The WSJ discovers Trump "has the right instincts" on Iran, three global straits locked down in 30 days, AI is coming for your doctor, Ilhan Omar's $30 million oopsie, and more.
John Baker: you got it. She and her colleagues, think we are stupid. It is insulting but, unfortunately, it is well-documented in the continuous, pervasive, historical grift and corruption we allowed, that we are stupid or we don’t care. I admit to being one who did not pay attention to what happened in DC, until The Vid mandates invaded. Now I cannot not pay attention. Trust is broken. They are all suspect, imo.
Well.....we let her into this country...first she and her brother claimed to be part of a family with clearance to emigrate, then she married her brother to get him here....that's how stupid we are...we think people don't lie.
How do you move money after the fact and make it look like it moved before the fact? That would be quite a feat. Transaction records and bank statements can’t be changed retroactively. I hope they fry her. I can’t decide if I want her deported or imprisoned.
She seems like low-hanging fruit for the DOJ. Indict her for financial and immigration crimes while saying “No one is above the law,” and let Democrats scream about it. A perfect Trump troll move before the midterms.
I completely agree, PapayaSF! Wouldn’t a little forensic accounting be able to discover what really happened? It doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult. Did she send a bunch of money to Somalia?
I imagine Trump has all the evidence he needs from the FBI, NSA, DOGE access to federal computers, and the AI abilities and reach of allies like Musk. It’s a target rich environment of blockbuster scandals involving thousands of people: Somali daycare scams, Medicaid scams, ActBlue money laundering, the 2020 steal, Antifa funding, connections to China, Venezuela, Iran, and more. Each is a serious threat to his opposition: Obama, Hillary, the DNC, the Deep State, the welfare bureaucracies, the NGOs, the domestic and international left. Some will cooperate to save themselves, and the revealing of one scandal will reveal related scandals. Trump has all the leverage and every incentive to go for an audacious total victory, and no reasons to hold back. He’s controlling the timing, and everything points to big events before the midterms.
Once again he's in can’t-lose positions. If he gets convictions, he wins. If some are legal duds or biased judges and juries don’t convict, the evidence will still be public, and so will feed anger against judicial bias. Every one will do PR/brand damage to his enemies.
I think Trump will orchestrate all this like a reality TV show for the next three years to get everything he wants: vindication, revenge, the cheers of the crowds, a strong MAGA majority, a crippling of the Democrat Party and the entire progressive left, beating the RINOs, cutting and reforming government, and earning an unparalleled historic legacy. His “Golden Age” vision is a counterrevolution that returns us to traditional American values. All it takes is the will to enforce federal law. Trump won’t miss this chance.
Oh I certainly hope you are correct!! It does seem to be heading in that direction, albeit slowly. I do tend to get a bit impatient but then I tell myself to let the man work, as the saying goes…
BUT ... if the Demonrats take control of the House and/or the Senate, President Trump will have to devote a lot of energy to defending himself and his team against bogus impeachment charges.
It’s not up to the RINOs, though. It’s up to Trump and his team. Iron-clad cases are good defenses against charges of “racism” or “partisan prosecution,” and the more Democrats use those terms, the weaker they become.
She will of course claim she's being singled out to be an example to make sure other stupid greedy people stay in their lane. (I'm one, and I've already learned when the opportunity for corruption comes around to "take small bites" and "stay in the back." STUPID LIVES MATER!)
Not looking at original documents, only the disclosures filed. Like most congress people, looking in any great detail is not possible. As long as there is no whistle blower that survives character and actual assassination ( ala HRC) the secrets remain buried.
Yeah, apparently thinking they would be able to keep what they stole, by declaring magic beans, and now they have to show they don’t really have it. Because it’s been washed, dried, put away for the proper guests inthe villa.
If she can use that excuse, everyone can. F her. We’re all very busy working our asses off, and aren’t accountants. But WE’RE all expected to be adults and get our taxes pretty close.
We’re all waaaay more busy than she is. Being a congressman is not a difficult job. They seem to be on vacation more than they work. The only thing that makes it difficult is keeping track of your complex lies.
And to think how my husband frets every year when we are making sure I paid just the right amount in federal and state taxes for my very small amount of independent review work I do (we are talking about a revenue of less than $5000). It's just galling that people like this ingrate gets away with such a BS story.
Tea party, everyone. Until we stand up in a meaningful way, none of this will stop. One person suggested just filling extensions and postponing 50m or so tax payments to the Treasury. I welcome your thoughts.
If she returns to Somalia she wouldn’t a second with the lifestyle she has in MN. Her religion would give her the required discipline if you know what I mean. She supports everything that goes against her religion.
It’s NOT a religion. At best pseudo. But really it’s demonic cult and political terrorist organization trying to hide behind the western world’s innate respect for religion
Her father reportedly was, that’s why he had to flee. He wasn’t just some poor civilian trying to escape the ravages of a brutal war, he was one of the brutes.
Not defending her at all, but the evidence to support the claim that her father committed war crimes or genocide seems to be lacking. I guess record-keeping during genocides has faltered a bit since the 1940's..
Making that claim is different from proving it. Of course, I'm open to seeing proof if it exists.
Exactly ..the rest of us would be in prison if we did what she did. The accountant would be fined or loose his license and she would be jailed for lying on a Federal or state tax form. Give me a break.
Jeff, you made a mistake on Omar's lawyer statement "it is very common for members and their spouses to rely on learned professionals like accountants", you misspelled "leared"...
She's corrupt, a liar, and a cheat. She got caught, she needs to do time so all the other criminals understand we really are a Rule of Law country, in spite of their efforts to undermine it. There's a lot of folks who need jail time...
Dan: In keeping with business as usual in DC, she likely has dirt on anyone who dared come after her. Maybe the anti-Swalwell army will put her on their list of too expensive and not powerful enough to protect. 🤷🏼♀️
Seriously, Running Logic! I was going to write the same thing! We really want meaningful, impactful, painful consequences for all of these criminals. It’s time!
Her arrogance and big mouth would not exactly be to her advantage in a strict Muslim country with sharia law. It would at least be poetic justice if she had to live as a citizen there.
Not soon enough. Her pops was a warlord. Ilhan Omar’s father, Nur Omar Muhammad, was a high ranking military commander in the Siad Barre Regime as it carried out the genocide of the Isaaq people in northern Somalia — now Somaliland.
Excellent thought! And while we’re taking her citizenship, let’s take back the stolen money! Except of course that much has been spent or is parked in a bank account overseas.
There needs to be a Trumpian "deal" made here! How about something like this?
For every $1 million dollars returned to taxpayers, 1 month will be shaved off her 40-year sentence! We'd quickly find out who's in her corner when the taxman comes a-callin'!
At this point I’d be happy with ANY sort of Justice being served. But my preference would be to ship her back to Somalia as a pauper. Prisoners are still supported by the US government and she has already cost the American taxpayer way too much.
Why would anyone believe that $95,000 is any more correct than $30M. Some leared professionals made that number too. She’s been salaried at $174k per year for 7 years. How much bogusity do they think we will swallow?
All of us as do all countries go through times of darkness. It is in these times, when things aren’t going well, people of faith pray.
During Covid when Joe Biden was president, it seemed we were in the darkest of times, certainly the darkest that I could ever remember. Everyday I would pray that Americans would wake up, stand up, and stop our government from taking away peoples liberties and freedoms. I’d pray that I wasn’t alone. For years it stayed dark. It seemed as though things were not changing.
In times of war, we pray that our soldiers stay safe. That in the darkness of war America will be successful and quickly obtain its goals.
In the Book of Genesis it begins by telling us how God created everything. The world was in darkness, (“darkness was over the face of the deep,” Genesis 1:2) before God created light. Therefore the first day begins in darkness and ends with light. You would think the first day would start with the sunrise but it doesn’t, it starts in the dark. While some may say this is the setting of a 24 hour day others suggest that in the Bibles view light and hope follow darkness.
It’s incredible that in the darkness, if we didn’t know what time it was, things wouldn’t seem to really change. It could be any time of night, there is no sign that change is taking place. But at 12 midnight, at that one instance, when nothing seems any different, it goes from pm to am, a new day begins. On purpose God chose to start a new day in the dark. It’s symbolic of how He works in our lives. He gives us a promise. He says we’ve come into a new day and light will follow.
The moment we pray the tide of the battle turns. The darkness doesn’t mean things haven’t changed. Darkness is not a sign that God is not working, that he didn’t hear our prayer. We have to walk by faith and not by sight. You may not see it but when you prayed you left the pm and came into the am. It’s a new day, the light is on its way. We all have to live by faith. No matter what we’ve been through, if we have faith and we pray, it may not be immediate, but eventually the light of day will shine on you, and you will find your peace. Keep your faith! Happy Saturday!
Thank you for this much needed dose of goodness. After spending weeks embroiled in snowballing solar complex startups across the rural farmlands, and knowing the Federal government allowed all of this through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, worth 1.3 trillion, (how was this voted through?), and knowing also what this is doing to the farmlands across the Nation, I needed to read this.
And after yet reading again how the pillagers in our Government continue to literally get away with murder, over and over again, a good dollop of hope and peace is much appreciated.
We've been fighting utility in my county (and many others) here in rural VA for almost 10 years. We seldom won in the beginning but had upped our knowledge and game. We won 3 in 2024 and none of the grifters seem to be interested since. Now we're contending with data centers and B.E.S.S. storage. Be ready, if those arent in your area, get ready. Also wind turbines (another grift), which, thank goodness, don't work well here.
If you need any information (ie cheap signs, good reading etc) just let me know. Im more than happy to share what we learned.
The next county over, (we sit close to that edge), is full of wind turbines. Some are over 20 years old, and likely will be decommissioned shortly. So that county has turned to B.E.S.S. Storage units. Two are being proposed there. And the state of Michigan has approved over 23 locations for data centers. Over 5000 acres of solar proposed in this western side of my county. Look at any blue run state and you will see the encroachment. Gotta use that 1.3 trillion every which way.
so sad. B.E.S.S have a horrid track record for toxic fires, that somethings take weeks to extinguish. Read about Moss Landing in CA and the fire outside of San Diego, for starters. Three ships loaded with EVs (similar batteries just smaller) sunk because of fires. Few people see much beyond all the "free" money. They need to be looking at the long term, it's just crazy.
Having been a CPA preparing tax returns and financial disclosures for 40+ years i take umbrage at Omar's denigration of accountants, generic classification notwithstanding. Can anyone tell me a good lawyer I could hire to sue her, access some of her $95K of ill-gotten wealth, and restore the good name of my profession?
Prior to the revision of time by certain powers that be, all days started at sunset (not just Shabbat) and every new month began at the start of a new moon. So, there are actually 13 months of 28 days in the year, and the real new year begins when Spring begins, which is not surprising that major holy-days of the three main religions occur at this time. This is the true ancient calendar, which is reflected in the Bible, which was given to all peoples of the world, and continues to be followed by observant Jews and people of other faiths and ancient cultures. The ancients understood this wisdom and the old ways of living reflected this. There was a time when everyone knew that our bodies can only be optimally healthy when we follow the cycles of nature. For instance, our body mostly heals when we are asleep and it is crucial to be asleep by 10 pm (and through 2 am) because that is when we enter the deepest, healing sleep. During this time our liver enlarges by 3 x its daylight size and our brains shrink to start its natural cleaning cycle. The modern toxins we've ingested/inhaled/absorbed or created through normal biological processes during the day are neutralized and processed for disposal. If you miss this window, there's is no make-up "missed garbage pick-up" opportunity, ever. Your health suffers and so does your willpower. Not knowing this biological clock schedule is a key unknown or misunderstood cause of weight gain, inflammation, and illness. When I was growing up, it was common for everyone to be in bed by 9 pm. Today not so much. Changing time is a revolutionary act. If you change what is the natural time for human activity and rest, you create physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual disharmony in all who follow the "new and improved" schedule, which can be both profitable across several industries and keep populations weak, off-kilter and compliant. And speaking of darkness, it is concealed light; it's not a separate thing or necessarily negative. A human is conceived in and grows into a beautiful baby in the protection of darkness. Creation is the divine process of revealing light. So, let's all go to bed soon-ish after sunset to tap into the creative, healing mysteries of the dark for optimal wellness. It is God's free medicine. God is indeed working for us all the time, especially when there is darkness, and especially when we cannot see the light.
One slight correction. From what I understand, according the Jewish Sabbath, it actually begins as Friday's darkness begins, not at what we call midnight; every "day" begins as darkness begins.
CC I agree with you, you are right. And I put midnight for the reason you said, most of us consider 12 midnight the start of a new day. When I right some of these posts I do some research so as not to make mistakes, sometimes I read quit a bit. I did read exactly what you are saying.
So Friday's sundown is the start of the Jewish Sabbath... 7th day...
The start of the new week would then be Saturday evening at sundown, into Sunday... The Lord's Day since this is the day that Jesus resurrected Which is also mentioned by John in the book of Revelation 1:10 -11a
"I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,”
Thank you and: "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20 Be....in the Word
Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me [Paul], in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.
It posted before I finished. But, I thought as I read it, what/who are my treasures. And realized my thoughts went immediately to my parents, (still alive 91 & 89), and my husband (76 with Vietnam caused PTSD) which amazed me - if I was simply thinking when asked, I’d have said my grandchildren. God does make us wake up and smell that coffee sometimes. 💞
When it comes right down to it, our treasures are not things. They're people and God's intangible gifts such as faith, peace, and truth. May God bless your husband with healing.
God’s truth is the treasure within. It’s worth more than everything else. Without it we can’t hope to properly take care of the people in our lives. Jesus Christ is the Way, The Truth, and The Life. He is what has been entrusted to each of us and the rewards are great for those who cherish Him
Now we need the greedy oil companies and gas stations to follow the pricing. Notice how upon the news bombs were dropping, the gas stations raised their prices 25 cents to $1 almost immediately? Even when the gas in the tanks under the pavement was already priced? Now that the price per barrel has come down to almost where it was pre bombs, the price at the pump goes down by pennies, if at all.
Gas stations make minimal profit on selling gasoline. It is an extremely competitive market. They make all their money from the goods inside the store.
Hence the sign outside a NC gas station that said; ‘If you are here to gas up and use the restrooms, please at least purchase a pack of gum inside to cover the costs of the toilet paper and paper towels you use. We make very little from gas sales.’ Since then I always at least buy gum.
My bf was a trucker, and taught me to always buy something from a gas station if I use their restroom. I worked for UPS for a month during their busy season, and there was, luckily, a gas station in the middle of the small town. I was in there every chance I got, and spent at least a few bucks there every day.
Gas stations in the 1960s had "gas wars," to see who could sell at the lowest price! It was common to see 19 cents a gallon during these "wars." The lowest price I ever saw was 9 cents a gallon.
We travel between WA & ID frequently- gas in ID is typically $1.20 per gallon cheaper than WA. Of course WA tacks on all kinds of “climate change” scammer taxes.
Anyone who remains in CA, deserves what they get, that's what I mean. You are not required to stay there, you can go to a place not run by criminals, rejects, trannies, retards, the whole gambit of lunatics.
So true, Dan! I live in CA part time and in a wonderful red state part time. Not sure when the people of CA are going to vote out the crazies who have run this once great state into “ functional bankruptcy “, as David Friedburg puts it.
It's not a matter to "vote out" the crazies...we've attempted to recall our sold out governor several times... The CHEAT wins with Satan's help I'm sure...
Praying for relief this coming election, God knows we've endured more than enough....
I think it can all be traced back to two groups who want to do extreme harm not only to California but also to the USA. And those two groups would be from Mexico and China both of whom are deeply infiltrated into California. A good book to read by Peter Schweizer, "The Invisible Coup". The narrative on the book: "Every day, ICE is arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants with a criminal record. They didn’t just come here. They were sent here.
Our debates about immigration revolve around what happens with immigrants once they arrive. We need to start talking about who is sending them and why. For decades, establishment elites sold us the story of immigration as a compassionate renewal of the American Dream within a harmonious melting pot.
But beneath that narrative lies a different reality: Mass migration has morphed into the most powerful political weapon ever aimed at the United States―one engineered by elites at home and aided by adversaries abroad. Now Peter Schweizer, the bestselling investigative journalist of our time, is blowing the lid off this whole series of schemes.
Backed by years of forensic fieldwork and a trove of confidential documents and intercepted communications―linking political leaders, global NGOs, and even drug cartels―Schweizer detonates a political shock wave eclipsing his past bombshells, revelations that have sparked FBI probes and bipartisan reforms.
Urgent, shocking, and overflowing with national security implications, The Invisible Coup makes America’s greatest political threat visible for all to see―and solve."
