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The people who didn't get the salmon joke must be new readers, Jeff. Maybe some democrats are now reading your Substack! You know how humorless they can be, bless their hearts.
Au contraire, Nancy.. I've been here for over a year and I get most of Jeff's subtle jokes. Even though I thought he was probably joking yesterday, his usually-masterful delivery was a little off, so I wasn't quite sure. It made me do the research. Also, with all the crazy stuff they put into livestock feed, it wasn't a stretch to believe that some salmon virus had been introduced into the domesticated fowl population.
yes - I was thinking along the Crispr lines... remember the mad cow disease they told us (back in Europe) evolved from feeding cows... Cows! they made the poor beasts into headhunters!
Excuse me, I am a Portland Native. The destruction of the city was done by outsiders. I got the joke right away. I also appreciated the reference to Nutella. I eliminated that from my kitchen decades ago.
Rush actually made a lot of references to Rio Linda, a rural and low information area near Sacramento CA. He was originally broadcasting out of Sacramento and wasn't national, so we listeners in the Sacramento Valley areas knew exactly what Rush meant!
I'm believing that is a REAL possibility now that there are a few notable "defectors" in our country coming FROM the DEMONrats to freedom-loving TRUE Republicans!!
Yes, it comes from my Uncle Samuel the Mooch and Aunt Eloise the Vetch with their disgusting table manners. They drop by for dinner, and everybody suffers from Sam and Ella.
ALWAYS get second blood tests. I can’t tell you how many times mine have turned out to be “in error”. So happy he is well!! Hugs, tears of joy, and thankfulness to God!
Joyful here as well! I just know that every time I received a notice that someone liked my post about praying, I was prompted to pray again...all throughout the day, prayers going up. This army of prayer warriors/C&C fam is great and God is AWESOME!!!
I’ve even had blood tests misread because of my supplements interfering with the results. For instance, you want to stop all B7 a week before any blood test. There are clinically significant errors with TSH and PTH because of the biotin. There are other examples out there of other supplements skewing results, that’s just one.
I have a habit now of stopping most my supplements at least 4 days before any test just to be sure and I withhold any vitamin that has B7 for a week.
Why don't they tell you all this before a test? Infuriating and stupid medical care is what it is. I had some specialized tests done once, and a high level of arsenic was found! I didn't feel poisoned. 😉I didn't suspect my husband, lol. 😉So I quickly searched Dr. Google who said that eating seafood in the preceding days could be the culprit. I then told the specialist at our next visit, who said, yes, you are right, that is probably it.
Why didn't the lab (Quest Diagnostics) give me some guidelines before the test.
My annoyance can go on and on. and if not for my own research on google before tests, before taking medication, etc. who knows if I would be here right now!
100% understand your annoyance (and love your humor!), but the labs do put out pre-test instructions, like the one you mentioned. Sad that you have to do your own research. Whether or not your state allows use of walkinlab.com, search your test and read the “sample report” and patient instructions on LabCorp side. Very helpful. (P.S. LabCorp tests are immeasurably more expensive than the same LabCorp tests ordered through walkinlab, a “middle man.” Go figure.)
They did not for me. Except for fasting before hand, nothing else.
And don't get me started on the garbage pre test instructions I got for my colonoscopy. Again, Dr. Google to the rescue. My prep did not include any electrolytes. It did not state that on their information insert.. I had to research myself, and bought the appropriate liquids. Even my doctor made a mistake by telling me that it did. (Other preps do, but the prep I was prescribed did not).
As I said, the list of incompetence can go on and on.
I feel this on so many levels. THINK how much effort and $$ it would save if they simply told people when scheduling the tests and then hung a huge poster on the wall saying that! But why be efficient and helpful when you can just go through the motions?
Make sure you are getting supplements from a place you trust. Nearly all mainstream supplement companies sold in stores are owned by pharmaceutical companies.
Juju, YES!! i recently found 2 studies concluding the same thing! Will be interested in hearing what my doc has to say. (and i saved the studies just in case doc has not come to same conclusion!)
Indeed, biotin can skew results. I had no idea about this until recently when my 90 yr old mother had to go in for a blood panel and the Lab Maven asked if she was taking biotin, and if so, to cease & desist those supplements for several days. She went back and checked and ALL of her supplements she was taking had biotin! Like 3 or 4! We were gobsmacked. So now she knows...but it took this long to find out? Ridiculous!
Although I’m feeling better with the thyroid hormone I get from Mexico—certified ok I will stop it before my next test. It will suppress my THS and she will go apeshit. Thyroid should be judged by sign and symptoms—not necessarily the numbers.
I get T3. The only active thyroid hormone. T4 needs to be converted to T3 for relief and many have low conversion rates so T4 is useless for many. You have to start very low like 1-3 micrograms and build up slowly. I get it from Farmacia Del ninos online. There is a Dr for authorization and you can pay safely by several methods. I pay with a bank money order sent to a USA address. The $clears and then the item is shipped from USA after it’s sent from Mexico. It takes a few weeks but reliable and has English chat line and email notifications and tracking. There is online and YouTube advice from other thyroid folks but I think they don’t stress the point you have to take T3 very slow in divided doses and with food. I over did it and it caused some problems but the minute I dropped down they went away. I’m still building up to find my correct dose. But benefits now are more energy. Better mood and my temp is up showing my metabolism is improving. It was damaged by low carb keto for too long and ended I up undereating to a great extent and not getting the glucose and fuel needed to operate fully. Good luck. I have hashimotos. The drug is Cynomel.
I’m doing that too. Since most docs are clueless about real thyroid treatment and behind the times. (I’m not letting specialists off the hook either) I get what I really need from Mexico cause my doc won’t Rx it. They are so focused on ranges and numbers they don’t even hear how utterly crap the patient feels. That is especially true for hypothyroidism. The comment boards are filled with suffering mostly women who probably need more T3 with the T4. I just bypassed all that nonsense and did my own research and joined a group. Doing much much better. Plus these tests are a snapshot in one day. Told my functional med doc I’m only getting them once a year now. They act like every thing off range must be met with a supplement or treatment so frankly I’m a little off my functional med doc. Very expensive too.
My wife, who is vegetarian and weighs about 90 pounds soaking wet, eats one meal a day and dances several days a week got one test showing elevated blood sugar and has been labeled "pre-diabetic" for several years, even though she never tested high before or since. Now every doctor sees that in her chart and weighs that when offering prescriptions or treatments.
She recently consulted with an honest doctor (!) who explained that the system is designed to encourage coding for conditions, because it means $$$ for the system the more codes they can apply to patients - whether the codes are valid or not. And she has asked repeatedly to get that one result eliminated from her chart to no avail - once they code you, it's permanent, accurate or not.
We need to figure out how to remove the profit motive from medicine - maybe by removing giant insurance companies from the patient-doctor relationship? I'm so tired of dealing with middlemen for everything.
A physician told me when I wanted to get off a low dose BP med because my BP was in “normal” range, said I would always have hypertension on my record. He wanted me to keep taking it as it was “harmless” and would give my kidneys protection. Protection from what, in case I get diabetes. He also wanted me to have all the screening tests, bone density, mammo, scopes, I said why, I am not treating them so why spend money for testing. I was told insurance covered them! Then he said it was my choice, but his duty to inform me. I thanked him. Haven’t been back.
I rejected scopes fir a decade. Finally had one because of a cologuard false positive. It was nothing, 123, and I was home. Prep was also not as dreaded as I expected.
Fortunately, I was not working at the time, so had the luxury of a few days to mentally and physically prepare (low fiber diet for 2 days).
I am thrilled that I finally did it at 66. All my conscious and subconscious worries have been put to rest. I am good to go for 10 years.
When I was 13, my grandfather was diagnosed with it, had surgery and a colostomy. and the horribleness of those memories have always haunted me.
I heard years ago that my doctors for autoimmune issues were encouraged to have me on a minimum of 3 prescriptions. To “ manage “ it. I didn’t get an answer when I asked my psychiatrist.( because they love to label mental health issues that they created! Only reason I was depressed because all the gaslighting by insurance dictated doctors. Got an integrative medicine doctor about 7 years ago, Thank God.
My mom had melanoma for 11 years before it finally got her. Toward the end she was taking a galaxy of daily medications, some to control side effects of others - it was unbelievable. One day I asked her, "mom, what if you just stopped taking all of this crap?" - but she was so dominated by fear and brainwashed by big pharma and her doctors, she couldn't even entertain the idea. I will never do that shit.
That's exactly what my RN wife decided to do. (I'd already done the same thing years before.)
About a year+ later, she's off ALL pharmaceuticals (including multiple SSRIs) and her much younger colleagues have nicknamed her "Guns" in reference to her taut, fit body.
Acetaminophen (TYLENOL) is especially dangerous. And aspirin overdosing is what killed most people during the Spanish flu epidemic.
I will say that aspirin may be helpful to thin out blood for clot victims though. I survived a pulmonary embolism ca. 2006, and aspirin was very helpful in preventing future clot formation.
How did she get off of SSRI? I want to do this but I've taken them 30 years! My doc just says, do half for a week, then half of that. Viola! No, I believe I would have more difficulty doing that, from what I have read online.
