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PCIntern

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5. You're absolutely right...

Sun Jul 12, 2026, 04:44 AM

6 hrs ago

And please let me add that that can also be said in Russia with the epidemic there of defenestrations and poisonings.

But all jokes aside that’s true. I just wouldn’t classify a heart attack or stroke as an illness. But that’s me.

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"Brief and sudden illness"??? [View all] PCIntern 6 hrs ago OP

Recommended. H2O Man 6 hrs ago #1

The weather's fine there durablend 6 hrs ago #3

"But it's a dry heat" Conjuay 1 hr ago #54

He's definitely not ok. Omnipresent 3 hrs ago #35

I hope he has a very nice funeral. displacedvermoter 2 hrs ago #40

For a funeral JPK 1 hr ago #62

But we already know where all roads lead Lifeafter70 6 hrs ago #2

Yea but 71 year old men just up and die all the time. Lets not get carried away. FascismIsDeath 6 hrs ago #4

You're absolutely right... PCIntern 6 hrs ago #5

It depends on what caused the heart attack, if that is even what happened. FascismIsDeath 6 hrs ago #11

There'd be symptoms of pneumonia... PCIntern 5 hrs ago #12

Explosive diarrhea? The Madcap 54 min ago #63

I normally analyze language and word usage PCIntern 32 min ago #67

Sure, could be completely innocent, but given where it happened in the world, paulkienitz 5 hrs ago #13

You are right. Heart attack or a stroke is not a sudden illness. So why be so secretive? Katinfl 3 hrs ago #37

Assuming soulless Lindsey had a heart,, agingdem 2 hrs ago #41

Maybe he had the same brief and sudden illness liberalgunwilltravel 4 hrs ago #19

You have a good memory for salacious 1970s political trivia. John1956PA 4 hrs ago #21

Happy wasn't so Happy after the event PCIntern 3 hrs ago #38

This message was self-deleted by its author liberalgunwilltravel 2 hrs ago #45

Megan Marshack was the lady who made Happy displacedvermoter 2 hrs ago #46

What can I say? liberalgunwilltravel 1 hr ago #58

.... wolfie001 3 hrs ago #33

Yep. Had a very healthy friend who suffered a brain aneurism while shopping. She allegorical oracle 3 hrs ago #26

Lindsay had already lingered for too long. Bumbles 3 hrs ago #29

You're right. And we no nothing about his health. Buckeyeblue 42 min ago #65

Check out how he looked recently LeftInTX 6 hrs ago #6

"Brief & sudden illness" vs. an "event" like a heart attack ? CincyDem 6 hrs ago #7

Exactly. PCIntern 6 hrs ago #9

No RandySF 6 hrs ago #10

Could also be a pulmonary embolism caused by deep vein thrombosis. pnwmom 5 hrs ago #14

I was thinking the same thing videohead5 5 hrs ago #16

Ding! Ding! Ding! Roy Rolling 5 hrs ago #17

I know someone who died of that.. ananda 5 hrs ago #18

I remember that young NBC reporter, David Bloom, who was traveling with the troops in Iraq wolfie001 3 hrs ago #32

Are we thinking poison? GPV 5 hrs ago #15

I'm not. I doubt many are. onenote 2 hrs ago #47

Cardiac arrest is certainly a sudden medical event JMCKUSICK 4 hrs ago #22

Odd choice of words, indeed.......................... Lovie777 3 hrs ago #27

The reporting is RandySF 6 hrs ago #8

ETTD. Coincidentally he just met with Zelensky and announced sanctions on Russia. lostnfound 4 hrs ago #20

I've been sleeping... Trueblue Texan 3 hrs ago #23

......... wolfie001 3 hrs ago #31

Truly a beautiful day in the neighborhood!!! Trueblue Texan 1 hr ago #53

Yep! Zero sympathy from me wolfie001 14 min ago #70

OMFG!!!!! Lindsay Graham CROAKED?!!! Trueblue Texan 3 hrs ago #24

I had to do it............. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #25

He just came back from Ukraine - 20 hours on a plane - blood clot? Vinca 3 hrs ago #28

This was my thought Boo1 2 hrs ago #42

Blood clot could cause cardiac arrest. LisaL 49 min ago #64

russki operative wolfie001 3 hrs ago #30

i would love a look inside that box rampartd 2 hrs ago #44

What if JPK 28 min ago #68

I think he drank himself to death. NCDem47 3 hrs ago #34

I can't handle too much alcohol now, and I'm only 63 MrsCheaplaugh 1 hr ago #49

Stress at the top bucolic_frolic 3 hrs ago #36

Journalese for "Heart Attack." Kid Berwyn 2 hrs ago #39

ok. i'm out of the gutter. for now rampartd 2 hrs ago #43

No meet the press today, just meet your maker. GreenWave 2 hrs ago #48

"sudden illness" has long been a PR euphemism for things like heart attack and stroke Sympthsical 1 hr ago #50

Wham Bam thank you Graham Blue Owl 1 hr ago #51

Poppers while dancing? flying_wahini 1 hr ago #52

🤣😂 👊 Possibly. We'll never know... not that I'd want to know for sure. QueerDuck 1 hr ago #57

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 1 hr ago #55

Me, too. However, when the inevidable finally takes TACO, all bets are off. marble falls 1 hr ago #56

Maybe we should say, "Well done, Ukraine"? sinkingfeeling 1 hr ago #59

Well damn dweller 1 hr ago #60

I'm sorry he didn't suffer longer EnergizedLib 1 hr ago #61

Red-state, southern diet did him in? He looked rather bloated last time I saw his ugly mug on tv. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 35 min ago #66

If it was a heart attack Mz Pip 24 min ago #69