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People are offering their organs to keep (Ruth Bader Ginsburg) healthy (tr)
Insider ^ | July 30, 2018 | Kaila Hale-Stern

Posted on 07/30/2018 1:56:17 PM PDT by EdnaMode

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is something of a hero of the left. And unlike her colleague Anthony Kennedy, who recently announced his retirement and gave Donald Trump the chance to appoint a new Supreme Court Justice, Ginsburg says she's going nowhere fast.

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Many are breathing a sigh of relief at Ginsburg's assurance that she wants to stay on the Supreme Court. Liberals are afraid that Trump's pick to replace Justice Kennedy, Brett Kavanaugh, will tilt the highest court in the land heavily conservative.

If Ginsburg were to give up her seat, the court would only have Barack Obama-appointed Justices Sonya Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, and Bill Clinton-appointed Justice Stephen Breyer, coming down on the more liberal side of issues. Trump would be able to nominate another Justice. If she remains for another 5 years, however, she could outlast Donald Trump's administration, especially if he does not win reelection in 2020.

Kat Turk @turkish_gothic is there a way to change my organ donor status to “please give Ruth Bader Ginsburg dibs on these?” 11:17 AM - Jul 30, 2018

So people are ready to hand over their organs and years of their own life to keep Ruth Bader Ginsburg healthy.

Molly @Molly_Kats Ruth Bader Ginsburg can have one of my kidneys, I’m not using it

marcel the shell™ @itsmemarcel_ i will literally give ruth bader ginsburg years of my life

There's even hope that Justice Ginsburg could prove to be an immortal.

Denizcan Grimes @MrFilmkritik Ruth Bader Ginsburg: "I have at least five more years on the Supreme Court."

I hope you live forever, RBG.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Society
KEYWORDS: ginsburg; ruthbaderginsburg; scotus; supremecourt; tds; trump
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To: EdnaMode

I got some hangnails to spare.


81 posted on 07/30/2018 4:04:06 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: taildragger; Rio

too funny, i love it!


82 posted on 07/30/2018 4:05:54 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: akalinin

Perhaps transfusions of young blood to counter her moribund body? Didn’t work as a topical for Báthory.


83 posted on 07/30/2018 4:05:54 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: dfwgator
Has no soul to share. Sad.


84 posted on 07/30/2018 4:06:31 PM PDT by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: EdnaMode

She will retire or die in 2 years IMHO. Greedy bitch. Love it.


85 posted on 07/30/2018 4:14:14 PM PDT by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next?)
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To: reg45

ginsy is old. Although there aren’t any firm age limits to receive a transplant, as you get past 70, transplant centers become increasingly reluctant to give you a new organ.

The problem is, a transplant of a major organ is major surgery, and it’s very hard on the body.

If you’re 30 and otherwise healthy, you’ll be pretty good to go in 6 weeks, and pretty much all healed in 6 months to a year.

If you’re 60, you may need a year or two (or three or four) to make it back as far as you’re going to get, and that may not be all the way back.

If you’re 80, there’s a good chance you won’t survive the surgery.

And then, there are the immunosuppressants. They’re vital to keep your new organ, but they make you susceptible to various illnesses, and especially to cancer.

Transplant centers are obligated to minimize risk to recipients. For an 85 year-old two-time cancer survivor, the likelihood of a transplant center accepting you are slim. They don’t want to kill you.


86 posted on 07/30/2018 4:19:18 PM PDT by sitetest (No longer mostly dead.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Haha. Scary!


87 posted on 07/30/2018 4:29:46 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: mdmathis6

Micromatrix approach begins with a clean biological scaffold which is then infused with a recipients stem cells to grow a new functional organ. Likely to succeed first with producing a functional liver.


88 posted on 07/30/2018 4:30:26 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: lonevoice
Too funny! What about putting her brain into a robot?
89 posted on 07/30/2018 4:32:58 PM PDT by Pride in the USA
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To: Ozark Tom

A whole liver has to include an intrinsic vascular supply and a micro collection system for the excretion of bile...a bit more complicated then just growing tissue on a matrix bathed in nutrients. I imagine they’ll work those issues out and as the liver isn’t a muscular organ the way the heart is, I agree you might see livers first.


90 posted on 07/30/2018 4:44:25 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (Men and Devils can't out-"alinsksy" God! He knows where "all the bodies are buried!")
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To: EdnaMode

Probably doesn’t matter. She’s lasted this long without a heart or a brain.


91 posted on 07/30/2018 5:13:30 PM PDT by Hootowl
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To: Pride in the USA
What about putting her brain into a robot?

And it should move like this...


92 posted on 07/30/2018 6:48:44 PM PDT by lonevoice (diagonally parked in a parallel universe)
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To: oldenuff35

Doesn’t she have cancer?


93 posted on 07/30/2018 7:57:24 PM PDT by CPT Clay
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To: SeeSharp

>>Well, strictly speaking, the 13th amendment was repealed by the 16th amendment.<<

Excellent point. Just as the separation of powers was undone by the 17th.

And of course the whole country went to hell in a handbasket when they passed the 19th.


94 posted on 07/31/2018 4:21:05 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
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To: freedumb2003
And of course the whole country went to hell in a handbasket when they passed the 19th.

Don't forget the 26th.

95 posted on 07/31/2018 4:26:07 AM PDT by SeeSharp
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To: SeeSharp

>>Don’t forget the 26th.<<

The 26th needed to include military service as a prereq, which was the argued reason for it. God know I would not trust 18 year old ME to make important decisions (and I was a very mature, independent 18).

But let’s all play Amendment Bingo!!!

:)


96 posted on 07/31/2018 5:05:30 AM PDT by freedumb2003 ("Trump is such a liar. He said we'd be tired from all this winning" (/dfwgator 7/27/18))
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To: lonevoice

Perfect!


97 posted on 07/31/2018 8:38:46 AM PDT by Pride in the USA
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