Me too, just came back from mine. I love him, and plus we spend the whole hour talking C&C type talk, who would have guessed! I always feel a LOT better after seeing him physically and mentally. :)
And keep in mind that MANY labs report normal ranges for a healthy 20-30 year old. At age 55 my PTH was too high, but the test placed me in the normal green bar because my levels were high end of normal for a 20 year old. (88) But at age 55, the high end of normal is 65! So I was way over. The specialists only glance down a normal range indicator and never questioned it. For a year they ignored my cries that I had hyperparathyroidism and said “no your blood tests are normal”. So I remained sick. Turned out I had three tumors in my neck that had to be removed by better surgeons who knew the abnormal ranges for my age and saw the blood test errors.
Find a functional medicine Dr. Code for a holistic Dr. And I don't care where they are . Go. For almost 20 years, we drove 165 miles each way to our doctors and dentists after moving to the country. If you need a Dr. you need one who knows what they are doing, not the closest Dr,.
During a surgical hospital stay a few years ago, I made the mistake of telling them that I have a dairy allergy…meaning that I don’t drink milk. Consequently, they wouldn’t even give me a pad of butter for my baked potato. 😖
I can only imagine the crazy conclusions they jump to for erroneous lab results!
It’s because of the imbeciles that hospitals hire thanks to diversity. I’m sure of it. From a guy with a blood disorder and a bride with a blood cancer. We do blood tests. Constantly.
Well, it's not always due to diversity. I am aware of a couple of instances from years ago. A simple remeasure would have avoided lots of expensive tests.
I rarely Google medical information. Don’t trust most of the sources. Somehow more reliable info comes my way. Sometimes through you good folks on CnC.
Yeup. Many blood tests are wrong. They thought my brother, not 50, had failing kidneys and needed to be hospitalized but ooops, sorry, blood test was wrong. You are fine.
Same thing happened to my father. After waiting four agonizing hours in the ER with a 90-year-old, because his potassium levels were so high that he was going to die before morning, they told us oops never mind you’re fine. Go home.😡
Actually, if the blood breaks down (hemolysis), the potassium level will be falsely elevated. Labs usually decline to run tests on a hemolyzed specimen. There are degrees however, and they’re required to report “alarm” levels. Shouldn’t always require an ED visit though.
Yes! Years ago we had to take our toddler to the ER after we found him chewing on some rat poison (picky little guy wouldn't eat anything healthy, but rat poison, sure). We thought we caught it in time (before he could swallow any of it) but took him to the ER just to be sure. Rat poison works by thinning the blood, so they drew blood to test it. They come back with dour news that he needs to be started on vitamin K immediately (counters the blood thinning effect). Something didn't sit right with me and I asked them based on the blood results how much do they think he consumed. They said it must've been quite a bit. That didn't make sense so I insisted they take the blood test again. 45 minutes later they come out and sheepishly say the blood is normal and the first time must've been a mistake. Phewwwww! That was the first (of many) incident that taught me not to blindly trust the medical system and to always, always question things if something doesn't feel right.
wth all these ales bove aobut bad lb results I wonder whether they don't just throw darts at the wall then write down those numbers. Seems i would be about as accurate......
Haven't been to a doc for some time (teo, threee years? Yippee) but it seems every time my plood pressure reading is "high". One time my doc sid w might have to sart DOING something about my "high blood pressure". At thattime I was seriously putting miles on my road bike.. a few thousand road miles a year. Restiing heart rate was emthing like 34, bu I could sprint hard and dun it up to 188, and when I'd back off it would fall like a stone back t a steady 145 or so, sill working.
So the doc made her remark and I said maybe wating a bit to take the BP might help... puzzled look. I have been sitting in the waiting room for some time, reading, then get up, walk down the hall i to this room sit down, and the cuff is on my arm before I am settled into the chair. (worse ye are these silly little toys that clamp round the wrist and are all automatic). Gone are the days of the TECHNICIAN using the stethoscope and sowly releasing the pressure from the cuff. Its all a well choreogrpahed dance. I moslty ignore all the carping about "your blood pressure". Yes, I have some. I like it. I works.
Yeah. I’ve been sucked up into the BP merry go round before. My blood pressure was considered normal just a few years ago. I’m 76. I do not need the blood pressure of a 20 yr old Plus trying to get it there with increasing meds is actually more dangerous. I have white coat issue so it’s normal at home I take an extra pill before I go so it reads better. I’m only on a tiny dose anyway. 🤷🏼♀️
Happening now with my hubs. I told him we probably have time to really dig in. He’s already on ivermectin and fenbendazole. When we find out how serious it is, we will go from there. I always hoped we would not have to face this but I know so much more now. Bladder. A prayer for him would be lovely from my best friends here. I would have never known these alternatives without substack. He never vaxxed but 1 JNJ.
Are you familiar with Dr Paul Marik and Dr Pierre Kory founders of FLCCC alliance? They’re a great resource.
Also, Ty Bollinger & his wife have several docuseries’ on alternative treatments and a website called “Truth about Cancer” and many more resources that are helpful.
(I was told more than once to expect to develop cancer and I refuse allopathic treatments so I have spent WAY too much time researching)…
My husband and I experienced scary lab results three times this past year that, when repeated, turned out to be lab errors. You are absolutely correct.
Especially the blood counts, because the tube contains a liquid anticoagulant, and if the tube isn’t filled properly, it dilutes remainder. Since he had no obvious bleeding, and if his hemoglobin hadn’t been so low, they might have suggested having a stat redraw as an outpatient instead of a costly (and if I may add, not entirely safe) ED visit.
My MIL had a thyroid biopsy. Was invasive. Not enough cells were taken. I asked her if she was going to ask for a refund- since her procedure was defective.
Maybe that’s what we should all start doing.
Labs in error…. I need a refund please.
Maybe then they’d start caring about the quality of the work they do.
Where there’s no quality control. Sloppy work is still paid out. That’s a problem, if you ask me.
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.”
That verse reminds me of a hymn we sang many many years ago... the refrain is still strong in my memory: "Be not afraid/I go before you always/Come, follow Me/and I will give you rest."
"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.". One of my very favorite verses. Always gives such hope knowing that our God is in control and loves us so!
Was having a pleasant conversation with a new neighbor two houses down the street when he asked who I thought I would vote for in November. Before I could answer, he said he thought Harris would probably win. I said I'm planning to vote for Trump. He quickly replied, "Okay. Well, nice talking with you." And he left. Guess we won't be having any more sidewalk conversations. 😄
It’s always good to get that out of the way right off so you’re not gobsmacked by it later I guess. I’m perfectly happy to have acquaintances who vote blue no matter who but don’t really want to spend much quality time with them (unless they are family and then you’re forced to not talk politics which isn’t a bad thing either).
It's been bizarre to me how much the parties have shifted. In the 90s someone like James O'Keefe would likely have been supported by the left and called anti-American or a communist. Now exposing corruption is almost always supported primarily by the right and they are called far right Nazis. My head hasn't completely stopped spinning even years after first seeing this shift,
We have a neighbor who immediately looks up newcomers in the voter roles so she knows their political affiliation right from the start! I believe it’s definitely swayed invites by her to certain neighborhood events!🤣
My younger sister was an ardent liberal who thought Obummer walked on water and would make changes she could believe... Then of course, in 2016 voted for Killary...
Was I shocked when she finally WOKE UP and SAW all the great policies Trump had implemented in his short 4 year term.... She even apologized to me for all the name calling..
I'm relieved Jeff's dad is doing better. All that blood chemistry discussion reminds me of how the 'ivermectin guys' talk about pH levels and other factors that are out of wack for most of us. For example, many of us are actually suffering from parasites in our gut (solved with an IVM/fenben protocol). Drinking water with lemons is a good way to get your pH balanced.
I’m a big fan of a good lemon drop and as I live less then two hours north of you, we could meet up and taste test to determine what is the best lemon drop recipe.
Reading the answered prayer request for Jeff's dad is moving me to ask for my own today.
My spouse has a chronic health condition that over the last 6-8 weeks, and particularly the last few days. appears to be worsening after being more or less mostly stable. It's really concerning. Conventional dr has nothing else to offer except more drugs that won't be tolerated by my spouse (and, frankly, I wonder if they don't make the whole thing worse over the long haul). Spouse is doing all the right things with diet and supplements. I'm very proud of them.
Despite being older than most parents of middle school kids, we are not fossils; and yet the pace and capacity in some parts of our lives has become akin at times to that of those decades older than we. It's been a very hard last few years.
So I would appreciate prayers for their healing, both whatever is going on acutely as well as, if God should be willing, more complete healing altogether. But right now, especially the acute worsening.
We have a really good functional med alternative dr who has helped me tremendously. My spouse, understandably, feels anxious about anyone messing with their carefully titrated supplements, so they have not sought this person's help for that. So yeah, that is on our radar, to preclude any suggestions for that.
It’s amazing to see C&Cers encouraging and supporting each other. One of W. Clement Stone’s affirmations was, “I feel healthy! I feel happy! I feel terrific!” Saturate in the Word and positive self-talk and believe with all your heart. Practice makes perfect. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them” (Mark 11:23).