I knew someone years ago who owned a gas station. He “explained” to me, in the simplest terms, that the price of gas at the pump is what it would cost him to replace what was being sold.
Of course not. Just like the price that they would currently be charging, it would include overhead. No retail price is ever set just on the cost of goods. Prices are always marked up to include labor, overhead, taxes, etc.
My comment was a bare bones exclamation that was given to me.
No, an amount of profit that gives the corporation an excess of profit above what is normally needed to continue operating. Does that really need to be explained? I'm guessing not, which is why nobody else answered...
Unfair criticism. Many gas stations are small businesses. Even if part of a chain.
If they buy the gas at a high price, they need to sell it before they get the lower price. And they don't have a crystal ball to see what it will be next week. Their margins aren't all that big. They're in the same boat we are.
I've always known Trump would bring it back down, so I bite the bullet and spend less money on other things so I can fill up my truck. But I don't take it out on that gas station. It's not their fault.
Always wondered about the discrepancy between rising and falling gasoline prices. Presumably it’s due to supply and demand. One part of the delay possibly could be that the reduced demand due to high gasoline prices means the retail outfit’s fuel tanks take longer to deplete, due to lower demand. But depends on price elasticity, so I don’t know how significant this factor is. Certainly it’s much easier to blame “corporate greed” as any good Democrat is obliged to do.
I believe that the gas distributor sets the selling price. The store makes almost nothing. Add to that, state and local taxes and it’s a profit of maybe 3 to 5 cents per gallon sold.
Well, we, the American gas consumers, are now competing with world-wide demand for American oil. Market prices are based on supply vs. demand. Some bump in price is to be expected. Of course, every other reliable oil supplier in the world is also experiencing a bump in demand. But it should even out over time, and our pump prices will reflect that. Also, each gas station owner has to buy his next batch of gas with the proceeds of the sale of his LAST tank of gas. He can’t do that unless he changes his prices daily according to market prices. These are small business-people. Have a heart.
And here is Missouri, they make us file a gas tax refund IF you want to, to recover approx $2 per tank of gas. Very few people know HOW to file this claim, so our state makes out BIGLY by this scam. And, filing is in November...just before all the holidays, when nobody has time to think about it.
I need to figure it out. Maybe this year, I will. :)
I had a wishful thought: Trump could announce that ANY gas station in the country selling gas at $3.00 per gallon and up will automatically be subject to an audit with a fine-toothed comb to rule out price-gouging!
I imagine the extremely corrupt oil corporations are squeezing every penny out of us before Trump informs them gas prices must be below $2.00 a gallon before the midterm show begins...
Midterm show my azz! Are you just jonesying for a Democrat Congress to join the commie federal judges in attempting to block President Trump’s every move?
Esp Oregon is taking advantage of the lower barrel prices by trying to increase their tax on gas. They don’t want Trump to have any wins in their frickin state. Taxes on waiter tips are still being levied and on over time.
Aside from your local and state taxes, I understand that gas stations price their gas according to the futures market, so they price in accordance with what they expect to pay for their next shipment. Of course, local taxes will interfere with prices going down, etc.
1. If a doctor is tied to a large corporate practice, I know they will have the "flowchart" telling them what they can prescribe provided to them by the practice owners, who are in bed with the insurance companies. Doctors 'sold the souls' of future doctors by so many of them selling their practices to join groups.
2. Don't assume all AI's are equal. Test them by asking questions about covid treatments, ivermectin, etc. See where they fall. It will tell you what training data they are using. Personally I use Grok first.
3. AI will be helpful especially for areas that doctors received little or no training in like nutrition and supplementation.
4. We are 15 months into Trump 2.0. Can anyone explain why Ilhan is still walking around free? The Justice department can't find someone to review the info the PRIVATE world has already gathered and move forward on a number of fronts? Tax evasion, immigration fraud, etc? Seems a 'bone' is ever thrown our way every 5 years or so. Maybe we could get Justice employees to learn how to use Grok to speed things up?
Interestingly enough and contrary to the impatient Never Trumpers, of which I was one because of Bret Hume but thankfully trusted my hubby not "Fox" entertaining news, Trump's TEAM recognizes and works with legal boundaries better than ANYONE EVER BEFORE!
It's not like they have to go dust finger prints or force DNA checks for many whose corruption we've known for YEARS. The info is there, but the desire to really get it done is politically dulled. Mueller and Durham showed how the game is played. To not even have one high-level perp walk by now is beyond disappointing. The clock is running out again.
There are bigger fish to fry right now, like OVOMIT, killary, scumwell and pencil neck, only to mention a few of so many... but that little stinker is going to fry too. LTMW.
The Department of Justice has over 40 component orgs inside it. Over 115,000 people, with over 9,000 attorneys alone. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. So plenty of people to go after all the major scandals, and mid-level as well. To not have even a few perp walks is unconscionable. Especially with guys like Tom Fitton doing a lot of the leg work anyway. It's not like all those scandals had to start from scratch Jan. 2025.
I agree, it is a huge organization, full of raging liberals who are protected by civil service. They slow walk everything and likely work to undermine these prosecutions we need. It would be nice to say fire them all, but that will never happen. We have judges who arehypocrites, lefty ideologues, some with dual citizenship FFS. The deck has been stacked by ovomit and the autopen and everyone they put in power over their corrupt terms.
I was wondering the same thing. I watch Fox evening news programs every day, and whenever Brit is on he always presented pro-Trump analyses. I never would have known he was a never Trumper. I’ve not heard him talk like that. Even when he spoke of caution it was never highly critical of what Trump was doing. He actually helped me understand a lot of it … 🤔
Excellent points. Regarding #3, I can see how this could be extremely helpful. There are SO MANY supplements and “natural” remedies being promoted for all our ills and infirmities, it is impossible to know which ones would be best. And almost all of them are pretty expensive. I could spend a fortune on trial and error!
Yes, as someone who takes supplements, I know the lure of reading a new article about a particular thing like hyalauronic acid, DMSO, quercetin, CoQ-10, liposomal vitamin C, Reishi extract, citocholine, etc. and want to add it to my routine. I was up to 15 a day. Mind you, my diet wasn't the best. I decided to address my diet more, reducing sugar, eating better sourced eggs, grassfed beef, wild fish, and avoiding heavily sprayed fruits and veggies and ones with the 'approved' coatings to 'retain freshness'. I still do some supplements that focus on cutting inflamation and are brain beneficial. The trick now is getting to a good therapeutic dose. (Ex. with Omega 3's, the bennies kick in when you get to 1.5 grams daily each of DHA and EPA.) And if you notice, the supplement sellers (a lot more content creators advertising for them) try to keep a bottle at $20-$50 a month depending on what they are selling. Big Pharma has some interests there too. If they can't get you on a lifetime pharma prescription for revenue, they want to get you on the other side with a lot of monthly subscriber supplements.
There’s an excellent site for checking the purity etc. of supplements - SuppCo.
- I use it all the time & have found it beneficial. The ratings are easy to read & quite helpful.
Also, if you want to check out Dr. Louisa Nicola’s podcasts, she’s done lots of study on Alzheimer’s and other dementia and says that research has shown that just 1 g of DHA and EPA has shown to make a positive difference in mental acuity in older patients. 2 g would be optimum so your 1.5 sounds pretty good. I looked around to try to find something other than the huge horse sized pills for fish oil and found just regular cod liver oil is really easy & doesn’t taste bad. The best I found is Nordic Naturals cod liver oil & it is rated well. 2 teaspoons will give you that 1 g amount. This particular podcast on the subject is worth the time!
I think there are probably several reputable sites and it’s terrific that you check. I was appalled to learn that the multi-vitamin I had taken for years is pretty awful. These sites really help and you can see why they’re rated the way they are. I learned about SuppCo from the Louisa Nicola podcast. I’ll check ConsumerLab too. Thx.
I’ve found the SuppCo app very useful too, Free in Florida. I use it when nutrition clients ask me about a particular supplement brand they heard about etc. It’s new so many item are not rated yet, but in time it will be even more valuable.
For Omega 3's, I've been using the ResQ brand since around 2005. I met the original founder who was a Dr. The doc had worked with Dr. Linus Pauling for a time back in the day. He told me just before Dr. Pauling died, he said he discovered the best vitamin C to take was not ascorbic acid, but liposomal vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate) since it was much better absorbed. I've found the ResQ brand to be very good for the EPA/DHA and the potency was such that I needed the fewest capsule to get the dosage I wanted. I first started taking it when my doc back in the day wanted to get me on Lipitor to reduce my cholesterol. I knew I didn't want to go that route. (And subsequently learned that inflammation is the real issue.) So without changing my diet at all (which consisted of lunch meats, McDonalds double quarter pounders, and cheesesteaks for lunch, and a lot of junk food) I added in the ResQ 1250. I went back 3 months later to get the blood test. My cholesterol went down from 210 to 140, and triglycerides from 140 to 70. That began my journey into looking at more supplements for health.
Hey, in reading your note, you’re obviously doing great research. But there is some current thought that your cholesterol number might be too low because you don’t want to reduce too much good fats that our brains need. If I were part of your family, I’d also work to get you off so much of the food that you listed. Heh. And I’m sure you know to stay Very far away from sugar. And get good exercise and sleep. (No charge for all the free advice. LOL)
That’s phenomenal on the triglycerides! And, yes, my reading/listening tells me that inflammation is at the root of so much of our current disease. Absolutely.
Thanks for the info on Vitamin C and the ResQ brand. I’ll take a look at it. I have found I need to stick to the liquid fish oil though so hopefully they have that.
They’re not The top most rated for omega 3s but are for what I could find for liquid. For whatever reason, the gel types make me bruise easily but I’ve had no trouble with the liquid.
Having worked in the vitamin industry I can give some further insight to omega 3's
99% of all brands sell a largely inert product which is revealed by three terms you usually find on the package:
"Pharmaceutical Grade"
"Molecularly Distilled"
"Purified"
(Buried) studies show that high heat processing strips the active constituents of their electrical charge ... making the oil largely inert and unable to be absorbed.
What to look for?
"Extra Virgin / Wild Caught" (typically from Cod or Alaska Salmon)
The industry 'says' that potency is what matters ... namely, quantity over absorption.
They also say that unprocessed oil has mercury in it. True ... but for comparison, you would need to take New Chapter's wild Alaskan salmon oil every day for seven years to consume as much mercury as found in ONE tuna fish sandwich.
Sourcing is hugely important. Generally I still to pharmaceutical grade, professional brands such as Designs for Health, Thorne, Metagenics, Standard Process and a few others. They will provide sourcing information, third party testing information etc.
I do too ... but it's not so simple: There is no legal definition for "Pharmaceutical Grade" ... Even among the best brands, that term is marketing.
Another added complication is that most supplements are in what is called the "chemical isolate form".
This means they are manufactured in ways that such substances are divorced from their natural context. As a consequence, the body frequently cannot recognize such molecules and will not absorb them.
Good information. It’s easier, but not foolproof due to confounding factors like your body’s ability to absorb nutrients, to gauge quality and efficacy of certain supplements such as vitamin D3, Zinc, B12, and DHEA, for example, by having a blood test done to check your levels, taking the supplement for several months, and then checking levels again. Many prescription medications have fillers, binders, sugars and other undesirable ingredients in them as well. For that matter, food has many of the same issues. It’s important to do your homework as much as is reasonable, test don’t guess, and take it from there. Omega 3 levels and ratios to omega 6 can be tested as well.
They are now stealing krill from the mouths of whales and other sea creatures in Antarctica, in order to put it into pills and sell it to Americans and other unhealthy humans.
Whales are competing with trawlers and losing.
You can get omega 3 from purslane for free. Why steal from the mouths of whales and penguins?
Unfortunately purslane doesn't have DHA, and extremely low amounts of EPA, the two Omega 3's that are most helpful for inflammation, brain health, skin, nail, and hair health too. . It has ALA, which men especially can barely process into DHA. I had Grok run me the numbers and assuming a guy is not one of the ~40% that don't convert ALA to DHA, to get at least 1.5 grams daily of net DHA from the ALA conversion, one would have to eat about 95 pounds of purslane a day. That isn't going to happen. People need to understand all Omega 3's are not the same. DHA and EPA are what we need.
I am not a pill popper, whether packaged as a drug or packaged as a supplement.
I believe that our bodies are meant to run on food, not pills.
But you do you, I don't care, as long as you aren't killing whales and penguins.
In any case, I just wanted to warn people that krill is an especially evil product, since its harvest is so devastating to the Antarctic ecosystem.
I don't believe that people think they are so important that whales should die for their pills. I think they'll do the right thing, at least....I hope.
Well, I guess you must be one of those people who has increased their food intake then, because many studies show our fruits and veggies of today are upwards of 38% less nutrient dense than the fruits and veggies of the 1950's. Without supplementation, the same portion size is giving less nutrition. How do you make up the deficit?
And the brand of omega 3's I use source from sardines, anchovies, and mackerel.
I think I am more important than cows, chickens, pigs, crabs, lambs, etc. I do agree with Christian principles that we should be good stewards of the non-human creatures, but they are not on par with us in terms of rights.
I’ve read a bit about it too. It’s quite expensive currently, Jane Tracy, IMO, and I’m not convinced that its benefits are that much better than a high quality Omega 3. I recommend everyone look into getting an Omega 3 level test with the ratios of omega 6:3 so you know where you stand. Maybe you’re doing great with what you’re currently doing/eating/ taking. You can order it for yourself from LabCorp or Quest. There are also home test kits available which I think are blood spot based vs venous blood draw for Quest and LabCorp.
Excellent question, Laura. My recommendation as a nutrition professional would be to test your level of omega 3 and the ratio between omega 3 and 6. Then you’ll have sufficient information about how you’re doing. There are so many factors that play into this, like how well you digest and absorb nutrients from your food, for example.
Remember in 2020-2021 they tried to take NAC off the market? Because of its potential to help Covid? They were claiming it was needed in formulations of medicine and needed to be regulated, and other lies. The argument against them was that you could do the same thing for vitamin C. We use a LOT of NAC to treat spectrum symptoms for 3-4 family members. Amazon immediately quit selling it at that time like the little robotic, brainwashed, sycophants they are. Pharma was trying to corner the market with it. Thankfully Walmart kept selling it during that time while it was being debated and I switched our monthly purchase to them.
I got my NAC, quercetin, and other supplements from Life Extension back then, and still use them for a number of products via autoship to save money now.
Another thing people should consider, although not cheap (but can be cheaper buying in 1/8th or 1/4 cow), is grassfed beef. Much better Omega 3-6 profile, and the fat is high in CLA. You don't have to drain the fat when cooking up ground beef for tacos or stews, etc. Great for people who do weight training. We also use grassfed beef allow for a lot of cooking, when we don't use olive oil or palm oil. Seed oils are banished from our house. We try to cut as much inflammatory food/ingredients from the diet as we can. We either have really good genes or the diet is working because (knock on wood) none of our adult kids or us have any health issues whatsoever needing any prescriptions, and apart from one kids period cramps a few times a year, the only over the counter meds could fit in one average bottle for what we've need the past 4 years. We're growing our own strawberries this year to avoid the store ones since they are so heavily sprayed. Only pasture raised eggs too.
I didn't know that Walmart had kept selling NAC then. I was so angry that Amazon caved and we switched to a company called Allstar Health. But it was one of those moments when it was too obvious how little Pharma and regulators cared for our health. Right when people most needed NAC for Covid, they tried to take it away.
Yeah I was furious. It’s a supplement that is used for a whole variety of different things, and just because Pharma saw a way they could use it in a drug possibly for Covid they tried to get it pulled entirely. That whole ordeal made me hate the industry in ways I still can’t shake.
As a nutrition professional, I like Standard Process. High quality on most supplements, reasonable prices, fast delivery, low shipping rates. They even have quite an extensive veterinary section.
Only take supplements recommended by a reliable Naturopath. The best ones typically don't bill Insurance, but many do, and some of them are really good.
Doctors and AI. It's about time. You are right, corporations have flowcharts telling them what to do and in what order. Doctors do not want to hear from knowledgeable patients. Frankly they don't have time. Their schedules are packed very tightly. Over the years of my practice, I got very tired of being a "fringe" nurse with a lot of alternative information. Also, the Covid debacle put me over the edge. I have very little trust in a medical system that I may need.
As a case manager in an internal medicine office, the "difficult patients" were often funneled to me. In addition to being an accomplished RN for 50 years, I also have a holistic Energy Healing Practice. I would do the coaching. Sometimes people would decide to do what was recommended and sometimes we'd find a 3rd option that worked well.
