My name is Kevin Durant. I live in a brick house with a machine gun mounted on the roof. I am looking for a woman who hates Democrats more than me and wants to put them in prison camps. I play golf a lot which will give you plenty of time to prepare meals. I drive a green BMW with a custom license plate that reads FTHEDEMS.
No, Suzy is great. The ideal would be 2,000 words from me and then a 5,000 word companion piece from Suzy about how she is disgusted by my 2,000 word thing.
Okay fine we both golf and then we hire one of the Democrat Human Trafficking Victims™️ to pick our vegetables and cook them for us at a steep discount.
My wife and I have our 50th anniversary coming up this summer, so we'll have a party. She already bought a cake topper saying the secret of our long marriage is that we haven't killed each other. Finding a soul mate is a great goal but finding someone who you can tolerate and who can tolerate you isn't a bad strategy.
Nice very funny start to my early Saturday morning in Nevada. I met a lady that's very similar to your dream girl,,,,we're married now, I've never been happier.
Actually her closest female friend is a Russian ex-pat that moved here in her late teens about 30 years. Very interesting to talk with; she's sees a lot of similarities between the current state of our USG and those of the USSR, kind of scary to her, actually. But, alas, I think she's spoken for. I'll keep an eye out for you.
Kevin- that better be an electric BMer or Slow Joe, Whitmore, Corn Pop and Granhom will be visiting an Imagine the sheer terror of seeing that crew stumbling across your yard?
Kevin is right, of course, to lampoon the vapidity of Suzy's Saturday snooze. And so I barely skimmed it. But I did come across this far more interesting read: https://thecritic.co.uk/face-masks-make-you-stupid/
Proves beyond doubt that Democrat followers are fools led by manipulative maniacs. Kevin's hatred is more than warranted.
One nitwit yesterday was shrieking about how Tucker was racist and he tanked Fox's defense in the voting machine case. Didn't take much to find the source of that lie - Vanity Fair. Who reads such demented trash?
OK Bruce I am off topic again but this article proves Bari and most of us on this (the sane) have been right all along. Sex change surgery is the mutilation of our youth:
Read Chris Rufo article posted today on Phillips Exeter being totally WOKE! The school wouldn’t respond to Rufo . A recent graduate spoke on the record.
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ROTLFMAO! I'd take you up on it as I live in Canada, smoke pot all day long, have gay sex even though I'm not gay (it's the law ;) ) and my pronouns are hey/you, but if you can't build us a house with your own hands--from scratch--without help or bring down a moose for dinner, you're too effeminate for me. Maybe someone from San Francisco is more your style, but check under his skirt to make sure he's got The Real Deal--the fake ones don't work very well.
P.S. I believe Donald Trump should be publicly drawn and quartered and his head hung on a pike at the Capitol Building because he eats the children Biden molests. :)
Satan to far lefties, God to young men, an interesting loose cannon to me. I don't actually hate him, he makes some good points and he drives the right people crazy but he's not the most emotionally stable talking head out there.
What I found most interesting was a common theme between the two articles. In the text that Luke Farritor unveiled is Philodemus criticizing the Stoics. Fast forward two thousand years and the art world criticizes Elena Veldez's artwork. Times change, but human beings don't.
As I get older, I become more of a live and let live person. I believe in a simple philosophy: do whatever you want as long as you harm no one else with the caveat of not burdening me or society with the consequences. I read the Elena Valdez article and can't fathom that some people get excited about what they wear or have their souls fed, but what do others think about what they wear? But those people might wonder why you write comments in a news article and comment on others. We are all different, and I agree with this saying that our diversity is our strength in this arena, as it allows people to pursue passions and get enjoyment out of life.
To the scolds who want to condemn everything, they have always been with us and always will be. The goal of any political movement is to keep them as far away from Power as possible. Though I could care less about Elena's art and its philosophy, I admire her giving the middle finger to the woke fashion crowd; the more that is done in all aspects of culture and life, the better off we all will be.
