Due to Health Concerns, Location, and Medical Insurance, I gave a 2nd SOUTH COAST HEALTH facility a chance. It was CHARLTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, AND THE ASSOCIATED MEDICAL PRACTICES.
Again, I am not going to get into personal information, but my experience with:
- Medical Reception.
- Nursing Care.
- Physicians Knowledge and Ability.
- Lab Facility.
...and a willingness to go beyond what is expected...
...Was an Excellent Example of Medical Professionalism at its best.
In addition, the Employee Attitude seemed to express a Genuine Desire to help the patient,
who was not just someone to be tolerated.
Please SOUTH COAST HEALTH, instill this Professionalism in all of your operations.
First lady Dr. Jill Biden attended a candlelight vigil on Wednesday evening in Nashville, Tennessee honoring the six victims of the shooting at the Covenant School earlier this week.
LINK: cbsn.ws/3K56Pwu
So how did the Trumpians and Putin/ Trump Boiler Room Commandos respond?
Here are some of the Morally and Intellectually Depraved comments on Twitter:
(and no, I am not going to list whatever name, or more likely alias, they are using.
If you have access to twitter they are easy to find. I will not give Treasonous Low Lifes or
Pro-Russian/Trump Boiler Rooms the recognition they crave.)
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"Guess Joe was too busy eating ice cream"
"Crocodile tears"
"She is responsible in so many ways for this tragedy."
"Got a love a dirty good for nothing opportunist they can never let a tragedy go to waste"
"Mrs Joe is filthy useless."
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To call them scum, quite frankly, would be an insult to scum. In the Natural World Scum may benefit Mankind.
NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, the first ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024.
The indictment, confirmed Thursday by Joe Tacopina, a lawyer for Trump, and other people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss sealed criminal charges, is an extraordinary development after years of investigations into his business, political and personal dealings. It is likely to galvanize critics who say Trump lied and cheated his way to the top and embolden supporters who feel the Republican is being unfairly targeted by a Democratic prosecutor.
Tacopina said in a statement: “He did not commit any crime. We will vigorously fight this political prosecution in court.”
The district attorney’s investigation centered on money paid to porn actor Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, whom he feared would go public with claims that they had extramarital sexual encounters with him.
Trump, who has denied any wrongdoing and has repeatedly attacked the investigation as politically motivated, was expected to surrender to authorities next week, though the details were still being worked out, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss a matter that remained under seal.
In bringing the charges, the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, is embracing an unusual case that had been investigated by two previous sets of prosecutors, both of which declined to take the politically explosive step of seeking Trump’s indictment.
In the weeks leading up to the indictment, Trump railed about the investigation on social media and urged supporters to protest on his behalf, prompting tighter security around the Manhattan criminal courthouse.
Trump faces other potential legal perils as he seeks to reassert control of the Republican Party and stave off a slew of one-time allies who are seeking or are likely to oppose him for the presidential nomination.
The district attorney in Atlanta has for two years been investigating efforts by Trump and his allies to meddle in Georgia’s 2020 vote count. And a U.S. Justice Department special counsel is investigating Trump’s storage of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida and his efforts to reverse his election loss.
The fate of the hush-money investigation seemed uncertain until word got out in early March that Bragg had invited Trump to testify before a grand jury, a signal that prosecutors were close to bringing charges.
Trump’s attorneys declined the invitation, but a lawyer closely allied with the former president briefly testified in an effort to undercut the credibility of Trump’s former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen.
Late in the 2016 presidential campaign, Cohen paid Daniels $130,000 to keep her silent about what she says was a sexual encounter with Trump a decade earlier after they met at a celebrity golf tournament.
Cohen was then reimbursed by Trump’s company, the Trump Organization, which also rewarded the lawyer with bonuses and extra payments logged internally as legal expenses. Over several months, Cohen said, the company paid him $420,000.
Earlier in 2016, Cohen had also arranged for the publisher of the supermarket tabloid the National Enquirer to pay Playboy model Karen McDougal $150,000 to squelch her story of a Trump affair in a journalistically dubious practice known as “catch-and-kill.”
The payments to the women were intended to buy secrecy, but they backfired almost immediately as details of the arrangements leaked to the news media.
Federal prosecutors in New York ultimately charged Cohen in 2018 with violating federal campaign finance laws, arguing that the payments amounted to impermissible help to Trump’s presidential campaign. Cohen pleaded guilty to those charges and unrelated tax evasion counts and served time in federal prison.
Trump was implicated in court filings as having knowledge of the arrangements, but U.S. prosecutors at the time balked at bringing charges against him. The Justice Department has a longtime policy that it is likely unconstitutional to prosecute a sitting president in federal court.
Bragg’s predecessor as district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., then took up the investigation in 2019. While that probe initially focused on the hush money payments, Vance’s prosecutors moved on to other matters, including an examination of Trump’s business dealings and tax strategies.
Vance ultimately charged the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer with tax fraud related to fringe benefits paid to some of the company’s top executives.