AI is biased. I have not tried Grok. ChatGPT is. ChatGPT is good for other things and I use it regularly. I have been using Mike Adams Brighteon.AI. He claims to have worked very hard to find all the health and medical information. It's good but there are still alternatives that are left out. This is a process. Hopefully more options will become available
Maybe it's time for Doctors to learn and become coaches of health.
A friend was told by his Dr Well your 60 now so time to put you on statins. He said is my cholesterol high? Doctor replied no he left and never went back to see that doctor.
I was a victim of said flowcharts. Then I became the difficult patient coming armed with better knowledge.
95% of the doctors I see today are disrespectful to and dismissive of me.
I went to a new doctor three months ago, young but open-minded. She listened to my history and understood the kind of care I wished to engage with. We started with two blood tests, one was to see where my calcium levels were and if that might be causing a symptom I was having, especially given I have osteo. I was told I could go to Quest across the hall and that the clinic would send me a link to their patient portal to see my results.
Three months later and I still haven’t gotten a link or heard back from them with any results. I called late last week to complain that I needed to see the results. The nurse simply went down a short flowchart declarative list: “your cholesterol is high you will need a statin” and “your vitamin D is too high so stop supplementing” but she gave me NO numbers for anything and didn’t say a thing about Calcium. I told her I was low carb and our cholesterol is higher and that high cholesterol in general is not a bad thing, and she failed to tell me what my triglycerides were, which is the true indicator. I told her I had severe osteoporosis and had to take extra calcium supplementation, which requires extra vitamin D. I asked her why it was so difficult to see the actual results myself because that information obviously is not reliable in their hands. It took me over 10 minutes of arguing to get her to agree to MAIL! me my results. She NEVER gave me the option of the portal I KNOW they have.
Needless to say this is not the clinic for me, regardless the young doctor’s open-mindedness. The nurses control more than they do.
If you ever get those results you can copy and paste them and send them to AI and you’ll get very nice breakdown and explanation of what they mean.
I just sent ChatGPT our rescue dog’s lab test results and got amazing breakdown and got so great home remedies and diet info complete with portions for his weight and age.
Juju: I had to go for a ‘follow up’ mamo a few years ago. After reading my chart, (wish I had read it before the follow up), it turns out the thing that triggered the extra mamo was an artifact on the film that the person who read the film did not recognize so decided to scare the stuff out of me and call me in. The tech said they did not have a radiologist trained in reading mamos so they had been seeing a lot of ‘false alarms’, aka actual people attached to these breasts. That was my last go-round with mamography. I have no doubt AI would have disregarded that item as an artifact and I could have been saved time, radiation, worry, and the dreaded cancer-scare anorexia I experienced.
I have fatty tissue breasts/fatty cysts so they get misread as tumors. I learned that 15 years ago after they scared the hell out of me and told me they were convinced they found a tumor and I needed to have a backup, specialized ultrasound. They sent me home with literature about breast cancer and the radiologist showed sympathy and concern. I was a wreck the whole week leading up to that follow-up. They found it was simply fatty cysts 🙄 I haven’t had one since. I don’t trust their current methods of detection.
The doc I work for (Chiropractor) tells me that thermograms are a better option than mammograms, primarily due to the radiation issue. According to her, a thermogram measures heat, which is created when there is infection or cancer. No heat sensed, no need for mammogram. Heat sensed, then go ahead with further testing.
Thank you! Apparently I had an old account from 2021 under an email I don’t use anymore. I was able to get in and update that AND see my results. Thank you so much!
How sad it took a social media comment to help me but Quest themselves never sent me an email and the doctor didn’t either. Gotta love C&C ☺️
Speaking of disrespect and dismissivness (is that a word?) from doctors I’ve seen, I’m getting that same arrogant attitude from the last two veterinarians I’ve gone to for my dogs. They all get hot under the collar angry if you do your own research and want to simply discuss what you have found. It’s like: “Don’t challenge me, I’m a god you know.”
They refuse to have a polite discussion regarding your concerns, and they don’t mind being rude to you, the client. They fail to recognize they work for us, and if not for us they would have no income. I’m disgusted and disillusioned by the medical community and veterinarian community equally.
Ha! 😆 Leave it to me to think I created something others already did. It’s like the footsie game of riding a bike. I swore I invented that game with my sister when a toddler! Lolol
For pulling info for medical, any suggestions on LLMs apart from brighteon/brightanswers.ai ? I have found brightanswers helpful, but suspected there's gaps = additional in other spots. Any steerage appreciated!
Yes, agreed, Mary Pat FG. I think it will be good for them. I don’t expect my MD to be able to recite stats. As my favorite anatomy professor told us, “ to be successful you need to learn and remember 10% of what I teach, and know where to quickly access the other 90%. This was in the days before personal computers. However, AI isn’t always correct and sometimes is biased, saying there’s no information available on a topic when I can go to several websites on my own and get information from sources I trust in the nutrition field especially. User beware. I generally try to give feedback in those situations but not sure if it does any good.
Don't forget drug interactions. My doctor never tells me these things, he waits to the pharmacist to mention it when filled. Making me call the office afterward to ask if the doctor was aware!
I firmly believe that if RFKjr would require doctors to be given pop quizzes regarding drug interactions and side effects of the drugs they prescribe, the failure rate would be near 100%. Pharmacists have far more knowledge in this regard.
Also supplements can interfere with accurate results of blood tests. I stop all my supplements 5-7 days before any test. Like B7 will completely corrupt a proper PTH result and requires it not be in your system at least 7 days prior to the test. When I search Ai for each of my supplements and what blood tests they might interfere with, it’s most of them. 😆 Just play it safe and try to live without them a week before any test. Good rule of thumb. It’s always a rough week for me because I notice acutely the benefits of many of my supplements.
This explains why RFK was deleting bias or poor studies and a government employee was secretly saving them as exposed by James O'Keefe. AI responses could change reality and make or break certain companies as it could quickly shift the public in a certain direction.
'a bone to throw' THIS IS THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT which also includes dental!! You have to throw an insurance payout to EVERY EXPERT in the 'house' before they can treat your life taking DIS EASE! And don't ask questions because they DO have the power to kill you even if they don't think they are trying to. 😩 God is the only true Good to exist. Thank Him that we do not have eternal life in this sin festering planet.
Chat GPT is based in… drum roll… 🥁.. San Francisco. Gee I wonder if I ask about how Trump 2.0 is doing what the response would be?? Or if I ask about Ivermectin and Fendendazol??? So yes, I would double check some debatable, money saving solutions that contradict the Pharma industry narrative and doctors’ expensive, invasive procedures with Grok first.
There are certain very barricades that have been set up during the ‘silent’ communist takeover of our nation over the past 6 or 7 decades.
Here’s an example of an open and shut case of what should have been an easy deportation. Fortunately, the woman got tired and self-deported, though I imagine she can sue and get back in.
After Long Legal Battle Tufts University Grad Student Accused of Supporting Hamas Self-Deports Back to Turkey | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin
Yes, AI's are not all equal! We do need a good strategy for assessing them as consumers... Meanwhile, in San Francisco, a quick report on the (apocalyptic) consequences of using Doomerism as a marketing tool:
I was mainly referencing AI for supplementation and nutrition, two areas docs are mostly deficient in. I personally will stay away from anything that targets DNA or RNA/mRNA. Having been a biotech investor for 25+ years and familiar with most of the immune system cancer therapies going through the pipelines, I realized even they are going after symptoms. I had the opportunity to talk with one of the top guys at MD Anderson who was on the cutting edge with cancer immunotherapy and even he admitted that they would never legally be able to defend the term "cancer free" since not every single cancer cell has whatever target they put into the immunotherapy. Best to control for diet, environmental issues, sleep, sun exposure (sun is good), etc. and chew some apricot seeds daily. I do think some therapies like ivermectin/fenebendazole and other molecules do have good promise in treatment. That is where the "moonshots" should be. Thankfully Kennedy is moving the focus there.
Bill Gates is all about population reduction via abortion, jabs, turning our food to garbage, etc. He's still walking around because not enough people are paying attention, and his money gets sprinkled around.
This was such a thorough response! I appreciate your knowledge and definitely meant no disrespect, if taken that way.
I remain skeptical about AI in medicine because, from what I've seen, it is causing harm to young people and other unsuspecting people. During a recent visit home from college, my stepson announced that he was seeing a dermatologist to remove a growth on his abdomen that he found to be unsightly. Having never mentioned seeing a dermatologist before, I asked him who he was seeing, his diagnosis, what procedure he was having, etc. With a straight face and total confidence, he told me that Chat GPT helped him self-diagnose and no dermatologist had seen him yet. He just thought he could schedule an appointment for the procedure without evaluation or diagnosis by a human doctor 😵💫🫢
Even worse, he was convinced that the AI tool was right and I was wrong about how things work in the medical field. The kid was totally invested in what an AI bot told him. I can't imagine how often things like that are happening to millions of people every day.
AI is like a predator trying to groom people and it is working exactly how they want it to.
There is such a massive push for people to trust AI above all, to give AI access to every area of your life, and soon your body. The demand for everything to come from and be controlled by AI is satanic.
AI is not God and I will not submit myself to it or worship it or depend on it for anything.
As a surgeon, I am all in on more informed and skeptical patients! One of my most uncomfortable types of conversations has been when patients say, “whatever you say doctor”. Especially when some decisions for surgery are complex and nuanced, I want them to understand the risks/benefits, pros/cons.
Just had this convo over coffee with my surgeon husband (I’m a CRNA). He is still skeptical due to the majority of patients being low information level humans. At least in his rural area. He had a patient ask him to refer her to a lipoma specialist. 😂 I agree with you and Jeff that AI is very helpful to increase disease knowledge.
The healthcare limitations in our area are more influenced by the increasing corporate takeover of practices and rural hospitals. The executives are ruining healthcare from the suboptimal levels things were at before their acquisition. Profits over quality. I don’t know how we untangle from these behemoth hospital systems corporatizing healthcare.
Carrie, I’d love you as a surgeon. You’re my kind of physician. When Jeff said -
“….Instead of being passive recipients, which was true for the entire lifetimes of anyone reading this post, patients are arriving at appointments as active participants in their own healthcare….”
that in no way describes my approach to my health - and never has. I research Everything because I figure no one cares more about my health than I do. Even my fabulous dentist calls me “The Questionator” and at my recent yearly checkup with my pcp she said, “Let’s do your questions first before we get to the bloodwork or we won’t have time to finish.” I absolutely appreciate people like you who actually Want informed patients who just want to get the best information they can for long term good health (and then double check it. Heh.)
As a surgeon, I agree. I like patients with questions. I have to be able to answer them or I don't deserve to be treating them. As for AI, I use open evidence which filters through the medical literature for answers. (But I am always wary because "experts"aren't always right). I also use robotics for surgery. I am not afraid of being replaced, but the technology makes me a better doctor.
As someone who works in med-mal law it is refreshing to hear this from a surgeon. My goodness, so much suffering could be avoided by patients understanding the complexities and nuance of surgical procedures. I'm not saying that have to have detailed knowledge of every step involved in a proposed procedure (i.e. there is no need to know what trocar is or to define sharp v. blunt resection), but understanding that the many risks listed on the consent form DO really happen to REAL people - and can sometimes be life-altering - is important.
Exactly, Carrie! Those dental patients were sometimes the ones who complained the loudest when the outcome wasn’t exactly what they’d thought it was going to be. It was my experience to record very detailed chart notes about our discussions because sometimes this type of person tends not to listen very effectively as well to your informed consent discussion. Having them sign the forms at various points throughout the discussion seemed to help.
"What the heck ..." sure wish i knew, while i always figured Candace was a crackpot, when Tucker first started his podcast, i was excited and learned a ton about many useful things the legacy media wouldn't touch. I particularly liked how he would ask a question, then let the interviewee completely develop an answer, so unlike any other media (or Congress!!). Then he shifted and i lost interest. Guess i should check in once in a while to see if he's reverted...
Mispring, no need to bother. He’s gone completely wacko. Who knows what drives him? I’m beginning to think that the demon which he says attacked him and left scars is a true story.
I cancelled mine as well. Such strange behavior...sadly, two other information sources have followed Tucker off the cliff, so had to cancel my subs to them also: JP Sears and Bill Rice, Jr.
I can't help but wonder if his strange turn is related to his son working at the White House? Is he trying to throw people off by disagreeing with this Administration on everything? Then again, it all started with that weird discussion with strange Nick Fuentes.
The question remains: is Trump's job to Americans, or to Bebe? I am waiting to see what is in this "peace accord" for the predator class. Trust but verify.
No, that question does not remain. Trump is not under the control of Israel, Bibi, or any of the other stuff being thrown at us. Fake and misleading information.
I'll help answer the question. You are a douchebag, Tom. That you believe that our Great American President, who will work with anyone (China, EU, Ukraine, etc etc etc) when it is in America's best interests, is owned by "bebe" is the proof. GFY, Tom.
Trump’s job is to Americans, but often Israel will benefit too. Who cares so long as America is strengthened? The biggest shoot yourself in the foot is to turn against any action that might benefit Israel. 🙄🤦🏼♀️
I can't help but wonder if his strange turn is related to his son working at the White House? Is he trying to throw people off by disagreeing with this Administration on everything? Then again, it all started with that weird discussion with strange Nick Fuentes.
Exactly what I was thinking. Swalwell should have been investigated years ago with his bedroom spy, but they just ignored it. They just ignore what they dont want to know about.
And their stupid sycophants buy every spewed drop of lies. I see good results, and I see the “ papers” correcting, but I don’t see the idiots, I’m sorry, the victims of tds changing their ways, ever.
I really feel for doctors — and not just because of AI. The way the medical establishment has everything regulated is going to take out doctors and what they can offer that AI doesn’t, which is the individual, personal relationship. A doctor’s career can be cancelled just because of stepping outside their medical domain and giving advice they’re not allowed to. What I hope is that AI takes down the medical-industrial-complex and we are allowed to have the relationship we should with the many excellent and caring frontline medical workers we have in this country. Patient, doctor and AI working together. Instead of being divided just so Big Pharm and Big Med can continue to make their billions off us.
I remember having this conversation with my daughter during Covid-about how doctors are boxed in by the system in regards to what advice they can give.
Maybe AI can be used to cut through all of the lies around Iranian negotiations, which Iran has called out, while we are prepared to sacrifice our young soldiers again. All wars are bankers wars.
When a single Trump tweet, true or not, can make the markets go wild, and the war footage is all a mashup of 2 second clips of military aircraft and ships and looks like a Navy recruiting commercial, I’m wondering if this whole Iran war isn’t just AI generated.
Me either. One might imagine the purpose is to make the masses believe we are always in war, real or not like in Orwell’s 1984. Im wondering if this is a psyop test like covid. Well meaning people under a psychosis spell rolled up their sleeves for a shot they later regretted. We need to remain vigilant with this Iran war and question everything. The same spirit of the covid spell can be used to usher in the Central Bank Digital Currency if the markets are de-stabilized enough, and people under the spell will gladly accept it. That’s why I’m a little skeptical of the Trump always wins, just let the man work mantra.
Oh yea I’m sure someone in the loop is making bank with all of this. Thats why I wonder how fake it all really is. A single Trump tweet that says Iran is making a deal and the straits are open can spin the markets so much in one direction, then the next day Iran says thats BS and the market spins the other way. It’s a circus.
Post haste. Unfortunately, we had a ‘silent, soft takeover by communists some 6 or 7 decades ago. They have been busy little beavers setting up Lawfare teams, who have set up legal protection barriers and are ready to file suits at the drop of a hat that will come before eager commie judges.
I wanted to share my perspective on the emerging effects of AI on the practice of medicine because my family is both directly impacted by it (we are doctors, but not the kind that help people, as we joke ;) PhDs in science, but are in clinical research roles) AND because we just had this exact type of situation happen to us. My daughter came home from school this week complaining that her vision in one eye became blurry during the day. She took off her contacts and her vision continued to deteriorate and her eye began to hurt. She had a corneal abrasion last year with similar symptoms but there was no instigating event this time. So we fed all the information into SuperGrok, had like 12 agents working on it and took her to the ER. They examined her eye several times but couldn't find any abrasion or break in the epithelium. We continued to feed the information into Grok. Meanwhile her pain level reached like an 8-9, she could barely keep it together and they had to give her pain meds. They sent her home and put in a referral to Ophthalmology to be seen in the morning. Ophthalmology promptly got her in to see an optometrist - we were skeptical, but they assured us that he could handle this. So we go in first thing in the morning. Grok had given us a diagnosis (recurrent corneal erosion), what tests should be done, what the doctor should examine, what the possible differentials would be, how to treat, how to mitigate the pain. We used that information to guide the conversation with the doctor. We absolutely let him do his thing first and let him diagnose - but he couldn't find the abrasion. So we gently pressed him on it. He ended up pulling in the Ophthalmology fellow for a second opinion and when he examined her, he couldn't find the abrasion either but he did see that the dye they had used to find the abrasion had seeped into the cornea, so he knew that there was a break in the tissue somewhere. This, then, altered the entire course of treatment. The resident ended up pulling in an Ophthalmology consultant (what they call the full fledged experienced docs) and he ended up not just corroborating the diagnosis & treatment plan but also adding in the placement of a contact bandaid to help with the pain (because at this point, with all of the drops and manipulation, she was again weeping with pain). Grok had suggested this as well and we were about to mention it if the doctor hadn't said something. In fact, Grok ended up being correct on all points. But the doctors were great, amazing even. Fantastic listening skills, not one of them were typing in notes while we were talking. All of them welcomed our input and were genuinely concerned about helping our daughter. It truly felt like a team effort.
