Aug 312022
 

Yesterday, I was thinking about TomCat and his amputation, because there is now another reader of PP who is going to have an amputation of one leg below the knee. He doesn’t comment, but he does get and read the Sunday emails. I’ll call him James, because that’s his first name. In hiis case, the amputation is necessitated because, after a bunch of years, the titanium rod and steel screws which were put in after an injury are still not working, and he has never been pain free since they were put in. He was denied SSDI so doesn’t have Medicare, and has had other personal issues, so has never been in a position to demand better care, as TomCat was when providers messed up. I asked for and received his permission to request prayers (and/or of course however you communicate with the universe), so I’m requesting.

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Crooks and Liars – Phoenix VA Predator Doc Faces 2nd Accusation—How Many More?
Quote – [T]he VA does not appear to have responded to everything MRFF asked for—specifically the “immediate and aggressive investigation” of Cheron. We know that because another veteran abused by Dr. Cheron, Stephen Brittle, has stepped forward after reading our earlier story. He had already lodged a similar complaint against Cheron before Rinsem’s case reached a crisis point. He, too, raised the prospect of Dr. Cheron “brow-beating other patients, given how he acted,” in a letter to the VA dated July 23.
Click through for more. This is the same doctor named in a short take from August 24. Yes, MRFF is on it but how many more are there? And more to the point, how many veterans have died because of his fanaticism?

Axios – Study: Greenland ice melt will raise sea levels by nearly a foot
Quote – The study indicates that human-caused global warming driven by greenhouse gas emissions has effectively locked in a certain amount of sea level rise from the melting of the Greenland ice sheet…. The researchers estimated that the ice sheet will lose about 3.3% of its total volume within this century, which corresponds to 110 trillion metric tons of ice and an average global sea level rise of at least 270 millimeters, or 10.6 inches.
Click through for more information. This is based on the assumption that human action causing warming were to stop immediately – and as we know, that isn’t happening. So it’s actually worse. And there’s 96.7% more of it to melt.

Food For Thought

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Aug 182022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Lindsey loses in court; Rudy’s now a target in GA criminal probe; Trump says FBI took his passports?

Please note: after this video was recorded, the Department of Justice reportedly indicated that Trump’s passports were not seized. So Donald Trump may have . . . lied about that? Shocking, said absolutely no body. – Glenn Kirschner – 08/15/2022.

Meidas Touch – Military Veterans Facing Toxic Exposure REACT to President Biden Signing PACT Act

The Lincoln Project – Last Week in The Republican Party – August 16, 2022

Ring of Fire – Rest Of The World Is Freaking Out That Trump May Have Leaked Nuclear Secrets

Mrs Betty Bowers – “Religious Freedom is Neither”

Beau – Let’s talk about thr ultimate American test…. (Spoiler” There are a hundred questions avaiable, but the examiner chooses ten for any given applicant or group of applicants. Six is passing. I got 7 [and two more half right, which would not count, but would not need to.])

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Aug 072022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Trump’s advisors tell him to “cut all contact” with Mark Meadows. Has Meadows flipped on Trump?

Meidas Touch – Beto O’Rourke convinces TRUMP SUPPORTER to flip and vote for him in EPIC video

The Lincoln Project – Kansas

Thom Hartmann – Will Churches Finally Be Taxed? (Boy, is he right about the IRS being “emasculated”!)

Armageddon Update – The Troops

Beau – Let’s talk about Jones, phones, and the committee….

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Aug 062022
 

Glenn Kirschner – First, Secret Service deleted 1/6 texts, then the Dept. of Homeland Security, now Defense? Really? (Too bad for the nation that they don’t all have Alex Jones’s lawyers)

Meidas Touch – Jon Stewart HUMILIATES Ted Cruz live on FOX NEWS (yes, it has now been passed, and this is one reason why.)

The Lincoln Project – Wrong Side

The Ring of Fire – Joe Manchin Brutally Takes Down Fox News Host This will surprise you – uness you’ve already seen it.)

BRAND NEW Randy Rainbow! Thoughts and Prayers (I don’t think you need to know the original to appreciate this, but it did give m a little extra chuckle.

Beau – Let’s talk about who will pay for climate research….

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Aug 052022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Pat Cipollone gets a grand jury subpoena. This spells real trouble for Donald Trump & “Team Crazy.”

