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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Book: Hillary Has Bad Heart
Hat tip to Drudge!

BOOK: HILLARY HAS BAD HEART
Sun Jun 22 2014 18:01:30 ET

*Exclusive**

A new provocative work by bestselling author Ed Klein claims Hillary Clinton's health problems are much more severe than she has publicly revealed!

"She had managed to keep her medical history secret out of fear that, should it become public, it would disqualify her from becoming president," writes Klein in BLOOD FEUD.

BLOOD FEUD hits the street this week [it ranked #89 on AMAZON Sunday afternoon.]

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The true story of what happened to Hillary, which is being recounted in these pages for the first time, was radically different from Reines's version.

To begin with, Hillary fainted while she was working in her seventh-floor office at the State Department, not at home, as Reines told the media. She was treated at the State Department's infirmary and then, at her own insistence, taken to Whitehaven to recover. However, as soon as Bill appeared on the scene and was able to assess Hillary's condition for himself, he ordered that she be immediately flown to New York�--Presbyterian Hospital in the Fort Washington section of Manhattan. When Reines subsequently released a statement confirming that Hillary was being treated at the hospital over the New Year's holiday, it naturally intensified speculation about the seriousness of her medical condition.

While she was at the hospital, doctors diagnosed Hillary with several problems.

She had a right transverse venous thrombosis, or a blood clot between her brain and skull. She had developed the clot in one of the veins that drains blood from the brain to the heart. The doctors explained that blood stagnates when you spend a lot of time on airplanes, and Hillary had clocked countless hours flying around the world.

To make matters worse, it turned out that Hillary had an intrinsic tendency to form clots and faint. In addition to the fainting spell she suffered in Buffalo a few years before, she had fainted boarding her plane in Yemen, fallen and fractured her elbow in 2009, and suffered other unspecified fainting episodes. Several years earlier, she had developed a clot in her leg and was put on anticoagulant therapy by her doctor. However, she had foolishly stopped taking her anticoagulant medicine, which might have explained the most recent thrombotic event.

"The unique thing about clotting in the brain is that it could have transformed into a stroke," said a cardiac specialist with knowledge of Hillary's condition.

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According to a source close to Hillary, a thorough medical examination revealed that Hillary's tendency to form clots was the least of her problems. She also suffered from a thyroid condition, which was common among women of her age, and her fainting spells indicated there was an underlying heart problem as well. A cardiac stress test indicated that her heart rhythm and heart valves were not normal. Put into layman's language, her heart valves were not pumping in a steady way.

When the author attempted to contact the Clintons' cardiologist, Dr. Allan Schwartz, he refused to comment, which made it impossible to determine the exact nature of Hillary's medical status or its long-term significance. However, sources who dis- cussed Hillary's medical condition with her were told that Hillary's doctors considered performing valve-replacement surgery. They ultimately decided against it. Still, before they released Hillary from the hospital, they warned Bill Clinton: "She has to be carefully monitored for the rest of her life."

Developing...
Posted by: gorb || 06/23/2014 12:19 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I always thought she was a heartless bitch....
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/23/2014 12:32 Comments || Top||

#2  So she has an incompetent heart and incompetent brain. No wonder she goes along with Obama.
Posted by: AlanC || 06/23/2014 14:01 Comments || Top||

#3  Last time she had her physical they spent over 5 hours on the cardiac workup alone. Reason being, it took em 4 of the 5 hours to find her heart.
Posted by: OldSpook || 06/23/2014 14:06 Comments || Top||

#4  They had to go back home and rummage around in her closet to find it?
Posted by: gorb || 06/23/2014 14:26 Comments || Top||

#5  She's a bad person. It's not just one piece.
Posted by: Iblis || 06/23/2014 14:30 Comments || Top||

#6  You guys are so mean! The poor woman will likely never get to be President because of her health! Wotta tragedy!

I think I'll cry myself to sleep tonight.
Posted by: Bobby || 06/23/2014 14:48 Comments || Top||

#7  Bobby, take these pills.

