Laughter…the BEST MEDICINE

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WOW! almost a year since i started this post…hoping for nothing but a quick smile or laugh to get us thru. been a long time…sigh…2 weeks to flatten the nonexistent curve…hope it’s over soon!!

I’ll continue to post the memes and cartoons here in this thread…

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  5. CONTEXT!!! amazing thing!!
    FTA
    On its own, 3,000 fatalities might seem like a tremendously large number. But that’s before you learn that an average of 7,700 people die in the U.S. every single day. Which means that over the past week, when the coronavirus took 2,000 lives, nearly 54,000 people died from other causes.

    As a service to readers, here are recent annual deaths from other causes, many of which go largely unnoticed year by year, but most of which are preventable. (The data are compiled from the National Center for Health Statistics, the National Safety Council, and other sources.)
    1,900: strep throat
    3,000: food poisoning
    5,000: choking
    6,946: accidental hanging
    7,450: pedestrians hit by a car
    7,740: obesity
    12,316: pregnancy-related
    20,108: inflammation resulting from food or liquids getting into the lungs
    35,000: antibiotic-resistant bacteria
    35,823: alcohol-induced deaths
    36,336: falls
    40,922: blood poisoning resulting from bacteria
    47,173: suicide
    55,672: flu and pneumonia
    64,795: accidental poisoning
    83,564: diabetes
    121,404: Alzheimer’s
    160,201: chronic lower respiratory disease
    169,936: all accidental deaths
    250,000: medical errors
    599,108: cancer
    647,457: heart disease

    Then there are all the scary stories about hospitalizations and how the health care system will be overwhelmed. Here, too, there’s no context.

    According to the American Hospital Association, there were more than 36 million hospital admissions in 2018. So, on an average day, hospitals across the country admit more than 98,000 patients.

    In that year, there were 139 million emergency room visits. That’s more than 380,000 a day.

    Of course, a local area can be overwhelmed by a sudden influx of patients needing hospital care. But it will take a lot more than the predicted course of the coronavirus outbreak to overwhelm a health care system that successfully deals in volumes like this on a daily basis.

    There’s the other side of the coin to consider, though. Stress, for example, is known to be major factor in six of the leading causes of death in the country. Work-related stress alone is believed to cause 120,000 deaths each year. As people see their savings disappear, their businesses shutter, their lives turned upside down, stress will increase phenomenally. And that will ultimately lead to more stress-related deaths.

    Depending on how deadly the coronavirus actually turns out to be — and at the moment we have no idea — the cure could truly be worse than the disease.

    https://issuesinsights.com/2020/03/31/some-much-needed-coronavirus-perspective/

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  6. hmmmmmmmmmmm
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    Did you know that if you die from heart disease right now, and they determine you to be an asymptomatic carrier of Covid-19 in your post-Mortem, they legally add your death to the #Coronavirus death toll?

    The number one killer in America is Heart disease. 1,002 people a day.

    Did you know that if you die from heart disease right now, and they determine you to be an asymptomatic carrier of Covid-19 in your post-Mortem, they legally add your death to the #Coronavirus death toll?

    — Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) March 29, 2020

    Here are the death counts for the two biggest causes in 2017. That means on average 3489 people die each day from one of these two causes.

    Heart disease: 647,457
    Cancer: 599,108

    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm

    How many of these deaths are now going to be blamed on the coronavirus?

    https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/coronavirus-death-counts-are-being-manipulated-to-support-the-medias-narrative-and-will-be-used-as-a-political-tool-to-hurt-trump/?utm_source=whatfinger

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    2. Doing OK. Winning the battle right now, feeling a little better than I have in 3 years, I’m getting within distance of remission numbers, so that’ how the battle goes. How you doin’, Pat!!! long time no see, glad the wife had me check your site!!! Speaking of wife, I think you might find her in moderation, with a hilarious meme. 💖💖💖💖

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      1. that’s such AWESOME NEWS!!!!!!
        you guys are in my daily prayers!!!
        I am still so new at having a site…I never remember to check moderation…sounds like a big shot job…LOL…I’ll go look now!
        tell her I said hey!!!!

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  8. Hey, Pat, it has been a while and my apologies. I saw your blog title and HAD to stop in cuz the WHOOOHOOO Flu panic on the other two blogs is getting overwhelming. So some laughter to add to the good medicine. This is from Kal:

    With God’s Mercies, Kal’s chemo med adjustment, and his stubborn will to live the leukemia is being beatin’. His new oncologist, the 4th one!, is very empathetic and thinks outside the box. She adjusted his meds once again and these last 6 weeks of life have been “fairly normal” for us. He is quite well considering. He might be lurking around your craft room too!

    We cannot physically visit Anthony now, but use email and phone to stay in touch. He is doing quite well. He has a job in the paint shop at the prison. He tells us he is pretty much the only working right now. His supervisors like him a lot and we found out that eventually all his hours he puts in there can be applied toward the painter’s union apprentice certificate! He is also undertaking master beekeeper’s classes. He will be a certified master beekeeper when he is finished.

