whut (a blog)

 You can't pick your doctor willy nilly, if the one you have dies or moves away.
Everyone in my medical group (all the Primary-care-physicians / PCP's) moved off somewhere, and that's OK but it messed up the actual doctors I'm supposed to see.
The PCP is like the host of the game show, and the rest all perform for them.
I didn't know (I wrote this before) why changing the main doctor (the host) changes all the other doctors.
I've changed entire insurance companies easier.....

This matters, will I be travelling miles and miles to see anyone?
The concept of many doctors in one building was rejected apparently.

I'm sitting here playing the dusty oldie "Starfield" and wondering why artists prefer people with light-colored eyes.
I fall for anyone with very dark eyes, but they seem to think bright golden or green eyes are the best.

My club in starfield ("constellation") is strange. The actors with the biggie parts are the least attractive ones.
The interesting members almost never speak.

Specifically the russian woman and the black lady.

The guy with a pillow hat and the cowboy guy can't shut up.
The cowboy follows the player around and says stuff like "Can we talk?" when there's nothing to say.

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If I make my black tea too strong (anything stronger than "weak")
My stomach gets mad and throws all the tenants out the back door.
So excuse me for daydreaming that acidic foods might, possibly, help a person lose weight.

No, say the experts at Google. It's more of a high-fiber thing.

I'll maybe misconstrue also that Gastritis can never ever (ever) be cured, or WTF are all those insurance doctors good for?
On the other hand, if I mention it, they pounce on ordering a colonoscopy, which finds nothing and is pointless because they didn't find anything profitable (cancer, tumors) so it is never spoken of again.
Yes, they can order pointless tests but the tests (by definition) are pointless: Ultrasound, the whole intestine-thing.
"It's inside my stomach," but that (endoscopy?) is never mentioned again. 
"Your stool is too fat!" they point fingers, and then it all is forgotten.

The magical treatment test for anything these days is a blood test, and the blood tests they order don't deviate from the norm by much, if at all.
End of diagnosis.

You're fucked. Get over it (and drink lotsa water)

I've got credit, sure, but you have to pay them back!

My rent vs Creon

The almighty three enzymes can be seen in teeny bits ("Lipase") in generic probiotics at CVS.
They are still high (~$30) but....

footnote

 No one asked me to lay any outdoor tiles, and watching a guy do it (on dirt), the guy wanted me to leave, 
and now (a zillion years later,) I wondered how you lay tile on dirt.
The short answer is, you don't.
You'd apparently make a sidewalk first, then cover the sidewalk with a fancy rubber mat.
No shit?
So Brick paved walkways just aren't done?
I wondered.

holy shit...

Everyone has a video to watch.

so, "Pavers" would be all right. O...K. WTF are "Pavers" and what magical recipe do they need?
No one cares (OK *I* do but I couldn't)

OMG forget I asked. 
My half-assed threshold could be smoother but.... it's impossible, I guess.

I don't know my offset. This (Something like this) is around $100.

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But don't Panic

words and stuff

https://awards.journalists.org/entries/how-american-conservatives-turned-against-the-vaccine/

It is "a better blog" and they "thought it up first."
It's the answer (sort of) to a front-page tiny headline about the USG not funding MRNA anymore.

The current article caused me to wonder why.

So I kept going back in time.

"Loverslab" (the mod site) said back then that Covid was overrated, and a lot like the flu, and people should use common sense (washing hands) to avoid it.
The unanswered question from the video was who, what TV personality or popular influencer, originally decided covid was mostly a hoax and MRNA vaccines are bad.

This paragraph is incomplete.
What induced some states to prohibit MRNA research?
What media-god started this brouhaha?
What political bandwagon?
I might never know, being normally under a rock, but I wanted to hear their side, 

from the "Horse's mouth."

A link that is too long to quote. 
(TLDR: Are side effects worth the risk, and who wrote this anyway)

(Link)

I fault anyone saying that it's a law that we should: Have insurance, wear a mask or get a vaccine.