This, I think, is a good example of how AI helped the diagnostic process. We allowed them to use their experience and skills, but definitely guided their decision process. The doctors were open to discussion (as they should be!) and didn't feel threatened. They sought other opinions and escalated to others with more expertise. AI had given a diagnosis based on symptoms, but in this case, a physical examination was need to confirm and rule out other possibilities. AI enhanced the care but didn't replace the office visit. Also, there is something important to having human touch and interaction. I think this is where doctors have to lean in. This may be the best way to navigate the revolution that is coming for them. Be humble, be open, be flexible and concentrate on your humanity and what that brings to the table.
Hi! You mentioned the key word I have yet to witness in ANY doctor or Nurse I’ve ever met - HUMBLE ! My hubby is in med tech industry and I haveseen a doctor friend poo ooo tech my hubby is deeply involved in - deeming it not correct or not possible
I am so sorry this has been your experience. Our oldest was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at a very young age, so we’ve had over a decade of experience dealing with medical professionals on a regular basis and yep, the majority of them have been exactly as you describe. Not sure what it is with pediatric endocrinology in particular but the majority of them (doctors, nurses, nutritionists, diabetes educators) were simultaneously paternalistic, completely wrong, and astonishingly incurious. We’ve maintained completely normal blood glucose levels and A1cs since diagnosis by ignoring their advice and doing our own research. You’d think they’d be curious as to what we were up to, given the fact that virtually all their other patients have worse outcomes, but nope. We try to space out our visits as long as possible and only really go when our prescriptions run out. They absolutely offer NOTHING beyond this.
So much better, thank you for asking! The bandage contact was key, it was night and day in terms of pain levels after they put it in. She was even able to go back to school yesterday. We are so grateful!
Lara, so true. I mentioned this fact to my liberal friend who reads both the NYT and WSJ. He did not realize until I pointed it out. Dang it! Once, in the same article they referred to Biden and Obama as President, but not President Trump. Infuriates me!!
And the docs expect a full recovery with no lasting injury to her eye I pray.
So happy to hear she is comfortable and back at school. It is such a relief to you to have your daughter feeling better. It is agony when we see them in pain.
Sadly, the percentage of physicians who fall into your bucket of losers who complied with and pushed the COVID narrative is probably pushing 97.5% or greater. I was the only one of 50+ in my group to push back...
I’m sorry for the toll it took on you Dr. Paul F., and others like you. You took a big hit and I, and others like me, applaud your moral dignity. Although it won’t put food on your table you earned our respect and admiration. If this country ever rights itself, you will be rewarded greatly while the others will be shamed and discarded, …and certainly you will be rewarded in the life to come. 🙏🏼
I learned early in training that the most dangerous thing in medicine is ego. I see it on a regular basis. The personality type that enables people to aspire to medicine and make great academic achievements is a blessing and a curse. Big egos don't like to admit fault, error, or being wrong. So they will follow their beliefs to unimaginable ends even if those beliefs are based on dogma or the words of 'the experts'.
Many of them now work for corporations and if they want to keep their jobs, have to do as they are told.
My doctor was with Athena Health. We had guarded conversations that let me know where she stood, but I know it wouldn’t have been that way with other patients that she didn’t feel she could trust.
Chatbots may prove to better medical diagnosticians than doctors, because chatbots do not have to hustle patients through at breakneck speed so as to maximize their hourly Medicare payments.
I have noticed of the people I know who still go to Drs, not one leaves without at least 2 referrals to specialists or further testing. They help each other out with customers because their clients have diminished so much they are desperate and need repeat clients.
I have five in my family. And…. docs don’t make money off of office visits … they make a huge amounts off of procedures, referrals, pharmaceuticals.. minimizing time with each client and seeing a bazillion clients in a day. Beware invasive procedures… that’s a biggy.
I suspect this is happening with my pregnant daughter-in-law, who is having to navigate through maternal care specialists.
I certainly hope it’s just ‘Much to do about nothing’, which seems to be the case.
Compared to my pregnancies, every thing is so complicated now. And I think, no wonder people don’t want to go through all this. Fortunately, I guess, my DIL always thinks they’re all so professional and well intentioned and seems to enjoy the attention. And more fortunately, she is well educated and advocates for being treated in a wholistic manner and says they are cooperative with that.
She has a midwife, but it’s crazy. Their first baby was a hospital delivery with the midwife there as what I would call a birthing coach. I think it will be the same now with the second.
It’s so different from my birthing days in the 70s and 80s, when my babies were delivered by the midwife in their home birthing facilities.
Also LaLeche back in the day was so different. They were adamant that no one should come near your baby with a bottle. It was so important that they immediately adapt to having to work a little to get that milk from the breast. With a bottle, it just runs into their mouths. If the first experience is the bottle, the infant is frustrated when put to the breast.
My DIL had a miserable time because of bottles being used, even though she had a LaLeche consultant making home visits.
I had to just sit down and shut up and watch all the unnecessary work going on with breast pumps and bottle washing.
I finally concluded that this generation wants to give breast milk, but prefers to do it from a bottle. So she walked around with a breast pump hanging off each breast a few times a day. Fortunately she doesn’t have to,work now. I can’t even imagine how a working woman would manage that. No wonder no one wants babies!
Some Feminist's influence or something about the daddy doing his share, was one explanation I got from elsewhere for the bottle thing.
I have such hope after your section on Omar! I never thought I could become a millionaire, but now I know I just need to hire the right accountant! Meantime, I think you made a spelling error. I believe her husband doesn’t own a winery but rather a whinery.
Can we take away Ilhan Omar’s citizenship and deport her already???
I’m not buying her little “rounding error.” Someone helped her move the money and change the books.
Yeah that explanation is so suspect, if anyone truly believes her, I have some oceanfront property in Death Valley to sell them.
I have a Learing Center in MN to sell ya! 😄
I was "learing" in the boys room.
Long live Brownsville Station.
Those are pretty lucrative, I hear 😑
It STILL doesn’t make any sense. How could they only be worth less than say $100,000? They think we’re all stupid.
John Baker: you got it. She and her colleagues, think we are stupid. It is insulting but, unfortunately, it is well-documented in the continuous, pervasive, historical grift and corruption we allowed, that we are stupid or we don’t care. I admit to being one who did not pay attention to what happened in DC, until The Vid mandates invaded. Now I cannot not pay attention. Trust is broken. They are all suspect, imo.
Well.....we let her into this country...first she and her brother claimed to be part of a family with clearance to emigrate, then she married her brother to get him here....that's how stupid we are...we think people don't lie.
Agree 😡
Spot on! Her salary is $174,000/year. Though I suppose her headwear budget is pretty high...
I have a bridge for sale and it collects Tolls! 😂
tolls or trolls? just LOL comment, don't mind me.....
I thought the same thing 😆
Same here.
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and once again, nothing will happen to Omar. Oh silly her. A rounding error. If you or I did it, we would be in big trouble.
How do you move money after the fact and make it look like it moved before the fact? That would be quite a feat. Transaction records and bank statements can’t be changed retroactively. I hope they fry her. I can’t decide if I want her deported or imprisoned.
She seems like low-hanging fruit for the DOJ. Indict her for financial and immigration crimes while saying “No one is above the law,” and let Democrats scream about it. A perfect Trump troll move before the midterms.
It was tax evasion that finally took down Al Capone. Maybe that could work with this despicable person…👍
I completely agree, PapayaSF! Wouldn’t a little forensic accounting be able to discover what really happened? It doesn’t seem like it would be that difficult. Did she send a bunch of money to Somalia?
I imagine Trump has all the evidence he needs from the FBI, NSA, DOGE access to federal computers, and the AI abilities and reach of allies like Musk. It’s a target rich environment of blockbuster scandals involving thousands of people: Somali daycare scams, Medicaid scams, ActBlue money laundering, the 2020 steal, Antifa funding, connections to China, Venezuela, Iran, and more. Each is a serious threat to his opposition: Obama, Hillary, the DNC, the Deep State, the welfare bureaucracies, the NGOs, the domestic and international left. Some will cooperate to save themselves, and the revealing of one scandal will reveal related scandals. Trump has all the leverage and every incentive to go for an audacious total victory, and no reasons to hold back. He’s controlling the timing, and everything points to big events before the midterms.
Once again he's in can’t-lose positions. If he gets convictions, he wins. If some are legal duds or biased judges and juries don’t convict, the evidence will still be public, and so will feed anger against judicial bias. Every one will do PR/brand damage to his enemies.
I think Trump will orchestrate all this like a reality TV show for the next three years to get everything he wants: vindication, revenge, the cheers of the crowds, a strong MAGA majority, a crippling of the Democrat Party and the entire progressive left, beating the RINOs, cutting and reforming government, and earning an unparalleled historic legacy. His “Golden Age” vision is a counterrevolution that returns us to traditional American values. All it takes is the will to enforce federal law. Trump won’t miss this chance.
Oh I certainly hope you are correct!! It does seem to be heading in that direction, albeit slowly. I do tend to get a bit impatient but then I tell myself to let the man work, as the saying goes…
BUT ... if the Demonrats take control of the House and/or the Senate, President Trump will have to devote a lot of energy to defending himself and his team against bogus impeachment charges.
The RINOs will do nothing as usual. There's too much chance they might be called racist. That word is RINO kryptonite. They're helpless before it.
It’s not up to the RINOs, though. It’s up to Trump and his team. Iron-clad cases are good defenses against charges of “racism” or “partisan prosecution,” and the more Democrats use those terms, the weaker they become.
I have a theory that RINOs are RINOs because they too have something to hide, and thus much to lose.
Even if she's never convicted of anything, if she could just go down in history as a "low-hanging fruit," that would be something...
I’ll take “Deported” for $100–after they find and take back that $30M accounting error.
"And you've found the DAILY DOUBLE!"
She will of course claim she's being singled out to be an example to make sure other stupid greedy people stay in their lane. (I'm one, and I've already learned when the opportunity for corruption comes around to "take small bites" and "stay in the back." STUPID LIVES MATER!)
Both? Serve time, then deportation?
Would love to see "time served" include 8-hour days picking up trash on the roadsides of American cities that were defrauded by her!!
THIS is the way.
There was that "Man Without a Country" "combo" punishment, popularized in 1863 by Edward Everett Hale...
She leared math at the learing center.
If she’s lying, Rep James Comer will find it. He comes from the banking community and excels at digging thru financial records.
Let’s hope so!!
I’m for both. To a super max in El Salvador. Or GITMO.
Much rather see "by the neck".
Agree 100!
Not looking at original documents, only the disclosures filed. Like most congress people, looking in any great detail is not possible. As long as there is no whistle blower that survives character and actual assassination ( ala HRC) the secrets remain buried.
Fry her along with her complicit spouse(s).
Prison please with no benefits
Incarceration is my choice
GG, a lot of us are experiencing that conundrum.
A good forensic accounting analysis should reveal the truth.
Data Republican is up for the task!
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Yeah, apparently thinking they would be able to keep what they stole, by declaring magic beans, and now they have to show they don’t really have it. Because it’s been washed, dried, put away for the proper guests inthe villa.
Ilhan IS one of the most sociopathic people in congress.
Amen. Also one of the most irittitating. That voice and speech intonation are WORSE than "nails on a chalk board".
Suitcase filled with cash heading to Somalia..
...with details of arrival sent well in advance to rival pirates.
This Omar story is unbelievable. Thanks for including it today’s roundup.
Interested in “the rest of the story” when it comes to light.
I agree. Take her down
Arrogant and no shame.
If she can use that excuse, everyone can. F her. We’re all very busy working our asses off, and aren’t accountants. But WE’RE all expected to be adults and get our taxes pretty close.
We’re all waaaay more busy than she is. Being a congressman is not a difficult job. They seem to be on vacation more than they work. The only thing that makes it difficult is keeping track of your complex lies.
and then they close the government and leave!
Plus all the staffers they have working for them 😡
...learing how to perfect being congresso-pirates on-the-job when their turn comes.
This.^
And to think how my husband frets every year when we are making sure I paid just the right amount in federal and state taxes for my very small amount of independent review work I do (we are talking about a revenue of less than $5000). It's just galling that people like this ingrate gets away with such a BS story.
As am I. Working longer days 6 days a week to wonder if I’ll ever get to retire. We are small business owners… no perks
Right????!!! 😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬
Yessss! So sick of the corruption around her dark little soul
Plus she’s so nauseatingly self righteous 😝🤮
Many in Congress are.
Agree.
Not sure which of the Squad takes top billing on that one. They're all pretty bad.
lol truth
I’m so sick of the elites getting away with this. It isn’t just her. !!!
Cabogirl, let's not call them elites. Parasites is a much more appropriate and accurate term;)
I’m sick of it also. It’s almost like if they flood the system they all can’t get caught and prosecuted
Tea party, everyone. Until we stand up in a meaningful way, none of this will stop. One person suggested just filling extensions and postponing 50m or so tax payments to the Treasury. I welcome your thoughts.
Exactly. Nothing is going to change I fear until we have all had enough.
Deport her to where? Even Somalia has standards.
She’s a war criminal in Somalia. I definitely think we should send her there.
If she returns to Somalia she wouldn’t a second with the lifestyle she has in MN. Her religion would give her the required discipline if you know what I mean. She supports everything that goes against her religion.
It’s NOT a religion. At best pseudo. But really it’s demonic cult and political terrorist organization trying to hide behind the western world’s innate respect for religion
True. Plus the western world's willingness to grant tax exemptions to most any group who identify as "religious".
Is she really? 😳
Her father reportedly was, that’s why he had to flee. He wasn’t just some poor civilian trying to escape the ravages of a brutal war, he was one of the brutes.
No. Turns out her dad was. She was too young. So my mistake. Sorry.
No apologies ☺️ I just didn’t know anything about that aspect and it surprised me.
Here’s a more complete answer on that:
https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/sour-grapes-saturday-april-18-2026/comment/245447791
Not defending her at all, but the evidence to support the claim that her father committed war crimes or genocide seems to be lacking. I guess record-keeping during genocides has faltered a bit since the 1940's..
Making that claim is different from proving it. Of course, I'm open to seeing proof if it exists.
The moon? 😛
The dark side of the moon.
100% agree. No suit or provisions. Well she's a congresscritter, let's give her a perk, one granola bar.
How about bacon jerky 😑
Soy "bacon." We're not monsters.
It's a more complete protein, sounds like a good thing for her!
Does she keep to the dietary laws? She flaunts most of the rules of Islam.
We'll use the "progressive" standard of "viability."
She was not "viable" to live in an environment for which she wasn't created. "Not my fault."
Note: This is Reductio ad Absurdam. I am not pro-abortion AT ALL, to be clear.
That’s the only appropriate side!
Let her go down in the ocean and look for those aliens Burchet is talking about.
She likes all these bright colors.
Yellow submarine.
Prison
No. We’ve spent enough of our tax dollars on her thieving ass. Somalia.
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Exactly ..the rest of us would be in prison if we did what she did. The accountant would be fined or loose his license and she would be jailed for lying on a Federal or state tax form. Give me a break.
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Somalia!
California?
Very, very funny.
How about hell?
Send her into outer space, let her orbit our beautiful earth....and then forget to bring her back...
Jeff, you made a mistake on Omar's lawyer statement "it is very common for members and their spouses to rely on learned professionals like accountants", you misspelled "leared"...
OMG, I’m dying!
I dont want that stinking lying loser deported, I want her locked up in prison for 20 years and then deported.
I’d settle for any kind of decent punishment for her tbh. It’s long past time. But I do want her citizenship to be revoked at some point.
She's corrupt, a liar, and a cheat. She got caught, she needs to do time so all the other criminals understand we really are a Rule of Law country, in spite of their efforts to undermine it. There's a lot of folks who need jail time...