They took ivy for The Plague a couple years ago and noticed no significant difference. 😕. We too were hopeful at that time that perhaps it's multi-faceted effects might have benefited!
When Yeshua went through the Temptation in the Wilderness, and the enemy twisted Scripture, He replied
“ It. Is. Written”
This is how we should pray. Our prayers should be “It is written”. And then into the ether we should speak His Word. Here is a healing Scripture to read over your Lives.
Isaiah 53
‘Who has believed our report?
To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed?
For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, like a root out of dry ground.
He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him,nor beauty that we should desire Him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief,
One from whom people hide their faces.
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Surely He has borne our griefs
and carried our pains.
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
struck by God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced[d] because of our transgressions,
We just purchased Grounding sheets/pillow cases a couple of weeks ago . I've noticed some improvements on my sleep (I don't seem to need as much, and I'm not groggy when I get up) I'd encourage you to look into this, as it will not interfere with any meds / supplements... Of course, praying for you too!
I should ask if they would try that. We have a couple grounding pads here already. It helped my sleep when I first got it several years ago, but then, nada. But, I have had a lot going on that has affected my sleep.
Prayers going up, and perhaps this DMSO can help as well? I had never even heard of this until just this morning and have been trying to learn more about it all day. You can buy it and books on how to use it on Amazon. Not sure about other sources or what product is “best” since I just learned about it. Perhaps someone else in the comments might?
Trump can do wonders with tax cuts if we do away with a significant number of our bloated government entities such as Education, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to name a few.
I love Trump’s tax plan. Not mentioned is that if we aren’t sending billions to Ukraine and funding billions into illegal immigrants, we will get immediate relief to pay for the tax plan and then the economy takes care of the rest.
He needs to do one more thing. Make the tax rate a flat 50 % if you vote for demonrats, and 10 % if you don't. They want all this spending to fund wars, invaders, and lay abouts, so let them pay for it.
Adams started off as a compliant Globalist. But, Adams his band of thieves probably got greedy/sloppy. Time to replace Adams with a better behaved Globalist.
Adams (along with former Police Commissioner Cabans, who is also being investigated) was inducted as a Master Mason in the Prince Hall Masonic Temple on Saturday just before being indicted...coincidence? 🤔
My memory could be a bit fuzzy on this, but didn't Mayor Eric Adam's troubles all start as he was flying to Washington DC to file an in-person complaint with the White House over all of the illegal immigrants overwhelming their city and costing it millions? When someone has perfected legal prosecution for it's political enemies, you really shouldn't mess with them, unless you want to be charged with a crime.
Just another ineffective loser who won an election. Did that weasel throw shade on unarmed police-defunded NY citizens for not organizing against the flood of illegal immigrants!? What a buck-passing piece of work. He deserves everything that’s crashing down around him.
“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You, who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. Yahweh of hosts is His name, great in counsel and abundant in deeds, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds[.]’”
Hear. 🙄 Oh the power of a steady diet of soul food! Decades later, lyrics from my kids’ worship tapes are etched on our brains, and they always make me smile. This one in particular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGII4jYvas
I’m so excited to hear about your good news with your dad! I wish the tests had been correct the whole time so that you didn’t have to stress through (this has happened to us before, but with babies) all that but so glad the net result was positive! And ended with your dad having a great appetite 💕
Over here waiting for Helene and kinda irritated that I’ll have to brave the stores for regular groceries today in case they’re closed tomorrow 😑 We do have general supplies but just happens we’re out of milk 🤷♀️
I guess that could be the least of my worries if it’s as bad as they are forecasting. (We are on the outskirts of the storm, for now, but likely to get tornados and bad flooding 😔)
Thinking of all those in the most direct path of Helene. Stay strong, stay brave!
Often the heavy whipping cream is still there. Grab that. I only use that now for everything - but then I’m low carb too so. But it offers everything milk does but better and if necessary can be watered down.
I bought a case of shelf stable one cup portions of milk at Costco. I don’t drink milk or eat cereal, but it’s convenient for recipes that call for milk….or emergencies.
I too used to think having shelf stable milk in pantry was a good thing until I recently read this. No wonder the small bottles of milk are dated for 6 months.
We do local raw milk (yum!) and usually keep some in our freezer for back up as needed but this week happened to be when we ran out and of course the deliveries to our health food stores are delayed because of the storm. Thankfully, milk is not the most essential part of our diet in the short-term.
Wylie E. Coyote once read directions for dehydrated water, you know, on-screen, where we could all read them: Package labeled Dehydrated Water. Directions: Add water for instant water.
True. Cracked me up 40+ years ago. (When did they stop producing roadrunner cartoons?)
After a hurricane when Jeb was governor FEMA was giving out ice. We had no power so I lined up to get ice. It came with 2 cases of water, labeled water. Made by Anheiser Bush.
I think it does. I like the cartons because I don’t have to dig out the powdered milk and mix it up when I only need a cup. Which reminds me I need to clean out my pantry. 🤣
It turns into a hard brick after a few years. I buy powdered whole milk, then use a vacuum sealer with one of those silicone dehydrator thingys in the bag. It’s been 4 years and it still seems okay. 🤷🏻♀️
I did make a conscious decision to stop saying “stay safe” due to the ruination of that phrase during Covid. But I appreciate your sentiment - now I tell people “be brave!” or “stay strong!”
RJ Rambler - I'm south of Jacksonville. My Dollar General usually has half and half, but never heavy whipping cream. And for milk, I stock up on whole milk in a box at Dollar Tree, only 1.25 for a quart. Keeps on the shelf for months. After I open one I keep it in the fridge.
I hope not all the leaves are brown too. Did you hear Tucker’s anti-Shapiro rant at the Reading rally? The first 20 minutes is an absolutely epic home shot. “They don’t love you.”
Oh, and Jimmy Dore played a clip from the past of Chuck Schumer saying that "for every union worker we lose in western PA, we will pick up a liberal republican from the philly suburbs". What do you think about that?
Winds are kicking up in central florida. We had a very eery calm before the storm morning. Some rumbling thunder. A few lightning bolts. But now, the wind moving in says there’s a storm a comin!
I started having whole milk powder on hand in the pantry. It’s actually not bad if made ahead and cold. Of course if the power is out, might be hard to get it cold. I buy mine at Costco.
Thankfully we make our own, and mill our own flour from wheat berries, but I realized today I have to disassemble and clean out our grain mill due before making it today, so man, I am really behind on this hurricane prep 😅
But we have a couple loaves in the freezer and I can always use the manual mill in a pinch and cook pancakes on the camp stove if we do lose electricity.
I don't think I can take reading about the Ukraine "conflict" anymore because it's actually caused me to flipping start screaming! I feel like I have RTSRU - RANDOM TOURETTE'S SYNDROME RE UKRAINE. We have ZERO grown ups with even a quarter brain managing this right now in Washington. What in the heck?!? And add Putin rightly calling us out in helping with sending in misiles? This is utterly lunacy!
Ok, I wrote it out. I'm feeling a little relief. Ugh.
Yes, I agree. I am SO sick of watching that little criminal steal from us. I used to want to throw the remote when I saw him hugging Nancy Pelosi and they put together another package of our stolen money. I can't stand that country at this point. I really don't care what Russia does to them anymore. STOP stealing American dollars. And our politicians partake in the grift because as long as they go along with it, they get their little kickbacks. Scumbags, all of them.
He is a tool, not doing all the stealing. My thought is the money is being sent right back to various parasites here and abroad. Sure, he benefits, but I really don't think he was bright enough to come up with the scheme.
I’m conflicted about Adams. He definitely is a target because his sin was fighting the immigration crisis, but he DID make the immigration deal to begin with. He stood by as New York City was practically overrun. But he has come to his senses, and now he stepped out of line to fight it so they will destroy him for it. Do we support him? Or watch the Karma? I’m so conflicted.
Valid points. I recall the previous mayor Bill de Blasio (born Warren Wilhelm Jr.) got no grief at all since he fully complied with the globalist playbook as he ushered in the death jabs. Didn't he compare getting an experimental mRNA shot with 'just eating fries, man'.
He’s still a DemoncRAT who gave the key to the city to Diddy, was all for the WuFlu bullshit, & had let NYC be destroyed from within under his watch. I say let the karmic wheel steamroll over him. His ilk are not good people
In the beginning, before the border got out of hand, and probably as a reaction to the media hype against Trump's border comments, he said that NYC would be a 'sanctuary city'. He spoke of how grateful he was for the illegals present during the pandemic who were willing to do delivery jobs, etc. Then when the crisis started becoming out of hand, he called out the Biden administration. That is when it all started against him.
I am so sad that Democrats cannot see the evil of their party.
That is powerful. I read the article and found myself nodding along with everything he said. We have GOT to get our food cleaned up and get off all these disgusting drugs. We are so unhealthy in this country and it's because pharma has captured the regulatory agencies. I'm glad he spelled it out so clearly in his article. I see a lot of the lefties are just bashing him though. They refuse to wake up. It must be very confusing being a lefty these days and constantly defending big pharma and slamming people who want us to eat healthy and exercise.
