lets be honest, the toughest SOB holding a US passport is Jimmy Carter and it isn't close to close, one of the few people in history who went into a nuclear reactor came back out and nothing at all happened and now dude has lasted over a year in hospice, literal brain cancer cannot beat this guy
Time limited exposure to radiation is one of those weird things where you kind of have to trust the math on it, even though it fights intuition.
From looking at it just there, he spent 90 seconds in there and was tasked with turning a screw. Surprised I hadn't heard this about him before.
radiation is fucking bizarre, I have spent way way way too many hours of my life studying poisoning cases and the only thing I am sure of there are doses at which you are super screwed and below that all bets are off. Theres a guy who put his hand in an accelerator and lived to tell the tale
There actually is some chance that progress was made on pancreatic cancer diagnosis and treatment with Jimmy Carter’s blood and dna.
www.nytimes.com/2007/08/07/h...
In addition to this, I always remember Jon Stewart interviewing Jimmy and Rosalind, and trying so hard to be cynical, and they were so genuine that midway through Stewart broke down and sheepishly said, "You guys are so full of goodness."
I'm wondering if the Death that's assigned to Jimmy is taking his time, because the moment he does, the others are going to make him guilty for taking the little old peanut farmer and habit for humanity guy
SOMETIMES IT’S BETTER TO TAKE YOUR TIME ON A JOB, GO THE SCENIC ROUTE, AVOID TOLLS, THAT SORT OF THING.
*SQUEAK*
YES, I’M SURE HE WILL LET YOU HAVE SOME PEANUTS
He used his clout to help the INSANELY SUCCESSFUL effort to eradicate the Guinea worm, a painful parasite that has haunted humankind since the dawn of humanity. In his lifetime infections went from the millions to *14 people total* last year.
Out of the living ex-presidents, he is the most decent. Quite intelligent, an excellent diplomat, most charitable and surprisingly humble in himself and all he has done in the world. Maybe not the president, but a true role model.
I'll miss him when he passes.
I will say what Einstein erroneously said about Gandhi, that future generations will not believe that such a person once walked the earth in flesh and blood
I have a soft spot for Carter as did a terrible "prove you deserve the help" interview to get a grant for going to college, & was asked "name a presidential hero" (bleurgh). And I had a vague knowledge that he did cool stuff, &I said him because of what he did AFTER. Surprised them. &got the cash.
to be fair to this group, they ended up sending me a grant each year I was at university, which covered my books (huge help), and seemed genuinely thrilled someone hadn't said "Jefferson" or something. They even invited me to a fancy lunch each summer to "let them know how it was going".