Dan: In keeping with business as usual in DC, she likely has dirt on anyone who dared come after her. Maybe the anti-Swalwell army will put her on their list of too expensive and not powerful enough to protect. 🤷🏼♀️
Before midterm
Seriously, Running Logic! I was going to write the same thing! We really want meaningful, impactful, painful consequences for all of these criminals. It’s time!
@Dan- Haven't we paid enough for her keeping? Get rid of her.
I don't want her to walk freely anywhere in the world, making use of the money she has grifted from us.
Agree, deporting would be letting her off easy.
Unless we can get agreement to have her imprisoned abroad.
Her arrogance and big mouth would not exactly be to her advantage in a strict Muslim country with sharia law. It would at least be poetic justice if she had to live as a citizen there.
Yes! Straight into federal prison... Gitmo would be my choice.
I want our money back!!!
Speaking just for me, I would like to see her and her husband both, given a complimentary ,One Way helicopter ride over the Gulf of America.
And drop them off in Somalia when the tour is over
I was thinking more along the lines of, dropping them off from about 500 ft above the Gulf of America.
No, don’t pollute my beaches with their rotten souls!!
That’ll work too!!
One way....
I want our money back!!!
Not soon enough. Her pops was a warlord. Ilhan Omar’s father, Nur Omar Muhammad, was a high ranking military commander in the Siad Barre Regime as it carried out the genocide of the Isaaq people in northern Somalia — now Somaliland.
Apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
And yet the leftist loons and congress will believe her mistake and she will remain right where she is, annoying and stealing from us.
Lynn: I think she got advice from colleagues on how to correct this ‘mistake’. Pelosi has been hiding grifted wealth for decades.
Excellent thought! And while we’re taking her citizenship, let’s take back the stolen money! Except of course that much has been spent or is parked in a bank account overseas.
There needs to be a Trumpian "deal" made here! How about something like this?
For every $1 million dollars returned to taxpayers, 1 month will be shaved off her 40-year sentence! We'd quickly find out who's in her corner when the taxman comes a-callin'!
At this point I’d be happy with ANY sort of Justice being served. But my preference would be to ship her back to Somalia as a pauper. Prisoners are still supported by the US government and she has already cost the American taxpayer way too much.
Criminal activities should nullify new comers' US citizenship status.
IMMEDIATELY!!!
Oh yes, AMEN to that!
Why would anyone believe that $95,000 is any more correct than $30M. Some leared professionals made that number too. She’s been salaried at $174k per year for 7 years. How much bogusity do they think we will swallow?
All of us as do all countries go through times of darkness. It is in these times, when things aren’t going well, people of faith pray.
During Covid when Joe Biden was president, it seemed we were in the darkest of times, certainly the darkest that I could ever remember. Everyday I would pray that Americans would wake up, stand up, and stop our government from taking away peoples liberties and freedoms. I’d pray that I wasn’t alone. For years it stayed dark. It seemed as though things were not changing.
In times of war, we pray that our soldiers stay safe. That in the darkness of war America will be successful and quickly obtain its goals.
In the Book of Genesis it begins by telling us how God created everything. The world was in darkness, (“darkness was over the face of the deep,” Genesis 1:2) before God created light. Therefore the first day begins in darkness and ends with light. You would think the first day would start with the sunrise but it doesn’t, it starts in the dark. While some may say this is the setting of a 24 hour day others suggest that in the Bibles view light and hope follow darkness.
It’s incredible that in the darkness, if we didn’t know what time it was, things wouldn’t seem to really change. It could be any time of night, there is no sign that change is taking place. But at 12 midnight, at that one instance, when nothing seems any different, it goes from pm to am, a new day begins. On purpose God chose to start a new day in the dark. It’s symbolic of how He works in our lives. He gives us a promise. He says we’ve come into a new day and light will follow.
The moment we pray the tide of the battle turns. The darkness doesn’t mean things haven’t changed. Darkness is not a sign that God is not working, that he didn’t hear our prayer. We have to walk by faith and not by sight. You may not see it but when you prayed you left the pm and came into the am. It’s a new day, the light is on its way. We all have to live by faith. No matter what we’ve been through, if we have faith and we pray, it may not be immediate, but eventually the light of day will shine on you, and you will find your peace. Keep your faith! Happy Saturday!
J.Goodrich
Thank you for this much needed dose of goodness. After spending weeks embroiled in snowballing solar complex startups across the rural farmlands, and knowing the Federal government allowed all of this through the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, worth 1.3 trillion, (how was this voted through?), and knowing also what this is doing to the farmlands across the Nation, I needed to read this.
And after yet reading again how the pillagers in our Government continue to literally get away with murder, over and over again, a good dollop of hope and peace is much appreciated.
Illinois gov taxing and murdering.
Here come the data centers to take acres, water, and send our energy costs out of control.
We've been fighting utility in my county (and many others) here in rural VA for almost 10 years. We seldom won in the beginning but had upped our knowledge and game. We won 3 in 2024 and none of the grifters seem to be interested since. Now we're contending with data centers and B.E.S.S. storage. Be ready, if those arent in your area, get ready. Also wind turbines (another grift), which, thank goodness, don't work well here.
If you need any information (ie cheap signs, good reading etc) just let me know. Im more than happy to share what we learned.
The next county over, (we sit close to that edge), is full of wind turbines. Some are over 20 years old, and likely will be decommissioned shortly. So that county has turned to B.E.S.S. Storage units. Two are being proposed there. And the state of Michigan has approved over 23 locations for data centers. Over 5000 acres of solar proposed in this western side of my county. Look at any blue run state and you will see the encroachment. Gotta use that 1.3 trillion every which way.
so sad. B.E.S.S have a horrid track record for toxic fires, that somethings take weeks to extinguish. Read about Moss Landing in CA and the fire outside of San Diego, for starters. Three ships loaded with EVs (similar batteries just smaller) sunk because of fires. Few people see much beyond all the "free" money. They need to be looking at the long term, it's just crazy.
God's thoughts and timing are not man's thoughts and timing. God is not a cosmic bellhop.
cosmic bellhop!
That was absolutely beautiful and a poignant reminder of God's faithfulness to us through the darkness into the light. You had me in tears!
Having been a CPA preparing tax returns and financial disclosures for 40+ years i take umbrage at Omar's denigration of accountants, generic classification notwithstanding. Can anyone tell me a good lawyer I could hire to sue her, access some of her $95K of ill-gotten wealth, and restore the good name of my profession?
Thank you for the uplifting message of hope!
Prior to the revision of time by certain powers that be, all days started at sunset (not just Shabbat) and every new month began at the start of a new moon. So, there are actually 13 months of 28 days in the year, and the real new year begins when Spring begins, which is not surprising that major holy-days of the three main religions occur at this time. This is the true ancient calendar, which is reflected in the Bible, which was given to all peoples of the world, and continues to be followed by observant Jews and people of other faiths and ancient cultures. The ancients understood this wisdom and the old ways of living reflected this. There was a time when everyone knew that our bodies can only be optimally healthy when we follow the cycles of nature. For instance, our body mostly heals when we are asleep and it is crucial to be asleep by 10 pm (and through 2 am) because that is when we enter the deepest, healing sleep. During this time our liver enlarges by 3 x its daylight size and our brains shrink to start its natural cleaning cycle. The modern toxins we've ingested/inhaled/absorbed or created through normal biological processes during the day are neutralized and processed for disposal. If you miss this window, there's is no make-up "missed garbage pick-up" opportunity, ever. Your health suffers and so does your willpower. Not knowing this biological clock schedule is a key unknown or misunderstood cause of weight gain, inflammation, and illness. When I was growing up, it was common for everyone to be in bed by 9 pm. Today not so much. Changing time is a revolutionary act. If you change what is the natural time for human activity and rest, you create physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual disharmony in all who follow the "new and improved" schedule, which can be both profitable across several industries and keep populations weak, off-kilter and compliant. And speaking of darkness, it is concealed light; it's not a separate thing or necessarily negative. A human is conceived in and grows into a beautiful baby in the protection of darkness. Creation is the divine process of revealing light. So, let's all go to bed soon-ish after sunset to tap into the creative, healing mysteries of the dark for optimal wellness. It is God's free medicine. God is indeed working for us all the time, especially when there is darkness, and especially when we cannot see the light.
Hannah - that was beautifully explained... Thank you so much!
One slight correction. From what I understand, according the Jewish Sabbath, it actually begins as Friday's darkness begins, not at what we call midnight; every "day" begins as darkness begins.
I do know that, but my point still stands, and that is the new day starts in the dark.
I do not disagree in any shape, form or fashion! It is contrary to what many of us grew up thinking tho. 🤠
CC I agree with you, you are right. And I put midnight for the reason you said, most of us consider 12 midnight the start of a new day. When I right some of these posts I do some research so as not to make mistakes, sometimes I read quit a bit. I did read exactly what you are saying.
For me the day cannot start in the night. My "new day" starts with my coffee.
You are correct. Shabbat Shalom!
I know and you are correct.
I guess the most accurate way to say it is when the sun sets, the day begins. 😎 🌞
Fact check: True
Thank you!! I needed that picture! ❤️
Exactly
So Friday's sundown is the start of the Jewish Sabbath... 7th day...
The start of the new week would then be Saturday evening at sundown, into Sunday... The Lord's Day since this is the day that Jesus resurrected Which is also mentioned by John in the book of Revelation 1:10 -11a
"I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,”
Thank you and: "I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me." Galatians 2:20 Be....in the Word
Christ IN me... the Hope of Glory!
Thank you for this!
Pray from a position of victory, and give thanks that the battle is already won!
Happy Saturday! I really like your above analogy. Seems pretty spot on. 🌞
J this is beautiful thank you very much.
Thank you. That was a very lovely and timely message Mr Goodrich!
Excellent thoughts I saved them to remember
But how will you remember that you saved them? And where you put them? (I need to know.)
Elaine, my Android phone has a "notes" feature thay can put things you want to save. You can set up multiple files to place them in by catagory.
Between Notes and Pinterest I "save" my sanity. 😉
Handy!
Thank you for one of the most thoughtful insights I have read in a very long time.
You captured it beautifully, James! Thank you. I'm going back for a second look...
James: thank you for writing that, it was a gentle reminder of how well the Lord blesses us🙏🏻✝️🇺🇸
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Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me [Paul], in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.
— 2 Timothy 1:13-14 NSB95
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Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you.
It posted before I finished. But, I thought as I read it, what/who are my treasures. And realized my thoughts went immediately to my parents, (still alive 91 & 89), and my husband (76 with Vietnam caused PTSD) which amazed me - if I was simply thinking when asked, I’d have said my grandchildren. God does make us wake up and smell that coffee sometimes. 💞
When it comes right down to it, our treasures are not things. They're people and God's intangible gifts such as faith, peace, and truth. May God bless your husband with healing.
Thank you Janice, he is doing so very well. God really does answer prayers.
I needed to hear this.
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God’s truth is the treasure within. It’s worth more than everything else. Without it we can’t hope to properly take care of the people in our lives. Jesus Christ is the Way, The Truth, and The Life. He is what has been entrusted to each of us and the rewards are great for those who cherish Him
Amen!
Sound. Reason. Critical thinking. Be wise. JUDGE. TEST EVERY SPIRIT of light against the sWord of The Spirit.
Oh my! Have I seriously never noticed sWord!!!! 😳 Thank you for your attention to this 😆
Now we need the greedy oil companies and gas stations to follow the pricing. Notice how upon the news bombs were dropping, the gas stations raised their prices 25 cents to $1 almost immediately? Even when the gas in the tanks under the pavement was already priced? Now that the price per barrel has come down to almost where it was pre bombs, the price at the pump goes down by pennies, if at all.
Gas stations make minimal profit on selling gasoline. It is an extremely competitive market. They make all their money from the goods inside the store.
Hence the sign outside a NC gas station that said; ‘If you are here to gas up and use the restrooms, please at least purchase a pack of gum inside to cover the costs of the toilet paper and paper towels you use. We make very little from gas sales.’ Since then I always at least buy gum.
Awe…. I didn’t know. I’ll remember that too ☺️🇺🇸
My bf was a trucker, and taught me to always buy something from a gas station if I use their restroom. I worked for UPS for a month during their busy season, and there was, luckily, a gas station in the middle of the small town. I was in there every chance I got, and spent at least a few bucks there every day.
Gas stations in the 1960s had "gas wars," to see who could sell at the lowest price! It was common to see 19 cents a gallon during these "wars." The lowest price I ever saw was 9 cents a gallon.
When I worked at a gas station as a student 50 years ago the markup on gas was 15% at the station where I worked.
When my father-in-law owned a station, his part was 3 cents on the gallon.
That mark-up included state
And local taxes-right?
Yes the price of gas then included taxes (a lot of taxes)
50 years ago, lol. Yeah nothing has changed in 50 years. There were a lot of full service gas stations 50 years ago too.
Ours went down 50-60 cents in the last week.
$3.29 at Walmart yesterday. If the strait is open for business, I bet it'll drop below $3.00 next week.
$4.19 in KY. 😡
not ours
Well, we in Idaho get screwed constantly.
We travel between WA & ID frequently- gas in ID is typically $1.20 per gallon cheaper than WA. Of course WA tacks on all kinds of “climate change” scammer taxes.
Check out prices in Commiefornia. 😭.
They get what they deserve.
Not sure what you mean by that...but I certainly don't deserve this....
Anyone who remains in CA, deserves what they get, that's what I mean. You are not required to stay there, you can go to a place not run by criminals, rejects, trannies, retards, the whole gambit of lunatics.
So true, Dan! I live in CA part time and in a wonderful red state part time. Not sure when the people of CA are going to vote out the crazies who have run this once great state into “ functional bankruptcy “, as David Friedburg puts it.
It's not a matter to "vote out" the crazies...we've attempted to recall our sold out governor several times... The CHEAT wins with Satan's help I'm sure...
Praying for relief this coming election, God knows we've endured more than enough....
I think it can all be traced back to two groups who want to do extreme harm not only to California but also to the USA. And those two groups would be from Mexico and China both of whom are deeply infiltrated into California. A good book to read by Peter Schweizer, "The Invisible Coup". The narrative on the book: "Every day, ICE is arresting hundreds of illegal immigrants with a criminal record. They didn’t just come here. They were sent here.
Our debates about immigration revolve around what happens with immigrants once they arrive. We need to start talking about who is sending them and why. For decades, establishment elites sold us the story of immigration as a compassionate renewal of the American Dream within a harmonious melting pot.
But beneath that narrative lies a different reality: Mass migration has morphed into the most powerful political weapon ever aimed at the United States―one engineered by elites at home and aided by adversaries abroad. Now Peter Schweizer, the bestselling investigative journalist of our time, is blowing the lid off this whole series of schemes.
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Anyone who remains in CA gets what they deserve.
Well that’s different there.
Not like we do in Washington state.
Same in rural CO.
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Same in Oregon
I'm on the road a bit and buy a lot of gas.
I've noticed how retail gas prices are automatically pegged to the Comex price for gas at the moment.
When a retail gas station fills its holding tanks with fuel, they pay a certain wholesale price. Then, they mark it up for retail sales.
At purchase time the fuel was paid for at a set value. What does that have to do with the Comex?
Aside for political reward, What does the Department of Energy do?
I would love to get work there..... to do nothing and get paid.
Senate & Congress are too busy socializing with Lobbie$. Ask penniless Ilhan.
I knew someone years ago who owned a gas station. He “explained” to me, in the simplest terms, that the price of gas at the pump is what it would cost him to replace what was being sold.
He is right.
The value of anything -- not just gas -- is not what you paid for it, but what it will cost to replace it.
I heard this when I worked retail many years ago, as well.
Thanks, JudyC. That’s the simplest and best explanation I have heard. Makes sense!
Does not make sense at all... he makes no salary? pays no workers? is working for free???
Of course not. Just like the price that they would currently be charging, it would include overhead. No retail price is ever set just on the cost of goods. Prices are always marked up to include labor, overhead, taxes, etc.
My comment was a bare bones exclamation that was given to me.
I am very weary of corporate greed.
And greedy venture capitalists… the list goes on ..
Define corporate greed. You mean any amount of profit that exceeds what you want to pay?
No, an amount of profit that gives the corporation an excess of profit above what is normally needed to continue operating. Does that really need to be explained? I'm guessing not, which is why nobody else answered...
And not paying war taxes.
Unfair criticism. Many gas stations are small businesses. Even if part of a chain.
If they buy the gas at a high price, they need to sell it before they get the lower price. And they don't have a crystal ball to see what it will be next week. Their margins aren't all that big. They're in the same boat we are.
