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nycfan said:
it’s been there in some garden form since 1902. Edith Wilson made it a rose garden, then Jackie Kennedy had it renovated and expanded. Melania Trump had the Rose Garden vegetation mostly ripped out and turned into a grassy courtyard. Donald Trump is now replacing it with an outdoor patio based on his outdoor entertainment space at MAL.

Things change and some people who control changes over time have better taste than others. I wish this were the most outrageous thing we had to worry about from Trump, but alas it is just a historic footnote in the history of the White House.
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I agree that it's trivial, which is why I said it's just reason #1001 why he is a horrible person. It is revealing about his narcissism and character, though.
 
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Saw that earlier this morning. The interesting part to me is that his racist and anti-immigrant material seemed to be of minimal concern to UF. It was the antisemitism that got his ass kicked out of school.
The judge’s teaching contract should be terminated.
 
BlooVooDoo said:
Saw that earlier this morning. The interesting part to me is that his racist and anti-immigrant material seemed to be of minimal concern to UF. It was the antisemitism that got his ass kicked out of school.
The judge’s teaching contract should be terminated.
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When Trumpers talk about making universities more "friendly" to right-wing ideas, this kind of stuff is precisely what they're talking about. And lol at all of the Trumpers on this board and elsewhere who keep arguing that Republicans aren't all about promoting white supremacy these days - their attacks on diversity and equity are rooted in the premise that whites should still have advantages and precedence in pretty much everything.
 
Icky Mettle said:
I miss the good old days when Nazis were, across the board, unequivocally considered really awful people.
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Well, given that Musk is now threatening to "remake" Grok to only tell people whatever he wants them to hear, then I'm sure that people in the future will learn from AI that the Nazis were really just misunderstood people who were only trying to help restore Germany to greatness.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
Well, given that Musk is now threatening to "remake" Grok to only tell people whatever he wants them to hear, then I'm sure that people in the future will learn from AI that the Nazis were really just misunderstood people who were only trying to help restore Germany to greatness.
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And todays South Africans like to murder white people
 

People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug​

Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes.

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If this holds it could be virtually miraculous…
 
mpaer said:
I have 75 year old buddy who lived his first 30 years in Gainesville-went to UF (with Spurrier). His Dad was Provost I believe
He is dying a slow death over Desantis ruining the Univ
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My parents grew up in Gainesville. Neither went to UF (Dad went to an Ivy; Mom married young and has 3 degrees from UNC (BA, MA, Ph.D). My Grandfather was on the UF Faculty in the late ‘40’s and most of the ‘50’s before becoming a founding Dean of a major school at an important Northeastern university.

My parents aren’t surprised by anything right-wing that happens in Florida.

My long-deceased New Dealer, WW2 vet, grandfather wouldn’t be surprised.
 
nycfan said:

People With Severe Diabetes Are Cured in Small Trial of New Drug​

Most in a small group of patients receiving a stem cell-based infusion no longer needed insulin, but the drug may not suit those with more manageable type 1 diabetes.

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If this holds it could be virtually miraculous…
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Inverse vaccines have shown promise treating type I, multiple sclerosis, and some other autoimmune diseases. ‘Inverse vaccines’: the promise of a ‘holy grail’ treatment for autoimmune diseases

“The study looked at celiac disease, in which the immune system attacks the intestinal lining when it detects the presence of gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains.

Over two weeks, 33 celiac patients who were in remission ingested gluten; about half had received the inverse vaccine beforehand, while the other half got a placebo. After two weeks, researchers examined the subjects’ intestinal lining and found that the inverse vaccine group had no damage, while the placebo group showed a noticeable worsening of symptoms.

The basic idea of inverse vaccines rests on using certain synthetic nanoparticles attached to particular disease-related proteins – called antigens – as targeted messengers to retrain the immune system. The nanoparticles mimic dying human cells, a normal ongoing process. Although these dying cells are “foreign”, the immune system knows not to attack them. The immune system learns to ignore both the nanoparticles and the attached proteins, and stops attacking the body.

In 2023, Hubbell and his colleagues published a peer-reviewed paper in Nature showing that this method could halt the mouse version of multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease in which the immune system attacks nerve cells in the brain and body. Over the past eight months, Anokion, the company started by Hubbell and others to commercialize their work, has announced successful early trials in humans in both celiac disease and MS.”

We can only hope maga doesn’t fuck this up for everyone.
 
Oh my. This Max Documentary on Ohio State wrestling molestation is not kind to Gym Jordan. Already a few wrestlers saying they told Gym about it directly and that he knew everything.

Another wrestler states that the doctor showered with them often. He stayed with a last one and started mistreating right beside him. The wrestler got pissed and asked him what was wrong with him. The doc said, "you have a beautiful ass and penis, you should be proud of it."

Wrestler rushes out of locker room and sees Coach Russ and Gym Jordan. Jordan just replied, "that's just Strauss being Strauss."

Hasn't Jordan always said he knew nothing about what was going on or he would have done something?
 
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Kraftyheel89 said:
Oh my. This Max Documentary on Ohio State wrestling molestation is not kind to Gym Jordan. Already a few wrestlers saying they told Gym about it directly and that he knew everything.

Another wrestler states that the doctor showered with them often. He stayed with a last one and started mistreating right beside him. The wrestler got pissed and asked him what was wrong with him. The doc said, "you have a beautiful ass and penis, you should be proud of it."

Wrestler rushes out of locker room and sees Coach Russ and Gym Jordan. Jordan just replied, "that's just Strauss being Strauss."

Hasn't Jordan always said he knew nothing about what was going on or he woukd have done something?
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I was just thinking the other day that Jim Jordan has been laying very low in 2025. He’s typically one of the most visible members of Congress.
 
He is clearly called out by the wrestlers and local reporter near OSU that covered the story from the first person that came forward. I had no idea it went well beyond the wrestling team into other sports. The doctor then moved over into student health. He wrecked or ruined so many lives.

And it is quite obvious Jordan and the head coach were told about it and knew. They did nothing. Great documentary. Jordan will feel this one as he should, coward.
 
Healing said:
Inverse vaccines have shown promise treating type I, multiple sclerosis, and some other autoimmune diseases. ‘Inverse vaccines’: the promise of a ‘holy grail’ treatment for autoimmune diseases

“The study looked at celiac disease, in which the immune system attacks the intestinal lining when it detects the presence of gluten, a protein found in wheat and other grains.

Over two weeks, 33 celiac patients who were in remission ingested gluten; about half had received the inverse vaccine beforehand, while the other half got a placebo. After two weeks, researchers examined the subjects’ intestinal lining and found that the inverse vaccine group had no damage, while the placebo group showed a noticeable worsening of symptoms.

The basic idea of inverse vaccines rests on using certain synthetic nanoparticles attached to particular disease-related proteins – called antigens – as targeted messengers to retrain the immune system. The nanoparticles mimic dying human cells, a normal ongoing process. Although these dying cells are “foreign”, the immune system knows not to attack them. The immune system learns to ignore both the nanoparticles and the attached proteins, and stops attacking the body.

In 2023, Hubbell and his colleagues published a peer-reviewed paper in Nature showing that this method could halt the mouse version of multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease in which the immune system attacks nerve cells in the brain and body. Over the past eight months, Anokion, the company started by Hubbell and others to commercialize their work, has announced successful early trials in humans in both celiac disease and MS.”

We can only hope maga doesn’t fuck this up for everyone.
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Stem cells....and big pharma. MaGA isn't going to let this happen even if lives are saved.
 
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