McConnell fractures shoulder in fall

[riverwalker]

Source: Washington Post

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell fractures shoulder after falling at his Kentucky home, his office says
By Washington Post Staff
August 4 at 2:46 PM CT
The Kentucky Republican tripped on his patio Sunday and was treated and released. He is working from home in Louisville, his office said in a statement Sunday.
McConnell, 77, is seeking a seventh term next year.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/08/04/senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-fractures-shoulder-after-falling-at-his-kentucky-home-his-office-says/

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Thoughts and prayers 😠

[ck4829]

1. Maybe he should retire

[cstanleytech]

3. True, maybe then he could buy a nice house on the Volga?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Yangtze might be more to his father-in-law's liking, tho if retire he's useless to Russia/China. .nt

[cstanleytech]

33. Well he could always split the difference and do the Amur.

[Sherman A1]

2. Yes

Thoughts and prayers....

[forgotmylogin]

115. Good thing we pay for his free lifetime health insurance.

No chance of sepsis for him.

I'm disappointed this didn't happen during Congressional session so someone could take the opportunity to clear out his bottom desk drawer of held-up legislation.

[Me.]

4. Are We Sure

1. This isn't a fake sympathy bid

2. Someone didn't push him

[ancianita]

23. +1

[usaf-vet]

57. I think it BS. A reason to avoid public appearance. Show me the long form. Show us the X-Ray.

Moscow Mitch is hiding out.

A traitorous bastard deserves no pity.

I hope his pain medication is a placebo. Of course, rumor has it that he has his own stockpile of cocaine.

[Me.]

70. Rumor Has It

[certainot]

118. he's had a rough week and might have had a few extra bourbons

whatever it is i hope it's painful and he gets hooked on oxy

[Scarsdale]

125. Maybe the Russians, or

his father-in-law left a bag of money on his patio and Mitch tripped over it?

[sdfernando]

5. How convenient

Now he can avoid those pesky public appearances....you know, where everyone drowns him out with the “Moscow Mitch” chant.

[catchnrelease]

16. That was my first thought

It's an excuse to not make any more public appearances. I guess we knew he is a coward, so no surprises.

[Traildogbob]

19. Exactly my thought

Or he tripped over bags of Russian cash. If he really did break it. Whomp whomp. I really don't care, do you? His wonderful socialist insurance we pay for, will fully cover it all. Hope he fell over on his shell, and his paid for arm candy would not turn him over. Subpoena hid damn X-rays. He is terrified of Mosco chants.

[JDC]

55. Exactly.

[jpak]

6. Too Bad!

[tblue37]

18. You misspelled "Womp womp." nt

[Voltaire2]

7. Perhaps a serious infection could set in.

I’m sending farts and pears right now.

[GemDigger]

82. MRSA would be a fitting infection for him.

No thoughts and prayers from me. I wouldn't even waste farts and pears (good one) on that poor excuse for a human being.

[JudyM]

8. Convenient excuse to avoid more public outings? Or does the Resistance have him off-balance?

[FakeNoose]

9. Whoopsie-daisy

I guess he won't be patting himself on the back for a while.

[Scarsdale]

133. His shell should have protected him.

I have not decided if he is more homely when he "smiles" or when he is serious. Homely man, either way.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. A shame he didn't break his ...

oh wait, I guess that would be mean. But not as mean as what he has done to this country to fuck it...neck.

[3catwoman3]

48. You beat me to it.

“Too bad it wasn’t his neck,” was my first thought, but I was afraid I’d get alerted on.

[Ferrets are Cool]

80. Hehee

[Frustratedlady]

11. He shouldn't be on his patio, he should be flying back to DC to strengthen the gun laws...

I'm so skeptical of anything/any excuse for not being out in the firing line I can't even believe he broke his shoulder.

Sure had his "broken shoulder" taken care of quickly if he just did it today. Already working from home, eh?

Bull shit!