“..but I know the disease doesn’t actually come from fish. It comes from Nutella.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The people who didn't get the salmon joke must be new readers, Jeff. Maybe some democrats are now reading your Substack! You know how humorless they can be, bless their hearts.
Seriously. It was such an obvious joke that it qualifies as a dad joke. I propose readers pass a sense of humor test before commenting.
🤣🤣🤣love that!
That’s what our now grown sons tell us…ugh, Dad!
Yes !!
Nancy, I love the “… bless their hearts” part. You must be from the south as well?
Yep. My mother was a dear kind Christian woman who wouldn't say anything bad about anyone. But I heard "bless his/her heart" a lot.
When I say it I mean it. If I don’t mean it I say something else. 😂😉🔥
a very frequently heard sentence here in GA too
And said often in the Mitten
😆🤣😅Coffee on the keyboard right off the bat!
Au contraire, Nancy.. I've been here for over a year and I get most of Jeff's subtle jokes. Even though I thought he was probably joking yesterday, his usually-masterful delivery was a little off, so I wasn't quite sure. It made me do the research. Also, with all the crazy stuff they put into livestock feed, it wasn't a stretch to believe that some salmon virus had been introduced into the domesticated fowl population.
There was nothing subtle about that joke.
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yes - I was thinking along the Crispr lines... remember the mad cow disease they told us (back in Europe) evolved from feeding cows... Cows! they made the poor beasts into headhunters!
Unreal but so typical. Even Pfizer is mentioned in that article. You can’t hate all these companies enough
Wow!!!
Salmonella is a bacteria. Just sayin’ We used to joke about Sam and Ella evening in the communicable disease clinic where I once worked.
Perhaps you refer to that other couple, Sam and Janet?
Sometimes we have them over for a Sam and Janet evening!
Or Portlanders.
Excuse me, I am a Portland Native. The destruction of the city was done by outsiders. I got the joke right away. I also appreciated the reference to Nutella. I eliminated that from my kitchen decades ago.
What was it Rush used to say, “For those from Loma Linda…!!!”
Rush actually made a lot of references to Rio Linda, a rural and low information area near Sacramento CA. He was originally broadcasting out of Sacramento and wasn't national, so we listeners in the Sacramento Valley areas knew exactly what Rush meant!
I'm believing that is a REAL possibility now that there are a few notable "defectors" in our country coming FROM the DEMONrats to freedom-loving TRUE Republicans!!
My thoughts exactly.
It actually comes from Sam and Ella
There's an actual breakfast cafe in Eastern Oklahoma that is named "Sam & Ella's Cafe."
Pairs well with my friends, Marg and Rita. 🍹
Marg ‘Y’ Rita
Yes, it comes from my Uncle Samuel the Mooch and Aunt Eloise the Vetch with their disgusting table manners. They drop by for dinner, and everybody suffers from Sam and Ella.
😂😂😂
I graduated with Sam and Ella.
Twins……amiright? 😀
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Exactly! I know…I had to track them down in the past.
Like ‘typhoid Mary’!
It really takes the fun out of a joke when you have to explain it! By the way nut....., oh never mind.
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Best. Line. Ever!!
I’m glad your dad got a miracle. God is good and loves to answer our prayers!!!
When you went to a school whose admin building is named after Dr. Salmon himself, you get the joke no matter how it is delivered...
Nutella Ingredients list- Sugar, palm oil, Hazelnuts (13%), Skimmed milk powder (8.7%), Fat-reduced cocoa (7.4%), Salmon roe (2.4%), Emulsifier: lecithin (soya), vanillin.
I believe there is a company that makes a natural organic version of Nutella. I think it's called Fine & Raw chocolate.
Nutella....who's he?
The guy recently hired at my bank.
Copy that!
I was lol
ALWAYS get second blood tests. I can’t tell you how many times mine have turned out to be “in error”. So happy he is well!! Hugs, tears of joy, and thankfulness to God!
Joyful here as well! I just know that every time I received a notice that someone liked my post about praying, I was prompted to pray again...all throughout the day, prayers going up. This army of prayer warriors/C&C fam is great and God is AWESOME!!!
Shucks. I can only like this once.
The manner in which the blood is drawn can affect results, too. Find a good phlebotomist and stick with that person.
"Stick" with that person? Oh, Tonya...how long have you been reading Jeff? That is definitely his kind of humor. Mine, too. :)
Apparently I have been reading C&C for long enough to not even recognize the pun in my comment until you all pointed it out!
Ok everybody, quit needling her!
Proof you are a terminal case.
🤣. Welcome!!!
Are you needling Tonya?
What's your 'point'?
I've got two, but that's beside the...oh, nevermind 😁
No pun intended?
I’ve even had blood tests misread because of my supplements interfering with the results. For instance, you want to stop all B7 a week before any blood test. There are clinically significant errors with TSH and PTH because of the biotin. There are other examples out there of other supplements skewing results, that’s just one.
I have a habit now of stopping most my supplements at least 4 days before any test just to be sure and I withhold any vitamin that has B7 for a week.
Why don't they tell you all this before a test? Infuriating and stupid medical care is what it is. I had some specialized tests done once, and a high level of arsenic was found! I didn't feel poisoned. 😉I didn't suspect my husband, lol. 😉So I quickly searched Dr. Google who said that eating seafood in the preceding days could be the culprit. I then told the specialist at our next visit, who said, yes, you are right, that is probably it.
Why didn't the lab (Quest Diagnostics) give me some guidelines before the test.
My annoyance can go on and on. and if not for my own research on google before tests, before taking medication, etc. who knows if I would be here right now!
100% understand your annoyance (and love your humor!), but the labs do put out pre-test instructions, like the one you mentioned. Sad that you have to do your own research. Whether or not your state allows use of walkinlab.com, search your test and read the “sample report” and patient instructions on LabCorp side. Very helpful. (P.S. LabCorp tests are immeasurably more expensive than the same LabCorp tests ordered through walkinlab, a “middle man.” Go figure.)
They did not for me. Except for fasting before hand, nothing else.
And don't get me started on the garbage pre test instructions I got for my colonoscopy. Again, Dr. Google to the rescue. My prep did not include any electrolytes. It did not state that on their information insert.. I had to research myself, and bought the appropriate liquids. Even my doctor made a mistake by telling me that it did. (Other preps do, but the prep I was prescribed did not).
As I said, the list of incompetence can go on and on.
Thank God I love Google researching.
My last comment refers to lab you order and pay for yourself, not through your insurance.
I didn’t get any. Quest.
I feel this on so many levels. THINK how much effort and $$ it would save if they simply told people when scheduling the tests and then hung a huge poster on the wall saying that! But why be efficient and helpful when you can just go through the motions?
Quest Diagnostics is the worst!
Exactly!
Because most of them DON'T KNOW!
Quest tells you nothing. Up to prescribing doctor. You can order your own but no info given. Heck, you can’t even get a human on the phone.
Thanks for the reminder, I no longer check my labs, but if I ever do again, I will think of you.
I figured getting it done every month (sometimes more) for 30 yrs was enough 😂
Most of us have increased our intake of supplements and this is a likely result. Thanks for the reminder!
Make sure you are getting supplements from a place you trust. Nearly all mainstream supplement companies sold in stores are owned by pharmaceutical companies.
Utilize consumerlabs dot com to see the brands that actually provide what they say they do and at the best cost.
Thanks for the tip, Juju!! I just signed up, I’ve been looking for something like this!
Juju, YES!! i recently found 2 studies concluding the same thing! Will be interested in hearing what my doc has to say. (and i saved the studies just in case doc has not come to same conclusion!)
Isn’t it an interesting situation when the patient has to educate the doctor?
I am with myself 24/7/365. The dr gets 8.5 min/yr with me. I am the expert about me. 😊
Yes yes yes!
Thank you for sharing this information. I’m sure many aren’t aware that supplements can affect blood tests.
Indeed, biotin can skew results. I had no idea about this until recently when my 90 yr old mother had to go in for a blood panel and the Lab Maven asked if she was taking biotin, and if so, to cease & desist those supplements for several days. She went back and checked and ALL of her supplements she was taking had biotin! Like 3 or 4! We were gobsmacked. So now she knows...but it took this long to find out? Ridiculous!
I never heard this or knew this. My lab results have been fine so far. but thank you for the future blood tests.
Thank you for confirming a timeframe I should refrain as I believe my current bloodwork issue is just this (elevated THS out of nowhere).
Although I’m feeling better with the thyroid hormone I get from Mexico—certified ok I will stop it before my next test. It will suppress my THS and she will go apeshit. Thyroid should be judged by sign and symptoms—not necessarily the numbers.
What thyroid hormone do you get from Mexico? And from what pharmacy?
Curious … I have hypothyroidism.