    I am busy chasing after family, finishing my last Financial Accounting class, and blogging at Marica’s. I am doing better now that spring sunshine breaks through. I see one of the DOJ

    Take care and keep up the humor and bringing the truth. I saw your factual posts too. Kal, Phoenix Rising, Just Stevie, Nebraska Filly, and I have been trying to post stuff to quell the WHOOOHOOOyness, but CV, Syl, Foxy, and Hoofy are feeding the fires and last night it sparked into a bonfire!! sigh!!!! 🙄

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    1. I miss you!!!
      I wondered about visiting Anthony–that stinks!!
      I post a lot of memes at wolf’s but lately there’s a new Sheriff over there who picks them apart and says they’re fake news–so giving myself a break from all that…they had a separate thread for the COVID stuff, but it bleeds into the regular threads…news is one thing, but the hair on fire stuff really gets depressing day after day.
      i believe there is a virus going around and yes it can and does kill…but is it worth shutting down our economy? not sure it warrants that.
      anyway…I intend to keep looking and posting funnies and news that refutes all the craziness.
      You take care too…and good luck with your last class!!!
      You and your family are in my daily prayers!!!!!

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      1. Bren is off line right now. She just asked me to say hi & Thank you for your prayers. We miss you too, Pat, we’ll try to get back a little more often. Prayers for you as well, darlin’!!!💖💖💖💖

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  10. MORE LIES!!!!
    FTA
    Last week the liberal media ran screaming headlines after 39-year-old Natasha Ott was found dead on her kitchen floor while awaiting her coronavirus test results.
    Rest in peace, Natasha.

    Of course, the left ran with the story as a way to whip up panic and attack the Trump administration.
    But it was not true.
    A second coronvirus test came back negative on Natasha Ott.
    The media reported incorrectly that she died of COVID-9 while waiting for her test results.

    Furthermore, it was not revealed that she was in fact suffering for the last TWO years from an undiagnosed intestinal condition but her boyfriend lied and said she was perfectly healthy.

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  12. so if you’re RBG orders don’t apply to you!
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    D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a stay at home order on Monday with potential criminal penalties for violators. Last week Bowser ordered non-essential businesses, including gyms, to close.

    Gyms are closed around the country due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the personal trainer for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told Law360 that the justice “ain’t having it,” and is still working out with him twice a week at the U.S. Supreme Court’s private facility.

    Justice Ginsburg, who turned 87 on March 15, is sticking to her twice-weekly routine of planks, pushups and other exercises with longtime personal trainer Bryant Johnson in the justices’ private gym inside the Supreme Court building, Johnson said in a phone call Tuesday.

    “Everybody’s been shut down. The only reason why I didn’t shut the justice down is because, hey, she ain’t having it,” said Johnson, who spent over 30 years in the U.S. Army and now works in D.C.’s federal district court. “She has that grandfather status to me and if she wants to train, that‘s the least that I can do.”
    Ginsburg’s chauffeur, federal security, trainer and others are being put at risk during the coronavirus pandemic because she will not workout at home as millions of other Americans are being ordered to do.

    Mayor Bowser has organized a fitness broadcast for seniors that Ginsburg can do from the safety of her home.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/in-midst-of-dcs-coronavirus-shutdown-ruth-bader-ginsburg-meets-trainer-for-workouts-at-supreme-court-gym/

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        1. I still don’t know how she’s still alive, let alone doing push ups?????? Yes that being special thing is what bugs me the most. They really do believe in what they perceive as their superiority!!

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  20. spidey sense tingling now…what MISSION???
    FTA
    Seamands’ message said the Army was looking for retirees from the following specialties: critical care officer; anesthesiologist; nurse anesthetist; critical care nurse; nurse practitioner; ER nurse; respiratory specialist; and medic.

    Army officials have declined to answer questions about how many medical positions they’re looking to fill or what the timeline will be to get volunteers vetted, trained and situated.

    “We’ve had some positive responses,” Gen. James McConville, the chief of staff of the Army, said Thursday in response to a Military.com question. “What we’re looking for is medical expertise.”

    Lt. Gen. Raymond Scott Dingle, the surgeon general of the Army, added that volunteers will be assessed for current medical certifications and credentials.

    “Then once we do that, we will plug them into all of our medical treatment facilities as required in support of the mission,” he said.

    https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/03/27/army-asked-retirees-medical-fields-come-back-response-was-overwhelming.html

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    1. and then I see THIS article…is it China we are preparing to go to war with?
      FTA
      China appears to be laying the groundwork for a “justified” attack on the United States, perhaps in the South China Sea or perhaps elsewhere. It will be a military attack, not an act of terrorism, and the excuse will be America’s deliberate transmission of COVID-19 in Wuhan.