Jesus said, "Do not fret, from morning to evening and from evening to morning, about your food--what you're going to eat, or about your clothing-- what you are going to wear. You are much better than the lilies, which neither card nor spin. " G. Th. l. 36
Claire - good luck calling meat the murdered. That means any guy who eats meat you will view as a murderer. Not a good look but a huge red flag stay away sign.
Preston. Pick a church or get a dog and take walks. Have your brothers girlfriend fix you up (with someone over 18 of course) Bars are for AFTER you have a date. But stop being so desperate, you’ll meet someone eventually.
Bonnie. Can’t say I relate. I personally would never get married again should my husband go away first. Good luck.
Amen, married to a woman who is absolutely the best and better than I deserve. Hell I would leave myself if I could. But I for sure would never seek another person to be with if something happened to her. I can and do appreciate the solitude and my three old cars and family are enough. Travel would always be there. But family is for me, the best. I have traveled more than most people ever dreamed of. It’s not what it used to be.
I have learned through life, enjoy the moment and the situation, as it can always get worse.
After being married forty or fifty years I can’t see myself wanting to have to adapt to someone else, who let’s face it, will be old. Now maybe if it was a billionaire who wanted nothing from me, I’d consider it.
That whole old or mature bachelor show (whatever they called it)? That was cringe worthy and I only saw ads for it.
Agree! Anyone over 50 has baggage. I don't want to be involved with your adult children and your family dramas. I'm 70. I've lived it all, or enough of it to want peace and quiet.
Haha, I feel the same way. Never mind adapting. I've tired of my own baggages, my own shit bores me, and I don't even want to explain myself. Let alone knowing the shit and burden of someone new. I'd be ok with a dinner, a show, or similar casual social calls. But I'm not changing anything at my home so no one's moving in TYVM.
I wonder if Bonnie feels differently because she married her high school sweetheart she met when she was 15. The way I see it, going through the dating scene in my 20s was enough. Can't see making all that efforts again. Too exhausting. In my golden years I won't want to waste time trying with random unimportant people. I love globetrotting too like her but I'd just as soon round up my single and widowed friends for a group trip, or go on my own.
Not only that... marriage is a blank check if it's anything at all. At 76 I've been faced twice with the question of my debt to a year or two relationship in which the other party wears out faster than I. (FWIW in one case covid stupids made the question irrelevant and the other is still a work in progress.) Without the lifetime of mutual deposits into the joint account, it's a serious moral question.
I just wanted to say good luck to our three dating prospects because they all present like terrific people I’d love to have in my neighborhood. FTHEHATERS
Me too, Aaron. What they all have in common -- know what they want, put it out there, and have hope.
I’ll be 69 in a month. Anything this age and beyond is difficult, but we’re all used cars by now, with wear and tear --it’s about owner’s maintenance and kicking tires.
I must say the vintage cream puffs are rare, but they are out there.
Alas, there is a lot of luck involved in finding the perfect mate. Kurt Vonnegut wrote “if you have an odd foot you have to find an odd shoe.” My wife and I just celebrated the 40th anniversary of our first date, and I’m about to celebrate my 82 birthday.
FYI, I TRIED to listen to Suzi's podcast, but my ears began to bleed, and my wife demanded that I call an Uber in the middle of our weekly drive to Atlanta for chemo treatment. Using my better judgement, I turned it off and enjoyed the silence, which made me a more intelligent person.
Thank you. It is my wife who is being treated for bladder cancer. The chemo is inserted into the bladder via a catheter, lasting only about 20 minutes. This is her second course of six, and so far, no side effects except minor soreness from the catheter. Low grade growths that are non invasive. The prognosis is excellent, but it is a lifetime of periodic examinations as the cancer has a 50% recurrence rate, but not life threatening if treated.