If all that had been voluntary, I think the statistics would have been similar but the unreasoning push-back might not have been as strong.
Don't mandate stuff.
But it's too late, forget I said anything. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rfk-jr-covid-vaccines-cdc-children-pregnant-women/

(sterling-Hayden's speech on Fluoride is a little hard to find, and the videos are bombastic)

But it's related, I swear)

Fucket. A much briefer controversial subject, 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/are-sardines-good-for-your-heart-11742357 eat sardines everyday to get the wonderful antioxidant benefits.
Watch out for Purines and sodium and High blood pressure. (It says at the very bottom)

Why this lady is writing about sardines is much more telling, as well as why I saw it on the only front page I read.

I never read the business section (uh...?)

If you did everything these guys wrote you'd be supporting an industry and making america great again,,,but your health might suffer hmm

To flesh this out, I went looking for unhealthy foods with antioxidants.
They all read from the same list.
Dark chocolate, red wine, coffee.
No one mentioned Beer! 
Which they should, it being good for you if you bother to click for it.
Dark beer.

Your tax dollars at work

Cannabis,possibly enjoyable, must be bad for you (IS bad for you)

Who brought up cocaine?
But let's dwell, for a second.
If you could only limit your cocaine-usage to a couple times a week, like maybe during boring sermons and Monday Mornings, what's the harm? Cocaine is a Vasoconstrictor, I'm told.
That Means something, to somebody somewhere.

Diego Garcia

 I swear "Diego Garcia" is in an episode of NCIS or something.
I thought it was a ship, "The Diego Garcia," and who is diego-garcia anyway.

Aren't you glad you stopped to read this? O well.

You need a microscope on Google maps to find it.
If you find it by just typing in the name, the map looks way different.

The confusing news which involves Trump (somehow) is, uh, The United Kingdom (London England)
Wants to
(hmm) 
Return some islands to Maritius and then rent a biggie part for a 99-year lease.
Only, some "Chagossians" are ticked-off and sued.
They either lost the suit or the UK is pushing through the deal anyway.

Who sued and why?
They've had an airforce base there for a while. So,,,, why is the UK involved??

And THEN they found goodies (right?)

Now all's I gotta do is find out why some chagossians sued.

Reuters (Paywalled) IDK

The very long explanation google summarizes can be condensed maybe, but it requires having an opinion and I have none.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/10/17/diego-garcia-remains-a-dark-british-american-secret-in-the-indian-ocean

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia ... except for all the extreme minutia this article is interesting. Sort of. They tried harder 'n hell to colonize the poor place, and various ventures were attempted.
Then ... ( I stopped reading) No island paradise.

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If you ever have read the immigration documents full of fine print, You'd know that there are tons of discretionary reasons Some high-up immigration official can welcome you into the US.
Are you a celebrity, Are you well off, are you some foreign potentate, etc.

So this rather bleak looking photo from several years ago, with everyone looking at empty plates, might depress you, and it's meant to, being the top photo of the top news stories on Google's front page, right this second.
I predict (with generalities,) that exceptions will be made, and they'll welcome you into some conservative university post-haste.
But it isn't what I meant to talk about at all, I just like the photo.
Ennui (and no food)

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One day I'd like to do an entry on the comments of news stories....
but there are too many roadblocks.
For one, my comment-section is either broken or I don't know how to use it.
For another, I don't read enough comments

The thread below is mostly unreadable, so I guess you'd have to read the conflicting reports.
Dan is the new leader of Romania, which pisses off Elon musk (wut?)
https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1kptgxl/it_is_done_romania_wants_to_continue_to_be_part/

A new (rather crazy) train of thought, having to do with an article I just read, about 

$3,500 American-made Apple phones.

https://thehill.com/business/5316886-apple-trump-trade-wars-tariffs/ Suppose, in the traditions of Belle Epoque etc, little factories would be built on or next to US bases around the world.
You could get the US-made moniker, since the bases would be Technically US territory.

