Correlation Games

The Startling Link Between Sugar and Alzheimer's
A high-carb diet, and the attendant high blood sugar, are associated with cognitive decline.

Healthy mitochondria could stop Alzheimer's


Hmmmm.   What could possibly affect sugar metabolism and mitochondrial function?
Chronic immune response to bacterial infection and the antibiotics used to treat them...

For the Record

I passed the cognitive test he took too.
It was pretty freakin simple.
It clearly means nothing.  I'm totally mentally unfit to be the president.

The Golden Ticket

McCarthy had one of his staff buy Starbursts and pick out the red and pink ones, which were placed in a jar bearing the name of the majority leader on the side and delivered to the president. A White House official told The Washington Post that Trump was grinning upon receipt of the gift.

These people understand his pathology.   Have found his Pavlovian trigger.
He's a dry drunk.   Alters his mind and poisons his liver with fructose instead.

Just Saying

If I'm gonna be incinerated, I would like enough warning time to cook a pot of pasta first.
I want to die with the taste of penne with cream and parmesan in my brainstem.

So glad to be alive today

Glad there were no missile attacks. Glad the internet is still available.  Because I waited my entire life to read this-


Newborn immune activation may have long-term negative impact on brain function

McLean Hospital neuroscientists have found that even a brief episode of immune system activation within days of birth can cause persistent changes in sleep patterns concurrent with increases in epilepsy-like brain activity -- a combination of symptoms common in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental conditions. The detailed findings are available in the January 12, 2018, issue of Neuropsychopharmacology."A growing body of evidence suggests that immune system activation, such as that caused by bacterial and viral infections, can play important roles in many brain disorders," explained William Carlezon, PhD, chief of the Division of Basic Neuroscience at McLean Hospital, and senior author of the paper. "While previous research in laboratory animals has established that immune activation during critical prenatal (before birth) developmental periods can later produce the core features of ASD, including decreased social interaction, aberrant communication, and increased repetitive behavior, we wanted to evaluate whether postnatal (during infancy) immune activation could also produce other symptom clusters that are often seen in ASD and related conditions."
In humans, ASD is also frequently associated with certain co-occurring medical conditions, such as sleep disorders and seizures. To determine whether early postnatal immune system activation can produce these types of effects, McLean researchers treated mice with a lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a chemical that simulates a bacterial infection and causes a temporary (1-3 day) activation of the immune system. The LPS was given at a time point in mice (9 days after birth) that approximates the stage of brain development in humans at birth after full-term pregnancy. The mice were then implanted with micro-transmitters that enabled the researchers to collect an uninterrupted stream of data on sleep, muscle movement, and activity levels. Data collection continued through 12 weeks of age, a time point considered to represent adulthood in mice.
Carlezon, who is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and his team discovered that temporary immune system activation shortly after birth produced two main findings in the adult mice. First, immune-activated mice spent more time in slow-wave sleep, a sleep phase often associated with systemic inflammation. Second, the mice also showed dramatic increases in brief (lasting 2-3 seconds) bouts of abnormal brain wave activity. These events had the hallmark characteristics of spike-wave discharges (SWDs), a type of epilepsy-like brain activity that is not accompanied by full-body seizures. Although the SWDs occurred throughout the day, they were much more prevalent during periods when the mice were sleeping. When they occurred during wakefulness, they were accompanied by complete behavioral arrest -- a period of no movement throughout the body -- and immediately followed by recovery of normal brain activity and movement. Collectively, these findings demonstrate that even a brief period of immune system activation during critical periods of early development can leave a long-term signature upon the brain.

Um yeah, been there, done that.
Geez Louise, oh me oh my...

He Cannot Breathe

Watch the fat man not sing the national anthem.

See the Pathology

See the microbes that control his head.

Looks like his entire salivary system on that side is infected now.
It's more noticeable in the video.

 

Very Stable Genius

Jumps through the mirror and becomes a human keleidoscope:

"Ronald Reagan had the same problem and handled it well. So will I!"

Next Year will be Better

Hang in There.

Everywhere. Always.

So I went to see The Last Jedi-

And all I could think through the whole thing was:
"That Snoke guy must have a wicked headache.   No wonder he's so mean."

Not to mention, Vader had a pretty bad respiratory problem and terrible epithelial injuries from being thrown into a volcano.

Anyhow, I concluded that if Kylo Ren took better care of his crowded teeth and pinched nasal ducts he could probably be turned back toward the light.

Punkocracy

That's the word I've been trying to identify.  Self explanatory.  Carry on.

Happy Merry

This article rings all my bells. Nasal Misfit Irony.  Ho Ho Ho!

How a Shy Jewish Boy’s Nose Issues Gave America Rudolf for Christmas

Merry Effin Christmas America

"You all just got a lot richer," President Trump told friends dining at Mar-a-Lago Friday night, hours after signing tax overhaul into law.

I hope you and yours have enough resources to eat and nurse your winter infections at the same time.
I truly, truly do.

Merry Fucking Christmas from the NRA

A teen is charged with killing his girlfriend’s parents. They had worried he was a neo-Nazi.

This is EXACTLY what I have been afraid of all year.
Summary executions by hyperactive punks.
This is the shit that is simmering in the infected heads of men all over America.
This is the predictably insane outcome of male entitlement combined with illness induced mania 
AND EASY ACCESS TO GUNS.
  

So Much Winning

This young man is Wyatt Koch.
He thanks America for making him rich forever.
He will never have any problems paying for anything despite his inability to do real work due the obvious physical and cognitive complications of his raging head infections. 