I've always known Trump would bring it back down, so I bite the bullet and spend less money on other things so I can fill up my truck. But I don't take it out on that gas station. It's not their fault.
Always wondered about the discrepancy between rising and falling gasoline prices. Presumably it’s due to supply and demand. One part of the delay possibly could be that the reduced demand due to high gasoline prices means the retail outfit’s fuel tanks take longer to deplete, due to lower demand. But depends on price elasticity, so I don’t know how significant this factor is. Certainly it’s much easier to blame “corporate greed” as any good Democrat is obliged to do.
Same, with regard to your last paragraph.
Yet they don’t seem to sell their stock at the lower price when they bought it at the lower price. Why is that!
Because they're in business to make money?
I believe that the gas distributor sets the selling price. The store makes almost nothing. Add to that, state and local taxes and it’s a profit of maybe 3 to 5 cents per gallon sold.
So your gas prices never fall? They only ever go up?
Reading comprehension is so very very hard, isn’t it.
Well, we, the American gas consumers, are now competing with world-wide demand for American oil. Market prices are based on supply vs. demand. Some bump in price is to be expected. Of course, every other reliable oil supplier in the world is also experiencing a bump in demand. But it should even out over time, and our pump prices will reflect that. Also, each gas station owner has to buy his next batch of gas with the proceeds of the sale of his LAST tank of gas. He can’t do that unless he changes his prices daily according to market prices. These are small business-people. Have a heart.
Agree.
Greedy gas stations, indeed.
They make somewhere between 6-12 cents a gallon.
My,my,my how much greedier can they possibly get?
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My my. Nothing in your comment about how proves skyrocket and then go down by pennies.
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Local taxes, folks, they will never allow you to see the truth and the democrats want it that way. They use that to try to control the narratives.
And here is Missouri, they make us file a gas tax refund IF you want to, to recover approx $2 per tank of gas. Very few people know HOW to file this claim, so our state makes out BIGLY by this scam. And, filing is in November...just before all the holidays, when nobody has time to think about it.
I need to figure it out. Maybe this year, I will. :)
It's the free market. Do you really want more government interference with gas pricing? How's that working in California?
Do you expect them to lose money on the gas they purchased at higher prices?
I had a wishful thought: Trump could announce that ANY gas station in the country selling gas at $3.00 per gallon and up will automatically be subject to an audit with a fine-toothed comb to rule out price-gouging!
I imagine the extremely corrupt oil corporations are squeezing every penny out of us before Trump informs them gas prices must be below $2.00 a gallon before the midterm show begins...
Midterm show my azz! Are you just jonesying for a Democrat Congress to join the commie federal judges in attempting to block President Trump’s every move?
Your comment makes no sense; especially in relation to mine.
Esp Oregon is taking advantage of the lower barrel prices by trying to increase their tax on gas. They don’t want Trump to have any wins in their frickin state. Taxes on waiter tips are still being levied and on over time.
20c here, but not enough. Gainesville has way too many taxes.
Aside from your local and state taxes, I understand that gas stations price their gas according to the futures market, so they price in accordance with what they expect to pay for their next shipment. Of course, local taxes will interfere with prices going down, etc.
Up like a rocket and down with a parachute. Credit goes to congressman Tim Burchet of Tenn
Thoughts:
1. If a doctor is tied to a large corporate practice, I know they will have the "flowchart" telling them what they can prescribe provided to them by the practice owners, who are in bed with the insurance companies. Doctors 'sold the souls' of future doctors by so many of them selling their practices to join groups.
2. Don't assume all AI's are equal. Test them by asking questions about covid treatments, ivermectin, etc. See where they fall. It will tell you what training data they are using. Personally I use Grok first.
3. AI will be helpful especially for areas that doctors received little or no training in like nutrition and supplementation.
4. We are 15 months into Trump 2.0. Can anyone explain why Ilhan is still walking around free? The Justice department can't find someone to review the info the PRIVATE world has already gathered and move forward on a number of fronts? Tax evasion, immigration fraud, etc? Seems a 'bone' is ever thrown our way every 5 years or so. Maybe we could get Justice employees to learn how to use Grok to speed things up?
Interestingly enough and contrary to the impatient Never Trumpers, of which I was one because of Bret Hume but thankfully trusted my hubby not "Fox" entertaining news, Trump's TEAM recognizes and works with legal boundaries better than ANYONE EVER BEFORE!
It's not like they have to go dust finger prints or force DNA checks for many whose corruption we've known for YEARS. The info is there, but the desire to really get it done is politically dulled. Mueller and Durham showed how the game is played. To not even have one high-level perp walk by now is beyond disappointing. The clock is running out again.
There are bigger fish to fry right now, like OVOMIT, killary, scumwell and pencil neck, only to mention a few of so many... but that little stinker is going to fry too. LTMW.
The Department of Justice has over 40 component orgs inside it. Over 115,000 people, with over 9,000 attorneys alone. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. So plenty of people to go after all the major scandals, and mid-level as well. To not have even a few perp walks is unconscionable. Especially with guys like Tom Fitton doing a lot of the leg work anyway. It's not like all those scandals had to start from scratch Jan. 2025.
I agree, it is a huge organization, full of raging liberals who are protected by civil service. They slow walk everything and likely work to undermine these prosecutions we need. It would be nice to say fire them all, but that will never happen. We have judges who arehypocrites, lefty ideologues, some with dual citizenship FFS. The deck has been stacked by ovomit and the autopen and everyone they put in power over their corrupt terms.
Agreed ... The Administration's handle on legalities is staggering.
Also ... I wasn't pro-Trump until a VERY important friend began to disabuse me
I thought Bret was now more supportive of Trump. Is he still a declared "Never Trumper?"
I was wondering the same thing. I watch Fox evening news programs every day, and whenever Brit is on he always presented pro-Trump analyses. I never would have known he was a never Trumper. I’ve not heard him talk like that. Even when he spoke of caution it was never highly critical of what Trump was doing. He actually helped me understand a lot of it … 🤔
Excellent points. Regarding #3, I can see how this could be extremely helpful. There are SO MANY supplements and “natural” remedies being promoted for all our ills and infirmities, it is impossible to know which ones would be best. And almost all of them are pretty expensive. I could spend a fortune on trial and error!
Yes, as someone who takes supplements, I know the lure of reading a new article about a particular thing like hyalauronic acid, DMSO, quercetin, CoQ-10, liposomal vitamin C, Reishi extract, citocholine, etc. and want to add it to my routine. I was up to 15 a day. Mind you, my diet wasn't the best. I decided to address my diet more, reducing sugar, eating better sourced eggs, grassfed beef, wild fish, and avoiding heavily sprayed fruits and veggies and ones with the 'approved' coatings to 'retain freshness'. I still do some supplements that focus on cutting inflamation and are brain beneficial. The trick now is getting to a good therapeutic dose. (Ex. with Omega 3's, the bennies kick in when you get to 1.5 grams daily each of DHA and EPA.) And if you notice, the supplement sellers (a lot more content creators advertising for them) try to keep a bottle at $20-$50 a month depending on what they are selling. Big Pharma has some interests there too. If they can't get you on a lifetime pharma prescription for revenue, they want to get you on the other side with a lot of monthly subscriber supplements.
There’s an excellent site for checking the purity etc. of supplements - SuppCo.
- I use it all the time & have found it beneficial. The ratings are easy to read & quite helpful.
Also, if you want to check out Dr. Louisa Nicola’s podcasts, she’s done lots of study on Alzheimer’s and other dementia and says that research has shown that just 1 g of DHA and EPA has shown to make a positive difference in mental acuity in older patients. 2 g would be optimum so your 1.5 sounds pretty good. I looked around to try to find something other than the huge horse sized pills for fish oil and found just regular cod liver oil is really easy & doesn’t taste bad. The best I found is Nordic Naturals cod liver oil & it is rated well. 2 teaspoons will give you that 1 g amount. This particular podcast on the subject is worth the time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXrME-CczKo
I use ConsumerLab .com
I think there are probably several reputable sites and it’s terrific that you check. I was appalled to learn that the multi-vitamin I had taken for years is pretty awful. These sites really help and you can see why they’re rated the way they are. I learned about SuppCo from the Louisa Nicola podcast. I’ll check ConsumerLab too. Thx.
Thanks.
I’ve found the SuppCo app very useful too, Free in Florida. I use it when nutrition clients ask me about a particular supplement brand they heard about etc. It’s new so many item are not rated yet, but in time it will be even more valuable.
I hate paying for apps. And $33/month seems crazy to me.
IF any of you are interested in the ratings of what you put on your skin, check out the Yuka app. 100% free. I love using it.
Interesting, Kelly. I don’t pay for SuppCo…, but there’s a version that you can pay for-
Agree totally! I also like the fact that they give you pricing.
For Omega 3's, I've been using the ResQ brand since around 2005. I met the original founder who was a Dr. The doc had worked with Dr. Linus Pauling for a time back in the day. He told me just before Dr. Pauling died, he said he discovered the best vitamin C to take was not ascorbic acid, but liposomal vitamin C (ascorbyl palmitate) since it was much better absorbed. I've found the ResQ brand to be very good for the EPA/DHA and the potency was such that I needed the fewest capsule to get the dosage I wanted. I first started taking it when my doc back in the day wanted to get me on Lipitor to reduce my cholesterol. I knew I didn't want to go that route. (And subsequently learned that inflammation is the real issue.) So without changing my diet at all (which consisted of lunch meats, McDonalds double quarter pounders, and cheesesteaks for lunch, and a lot of junk food) I added in the ResQ 1250. I went back 3 months later to get the blood test. My cholesterol went down from 210 to 140, and triglycerides from 140 to 70. That began my journey into looking at more supplements for health.
Hey, in reading your note, you’re obviously doing great research. But there is some current thought that your cholesterol number might be too low because you don’t want to reduce too much good fats that our brains need. If I were part of your family, I’d also work to get you off so much of the food that you listed. Heh. And I’m sure you know to stay Very far away from sugar. And get good exercise and sleep. (No charge for all the free advice. LOL)
That’s phenomenal on the triglycerides! And, yes, my reading/listening tells me that inflammation is at the root of so much of our current disease. Absolutely.
Thanks for the info on Vitamin C and the ResQ brand. I’ll take a look at it. I have found I need to stick to the liquid fish oil though so hopefully they have that.
I’ve always heard good things about Nordic Naturals.
They’re not The top most rated for omega 3s but are for what I could find for liquid. For whatever reason, the gel types make me bruise easily but I’ve had no trouble with the liquid.
Thanks
Having worked in the vitamin industry I can give some further insight to omega 3's
99% of all brands sell a largely inert product which is revealed by three terms you usually find on the package:
"Pharmaceutical Grade"
"Molecularly Distilled"
"Purified"
(Buried) studies show that high heat processing strips the active constituents of their electrical charge ... making the oil largely inert and unable to be absorbed.
What to look for?
"Extra Virgin / Wild Caught" (typically from Cod or Alaska Salmon)
The industry 'says' that potency is what matters ... namely, quantity over absorption.
They also say that unprocessed oil has mercury in it. True ... but for comparison, you would need to take New Chapter's wild Alaskan salmon oil every day for seven years to consume as much mercury as found in ONE tuna fish sandwich.
The other thing they say
Sourcing is hugely important. Generally I still to pharmaceutical grade, professional brands such as Designs for Health, Thorne, Metagenics, Standard Process and a few others. They will provide sourcing information, third party testing information etc.
I do too ... but it's not so simple: There is no legal definition for "Pharmaceutical Grade" ... Even among the best brands, that term is marketing.
Another added complication is that most supplements are in what is called the "chemical isolate form".
This means they are manufactured in ways that such substances are divorced from their natural context. As a consequence, the body frequently cannot recognize such molecules and will not absorb them.
Good information. It’s easier, but not foolproof due to confounding factors like your body’s ability to absorb nutrients, to gauge quality and efficacy of certain supplements such as vitamin D3, Zinc, B12, and DHEA, for example, by having a blood test done to check your levels, taking the supplement for several months, and then checking levels again. Many prescription medications have fillers, binders, sugars and other undesirable ingredients in them as well. For that matter, food has many of the same issues. It’s important to do your homework as much as is reasonable, test don’t guess, and take it from there. Omega 3 levels and ratios to omega 6 can be tested as well.
Thank you for the info!
They are now stealing krill from the mouths of whales and other sea creatures in Antarctica, in order to put it into pills and sell it to Americans and other unhealthy humans.
Whales are competing with trawlers and losing.
You can get omega 3 from purslane for free. Why steal from the mouths of whales and penguins?
Mrs. RW
I just read a holistic farming report on purslane. Very interesting !!
Unfortunately purslane doesn't have DHA, and extremely low amounts of EPA, the two Omega 3's that are most helpful for inflammation, brain health, skin, nail, and hair health too. . It has ALA, which men especially can barely process into DHA. I had Grok run me the numbers and assuming a guy is not one of the ~40% that don't convert ALA to DHA, to get at least 1.5 grams daily of net DHA from the ALA conversion, one would have to eat about 95 pounds of purslane a day. That isn't going to happen. People need to understand all Omega 3's are not the same. DHA and EPA are what we need.
I am not a pill popper, whether packaged as a drug or packaged as a supplement.
I believe that our bodies are meant to run on food, not pills.
But you do you, I don't care, as long as you aren't killing whales and penguins.
In any case, I just wanted to warn people that krill is an especially evil product, since its harvest is so devastating to the Antarctic ecosystem.
I don't believe that people think they are so important that whales should die for their pills. I think they'll do the right thing, at least....I hope.
Mrs. RW
Well, I guess you must be one of those people who has increased their food intake then, because many studies show our fruits and veggies of today are upwards of 38% less nutrient dense than the fruits and veggies of the 1950's. Without supplementation, the same portion size is giving less nutrition. How do you make up the deficit?
And the brand of omega 3's I use source from sardines, anchovies, and mackerel.
I think I am more important than cows, chickens, pigs, crabs, lambs, etc. I do agree with Christian principles that we should be good stewards of the non-human creatures, but they are not on par with us in terms of rights.
China has krill ships all over the ocean 24/7 scooping up the krill. Devastating to the whales and ecosystems.
China devastates all environments.
In Chinese cities there aren't any birds because they eat them all along with dogs.
The CCP is horrid.
Do not believe their propaganda.
If you want an inside look, watch The China Show on YouTube.
I agree. China is vacuuming up the oceans, as well as contributing to rain forest destruction.
They have too many mouths to feed.
Mrs. RW
Ms RW, Yikes, who knew!
I just saw an ad yesterday for Fatty 15. It apparently is a new discovery that provides all the omega 3s that the body needs daily.
I’ve read a bit about it too. It’s quite expensive currently, Jane Tracy, IMO, and I’m not convinced that its benefits are that much better than a high quality Omega 3. I recommend everyone look into getting an Omega 3 level test with the ratios of omega 6:3 so you know where you stand. Maybe you’re doing great with what you’re currently doing/eating/ taking. You can order it for yourself from LabCorp or Quest. There are also home test kits available which I think are blood spot based vs venous blood draw for Quest and LabCorp.
If you eat grass-fed beef, no packaged food and a few vegetables. Do you really need omega-3s? I guess I could ask grock.🙂
Excellent question, Laura. My recommendation as a nutrition professional would be to test your level of omega 3 and the ratio between omega 3 and 6. Then you’ll have sufficient information about how you’re doing. There are so many factors that play into this, like how well you digest and absorb nutrients from your food, for example.
Isn't Dr. Drew advertising that?
Yes I am Leary that big pHARMa is now getting in the selling supplements market.
Remember in 2020-2021 they tried to take NAC off the market? Because of its potential to help Covid? They were claiming it was needed in formulations of medicine and needed to be regulated, and other lies. The argument against them was that you could do the same thing for vitamin C. We use a LOT of NAC to treat spectrum symptoms for 3-4 family members. Amazon immediately quit selling it at that time like the little robotic, brainwashed, sycophants they are. Pharma was trying to corner the market with it. Thankfully Walmart kept selling it during that time while it was being debated and I switched our monthly purchase to them.
I got my NAC, quercetin, and other supplements from Life Extension back then, and still use them for a number of products via autoship to save money now.
Another thing people should consider, although not cheap (but can be cheaper buying in 1/8th or 1/4 cow), is grassfed beef. Much better Omega 3-6 profile, and the fat is high in CLA. You don't have to drain the fat when cooking up ground beef for tacos or stews, etc. Great for people who do weight training. We also use grassfed beef allow for a lot of cooking, when we don't use olive oil or palm oil. Seed oils are banished from our house. We try to cut as much inflammatory food/ingredients from the diet as we can. We either have really good genes or the diet is working because (knock on wood) none of our adult kids or us have any health issues whatsoever needing any prescriptions, and apart from one kids period cramps a few times a year, the only over the counter meds could fit in one average bottle for what we've need the past 4 years. We're growing our own strawberries this year to avoid the store ones since they are so heavily sprayed. Only pasture raised eggs too.
