Sunday's Interesting News
'Tis the season. Around our house, "It's beginning to look a lot like chaos...""Physician visit" from a friend and blog readerToday I saw a well-credentialed physician (in his 40s), a member of a large...
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Annual "Merry Christmas, Happy Belated Hanukah, Blessed Solstice or a...
Little Dale, Britnye and a politically-incorrect guy in a red suitHappy, ah, oh, Merry, ah...boy it gets tricky. Okay, have a Merry Christmas, Happy Belated Hanukah, Blessed Solstice or a wonderful...
View ArticleMonday's News
Worth Reading: A Small Step in the Right Direction: The Ryan-Murray budget deal is far from perfect, but perfection is too much to expect from a budget. By Peggy...
View ArticleToday's Exciting News
Update: My friend and brother Marine John Payne got the call for a new lung at about 8:30 am this morning (Tuesday, December 17, 2013). He is now scheduled for surgery tonight about 11:00 pm. We are...
View ArticleObama and the Plumber
This came via e-mail, with no attribution. Great example of how Obamacare works. I post it assuming the author wants it read. ~BobObama and the PlumberBarack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so...
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Today's interesting news and comment
Update: The operation for my friend and brother Marine Vietnam vet John Payne's lung transplant started at 2:30 am on Wednesday, December 18, and at 7:30 am we heard from Donna Payne that he came...
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Today's News & Update on John
Update on my friend and brother Marine John Payne, who got his new lung Wednesday morning. He is awake, alert (though he nods off often) and writing notes to his wife. He asked to see us, so we stopped...
View ArticleYour weekend news
Update on John Payne: Friday morning, the phone rang and it was John--not much over 50 hours since he came out of surgery for his lung transplant. What a blessing. So we spent the morning with...
View ArticleGuest Post: Behind Closed Doors
Behind Closed Doors And Other SurprisesColonel Donald J. Myers USMC (Ret) On Tuesday, our president met behind closed doors with CEOs from Google, Twitter, Apple, and other tech experts to discuss what...
View ArticleSunday's News--the Train Wreck Gose On
My Christmas Poems and Short Storyhttp://www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2012/12/christmas-poems-and-short-story.htmlIncluded in my book Eddie Grabowski's Gift. http://tinyurl.com/kbnl243The Obamacare...
View Article"Enemy on island, issue in doubt." The lung call came.
Extra credit if you can ID the quote without Google. The VA called and they think they have a lung for me, so we are headed to the UW Hospital. If it's a false alarm, I'll update you in a couple of...
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I'm home with a new lung
We arrived at UW Hospital at 2:45 am, Monday, December 23, 2013. We left Friday, January 3, 2013, with a new lung at 3:45 pm, under 11 days. They throw in a complete new regimented life style, no extra...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts for January, 2014
Random Thoughts for January, 2014Robert A. HallMy new lung: I am not restarting the blog, as I'm still recovering and trying to learn and structure my new life style, but a lot of this was in the...
View ArticlePolitical News while I was on vacation
Well, I'm back, sort of. You can send e-mail as long as you understand that I'll have to delete a lot of it unread. tartanmarine(at)gmail.com.Managing my recovery from a lung transplant December 23,...
View ArticleUnemployment Payments Create Jobs And Other Nonsense
Unemployment Payments Create Jobs And Other NonsenseColonel Donald J. Myers USMC(Ret)On Monday our president announced that unemployment payments create jobs. His staff at the White House echoed that...
View ArticleYour Weekend Political News
Truthful Media Protection AgencyConsumers are fed up with media distorting the news and feeding false information to the public. They are also sick and tired of many Internet blogs and supposed...
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A few Sunday Items
Troubled By The Cross. By Andy Weddington, Colonel, USMC (Ret)http://acoloneloftruth.blogspot.com/2014/01/troubled-by-cross.htmlExcerpt: Two days ago, Thursday the 9th, I was awakened from sleep...
View ArticlePolitical News For You
Sorry for the lack of posts, doing fine so far, but swamped. Appointments at the VA every day this week for clinics, tests and rehab. Have not gotten through all my e-mail since Sunday. ~BobBook...
View ArticleUpdate on my lung transplant
Update on my lung transplant. 1-17-14Bob HallI'm sorry for the lack of posts. I haven't been able to get through my e-mail since last Sunday. Managing the details comes first, but hope to have more...
View ArticleFinally some political news
Finally able to pull a post together, as no VA appointments for 4 days! Yeah! ~BobPodesta questions why environmentalists would challenge Obama’s energy...
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