The hush money matter became known around the D.A.’s office as the “zombie case,” with prosecutors revisiting it periodically but never opting to bring charges.
Bragg saw it differently. After the Trump Organization was convicted on the tax fraud charges in December, he brought fresh eyes to the well-worn case, hiring longtime white-collar prosecutor Matthew Colangelo to oversee the probe and convening a new grand jury.
Cohen became a key witness, meeting with prosecutors nearly two-dozen times, turning over emails, recordings and other evidence and testifying before the grand jury.
Trump has long decried the Manhattan investigation as “the greatest witch hunt in history.” He has also lashed out at Bragg, calling the prosecutor, who is Black, racist against white people.
The criminal charges in New York are the latest salvo in a profound schism between Trump and his hometown — a reckoning for a one-time favorite son who grew rich and famous building skyscrapers, hobnobbing with celebrities and gracing the pages of the city’s gossip press.
Trump, who famously riffed in 2016 that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody” and “wouldn’t lose voters,” now faces a threat to his liberty or at least his reputation in a borough where more than 75% of voters — many of them potential jurors — went against him in the last election.
I have been posting 2nd Amendment articles for years, but Democrats always seem to ignore the Logic and Reasoning contained in the 2nd Amendment to let the GOP off the hook. How about now?
BY DEFINITION: GUN CONTROL, AND THE 2ND AMENDMENT. PART 1.
Trying to cut through all the Hyperbole about the 2nd Amendment, and how Free or Restrictive Gun Ownership and/or Possession should be, is a daunting task. However, let's give it a try.
To further understand the meaning of the wording contained in the 2nd Amendment, we must also look to another part of the U.S CONSTITUTION that addresses the same subject matter.
The following is taken from ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8 of the U.S. CONSTITUTION.
"To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining, the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;"
As you can see the term "MILITIA" is used, and its ROLE, MISSION, AND THE RULES THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED FOR IT TO OPERATE PROPERLY AND LEGALLY ARE LAID OUT.
At the time of its initial Formation and Independence, the UNITED STATES had virtually no standing NATIONAL ARMY. (Not the Professional Force where Soldiers are Recruited and Trained for Full Time Duty, or CAREER TYPE EMPLOYMENT). THE MILITIA WAS A NECESSITY TO PROTECT THE NEW NATION UNTIL A STANDING MILITARY BODY COULD BE CREATED FOR FULL-TIME DEPLOYMENT.
To understand the role that the MILITIA WAS TO TAKE IN PROTECTING THE COUNTRY THEN, AND IN THE FUTURE, WE MUST LOOK TO THE WORDING CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE PASSAGE TAKEN FROM THE BODY OF THE CONSTITUTION.
Perhaps the phrase "CITIZEN SOLDIER" is familiar to you, but do you know what it really refers to? We will examine this in the next Article regarding this Subject Matter.
My brief Twitter response.
Nuremberg, Germany the mid-late 1930s. The U.S. of America NOW. NAZIS-TRUMPIANS: Same Hate filled Rhetoric meant to destroy Democracy. Trumpians are Fascists, that is all they are. Gender, Race, Ethnicity, Religious Faith, etc. Fascists come from all parts of society, no free pass...
In addition...
Do not look at the individual. Close your eyes and listen. This is what they want for this country, and there is no excuse for any Truly Loyal American who believes in a Constitutional Republic to advocate this Fascist Diatribe. They are all Traitors, every single one.
As I have done in the past, if I am subject to a Very Negative Consumer Experience in the Marketplace, I report it here.
FACT CHECKING- Evaluating a Factual Claim or Assertion of Truth for its validity,
and whether or not it can be relied upon to provide a satisfactory conclusion or judgment about
the Reality of any Given Subject.
It is up to those making such Claims or Assertions to provide Testable and Examinable Information or
Evidence to back up any such STATEMENT OF TRUTH.
Donald Trumps personal opinion is of no value without factual data that can back up what he is claiming.
For that matter neither is anyone elses, BUT HE IS THE ONE MAKING A
FACTUAL ASSERTION/CONCLUSION ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION.
However, so far any Evidence he has provided has been revealed to be Faulty, Incorrect, or
Useless* in backing up his opinions. He and his Allies have lost every single Court Case.
When proper Intellectual Scrutiny is applied, TRUMP HAS NOTHING...NOTHING SUPPORTING
HIS ACCUSATIONS.
If you believe he is being treated unfairly: HOW? If you believe other Politicians are not subject to the
same standards, provide examples. Remember, there is a big difference between saying the following:
"I BELIEVE RATES OF UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLATION, CRIME, etc ARE CAUSED BY THESE FACTORS." (Relays Information that can be checked)
and
"I BELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLATION, CRIME, etc ARE CAUSED BY THIS (POLITICIAN, PARTY), DESIRE TO CHEAT OR HARM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC.
TO BE CONTINUED...
