That kind of hematoma under the skin is not the thing that indicates an immediate crisis. Those of us on blood thinners know that an IV under the skin of a hand will produce it. The crisis is the buildup of fluid in the body that can show the kidneys shutting down. That’s not a good sign.

I had the same concern, too.

Absolutely. I wondered if any would know that’s where their pink coloring comes from as adults, after A LOT of shrimp eating!

Rabbit Rabbit- I believe it’s an old Celtic belief.

It was the June Rebellion of 1832 that Les Mis is based on- also a revolt against a king.

Actually, it’s not about the French Revolution (1781) but about a French Uprising in the early 19th century.

Still not the US. I wasn’t responding to “America,” but the uniqueness of this being the first pope from the US.

Pope Leo is the first U.S.-,born pontiff. Argentina is not in the US, but is in the continent of South America.

I’d like all of you to know that having Canadians as our neighbors has been comforting. Your best qualities are the ones we try to emulate, the ones our Constitution was crafted to encourage. I have an ap that lets me listen to police depts. and often I tune into Toronto to hear how nice they are.

Cheryl, we “regular” Americans really do deeply treasure all of you Canadians. We, however, are muzzled and misrepresented by a blowhard, grandstanding, so-called head of state who could not care less about us or how we are perceived.

I’m always amazed how terrified DJT is of knowledge, of people who have memorized proven facts that are the pins that deflate his lies, of entities of learning like NPR and PBS, who remind him what a razor-thin skim coat of culture he has.

Yes… the outlier numbers for Social Security are codes for incomplete data, not actual ages.

Wow… I remember demonstrating in support of his release back in the 70’s.

When I told my husband, who is a southerner, that Louisiana’s Surgeon General appears to be a veterinarian he said “well actually, that’s a step up. Before this the criteria was a 5th grade education.”

It has to do with the joke as an inmate of “never doing things halfway.”