Study: Gastric Bypass Procedure Reverses Type 2 Diabetes

[Karee 4,190]

The bailouts were pretty monumental, however you feel about them.

If you're talking about the financial bailouts, that was in 2008/2009 I believe. Since then it's been nada except for the constant health care bickering. Maybe I'm missing something significant.

Here's the tally for 2013:

Enacted

Main article: Acts of the 113th United States Congress

• March 7, 2013: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, Pub.L. 113–4
• March 13, 2013: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, Pub.L. 113–5
• March 26, 2013: 2013 United States federal budget (as Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013), Pub.L. 113–6
• August 9, 2013: Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, Pub.L. 113–28
• January 17, 2014: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, Pub.L. 113–76, H.R. 3547
• February 7, 2014: Agricultural Act of 2014, Pub.L. 113–7

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress#Enacted

[mota bhai 2,675]

That's the funny part. Many Americans will claim America to be the greatest country on earth and then also claim that Americans have managed to built the most inept government of all times and places. It's friggin' hilarious.

Americans are more in love with the idea of America than America as it exists in the real world. It's kind of like falling in love with a character on Second Life. It's pathetic.

Edited April 1, 2014 by mota bhai

[Karee 4,190]

And there's this:

Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013

Authorizes the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota to lease, sell, convey, warrant, or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its interest in any real property that is not held in trust by the United States for the Band's benefit.

And people call congress "do nothing"

[mota bhai 2,675]

If you're talking about the financial bailouts, that was in 2008/2009 I believe. Since then it's been nada except for the constant health care bickering. Maybe I'm missing something significant.

Here's the tally for 2013:

Enacted

Main article: Acts of the 113th United States Congress

• March 7, 2013: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, Pub.L. 113–4
• March 13, 2013: Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013, Pub.L. 113–5
• March 26, 2013: 2013 United States federal budget (as Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013), Pub.L. 113–6
• August 9, 2013: Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act of 2013, Pub.L. 113–28
• January 17, 2014: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014, Pub.L. 113–76, H.R. 3547
• February 7, 2014: Agricultural Act of 2014, Pub.L. 113–7

Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress#Enacted

You said "recent memory". 2008/9 is "recent memory" to me. I didn't realize we were limiting the conversation to 2010-13.

[Karee 4,190]

You said "recent memory". 2008/9 is "recent memory" to me. I didn't realize we were limiting the conversation to 2010-13.

Recent memory to me is this morning's breakfast.

[mota bhai 2,675]

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Did I read this wrong but isn't it the weight loss that reversed type 2 diabetes as apposed to reducing your stomach size the size of a walnut? Sure, if there is no other alternative for your weight loss, go for surgery but surgery is not really the best answer, the best answer is to lose weight in a more natural way, reduce your food intake, increase your walking and don't sit down for significant periods of time without walking around.

I was thinking exactly the same thing when I read the headline.. Not the operation, but the weight loss. Though maybe it does speak to the fact of its less of what you eat but the amount - unless they also changed their food types as well.

So.. A little personal info here.. My wife gained a bit of weight after moving to the US and finding Famous Daves, Fuddruckers and other delicious high calorie food. She has in the last six months taken all the weight off and more - It started with an accident on vacation where she broke her back and had to have surgery to repair a disc. She was stuck in Bogota for eight weeks (unable to fly) - a friend introduced her to how she lost weight: She wore a tight body suit with extra foam and a wood board over the stomach area. She also joined a gym but the main reason for the weight loss was fewer calories because she always felt full - She is now has a size zero waist.. Maybe better to try this method first before having surgery..

[mota bhai 2,675]

Not really related but undeserving of its own thread.

Bronx Woman Dies From Tummy Tuck In Dominican Republic

Beverly Brignoni (Facebook)

A 28-year-old Bronx woman died in the Dominican Republic while getting a tummy tuck and liposuction procedure at a clinic in the capital city of Santo Domingo. Single mom Beverly Brignoni flew to the DR on February 19th to get surgery at a clinic her friends recommended. The next day she was dead from a massive pulmonary embolism, according to officials at the Vista del Jardin Medical Center—but family members are demanding a more thorough investigation.

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Following Brignoni's death, the Dominican Republic Health Ministry reportedly inspected the Vista del Jardin Medical Center and ordered the operating room temporarily closed, "citing the presence of bacteria and violations of bio-sanitary regulations."

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Do you really believe the US government is any more inept or corrupt than the governments of countries that successfully run single-payer healthcare?

I don't.

No.. But I believe current politicians are much more concerned about themselves and combating rivals that they are with the country. There is almost a scorched earth philosophy when the left and right combat each other these days. They care about nothing but winning. It has always been there, and throughout time occasionally been nasty.. But nothing like now.

[mota bhai 2,675]

That culture originated in corporate America.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

My preferred solution at this point is to bring back a modified draft. No exemptions, no exceptions, but you only have to put in 6 months right after high school and then you're free to go. And in return, you get Medicare for life.

We'll have single payer and our young people will care about the country they live in again. Win-win for everyone except the anarchist libertarians and the left-wing lovetard hippies.

It would take more than six months. The training is more expensive and takes longer. It takes six months just to develop basic skills, then there is six to eighteen months of unit training. Enlistments are 8 years now, because that is just about the break even point, on investment versus return.