Meidas Touch – Burn Pit Victim Exposes HEINOUS Republican Lies about Veterans Bill (yes, it has now been passed, and this is one reason why.)

The Lincoln Project – Last Week in the Republican Party Aug.2, 2022

Thom Hartmann – Why The GOP Thinks We Drink Children’s Blood? Featuring Mike Rothschild

Bear Cub Brothers Separated For Months Can’t Stop Hugging Each Other

Beau – Let’s talk about the wages of freedom….

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Aug 022022
 

Glenn Kirschner – More missing J6 texts: now its DHS’s Wolf & Cuccinelli. The Remedy? Let it rain subpoenas.

Meidas Touch – Navy Vet SLAMS Republicans as the party of cowards

The Lincoln Project – VA Bill

Farron Balanced – Trump Practices His Defense As He Clearly Panics About DOJ Investigation

Foil Arms and Hogg – The Brexit Song (CC at YouTube in case it doesn’t show up here)

Beau – Let’s talk about an order from Karl Rove to Trump….

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Jul 292022
 

Yesterday, one of my newsletter included a link to an article whose title included both “Roe v Wade” and “Brown v Board,” and it occurred to me that we may have missed an opportunity back in 1954. At that time one big scream that was comong from all the racist maniacs was “miscegenation !!!” (which incidentally demonstrates that sexualizing children for poitical purposes is not new.) I wondered what would have happened had we responded “All right, then, we will integrate all school, bit all schools will eiher be all-girl or all-boy.” Obviously, had this been accepted, we would have created a set of entirely different but at least equally damaging problems, but one thing it might have accomplished was to create some deep and enduring friendships which crossed the color line. At that time we as a nation did not know everything about gender that the sane among us now know – it would not be possible to try or even suggest it today (and it would fuel even deeper misogyny if we could.) We do need better public education, and the education that we need is being actively opposed, and in too many areas successfully opposed. All I could come up with was “We need to pro-ctively form diverse and representative coalitions,” and we probably already knew that. It was just a thought.

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AP News – 102-year-old WWII veteran from segregated mail unit honored
Quote – Presented with the medal citation and a wartime uniform to replace hers, which was stolen out of a car soon after she returned stateside, [Romay] Davis received a standing ovation; some in the crowd applauded with tears in their eyes…. Davis, in an interview at her home Monday, said the unit was due the recognition, and she’s glad to participate on behalf of other members who’ve already passed away. “I think it’s an exciting event, and it’s something for families to remember,” Davis said. “It isn’t mine, just mine. No. It’s everybody’s.”
Click through for story. About (expletive) time.

The Daily Beast – There’s One Thing Standing Between Us and the COVID Vaccination of Our Dreams
Quote – The new COVID-19 vaccine from Novavax is safe and effective. Better yet, it’s easy to ship and store, making it ideal for poorer countries that are still under-vaxxed. The company’s shot, called Nuvaxovid, could reshape the vaccine landscape as the pandemic grinds into its 32nd month. More protection for more people against ever-more-contagious new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Assuming Novavax can produce enough doses on time, that is. Manufacturing problems could doom the new jab’s wider rollout.
Click through for details. After a lot of thought, and because I never fgo anywhere (except to the prison system, and they are CoViD hawks), I’ve decided to wwait for the new vaxx in the fall rather than getting a summer booster (getting both doesn’t seem to be getting recommended.) I don’t expect it to be final, but I’m hoping for it to be at least a bit longer lasting (and address newer variants.)

Just one additional note – Denali National Park – understandably – has a modest breeding program for sled dogs (one litter a year and includes outbreeding to strengthen the genetic base.) This year’s litter can now be observed on their PuppyCam. I’m a cat person rather than a dog person myself – but puppies are cute (as are most baby mammals).

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Jul 282022
 

Glenn Kirschner – Marc Short subpoenaed & testifies to grand jury; J6 committee may soon subpoena Ginni Thomas

Meidas Touch – Navy Veteran EXPOSES American Gun Extremists

The Lincoln Project – Danger Zone

Ring of Fire – Secret Service Magically Finds Missing Texts After Investigation Announced

Armageddon Update – We Keep Secrets, Service

Beau – Let’s talk about the Republican takeaway from the hearings….

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