Rachel opens with Jimmy Carter's to do list at 90

[malaise]

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Lovely!
Having the last Guinea worm die before me.

Full show

[malaise]

1. Hope you all saw the egment on Musk's Twitter plan

It is now a means to achieve an apartheid USA.

[LiberalFighter]

2. He needs to be dropped into an active volcano.

[MontanaMama]

9. I support the dropping of mush

into an active volcano. That is all.

[gab13by13]

8. Listening to the guest that Rachel had on,

I believe that Musk is more dangerous than Fox News. I wish that Rachel had spent more time on that segment.

Who was it who talked Musk into buying Twitter? Putin?

[Auggy74]

13. My personal theory

Goes a little something like this: He made noise about buying twitter in order to pump up the stock price, and then subsequently dump his shares later when the price went up by an insane amount - the problem was he made a few too many promises and wrote a few checks with his mouth that he couldn't cover with his gluteus maximus, and the courts agreed that he'd made a legit offer. Musk panics, and other folks (Saudia Arabia/Russia) who could see a desperate kind of guy offered to help with the funding, but they were gonna need a little help later on down the road. Elon jumps at the idea because hey, it's not his money they're spending.

...aaannnd Twitter begins the slow spiral to irrelevence.

[malaise]

20. From 17.51 VDARE

[Rhiannon12866]

3. When he was on with Colbert a few years ago, Carter was asked what wanted to be remembered for

And he immediately answered that he wanted to be remembered for eradicating the Guinea worm in Africa.

[malaise]

16. I remember that

Wonderful man

[Rhiannon12866]

18. He's always been my favorite, the first candidate I followed because I just liked him

But then I got his biography years later ("A Full Life: Reflections at 90&quot and realized I was far from mistaken, he really has led a "full" and wonderful life.

[tulipsandroses]

4. Bravo on President Carter but I had to mute the tv

It made my skin crawl. As a child, I heard stories about worms exiting various body orifices. It was my biggest fear during childhood. But happy to hear the success of President Carter’s work.

[Deuxcents]

5. President Carter may be the most under appreciated president

He was mocked for his fireside warnings on energy, the economy and the environment. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and later the Carter Center to promote human rights, Habitat for Humanity and wrote many books. He may not have been the best politician, but he was a mile ahead of his time as a human being. This last great accomplishment is a feather in his much decorated hat. Thank you, Mr President for never giving up on us.

[Rhiannon12866]

19. A fitting testimony...

[Emile]

6. Wondering what Trump's to do list at 90 will be. . .?

[bahboo]

7. hopefully decomposing in a coffin, along with him...

[soldierant]

12. I second this .

[malaise]

17. Hopefully he'll already have been eaten by worms bybthen

[TexasBushwhacker]

10. It may happen!

From 3.5 million cases in the mid 80s, down to 13 cases in 2022.

[DemocraticPatriot]

11. Listing one or two more items would have been welcome here...

Some of us don't have cable TV....


(because paying their price is a crime that I refuse to commit!)



Oh, and I think Jimmy Carter is now 99 years old..... (?)
No, actually he IS... I googled it

[littlemissmartypants]

14. Agreed. I have no idea what this is about but I enjoy reading the replies

And getting to know the individual perspectives.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. "Watch out Guinea worm! Here comes Jimmy Carter!"

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

“Watch out Guinea worm! Here comes Jimmy Carter!” President Carter said this sign made by children in Nigeria was his favorite of all time. For 32 years Jimmy led a Carter Center initiative to elimate Guinea worm infections in Africa. #FreshWords

Guinea worm is a water borne parasite that grows in the body for a year and painfully emerges over several weeks as up to a 36 inch worm. Children are especially vulnerable.

When he started 3.5 million Africans were infected each year. Checking in for Jimmy's 99th birthday the 2023 case count so far is 6. What a remarkable achievement by a remarkable human being!

[malaise]

21. 😀😀

So lovely