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An Americanist Briefing
Heat Wave Warnings, Cheerleader Wages, and Strange Surgical Changes: A Morning Roundup
Beat the heat but beware of cold showers! Today's quick-hitting episode explores surprising summer dangers hiding in plain sight. That refreshing cold shower you're craving during this scorching heat wave? It might actually be trapping heat around your vital organs and straining your heart. Medical experts explain how the body's "cold shock response" works and why moderate cooling is safer than extreme temperature changes.
We also dive into some bizarre current events, including the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders' remarkable 400% salary increase after their fight for what they consider "livable wages." Is cheerleading meant to be a career or a stepping stone? The debate continues as their Netflix series documents their campaign for better compensation. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden's financial troubles make headlines with reports of over $50,000 in unpaid legal bills. What happened to all that art money?
The strangest story of the day explores the shocking reality of leg-lengthening surgery, recently featured in the film "Materialists." This procedure, which can cost upwards of $250,000, involves breaking leg bones and inserting expandable rods that gradually increase height as new bone forms. The extreme lengths some go to for a few extra inches raises profound questions about body image and societal expectations. Before we wrap up, we're seeking your creative suggestions for refreshing summer mocktails to beat the heat without alcohol. What's your perfect blend for staying cool while staying hydrated? Share your recipes and join the conversation!
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Well, hello, good morning, welcome one and all. I have four little ditties for you this morning. Lighthearted, easygoing sort of things. I have some advice in this heat wave, if you are in the band of the heat wave, do not take cold showers, okay. Here's why taking a cold shower during a heat wave is incredibly dangerous. From the New York Post, of course. That's where I get most of my stories from is from the New York Post. The dog days of summer are here and New York City is currently experiencing a scorching heat wave, with temperatures reaching well into the hundreds. Same here, it's not just New York.
Speaker 1:So when taking a chilly shower, blood vessels near your skin constrict, which reduces blood flow to certain areas, causing your body to hold heat in and around your organs, something you don't want to happen. And if the water temp in your shower is borderline freezing, a domino effect happens. Your body goes into cold shock response, which causes the skin's blood vessels to rapidly constrict, which then increases your blood pressure. Since the heart has to work in overtime mode, explained by the conversation, I don't even know what that is. This is a bad news for people with heart conditions, although it's rare, the shocking difference in body temperature going from hot to cold can cause an irregular heartbeat and, worst case scenario scenario, lead to death. But before panic sets in, jumping into a mildly cold pool, shower or bath won't kill you. Just be careful not to bring the water to a freezing temp. Who does that anyway? Who gets in a first of all? Can you even get your tap water to freezing? No, okay, moving on. So I don't know how to feel about this next story, dallas, speaking of cold showers.
Speaker 1:Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders how much do they make? They're breaking down their 400% salary increase. I don't think Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders is a lifelong career. Obviously it's not something they do full time. From what I understand this is from actually page 6, which is a section in the New York Post the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders received a 400% salary increase from the NFL after fighting tooth and nail for a livable wage. That's not meant the Dallas Cowboys cowboy cheerleaders any cheerleader is not meant to be a livable wage. It's meant if you're doing this part-time, it's not a career ladies. Uh, I don't think. Anyway, it's a stepping stone into other things. You need to have a regular career first, but I guess you can. I guess now they are okay. Battle which has been documented in the second season of their Netflix series. So they have a Netflix series. America's Sweethearts, dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders will go into effect in the upcoming 2025 NFL.
Speaker 1:This is just bullshit, if you ask me. Plus, they're bitching. They don't have healthcare. It's not a freaking full-time job. Women ladies, go get a regular job like everybody else. That's all I'm going to say about that. You can go finish reading that. It's on my X-File. They just pissed me off. All right.
Speaker 1:Hunter Biden sued for over $50,000 in unpaid legal bills, including his Delaware gun case. The boy is not paying his bills his, his law, his lawyer. He's not paying his lawyers. What happened to all that money that he made from his art? Daddy's not paying the bills anymore, apparently.
Speaker 1:I think Biden Inc is broke. They are broke. Nobody wants to hear Joe Biden in his speeches. I don't know if any books are being. I don't know. I think Joe Biden might be writing a book.
Speaker 1:I'm not sure Hunter Biden owes his law firm that represented him in the federal investigations over $50,000. You can go finish reading that. I don't know that I want to get into it. I just think it's hilarious that he has not paid his bills. How about that? Is it surprising to you, though.
Speaker 1:No, all right, this next story, this next and my last story. Men, young men, please don't do this. I don't know that. The, the, the links that people will go to change their appearance just astounds me. And this is leg lengthening. I didn't think this was a real thing. I had to look it up. I thought this was just something on a TV show. No, this is real. Leg lengthening surgery from materialists which is a TV show is real. Here's why patients drop thousands on the Frankenstein procedure. Please don't do this. Just reading the story made my legs hurt. All right, the love. Lorne sure will go to great lengths for a date. In the new romantic drama Materialists starring Dakota Johnson, pedro Pascal and Chris Evans, there's conversation around what constitutes a so-called perfect man to date. Johnson's matchmaker character, lucy, describes Pascal's statuesque character, harry, as a unicorn, good-looking, rich and six feet tall At least now he is. Later on in the movie spoiler alert Lucy discovers Harry was a five foot six before he underwent leg lengthening surgery, leaving his legs full of scars.
Speaker 1:Limb lengthening is a procedure that gradually lengthens the bones in the arms or legs over a course of several months. What's a couple of inches? Lucy says to a client shining a light on the superficial aspect of judging a person by their height. The surgery involves breaking the femur and or tibia, inserting rods and turning the rods by up to one millimeter per day as new bone fills in the gap, according to the international center for limb lengtheningengthening. Uh-uh, no, sir, I don't trust this at all. No, you could break your legs so easily after that. The surgery can add up to six inches in height, though most patients gain two or three inches. Which is recommended lengthening Because it's considered cosmetic surgery surgery.
Speaker 1:It's not typically covered by health insurance. Other yet sex changes are. That's bullshit. Sex changes should not be covered under. All right, I'm sorry I lost. I just this is crazy. In the us, bilateral femoral lengthening can sometimes cost more than 120 000, while tib bilateral femoral lengthening can sometimes cost more than $120,000, while tibia and femoral lengthening combined can cost in excess of $250,000. Wow, please don't do this men. Please don't do this, don't. Oh, that just sounds so painful I wouldn't. Well, I don't know. There's got to be other complications to this too. All right, that's all I've got for you today.
Speaker 1:We need to move on to the question of the day. Okay, how about this for a good question of the day. With the dog days of summer coming up, which are upon us right now, actually, and with the spirit of keeping cool during this heat wave that we're experiencing, what is a good, refreshing, cold beverage to have? What besides ice water and beer? Beer's not really good because it'll dehydrate you, but in order to keep cool, like what kind of mocktail would you create? Non-alcoholic? Um, like just good old-fashioned sweet tea, iced tea? I mean, give me your, give me a good mocktail, a good cold, refreshing mocktail. Be creative. Uh, all right, I gotta go. Thanks for listening. I appreciate y'all. Love y'all bye.
