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Watch baseball much?

Archy could find this to be a plausible explanation as long as it included a bit about how the left is racebaiting.

I'm not surprised.

@Scarlet please stop. @DevoHusker is a pretty good guy and regularly adds good content. There is no need to continually attack a poster.... over and over... as if you are on a mission to do so. Just relax and get it together.

He is so f#&%ing stupid.

That's what's fun about the team being bipolar, it's impossible to predict what's going to play out

HOW YOU LIKE THEM APPLES !!!!!!! Pitching staff really stepped up.

We're going to be in the top 1/2 of the # 2 seeds .....unless a weird geography outlier changes things. That greatly enhances the opportunity to advance.

I wish the mail-in tests would work for me but they are a virtually guaranteed positive result for someone with ulcerative colitis….so basically useless in my situation. Colonoscopy is a pain in the a$$ (pun intended, even though it doesn’t actually hurt with anesthesia) but they are the gold standard for accuracy and detection. Another Pro Tip- Make sure your doctor codes it as a cancer screening and nothing else. Marketplace insurance has to fully cover it for free. I had one coded as diagnostic and it cost me about $6500. You’ll still have to cover the lab work etc. but it will save you the majority share.

Not sure what i was hoping for. I'm still trying to understand this dynamic of longtime conservatives who claim they've tired of Trump, that he's hurting the Republican Party, and that they won't be voting for him. It seems that if they talked amongst themselves they might have a coalition that would have better supported an alternative in the Primary. When they do form a coalition like Never Trump Republicans, or The Lincoln Project, or Friends of Liz Cheney, you certainly haven't embraced them. Most of us don't talk politics with friends on a regular basis, but we all seem to have stories about the relative, co-worker, or friend who brings the subject up. Just wondering if that happened to you; if folks assume you're voting for Trump as you've done in the past, and if there's ever a conversation amongst Republicans about Trump crossing a line that loses their vote. I can definitely see not wanting to have that conversation. I guess underneath it all, I'm not convinced that people who voted for Trump twice won't vote for him again this November, even while claiming they won't.

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It should come as no surprise that mail-in tests are considerably cheaper than colonoscopies, and that's why some insurance carriers insist on it. My wife, and others, often with a little help from doctors have been able to advocate for the colonoscopy, which the insurer paid for, a bit grudgingly. Everyone agrees they are more accurate, so it's a money thing.

This is helpful info @knapplc and @JJ Husker. I turn 45 this year (f*#k, just looked at a calendar, it's only a couple of weeks away, damn), and my doctor has already given me ample warning about the good times on the horizon.

No, McConnaughey is #2.

This is exactly right. The actual procedure is a piece of cake but the prep sort of sucks. One day of nothing but clear liquids, certain colors of jello are allowed. And the worst part…the stuff you have to drink, usually in uncomfortable quantities with a nasty flavor, that forces you to not be more than a few feet from a toilet. I have to do one every two years because I have ulcerative colitis. The mail-in tests are useless for me. My personal feeling is the mail-in tests are only good until the first time they detect something. Then you may as well just do colonoscopies. I have multiple (4-10) polyps removed every time . This last time was the first time one of the six polyps biopsied was a little concerning, not cancerous but right on the verge. So I’m a little anxious to get to the next one and see what they may find. Pro Tip- for the liquid only diet the day before, I buy a large container of pho broth and have some for lunch and supper. It tastes good, feels like you actually ate something and they always say my prep was excellent.

This is correct. Per my Gastroenterologist, the PITB test will result in a positive if you have polyps - which most people do. Only problem is, if you test positive and you need a colonoscopy, many insurance carriers will consider that a second test and won't cover it. I know colonoscopies aren't fun. But honestly the worst of it is the prep, and that's only a couple of days. When they wheel you in for the procedure, the anesthetist tells you what they're going to do, they give you whatever it is they give you, and you are instantly gone. Then blink! Lights back on, everything's done, and you wait a few minutes for the results. The procedure itself is really easy.