of having a decent staff prepare her good questions).

    I don’t like her positions on many issues, but she doesn’t seem to be phoning-it-in when it comes to the public-facing part of the Senate job.  (She may be horrible on dealing with constituents and other parts of the job.)  She could do things differently, e.g., if she just wanted to sit in the shadows and put up roadblocks.

    IIRC, you’ve said that she’s a bit of a political chameleon.  What I’ve seen agrees with that – she likes politics and power and is doing what she thinks she can/needs to do to keep her job and power.  Who knows whether it will work in the next election, but people shouldn’t underestimate her.

    OTOH, part of being a good lobbyist is being good at glad-handing former colleagues…

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  93. 93.

    Just One More Canuck

    August 4, 2022 at 1:18 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: the 12 year old in me made me find out that there’s a colorectal surgeon in Houston named Dr. Donald Butts

  94. 94.

    trollhattan

    August 4, 2022 at 1:22 pm

    @Just One More Canuck:

    Predetermined profession.

    My grade-school buddy, Tom Paine’s (yep) father was a heart surgeon. Also in the neighborhood was a Doctor Doctor.

  95. 95.

    NotMax

    August 4, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    @trollhattan

    True story. Friend of Mom underwent surgery years ago, at which the three doctors in the operating room happened to have Italian surnames.

    Which in English translation were Heaven, Angel and Bells.

  96. 96.

    Uncle Cosmo

    August 4, 2022 at 1:35 pm

    @TheflipPsyd: ​In Baltimore – pardon me, Bawlmer Murlin Hon – it’s downy ayshun, as in

    Q: Where you gon’ fer vacayshun?
    A: Downy ayshun, hon!

    IOW “Down the Ocean,” i.e. the beaches between Ocean City MD and Rehoboth DE. I have two friends who are down there frequently for work – one is a handyman rehabbing his sister’s retirement cottage, the other a salesman and inspector of flooring with a number of retailers and frequent inspection gigs on the Eastern Shore.

    (All yinz not of the Baltimoron persuasion should note that “Charm City” (“Churn City” to fans of The Expanse) is the one place in the multiverse where the primary use of one’s paramour is to mow the lawn…;^D)

  97. 97.

    trollhattan

    August 4, 2022 at 1:43 pm

    @NotMax: Ammazza!

  98. 98.

    Ksmiami

    August 4, 2022 at 2:05 pm

    @lowtechcyclist: or a post White Stripes semi-decent Jack White contribution ?

  99. 99.

    Ksmiami

    August 4, 2022 at 2:07 pm

    @Just One More Canuck: lol my SO deals with a lot of Big Swinging Dicks of finance, but literally had a colleague named Dick Cannon….

  100. 100.

    Just One More Canuck

    August 4, 2022 at 2:10 pm

    @trollhattan: Does he have a bad case of loving you?

  101. 101.

    Richard Grant

    August 4, 2022 at 2:49 pm

    @Redshift:  New Jersey-ness?  Fair(fax) enough.

  102. 102.

    Dan B

    August 4, 2022 at 3:00 pm

    @NotMax: A friend’s aunt and uncle were Dr. and Dr. Hamburger.  Not the best name for surgeons.  I think one was a surgeon.

  103. 103.

    StringOnAStick

    August 4, 2022 at 3:20 pm

    @Feathers: The prednisone works by suppressing the immune system, and that effect is continuing as you taper off the dose.  Never stop the tapering doses, there’s a risk of serious mental health impacts from suddenly stopping prednisone (like having a psychotic break, rare but possible).  Even though you are past the high dose phase, it is still having a suppressive effect, so it’s likely to still be doing what they expected it to do to reduce the rash; you might want to give it another couple of days.

  104. 104.

    Mel

    August 4, 2022 at 3:52 pm

    @Feathers: Did the urgent care doc check to make sure it was not shingles? There’s an assumption sometimes that only the elderly or the immunocompromised are more prone to developing shingles, but stress (and it sure sounds like you have been dealing with lots of difficult things), acute illness, etc. can also trigger shingles.

    If you had chicken pox as a kiddo, you can later develop shingles when the virus reactivates (it roosts, dormant in the nerves.) It can crop up anywhere on the body, but common sites include the torso and the face. Classic symptoms are an itchy, tingly, and/or tender,  painful phase (prodome), then small red bumps and or a rashy area that can develop into  lesions. That is the classic presentation that most people get, but not everyone’s will be a textbook case. A few skip the prodome, a few get just a rash or get lesions but the lesions don’t always develop the full-on, funky chicken pox-like crusting, etc.

    Just a thought, because anything near your eyes is important to keep a close watch over.

    I’ve had shingles three times despite the vaccine (thanks, immunosuppressants), PCR confirmed, and a relative who has lupus has had it twice on her face.

    It came to mind when I read your comment, because the second time she had it, it appeared on her forehead and temples, around her eyes, and an urgent care doc and her primary care doc both missed the diagnosis because she didn’t develop the full-blown lesions that time, and had had it once already.

    Dermatologist did culture, PCR, and bloodwork which confirmed the diagnosis, but started her on famvir while waiting, in order to protect her vision.

    One other thought: have you started using a new sunscreen, lotion, makeup, soap, contact lens product, eye drop, etc. in the past month or so? Sometimes people react to those things with an immediate allergic dermatitis, but you can also have a delayed hypersensitivity.

    If it doesn’t resolve fairly quickly, as much as it absolutely sucks to have to self-pay (have done that in the past and still have to self pay for my out of network specialist- it is horrible that anyone has to do this to get care when they need it, and I am so sorry that you are having to fight through that on top of everything else), definitely get it checked again. You, your health, your vision, and the new life you are working hard to create are so important, and taking care of yourself is priority one as you heal and move forward.

    Maybe the community here could kick in and assist to help with MD or specialist visit costs to get this diagnosed if it doesn’t resolve asap?

    I hope you feel better quickly.

  105. 105.

    Ken

    August 4, 2022 at 4:49 pm

    @NotMax: A friend from the Netherlands told me that boarding an airplane can be described as “go down the corridor”, “turn the corner”, and “into the box (cabin)” — all of which, in Dutch, are euphemisms for dying.

  106. 106.

    Ruckus

    August 5, 2022 at 6:00 am

    @MattF:

    Well of course. But greenshit has been in need of a straight jacket and a padded bedroom for quite a while now, ever since he swallowed whatever it was that turned him from a complete ass into whatever indescribable Piece Of Stench it is that is far worse than what he was then.

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