Did anyone else notice Mikey's secret clapping?

A few times during Biden's speech at SOTU, Johnson openly clapped but at other times, his clapping was barely visible to the camera so surely invisible to his fellow criminals. At least once, all you could see are the fingertips moving.

Hmmm!

Russians attack Utah with their thistles!

[link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/04/tumbleweeds-utah-south-jordan-eagle-mountain|]

Okay so they are called Tumbleweeds here but in reality they are enemy aliens who infiltrated this country to attack us. When I lived in NM, we were attacked every year so I had to constantly burn them out. Almost as bad as maggots but at least they died as witches being burned at the steak (pun intended) then we did it to them s'more.

Parker announces he misunderstood God. Decided to seek personal interview. Funeral Services at 11.

One can only fantasize.

Does anyone know a politician named Rhonda? You would if you needed closed captions.

There's nothing funny about being hard of hearing. I know. I am. But one can find a smile anywhere. And I've found lots of them in Closed Captions. Now that they're done electronically without people doing the work, they have become better and better.

So what does this have to do with a politician? Watch TV news or you-tube political videos using closed captions ON and learn about Rhonda Santis.

A sad story of what happens when you privatize a major non-profit hospital

Years ago, there were two big non-profit hospitals in Asheville, Mission and St. Joseph's. Many years ago, they joined forces and became one. Not necessarily bad thing for non-profits as they could work together for the common good. Being the only "big" city on Western NC, they were pretty dominant. In recent years, they began to absorb some of the businesses from smaller hospitals in other towns who either could not provide the facilities, afford the increasing expense of newer technology or had other problems. Not necessarily a good thing but again, a good non-profit should benefit, not hurt, a community. They were the go-to place for Cardiac care and had an excellent reputation.

Then the disaster began. They decided to sell out their community by selling to mega-private Hospital HCA. As a non-profit, they could not do that without approvals because of their non-profit status. With a lot of wheeler-dealing and negative input from the community, they sold Mission for $4B which was to be used for the community. I'm not sure the community ever really benefited but the sale surely did not. That's another issue.

As HCA took over, they dumped more work and lots of terminations on the staff in order to increase profitability. There were lots of complaints from doctors, nurses, staff and patients. Doctors, whose group was associated with them, left their orbit and joined that of the neighboring county's Pardee Hospital, a county-owned facility which didn't have the reputation of leadership in particular care but got awesome reviews of the quality and caring services they provided. As Pardee grew, becoming a highly rated hospital in Consumer Reports national list, so did Mission fall over the cliff.

Just today, there is an outstanding article in a local Henderson County newspaper which I would consider moderate to left in a sea of MAGAT voters trying to thread the fine line between not having enough income and telling the whole truth. It tells of what is happening now and is a warning, IMHO, what the future of privatization means. Please read it fully. It is not long but is well written and deserves recognition. The wrath of Medicare and multiple lawsuits are now in progress.

Mission faces deadline to fix deficiencies

And it's not brain fog. More like "brain smog" - polluted minds.

I heard a rumor (possibly started by me) that there will be a special "Bars of Gold" version of T's sneakers. It will

show bars of pure gold with a view of T behind them in his famous Fulton County picture and in the background will be regular steel bars and other felons.

Your punishment for buying an Apple product?

If a person is on line at a hospital out-patient check-in window and gets upset at the wait, do they send him to the

impatient clinic?

The problem with the hearts to raise money is that the season is too short. How about this alternative for year-round