Nice to have the weekend off, except for home
therapy stuff. I was at the VA last week Monday, Wednesday and Friday for
Physical Therapy, Tuesday for blood work and the bronchoscopy, and Thursday for
a chest x-ray, pulmonary function test. 6-minute walk (not good) and meetings
with the pulmonologist, transplant NP and transplant pharmacist. The coming
week, I get Tuesday off--so far. They added a saline nebulizer twice a day to
my home routine, which adds about 40 minutes, but has helped with the mucus, so
my FEV-1 numbers (which measure how much air I can blow out) on the spirometer
have ticked back up. Thanks for all the support and prayers, as the battle goes
on. I was told that it has taken as long as nine months to get a slough (sluff)
problem resolved for some patients and for healing to take place, and there was
a patient who just had too much and died. But Jim, my excellent physical
therapist, said he only knew of one
dying from slough buildup in the 14 years he's been there. I don't intend to be
number two. ["Combat efficiency: we are winning." --Colonel David M.
Shoup, USMC, MOH, (later Commandant) Tarawa ,
21 November 1943.] ~Bob.
Internet Joke
Question: What do you call the Egyptian government's plan to
execute 529 Islamists? Answer: A good start.
My Heroin Poem
reposted in Clinical Psychology
E-Magazine, edited by a psychologist friend.
We've
just published our latest collection of new articles on our Clinical Psychology
E-Magazine http://cpancf.com/clinicalpsychologyemagazine.asp .
We've
had contributions from a good range of authors from around the country, perhaps
our most diverse issue to date. The current issue features an article about OCD
in children by our child and adolescent anxiety expert, Dr. Cummings, an update
of an old article I did on ADHD meds; an article on police officer suicides, a
series of articles involving alcohol/substance abuse issues and resources
regarding first responders; a contribution by a Milwaukee attorney on
considerations in hiring a Nanny, a contribution by a children's book author in
Hawaii on storytelling (for our readers He's offering signed copies on
pre-orders), a poignant poem about a heroin addict by a friend and former
Florida Psychological Associated Executive Director, Bob Hall (I Loved Heroin More Than You.), and an article on the
Basics of Evaluations for Test Accommodations, by Joanne Max, Ph.D., of
Atlanta, a fellow UF Clinical and Health Psychology alumni. --Ernie.
(Ernest J. Bordini, Ph.D., Executive Director, Clinical Psychology
Associates of North Central Florida .)
Book Recommendation: The Pursuit of
Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000. By William H. McNeill
This book, given to me by a friend while I was recovering
from my lung transplant, is an excellent, rather oblique look at how rulers and
societies have organized military power, both to protect what they had and, as
often to take what others had. It traces the intersection of military power
with economics and resources, and how both technological development and social
change have changed the projection of power, until war became completely
industrialized in the 20th century. History buffs, especially military history
buffs, will greatly appreciate it.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: “The United States does not view Europe as a
battleground between East and West, nor do we see the situation in Ukraine as a
zero-sum game. That’s the kind of thinking that should have ended with the Cold
War. — Barack Obama, March 24. Should. Lovely sentiment. As lovely as what Obama said five years ago
to the United Nations: “No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation.”
That’s the kind of sentiment you expect from a Miss America contestant asked to
name her fondest wish, not from the leader of the free world explaining his
foreign policy. The East Europeans know they inhabit the battleground between
the West and a Russia
that wants to return them to its sphere of influence. (So far the media have
been very gentle with Mr. Obama on the whole Ukraine mess. After all, it doesn't
really make any difference to us if Ukraine gets trimmed a little, and
besides, Obama has taken the higher road while Putin has shown himself to
just be another KGB thug. Some of us don't exactly see it that way. This is
important in several ways, but above all it shows the world that the USA just
doesn't really count anymore when push comes to shove. At least not while this
Administration is in power. --Del )
Why are Polish men in
London
Excerpt: They’re told by the Polish authorities that the
call-ups are “routine”: but the men say they haven’t been asked before and they’re
well aware of the growing alarm in Warsaw
at President Putin’s aggression. Three weeks ago, their Prime Minister, Donald
Tusk, called a press conference to warn that “the world stands on the
brink of conflict, the consequences of which are not foreseen… Not everyone in Europe is aware of this situation.” (Not sure what to
make of this. Poland
fought a hopeless fight against the Nazi war machine in 1939, preferring to
fight rather than surrender, though the story that Polish Lancers charged
German tanks is a myth. See below. ~Bob)
Debunking Polish stereotypes: the cavalry charge against German tanks
Excerpt: The most likely origin of the legend is a skirmish
at the Pomeranian village
of Krojanty
Col.