I get T3. The only active thyroid hormone. T4 needs to be converted to T3 for relief and many have low conversion rates so T4 is useless for many. You have to start very low like 1-3 micrograms and build up slowly. I get it from Farmacia Del ninos online. There is a Dr for authorization and you can pay safely by several methods. I pay with a bank money order sent to a USA address. The $clears and then the item is shipped from USA after it’s sent from Mexico. It takes a few weeks but reliable and has English chat line and email notifications and tracking. There is online and YouTube advice from other thyroid folks but I think they don’t stress the point you have to take T3 very slow in divided doses and with food. I over did it and it caused some problems but the minute I dropped down they went away. I’m still building up to find my correct dose. But benefits now are more energy. Better mood and my temp is up showing my metabolism is improving. It was damaged by low carb keto for too long and ended I up undereating to a great extent and not getting the glucose and fuel needed to operate fully. Good luck. I have hashimotos. The drug is Cynomel.
thank you that is good advice. I also get TSH and PTH tested a few times a year.
Great advice, thanks!
I’m doing that too. Since most docs are clueless about real thyroid treatment and behind the times. (I’m not letting specialists off the hook either) I get what I really need from Mexico cause my doc won’t Rx it. They are so focused on ranges and numbers they don’t even hear how utterly crap the patient feels. That is especially true for hypothyroidism. The comment boards are filled with suffering mostly women who probably need more T3 with the T4. I just bypassed all that nonsense and did my own research and joined a group. Doing much much better. Plus these tests are a snapshot in one day. Told my functional med doc I’m only getting them once a year now. They act like every thing off range must be met with a supplement or treatment so frankly I’m a little off my functional med doc. Very expensive too.
My wife, who is vegetarian and weighs about 90 pounds soaking wet, eats one meal a day and dances several days a week got one test showing elevated blood sugar and has been labeled "pre-diabetic" for several years, even though she never tested high before or since. Now every doctor sees that in her chart and weighs that when offering prescriptions or treatments.
She recently consulted with an honest doctor (!) who explained that the system is designed to encourage coding for conditions, because it means $$$ for the system the more codes they can apply to patients - whether the codes are valid or not. And she has asked repeatedly to get that one result eliminated from her chart to no avail - once they code you, it's permanent, accurate or not.
We need to figure out how to remove the profit motive from medicine - maybe by removing giant insurance companies from the patient-doctor relationship? I'm so tired of dealing with middlemen for everything.
I was told by a doctor that I had COPD. I was puzzled and told him that I walked 4 miles the day before. He said it was hidden COPD! Arrivederci,Doc.
An expert DR. said I needed a complete knee replacement. I said "no", went home, put ice packs on it and voila, perfect knee-15 yrs ago.
3 weeks ago, I had a puminologist tell me that I needed an inhaler/drugs when my OX level was 97%-she was looking at it!
I wonder how many people fall for this BS.
yes. and arrividerci tests
A physician told me when I wanted to get off a low dose BP med because my BP was in “normal” range, said I would always have hypertension on my record. He wanted me to keep taking it as it was “harmless” and would give my kidneys protection. Protection from what, in case I get diabetes. He also wanted me to have all the screening tests, bone density, mammo, scopes, I said why, I am not treating them so why spend money for testing. I was told insurance covered them! Then he said it was my choice, but his duty to inform me. I thanked him. Haven’t been back.
I rejected scopes fir a decade. Finally had one because of a cologuard false positive. It was nothing, 123, and I was home. Prep was also not as dreaded as I expected.
Fortunately, I was not working at the time, so had the luxury of a few days to mentally and physically prepare (low fiber diet for 2 days).
I am thrilled that I finally did it at 66. All my conscious and subconscious worries have been put to rest. I am good to go for 10 years.
When I was 13, my grandfather was diagnosed with it, had surgery and a colostomy. and the horribleness of those memories have always haunted me.
In fairness, even the asymptotic can have objective criteria for COPD. In cases where there are amenable factors, it’s worth knowing.
I heard years ago that my doctors for autoimmune issues were encouraged to have me on a minimum of 3 prescriptions. To “ manage “ it. I didn’t get an answer when I asked my psychiatrist.( because they love to label mental health issues that they created! Only reason I was depressed because all the gaslighting by insurance dictated doctors. Got an integrative medicine doctor about 7 years ago, Thank God.
My mom had melanoma for 11 years before it finally got her. Toward the end she was taking a galaxy of daily medications, some to control side effects of others - it was unbelievable. One day I asked her, "mom, what if you just stopped taking all of this crap?" - but she was so dominated by fear and brainwashed by big pharma and her doctors, she couldn't even entertain the idea. I will never do that shit.
That's exactly what my RN wife decided to do. (I'd already done the same thing years before.)
About a year+ later, she's off ALL pharmaceuticals (including multiple SSRIs) and her much younger colleagues have nicknamed her "Guns" in reference to her taut, fit body.
We don't even take aspirin or Tylenol anymore.
I think that's very wise.
Acetaminophen (TYLENOL) is especially dangerous. And aspirin overdosing is what killed most people during the Spanish flu epidemic.
I will say that aspirin may be helpful to thin out blood for clot victims though. I survived a pulmonary embolism ca. 2006, and aspirin was very helpful in preventing future clot formation.
I cannot tolerate even a moderate headache. I get nauseous. I can't run to the tylenol fast enough.
How did she get off of SSRI? I want to do this but I've taken them 30 years! My doc just says, do half for a week, then half of that. Viola! No, I believe I would have more difficulty doing that, from what I have read online.
It wasn't easy. She started by very gradually lengthening the time between doses, then eventually taking smaller ones.
It was hell for a long time, and there were times when I wished she would just go back on them.
But we persisted and over about 8 months or so it got better.
I highly recommend seeking professional guidance. Remember that she was an RN with nearly 25 yrs experience when she started.
Me too, just came back from mine. I love him, and plus we spend the whole hour talking C&C type talk, who would have guessed! I always feel a LOT better after seeing him physically and mentally. :)
And keep in mind that MANY labs report normal ranges for a healthy 20-30 year old. At age 55 my PTH was too high, but the test placed me in the normal green bar because my levels were high end of normal for a 20 year old. (88) But at age 55, the high end of normal is 65! So I was way over. The specialists only glance down a normal range indicator and never questioned it. For a year they ignored my cries that I had hyperparathyroidism and said “no your blood tests are normal”. So I remained sick. Turned out I had three tumors in my neck that had to be removed by better surgeons who knew the abnormal ranges for my age and saw the blood test errors.
Good point! Doctors also routinely call borderline high TSH levels ‘normal’ and high A1C levels acceptable. Do your own research.
Exactly!! Lots of bad doctoring with thyroid problems.
Find a functional medicine Dr. Code for a holistic Dr. And I don't care where they are . Go. For almost 20 years, we drove 165 miles each way to our doctors and dentists after moving to the country. If you need a Dr. you need one who knows what they are doing, not the closest Dr,.
DPC (direct patient care) is the way to honest healthcare future!
During a surgical hospital stay a few years ago, I made the mistake of telling them that I have a dairy allergy…meaning that I don’t drink milk. Consequently, they wouldn’t even give me a pad of butter for my baked potato. 😖
I can only imagine the crazy conclusions they jump to for erroneous lab results!
The medical community is beyond useless! Such a sad state of affairs.
In some special cases prison may help to get the system more honest. Do we have enough prisons?
Good luck….
YES!
When receiving a puzzling, doesn't make sense with the rest of the picture lab result, the first response should be to repeat the test.
Glad Dad is doing well!
It’s because of the imbeciles that hospitals hire thanks to diversity. I’m sure of it. From a guy with a blood disorder and a bride with a blood cancer. We do blood tests. Constantly.
Well, it's not always due to diversity. I am aware of a couple of instances from years ago. A simple remeasure would have avoided lots of expensive tests.
I rarely Google medical information. Don’t trust most of the sources. Somehow more reliable info comes my way. Sometimes through you good folks on CnC.
Yeup. Many blood tests are wrong. They thought my brother, not 50, had failing kidneys and needed to be hospitalized but ooops, sorry, blood test was wrong. You are fine.
Same thing happened to my father. After waiting four agonizing hours in the ER with a 90-year-old, because his potassium levels were so high that he was going to die before morning, they told us oops never mind you’re fine. Go home.😡
Seriously??? How hard can it be? Check bracelet. Write name on tube. Run test & report to name on tube. As Jeff might say, “It’s not rocket science.”
Actually, if the blood breaks down (hemolysis), the potassium level will be falsely elevated. Labs usually decline to run tests on a hemolyzed specimen. There are degrees however, and they’re required to report “alarm” levels. Shouldn’t always require an ED visit though.
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So disgusting right?😢
Yes! Years ago we had to take our toddler to the ER after we found him chewing on some rat poison (picky little guy wouldn't eat anything healthy, but rat poison, sure). We thought we caught it in time (before he could swallow any of it) but took him to the ER just to be sure. Rat poison works by thinning the blood, so they drew blood to test it. They come back with dour news that he needs to be started on vitamin K immediately (counters the blood thinning effect). Something didn't sit right with me and I asked them based on the blood results how much do they think he consumed. They said it must've been quite a bit. That didn't make sense so I insisted they take the blood test again. 45 minutes later they come out and sheepishly say the blood is normal and the first time must've been a mistake. Phewwwww! That was the first (of many) incident that taught me not to blindly trust the medical system and to always, always question things if something doesn't feel right.
