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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

September 2, 2021 09:14 AM Forum: Politics

Far Right Groups Admire Taliban & Praise It As A Role Model

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
Where did you come up with ones and twos?
"Rod, do you know or even care how many people they are talking about? You read a headline and know it is the Gospel."

September 2, 2021 09:20 AM Forum: Politics

Far Right Groups Admire Taliban & Praise It As A Role Model

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Mel Maki
Rod, there are more than 300,000,000 people here. There are some people with any thoughts under the sun. I am not concerned that American white males will harm me.
Had you been in the house of representatives as a representative who was being evacuated or a capitol police officer doing his duty on January 6th, you would have thought different...

September 2, 2021 04:11 AM Forum: Politics

Far Right Groups Admire Taliban & Praise It As A Role Model

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"White supremacist and other domestic violent extremist groups, including "framing the activities of the Taliban as a success," and a model for those who believe in the need for a civil war in the US, the head of the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis, John Cohen, said on a call Friday with local and state law enforcement, obtained by CNN.'
"There have been recent examples of right-leaning groups supporting movement overseas that appear ideologically distant. For instance, earlier this summer, QAnon and Donald Trump-supporting online forums celebrated the deadly military coup in Myanmar and suggested the same should happen in the United States so Trump could be reinstated as President. CNN also spoke to followers of the former President in Ventura, California, in February who said they wanted to see a Myanmar-style coup happen here."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/01/politics/far-right-groups-praise-taliban-takeover/index.html

September 2, 2021 09:31 AM Forum: Politics

Caesar's Las Vegas Boots Michael Flynn And Fellow QAnons

Posted By Rod Kaufman

"The "For God & Country Patriot Double Down" event, hosted by the group The Patriot Voice, was slated to be held at the Caesars Entertainment Inc. Forum convention space."
"Caesars Entertainment executive Kate Whiteley confirmed to the Las Vegas Review Journal that the event, scheduled for Oct. 23-25, would no longer be held at the Caesars Forum convention space on the Las Vegas strip or any other Caesars property."
"Tickets for the event, organized by Trump loyalist John Sabal, a.k.a. QAnon John, ranged from $650 to $3,000. Among those expected to speak at the convention were Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser in the Trump administration, and Jim Watkins, founder of QAnon conspiracy online forum 8kun,"
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/570484-caesars-boots-qanon-event-from-las-vegas-property

September 3, 2021 12:38 AM Forum: Politics

My younger brother contracted Covid, and Hydroxychloroquine saved his life.

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis
Thankfully he lives in Texas and not New York because if he lived in NY state, he'd probably be dead (Andrew Cuomo pretty much outlawed HCQ in NY State).  

He said when he went in, he didn't think he was coming out of the hospital.  He was hospitalized for days on a ventilator.

Then his Doctors gave him Hydroxychloroquine, Z-Pac, and Ivermectin.

He said that when he got the drugs, his condition changed overnight. 

He left on the 3rd day.

He developed a severe allergic reaction to the HCQ, at least that is what the Drs. think caused a crazy rash, that looked like burns all over his body. 

Just glad that he lives in Texas, where they have common sense and are willing to prescribe medication that the Leftist Democrats have outlawed in their blue states!!  smile
I'm not buying this story.
For starters, if he was on a vent he would have been unconscious with a tube down his throat and he wouldn't know what drugs the doctors had given him or if his condition changed overnight. I'd like to know if they also gave him dexamethasone which is commonly used to suppress the hyperactive immune response that can cause death in covid. Maybe they gave him monoclonal antibodies, too. He wouldn't know because he was unconscious on a vent. People do make it off the vents from time to time and they do so without HCL, a Z-pac and ivermectin, too.
What I do know is that had he been vaccinated he likely would not have been there in the first place and he wouldn't potentially be depriving an ICU bed for a patient with another treatable problem like a heart attack victim.
That said, the "evidence" for using HCL is sketchy at best and for it to supposedly work, with or without a Z-pak, it has to be given EARLY in the disease and not after a patient is already on a vent!  Here's a systematic review of its efficacy which means the authors looked at various studies, SOME of which showed efficacy and again early in the disease but remember this isn't necessarily a statement as to the quality of those studies: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7534595/
As for Ivermectin, the AMA TODAY called for an "immediate end" to the prescribing of Ivermectin to treat covid:  "Use of ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 has been demonstrated to be harmful to patients," the groups said. "Calls to poison control centers due to ivermectin ingestion have increased five-fold from their pre-pandemic baseline."  https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/570519-american-medical-association-calls-for-immediate-end-to-use-of-ivermectin

September 3, 2021 01:22 AM Forum: Politics

My younger brother contracted Covid, and Hydroxychloroquine saved his life.

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

He wasn't INTUBATED you ignorant moron, I said he was on a VENTILATOR.

There are many DIFFERENT Types of Ventilators moron.  Do you get it?

Ventilators are simply medical devices that help a patient's lungs, BREATHE.

