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TNBanjoMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

PJ O'Rourke once famously said, "I don't want to abolish government, I just want a government small enough that I could drag it to the bathroom and drown it in the tub if I needed to."

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Married 37 years and we laugh a lot, hold deep philosophical discussions, and couldn't do without each other. I came across a saying the other day that describes us perfectly. "God never puts two people together to help just one of them."

We truly believe that.

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TNBanjoMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

Definitely an amateurish hit job. Hung around the area a long time before the shooting, allowed himself to be photographed so he didn't scope out the area ahead of time, hung on to the gun... even the details of engraving the casings left clues, as did the backpack he jettisoned nearby. While in prison he should write a book called "How To Commit a Crime and Get Caught."

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Thanks, pretty much doing that already this morning.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Thanks. I call my wife "Nurse Ratchet" after the character in "One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest." She nursed me through cancer a few years back and she was very strict about meds and such. This was WAY before the world knew about IVM, so she's sort of a walking encyclopedia of medical knowledge.

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TNBanjoMan 3 points ago +3 / -0

This morning I did a double dose of C, zinc, Quercetin, and D. I haven't gotten into my IVM stash yet, waiting to see if this passes first or gets worse. Thanks.

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TNBanjoMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

I can't take alcohol in any form, I've been clean and sober for over 36 years now and don't want to jeopardize that.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Thanks. I have some echanacia tea and will try it.

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TNBanjoMan 4 points ago +4 / -0

Thanks. I don't have children or grandchildren and often refer to younguns as "petri dishes." The wifely unit suggested I start off by gargling warm salt water and upping my C and zinc doses for the next day or so, rather than start on Ivermenctin. She's good about such stuff so I'll follow that today and tomorrow, but if I don't start getting better, I will dip into my IVM stash.

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TNBanjoMan 12 points ago +13 / -1

Hmm, well that's the FIRST "manifesto" I've ever read (and I include Marx's "Communist Manifesto" in that assessment) that is cogently written and makes some sense. I don't necessarily condone what he did, but I can empathize with his and his mother's absolute frustration at UHC. Pain, hopelessness, and helplessness can drive people to do desperate things.

If the Medical / Pharmaceutical / Insurance industry is smart (and I'm not claiming that they are), the industry might want to learn the lesson from this and adjust their sails accordingly.

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TNBanjoMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

It didn't necessarily involve Hegseth himself, could have been any number of personas or agencies... from the Trump transition team, Trump himself, a Trump-friendly person in Congress. Working the system can involve many different players and power brokers. I don't know if Hegseth himself would have the means or leverage to prompt such a change.

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TNBanjoMan 4 points ago +4 / -0

I suspect that some late-night deal was made that changed her mind. There's an unspoken, but very old, principle in Washington that goes "Yes has no power." In other words, if an official first says "No" to a proposal, then people will deal and trade something of value to get to a "Yes." But if the official first says "Yes," then he/she has no bargaining power.

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TNBanjoMan 7 points ago +7 / -0

"Cuz we wuz KANGS back in Afika, an' you crackers done ruined all dat!"

You're right, it is hard to take such people as this seriously. He sounds a lot like Jordan Neely, the very guy talking trash in the subway that started this mess and necessitated Daniel Penny to step in.

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TNBanjoMan 6 points ago +6 / -0

"With WA billions in the hole..."

Interpretation: "With WA unable to control its profligate, excess spending habits..."

No new taxes, we need government reform, like one would cut off an alcoholic uncle who got hold of your credit card.

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TNBanjoMan 4 points ago +4 / -0

Ho hum, these "journalists" are getting tiresome. In Shakespeare's time it made sense that he wrote in a play, "First we must kill all the lawyers." Today he would be in favor of killing all the fake "journalists."

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TNBanjoMan 9 points ago +9 / -0

Good. I hope he also avoids any civil trials.

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TNBanjoMan 0 points ago +1 / -1

Ah well... that makes sense, although the inverted cross is also a Satanic symbol. OK, I guess I'll let that one slide.

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TNBanjoMan 7 points ago +7 / -0

A clear violation of their oaths. Courts martial for all, and any of them aren't citizens, deport them after their prison sentences.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Upper-right photo, why is there an inverted cross behind the pope?

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TNBanjoMan 8 points ago +8 / -0

Came here to say that too. Any relic that old needs to be handled with gloves and a lot gentler than that baboon does.

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TNBanjoMan 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ah, I knew that an answer would be forthcoming from the great autistes here on GAW. Thanks.

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TNBanjoMan 2 points ago +2 / -0

Nice. What does the red tie that Trump usually wears signify? What is its semaphore meaning?

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