I neglected to mention that this was her THIRD treatment. The first six used a more corrosive chemical, yet she had only minor side effects. This time, the chemical is actually a weakened tuberculosis bacteria that has been used for 40 years with great success. It is much milder than the first one. The fact that it doesn't enter the blood stream is the reason for milder side effects, IF any! We both are upbeat, and the two hour drive to Atlanta is becoming routine and goes by pretty quickly. In fact, we leave a little early and have breakfast or lunch at Einsteins Bagels before going to the hospital. ALMOST a treat that makes things much more palatable. We are ALL on a limited time frame. I'm 73 and my wife is five years younger. We have had 44 years together and our marriage has been as happy as it could be. Even through some difficult financial and emotional times, our faith and commitment has been unshaken. We are BOTH lucky people and are grateful for what God has granted us. We are not rich, financially, but wealthy in love. What more could anyone want?
Not in the least! I realize that I am merely a single data point, but one who has gotten very tetchy about people making light of chemo. It is a process that involves a series of ritual poisonings performed in the hope that the chemicals will do more damage to the bad stuff than to the body itself. It is a classical short term pain for long term gain. (If it works.) I know of no alternative for a blood cancer such as I had -- I certainly looked! Maybe it "got better" for somebody out there -- it sure didn't for me. Until a month or two after it was done. Why am I beating this? Because I was able to work through enough of the early "cycles" that the allowed short-term disability payments could carry me through the later cycles when they were needed. If I encourage a realistic approach, it's worth it. I DO NOT advocate for any unproven alternative.
To be fair, Robert’s wife is having a completely different type of chemo — bladder infusion, which is “targeted” to the actual bladder (my spouse went through it during Covid no less) — as opposed to the intravenous “classic” chemo you had, where the poison circulates throughout your body trying to find/kill the “bad” cells (but also unfortunately killing good cells). All chemo is an adventure in suffering, but the targeted one is less horrible…
Hi Casey Jones, I work with cancer patients, which explains my sarcastic, knee-jerk reaction to your comment. Appreciate your answer, and follow-up by Orwell's Rabbit. Once again, FP community is a plus! Glad for your realism about this tough reality.
I so much appreciate The Free Press for the courage to really be FREE.. Free to publish whatever the team wants.. and subscribers are so hungry for.. Bari, Suzy and Team.. keep up the amazing work as you build a media empire for the real world! And an opportunity to inform the crazy leftists among us!
No sensible person cares about Woke Designers. Sensible people care about the Outrageous Democrat Party Lawfare being waged against presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump.
Here is an appropriate headline:
UNCIVILIZED DEMOCRAT PARTY JUDGE(?) IN NYC NAMED ENG(M)ORON FINES DONALD TRUMP S453.5 MILLION AND BARS HIM FROM CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN NEW YORK STATE FOR 3 YEARS IN VICTIMLESS “FRAUD” TRIAL WHERE THE TOTAL LOSSES SUFFERED BY MORTGAGE LENDERS WERE LESS THAN ONE RED CENT
Interestingly both are New York stories. And of the two I prefer the fashion one because the other one is stunning. I never thought Wall Street's hold on the nation could be broken. I am reconsidering that. Because that lady shrieking "[W]Hite collar crime will not be tolerated in New York!!!!!:" is one of those "novel legal theory" types and no one in business is safe there. Get out. Get out now. Pack up and slip out tonight if at all possible. Not Georgia though. Fanny might get you there.
It takes a lot of work to generate content. They are entitled to chose the subject matter they want to delve into. We are entitled to stay (and pay) or walk. I don't have time to read everything, so I skim or skip if it's not my fancy. I find most of the articles worth my $ and the comenting community worth it's weight in gold!
Good luck, Preston! Get in a Bible study near TCU! As I tell my 20 year old son, you will find good quality people where the good quality people hang out- Bible study! I forwarded your message to my college student friends at TCU! (And for the record, my son and his friends say college girls are CRAZY. It’s horrible out there!) if we were in TX we’d have you over for dinner with our gaggle of young adults looking for community!
You do know that TCU is offering a course in drag queen performing? It comes with a stipend to help the students buy their outfits. With undergraduate tuition at $60k per year you’ve got to expect a few perks.