Do you understand the difference you dumbass dipshit? tongue

Obviously you don't.  

Let me educate you, Cliff Klaven since you obviously need it, dickbreath.  

Here is a photo of a ventilator.  A simple CPAP machine is a VENTILATOR.  Get it Moron?

A machine that intubates one is a machine that has a tube shoved down the patient's throat.

There is a difference dumbass. 

Learn something before you display your ignorance to the world.  
Your initial post stated he was on a "ventilator for days" and that when he went into the hospital, he didn't think he was coming out. That indicates severe respiratory distress precipitating respiratory failure and that in turn requires intubation. If the severity was such that it reportedly dicated a last ditch effort of some sort of combination of HCL, Z-Pak and Ivermectin (which I also find hard to believe since it doesn't appear likely they'd throw all of those meds at him at essentially the same time), then one would reasonably believe he was being intubated concurrently with a vent.

September 3, 2021 01:48 AM Forum: Politics

My younger brother contracted Covid, and Hydroxychloroquine saved his life.

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Hey moron.  He was in dire straights according to him.

My father had pulmonary fibrosis due to his smoking from the age of 12 to 40.  

That is possibly the most serious lung problem a patient can get.

There is no cure except death.

He was on a nasal cannula for more than 4 months hooked to a pressured oxygen system you idiot.

If you had a brain it would tell you to take your foot out of your fat ignorant mouth and shut it.

My father was never intubated you fool.

And yes, they did throw "all those meds at my brother at once", jackwagon.  tongue

Damn the Cliff Klavens of the world are just everywhere aren't they??  
Don't confuse and conflate your father's pulmonary fibrosis, which is a chronic illness, with acute respiratory failure caused by Covid.  
"And yes, they did throw "all those meds at my brother at once", jackwagon. " What, he was so bad that they didn't have to intubate him but, yet, they had to throw everything at him at once to see what sticks?  This just isn't adding up...

September 3, 2021 06:30 AM Forum: Politics

My younger brother contracted Covid, and Hydroxychloroquine saved his life.

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

Hi Steve, good to hear from you and thanks for your sentiments.  I appreciate it.  

Facts are facts and they can call BS anytime they want.  My brother didn't develop that rash from poison ivy, he got it from an allergic reaction according to his Doctor and when I asked him what he thought the reaction was from, he said Hydroxychloroquine, so all I know is that he told me that it or something of the 3 things they gave him saved him.  

He sent me a dozen or so photos on my cell phone, and it started on his shoulders and then worked its way down his chest and back to his legs.

I was shocked when he told me there was No pain whatsoever from that rash, even the open blisters.

There was one photo he sent to my phone and it was an upper body picture of him in a mirror and I tell you, his expression looked like the walking dead.

I called him and we talked for quite a while that night, and he said he felt like death when he went to the hospital.  

That was about a week ago, and I spoke to my other Brother Dan this morning and he said he'd talked to Tim and that he was doing a lot better, almost fully recovered, but he did get hospitalized for 3 days.  

I think Tim has some underlying co-morbidities though such as being fairly overweight, maybe 50 lbs or so.

I'm lucky in that last year I lost about 40 lbs and am down to 142- 145 depending upon the day.  

I feel much better overall.  

Tim's wife had gotten Covid a long time ago and it didn't affect her much at all.  She was almost asymptomatic but it just hit him like a ton of bricks.  

My other sister in California is in worse shape than Tim so I'm concerned that if she gets it, It will probably kill her.  

She nearly died from Liver disease from Hepatitis 2 years ago and she's 64 this year, but very obese.  

I keep trying to tell her to lose weight but she tells me the excuse that she has gland problems, which is IMO nonsense.

There isn't much one can do when someone else doesn't want to even try to help themselves.  

Anyway, I'm glad my younger brother pulled through.  I'm going to go and see him in Texas before the end of the year, so I guess I can bug him then to try and go on a diet.  

He really needs to do that.  

Steve, best to you and your family.  I hope you're doing well!  smile
" I keep trying to tell her to lose weight but she tells me the excuse that she has gland problems, which is IMO nonsense.
"Do you keep telling her to get vaccinated?

September 3, 2021 06:46 AM Forum: Politics

Joe Rogan is taking Ivermectin!! OMG!!!!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by James Lacey


Listen to the video. At 0:36 he says, "We immediately threw the kitchen sink at it. All kinds of meds. Monoclonal antibodies, ..., prednisone, "

LOL! He took two of the most powerful therapeutics we have for COVID.
As noted by Pakman, the Egyptian study that people point to as proof that Ivermectin works has now been retracted because it didn't have a proper control group:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUNRON3FCZ4

September 4, 2021 12:13 AM Forum: Politics

Joe Rogan is taking Ivermectin!! OMG!!!!

Posted By Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I'll ask you the same question, what does that have to do with the left going nuts about it?
I wasn't aware that "the left going nuts about it"?angel