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Title: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Barrister on February 03, 2020, 06:10:36 PM
He describes it as "advanced".

https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/03/media/rush-limbaugh-cancer-diagnosis/index.html
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 03, 2020, 06:25:32 PM
That's too bad.

He kinda dropped off the radar after 2000. I know he's still got a radio show, just nobody talks about him.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: KRonn on February 03, 2020, 07:42:27 PM
His radio show appears to be still quite active. I wish him the best in this, as I would for anyone. I've had several relatives with lung cancer. Some made it quite a few years, others not so much.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: alfred russel on February 03, 2020, 08:09:52 PM
He had the back of the tobacco industry all these years, and this is how it repays him.  :(
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Valmy on February 04, 2020, 01:28:15 AM
Hope he pulls through.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Zoupa on February 04, 2020, 02:11:45 AM
I don't.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: garbon on February 04, 2020, 02:45:53 AM
Quote from: Zoupa on February 04, 2020, 02:11:45 AM
I don't.

I have nothing nice to say so I'm saying nothing.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: The Minsky Moment on February 04, 2020, 02:52:26 AM
Ditto
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: grumbler on February 04, 2020, 05:59:14 AM
Thritto
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: alfred russel on February 04, 2020, 07:02:11 AM
Back in high school, we got to vote on what radio station to listen to during lunch--the top two would be listened two on alternating days.

Rush Limbaugh finished in the top two, but the school administration refused to play his show. It was my first direct experience with the vast left wing conspiracy.

Also, Rush Limbaugh has been around a long ass time.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Caliga on February 04, 2020, 08:24:38 AM
My dad subscribes to The Limbaugh Letter.  The guy who I bought my house from also subscribes, since I keep getting the damn thing (you'd think he would have noticed by now he forgot to update his mailing address, but no).  I think only old white guys like Rush.

Still, sad to hear this.  Nobody deserves cancer.  Fuck cancer.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Habbaku on February 04, 2020, 08:39:13 AM
Don't care.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Razgovory on February 04, 2020, 06:13:33 PM
Trump is giving Limbaugh a Medal of Freedom.  Which is only slightly better than Trump trying to give himself the Medal of Freedom.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: DGuller on February 04, 2020, 07:20:51 PM
Nobody deserves cancer, but some are far more undeserving than others.  Those who made $500 million spreading hate and intolerance are probably not high up on the undeserving list.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Valmy on February 04, 2020, 07:37:20 PM
Quote from: DGuller on February 04, 2020, 07:20:51 PM
Nobody deserves cancer, but some are far more undeserving than others.  Those who made $500 million spreading hate and intolerance are probably not high up on the undeserving list.

He ceased being the only one decades ago. Many of the guys who followed him were far worse.

I thought he was at least entertaining in the 1980s before Clinton made him go insane.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 04, 2020, 08:24:05 PM
He was primarily spreading a message of greed rather than hate.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: garbon on February 05, 2020, 02:13:43 AM
Quote from: Valmy on February 04, 2020, 07:37:20 PM
Quote from: DGuller on February 04, 2020, 07:20:51 PM
Nobody deserves cancer, but some are far more undeserving than others.  Those who made $500 million spreading hate and intolerance are probably not high up on the undeserving list.

He ceased being the only one decades ago. Many of the guys who followed him were far worse.

I thought he was at least entertaining in the 1980s before Clinton made him go insane.

He doesn't sound like he was much better in the late 80s when his show went national.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: MadImmortalMan on February 25, 2020, 01:55:06 AM
I figured this guy would be out of commission already, but he seemed to be on the air today. Maybe he's skipping the rads and chemo?

He's raised an absolute fuckton of money for cancer research over the years for leukemia and lymphoma. The wrong kind of cancers in his case.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: crazy canuck on February 25, 2020, 01:09:18 PM
If I was in his position I would skip it.  After seeing what it did to my dad and the fact it only got him an extra few weeks - my personal judgment would be it's not worth it.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Barrister on February 25, 2020, 01:20:30 PM
I believe he's going through chemo and working part-time.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Sheilbh on February 25, 2020, 08:25:36 PM
Well he's definitely still working:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/25/limbaugh-coronavirus-trump/
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Valmy on February 25, 2020, 08:27:46 PM
Yeah that is the kind of crazy shit that has been his show the past 25 or so years.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Oexmelin on February 25, 2020, 10:48:03 PM
It was apparently too much to hope that this piece of shit would focus on his cancer.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Razgovory on February 25, 2020, 10:57:45 PM
He makes it very difficult not to root for the cancer.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: The Minsky Moment on February 25, 2020, 11:28:39 PM
So glad he received my nation's highest civilian honor.
Title: Re: Rush Limbaugh has lung cancer.
Post by: Eddie Teach on February 26, 2020, 11:41:02 AM
From Trump. That's an asterisk for sure.