      When the Chinese became accusatory, it’s telling that they didn’t blame the CIA, always the usual suspect. No, they blamed it on American soldiers.

      American military deliberately infecting China is an act of war worthy of a military response.

      In October, the 2019 World Military Games were held in Wuhan. Chinese media triumphantly trumpeted the Americans winning just eight medals, while China won 239. It was then that we supposedly infected Wuhan citizens with the “American virus.”

      China is now defenestrating foreign media, sending home reporters from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Washington Post at just the opportune moment. No nation wants journalists around when it is planning a sneak attack.

      And with its economy ravaged by Trump’s trade war and the virus shutdown, and now back at full production, while America’s economy is in total shutdown and in the grip of an active pandemic, there will never be a better time to attack.

      https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/04/china_is_preparing_to_start_a_war_with_america.html

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      1. They Are!! Pics coming out of the hospital ships a VERY few, but what I have seen of them, They are putting Fat-Pacs on the IV hook ups for the patients. That tells me that the patients have Malnutrition, They are using MASH units & the ships to save rescued kid & adult slaves.

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              1. No, I am bound by agreements that don’t allow such things. Sounds cheezy I know but it’s true. The one experience I can talk about is one I had when I was younger. I stopped a trafficker from kidnapping my girlfriend when I was younger. It cost me the relationship, but she is free & has a beautiful family with her husband. I only hope she found as much love & joy in her marriage as I have in mine. She was extremely naive & would not believe anything I told her about the situation, I had to get her Father involved to save her from the monster. It was a rough patch in my life. It was because of my work & the friends I made that let me escape with my own life. The monster, however did not fare as well. He was found tied to a barbed wire fence, with his removed testicles hanging on the fence next to him. He did survive, however. I don’t have a clue how he ended up that way. 😁

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              3. Sorry darlin’ just a peon who used to have a clearance!! I really don’t know how he got there, I asked my Biker friends not to tell me so if I got questioned, I would have plausible deniability, I’d been doing this kind of work for a while, Darlin’!!!💖💖💖💖💖

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              8. we have the anniversary edition…2003…but hubby’s got a bad back that just can’t tolerate it anymore…we’ve talked about a dresser, but I’d rather get a classic car (i wannna mustang or a thunderbird) –something I can drive too!!!

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              9. After 6 back surgeries, it’s prolly not a good idea for me either. Nice fantasy I guess. Classic cars are definitely fun too!!! I want to find a ’73 Grand Am to restore. I had one all tricked out with a Police pursuit package & modified frame & suspension. Not a classic per se, but lots of fun none the less!!!

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              10. whoa…yeah probably not.
                I really loved our bike trips–we did New England, the Great Lakes, The Smokey Mountains…then hubby had back surgery and the long trips weren’t comfortable any more…sigh…
                I got my hair cut short now—I wanna convertible!!!

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              11. You’ll have a blast!!! I had a Firebird When I was younger, that was a blast, a buddy of mine fixed up a 68 Firebird convertible, It was a scream in the nice weather!! When I bought Bren our current car, I got it with a panoramic roof, so the front 1/2 opens up & slides back, so ALMOST there, Bren loves it in the summertime!!!

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              13. My grandson used to call it Grandpa’s racing car!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Love the car, It was Bren’s first NEW car ever, so she loves it. Beautiful at night to put the liner back & just look at the stars, if you’re not the one driving!!!!

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              22. no, hubby was confused…he said it made the vehicle…like the thing on the trans am hood…I disagreed–the salesman asked if he could keep it I said sure. he knocked a grand off the price…lol

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              31. So, I discovered that the right front tire comes down first, just like in Dukes of Hazard style, for reals!! the funny part is that it was Bren that was driving when it happened!! She sure squeals good!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣

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    1. Sorry, Pat not even I believe there’s enough flour on the planet to roll that in to find the wet spot!!!! I’ll deny saying this if anyone asks!!!!!🤪🤪🤪🤪😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

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            1. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💖💖💖💖 Oh, I miss you on the board!!! I have recently suffered the wrath of the sensitivity of someone too, Understandable why you stay away.

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              4. Amen, Pat, Amen!!! Wish we could get ’em all on board with it, the panic is settling down, but it’s still just under the surface!! I wanna slide into the grave saying, “Wow, what a ride”!!!!

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              5. yup! I agree…
                if I have to hear one more person defend and “explain” the flawed models to me I’m gonna scream!
                especially since they lowered the expected deaths to 60,000 today…and if you say that’s how f8cked up they were to begin with, you get to listen to a lecture on how social distancing mitigated the number—even though social distancing WAS INCLUDED in the original models…
                sigh…sorry…

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  33. just saw the most awesome idea…since our governor now strongly recommends face masks if we go out…I’m gonna make mine with TRUMP 2020 or MAGA on them!!!!
    pretty soon, they’ll be outlawed…bwahahahahaha

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