[dalton99a]

13. The fracture seems to be as big as the bone spur

that the other asshole had

[whistler162]

14. Hope he heals up well

hopefully not PPS but he has insurance unlike many others.

https://www.livescience.com/35861-polio-recurs-survivors-infantile-paralysis.html

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a3zbmz/mitch-mcconnell-polio-refused-march-of-dimes-meeting-over-senate-health-bill

[democratisphere]

15. Nothing else is working so let's go for the sympathy vote.

[Croney]

17. I think he tripped on his reputation, which was stuck under his shoe.

[RandySF]

20. How much will his co-pay cost?

[generalbetrayus]

114. In dollars

or in rubles?

[snort]

21. He should take oxycontin for the pain.

Take 1000mg and drop dead.

[bitterross]

30. +1000mg

Pun intended.

[Ponietz]

45. +1000 mg

and fentanyl patches for the breakthrough pain.

[BamaRefugee]

22. HOROSHO!

[yaesu]

24. thoughts and prayers

not really, hope the pos traitor suffers.

[ffr]

84. +1

Staff infection that leads to gangrene. It would be like planet Earth equaling things out.

[emmaverybo]

25. With elderly people, it can be possible for a fall to be caused by a cerebral event. Or maybe he

was sipping some of that fine Kentucky brew. Yeah, thoughts and prayers...

[silverweb]

99. I'm thinking the Kentucky brew.

He might have been a bit unsteady after overdoing it while trying to drown out the chants of "Moscow Mitch" echoing in his mind.

[Leghorn21]

26. I wonder if he'll declare himself "out of commission" and just kinda disappear- ?

What do you do for a fractured shoulder?

Most fractures of the scapula can be treated without surgery. Treatment involves immobilization with a sling or shoulder immobilizer, icing, and pain medications. The patient will be examined for additional injuries. About 10% to 20% of scapula fractures require surgery.

Maybe not hmmmmm...

[Mc Mike]

27. I don't believe him or his flacks.

[CountAllVotes]

28. Worry not Mitch

They'll manage your pain properly.

Maybe you'll get lucky and receive an IV Tylenol drip.

[jrthin]

29. Unless I saw it with my own eyes, I think Moscow Mitch is lying.

He's trying to avoid his constituents. In any event, thoughts and prayers.

[TNNurse]

31. That is a terrible injury. It is pretty painful.

I do not care. He will of course have the best medical care available.

[Rebl2]

134. Takes a long time to heal too

No thoughts and prayers from me

[marble falls]

32. Moscow Mitch used his free insurance he doesn't want you to have?

[The Wizard]

34. sending thoughts and prayers

Satire alert

[The Wizard]

35. He fears

facing the public

[Bob Loblaw]

36. He just couldn't break a hip could he?

One in three adults aged 50 and over dies within 12 months of suffering a hip fracture. Older adults have a five-to-eight times higher risk of dying within the first three months of a hip fracture compared to those without a hip fracture. This increased risk of death remains for almost ten years.

I think he made it up, he can just wear a sling to cover for it if he needs to make an appearance and in the meantime hope the Moscow Mitch meme blows over.

[LuvNewcastle]

56. That's what i was thinking.

I don't care if he lives or dies; I just don't want him working anymore.

[HoosierDebbie]

87. I agree. Pretty good fake injury.

No bulky casts or need to feign a limp. Just sling the non-dominant arm, so you can still "work", or obstruct anybody else's work.

[flotsam]

37. We did it!!!!

Pounding down the vodka and pissed over Moscow Mitch and people blaming HIM for a couple of deranged nuts! One more-whoops! This bottle is empty...Well,there's more in the liquor cabinet, I'll just stand up and WHOA......

[oasis]

44. That's what I was thinking. Moscow Mitch was drunk as hell. nt

[sheshe2]

78. Yep.

Lot's of Kentucky Bourbon to forget the Moscow Mitch chants.

[oasis]

81. Moscow Mitch's 2020 defense of his senate seat will be a blast.

[sheshe2]

83. So will the protesters!

[emmaverybo]

46. Oh I do wonder if alcohol and maybe prescription meds were not involved. Always the chance of

an ischemic stroke too. Falling can be just the beginning of a decline. I wouldn’t relish that in most
cases at all, but this is Moscow Mitch, and national security threats must be neutralized or contained, Beddy bye Mitch.

