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Frustratedlady

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10. If he was in such bad shape he couldn't undergo surgery,

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Tue Feb 16, 2016, 04:04 PM

Feb 2016

perhaps he should have penned a letter of resignation?

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Justice Antonin Scalia's Health Woes Weren't Publicly Disclosed Before His Death [View all] Eugene Feb 2016 OP

Too sick and weak for shoulder surgery ... JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #1

Actually I read he didn't shoot--only observed. book_worm Feb 2016 #2

He should have taken the time to receive last rites while he could. nt Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #3

We don't know that he didn't receive them. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #4

He reportedly was given Last Rites Saturday afternoon, after he was dead. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #6

Then it was not last rites Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #8

That's what was reported by a spokeswoman for the Diocese, according to the NYT pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #9

You're not technically dead until there's a death certificate. MADem Feb 2016 #23

Funny you should mention an ambulance in this regard Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #24

Wow, horrible orderlies~! MADem Feb 2016 #41

Yes, you have to be alive and give your final confession while alive. Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #7

And booooy, does he have a lot of sins to account for in his afterlife. n/t backscatter712 Feb 2016 #11

Last Rites can absolve you without confession SickOfTheOnePct Feb 2016 #14

Good to know Xipe Totec Feb 2016 #15

What a lot of convenient hooey for weak-minded Scalia to believe. Strict constructionalist? Bah. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2016 #16

John Kennedy bpj62 Feb 2016 #21

Correct, one of my EMTs was a seminarian nadinbrzezinski Feb 2016 #22

I had to look it up Stryst Feb 2016 #37

All I know is they're some kind of bird. And they can fly. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #38

My first thought when I saw the picture on Wikipedia was Stryst Feb 2016 #39

Ha, yeah, I couldn't tell the Audubon Society from the Autobahn Society. JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #40

"As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly." hifiguy Feb 2016 #44

Do you think he got bitter at the end and that's why he became so nasty and ornery? Baitball Blogger Feb 2016 #5

No, Michael Dukakis reports Scalia a racist in law school supported State's Rights to discriminate.. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2016 #17

Did you mean the end of kindergarten? mythology Feb 2016 #26

I worked briefly for a man who was a classmate of Scalia's. hifiguy Feb 2016 #47

when was he not this way ? JI7 Feb 2016 #29

If he was in such bad shape he couldn't undergo surgery, Frustratedlady Feb 2016 #10

Perhaps houston16revival Feb 2016 #20

don't you all worry, the right wing nuts will think the doc is a CIA plant. nt Javaman Feb 2016 #12

I know of one trump supporter who does indeed believe there was a cover up. unapatriciated Feb 2016 #42

That people are latching onto the pillow is so nuts. beac Feb 2016 #51

OT, but "Cinderella Guevara" is the most awesome name I've heard today MisterP Feb 2016 #13

I concur! It's a MOST awesome name. valerief Feb 2016 #35

By hiding his ill health, Scalia's enablers have enabled this huge conspiracy theory to bloom Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2016 #18

Morbidly obese... 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #30

An old man who obviously ate like a horse, smoked hifiguy Feb 2016 #46

I knew from the first moment I learned TNNurse Feb 2016 #19

Agree, you'd think they could at least run a toxicology screening Liberty Belle Feb 2016 #25

I don't think even if Scalia came back from the dead 47of74 Feb 2016 #48

"Tele-medicine" is all the coming thing 3catwoman3 Feb 2016 #31

the 24/7/365 conspiracy theory factory mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #27

I knew his color was getting bad and vaguely remember remarking about it. Warpy Feb 2016 #28

But he did NOT have hemorrhoids -- King_Klonopin Feb 2016 #32

This entire thread Mira Feb 2016 #33

And then some malaise Feb 2016 #34

Wow, I didn't know Roberts had seizures. valerief Feb 2016 #36

get a grip greymouse Feb 2016 #50

So much for SCOTUSCare CommonSenseDemocrat Feb 2016 #43

How unusual. An overweight 79-year-old man with high blood pressure, hifiguy Feb 2016 #45

They keep calling it a hotel room but it really sounds like a private home. UCmeNdc Feb 2016 #49