The Canadian Skeptic
I'm a retired Autoworker from Windsor ON. I'm a progressive, Atheist, humanist, lover of cats and guitars.
Joined May 2022
@NaomiSkarzinski Not really. It was caught very early. I took penicillin daily til I was about sixteen. The worst part was the misunderstanding of how to deal with it. Back in the day they were concerned about heart valve damage and prescribed light activity. I loved sports and would have done more but it was discouraged. I had a slight murmur throughout childhood but by the time I was 16 there was nothing there. No damage, no lingering effects. Just the antibodies I guess they don't want.
@NaomiSkarzinski Kudos to you for at least giving an effort. I first tried donating at 19 with a bunch of friends. Discovered that I couldn't be cause of my medical past (rheumatic fever at 5). I regret that I couldn't be more help.
@NaomiSkarzinski Much thanks. It's been a hard day with lots of triggers. I half expect to see him.
@MonaT Thank you.
@Knitpurrl Thank you. He was indeed a big guy. Tradesmen would come to the house and be startled how big he was. He was a gentle giant.
@Kaysymmetry Thank you. I fell in love with him the first time I saw him in the Pet Smart. Couldn't get him out of my mind. Went back a couple of times before we adopted him from the Humane Society.
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@feloneouscat: I first heard it about twenty-five years ago in the DFW area, and I could kinda tell it was not as old as claimed, in part because when I asked for them to tell me where to look for it in official legalese they told me the US wouldn't allow it to be written but that it was in the spirit of it. And the dude was a white supremacist advocating for Texas being "a glorious white Republic once more". Most Texans I know are GOP or farther afield to the right, alas. Except in Austin.
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@feloneouscat: Texans have long held, and I do mean *long* held, that somehow in the state's agreement to become a part of the Union they retained the legal right (a la "treaty") to secede if and then they wanted to.
I shit you not.
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@feloneouscat She's wrong. And, Texas should know better, because they were involved in the case that set this rule in 1868.
Texas v. White says states cannot unilaterally secede from the US.
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Oh, but surely the Supreme Court has sai—
“The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible states" Texas v White, 1869
The Republican Party is running Dumb and Dimmer.
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“ While running for the governor of South Carolina in 2010, Haley was questioned in an interview if she believed that the states had the right to secede from the federal union.
Haley said then that ‘I think that they do. I mean, the Constitution says that.’”
Narrator: The Constitution does NOT say that. The Constitution is less than 5,000 words and it appears she’s not read a single one.
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Just when you thought it just CAN’T get dumber…
“ Texas has the right to secede from the U.S. if its citizens decide to do so, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley argued on Wednesday -- a controversial view that contradicts centuries of established history and precedent.”
For those wondering, no. There is no provision for secession. Once you join you are stuck.
Like Katamari Damacy.
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/nikki-haley-texas-secede-us-isnt/story?id=106837677
@feloneouscat Wasn't there a war fought to decide that? Didn't Texas lose that one?
@NorCalCherylLyn Thank you. He was getting old and had been showing it these last few weeks. Yesterday he hid, he never does that. We found him in distress. We were all there at the vet at the end. It was peaceful.
@Superstitionsee Thank you. He's been showing his age for some time now. He was over 16. I hoped we'd have more time but he hid yesterday and he didnt do that. We found him clearly in distress and took him to the vet. Prognosis was poor and we couldn't let him suffer. We were all there at the end. It was peaceful.
The Canadian Skeptic
I'm a retired Autoworker from Windsor ON. I'm a progressive, Atheist, humanist, lover of cats and guitars.
Joined May 2022