Your point is well taken! Ask questions. The blood thinning effect from the old poisons (coumarin) isn’t that quick, so if they’d thought about it…
wth all these ales bove aobut bad lb results I wonder whether they don't just throw darts at the wall then write down those numbers. Seems i would be about as accurate......
Haven't been to a doc for some time (teo, threee years? Yippee) but it seems every time my plood pressure reading is "high". One time my doc sid w might have to sart DOING something about my "high blood pressure". At thattime I was seriously putting miles on my road bike.. a few thousand road miles a year. Restiing heart rate was emthing like 34, bu I could sprint hard and dun it up to 188, and when I'd back off it would fall like a stone back t a steady 145 or so, sill working.
So the doc made her remark and I said maybe wating a bit to take the BP might help... puzzled look. I have been sitting in the waiting room for some time, reading, then get up, walk down the hall i to this room sit down, and the cuff is on my arm before I am settled into the chair. (worse ye are these silly little toys that clamp round the wrist and are all automatic). Gone are the days of the TECHNICIAN using the stethoscope and sowly releasing the pressure from the cuff. Its all a well choreogrpahed dance. I moslty ignore all the carping about "your blood pressure". Yes, I have some. I like it. I works.
Yeah. I’ve been sucked up into the BP merry go round before. My blood pressure was considered normal just a few years ago. I’m 76. I do not need the blood pressure of a 20 yr old Plus trying to get it there with increasing meds is actually more dangerous. I have white coat issue so it’s normal at home I take an extra pill before I go so it reads better. I’m only on a tiny dose anyway. 🤷🏼♀️
I recently read this piece from a Midwestern Doctor (pen-name), required reading for anyone on BP meds to at least re-assess if not question their situations. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-great-blood-pressure-scam
This is so true. My policy was always ‘I will worry when you are sure I have something to worry about’
Same with anything including when they say you have cancer & must start “treatment” right away!!!
Happening now with my hubs. I told him we probably have time to really dig in. He’s already on ivermectin and fenbendazole. When we find out how serious it is, we will go from there. I always hoped we would not have to face this but I know so much more now. Bladder. A prayer for him would be lovely from my best friends here. I would have never known these alternatives without substack. He never vaxxed but 1 JNJ.
Prayers, Janet.
I’m sure you’re familiar with both The Midwestern Doctor and 2nd Smartest Guy in the World substacks.
Yes. That’s where I have been educated.
Are you familiar with Dr Paul Marik and Dr Pierre Kory founders of FLCCC alliance? They’re a great resource.
Also, Ty Bollinger & his wife have several docuseries’ on alternative treatments and a website called “Truth about Cancer” and many more resources that are helpful.
(I was told more than once to expect to develop cancer and I refuse allopathic treatments so I have spent WAY too much time researching)…
Yes I am. I’ll be digging in there. Thanks for the reminder. ❤️
May God guide & direct each step in this journey for answers and treatment.
We pray for peace and strength and a restoration to good health in Jesus name. Amen
God bless you. We have hope. The hope and peace only Jesus Christ can give.
That's my rule too - except that one time with my appendix. That probably saved my life...
As a physician 🎯, you never know with d.e.i. lab "staff" 🤯
My husband and I experienced scary lab results three times this past year that, when repeated, turned out to be lab errors. You are absolutely correct.
Wow....it's a real testament to our "health care system" when they can't even get a blood test right!
Or third or and do your own research. The harder it is to find the more likely the truth.
Especially the blood counts, because the tube contains a liquid anticoagulant, and if the tube isn’t filled properly, it dilutes remainder. Since he had no obvious bleeding, and if his hemoglobin hadn’t been so low, they might have suggested having a stat redraw as an outpatient instead of a costly (and if I may add, not entirely safe) ED visit.
My MIL had a thyroid biopsy. Was invasive. Not enough cells were taken. I asked her if she was going to ask for a refund- since her procedure was defective.
Maybe that’s what we should all start doing.
Labs in error…. I need a refund please.
Maybe then they’d start caring about the quality of the work they do.
Where there’s no quality control. Sloppy work is still paid out. That’s a problem, if you ask me.
It’s another healthcare grift.
AMEN!! GOD IS GOOD!!!
Amen!
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.”
Isaiah 43:2 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/isa.43.2.NKJV
“ Prayer for protection from storms
God of heaven and earth,
God who carries our lives and the lives of our whole community in your hands, be with us in the peril of this day/night.
Help us to release our anxieties and fears into those same caring hands,
knowing in faith that your will for us is life and everlasting good.
Send your holy angels to watch over us and guard us. May they spread their holy wings to give us shelter against the storm.
For you alone, O God, are all good, all life, all love,
and that love is for us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Sours-Befiefnel.com
Awesome prayer!
That verse reminds me of a hymn we sang many many years ago... the refrain is still strong in my memory: "Be not afraid/I go before you always/Come, follow Me/and I will give you rest."
I hear it at a lot of funerals now.
"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.". One of my very favorite verses. Always gives such hope knowing that our God is in control and loves us so!
Thank you Ed, that’s a beautiful verse!
Was having a pleasant conversation with a new neighbor two houses down the street when he asked who I thought I would vote for in November. Before I could answer, he said he thought Harris would probably win. I said I'm planning to vote for Trump. He quickly replied, "Okay. Well, nice talking with you." And he left. Guess we won't be having any more sidewalk conversations. 😄
Before answering, perhaps one should say 'oh, I am interested in what policies are exciting you into your decision'.
I guarantee they know nothing.
Trump would be best for all Americans, but people are either low information, or brainwashed, or emotionally manipulated.
Our country has become so dumbed down. They vote like 4th graders would.
Sadly😢. Like in the days of Noah, they think evil continuously. And call it good.
Brand new neighbors next door, unloaded a 10 by 12 ft LGBT+++ flag painting. Ghesh. There goes the neighborhood. 10 houses on a dead end road.
Well that's the easiest best way to find common ground with Dems who are so loving, kind, accepting, generous, caring, sharing, freedom loving, LIARS
They to a person have no integrity.
I don't even think they know what it is.
He's an indoctrinated fool, your life will be enriched not having to waste time talking to him.
It’s always good to get that out of the way right off so you’re not gobsmacked by it later I guess. I’m perfectly happy to have acquaintances who vote blue no matter who but don’t really want to spend much quality time with them (unless they are family and then you’re forced to not talk politics which isn’t a bad thing either).
Can we guess what his vaxxination status is?
I would have responded with, “will it change our neighborly relationship if I vote for someone other than Harris, if so, I chose not to answer”
I like the, “I wanted to vote for so-and-so, but …. I really like x’s (insert choice) policy” approach. Full disclosure; doesn’t usually work. 😁🤣
Hey T didn't you know you're not allowed to have your own opinion anymore??😆
It's been bizarre to me how much the parties have shifted. In the 90s someone like James O'Keefe would likely have been supported by the left and called anti-American or a communist. Now exposing corruption is almost always supported primarily by the right and they are called far right Nazis. My head hasn't completely stopped spinning even years after first seeing this shift,
We have a neighbor who immediately looks up newcomers in the voter roles so she knows their political affiliation right from the start! I believe it’s definitely swayed invites by her to certain neighborhood events!🤣
He did you a huge favor.
T Kosse, sad people are so ..... what's the word???
God willing and the Creek don't rise when Trump wins, you will know where the scream is coming from.
My younger sister was an ardent liberal who thought Obummer walked on water and would make changes she could believe... Then of course, in 2016 voted for Killary...
Was I shocked when she finally WOKE UP and SAW all the great policies Trump had implemented in his short 4 year term.... She even apologized to me for all the name calling..
That’s wonderful. I so wish my sister would also wake up. I keep hoping.
I'm relieved Jeff's dad is doing better. All that blood chemistry discussion reminds me of how the 'ivermectin guys' talk about pH levels and other factors that are out of wack for most of us. For example, many of us are actually suffering from parasites in our gut (solved with an IVM/fenben protocol). Drinking water with lemons is a good way to get your pH balanced.
Would a lemon drop a day be the same as lemon water 😬
The candy or the drink?!? 😂😜
😂
Drink of course 🤣
🎉🎉🍸🍋☺️👍🏻
I’m a big fan of a good lemon drop and as I live less then two hours north of you, we could meet up and taste test to determine what is the best lemon drop recipe.
I want an invite to this shindig 🤣🤣🤣 I'm probably nowhere near y'all though. Thus makes me think though...wouldn't a c&c meet up be grand??
🤣 no
Would you happen to have this protocol handy by any chance???
I’d be interested to see the protocol you have. I’m using iver rand want to add fenben and am struggling to find parasite protocol dosing.
Reading the answered prayer request for Jeff's dad is moving me to ask for my own today.
My spouse has a chronic health condition that over the last 6-8 weeks, and particularly the last few days. appears to be worsening after being more or less mostly stable. It's really concerning. Conventional dr has nothing else to offer except more drugs that won't be tolerated by my spouse (and, frankly, I wonder if they don't make the whole thing worse over the long haul). Spouse is doing all the right things with diet and supplements. I'm very proud of them.
Despite being older than most parents of middle school kids, we are not fossils; and yet the pace and capacity in some parts of our lives has become akin at times to that of those decades older than we. It's been a very hard last few years.
