Non-political things that make you say...WTF?!?! (Welcome To Florida!) **NOT CV RELATED** NO TALKY!

Be glad they did you a favor.

 

I did not watch it a close as you did

 

This enrages me. What kind of twisted child does this sort of thing? And more importantly, what kind of household are they coming from? Damn.

 

I hope this very young hero heals quick. He got a lesson that there are evil people out there, and you have to stand up to them even if it hurts.

 

Hat's off to him for sticking up for his friend tho. Even if it got him an ass whooping. You see it more often than not now that someone would rather take out their phone and record it, rather than help.

 

They may have just reinvented the bike there.

 

^By the time they get the shifting right, the parts will be so heavily reinforced that their efficiency gains over the conventional chain-sprocket system will be gone. The ring gear is unsupported along the rim. On heavy pedal effort, the ring gear will flex back and cause the roller bearings to jump teeth.

 

Holy shit! Selectable RWD/2WD bicycle: https://gearjunkie.com/all-wheel-drive-fat-bike-cristini

 

Interesting concept though. It looks like the rear sprocket could go pretty gladiator on the ankle if it wasn't encased.

 

update to a story from last year

https://www.idahostatesman.com/latest-news/article217151810.html

"The U.S. government said an Idaho family is to blame for any injuries it alleges a boy received after he was doused with cyanide by a predator-killing trap that a federal worker mistakenly placed near their home."

 

Deeply exhaling and shaking my head.

 

I smell the lawyers already circling.

 

https://gizmodo.com/police-in-paraguay-discover-their-rifles-have-been-repl-1828652057/amp

surprisingly good replica, would've fooled me

 

Damn, 44 maintained and operational FAL is a force to be reckoned with. But, they're probably all over the place!

 

And yet I still watched it . 100 + or - calories away from death.

 

California mom bitten by 'kissing bug' warns others about danger of 'silent killer' parasitic disease



This bug, commonly known as a triatomine, spreads Chagas, a disease that originated in Latin America. (REUTERS)


When Lynn Kaufer Hodson was bitten by a triatomine, also known as a "kissing bug," she couldn't even feel it. It wasn't until a large, itchy lump appeared on her neck the next day that she realized some type of pest had sucked her blood.

Hodson had been staying with family in a camper on her ranch in Grass Valley, Calif., in November 2016 while she waited to move into her new home in Penn Valley — a town that was a roughly 30-minute drive away.
At first, Hodson just believed a spider or mosquito had bitten her while she was staying in a fifth wheel camper. But weeks went by, and the bite mark continued to throb and itch.

"It was super itchy for like two or three weeks," Hodson, 49, recalled to Fox News, though she admitted she initially decided against going to the doctor.

It wasn't until two months later that Hodson learned — by accident — the type of deadly bug that had actually bitten her.

In January 2017, Hodson decided to donate blood, as she routinely did once a quarter. Weeks later, the wife and mother received a shocking letter in the mail from the American Red Cross that revealed there were signs she had been infected with the rare parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which triggers a dangerous illness called Chagas disease.

Hodson immediately underwent follow-up testing at the Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, where doctors confirmed she had contracted Chagas.

The 49-year-old had to wait two months, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prioritized high risk patients such as pregnant women and those with AIDS, before she could get any medications to treat the infection.

"They say if you get it treated right away research shows it's effective," Hodson said. "What's right away? I had to wait five months, so how I looked at it was — I have it. It's either going to affect me or it's not."

At least 8 million people have been infected with Chagas disease in Central and South America and Mexico, according to the CDC's most recent report in December 2017. And an estimated 300,000 Americans in the U.S. also have the illness, a recent news release from the American Heart Association shows.

However, Hodson said the disease is called the "silent killer" because many people don't show any symptoms. Therefore, she estimates the number of those infected to be even higher.

Kissing bugs spread the infection by biting a human, typically on their face (hence the nickname), and then defecating near the wound. The parasite can then get rubbed into the open wound or get into the body if someone touches their mouth or eyes afterward.

Chagas disease can cause life-threatening heart issues, including heart disease, strokes, arrhythmias and cardiac arrest. About one-third of those infected will develop chronic heart disease, according to the AHA.

"There is no urgency, no concern, no anything with this disease right now. Not many people have it; it's not a sexy thing. You can't see it," Hodson said, explaining that she's hoping to "put a face" to the disease so others will take it seriously.

"It comes down to politics," she argued.

Hodson currently sees a cardiologist once a year for an echocardiogram and electrocardiogram. She also wears a Holter monitor for 48 hours after every check-up to monitor her heart activity. That's all she says she can do at the moment.

"I'm a total Type A control freak, but this is so beyond anyone's control. You can live your life stressed and worried about it or you can just live your life," Hodson said. "Life is short. You hope you're okay and you live your life."

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/...t-danger-silent-killer-parasitic-disease.html

 

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