Weddington is ALWAYS worth reading: First in
Force Protection - "HALT: Who is there?" By Andy Weddington
Excerpt:
Though still under investigation the incident, involving the USS Mahan (in
port Naval Station Norfolk), begs basic questions about force protection -
from leadership to gate security to front line sentries competently
carrying out, first and foremost, General Orders.
Does anyone else find it puzzling that Barack Obama is more
than willing to disrupt the entire world economy over a breech of the Ukraine 's
border...but has no problem at all ignoring the massive breech of our own
southern border? Is there any manner of correlation between a few thousand
Russians invading Crimea while more than 30
million Mexicans have invaded our own nation? The National Review just offered
an investigative report that details how Obama ordered the Secretary of Homeland
Security to put a screeching halt to deporting illegals...and to do it anyway
deemed necessary. So we learned yesterday just how it was done. It came through
an innocuous Homeland Security directive that reads as follows:
Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., Vietnam POW and U.S. senator, dies
Excerpt: Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., a retired Navy rear admiral
and former U.S. senator who
survived nearly eight years of captivity in North Vietnamese prisons, and whose
public acts of defiance and patriotism came to embody the sacrifices of
American POWs in Vietnam ,
died March 28 at a hospice in Virginia
Beach . He was 89. (One of the real heroes of the war
has left us. But if any of us are slated to pass the Pearly Gates in triumph,
it would be him. --Del )
Politico Buries Senator Leland Yee's Arms
Trafficking Scandal. By Warner Todd Huston
Excerpt: The world of political news was captivated by
Thursday’s report of the arrest for gun trafficking of a famously anti-gun California state
senator. Yet while most other news outlets reported the incident, Politico, an
outlet that supposedly leads the nation in political news, didn't post a single
story on the incident the day the news broke.
Probe Uncovers More
Reid 'Slush Fund' Payments to Granddaughter. By Drew MacKenzie
Excerpt: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is at the center
of a growing political controversy after it was revealed Thursday that more
payments from his campaign funds had been made to his granddaughter than
previously reported.
Stephen Colbert’s Politically Incorrect Joke on Twitter Has
People Calling for His Show to Be Cancelled. By Jason Howerton
Excerpt: Apparently channeling the “ignorant” character that
he plays on his TV show, comedian Stephen Colbert tweeted on Thursday, “I am
willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong
Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever.”
The Race-Hacks Defend Their Industry.
By Bruce Thornton
Excerpt: That narrative is simple: white racism explains the
epidemic of black-on-black murder, children without fathers, lack of education,
and dependence on the government dole. Since Klan-style racist violence and Jim
Crow legal racism have disappeared, “racism” has to be redefined in ever more
subtle manifestations like “institutional racism.” The best example of this
scam is the “disparate impact” standard for identifying racism, a favorite of
the current Department of Justice.
Man says he assaulted daughter as a means of discipline.
Excerpt: A Saudi Arabian man who tried to choke his daughter
told a St. John’s
judge that such actions are “an acceptable form of discipline” in his country.
But Khalaf Alshaek insisted he meant no harm to the woman. Instead, he was
trying to prevent her from making a mistake and shaming the family by marrying
a man without their consent.
