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UpdateMy health is still holding. Being outside a lot Thursday to Sunday seemed to drop my FEV numbers starting Sunday, though they were back up Wednesday morning, but I'm needing less O2, none at rest...
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What Would You Do?Assume you are a white cop. You get a call to go to an apartment in a black neighborhood. A frantic mother reports she came home and found a black male leaving, who had just raped her...
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UpdateI posted yesterday, but a lot going on. I also noticed I used "their" when I meant "there" in my comment about Ferguson in yesterday's post. I know the difference, but my fingers often don't....
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UpdateShort health and lung update: I continue to make slow but steady improvement. FEV numbers holding at 1.45 to 1.50, compared to 0.91 on 7/7. For a week or so I haven't needed oxygen at rest or...
View ArticleUpdated: A Reading List for the Educated Voter (And those who wish to be)
Updated: A ReadingList for the Educated Voter (And those who wish to be)http://tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2013/08/updated-reading-list-for-educated-voter.htmlRobert A. HallEconomicsBasic Economics by...
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Today's Politial News and Comment
UpdatePulmonary Fibrosis Article: The article below was in the Wisconsin State Journal on 8/24/14. It was published in many other papers. As regular blog readers know, I was diagnosed with PF in 6/06,...
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UpdateI was going to post last night, but couldn't get on BlogSpot. Google problems. Finally rebooting fixed it.Still off O2, at 96% to 99% oxygen sats around the house, dropped to 91%-92% in last few...
View ArticleLots of important political news and comment today
UpdateCounted the pills I take daily now. Every day I take at least 31, but it varies with as many as 25 more. The extras are because some are only three days a week, one of the steroids comes in 1 mg...
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Today's Political News and Comment
UpdateSkipped Rehab Friday, as my back sill painful with muscle spasms and I didn't want to aggravate the problem. Thursday I had the highest FEV average in four months, but Friday I was coughing when...
View ArticleRandom Thoughts for September, 2014
Random Thoughts for September, 2014Robert A. HallI believe that almost all of the pathologies that are destroying western civilization, and with it our peoples' hope for the future for freedom and...
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Worth Reading Political News and Comment
General News and CommentRandom Thoughts for Septemberhttp://www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com/2014/08/random-thoughts-for-september-2014.htmlIf you missed my monthly collection. Comments from blog readers:...
View ArticleGlobal Democracy: A Dream From Obama’s Father?
Global Democracy: A Dream From Obama’s Father?Samuel L. Skogstad, Ph.DAugust 29, 2014 President Obama’s manner of dealing with international issues has consistently shown a reticence to act without...
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ISIS murders another American and other important news
UpdateOn Christmas, two days after my lung transplant, I was in the hospital, still mostly in a coma. On Memorial Day, I was in the hospital, on 100% oxygen, close to the edge and had to be put on a...
View ArticleA LOT of important news today
UpdateThings are going well. At rehab Wednesday, I did the usual plus added 30 reps on the lap pull. O2 staying in the 95% to 99% range. Did some baking, worked on a revision of our Condo Association's...
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Today's Politiclan News and Comment
UpdateO2 was better at rehab Friday, stayed above 93% on the treadmill, 95% to 97% on the others. Added 10 pounds on the chest press, and did 5 reps of 10 each on the lap pull. Friday was Bonnie &...
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Interesting Political News, Thoughtful Comment and Some Good Pictures
UpdateShort Health Update: All Good. I've been off supplemental oxygen now for 17 days and the OI2 sats are fine. I haven't been in the hospital since July 7, two months. My FEV numbers average Sunday...
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Today's Political News and Conserrvative Comment
UpdateFinally caught up the email backlog, so posting again today. ~Bob)General News and CommentMust Read: Obama’s Untruth, Inc. Let us count the ways: bald lies, lies of omission, mythography,...
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UpdatePosting again today as some timely news. ~BobGeneral News and CommentMust Read: National Honor Matters: Countries don’t act only in a narrow, largely financial definition of self-interest. By...
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Great Collection of News and Comment Today
UpdateMy friend and brother Marine, John Payne was in town with his brother, Dennis, also a Marine vet. As regular readers know, John got a lung five days before I did, also for pulmonary fibrosis. He...
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