[Thekaspervote]

38. Yeah...maybe it will bring about his retirement. That along with moscowmitch chants

[BHDem53]

39. Turtles have shoulders?

[lefthandedskyhook]

98. If shoulders translate to shells this could be fatal

One can hope

[bucolic_frolic]

40. Too much vodka

[Kitchari]

65. Russian vodka

Of course

[Arazi]

41. Karma

[TheCowsCameHome]

42. Thoughts and prayers to the patio,

as far as his condition is concerned? - Screw him.

[George II]

43. You covered my very first reaction - "thoughts and prayers". But with all the clamoring to call....

...everyone back to act on HR8, is this a "convenient" injury?

[FarPoint]

47. Ohhh my....

missed his NECK!

[Red Mountain]

49. Where does he live?

Anybody got a telephoto lens?

[Bayard]

50. Color me dubious

You don't just fall and break a shoulder, unless you're already fragile. I think it has to be whacked pretty hard. I broke my scapula years ago when a horse fell on me and slammed me into a brick wall. It was unusual because it broke horizontally. Not much they can do for you, except pain pills.

I'd say he doesn't want to face any more crowds here, chanting--Moscow Mitch!!

[DeminPennswoods]

51. This will be painful, but unless the fracture is bad,

they won't do surgery, just let the bone heal. But shoulders take a long time to heal.

[kozar]

52. omg!!!

Maybe he had a stroke? uhmmm look at this tape and listen to his slurred speech,,,,,all the things they said about Hillary, who ,as I recall,,DIDNT FALL OR BREAK ANYTHING!!


Koz

[Progressive dog]

53. Moscow Mitch gets not even thoughts or prayers

from me. For sympathy he'll have to rely on his fellow conspirators.

[mr_lebowski]

54. We have a bone that one could fracture that's called a 'Shoulder'? Interesting, never knew that

I've heard of the Humerus, the Scapula, and the Clavicle ... all of which are in the general region there, but never knew there's a 'Shoulder' bone.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

59. Sure. With Mitch, shoulder bone connected to the head bone, ...

... head bone connected to the butt bone.

[LuvNewcastle]

63. According to the song, the backbone is connected to the neck bone.

It doesn't say anything about a shoulder bone, so my guess is that we have cartilage up there, like a shark. I think the song must be true or they wouldn't teach it to children.

[mr_lebowski]

68. It's not really a question ... there's no such thing as 'shoulder bone' & since only bones fracture

... saying someone 'broke their shoulder' is a misnomer or euphemism.

It's going to be either a broken clavicle (collarbone) or scapula (shoulder blade) ... more likely the former.

Then of course you can tear various cartilage in the area like labrum and rotator cuff. But that's still not a 'broken shoulder'.

[LuvNewcastle]

72. What about pork shoulder?

They sell it at the grocery store. I see it for sale all the time. Are pigs the only animals with shoulders?

[mr_lebowski]

75. The bone in pork shoulder is I believe the shoulder blade of the animal ...

I didn't say people don't have 'shoulders', I said there's no BONE called 'the shoulder bone'

You also cannot, strictly speaking 'fracture your knee' or 'fracture your elbow'.

You could break your knee CAP, however ...

[LuvNewcastle]

79. The knee bone, right.

The leg bone's connected to the knee bone and the knee bone's connected to the thigh bone. Bet they sing that song in med school.

[LanternWaste]

139. Much as broken arms don't exist...

Through there are breaks in the humerus, ulna and radius.

But for some odd distinction lacking any real objective difference, I doubt anyone criticizes it as such.

[mr_lebowski]

141. You make a reasonable point, but I'd argue that an 'arm' is different than a shoulder ...

A shoulder is a joint, basically, like an elbow or knee.

While a broken 'arm' is also vague as you point out, I'd say it's less so than a 'shoulder' and also much more commonly used as a term.

It's not a big deal, but honestly I've never heard it said someone has a 'broken shoulder'. I'm sure it's 'said', but it's weird to me. Seems like you'd say 'Shoulder Blade' or 'Collarbone' or 'Arm' if it's the humerus, the other possible option.