I enjoyed your podcast this week. You (Suzy) have mentioned several times that virtually all young people in the Northeast are liberal. It occurred to me that your worldview, while apparently unorthodox in the Northeast, is probably closer to the norm for liberals in the South, in places such as Jackson, Mississippi. If you have never done a speech or debate in Jackson, I think you would be a big hit with liberals and moderates and probably with certain conservatives also . Millsaps College is a lovely liberal arts college in Jackson which heavily emphasizes critical thinking and seems like it would be an ideal partner for a Free Press event in Mississippi.
Recently spent T-giv in Jackson, and found it a lovely area. Lots of interesting people, and NOT the preconception that people in the Northeast think of! I second your motion MM(Lee)
My name is Kevin Durant. I live in a brick house with a machine gun mounted on the roof. I am looking for a woman who hates Democrats more than me and wants to put them in prison camps. I play golf a lot which will give you plenty of time to prepare meals. I drive a green BMW with a custom license plate that reads FTHEDEMS.
bidenmolestskids@gmail.com
I wish I liked people as much as Kev does.
🤣
Sorry, I'm emotionless.
Hey Bari. Replace Suzy with Kevin and the FP will be the supernova of Saturdays.
No, Suzy is great. The ideal would be 2,000 words from me and then a 5,000 word companion piece from Suzy about how she is disgusted by my 2,000 word thing.
😂😂😂
I'm disgusted by your 2,000 word piece and you haven't even written it yet.
Same. 😇😇
You right Bruce, some of the FTP’s crap is getting pretty boring.
Where do I sign up??? I thought I was the only one with the gun on the roof. NB: I’d rather golf than cook.
Okay fine we both golf and then we hire one of the Democrat Human Trafficking Victims™️ to pick our vegetables and cook them for us at a steep discount.
Vegetables? It’s over. I’m a Scotch and steak kind of girl.
If you didn't have to fight us off with a broom already you do now! :-)
That does sound entertaining. 😂
I'm sensing a "match" made in FP heaven
My wife and I have our 50th anniversary coming up this summer, so we'll have a party. She already bought a cake topper saying the secret of our long marriage is that we haven't killed each other. Finding a soul mate is a great goal but finding someone who you can tolerate and who can tolerate you isn't a bad strategy.
😂😂😂
Nice very funny start to my early Saturday morning in Nevada. I met a lady that's very similar to your dream girl,,,,we're married now, I've never been happier.
Does she have a sister or friend who either hates Democrats or is open to learning how much you are supposed to hate Democrats?
Actually her closest female friend is a Russian ex-pat that moved here in her late teens about 30 years. Very interesting to talk with; she's sees a lot of similarities between the current state of our USG and those of the USSR, kind of scary to her, actually. But, alas, I think she's spoken for. I'll keep an eye out for you.
I bet you're the toast of the HOA
You are seriously funny man Kevin Durant?!
Always look forward to your comments, a lot of them are laugh out loud funny!
Hats off to you.
Kevin- that better be an electric BMer or Slow Joe, Whitmore, Corn Pop and Granhom will be visiting an Imagine the sheer terror of seeing that crew stumbling across your yard?
Kevin is right, of course, to lampoon the vapidity of Suzy's Saturday snooze. And so I barely skimmed it. But I did come across this far more interesting read: https://thecritic.co.uk/face-masks-make-you-stupid/
Proves beyond doubt that Democrat followers are fools led by manipulative maniacs. Kevin's hatred is more than warranted.
Hey at least FP managed to write an entire article without any Tucker bashing. That’s quite the accomplishment.
One nitwit yesterday was shrieking about how Tucker was racist and he tanked Fox's defense in the voting machine case. Didn't take much to find the source of that lie - Vanity Fair. Who reads such demented trash?
I don't think touting 19th century cathouse clothing as haute couture an improvement.
No TDS either!
Article from 2020.
Does it make it less true.
Now don your obedience mask and drive alone to Starbucks.
In his electric car
And order a soy latte
From a Fair Trade grower
No, wait - make that - “dash on his e-bike to Starbucks while organizing the baristas”
Saturday’s are too precious to waste responding to him,.
