ForestOrca

Actual, significant jail time, please. Effing traitors.

Can confirm, I received this message approximately 180 minutes after you sent it. Strong Work!

Thank you for using cromulent. Words die if they aren’t used.

I can’t fathom Guiliani’s strategy in annoying the judge. smh.

Cool, so a real Doctor, then. ;-) I had a thing for getting letters after my name, and reached a certain goal, then gave up on the ego.

How are the actions of Sen. Tuberville not treasonous?

That cracked me up, too!

I’m glad you were able to get the care you needed.

You mean they got a Ph.D.? ;-)

I was searching for humorous podcasts over the weekend, and found Say More with Dr.? Sheila - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-more-with-dr-sheila/id1707936869 - I hope you enjoy it.

I could start spending my time bashing various professions, I suppose, but I’ve got better things to do. However, since you are obviously interesting in people being ripped off, injured or killed here’s this, the first article that came up on search from PubMed:

Our prescription drugs kill us in large numbers
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25355584/

Abstract

Our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer in the United States and Europe. Around half of those who die have taken their drugs correctly; the other half die because of errors, such as too high a dose or use of a drug despite contraindications. Our drug agencies are not particularly helpful, as they rely on fake fixes, which are a long list of warnings, precautions, and contraindications for each drug, although they know that no doctor can possibly master all of these. Major reasons for the many drug deaths are impotent drug regulation, widespread crime that includes corruption of the scientific evidence about drugs and bribery of doctors, and lies in drug marketing, which is as harmful as tobacco marketing and, therefore, should be banned. We should take far fewer drugs, and patients should carefully study the package inserts of the drugs their doctors prescribe for them and independent information sources about drugs such as Cochrane reviews, which will make it easier for them to say “no thanks”.

It is a free article, so you can read the whole thing, if you wish to be better informed.

The second one is from US News and World Report:

Death by Prescription
https://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2016-09-27/the-danger-in-taking-prescribed-medications

Enjoy.

They are soooo delicious! Whenever I’m in the PacNW I try to find some to eat. Tho’ it seems like the locals just treat them like a nuisance.

YSK that Medical Doctors are also not Chiropractors. This is why the letters after their names are different. M.D. means Medical Doctor, and D.C. means Doctor of Chiropractic. The major differences in their educations being Surgery, and Drugs for the MDs, and Nutrition, Physical Therapy, Manual Therapy are studied more by DCs. Depending on licensure laws both can order imaging, laboratory testing, and prescribe massage or physical therapy. Also the MD will only have 3-7 minutes to spend with you, and the DC will have much more time to do intake, history, therapy, and to explain what is going on with you and what can be done to improve your situation. Here’s a fun fact for ya, some of the injuries attributed to joint manipulation, and this is well documented, were from barbers, kung fu teachers, and yes, MDs and PTs who went to a weekend course in manipulation, instead of the numerous semesters of learning that a DC will have as part of their normal coursework.

@NataliePortland, what’s your issue? Why do you care so much about this particular topic?

It’s right around freezing around Toronto, poor 'Roo.

Thalamic deep brain stimulation in traumatic brain injury: a phase 1, randomized feasibility study - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-023-02638-4

Let’s not forget sink holes. :-D

Since the discussion doesn’t seem to include much, if anything from the article above, allow me to quote:
"

An Ohio Senate committee has given initial approval to a newly unveiled proposal to fundamentally alter the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law that’s set to take effect later this week.

The legislation being advanced in the GOP-controlled chamber would eliminate a home grow option for adults, criminalize the use and possession of marijuana obtained outside of a licensed retailer, reduce the possession limit, raise the sales tax on cannabis and steer funding away from social equity programs and toward law enforcement—along with other amendments concerning THC limits, public consumption and changes to hemp-related rules that stakeholders say would “devastate” the market."

Broccoli band wallet FTW! I’ve been using this method for years now. Nice EDC! Carry on!

Banana? Is that you?

:-(

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraquat#Parkinson’s_disease