[ Normally I give these to Fred, but Ethel swipes 'em ]
Posted by: Steve White || 06/23/2014 15:09 Comments || Top||

#8  We're born with our organs and ankles;
When idiots mock them, it rankles.
So I would be grateful
That you not be hateful
About Hill's edematous thankles.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 06/23/2014 16:15 Comments || Top||

#9  'Neath a tat of Bill shaking his pickle,
On the right side, you'll find a plug nickle;
From the left, just a trickle
Of hammer and sickle;
You can't say her ticker is fickle.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 06/23/2014 16:20 Comments || Top||

#10  edematous

I learned a new word. Don't much like it really.
Posted by: Shipman || 06/23/2014 16:20 Comments || Top||

#11  LOL! 2nd one giving me flash backs of a favorite NASCAR driver, the awesome Dick Trickle.
Posted by: Shipman || 06/23/2014 16:23 Comments || Top||

#12  "I, Bubba, do swear and affirm
That if Hill, God forbid, is infirm,
With the help of young ladies
And the blood of Chink babies,
I'll willingly serve out her term!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 06/23/2014 16:26 Comments || Top||

#13  Even I couldn't forget Mr. Trickle's name, but I would've confidently placed my awareness of it back in the early '80s, which doesn't seem likely, looking at his record. I guess whatever I live to see of old age is gonna be endlessly entertaining. I love the word "edematous" but yeah, its, um, instantiations aren't much fun.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 06/23/2014 16:48 Comments || Top||

#14  Was it three sizes too small?
(Sorry, Dr. Suess)
Posted by: AlmostAnonuymous5839 || 06/23/2014 16:59 Comments || Top||

#15  Down to her last 50 million, her book in the tank, Benghazi in the background, the bus broke down, now this. Karma's a bitch, bitch...
Posted by: tu3031 || 06/23/2014 21:54 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Netanyahu Advises Obama On Iraq: ‘When Your Enemies Are Fighting Each Other, Weaken Both’
[Daily Caller] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his opposition to wide scale American intervention in the Iraq crisis, advising President Champ that “when your enemies are fighting one another, don’t strengthen either one of them. Weaken both.”
What the Prime Minister fails to understand is that the Champ does not see either side as "enemies," but rather quarreling older siblings.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/23/2014 00:57 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sun Tzu would have approved.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/23/2014 11:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Now if only Obama had sense enough to listen.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/23/2014 11:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Now if only Obama had sense enough to listen

Now, if only Bibi said it in a private phone conversation.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/23/2014 11:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Wouldn't do any good grom.

Posted by: DarthVader || 06/23/2014 11:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Bet Anakin?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/23/2014 11:46 Comments || Top||

#6  As 300 troops are being sent to Iraq, Iraq's military is now out of ammunition.

As the world becomes unstable, even in the US as tens of thousands of illegals pour into the US across our now non-existent borders, any thing unexpected can and will happen in a moment.
Posted by: Thineng Angailet7166 || 06/23/2014 12:05 Comments || Top||

#7  My greatest concern is that a charismatic leader will emerge with the capability to "settle" the Sunni / Shia divisions.

If that happens, we have, at present time, no leadership capable of stopping them.
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 06/23/2014 12:08 Comments || Top||

#8  once ISIS is stopped intra-Islamist disputes will begin to take their toll on them like they have in syria

of course there will be thousands, if not tens of thousands of fatalities and millions of people oppressed, but after all, its Islam
Posted by: lord garth || 06/23/2014 12:19 Comments || Top||

#9  ...of course there will be thousands, if not tens of thousands of fatalities and millions of people oppressed, but after all, its Islam.

Sounds a lot like most of 20th Century Europe as well. How'd all that "make the world safe for democracy" work out Woodrow? Notice how as we disengaging, things are returning to the fratricidal and authoritarian 'normal' again. There were reasons our forefathers left or were thrown out of the place to begin with. Pax Americana is indeed receding. Enjoy participating in the real patterns of history.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/23/2014 12:33 Comments || Top||

#10  The unwarranted assumption is that Obama actually sees all these folks, or any of these folks, as enemies.

When your psychotic narcissism is such that you consider yourself the best at everything and people are not bowing down to you than you are fine with the idea of burning down the world.

The only historical analog to Obama I can conjur is Nero.
Posted by: AlanC || 06/23/2014 14:06 Comments || Top||

#11  Hitler was keen on burning down the world.
Posted by: Glaish Bourbon1198 || 06/23/2014 16:50 Comments || Top||


Israeli Officials: We're Facing Escalation On Gaza Front
[Ynet] Analysis: Facing pressure from both Paleostinian Authority and Israel, Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, is expected to open a front against Israel in the Gazoo Strip, a conflict that is sure to make Islamic organization stronger.