Bari is going to publish this soon but you heard it here first:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harvard-professor-says-all-hell-broke-loose-when-his-study-found-no-racial-bias-in-police-shootings/ar-BB1ioWoA?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=5b83ac34b10d49a58c45637da56d8d55&ei=27
OK Bruce I am off topic again but this article proves Bari and most of us on this (the sane) have been right all along. Sex change surgery is the mutilation of our youth:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13092239/Top-Canadian-surgeon-unwittingly-reveals-TRUTH-sex-change-ops-unearthed-video-lifts-lid-ill-trained-doctors-dying-appendages-dreaded-complications.html
Move on, dude.
But you make it too easy, dude.
Don’t give up, though - to mock is to love, as we used to say in my dorm’s upper form common room in my elite New England boarding school…
Right....masks in 2024 are a BIG issue, Timothy.
Don't have to "don't give up." Just have to wait until all your shit gets blown up by facts/reality.
Let me know about that Biden-Burisma corruption is working out for you. LOL!.
You make it too easy, dude.:)
Let me guess....there's a trans person under your bed, too.
Read Chris Rufo article posted today on Phillips Exeter being totally WOKE! The school wouldn’t respond to Rufo . A recent graduate spoke on the record.
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Ok...whatever that means...
This fits you to a T:
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Dear Mr. Durant, this is to inform you that the Rapid Fire Inc, 30mm chain gun you ordered will be arriving this Wednesday, 2/21/2024. In appreciation of you being a long time customer we are including at no charge, 3,000 rounds of HE ammunition.
Thank you for your order and have fun terrifying your neighbors.
Vice President of sales,
Shooter Longrange
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You never disappoint, ma man!
🤣🤣🤣
Is your machine gun a Thompson? Otherwise, I am not asking you out on a date.
Mounted twin .50 cals, I’m guessing
Quad "Ma Deuce"; or go home. ;-)
....and your preferred pronouns are.....?
ROTLFMAO! I'd take you up on it as I live in Canada, smoke pot all day long, have gay sex even though I'm not gay (it's the law ;) ) and my pronouns are hey/you, but if you can't build us a house with your own hands--from scratch--without help or bring down a moose for dinner, you're too effeminate for me. Maybe someone from San Francisco is more your style, but check under his skirt to make sure he's got The Real Deal--the fake ones don't work very well.
P.S. I believe Donald Trump should be publicly drawn and quartered and his head hung on a pike at the Capitol Building because he eats the children Biden molests. :)
Hi Kevin, Saudi Arabia owns the PGA, so they own trump too. Satan hates God's kids. I hate Satan too.
I hate Jordan Peterson, he IS Satan :)
Who is Jordan Peterson?
Satan to far lefties, God to young men, an interesting loose cannon to me. I don't actually hate him, he makes some good points and he drives the right people crazy but he's not the most emotionally stable talking head out there.
As usual winning friends and influencing people
What I found most interesting was a common theme between the two articles. In the text that Luke Farritor unveiled is Philodemus criticizing the Stoics. Fast forward two thousand years and the art world criticizes Elena Veldez's artwork. Times change, but human beings don't.
As I get older, I become more of a live and let live person. I believe in a simple philosophy: do whatever you want as long as you harm no one else with the caveat of not burdening me or society with the consequences. I read the Elena Valdez article and can't fathom that some people get excited about what they wear or have their souls fed, but what do others think about what they wear? But those people might wonder why you write comments in a news article and comment on others. We are all different, and I agree with this saying that our diversity is our strength in this arena, as it allows people to pursue passions and get enjoyment out of life.
To the scolds who want to condemn everything, they have always been with us and always will be. The goal of any political movement is to keep them as far away from Power as possible. Though I could care less about Elena's art and its philosophy, I admire her giving the middle finger to the woke fashion crowd; the more that is done in all aspects of culture and life, the better off we all will be.
Recently, and probably waited too long, I adopted Ricky Gervais attitude “and I don’t care”. At least to some extent ;)
If "...those people might wonder why...blah blah...write comments," I do it for the attention. (So there probably goes that).
