Frank
@fshagan.bsky.social
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Retired Boomer (no, not that kind). Christian (no, not that kind). Happily married.
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2024 is depressing. But 2026 is coming.

2024 saw ignorance win over awareness. But 2026 is coming.

2024 abandoned the "least of these". But 2026 is coming.

2024 brought fear, and anger, and threats of retribution. But 2026 is coming.

2026 is coming.
fshagan.bsky.social
I see it and am responding to it.
fshagan.bsky.social
Thanks! Looking forward to it now
fshagan.bsky.social
I'm out of touch. What book?
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But, we are told for the 1,000th time, "this time it's different."
fshagan.bsky.social
Who has the power again?
fshagan.bsky.social
Who has the power again?
fshagan.bsky.social
BOLO for Californians:

I received a text from the SoS that my ballot has been mailed. We should be receiving them in a few days. We will be voting and dropping off our ballots at the county center drop box because I worry about illegal intervention by the Trump admin on the mail.
Text message from CA Secretary of State that my ballot has been mailed and I should receive it in a few days.
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Not to mention that the shutdown has nothing to do with Medicaid, but with ACA subsidies, which no undocumemented person can possibly get.

And yes. release the Epstein files!
bornold53.bsky.social
EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN!!!!
Amid all the misinformation about Medicaid, don't forget about EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN!!
fshagan.bsky.social
I thought you muted me.
fshagan.bsky.social
That's a good point. I think that when people tell me that the GOP has always been MAGA. So why should we worry about MAGA at all? It's such a self defeating attitude.
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Anxiously awaiting our ballots, which we will drive to the county center drop box, just in case there's any interference from a weaponized postal service (I didn't trust anything Trump can touch).
fshagan.bsky.social
Again, your bias is proving you don't actually engage with individuals. Instead you do battle with your imagination. I haven't mentioned my faith once, yet you've gone out of your way to bring it up.

Unworkable solutions don't help. They only distract. Do better as a human first.
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I certainly won't. I've never liked his style of music or the gross misogyny that is so prevalent in hip hop culture. My hope for him reforming has less to do with him personally than it does for any future potential victims. Less victims is a good thing. So I hope for reform for all such bad actors
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You are making a lot of assumptions about others based on your prejudice and bigotry. Try to be a better human.
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As I said, there is no practical way to do this.

It must be a comfort to you to be able to posit an unworkable solution and then claim anyone disagreeing with you lacks courage. At least it prevents YOU from doing anything else so you can rest comfortably in your arrogance.
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I think the Federal courts have less "time off for good behavior" than state prison systems. He has to serve about 85% of the sentence. But he might get early release to a half way house, credit for time served, or other programs intended to help him reform.
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It's odd. I am not her demographic as a 69 year old boomer who doesn't like modern pop or country music very much (too much auto tune or pitch correction and way too much singer credits for songwriting when they change a weird or two). So I don't get her at all. But hate her? I don't get that either
fshagan.bsky.social
If the military complies, like they did in Los Angeles, we need to be prepared.
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Only 1% of the outbreaks are on cruise ships. You are more likely to get it in a nursing home, at a restaurant, or in a classroom.

www.cdc.gov/norovirus/ou...
Norovirus Outbreaks
Learn about current norovirus outbreaks and alerts and common settings where outbreaks occur.
www.cdc.gov
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Good thing they don't work in medical facilities:

"The most commonly reported setting for norovirus outbreaks in the United States and other industrialized countries is healthcare facilities. "

www.cdc.gov/norovirus/ou...

Only 1% of outbreaks are on cruise ships. They should follow the science
Norovirus Outbreaks
Learn about current norovirus outbreaks and alerts and common settings where outbreaks occur.
www.cdc.gov
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Under a law passed in the Reagan administration, the ER must provide life saving care. We know an ER is a more expensive place than a doctor's office. It would be cheaper to provide a prescription than have an ER give emergency aid. The GOP wants us to spend more on undocumented medical care.
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Who pays the price if my employer fails to send in my withholding? I do, initially. Me. An individual who would for that employer who now faces tax penalties and having to pay twice while my employer and the Feds duke it out. No thanks. As I said, there is no practical way to do this.
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I'm glad the retired guys are speaking out. But the active commanders have already obeyed illegal orders to send Marines to Los Angeles.

Our military will follow orders, just like Hitler's did.
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C. Everett Koop under Reagan was also a surprise for his urging the use of condoms to prevent transmission of HIV/AIDS, instead of the right's view that abstinence was the only solution.
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It's a nice thought but literally, in every way, absolutely impossible to do.