The Belle-Epoque part is colonialism. The sun would never set on The Trump Empire.

cancer and other random trains of thought

 Republicans are quick to smear biden and cancer. 
If you read up on history, you'll find Roosevelt and his wheelchair, and how he tried to hide that he had polio (or is that another republican myth)

We've never had a woman, a Jewish or anyone disabled as president.
McCain would have made a good president despite his hand they kept going on about on news shows.
Bah. I was stuck for an intro. There.

My topic tonight is all those cooking shows cooking seafood, it's as if they were paid to push fish and other creepy crawly things.
Fine, but how do you test your seafood for Arsenic, Lead, mercury and / or DDT?

You for example buy seafood from a fancy place, from a ports-o-call, from Kroger, fresh or frozen.
Which is the least deadly?

I'd love to get all stereotypical and lump nationalities and regions together, but that would only piss you off. 

Some people eat more seafood than others, Some eat seafoody things you wouldn't.

Do they (statistically) have higher rates of cancer or is there an immunity?
Just wondering (Trains beget trains of thought)

generally lower, unless you count "Stomach cancer" geez, how diplomatic of you.

Let's just ask about the elephant in the room:

Does Seafood cause cancer?

It depends.

smoked salted squid?
Extra smelly fish? (which pisses off the nasopharynx?)

One last train: They decided (I don't know when or how) to make sauces from fish.
They ferment it, add other sauces, and sell it as "Fish sauce," "Patis" or whatever name.

It would be pretty easy to buy a bottle or two, 

and send them away to be tested by some lab.

I doubt it would be economical or even feasible to send an actual fish.
This train was brought to you by another train, "How to test for poisons in fish"
but I'm afraid to google it, there being too many poisons to talk about.
Googling separately might be better.
"How to test for arsenic"
"How to test for Mercury"
Etc.

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I don't know the obvious reason for this next headline. If people reviewed headlines, this one would be deceptive. More research is needed, it isn't so bad, says the article, so WHY the headline?
The olive-oil people must love her and shower her in research money, IDK

I practically live on sugar and canola oil. I've no desire to eat your pretentious foods with the prices raised to fund your propagandistic "research" 

(Link)

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14732173/why-seed-oils-bad-list-avoid.html

But if you don't believe me, check out the Mayonnaise aisle at your local store, or the egg aisle.
Are they hugging the eggs? 2x the price.
Is the mayonnaise without any soybean oil? 2-3x the price.

"Seed oils" include soybean, I am sure, but better to diss canola.
The soybean conglomerate is too well organized.
Soybean oil, soy sauce, and the zilllllion products made from soy, slowly kill.
oooooo, but blame "Canola"

The seed oil debate doesn't need more hype,
Said the pot to the kettle

But adding a comment (to the 5 or so comments) was like pissing in the wind, and you will never see it.
you Would see comments such as 

so my comment (above) here will have to suffice. 

Edit: it showed up, people hated my comment.
Yeah, really drove it down.
So much for trying.

It was prolly my passive-aggressive attitude (I'll guess)
Or the illuminati running olive-oil

PS (not that you asked) beef tallow and bacon grease are highly toxic to my stomach, despite all the glowing posts in their favor. They're natural, not processed, but they piss off my stomach.

I'm sure I could find a PBS show or two touting the benefits of soy, and how many things can be made from soy.
"Nope," says my stomach.
"I don't like it"

I'm reminded of a small town where they had stores selling nothing but soy, in little bricks, and the landlord would use his prized wok to cook it.
He claimed it would lower cholesterol.
I didn't really do my research (what oil did he use?)
You'd lose weight by pooing more, but did it lower cholesterol?
Is he still alive?
Is he on an olive-oil-kick now?
(What happened to the Wok?)

I'm trying "Dark mode" in my editor. Good for my eyes, but harder than heck to edit...

Evildoers die like everyone else, they just get richer along the way. 

Why do some people stay attractive til death (at 80 or so) and others inflate and grow jowls and chins.

If they're celebrities, it's especially difficult (are they ill?) (does their diet make them that way?)

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Krispy-Kreme cures cancer, (lol)

You can buy Starbucks coffee with olive-oil, for the truly ageless immortal healthier-than-thou

(link) (Dated)