Oh, but that’s the attitude they want us all to adopt. Don’t settle for that - we all need to find our passion and help others find and kindle theirs.
Jesus said, "Do not fret, from morning to evening and from evening to morning, about your food--what you're going to eat, or about your clothing-- what you are going to wear. You are much better than the lilies, which neither card nor spin. " G. Th. l. 36
Claire - good luck calling meat the murdered. That means any guy who eats meat you will view as a murderer. Not a good look but a huge red flag stay away sign.
Preston. Pick a church or get a dog and take walks. Have your brothers girlfriend fix you up (with someone over 18 of course) Bars are for AFTER you have a date. But stop being so desperate, you’ll meet someone eventually.
Bonnie. Can’t say I relate. I personally would never get married again should my husband go away first. Good luck.
Amen, married to a woman who is absolutely the best and better than I deserve. Hell I would leave myself if I could. But I for sure would never seek another person to be with if something happened to her. I can and do appreciate the solitude and my three old cars and family are enough. Travel would always be there. But family is for me, the best. I have traveled more than most people ever dreamed of. It’s not what it used to be.
I have learned through life, enjoy the moment and the situation, as it can always get worse.
"Murdered" = run.
I think she was joking.
"One never knows, do one?" Thomas Fats Waller.
Pretty sure that’s the term I’m stealing when grilling with folx from now on…
It’s a litmus test
Curious about your comment to Bonnie. May I ask why? Because I feel the same way too.
After being married forty or fifty years I can’t see myself wanting to have to adapt to someone else, who let’s face it, will be old. Now maybe if it was a billionaire who wanted nothing from me, I’d consider it.
That whole old or mature bachelor show (whatever they called it)? That was cringe worthy and I only saw ads for it.
Agree! Anyone over 50 has baggage. I don't want to be involved with your adult children and your family dramas. I'm 70. I've lived it all, or enough of it to want peace and quiet.
I didn’t even think about the children aspect of it all. Ack.
My parents raised me to be allergic to family drama. Fortunately I married a man with as little drama in his family as there was in mine.
As you say, it's too much of a risk.
Haha, I feel the same way. Never mind adapting. I've tired of my own baggages, my own shit bores me, and I don't even want to explain myself. Let alone knowing the shit and burden of someone new. I'd be ok with a dinner, a show, or similar casual social calls. But I'm not changing anything at my home so no one's moving in TYVM.
I wonder if Bonnie feels differently because she married her high school sweetheart she met when she was 15. The way I see it, going through the dating scene in my 20s was enough. Can't see making all that efforts again. Too exhausting. In my golden years I won't want to waste time trying with random unimportant people. I love globetrotting too like her but I'd just as soon round up my single and widowed friends for a group trip, or go on my own.
And supposedly the STD epidemic of the over 60s is off the charts.....
In the retirement communities in Florida.
Am shuddering, imagining dog-eared copies of the Kama Sutra being passed around the shuffleboard courts and mah-jongg tables…🤮
The Kama Sutra, ah, enlightenment, at last. Religious sex is the best.
Not only that... marriage is a blank check if it's anything at all. At 76 I've been faced twice with the question of my debt to a year or two relationship in which the other party wears out faster than I. (FWIW in one case covid stupids made the question irrelevant and the other is still a work in progress.) Without the lifetime of mutual deposits into the joint account, it's a serious moral question.
Either hope springs eternal or you are mad. ;-)
Just a nice guy. And what Vince Lombardi said about nice guys is true -- on a worldly level.
I just wanted to say good luck to our three dating prospects because they all present like terrific people I’d love to have in my neighborhood. FTHEHATERS
Nope, Kevin is right.
Hate the F'ers.
Fair. On brand for you both
LOL!!!
Vegetarians are anti-science and mad by definition; you might not mind them as neighbours but marriage?
Me too, Aaron. What they all have in common -- know what they want, put it out there, and have hope.
I’ll be 69 in a month. Anything this age and beyond is difficult, but we’re all used cars by now, with wear and tear --it’s about owner’s maintenance and kicking tires.
I must say the vintage cream puffs are rare, but they are out there.
