Perhaps the Vatican should pay dues taxes before it tells the world how to govern itself.
Or perhaps it could look into its own monumental collective failure to uphold even the most civil of behaviors before lecturing the world at large on idolatry, selfishness, and “cultural and moral values.”
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Dear Pontiff, stay the hell out of politics.
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Posted October 24th, 2011 at 11:34 pm by bob in World nuttiness | No Comments »
Spanish society has been shaken by allegations of the theft and trafficking of thousands of babies by nuns, priests and doctors, which started under Franco and continued up to the 1990s.
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Spain’s stolen babies
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Makes pedophile priests look like amateur hour
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Posted October 24th, 2011 at 11:12 pm by bob in World nuttiness | No Comments »
I have very oily skin (that’s about as personal as we’re going to get here, folks) and that is playing havoc with those wonderful 4×7 electrode pads for my TENS device. The large pads are an excellent alternative to the multiple small pads and wires that I just can’t apply behind my back, but after the third use the 4×7s just wouldn’t stay on.
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TENS device (4) REALLY sticky stuff!
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Posted October 19th, 2011 at 11:11 pm by bob in Medical | No Comments »
OK, let me get this straight. The Cost of Living adjustment for Social Security will be 3.6%, meaning that is what the government thinks has happened to my cost of living since 2009?
Where do these bureaucrats buy their gas, their clothing, their food? Do they have windows? Are they allowed “out” much?
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A whole 3.6 percent? All for meeeeee?
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Posted October 19th, 2011 at 10:38 pm by bob in World nuttiness | No Comments »
I wouldn’t have bet on it, but I couldn’t pass up “It’s free to try.”
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The TENS device (1) — Updated 10/13
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Posted October 13th, 2011 at 12:30 pm by bob in Medical | No Comments »
Medicare doesn’t want to pay much longer it seems, and they will use obviously flawed data to make it happen.
Dear AAN:
I don’t buy your studies, and even if someone else doesn’t get benefit, does that mean I can’t? Is every medication equally effective for all patients?
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TENS devices (3) — I’m learning
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Posted October 13th, 2011 at 12:25 pm by bob in Medical | No Comments »
It appears there is some growing reluctance for Medicare to cover TENS devices when used for lower back pain. Obviously nobody who works in the decision making process has had to deal with such real world heath issues. Specifically,
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TENS devices (2), Medicare, and lower back pain - updated 10/13
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Posted October 10th, 2011 at 11:09 am by bob in Medical | No Comments »
My aquatic portion of therapy for me takes place in the fitness center therapy pool, so during non therapy-reserved hours the therapy pool is open to fitness center members; I am a member.
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Therapy pool social
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Posted October 3rd, 2011 at 12:47 am by bob in Uncategorized | No Comments »
I remember Operation Babylift well. It’s nice to see that even after all the years, that disaster-filled effort paid off in the end for some.
Just in time before the Fall of Saigon, U.S. troops airlifted over 3,000 young children from Vietnam in a mission known as “Operation Babylift.”
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Operation Babylift - a 30-year happening
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Posted October 1st, 2011 at 2:07 pm by bob in Uncategorized | No Comments »