I didn't know that Walmart had kept selling NAC then. I was so angry that Amazon caved and we switched to a company called Allstar Health. But it was one of those moments when it was too obvious how little Pharma and regulators cared for our health. Right when people most needed NAC for Covid, they tried to take it away.
Yeah I was furious. It’s a supplement that is used for a whole variety of different things, and just because Pharma saw a way they could use it in a drug possibly for Covid they tried to get it pulled entirely. That whole ordeal made me hate the industry in ways I still can’t shake.
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They already are
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..and possibly putting vaxxes in it. ….?!?!
So there's real food and real chemical process and then there's what they package it in so you can stand to swallow it. Check those ingredients too.
Have been using Standard Process. Supposed to be good supplements.
As a nutrition professional, I like Standard Process. High quality on most supplements, reasonable prices, fast delivery, low shipping rates. They even have quite an extensive veterinary section.
Only take supplements recommended by a reliable Naturopath. The best ones typically don't bill Insurance, but many do, and some of them are really good.
Doctors and AI. It's about time. You are right, corporations have flowcharts telling them what to do and in what order. Doctors do not want to hear from knowledgeable patients. Frankly they don't have time. Their schedules are packed very tightly. Over the years of my practice, I got very tired of being a "fringe" nurse with a lot of alternative information. Also, the Covid debacle put me over the edge. I have very little trust in a medical system that I may need.
As a case manager in an internal medicine office, the "difficult patients" were often funneled to me. In addition to being an accomplished RN for 50 years, I also have a holistic Energy Healing Practice. I would do the coaching. Sometimes people would decide to do what was recommended and sometimes we'd find a 3rd option that worked well.
AI is biased. I have not tried Grok. ChatGPT is. ChatGPT is good for other things and I use it regularly. I have been using Mike Adams Brighteon.AI. He claims to have worked very hard to find all the health and medical information. It's good but there are still alternatives that are left out. This is a process. Hopefully more options will become available
Maybe it's time for Doctors to learn and become coaches of health.
A friend was told by his Dr Well your 60 now so time to put you on statins. He said is my cholesterol high? Doctor replied no he left and never went back to see that doctor.
Ugh.
Lots of ignorant people with M.D.s, unfortunately.
I was a victim of said flowcharts. Then I became the difficult patient coming armed with better knowledge.
95% of the doctors I see today are disrespectful to and dismissive of me.
I went to a new doctor three months ago, young but open-minded. She listened to my history and understood the kind of care I wished to engage with. We started with two blood tests, one was to see where my calcium levels were and if that might be causing a symptom I was having, especially given I have osteo. I was told I could go to Quest across the hall and that the clinic would send me a link to their patient portal to see my results.
Three months later and I still haven’t gotten a link or heard back from them with any results. I called late last week to complain that I needed to see the results. The nurse simply went down a short flowchart declarative list: “your cholesterol is high you will need a statin” and “your vitamin D is too high so stop supplementing” but she gave me NO numbers for anything and didn’t say a thing about Calcium. I told her I was low carb and our cholesterol is higher and that high cholesterol in general is not a bad thing, and she failed to tell me what my triglycerides were, which is the true indicator. I told her I had severe osteoporosis and had to take extra calcium supplementation, which requires extra vitamin D. I asked her why it was so difficult to see the actual results myself because that information obviously is not reliable in their hands. It took me over 10 minutes of arguing to get her to agree to MAIL! me my results. She NEVER gave me the option of the portal I KNOW they have.
Needless to say this is not the clinic for me, regardless the young doctor’s open-mindedness. The nurses control more than they do.
If you ever get those results you can copy and paste them and send them to AI and you’ll get very nice breakdown and explanation of what they mean.
I just sent ChatGPT our rescue dog’s lab test results and got amazing breakdown and got so great home remedies and diet info complete with portions for his weight and age.
Juju: I had to go for a ‘follow up’ mamo a few years ago. After reading my chart, (wish I had read it before the follow up), it turns out the thing that triggered the extra mamo was an artifact on the film that the person who read the film did not recognize so decided to scare the stuff out of me and call me in. The tech said they did not have a radiologist trained in reading mamos so they had been seeing a lot of ‘false alarms’, aka actual people attached to these breasts. That was my last go-round with mamography. I have no doubt AI would have disregarded that item as an artifact and I could have been saved time, radiation, worry, and the dreaded cancer-scare anorexia I experienced.
I have fatty tissue breasts/fatty cysts so they get misread as tumors. I learned that 15 years ago after they scared the hell out of me and told me they were convinced they found a tumor and I needed to have a backup, specialized ultrasound. They sent me home with literature about breast cancer and the radiologist showed sympathy and concern. I was a wreck the whole week leading up to that follow-up. They found it was simply fatty cysts 🙄 I haven’t had one since. I don’t trust their current methods of detection.
The doc I work for (Chiropractor) tells me that thermograms are a better option than mammograms, primarily due to the radiation issue. According to her, a thermogram measures heat, which is created when there is infection or cancer. No heat sensed, no need for mammogram. Heat sensed, then go ahead with further testing.
Yep. Had an ultrasound-guided needle biopsy for a lump. Nothing but fluid. Must have needed to drum up some revenue.😖
I have patient portal accounts set up with Quest and Labcorp so I have direct access to lab results regardless of which doctor ordered them.
And I don’t know how to get that portal. Quest never provided it to me after drawing my blood
https://myquest.questdiagnostics.com/web/create-account
Thank you! Apparently I had an old account from 2021 under an email I don’t use anymore. I was able to get in and update that AND see my results. Thank you so much!
How sad it took a social media comment to help me but Quest themselves never sent me an email and the doctor didn’t either. Gotta love C&C ☺️
Speaking of disrespect and dismissivness (is that a word?) from doctors I’ve seen, I’m getting that same arrogant attitude from the last two veterinarians I’ve gone to for my dogs. They all get hot under the collar angry if you do your own research and want to simply discuss what you have found. It’s like: “Don’t challenge me, I’m a god you know.”
They refuse to have a polite discussion regarding your concerns, and they don’t mind being rude to you, the client. They fail to recognize they work for us, and if not for us they would have no income. I’m disgusted and disillusioned by the medical community and veterinarian community equally.
Yes, I’m declaring dismissiveness a word. 🤣 I create lots of them. Lol
It’s a word 😁
https://www.yourdictionary.com/dismissiveness
Ha! 😆 Leave it to me to think I created something others already did. It’s like the footsie game of riding a bike. I swore I invented that game with my sister when a toddler! Lolol
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For pulling info for medical, any suggestions on LLMs apart from brighteon/brightanswers.ai ? I have found brightanswers helpful, but suspected there's gaps = additional in other spots. Any steerage appreciated!
Has anyone used GABai? I'm impressed with everything I see so far from GAB, but haven't used their AI yet.
I was wondering the same thing.
Yes, agreed, Mary Pat FG. I think it will be good for them. I don’t expect my MD to be able to recite stats. As my favorite anatomy professor told us, “ to be successful you need to learn and remember 10% of what I teach, and know where to quickly access the other 90%. This was in the days before personal computers. However, AI isn’t always correct and sometimes is biased, saying there’s no information available on a topic when I can go to several websites on my own and get information from sources I trust in the nutrition field especially. User beware. I generally try to give feedback in those situations but not sure if it does any good.
Don't forget drug interactions. My doctor never tells me these things, he waits to the pharmacist to mention it when filled. Making me call the office afterward to ask if the doctor was aware!
I firmly believe that if RFKjr would require doctors to be given pop quizzes regarding drug interactions and side effects of the drugs they prescribe, the failure rate would be near 100%. Pharmacists have far more knowledge in this regard.
Also supplements can interfere with accurate results of blood tests. I stop all my supplements 5-7 days before any test. Like B7 will completely corrupt a proper PTH result and requires it not be in your system at least 7 days prior to the test. When I search Ai for each of my supplements and what blood tests they might interfere with, it’s most of them. 😆 Just play it safe and try to live without them a week before any test. Good rule of thumb. It’s always a rough week for me because I notice acutely the benefits of many of my supplements.
I ask for informed consent while I am still in the exam room and won't let my doc off the hook until I get answers.
This explains why RFK was deleting bias or poor studies and a government employee was secretly saving them as exposed by James O'Keefe. AI responses could change reality and make or break certain companies as it could quickly shift the public in a certain direction.
Can anyone explain why Ilhan is still walking around free?
One word: RINOs.
'a bone to throw' THIS IS THE MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENT which also includes dental!! You have to throw an insurance payout to EVERY EXPERT in the 'house' before they can treat your life taking DIS EASE! And don't ask questions because they DO have the power to kill you even if they don't think they are trying to. 😩 God is the only true Good to exist. Thank Him that we do not have eternal life in this sin festering planet.
It be racist/misogynist/Islamophobic
Chat GPT is based in… drum roll… 🥁.. San Francisco. Gee I wonder if I ask about how Trump 2.0 is doing what the response would be?? Or if I ask about Ivermectin and Fendendazol??? So yes, I would double check some debatable, money saving solutions that contradict the Pharma industry narrative and doctors’ expensive, invasive procedures with Grok first.
@Itdoesn’ttakeSherlock. About #4.
There are certain very barricades that have been set up during the ‘silent’ communist takeover of our nation over the past 6 or 7 decades.
Here’s an example of an open and shut case of what should have been an easy deportation. Fortunately, the woman got tired and self-deported, though I imagine she can sue and get back in.
One story of deportation interference
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/after-legal-battle-tufts-university-grad-student-accused/
After Long Legal Battle Tufts University Grad Student Accused of Supporting Hamas Self-Deports Back to Turkey | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin
Yes, AI's are not all equal! We do need a good strategy for assessing them as consumers... Meanwhile, in San Francisco, a quick report on the (apocalyptic) consequences of using Doomerism as a marketing tool:
https://aynsrants.substack.com/p/marketing-mythos-and-mania
The biases that infect search engines are already infecting every AI tool.
I would be leery of any medical advice or direction received from those platforms.
"Try this new programmable implanted nano mRNA vaccine for literally everything. It is safe, effective and cures every malady"
AI doctors will be programmed by Dr. Hotez, Fauci, and, most notably, Dr. Bill Gates- the world's most heeded unqualified medical expert 🤡
I was mainly referencing AI for supplementation and nutrition, two areas docs are mostly deficient in. I personally will stay away from anything that targets DNA or RNA/mRNA. Having been a biotech investor for 25+ years and familiar with most of the immune system cancer therapies going through the pipelines, I realized even they are going after symptoms. I had the opportunity to talk with one of the top guys at MD Anderson who was on the cutting edge with cancer immunotherapy and even he admitted that they would never legally be able to defend the term "cancer free" since not every single cancer cell has whatever target they put into the immunotherapy. Best to control for diet, environmental issues, sleep, sun exposure (sun is good), etc. and chew some apricot seeds daily. I do think some therapies like ivermectin/fenebendazole and other molecules do have good promise in treatment. That is where the "moonshots" should be. Thankfully Kennedy is moving the focus there.
Bill Gates is all about population reduction via abortion, jabs, turning our food to garbage, etc. He's still walking around because not enough people are paying attention, and his money gets sprinkled around.
This was such a thorough response! I appreciate your knowledge and definitely meant no disrespect, if taken that way.
I remain skeptical about AI in medicine because, from what I've seen, it is causing harm to young people and other unsuspecting people. During a recent visit home from college, my stepson announced that he was seeing a dermatologist to remove a growth on his abdomen that he found to be unsightly. Having never mentioned seeing a dermatologist before, I asked him who he was seeing, his diagnosis, what procedure he was having, etc. With a straight face and total confidence, he told me that Chat GPT helped him self-diagnose and no dermatologist had seen him yet. He just thought he could schedule an appointment for the procedure without evaluation or diagnosis by a human doctor 😵💫🫢
Even worse, he was convinced that the AI tool was right and I was wrong about how things work in the medical field. The kid was totally invested in what an AI bot told him. I can't imagine how often things like that are happening to millions of people every day.
AI is like a predator trying to groom people and it is working exactly how they want it to.
There is such a massive push for people to trust AI above all, to give AI access to every area of your life, and soon your body. The demand for everything to come from and be controlled by AI is satanic.
AI is not God and I will not submit myself to it or worship it or depend on it for anything.
As a surgeon, I am all in on more informed and skeptical patients! One of my most uncomfortable types of conversations has been when patients say, “whatever you say doctor”. Especially when some decisions for surgery are complex and nuanced, I want them to understand the risks/benefits, pros/cons.
Just had this convo over coffee with my surgeon husband (I’m a CRNA). He is still skeptical due to the majority of patients being low information level humans. At least in his rural area. He had a patient ask him to refer her to a lipoma specialist. 😂 I agree with you and Jeff that AI is very helpful to increase disease knowledge.
The healthcare limitations in our area are more influenced by the increasing corporate takeover of practices and rural hospitals. The executives are ruining healthcare from the suboptimal levels things were at before their acquisition. Profits over quality. I don’t know how we untangle from these behemoth hospital systems corporatizing healthcare.
😂😂😂maybe we could attend a lipoma conference instead of a trauma conference.
He could send that patient to Dr. Pimple Popper!
I’m sure he’s right. I believe there are enough dumb people, who are also doctor worshippers to keep them in business.
Carrie, I’d love you as a surgeon. You’re my kind of physician. When Jeff said -
“….Instead of being passive recipients, which was true for the entire lifetimes of anyone reading this post, patients are arriving at appointments as active participants in their own healthcare….”
that in no way describes my approach to my health - and never has. I research Everything because I figure no one cares more about my health than I do. Even my fabulous dentist calls me “The Questionator” and at my recent yearly checkup with my pcp she said, “Let’s do your questions first before we get to the bloodwork or we won’t have time to finish.” I absolutely appreciate people like you who actually Want informed patients who just want to get the best information they can for long term good health (and then double check it. Heh.)
And, no, I did not take the covid jab.
I know so many who regret their surgery.
Medical establishment ranks 3rd in the cause of death.
I regret mine only because the butcher that did it FUBAR'd it completely.
Don’t like, but sorry to hear.
Yes, Bard Joseph. Medical errors create the bulk of that category. Don’t abdicate your responsibility to be as informed as you can be.
As a surgeon, I agree. I like patients with questions. I have to be able to answer them or I don't deserve to be treating them. As for AI, I use open evidence which filters through the medical literature for answers. (But I am always wary because "experts"aren't always right). I also use robotics for surgery. I am not afraid of being replaced, but the technology makes me a better doctor.
As someone who works in med-mal law it is refreshing to hear this from a surgeon. My goodness, so much suffering could be avoided by patients understanding the complexities and nuance of surgical procedures. I'm not saying that have to have detailed knowledge of every step involved in a proposed procedure (i.e. there is no need to know what trocar is or to define sharp v. blunt resection), but understanding that the many risks listed on the consent form DO really happen to REAL people - and can sometimes be life-altering - is important.
You are very a rare specimen .
Exactly, Carrie! Those dental patients were sometimes the ones who complained the loudest when the outcome wasn’t exactly what they’d thought it was going to be. It was my experience to record very detailed chart notes about our discussions because sometimes this type of person tends not to listen very effectively as well to your informed consent discussion. Having them sign the forms at various points throughout the discussion seemed to help.
YOU are rare indeed.
With all this TAW going on, whatever will Tucker and Candace find to rant about now?
Hopefully they’ve lost most of their audiences. I hope it was worth it.
Yeah, what the heck happened to those two ??
"What the heck ..." sure wish i knew, while i always figured Candace was a crackpot, when Tucker first started his podcast, i was excited and learned a ton about many useful things the legacy media wouldn't touch. I particularly liked how he would ask a question, then let the interviewee completely develop an answer, so unlike any other media (or Congress!!). Then he shifted and i lost interest. Guess i should check in once in a while to see if he's reverted...
Mispring, no need to bother. He’s gone completely wacko. Who knows what drives him? I’m beginning to think that the demon which he says attacked him and left scars is a true story.
money
I think Tucker's been deep state from the get-go.
I listened to him for a while because he was asking good questions and pointing out how bizarre the politicians/ influencers have gone.
But I quit watching him and Candice when they jumped the shark.
He seems very personable. Yet I still wonder if he's not a deep State actor.
How did they jump the shark? By criticizing Israel?
My sentiments exactly. They are now completely unwatchable.
Money. They were likely compensated to undermine PDJT.
No doubt their bank accounts are now huge.
