Zsa Zsa's leg

Second hit in just as many days

My grandfather passed a few years ago of a stroke. I remember he was able to hold a conversation for the first couple nights in the hospital, and then he deteriorated before dying about a week after the stroke. Was definitely confusing because I thought he was going to make it after the first couple of nights.

Really sad. So far, my only four shadow list hits have all been pretty sad.

It's time for our bi-monthly Weinstein health emergency

Also, fairly certain that Amy is the larger sister now that Tammy has lost more than 500 pounds. Amy's weight loss surgery failed because she got pregnant so soon after the surgery.

Fellow 1000lb sister Amy Slaton arrested for drugs after being sent to hospital for a camel bite at a safari zoo in Tennessee

I doubt it. They're roughly the same age, but Clinton had a lot of heart issues in his post-presidency before starting his plant-based diet. Bush's parents both lived into their 90s while Clinton's mother died at 70 (his father died in a car crash shortly before Bill's birth).

Watching his DNC speech. Still pretty sharp, and doesn't look too awful, but his age is catching up with him.

Second House Dem from New Jersey to die in just four months.

To be fair Sharpton looks like that because he lost a shit ton of weight

Jimmy and Rosalynn recorded audio for the 2020 DNC, but his speaking was a lot rougher when he sent in a recording for Hank Aaron's funeral in 2021. I doubt he's intelligible enough anymore, unfortunately. I suspect he's probably not taking any non-family or hospice visitors due to his condition and age. Any cold or flu could be deadly for him, and campaigning across the country like Harris is exposes her to a lot of germs. The Carter Center or family will probably issue a statement congratulating her if she wins.

Biden has made attending funerals "his thing." I can't remember another politician delivering so many eulogies and going to funerals over official business. The idea is that the deaths of his wife, daughter, and son make him more empathetic. Biden and Carter also have a close relationship, with Biden being the first Democratic Senator to endorse Carter in 1976. Considering Carter famously did not get along with Congress at all (even his fellow Democrats), this is worth noting. I think Carter would be fine with either Biden or Harris delivering a eulogy. Harris is also a baptist, like Carter (though he no longer affiliates with the national Southern Baptists). Carter does generally lean to the left compared to Clinton/Obama (he even says he voted for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 primary), so maybe he feels refreshed by Harris being slightly further to the left of Biden, especially on Israel/Palestine, one of the issues Carter is most passionate about. Sorry for the long post! I've been reading Carter's biography "His Very Best" and have gone on a deep dive about his presidency and post-presidency, so I feel like I have a general idea about what he thinks about this situation.

Tells his son, Chip Carter, that he wants to live long enough to vote for Kamala Harris. Article says he has been more alert and following politics and the war in Gaza lately.

Israel's military says it has confirmed that Mohammed Deif is dead after a strike in Khan Yunis last month.

Perhaps. It might wishful thinking to assume this war ever gets close to ending, but I think a big target like Sinwar surely changes the dynamics. A full out war with Hezbollah is as far as I see this going. I'm sure Iran will continue to support/supply resources, but Iran's domestic situation makes a war untenable.