Considering the fact the Ramadan month, that is starting in 10 days, was expected to lead to a substantial decrease in IDF arrests and raids, conducted as part of the ongoing effort to find three Israeli teens who were kidnapped a week ago, officials in Israel believe that the operational activity in the West Bank will turn into clandestine intelligence activity. The next stage in this ongoing operation would take place in the Gazoo Strip, they say, and it seems like it would be a lot sooner than previously thought.

The bigger picture indicates that Hamas is now in an unclear position. In the past two years, the organization has been suffering from increasing regional isolation. To get out of this isolation, the Hamas leadership decided to take the path of reconciliation. With an attitude of "falling in order to rise again," Hamas has decided to make the following move: "We'll make peace with the Paleostinian Authority, seemingly give up control of Gazoo, wait for the elections, win, and then get the West Bank as well."

But reality is always much more complex. The intra-Paleostinian reconciliation is moving very slowly: the crisis over salaries of tens of thousands of Hamas government employees continues, and the mechanism that is supposed to ensure they get paid has yet to be put into motion. At the same time, the Rafah border crossing is still closed, restoring the smuggling tunnels to their former glory remains but a dream, and Hamas' relations with Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's regime in Egypt are worse than ever. Life in Gazoo is difficult, and the pressure on Hamas is only increasing.

On the other side, Israel has launched an extensive operation in the West Bank, and has taken advantage of the opportunity that presented itself following the kidnapping to conduct two operations at the same time: locating the kidnappers and kidnapped, while at the same time delivering a powerful blow to Hamas' infrastructure in the West Bank. It doesn't necessarily get Israel any closer to finding the kidnapped teens, but it definitely allows it to use this one-time opportunity to strike institutions, symbols and leaders of the organization, with the international community's support and the roaring silence of the Arab world in the background.

And if all of that wasn't enough, Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
came out with a declaration that those who kidnapped the teens are trying to destroy the PA. "We will have a different kind of dialogue" with Hamas, Abbas said. It appears that it's not just Jerusalem that believes Hamas' infrastructure is behind the kidnapping, the PA does as well. And it is likely the dialogue the PA president is talking about will put the Paleostinian reconciliation in danger.

This pressure coming from both ends shrinks Hamas' power, increases the pressure on the Islamic organization, and decreases support of it accordingly.

As the noose tightens around Hamas' neck, the response from Gazoo is becoming more and more murderous Moslem.

Hamas front man Sami Abu Zuhri
...a senior spokesman for Hamas. Zuhri gained notoriety in 2006 when he dropped his money belt containing somewhere between 640,000 and 900,000 euros, which was confiscated by Paleostinian security and customs officials at a routine border crossing from Egypt to Gaza. The news brought competing Hamas and Fatah forces to the crossing checkpoint for an epic face-making and hollering contest...
said Thursday that the coming days will prove that Hamas has the ability to fight back, implying that the organization has some powerful cards up its sleeve. He is talking about the ever-growing arsenal of rockets Hamas possesses. At present, Hamas is capable of hitting Tel Aviv, and perhaps even north of that, with dozens of rockets.

Recent history shows that Hamas emerges from rounds of violence stronger: public support of the organization increases, the understandings reached with Israel make life easier for Paleostinians living in the Strip, and ties with Egypt grow warmer as Cairo mediates between Hamas and Israel.

It appears Hamas is at a low point in every possible scenario, with a fake reconciliation and without it, and so Israeli officials believe that another round of violence in the Gazoo Strip is coming, sooner rather than later.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/23/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  IIRC HAMAS views Al-Sisi as illegitimate, refusing to acknowledge his ascendancy + formal authority. This infers that Hamas may ultimately question Egypt's right or control oer Gaza???
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 06/23/2014 1:16 Comments || Top||

#2  But Egypt doesn't control Gaza, JosephMendiola. Israel does....sorta. Egypt just doesn't have to let Gaza exit their illicit tunnels or come through their licit crossing.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/23/2014 5:52 Comments || Top||

#3  Israel needs to dig a wide, deep canal between Egypt and Gaza. It won't stop the moles but it will make them dig deeper and deeper.
Posted by: Steve White || 06/23/2014 11:24 Comments || Top||

#4  SW,
Why not use a drill to place explosives at varying depths across the frontier? It would make tunneling a more dicey proposition.

As an alternative, ground penetrating radar to detect tunnels. It takes a long time to dig a tunnel. Much less time to run a sweep.
Posted by: Squinty || 06/23/2014 15:03 Comments || Top||



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