Excerpt: In several butcher shops in Cologne , such pink pigs became “insulting
pigs,” and the result was spitting on the windows, insults and threats. (No
matter how many concessions you make to offended Muslims, they will always find
more to be violently offended by. Even if you convert to Islam, there will be
many Muslims who want to kill you for blasphemy, because you accept the wrong
brand of Islam--which is why the vast majority of Allah-Murders are fellow
members of "The Religion of Peace." ~Bob)
Coming Soon to Gaza
Excerpt: Hamas is taking another step towards the full
implementation of strict Islamic Sharia law in Gaza, and is planning
to introduce a penalty of lashes for certain criminal offenses.
Homosexuality serious as terrorism – Duale.
By Laban Wanambisi
Excerpt: Majority Leader in the National Assembly Aden Duale
on Wednesday equated homosexuality in Kenya to terrorism. (The Left will
be fine with this, because Muslims now outrank gays in the hierarchy of
politically-correct victim groups. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Anecdotally, just about everyone knows that an
electric car's range can be affected by the weather. If it's too hot or too
cold, the battery has to work harder and range is negatively affected. …With
more and more of its members opting for electric cars, AAA recently studied how
temperature affects the range of an EV and found that outside temperature can
reduce a vehicle's range by up to 57 percent.
Excerpt: Maryland officials
are set to replace the state’s online health-insurance exchange with technology
from Connecticut ’s
insurance marketplace, according to two people familiar with the decision, an
acknowledgment that a system that has cost at least $125.5 million is broken
beyond repair. The board of the Maryland
exchange plans to vote on the change Tuesday, the day after the end
of the first enrollment period for the state’s residents under the
2010 Affordable Care Act.
ObamaCare Exposes Democrats' Lies About the Uninsured
Excerpt: One good thing about ObamaCare is that it finally
laid bare the bogus claims Democrats have been making about the uninsured. Now can
we get on with real reforms that will really help those in need? According to
the Congressional Budget Office, ObamaCare was supposed to make a major dent in
the uninsured population in its first year — cutting its ranks by 13 million.
The CBO figured that of the 6 million it expected to sign up through an
ObamaCare exchange and the 8 million added to Medicaid, 86% would have
previously been uninsured. The prediction looks to be wildly off the mark. Of
those who bought ObamaCare-approved insurance, just 27% came from the ranks of
the uninsured, according to a February survey by McKinsey & Co. In the
months leading up to February, that figure was just 11%. (Now the information
about what really goes on with people who are uninsured comes out, and gee, it doesn't
match up with what we've been told again and again for years. Interesting to
see actual evidence of who did what come out and how the uninsured are actually
reacting to the opportunity presented to them. The second-last paragraph makes
a great deal of sense. --Del.
These numbers are based on surveys. Democrats are bragging that 6M people have
signed up for Obamacare. How many of them were previously uninsured? The most
transparent administration in history won't say. How many had insurance and lost
it due to Obamacare? The most transparent administration in history won't say.
How many have actually paid? The most transparent administration in history
won't say. How many went on Medicaid as opposed to buying insurance? The most
transparent administration in history won't say. ~Bob)
TSA spent $1 bln on 'body language' program
Excerpt: After investing $1 billion in behavior detection
techniques and training since 2007, the Transportation Security Administration
has little to show for its efforts, the New York Times stated in a new report.
... The GAO also disputed the TSA’s claim that its procedures helped single out
high-risk passengers more effectively than random screening. Out of more than
30,000 passengers highlighted every year by behavior detection methods, the GAO
found that less than one percent were arrested. None of the arrests were in
connection to terror plots. (Huh. People can't spot liars--like those who
promise, "If you like your plan, you can keep it. Period. Who knew. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Violence spilled over from demonstrations in the Cairo suburb
of Ain Shams when Muslim protesters attacked a Coptic Orthodox
Christian church on March 28. Four people were killed in the attack on the
church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael. Among the dead are
a 25-year-old journalist and a Coptic Christian worshipper. When Egyptian
security forces intervened, violence spread throughout the surrounding
neighborhood. Muslim radicals are frequently whipped up into frenzy by their
religious leaders on Fridays when they gather for prayer. (Unfortunately, for
too many millions of Muslims, Islam is the Religion of the Peace of the Grave.