Alas, there is a lot of luck involved in finding the perfect mate. Kurt Vonnegut wrote “if you have an odd foot you have to find an odd shoe.” My wife and I just celebrated the 40th anniversary of our first date, and I’m about to celebrate my 82 birthday.
Congratulations on bucking the trend. Many more to you both.
FYI, I TRIED to listen to Suzi's podcast, but my ears began to bleed, and my wife demanded that I call an Uber in the middle of our weekly drive to Atlanta for chemo treatment. Using my better judgement, I turned it off and enjoyed the silence, which made me a more intelligent person.
To each their own, I guess. I listened to it on Blocked and Reported and I liked it. Suzi was very fun,
It's probably my stage in life, early 70's. The endless chatter and occasional "F" bombs were just too much to bear.
I can understand that.
Good luck with the chemo. It does get better.
Thank you. It is my wife who is being treated for bladder cancer. The chemo is inserted into the bladder via a catheter, lasting only about 20 minutes. This is her second course of six, and so far, no side effects except minor soreness from the catheter. Low grade growths that are non invasive. The prognosis is excellent, but it is a lifetime of periodic examinations as the cancer has a 50% recurrence rate, but not life threatening if treated.
It does get more tiring as the treatments go on. But within a few months, 80% of my strength returned. Still not 100%, but still alive💗
I neglected to mention that this was her THIRD treatment. The first six used a more corrosive chemical, yet she had only minor side effects. This time, the chemical is actually a weakened tuberculosis bacteria that has been used for 40 years with great success. It is much milder than the first one. The fact that it doesn't enter the blood stream is the reason for milder side effects, IF any! We both are upbeat, and the two hour drive to Atlanta is becoming routine and goes by pretty quickly. In fact, we leave a little early and have breakfast or lunch at Einsteins Bagels before going to the hospital. ALMOST a treat that makes things much more palatable. We are ALL on a limited time frame. I'm 73 and my wife is five years younger. We have had 44 years together and our marriage has been as happy as it could be. Even through some difficult financial and emotional times, our faith and commitment has been unshaken. We are BOTH lucky people and are grateful for what God has granted us. We are not rich, financially, but wealthy in love. What more could anyone want?
THESE are the stories I want to hear/read! All the best to you both. Suzi? Meh! ;-)
Thank you! Life is filled with stories like ours, but they don't elicit outrage, therefore they get no coverage!
💗❤️♥️
And thank YOU as well! Life is full of drama, but without a real partner to share it with the journey can be lonely indeed!
Have you actually had chemo? I did 8 "rounds" for Hodgekins' Lymphoma and it went from near nothingburger to near debilitating by the 5th round.
What a compassionate reply! Are you trying to tell him he should stop chemo, and try another Cure?
Not in the least! I realize that I am merely a single data point, but one who has gotten very tetchy about people making light of chemo. It is a process that involves a series of ritual poisonings performed in the hope that the chemicals will do more damage to the bad stuff than to the body itself. It is a classical short term pain for long term gain. (If it works.) I know of no alternative for a blood cancer such as I had -- I certainly looked! Maybe it "got better" for somebody out there -- it sure didn't for me. Until a month or two after it was done. Why am I beating this? Because I was able to work through enough of the early "cycles" that the allowed short-term disability payments could carry me through the later cycles when they were needed. If I encourage a realistic approach, it's worth it. I DO NOT advocate for any unproven alternative.
To be fair, Robert’s wife is having a completely different type of chemo — bladder infusion, which is “targeted” to the actual bladder (my spouse went through it during Covid no less) — as opposed to the intravenous “classic” chemo you had, where the poison circulates throughout your body trying to find/kill the “bad” cells (but also unfortunately killing good cells). All chemo is an adventure in suffering, but the targeted one is less horrible…
Never meant to be unfair! Though the targeted variety is a new one on me. Thanks!
Hi Casey Jones, I work with cancer patients, which explains my sarcastic, knee-jerk reaction to your comment. Appreciate your answer, and follow-up by Orwell's Rabbit. Once again, FP community is a plus! Glad for your realism about this tough reality.