[Kitchari]

67. Ha! n/t

[trof]

88. shoulder bone connected to the arm bone

them bones gonna walk around

[muriel_volestrangler]

89. Turtles have very odd shoulders

The shell itself is made from broadened and flattened ribs, fused to parts of the turtle’s backbone (so that unlike in cartoons, you couldn’t pull a turtle out of its shell). The shoulder blades sit underneath this bony case, effectively lying within the turtle’s ribcage. In all other back-boned animals, whose shoulder blades sit outside their ribs (think of your own back for a start). The turtle’s torso muscles are even more bizarrely arranged.

This body plan – and particularly the odd location of the shoulder blades – is so radically different to that of all other back-boned animals that biologists have struggled to explain how it could have arisen gradually from the standard model, or what the intermediate ancestors might have looked like. Enter Hiroshi Nagashima from the RIKEN Center; he has found some answers by studying how the embryos of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis) shift from the standard body plan of other vertebrates to the bizarre configuration of adult turtles.

By comparing the embryos to those of mice and chickens, Nagashima showed that all three species start off with a shared pattern that their last common ancestor probably shared. It is only later that the turtle does something different, starting of a sequence of muscular origami that distorts its body design into the adult version.
...
The muscle plate in the lower half of the turtle’s body folds inwards along a line that runs down the turtle’s body. This line will eventually form the edge of the shell and it’s called the carapacial ridge. Meanwhile, the second pair of ribs (r2 in the image below) grows outwards and swing forwards over the shoulder blade (sc in the image below). A similar thing happens over the animal’s hips. These two crucial events – the folding of the muscle plate and the growth of the second ribs – bring the shoulder blade within the confines of the ribcage. Both steps are possible because the turtle’s ribs stop growing early on in its development and no one yet know why this happens.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2009/07/09/how-the-turtle-got-its-shell-through-skeletal-shifts-and-muscular-origami/

[mr_lebowski]

92. Fascinating! One is left to assume that he is almost surely not a proper Turtle ...

Sounds like it's pretty damn difficult for a real Turtle to break it's shoulder, being as how it's inside that tough shell!

So he's an IMPOSTOR on top of all else!

[Grokenstein]

58. Better luck next time, Putin's Mitch

Guess the young-blood transfusions aren't working, huh.
Maybe it's time to swim out to sea.

[BlueStater]

60. I hope this injury forces the evil bastard into retirement.

Otherwise, I don't care.

[Miigwech]

61. Broken collar bone (or clavicle)? Big fucking deal!

Big crybaby. He didn't get shot or anything else did he? Broken collar bone heals on it's own.

[Kid Berwyn]

62. Glad he survived.

Lots of 77 year old friends of Putin aren’t so lucky.

[stopbush]

64. Good thing he's got that Cadillac health insurance, just like the rest of us.

[Vinca]

66. Moscow Mitch hitting the sauce perhaps?

[Kitchari]

69. Just a convenient excuse

To avoid his constituents

[onecaliberal]

71. It's an excuse to avoid the rest of his public events that are not going well.

[Bengus81]

131. +1000 I'm going with this theory..........

[empedocles]

73. Leaned way too far right

[blugbox]

140. I feel this post got severely overlooked

+ internet to you!!

I did a nice, audible "HA!" with that one.

[old guy]

74. After careful thought,

I do not believe it.

[Hoyt]

76. Too old to run.

[Astraea]

77. why do bad things happen to... wait a minute...

[Botany]

85. He can still go back to work

It is not like he is digging ditches or cattle ranching

[rwheeler31]

91. With all that back slapping and rubbing shoulders with lobbyists and pushing judges,

much too dangerous, stay home and rest.

[jb5150]

86. Thoughts and prayers ...

Soviet scumbag.

[left-of-center2012]

90. McConnell "tripped" at home

[raccoon]

93. Maybe thoughts and prayers caused this? nt

[Hulk]

94. Finally....some good news.

I have absolutely NO good wishes for this evil, treasonous piece of shit. I really hope he has complications and .....I'll quit there. I could go on and on....I hate this mf'er so much. He has done more to destroy our government than any foreign enemy could ever hope to accomplish.

Hope he continues to run...and gets his ass handed to him by the people of Kentucky. Wake the hell up, Kentucky. Sweet Jesus! You're killing this nation!

[bluestarone]

95. Did he fall before or after the DEMS. asked him to call the senate back in session?

My money is on after.

[warmfeet]

96. Thoughts, that he may never again set foot in the Senate.

Praying, that the injuries are much worse than reported.