~Bob.)
Excerpt: One of those killed was nine-year-old Hamada Badr,
who witnesses including an Associated Press journalist said was stabbed and
then thrown off the roof. Another man in his twenties was hurled to his death
and Morsi supporters were seen beating his lifeless body. (Obama's moderate
Muslim Brotherhood pals in the wonderful Arab Spring. ~Bob)
Worth Reading : But It
Sounds Good: Democrat Economic Rhetoric And America
Excerpt: So before you dismiss the rhetoric about the magic
of minimum wage laws, try some critical analysis of what the Vice President
said, and consider the veracity of his claims. To start, consider this line:
“there’s no reason in the world why an American working 40 hours a week has to
live in poverty.” On the surface it’s difficult to disagree with that
statement, but consider its implications. For one, it begs the question
“what is poverty anway?” (I’ll get to that in a moment).
Additionally, it presupposes that one is entitled to something on the order of
“middle class” status simply because one puts in 40 hours a week working at
some job.
Excerpt: So why are pharmacists
protesting? I found out from some of the locals at the Free Market Road Show that
this is a heavily regulated and protected sector of the Greek economy. The
government has rules, for instance, that products such as aspirin and other
painkillers can only be purchased at pharmacies. The bureaucracy also rigs all
the prices to preclude competition. And there are even government policies that
make it very difficult for new pharmacies to compete against the established
firms.
SAY WHAT: Global Warming to Spawn Erectile Dysfunction and
Vegetarianism
Excerpt: This is not exciting news. The National Institute
of Scientific Research in Brussels
has identified global warming to be a significant
contributor to erectile dysfunction. Dr. Alfvin Schwartz, chief of the study,
said: The evidence is clear! All statistics confirm it, but most scientists
would not believe it. However, the data is irrefutable. Global warming makes it
go numb! There is no other way to say it. (Given how numb it has made
Progressives' brains, I don't discount it. ~Bob.)
Worth Reading
Excerpt: For conservatives, the story of the Obama years has
been the depressing spectacle of Republicans fighting a rearguard action
covering their retreat from a Democratic agenda backed by superior numbers.
Republicans began the Obama administration with effectively no leverage: Barack
Obama in the White House, Nancy
Pelosi in the speaker’s chair, and Harry Reid running the Senate. The outcome
of that was the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, the worst domestic defeat
for the cause of limited government in a generation.
Pelosi: People Who
Value Human Life Are ‘Dumb
http://conservativebyte.com/2014/03/pelosi-people-value-human-life-dumb/
http://conservativebyte.com/2014/03/pelosi-people-value-human-life-dumb/
Excerpt: At Planned Parenthood’s annual gala last night,
attendees and your PULSEr stopped laughing at comedian and emcee Tig Notaro
just long enough to watch Nancy Pelosi receive the award for her work
defending abortion rights. In her acceptance speech, Pelosi slammed abortion
opponents, especially criticized the “personhood” laws some of them are pushing
and said the struggle for reproductive rights will continue whatever SCOTUS
decides on the contraception mandate. (What a kind hearted woman.....NOT!--
just plain evil! --JB).
Margaret
Sanger (The Truth About MARGARET SANGER. --JB)
Excerpt: Not to be outdone by her followers, Margaret Sanger
spoke of sterilizing those she designated as "unfit," a plan she said
would be the "salvation of American civilization.: And she also spike of
those who were "irresponsible and reckless," among whom she included
those " whose religious scruples prevent their exercising control over
their numbers." She further contended that "there is no doubt in the
minds of all thinking people that the procreation of this group should be
stopped." That many Americans of African origin constituted a segment
of Sanger considered "unfit" cannot be easily refuted.
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