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The drug companies spend more on advertising than they do on research or adequate long-term safety testing of the drugs they sell you…

Oh, and they also channel huge amounts of money into the pockets of doctors in this country to try to get them to prescribe meds to you… even if you don’t actually need those meds…and also they are trying to … Continue reading

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So… uh… yeah…

Bruce Jenner wants to become a woman. And his mom’s name is Esther Jenner. I might never stop laughing.

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Watching the news…

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Maniacs with guns and 24-hour news networks… a really bad combination…

Every time some asshead with a gun… you know, either a psychotic loner or a religious zealot… shows up somewhere… you know, like a school or any crowded, public setting… and starts trying to ‘fix what is wrong with society’ … Continue reading

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Wait… three teenage girls ran away from home to join a militant extremist group?

This is shocking news. You are telling me that teenage girls would be willing to put down their cellphones for long enough to join a jihad??? Okay, this isn’t really a joking matter at all, and we can just skip … Continue reading

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I’m not telling you what to do… but you should really do this…

You should watch the show called: The Kristin Beck story, Lady of Valor. It is about a man who was a U. S. Navy seal and served more tours of duty in more dangerous places than anyone could ever ask … Continue reading

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I hate to keep bouncing back and forth from flowers to fires…

I do the pictures of the flowers we saw on our trip to Maui to take my mind off all the fires burning in San Diego. But then I see all the smoke, and it turns out that fires are … Continue reading

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There are 7 or 8 large fires burning in San Diego right now…

The first one started yesterday… the rest all popped up today… all over San Diego… all around my house… They all started small… you know… like fires do… But they all spread. A couple of them were put out before they … Continue reading

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I can’t believe you believe that… or that you don’t believe that other thing… that is sort of hard to believe too…

Let’s talk about beliefs… and whatever the opposite of believing is… because believing… or not believing in things… seems to be central to the core of what makes us human. This is not a post about religion… except that it sort of is, because religions … Continue reading

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