Hoping that he suffers to a degree commensurate with his evil deeds.

[BlueIdaho]

97. Drunk again Comrade? nt.

[BigOleDummy]

100. I agree

With most of the posters here or at least a majority. I do NOT believe this and think it's a ploy to stay hidden for awhile. I do think the "Moscow Mitch" taunts are getting to him too. Clearly he thought he could get away scot free from his treason and treasonous activities and now that he see's that that's not true it's getting to him. Good! WE need to keep the pressure on him as far as his Russian AND Chinese "interests" go.

If he DID in fact actually fracture something besides our Constitution then...…… YAY!

[not_the_one]

102. He knows he has been found out to be the treasonous bastard that he is...

and that "Moscow Mitch" is just the beginning.

He will be exposed for treason. All the financial dealings (with Russia AND China) will come to light. He now wants out.

This is the first step in heading for the exit door.

But he can STILL be prosecuted.

May he rot in jail.

[JoeOtterbein]

101. Frightened by a rat?

[Chrisdutch]

103. Who pushed him?

Well, it's a start.

[MyOwnPeace]

104. You're missing it!!!!!!

It's OBAMA'S fault!!!!!

[Hotler]

106. Thank god he has health care. nt

[world wide wally]

107. Watch your step, Leftie

[Rebl2]

108. Had a little to

much of that Kentucky bourbon maybe? Surprised they let him go home. A fracture at his age is something I would think they would at least keep you overnight for. Could be blood clots form. Not sure I believe he actually fell through. I think he’s hiding out.

[trueblue2007]

109. too bad he didn't fracture his head/brain

[Lucky Luciano]

110. Fuck Москва мич мконел!

[jimmy the one]

123. What does fusk mean?

Fuck Москва мич мконел!

fusk n (definite singular fusket, uncountable) trickery, cheating, fraud
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fusk

urban dictionary: Fusk: The sticky deposits found on ones lips after waking up in a morning after a long sleep. It is the mouths equivalent of 'sleep'.

Nye Ponimayu. tovarishch
Bot Bot from Boston

[Lucky Luciano]

138. Hah! nt

[SunSeeker]

111. Karma

[Maine-i-acs]

112. thoughts and prayers for the patio

it will probably be chopped up and sent to a detention facility soon

[Crowman2009]

116. That poor patio!

Let hope it can be repaired!

[vercetti2021]

113. Aw

Too bad. Here's my tots and prayers

[gopiscrap]

117. I wouldn't even give that fucker thoughts and prayers

[Marcuse]

119. How long was he on his back?

[Ellipsis]

120. You know he had to be blasted.

Too many bloodys.

[ElementaryPenguin]

121. If only Moscow Mitch had a fractured NECK!

[Brainfodder]

122. KARMA, thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule.

But, *cough*

[demmiblue]

124. He finally brought something to the floor.

Link to tweet

[Meadowoak]

126. Hope they don't have to euthanize him....NOT!

[quickesst]

127. I hope....

.... the miserable piece of shit suffers. I would look at it as partial payback for the mental and physical suffering he has inflicted on millions because of his nazi-style politics.

[zentrum]

128. He's got world class health care

.....until the day he dies, as a Senator. He's got the health care he won't allow the rest of us to have. We pay for it.

If the average citizen fell and broke a shoulder bone---it could be the beginning of an economic unraveling for them.

[get the red out]

129. He might have

had Elaine whack him with a Louisville Slugger so he would have a "legitimate" reason to not go back to Washington and face reality.

[Bengus81]

130. At least his FIRST CLASS GOVERNMENT health care wasn't an issue...........

Unlike the MILLIONS he doesn't GIVE A SHIT about that have NONE,or BS insurance that this fracture would be mostly out of pocket money.

[bluedigger]

132. It's hard to stay balanced without a spine.

[SpankMe]

135. He can use the injury as an excuse to leave the Senate. n/t

[Crowman2009]

136. WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE PATIO!!!!

[lagomorph777]

137. Thoughts and prayers.

I think he's an asshole, and pray he'll be booted out in 2020.

[FiveGoodMen]

142. Thoughts of karma and prayers of thanks

(if it's true)