Hospice, or treatment?

... gave her the information yesterday that there are forms of chemotherapy used for this cancer that, while they won't cure it, might well buy her another few additional months of life, she felt quite whipsawed. Right now, she's in a place of trying to decide what she wants out of her remaining time, and which pathway will be most effective in helping her get that. Chemotherapy increases her ...

Jailbreak - Search Party 2 - Sunday evening

... of the energy in a test burst. "Well, shit." Kane said, flattening himself against the wall as the entire front of the laundromat exploded outward in a whirling cacophony of glass. The particles whipsawed through the empty street, ringing and chiming as they struck other buildings and the ground. "Guys, I think they've been flushed." He said over the comm. Running straight for the window Lemuel...

I just like the sound of it

The public is so often whipsawed that one marvels at their persistence in not learning their lesson. I won't bore you with the surrounding paragraphs to ... bet as the stock went up and down and up again, they somehow continue to keep playing. Hence, the quote above. Whipsawed. How did such a marvelous term ever fall out of fashion? *selling short means that you make an arrangement to sell ...

... said Wednesday will be the big day when the market will be looking for any change in the Federal Reserve's position on interest rates. Melissa Lee shifted the discussion to the financials, which were whipsawed today. Terranova said he would stick to a best-of-the-breed stock like Goldman Sachs(GS) in this confusing environment. Lee, though, wondered whether Goldman could be relied on to be a ...

Market Update: September 22, 2009

...s triple-witching was kind of a non-event. The last couple of trading days look a lot like the savvy traders running the stops in anticipation of the FOMC report issuance tomorrow. A lot of day traders got whipsawed, especially in FX, and after a little volatility on the open, the market plateaued in a very narrow range later in the day. I can't decide if the rally is officially over, or if it's ...

sendero luminoso

...Obama to fail. Such a waste. Mr. Obama is not a socialist; he’s a centrist. But if he’s forced to depend entirely on his own party to pass legislation, he will be whipsawed by its different factions. Ах, если бы только республиканцы позабыли это глупое слово "нет" и влились в стройные ряды! Ах, какие потрясающе центристские законы можно было бы провести - многократное удорожание энергоносителей, ...

Idiot of the week

... them just want President Obama to fail. Such a waste. Mr. Obama is not a socialist; he’s a centrist. But if he’s forced to depend entirely on his own party to pass legislation, he will be whipsawed by its different factions. (So not wanting to jump on stupid bandwagons is a bad thing now?) Look at the climate/energy bill that came out of the House. Its sponsors had to work twice as hard to ...

New Gokey Article

... something unique. But, in turn, don't change who you are. Be yourself.'' Gokey said that staying yourself is especially difficult on the show. (And viewers saw that even more with Lil Rounds, who was whipsawed by seemingly contradictory demands by the judges week in and week out.) You don't ignore the judges — ''Take stuff that will improve you,'' he said — but you still have to know who you are...

The worst enemy of Capitalism are the Capitalists.

... here: The Myth of Valley Wages The years from 2001 to 2008 were very good to Silicon Valley – at least for established companies. For one thing, they grew up: that is, instead of being whipsawed by the usual four year boom-bust cycle, frenetically hiring during good times and flinging people into the street during bad times, this time the more mature Valley companies – Intel, Cisco, Apple, HP,...

That was probably what most people did when they ran into stuff.

... nor hormone injections; this was permanent. She was simply a healthy woman who never had "bad days. " This was not for her convenience but to insure that her judgment as the Great Judge would never be whipsawed by her glands. "This is sensible " she said seriously. "I can remember there used to be days when I would bite the head off my dearest friend for no reason then burst into tears. One can't...