*( USUALLY RED HERRINGS)
EXCERPTS FROM THE STORY "THE DESRICK ON YANDRO."
BY MANLY WADE WELLMAN.
(TWO MEN CLIMB A HILL CALLED YANDRO. THE HILL HAS A DESRICK
LOCATED AT THE TOP. YET BOTH MEN ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THESE ARE TAKEN FROM THE
END OF THE STORY.)
"That's it," puffed Mr. Yandro. "The desrick."
I looked at him then, and knew what most he wanted on this earth. He wanted to be boss. Money was just something to greaten him. His idea of greatness was bigness. He wanted to do all the talking, and have everybody else do the listening. He had his eyes hung on that desrick, and he licked his lips, like a cat over a dish of cream.
"Let's go in," he said.
"Not where I'm not invited," I told him, as flatly as anybody could ever tell him. "I said I'd come to the top. This is the top."
"Come with me," he said. "My name's Yandro. This mountain's name is Yandro. I can buy and sell every man, woman and child in this part of the country. If I say it's all right to go into a house, it's all right to go into a house."
He meant that thing. The world and everybody in it was just there to let him walk on. He took a step toward the desrick...Mr. Yandro snorted at me, to show how small he reckoned me because I held back, and he headed toward the big door."If she's there, she'll show me the gold," he said.
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A few observations about the Narrators companion.
He wants to be boss.
A Man who wants to do the talking, and everyone
else do the listening.
If he says it's all right...it's all right.
Take these observations for what you will.
I am tired of listening to the "FOX NEWS" has the trust of the American People Diatribe,
claimed because of the Television Ratings.
Besides the fact that it is Logically Invalid to claim that higher ratings equal greater trust,
it is false on its face.
What do we know about the Major News Networks, and Cable News?
- That FOX NEWS, and their leading "Celebrity News Host" have admitted in Sworn Court Testimony
to Fabricating or Deliberately Reporting news items they knew to be untrue.
- This includes the 2020 Election Results, and the False Claims of Election Fraud that have been
rejected by 100% of all Cases Litigated in Lawsuits brought by Trump, GOP, or their allies.
- We have seen that the maintenance of Higher Ratings, revealed in Messages and Memos Fox News
Employees exchanged through Internal Dialogues with each other, was the Primary Motivation.
Point #1- Ratings Numbers are not a Measure of Quality or Veracity in terms of information relayed, but
the number of individuals willing to listen to it. Given FOXES Intellectual and Moral Codes that
encourage reporting inaccurate information as a part of Station News Policy, why do individuals choose
to tune in?
See part 2.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence has unleashed his harshest criticism yet of former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday harshly criticized former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, widening the rift between the two men as they prepare to battle over the Republican nomination in next year's election.
“President Trump was wrong," Pence said during remarks at the annual white-tie Gridiron Dinner attended by politicians and journalists. "I had no right to overturn the election. And his reckless words endangered my family and everyone at the Capitol that day, and I know history will hold Donald Trump accountable.”
Pence's remarks were the sharpest condemnation yet from the once-loyal lieutenant who has often shied away from confronting his former boss. Trump has already declared his candidacy. Pence has not, but he's been laying the groundwork to run.
In the days leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, Trump pressured Pence to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory as he presided over the ceremonial certification of the results. Pence refused, and when rioters stormed the Capitol, some chanted that they wanted to “hang Mike Pence.”
The House committee that investigated the attack said in its final report that “the President of the United States had riled up a mob that hunted his own Vice President."
With his remarks, Pence solidified his place in a broader debate within the Republican Party over how to view the attack. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, for example, recently provided Tucker Carlson with an archive of security camera footage from Jan. 6, which the Fox News host has used to downplay the day's events and promote conspiracy theories.
“Make no mistake about it, what happened that day was a disgrace," Pence said in his Gridiron Dinner remarks. "And it mocks decency to portray it any other way.”
Trump, meanwhile, has continued to spread lies about his election loss. He's even spoken in support of the rioters and said he would consider pardoning them if he was reelected.
Speeches at the Gridiron Dinner are usually humorous affairs, where politicians poke fun at each other, and Pence did plenty of that as well.
He joked that Trump's ego was so fragile, he wanted his vice president to sing “Wind Beneath My Wings” — one of the lines is “did you ever know that you’re my hero?” — during their weekly lunches.
He took another shot at Trump over classified documents.
“I read that some of those classified documents they found at Mar-a-Lago were actually stuck in the president's Bible," Pence said. “Which proves he had absolutely no idea they were there.”
Even before the dinner was over, Pence was facing criticism for his jokes about Transportation Secretary Buttigieg, the first openly gay Cabinet member in U.S. history.
Pence mentioned that, despite travel problems that were plaguing Americans, Buttigieg took "maternity leave” after he and his husband adopted newborn twins.
“Pete is the only person in human history to have a child and everyone else gets post-partum depression,” Pence said. ___
Chuck Woolery