So I would appreciate prayers for their healing, both whatever is going on acutely as well as, if God should be willing, more complete healing altogether. But right now, especially the acute worsening.
We have a really good functional med alternative dr who has helped me tremendously. My spouse, understandably, feels anxious about anyone messing with their carefully titrated supplements, so they have not sought this person's help for that. So yeah, that is on our radar, to preclude any suggestions for that.
Thanks.
We will pray. Meanwhile, pull up a bunch of healing scriptures and have your spouse speak them aloud frequently you can do the same.
Here's one I use! I'm not loss I'm saved! I'm not sick I'm well! I'm not bound I'm free! When the SON sets you free you're free indeed!
It’s amazing to see C&Cers encouraging and supporting each other. One of W. Clement Stone’s affirmations was, “I feel healthy! I feel happy! I feel terrific!” Saturate in the Word and positive self-talk and believe with all your heart. Practice makes perfect. “Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them” (Mark 11:23).
Prayers up, Copernicus!
Not knowing what the condition is, here are a few things that help many conditions:
-Low dose naltrexone
-Monolauin granules
-Black seed oil (the most powerful I know of is this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0BYG3GFN1?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title)
Truly, these items are all worth looking into.
And ivermectin is antiviral, anti-parasite, anti-inflammatory, immune, modulating, and anti-cancer. It’s “ the little molecule that could.”
They took ivy for The Plague a couple years ago and noticed no significant difference. 😕. We too were hopeful at that time that perhaps it's multi-faceted effects might have benefited!
Thanks.
They have used the black seed oil and black cumin seeds.
We will be praying for you, your spouse, and children.
When Yeshua went through the Temptation in the Wilderness, and the enemy twisted Scripture, He replied
“ It. Is. Written”
This is how we should pray. Our prayers should be “It is written”. And then into the ether we should speak His Word. Here is a healing Scripture to read over your Lives.
Isaiah 53
‘Who has believed our report?
To whom is the arm of Adonai revealed?
For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, like a root out of dry ground.
He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him,nor beauty that we should desire Him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief,
One from whom people hide their faces.
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.
Surely He has borne our griefs
and carried our pains.
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
struck by God, and afflicted.
But He was pierced[d] because of our transgressions,
crushed because of our iniquities.
The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him,
and by His stripes we are healed.
Prayers for your spouse🙏🏽 so glad you have worked with a functional medicine doctor.
Me too. The dr has helped me immensely. A Christian person too, who truly and really does address the entire person: body, mind, and spirit. 🙏🏻
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I am currently in Italy and will say a prayer for your wife and try to light a candle for her in one of the churches we will visit along the way. 🙏
Praying for you and your spouse, as well as children, right now.
I’ve added yours & Jeff’s Dad & the C&C army to my prayer list. Meanwhile, this podcast may give some insight into your spouse’s medical situation.
https://spotify.link/cEhN9dS09Mb
We just purchased Grounding sheets/pillow cases a couple of weeks ago . I've noticed some improvements on my sleep (I don't seem to need as much, and I'm not groggy when I get up) I'd encourage you to look into this, as it will not interfere with any meds / supplements... Of course, praying for you too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRW0XO2xWn4
Thanks!
I should ask if they would try that. We have a couple grounding pads here already. It helped my sleep when I first got it several years ago, but then, nada. But, I have had a lot going on that has affected my sleep.
Prayers going up, and perhaps this DMSO can help as well? I had never even heard of this until just this morning and have been trying to learn more about it all day. You can buy it and books on how to use it on Amazon. Not sure about other sources or what product is “best” since I just learned about it. Perhaps someone else in the comments might?
https://open.substack.com/pub/amidwesterndoctor/p/dmso-could-save-millions-from-brain?r=41nl8&utm_medium=ios
Thanks. I saw the first part of that article also. AMD is great, isn't he?
My spouse takes MSM which is a metabolite, I think, of DMSO. Thanks for the suggestion.
Trump can do wonders with tax cuts if we do away with a significant number of our bloated government entities such as Education, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to name a few.
I love Trump’s tax plan. Not mentioned is that if we aren’t sending billions to Ukraine and funding billions into illegal immigrants, we will get immediate relief to pay for the tax plan and then the economy takes care of the rest.
He needs to do one more thing. Make the tax rate a flat 50 % if you vote for demonrats, and 10 % if you don't. They want all this spending to fund wars, invaders, and lay abouts, so let them pay for it.
Maybe a "few" of the 87,000 IRS tax agents could be retired???
Volunteer them as soldiers for Zelensky. Win-win.
I’d like to see some (a good portion) of that 87,000 shifted to border control and deportation, starting with any and all with a criminal background.
AMEN!
Tax cuts are great as long as the spending is reduced. Our nation needs to get out of debt, which I honestly don’t see how.
New York City has a brand! Hope Adams and Diddy spill the beans on the other corrupt commissars. The Party squashed anyone who dissents.
Doesn’t it just tickle your toes that they turn on each other so succinctly and thoroughly 😂😂
They think they’re playing WITH the right people but they’re really serving a demonic master.
I pray it WAKES UP the people who remain brainwashed. This is LAWFARE at its finest.
And on another demonic front, Walz just met with Alex Soros.
Speaking of Soros$es:
Daddy $oro$ just bought up many more radio stations bypassing FCC laws.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/george-soros-closer-controlling-200-radio-despite-objection-trump-nominated-fcc-commissioner
This is disgusting. Thanks for the link!
CORRECTION! lol. My phone autocorrect put ' Walmart' for Walz.
Perhaps it should be called auto INcorrect!
They own the station I listen to in Gainesville FL. It's the only conservative station for miles around in this solid blue county.
When necessary, they eat their own.
It’s good to see the circular firing squad locked and loaded. We’re about to see a lot of dirty laundry.
Adams started off as a compliant Globalist. But, Adams his band of thieves probably got greedy/sloppy. Time to replace Adams with a better behaved Globalist.
hoping they squish the evil pretend governor hell-hole, too.
Criminality is the brand. He grew up a criminal, probably a corrupt cop and now a criminal mayor.
They just unsealed the indictment and it goes back 10 years so yep.
Adams (along with former Police Commissioner Cabans, who is also being investigated) was inducted as a Master Mason in the Prince Hall Masonic Temple on Saturday just before being indicted...coincidence? 🤔
(Asking for a friend...)
https://x.com/Prolotario1/status/1839315503749210583?s=19
My memory could be a bit fuzzy on this, but didn't Mayor Eric Adam's troubles all start as he was flying to Washington DC to file an in-person complaint with the White House over all of the illegal immigrants overwhelming their city and costing it millions? When someone has perfected legal prosecution for it's political enemies, you really shouldn't mess with them, unless you want to be charged with a crime.
Your memory is correct.
Just another ineffective loser who won an election. Did that weasel throw shade on unarmed police-defunded NY citizens for not organizing against the flood of illegal immigrants!? What a buck-passing piece of work. He deserves everything that’s crashing down around him.
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“After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to Yahweh, saying, ‘Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You, who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. Yahweh of hosts is His name, great in counsel and abundant in deeds, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds[.]’”
— Jeremiah 32:16-19 LSB
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Love this, Janice. We used to sing a praise song using this very Scripture!!!!!
My kids had a scripture song collection on cassettes, and when I read these words, I can still hear the melody and the kid voices!
Hear. 🙄 Oh the power of a steady diet of soul food! Decades later, lyrics from my kids’ worship tapes are etched on our brains, and they always make me smile. This one in particular. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzGII4jYvas
Somehow I missed that one. And also the typo of “here.” Is that why you rolled your eyes?
That was my apology for going Peanuts schoolmarm.
I thought maybe you were mortified that you are somewhat acquainted with this pathetic excuse of a writer who used the wrong word. :/
I’m so excited to hear about your good news with your dad! I wish the tests had been correct the whole time so that you didn’t have to stress through (this has happened to us before, but with babies) all that but so glad the net result was positive! And ended with your dad having a great appetite 💕
I got the salmon joke right away, Jeff. Thought it was funny. So glad your dad is ok after all, and out of the hospital!
Made me actually laugh out loud 🤷🏻♀️
LOVE your moniker!
Prayers for your Dad, but also for you, the caregivers!
Over here waiting for Helene and kinda irritated that I’ll have to brave the stores for regular groceries today in case they’re closed tomorrow 😑 We do have general supplies but just happens we’re out of milk 🤷♀️
I guess that could be the least of my worries if it’s as bad as they are forecasting. (We are on the outskirts of the storm, for now, but likely to get tornados and bad flooding 😔)
Thinking of all those in the most direct path of Helene. Stay strong, stay brave!
Often the heavy whipping cream is still there. Grab that. I only use that now for everything - but then I’m low carb too so. But it offers everything milk does but better and if necessary can be watered down.
And get organic if you can. All the chemicals and pesticides end up in the fat of the animal.
Definitely!
Heavy Whipping Cream is a staple at our house for use in our coffee. It’s the best!
I bought a case of shelf stable one cup portions of milk at Costco. I don’t drink milk or eat cereal, but it’s convenient for recipes that call for milk….or emergencies.
I have evaporated milk in my cupboard (but note to self, the cans start to leak after about 4 years).