The Moral of the Story

my new favorite thing.
Thanks to John Fugelsang. 

This is How it Begins

One Hasty Study Doesn’t Mean That “Man Flu” Is Real

But a whole body of scientific research does suggest that men are more vulnerable to respiratory infections...

This is Why

Because this old man and his depressed daughter probably suffered from the same chronic illness.
It made him righteous and mean, and it made her want to die.
This is the timeless tragedy of the human condition. 

America is full of sick, miserable people.  That's the real problem.
And the one Republicans want to make ten times worse.

I will light a candle today and hope for sanity.

State of the Cephalus

The Head of State is still deteriorating.

It seems like merely standing and reading is strenuous for him now.
That's because he's very sick, and his metabolism is no longer functioning.   And that adolescent diet he ingests only makes it worse.   It destroys his energy level and immune response.

His entire head is clogging up now.  Trust me, he has a headache ALL the time.
The sinus infections have settled in and the skin on his face is now getting sclerotic.   His cheeks have hardened and no longer have fine motor movements.   It's as if he's wearing a leather mask.

His nasty right sinus has surely been  draining into his mouth, and now there is something wrong with his lower jaw on that side.  It may be a bad tooth down there, but I would bet a Benjamin that he has a calcium stone in his right maxillary salivary duct.   That's a predictable consequence of long term strep infection, and they are impossible to feel until they try to get out.

Anyhow,  that's what I think is going on in this clip of him slurring.
The stone moved, pinched the nerve in his jaw, and paralyzed his tongue for a moment.
You can see him gag and twitch and try to move it subtly.   Here's a different video, made weeks before, when I first noticed this twitch. (0:35)

Most people assumed it was dentures, but neglected the fact he's too vain to even consider them.  He has classy implants and veneers.
The rest assume it was a stroke or dementia, but it was clearly transient dysarthria and not memory related.

(For the record- Yeah- been here done this too)

Edit 12/12:  more babbling...

I like that second clip a lot.   He's very bloated that day and laboring to speak.  The interesting thing is how disciplined he is in his face control.   He has certain poses he adopts when he's in distress- which is almost always, because he can't breathe through his nose...

He usually uses shouting as a reason to gasp and mouth breathe.
There's a "strong jaw" face-  clamps his front teeth together so the molars are not touching.  Opens mouth slightly to breathe.  (1:10)
The duck face relieves pinched nerves in the nose, and that overdone grin relieves stress on the jaw muscle that he likes to clench so much.

It's really a very choreographed set of actions.

I think he considers himself a great actor. 
I have always considered him a very advanced form of a pull string "See and Say" toy-  trigger him with a word, and he comes up with a canned response...

Anyhow,
I have now decided that he imposes this rigorous mask regimen on Ivanka and Melania too.   Their faces never move and you can never see them breathe.

Greedy Obscene Predators

The Republican tax bill is not just immoral. It is an act of violence
Rev Dr William Barber

Donald Trump and leaders in Congress are on the verge of enacting one of the most immoral pieces of legislation in our nation’s history. The Republican party has billed its plan as a tax cut for America’s middle class, but it is in fact an act of gross violence against America’s poor to serve the country’s richest and most powerful.
The claim of the cuts is scarcity. But we do not have scarcity of money; we have a scarcity of moral will. We have an abundance of resources that could end poverty for everyone.

Extremist leaders are proposing to give billions in tax breaks to the wealthy, and to pay for it by raising taxes and cutting life-saving services for poor people, working poor people and the most vulnerable among us.
Listen to what the prophets of old in our sacred traditions have to say about this:

Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people, making widows their prey and robbing the fatherless. (Isaiah 10:1-4)

State of the Insanity

PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DEBATING WHETHER SLAVERY AND NAZIS ARE BAD.

See the Darkness

YouTube Trumpkin and Former Milo Intern Kills His Own Dad for Calling Him a Nazi

Yeah, in case you haven't figured it out, I know from personal experience that grinding on crooked teeth in combination with the weather induced vitamin D deficiency and chronic respiratory infections caused by living in Seattle tend to make one alternate between suicidal and homicidal thoughts...

It's why I moved to Arizona.

The clouds come in October, and the sun doesn't ever emerge before July... 
Last winter, Seattle was very cold and had record breaking rain.   Everyone was sick. 

I would bet a thousand dollars he had/has impacted wisdom teeth AND strep throat.
That shit will make you crazy.

Beyond Sublime

My week as a white non-Muslim

After watching Channel 4's My Week as a Muslim, in which Katie from Cheshire donned a brown face, fake nose and brown teeth to look more "Muslim", I decided that maybe something similar would help me overcome my fear of white people.
I teamed up with a make-up team to experience life on the other side, or My Week as a white non-Muslim.
... In order to fully pass as a white person, much work was needed to hide my far-too-handsome-to-pass-for-white face. The first task was my teeth. Centuries of healthy stock meant that everyone would see through my white disguise due to my delightfully straight teeth.
They had a dentist produce crooked veneers, with four false fillings thrown in for good measure...

Maniacs Running the Asylum

Frail and disoriented, Cochran says he's not retiring

On one amendment, Cochran voted “yes” despite being told by an aide to vote “no.” The staffer tried to get the senator to switch his vote, but Cochran kept flashing the “thumbs up” sign, even walking over to the clerk tallying the vote and doing so. GOP floor staffers repeatedly told him the leadership wanted a "no" vote. Several more moments passed before Cochran realized he was voting the wrong way and then changed his vote.

Words Matter

This is what male humans call Winning.