Charlie Kirk’s assignation!
Did you mean Assassination?
I sure did! Thanks
Same
I was paying for Tucker’s podcast …. Until he went off the rails into bat 💩 crazyland .
I canceled my subscription.
I cancelled mine as well. Such strange behavior...sadly, two other information sources have followed Tucker off the cliff, so had to cancel my subs to them also: JP Sears and Bill Rice, Jr.
Hope their TDS is a brief, non-lethal case!
Jovan Pulitzer has a bit to say about these & others’ motivations.
I can't help but wonder if his strange turn is related to his son working at the White House? Is he trying to throw people off by disagreeing with this Administration on everything? Then again, it all started with that weird discussion with strange Nick Fuentes.
Ditto.
They have the top 10 podcasts actually .
Do people have a lurid taste for the bizarre?
The question remains: is Trump's job to Americans, or to Bebe? I am waiting to see what is in this "peace accord" for the predator class. Trust but verify.
There’s always one Jew-hater in the crowd. You’re first today. Who sent you? Your overlord Candace or Tucker? Or was it the Popester?
Yep! The question only "remains" because the clown asked it, not because it is a legit question.
Just block em
No, that question does not remain. Trump is not under the control of Israel, Bibi, or any of the other stuff being thrown at us. Fake and misleading information.
I'll help answer the question. You are a douchebag, Tom. That you believe that our Great American President, who will work with anyone (China, EU, Ukraine, etc etc etc) when it is in America's best interests, is owned by "bebe" is the proof. GFY, Tom.
Trump’s job is to Americans, but often Israel will benefit too. Who cares so long as America is strengthened? The biggest shoot yourself in the foot is to turn against any action that might benefit Israel. 🙄🤦🏼♀️
And anyone who doesn’t believe America benefits from alliance with Israel is an absolute fool.
Tom is not a Jew-hater...maybe watch this ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVmTEA9ViNU&t=538s
Stick your antisemetic propaganda up where the sun doesn’t shine.
OMG…this isn’t antisemetic. Go watch more Fox News and Hannity.
Go pollute yourself with Candace Owens and CNN.
If you actually think I watch CNN or listen to crackpot Candice, the depth of your understanding of current events is shallower than a puddle.
Netanyahu is on his way out. Trump will see to that. Many people in Israel/ the world do not like netanyahu.
Once Iran is defanged netanyahu will no longer have the terrorist, the world hates you, fear card to play on his unwilling population.
Yea MAGA loves more FISA and a total winner with the new vax jab happy CDC director pick!
Oh my a Canadian ranking in the USA 🤣
And a government health mandate, no less.
I wonder if all those folks clamouring for arrests, etc., understand that FISA is the exact tool which will allow this to happen ... and quickly.
Low IQ or Leftists demeaning by any means necessary. No, they do not understand or do understand but see a useful attack.
Huh?
Both Tucker and Candace are victims of their formatory years.
Tucker was born into privilege which he doth protest loudly.
Candace got gob smacked by rapid celebrity.
God's not into privilege and He's not into celebrity. Both conditions almost always warp our perceptions.
And Candace was quite privileged herself, compared to my formative years. She got money by suing fellow students in high school.
I can't help but wonder if his strange turn is related to his son working at the White House? Is he trying to throw people off by disagreeing with this Administration on everything? Then again, it all started with that weird discussion with strange Nick Fuentes.
😂
They’ll find something. Denial is not just a river in Egypt.
The actual TRUTH... which Trump seems to be allergic too.
“You can’t simultaneously demand he stop the war and then refuse to credit him when he does.”
Yes, they can. They see nothing wrong or inconsistent with that behavior.
Exactly what I was thinking. Swalwell should have been investigated years ago with his bedroom spy, but they just ignored it. They just ignore what they dont want to know about.
They just ignore what they don’t want US to know about. FIFY
“They have to pretend not to know many things”, Sundance of TCTH often says.
And their stupid sycophants buy every spewed drop of lies. I see good results, and I see the “ papers” correcting, but I don’t see the idiots, I’m sorry, the victims of tds changing their ways, ever.
Insanity. Or is it mental abuse.
Dedicated Marxists…
I don’t know. I questioned my own comment. Maybe both?
I just realized that TDS and taqiyya have lots in common! Adherents to both can lie, cheat, steal and kill to make the ends justify the means!
Very true.
Cognitive dissonance doesn’t bother useful idiots in the least. They just go with each days’ directives from the commie progressives.
Having just paid MN taxes, I have one question: did Omar pay taxes on the $30mm? If not, I’m filing an amended return to correct all my discrepancies.
Good question. I bet if I work a little I can find a lot of ‘discrepancies’ too. Sigh, these people are horrible human beings.
If you are just a silly white American, dont. Youll be audited immediately. If you were brown, different story.
LOL
She should have paid a LOT in taxes!
Can we hope for a televised House investigation? That would be very entertaining TV.
I paid 24% to the feds on a 65k legal settlement with my corrupt county, yep, $17,775.
😡
I really feel for doctors — and not just because of AI. The way the medical establishment has everything regulated is going to take out doctors and what they can offer that AI doesn’t, which is the individual, personal relationship. A doctor’s career can be cancelled just because of stepping outside their medical domain and giving advice they’re not allowed to. What I hope is that AI takes down the medical-industrial-complex and we are allowed to have the relationship we should with the many excellent and caring frontline medical workers we have in this country. Patient, doctor and AI working together. Instead of being divided just so Big Pharm and Big Med can continue to make their billions off us.
I remember having this conversation with my daughter during Covid-about how doctors are boxed in by the system in regards to what advice they can give.
Completely agree, Polly! For example, prescribing a drug for an off label use. Thinking outside the box isn’t rewarded it’s discouraged- strongly.
Best comment here today!!
Thank you, Heidi!
So globalist rags like the NYT and WSJ are now on Trumps side. Makes me suspicious.
Trying to save face, I imagine.
Maybe
All parties on the same team.
Maybe AI can be used to cut through all of the lies around Iranian negotiations, which Iran has called out, while we are prepared to sacrifice our young soldiers again. All wars are bankers wars.
How's that budget deficit looking MAGA?
When a single Trump tweet, true or not, can make the markets go wild, and the war footage is all a mashup of 2 second clips of military aircraft and ships and looks like a Navy recruiting commercial, I’m wondering if this whole Iran war isn’t just AI generated.
That’s what we’ve been wondering for a while. There’s not a single image from what I have tired to find of any war at all……
Me either. One might imagine the purpose is to make the masses believe we are always in war, real or not like in Orwell’s 1984. Im wondering if this is a psyop test like covid. Well meaning people under a psychosis spell rolled up their sleeves for a shot they later regretted. We need to remain vigilant with this Iran war and question everything. The same spirit of the covid spell can be used to usher in the Central Bank Digital Currency if the markets are de-stabilized enough, and people under the spell will gladly accept it. That’s why I’m a little skeptical of the Trump always wins, just let the man work mantra.
Saw a report that Bessent recently had a conversation that digital banking is in the near future.
Losers whine and whiners lose.
You think the Trump family has not been making massive profits on his lunatic rants, which spin the markets around like a dreidel?
Oh yea I’m sure someone in the loop is making bank with all of this. Thats why I wonder how fake it all really is. A single Trump tweet that says Iran is making a deal and the straits are open can spin the markets so much in one direction, then the next day Iran says thats BS and the market spins the other way. It’s a circus.
Which Iran has called out
indeed, suspicious.
There is only one side.
Ilhan should be removed from Congress...
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Trump should declare her to be Queen of Somalia, put her on a transport flight and send her back home!
I would like to know how many US citizens voted for her.
Considering the location, probably more than we would like to admit.
Post haste. Unfortunately, we had a ‘silent, soft takeover by communists some 6 or 7 decades ago. They have been busy little beavers setting up Lawfare teams, who have set up legal protection barriers and are ready to file suits at the drop of a hat that will come before eager commie judges.
I wanted to share my perspective on the emerging effects of AI on the practice of medicine because my family is both directly impacted by it (we are doctors, but not the kind that help people, as we joke ;) PhDs in science, but are in clinical research roles) AND because we just had this exact type of situation happen to us. My daughter came home from school this week complaining that her vision in one eye became blurry during the day. She took off her contacts and her vision continued to deteriorate and her eye began to hurt. She had a corneal abrasion last year with similar symptoms but there was no instigating event this time. So we fed all the information into SuperGrok, had like 12 agents working on it and took her to the ER. They examined her eye several times but couldn't find any abrasion or break in the epithelium. We continued to feed the information into Grok. Meanwhile her pain level reached like an 8-9, she could barely keep it together and they had to give her pain meds. They sent her home and put in a referral to Ophthalmology to be seen in the morning. Ophthalmology promptly got her in to see an optometrist - we were skeptical, but they assured us that he could handle this. So we go in first thing in the morning. Grok had given us a diagnosis (recurrent corneal erosion), what tests should be done, what the doctor should examine, what the possible differentials would be, how to treat, how to mitigate the pain. We used that information to guide the conversation with the doctor. We absolutely let him do his thing first and let him diagnose - but he couldn't find the abrasion. So we gently pressed him on it. He ended up pulling in the Ophthalmology fellow for a second opinion and when he examined her, he couldn't find the abrasion either but he did see that the dye they had used to find the abrasion had seeped into the cornea, so he knew that there was a break in the tissue somewhere. This, then, altered the entire course of treatment. The resident ended up pulling in an Ophthalmology consultant (what they call the full fledged experienced docs) and he ended up not just corroborating the diagnosis & treatment plan but also adding in the placement of a contact bandaid to help with the pain (because at this point, with all of the drops and manipulation, she was again weeping with pain). Grok had suggested this as well and we were about to mention it if the doctor hadn't said something. In fact, Grok ended up being correct on all points. But the doctors were great, amazing even. Fantastic listening skills, not one of them were typing in notes while we were talking. All of them welcomed our input and were genuinely concerned about helping our daughter. It truly felt like a team effort.
This, I think, is a good example of how AI helped the diagnostic process. We allowed them to use their experience and skills, but definitely guided their decision process. The doctors were open to discussion (as they should be!) and didn't feel threatened. They sought other opinions and escalated to others with more expertise. AI had given a diagnosis based on symptoms, but in this case, a physical examination was need to confirm and rule out other possibilities. AI enhanced the care but didn't replace the office visit. Also, there is something important to having human touch and interaction. I think this is where doctors have to lean in. This may be the best way to navigate the revolution that is coming for them. Be humble, be open, be flexible and concentrate on your humanity and what that brings to the table.
If only you could give a transcript of this comment to every doctor and clinic in America!
Right??
Hi! You mentioned the key word I have yet to witness in ANY doctor or Nurse I’ve ever met - HUMBLE ! My hubby is in med tech industry and I haveseen a doctor friend poo ooo tech my hubby is deeply involved in - deeming it not correct or not possible
Dog spelled it backwards is God -
Not so for Doctor or nurse!
I am so sorry this has been your experience. Our oldest was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at a very young age, so we’ve had over a decade of experience dealing with medical professionals on a regular basis and yep, the majority of them have been exactly as you describe. Not sure what it is with pediatric endocrinology in particular but the majority of them (doctors, nurses, nutritionists, diabetes educators) were simultaneously paternalistic, completely wrong, and astonishingly incurious. We’ve maintained completely normal blood glucose levels and A1cs since diagnosis by ignoring their advice and doing our own research. You’d think they’d be curious as to what we were up to, given the fact that virtually all their other patients have worse outcomes, but nope. We try to space out our visits as long as possible and only really go when our prescriptions run out. They absolutely offer NOTHING beyond this.
I think of the NT story of Jesus healing the woman who had been ill for twelve years and had spent all she had on doctors with no relief.
This is great, thank you for sharing your experience!
How is your daughter doing now DWB?
Thank goodness for fluorescein stain tests!
So much better, thank you for asking! The bandage contact was key, it was night and day in terms of pain levels after they put it in. She was even able to go back to school yesterday. We are so grateful!
Even thought nyt and wsj spoke well of President Trump they will not call him President. Says a lot about the integrity of the authors.
Lara, so true. I mentioned this fact to my liberal friend who reads both the NYT and WSJ. He did not realize until I pointed it out. Dang it! Once, in the same article they referred to Biden and Obama as President, but not President Trump. Infuriates me!!
And the docs expect a full recovery with no lasting injury to her eye I pray.
So happy to hear she is comfortable and back at school. It is such a relief to you to have your daughter feeling better. It is agony when we see them in pain.
Sadly, the percentage of physicians who fall into your bucket of losers who complied with and pushed the COVID narrative is probably pushing 97.5% or greater. I was the only one of 50+ in my group to push back...
Bless you for holding your ground!
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Never heard a %, glad I'm in the 2.5%.
And I listen to my patients.
And I incorporate Functional Mind AI into my data analytics, as we (patient - physician relationship) develop a mutually agreeable treatment plan.
.......Only because HE Guides me first.
Luke 9:2 AMP
[2] Then He sent them out [on a brief journey] to preach the kingdom of God and to perform healing. [Matt 10:5]
https://bible.com/bible/1588/luk.9.2.AMP
Be Well, Be Blessed,
Phillip
Luke92solutions
Thank you Phillip for having a working relationship with your patients.
🙏🏼 God bless.
Thank you, Dr. F!
Yes... sadly it cost me a lot... but not as much as some notables like Marik, McCoullough, or Kory
I’m sorry for the toll it took on you Dr. Paul F., and others like you. You took a big hit and I, and others like me, applaud your moral dignity. Although it won’t put food on your table you earned our respect and admiration. If this country ever rights itself, you will be rewarded greatly while the others will be shamed and discarded, …and certainly you will be rewarded in the life to come. 🙏🏼
Thank you so much.
I learned early in training that the most dangerous thing in medicine is ego. I see it on a regular basis. The personality type that enables people to aspire to medicine and make great academic achievements is a blessing and a curse. Big egos don't like to admit fault, error, or being wrong. So they will follow their beliefs to unimaginable ends even if those beliefs are based on dogma or the words of 'the experts'.
Many of them now work for corporations and if they want to keep their jobs, have to do as they are told.
My doctor was with Athena Health. We had guarded conversations that let me know where she stood, but I know it wouldn’t have been that way with other patients that she didn’t feel she could trust.
Chatbots may prove to better medical diagnosticians than doctors, because chatbots do not have to hustle patients through at breakneck speed so as to maximize their hourly Medicare payments.
I have noticed of the people I know who still go to Drs, not one leaves without at least 2 referrals to specialists or further testing. They help each other out with customers because their clients have diminished so much they are desperate and need repeat clients.
I have five in my family. And…. docs don’t make money off of office visits … they make a huge amounts off of procedures, referrals, pharmaceuticals.. minimizing time with each client and seeing a bazillion clients in a day. Beware invasive procedures… that’s a biggy.
That, and tests. Always tests.
I suspect this is happening with my pregnant daughter-in-law, who is having to navigate through maternal care specialists.
I certainly hope it’s just ‘Much to do about nothing’, which seems to be the case.
Compared to my pregnancies, every thing is so complicated now. And I think, no wonder people don’t want to go through all this. Fortunately, I guess, my DIL always thinks they’re all so professional and well intentioned and seems to enjoy the attention. And more fortunately, she is well educated and advocates for being treated in a wholistic manner and says they are cooperative with that.
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Please hire a good midwife.
She has a midwife, but it’s crazy. Their first baby was a hospital delivery with the midwife there as what I would call a birthing coach. I think it will be the same now with the second.
It’s so different from my birthing days in the 70s and 80s, when my babies were delivered by the midwife in their home birthing facilities.
Also LaLeche back in the day was so different. They were adamant that no one should come near your baby with a bottle. It was so important that they immediately adapt to having to work a little to get that milk from the breast. With a bottle, it just runs into their mouths. If the first experience is the bottle, the infant is frustrated when put to the breast.
My DIL had a miserable time because of bottles being used, even though she had a LaLeche consultant making home visits.
I had to just sit down and shut up and watch all the unnecessary work going on with breast pumps and bottle washing.
I finally concluded that this generation wants to give breast milk, but prefers to do it from a bottle. So she walked around with a breast pump hanging off each breast a few times a day. Fortunately she doesn’t have to,work now. I can’t even imagine how a working woman would manage that. No wonder no one wants babies!
Some Feminist's influence or something about the daddy doing his share, was one explanation I got from elsewhere for the bottle thing.
Amen
I have such hope after your section on Omar! I never thought I could become a millionaire, but now I know I just need to hire the right accountant! Meantime, I think you made a spelling error. I believe her husband doesn’t own a winery but rather a whinery.
😂😂😂
I think you also need a graduate degree from the Quality Learing Center...
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