Keep it up but don't let it burn you out. I and my sibs really appreciate you and your colleagues work. Tah very much.
I so much appreciate The Free Press for the courage to really be FREE.. Free to publish whatever the team wants.. and subscribers are so hungry for.. Bari, Suzy and Team.. keep up the amazing work as you build a media empire for the real world! And an opportunity to inform the crazy leftists among us!
I am anti-snob, anti-gynocracy, anti-henhouse, pro-Scarlett O'Hara, and especially pro-earth tones. Wishing her the very best.
I for one think the available singles all sound lovely. As a 28 year old wife and mom, I’m off the market, but I will be rooting for all three!
This was a lovely piece full of wit, intellectual intrigue and heartfelt emotion. Good job!
No sensible person cares about Woke Designers. Sensible people care about the Outrageous Democrat Party Lawfare being waged against presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump.
Here is an appropriate headline:
UNCIVILIZED DEMOCRAT PARTY JUDGE(?) IN NYC NAMED ENG(M)ORON FINES DONALD TRUMP S453.5 MILLION AND BARS HIM FROM CARRYING ON BUSINESS IN NEW YORK STATE FOR 3 YEARS IN VICTIMLESS “FRAUD” TRIAL WHERE THE TOTAL LOSSES SUFFERED BY MORTGAGE LENDERS WERE LESS THAN ONE RED CENT
Interestingly both are New York stories. And of the two I prefer the fashion one because the other one is stunning. I never thought Wall Street's hold on the nation could be broken. I am reconsidering that. Because that lady shrieking "[W]Hite collar crime will not be tolerated in New York!!!!!:" is one of those "novel legal theory" types and no one in business is safe there. Get out. Get out now. Pack up and slip out tonight if at all possible. Not Georgia though. Fanny might get you there.
Huh?
The Navalny piece yesterday sparked a spirited and engaging dialogue.
This? Why?
Saturday is popular culture day at TPF. Read the program, Bruce!
All the way to here to get another laugh, at Bruce's expense, after Kevin's opening.
It's Saturday and time for a break in the news.
It takes a lot of work to generate content. They are entitled to chose the subject matter they want to delve into. We are entitled to stay (and pay) or walk. I don't have time to read everything, so I skim or skip if it's not my fancy. I find most of the articles worth my $ and the comenting community worth it's weight in gold!
I agree. But it doesn't mean I'll stop criticizing them when they offer trash.
Prolonged exposure to the NYT destroys the pre-frontal cortext, probably.
Blocked and Reported podcast is going to resume personals soon. Wouldn’t it be great if a Free Press personal matched up with a Barpod?
Good luck, Preston! Get in a Bible study near TCU! As I tell my 20 year old son, you will find good quality people where the good quality people hang out- Bible study! I forwarded your message to my college student friends at TCU! (And for the record, my son and his friends say college girls are CRAZY. It’s horrible out there!) if we were in TX we’d have you over for dinner with our gaggle of young adults looking for community!
You do know that TCU is offering a course in drag queen performing? It comes with a stipend to help the students buy their outfits. With undergraduate tuition at $60k per year you’ve got to expect a few perks.
I am def not advocating TCU. Haha but there are some great kids there.
I enjoyed your podcast this week. You (Suzy) have mentioned several times that virtually all young people in the Northeast are liberal. It occurred to me that your worldview, while apparently unorthodox in the Northeast, is probably closer to the norm for liberals in the South, in places such as Jackson, Mississippi. If you have never done a speech or debate in Jackson, I think you would be a big hit with liberals and moderates and probably with certain conservatives also . Millsaps College is a lovely liberal arts college in Jackson which heavily emphasizes critical thinking and seems like it would be an ideal partner for a Free Press event in Mississippi.
Recently spent T-giv in Jackson, and found it a lovely area. Lots of interesting people, and NOT the preconception that people in the Northeast think of! I second your motion MM(Lee)
Good luck to the 3 people here looking for love. I hope to see more future stories of TFP readers meeting and marrying.