Brett Favre has Parkinsons

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  1. GREG

    GREG Well-Known Member

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    westiedog1 Well-Known Member

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    I feel sympathy for anyone diagnosed with PD. My mother had it. It's a slow descent of physical deterioration.
     
  3. Jets OG fan

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    Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
     
  4. Since1969

    Since1969 Well-Known Member

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    Am I too cynical in thinking that it was too convenient that Favre made this disclosure when he was getting grilled by a congressional committee for alleged misdeeds? Sorry, but I don't trust the guy.
     
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    ESPN has the story.

    https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id...ces-parkinson-diagnosis-congressional-hearing

    Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre disclosed during a congressional hearing on Tuesday that he was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a degenerative nervous system disorder that causes parts of the brain to deteriorate and affects movement.

    Appearing before a House Ways and Means Committee hearing on welfare reform, Favre spoke about Prevacus, a company making a concussion drug that received $2 million of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds. Favre was the top investor in Prevacus, and text messages show he began asking state officials for help securing funds for the company in November 2018.

    "Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others," Favre said during opening remarks. "And I'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me, because I've recently been diagnosed with Parkinson's. This is also a cause dear to my heart."
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    I can see Burt lying on the stand about that. Dude is a scumbag.
     
  7. JetFanInNE

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    Fuck him. He stole money from the poor
     
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    I hope he takes his next pecker pic on shutter delay....
     
  9. BrowningNagle

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    A lot of folks hating on him. I get it, Favre is a douche, but as far as the covid money thing, everybody and their mother was robbing the federal government during that time. Some of them are even running and going to win elections this november
     
  10. Jonathan_Vilma

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    It wasn’t Covid money but out of principal I agree. These programs unfortunately get looted a lot of times by those that don’t need it.
     
  11. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    Yes, that was odd . . . ?
     
  12. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    I got $2,400 (split into 2 checks) during COVID for no reason I can think of (stimulus?), but hey, if you want to give it me, have at it. It made me feel a little guilty, but did I cash the checks? Yes.

    You got zero? I call bullshit.
     
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  13. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    It's not a good look.
     
  14. BrowningNagle

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    I never said I didnt get a stimulus check
     
  15. jetophile

    jetophile Bruce Coslet's Daughter

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    I misunderstood. You're just talking about the massive fraud. I am terrified to do anything illegal.
     
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  16. Jets OG fan

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    Exactly. He's playing the sympathy card in court. It's beyond pathetic. Karma's a bitch.
     
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  17. Dierking

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    He was always a little shaky.



















    Too soon?
     
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    abyzmul R.J. MacReady, 21018 Funniest Member Award Winner

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    Must I do everything?

     
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    I mean, there’s only so much low hanging fruit one can justly help oneself to without coming across as just plain greedy.
     
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