McTurtle - no worry, just took another fall. The thing of it, Saturday ,on D.U., was a video of a Yale M.D., professor

[3Hotdogs]

of Emergency Medicine. She matter of factly reviewed the tape of E.M.T.s carting his carcass out of the house and into the ambulance.

" This means this.... or that. This would be standard care for this.... or this.... or this.... . The narration went on for a few minutes until she gets to where they are loading his ass into the vehicle.

Then she points out that THEY ARE NOT IN ANY HURRY TO GET HIM TO HOSPITAL.

So he's just fallen down again. Problem is, the cause of this fall could be different. If this one is a stroke, the faster you get to hospital, the better are the chances for full recovery.

Instead, these guys are in no hurry to reach the hospital.

I don't know if you've ever smelled a dead turtle on a beach while it is decaying..... this story smells just like a decaying turtle, rotting on a beach, in the summer sun.

[UpInArms]

1. The picture they put out with wife, Chao

seems age regressed by about 10 to 15 years (imho)

Here’s a picture of him in April of this year

Link to tweet

ETA the current picture

.webp

[3Hotdogs]

2. WAIT. THAT'S IT. He was taken to hospital, nothing wrong here, BUT while I'm here, why not get some plastic surgery

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so's I look so good for Elaine, when I gets home, she's gonna wanna hop right in bed with me.

Of course he looks 15 years younger and that's why.

And yeah... his head is several inches from the pillow. That shows how strong he is. He can sit up without back support. If it was a stroke or heart problem or some shit like you people are claiming, he wouldn't have the strength to do that.... But plastic surgery, you're up and bouncing in a day or so.

So why is he still in hospital? I'll tell ya. He's waiting for the scars to heal and the backend blue stuff to dissipate so's he's ready for his closeup - when Trump awards him the Meddle of Freedom.

[UpInArms]

7. I wish my face had no wrinkles

wtf is with these baby faced peeps?

[colorado_ufo]

23. No sun.

[displacedvermoter]

9. Looks like they cleaned up his neck wattles as well

and Elaine also looks fresher.

[displacedvermoter]

6. But he's alive, damn it Jim...

[dlk]

10. Does this pic look like CGI to anyone?

It looks that way to me.

[UpInArms]

12. It's the pillow that bothers me the most

Why is there a pillow for his head when he isn’t touching it?

[dlk]

14. Why, indeed

n/t

[UpInArms]

15. It's being used to block out something they don't want you to see

Hmmmm

[dlk]

31. One thing's for certain

They are lying.

[MarcoZandrini]

16. Someone needs to...

…use as cattle probe to restart him.

[Wednesdays]

3. Okay.

As long as he's not in the Senate chamber, voting, I'm good with whatever is going on with him.

[Hugin]

4. I keep wondering what if anything current events may have to do...

With Alito’s abortive retirement announcement on about the fourth.

[Wednesdays]

17. Yeah, as things stand now...

...it would take only two "no" votes from Repug senators to sink a SCOTUS nomination. In early June, it would have required four.

[Torchlight]

5. He'll be back, staring blankly into the air again in no time

as his handlers imply his robust health and the kooky, if not seditious nature of any discussions otherwise.

[displacedvermoter]

8. He is alive, I tell you!

That is all that matters...

[Boo1]

11. The level on conspiracy on this

Is nuts.

The picture is real and he's alive. The only source that said he wasnt was Laura fucking Loomer, and she thinks Gabriel Giffords is brain dead too.

[TBF]

18. ha ha ha

You're gonna have to try harder than this. The entire Internet is mocking this bad AI job at this point.

But you do you.

[Boo1]

22. "The internet"

Yeah ok.

Every major news agency has confirmed it, and this board has shown that the image it supposedly matches is the actual AI.

[chapterhouse]

25. More than half "the internet" is AI, already n/t

[KS Toronado]

27. Welcome to DU !

[Bettie]

19. it is actually Gabrielle

Giffords.

I'm weird about names....probably because my name is continually spelled incorrectly (Gina, not Gena, Jeana, Jeanna, Jianna, etc.).

So, no mean intent, just a gentle correction.

[Bongo Prophet]

28. I can see why you'd be sensitive to that

Those are really weird ways to misspell 'Bettie'

[Bettie]

29. Right? I mean

really, not even the same sound!

[Skittles]

32. I knew someone named "Bettye"

I wanted to say BET-EYE

[czarjak]

13. True Love...

[twodogsbarking]

20. Come on Mitch. We are all cheering for you. Make us happy. You can do it. We will all help dig the hole.

[ashredux]

21. Well, I am sticking with the " Weekend at Bernie's" scenario....

[KS Toronado]

24. I'm with you, too many things don't add up.

[SheltieLover]

26. What about ghe CPR EMS call?

[onenote]

30. Is there a transcript of that call?

And who made the initial call?