The shelf stable milk was a life saver for me during the plandemic...along with having powdered milk.
I too used to think having shelf stable milk in pantry was a good thing until I recently read this. No wonder the small bottles of milk are dated for 6 months.
https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/is-ultra-pasteurized-milk-bad/#gsc.tab=0
Dadgum it, now I'm going to have to get a cow.
Well, at least the cow should be backyard stable for more than six months. Unless your HOA hears the moo's.
Raw milk from a trusted source is the only way to go. Hard to find in the Marxist state of MN.
We do local raw milk (yum!) and usually keep some in our freezer for back up as needed but this week happened to be when we ran out and of course the deliveries to our health food stores are delayed because of the storm. Thankfully, milk is not the most essential part of our diet in the short-term.
Thanks for the link...I will stick with the powdered milk in a pinch.
Yeah I was shocked when I read this article. Everything seems to be false now. Fake food too. Yikes.
How about canned milk? Pre low carb, used to like it in garlic mashed potatoes.
You should buy some powdered milk to always have on hand.
Learned that lesson the hard way during the plandemic and how difficult it was to shop.
Kinda think that powdered milk lasts forever.
And powdered eggs and powdered butter. They should make powdered Bailey's.....
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They don’t?
And powdered vodka.
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Dehydrated water is also good. Great shelf life.
Wylie E. Coyote once read directions for dehydrated water, you know, on-screen, where we could all read them: Package labeled Dehydrated Water. Directions: Add water for instant water.
True. Cracked me up 40+ years ago. (When did they stop producing roadrunner cartoons?)
Too soon!
That's a joke...I had to check.
I remember canned water from the Cold War era....olive drab cans.
After a hurricane when Jeb was governor FEMA was giving out ice. We had no power so I lined up to get ice. It came with 2 cases of water, labeled water. Made by Anheiser Bush.
Seems apropos.
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Better than powdered milk if you can find it is freeze dried. When reconstituted, it tastes exactly like milk. Same for eggs.
I think it does. I like the cartons because I don’t have to dig out the powdered milk and mix it up when I only need a cup. Which reminds me I need to clean out my pantry. 🤣
It turns into a hard brick after a few years. I buy powdered whole milk, then use a vacuum sealer with one of those silicone dehydrator thingys in the bag. It’s been 4 years and it still seems okay. 🤷🏻♀️
Can anyone recommend a brand of powdered cream?
Nah...not familiar with it...
Dare I add, "Stay safe!" ? (I hate that Covid ruined that phrase for all time)
Yeah, don’t say it. Say something like, “Stay dry!” And good luck with that in Florida today.
I did make a conscious decision to stop saying “stay safe” due to the ruination of that phrase during Covid. But I appreciate your sentiment - now I tell people “be brave!” or “stay strong!”
How about, "stay free"!
Mrs. "the Knife"
NAB, yes it did. I cringe every time I hear or see that phrase 😖
Hey! I'm in central Illinois and we're out of cream! 🤔😡
RJ Rambler - I'm south of Jacksonville. My Dollar General usually has half and half, but never heavy whipping cream. And for milk, I stock up on whole milk in a box at Dollar Tree, only 1.25 for a quart. Keeps on the shelf for months. After I open one I keep it in the fridge.
🤣🤣 sorry. That’s my fault! I always have at least 4-5 pints in my fridge at a time. 😂
We’re out of cream today! 😖
Here on the east coast, Daytona area, the sky is gray and a little breezy
Here in W. Pennsylvania, the sky is gray and Pennsylvania is still cheating.
Here in the PNW it is hazy bright and WA is also still cheating.
Mrs. "the Knife"
I hope not all the leaves are brown too. Did you hear Tucker’s anti-Shapiro rant at the Reading rally? The first 20 minutes is an absolutely epic home shot. “They don’t love you.”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3gUuwrT3xp5ErwzkUaRbtU?si=OGAb4_TKSuWeJYCwC_Nyow
Oh, and Jimmy Dore played a clip from the past of Chuck Schumer saying that "for every union worker we lose in western PA, we will pick up a liberal republican from the philly suburbs". What do you think about that?
Schumer is a pig.
That's an insult to pigs.
I guess it's good to know the mask is fully off. I hope all the union workers remember the betrayal.
Hey, how about Gov Josh out with the Z-man trying to get some of that nice Ukraine war plunder for pennsavanians?
Those idiots doing a photo op signing the missiles was beyond belief.
Putin could probably hit Harrisburg, PA as a "warning" shot.
Close enough to DC to get their attention...
Putin was watching. Will Harrisburg be his first target?
Cheating skies of PA
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Howdy neighbor!
Where you be?
Ormond Beach
Winds are kicking up in central florida. We had a very eery calm before the storm morning. Some rumbling thunder. A few lightning bolts. But now, the wind moving in says there’s a storm a comin!
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Batten down the hatches!
Batten down the hatches!
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I started having whole milk powder on hand in the pantry. It’s actually not bad if made ahead and cold. Of course if the power is out, might be hard to get it cold. I buy mine at Costco.
For goodness sake, don't forget the bread!!
Thankfully we make our own, and mill our own flour from wheat berries, but I realized today I have to disassemble and clean out our grain mill due before making it today, so man, I am really behind on this hurricane prep 😅
But we have a couple loaves in the freezer and I can always use the manual mill in a pinch and cook pancakes on the camp stove if we do lose electricity.
Best of luck!
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I don't think I can take reading about the Ukraine "conflict" anymore because it's actually caused me to flipping start screaming! I feel like I have RTSRU - RANDOM TOURETTE'S SYNDROME RE UKRAINE. We have ZERO grown ups with even a quarter brain managing this right now in Washington. What in the heck?!? And add Putin rightly calling us out in helping with sending in misiles? This is utterly lunacy!
Ok, I wrote it out. I'm feeling a little relief. Ugh.
I'll admit that I usually skim over Ukraine updates because I just can't anymore.
Yeah, I will have to hit the mental skip button on clips about Ukraine lunacy and all clips regarding mpox. 🤮
Yes, I agree. I am SO sick of watching that little criminal steal from us. I used to want to throw the remote when I saw him hugging Nancy Pelosi and they put together another package of our stolen money. I can't stand that country at this point. I really don't care what Russia does to them anymore. STOP stealing American dollars. And our politicians partake in the grift because as long as they go along with it, they get their little kickbacks. Scumbags, all of them.
Yep!
He is a tool, not doing all the stealing. My thought is the money is being sent right back to various parasites here and abroad. Sure, he benefits, but I really don't think he was bright enough to come up with the scheme.
I’m conflicted about Adams. He definitely is a target because his sin was fighting the immigration crisis, but he DID make the immigration deal to begin with. He stood by as New York City was practically overrun. But he has come to his senses, and now he stepped out of line to fight it so they will destroy him for it. Do we support him? Or watch the Karma? I’m so conflicted.
Valid points. I recall the previous mayor Bill de Blasio (born Warren Wilhelm Jr.) got no grief at all since he fully complied with the globalist playbook as he ushered in the death jabs. Didn't he compare getting an experimental mRNA shot with 'just eating fries, man'.
He did. I remember him stuffing his face while doing that.
What the heck is with all these Dem pols changing their names?
- Pres. candidate & US Senator Gary Hart (b. Hartpence)
- Barack Obama, formerly known as "Barry Soetero"
There's at least two or three others that are slipping my mind now.
How many people do you know who've done this? It's weird.
They probably had agents.
Netanyahu isn't Bibi's original name, either. You're right...weird.
Was Trump's family name changed from Drumpf? What about the original last name of the Bush family political dynasty?
Lots of hollyweird folks change their names, too. What do they all have in common?
ACTORS
He’s still a DemoncRAT who gave the key to the city to Diddy, was all for the WuFlu bullshit, & had let NYC be destroyed from within under his watch. I say let the karmic wheel steamroll over him. His ilk are not good people
AGree!
In the beginning, before the border got out of hand, and probably as a reaction to the media hype against Trump's border comments, he said that NYC would be a 'sanctuary city'. He spoke of how grateful he was for the illegals present during the pandemic who were willing to do delivery jobs, etc. Then when the crisis started becoming out of hand, he called out the Biden administration. That is when it all started against him.
I am so sad that Democrats cannot see the evil of their party.
They are also completely missing that the neocons have taken over.
I know...I feel this way too. I keep wondering what will it take to wake them from their comas?
Most of the Dems I know are atheists or agnostics. Some ARE the evil of their party.
Unvaxxed immigrants making home deliveries. SMH. Not safe but effective.
Maybe Adams will vote for Trump as he must know now how Trump feels.
Former CDC Director, Redfield just said publicly that he is voting for Trump, and says that RFK was right about everything!
That is powerful. I read the article and found myself nodding along with everything he said. We have GOT to get our food cleaned up and get off all these disgusting drugs. We are so unhealthy in this country and it's because pharma has captured the regulatory agencies. I'm glad he spelled it out so clearly in his article. I see a lot of the lefties are just bashing him though. They refuse to wake up. It must be very confusing being a lefty these days and constantly defending big pharma and slamming people who want us to eat healthy and exercise.