Thoughts for Saturday, December 16, 2017

 "People often ask physicians how we handle the emotional stress of dealing with ill children. What are our defense mechanisms? Do we practice a cool detachment? Do we shut off our emotions completely? Or do we go home at the end of the day and sob over a reheated dinner? ...The truth is that we are trained to do a job: recognize a problem, come up with a solution and execute that plan. Our ability to actually do something protects us from what you might expect would be a chronic depressive state. We feed off the satisfaction of being able to help and we know that things would be worse if we didn't or couldn't, do anything. For that reason, the experience of taking care of sick kids is much different from a hopeless walk through a pediatric ward as a visitor." - Katrina Firlik, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe - A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside

Thoughts for Saturday, November 25, 2017

 "People often ask physicians how we handle the emotional stress of dealing with ill children. What are our defense mechanisms? Do we practice a cool detachment? Do we shut off our emotions completely? Or do we go home at the end of the day and sob over a reheated dinner? ...The truth is that we are trained to do a job: recognize a problem, come up with a solution and execute that plan. Our ability to actually do something protects us from what you might expect would be a chronic depressive state. We feed off the satisfaction of being able to help and we know that things would be worse if we didn't or couldn't, do anything. For that reason, the experience of taking care of sick kids is much different from a hopeless walk through a pediatric ward as a visitor." - Katrina Firlik, Another Day in the Frontal Lobe - A Brain Surgeon Exposes Life on the Inside

The Chemical Erin Brockovich Fought? You're Drinking It

The Chemical Erin Brockovich Fought? You're Drinking It, by wnd.com

Excerpt from this article:

"If chromium-6 rings a bell for some odd reason, that reason is likely Erin Brockovich, who famously helped secure a massive settlement for the Hinkley, Calif., residents who had been exposed to dangerous levels of the heavy metal. And there’s a chance you have been exposed, too, according to a report released Tuesday. The Environmental Working Group analyzed EPA-ordered samples taken by local water utilities from 2013 to 2015 and found that Americans—an estimated 218 million of them—in every single state are being exposed to what the study’s authors say are unsafe levels of the probable carcinogen."

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If you're not up to speed on Erin Brockovich, perhaps you should take some time to watch Erin Brockovich, staring Julia Roberts.

You may also want to watch the following video by Lisa Haven:

The Date With 'Death' Set by Globalists - America is Under Massive Chemical Suicide and How to Prepare

Girl With 'Crooked' Smile From Cancer Treatments Kills Herself

Girl With 'Crooked' Smile From Cancer Treatments Kills Herself - newser.com

Excerpt from this article:

"An 11-year-old girl who fought cancer as a preschooler and won killed herself last month after what mom Wendy Feucht describes as unceasing bullying, CNN reports. Bethany Thompson, a sixth-grader in Cable, Ohio, had been free of cancer after undergoing radiation therapy for a brain tumor at the age of 3, but the treatments marred her nerves, leaving her with a 'crooked 'smile. That, along with her curly hair, led to the bullying against Bethany, particularly by a certain group of boys—and on Oct. 19, after telling her best friend she was going to end her life, Bethany hunted for and found a loaded handgun on a high shelf inside her family's home and shot herself before her friend's father could contact Bethany's mom, says Paul Thompson, Bethany's dad, per the Columbus Dispatch.

Triad Middle School was aware of the bullying..." (My emphasis)
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 Who is to blame for bullying? The Bully? Or the teachers and  staff at the school who know its going on and turn their heads?

Recommended reading:

I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise - Children Surviving Cancer, by Erma Bombeck

Today in the News - Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Here is what is going on in the world today:

Obamacare Architect: Americans 'Too Stupid to Understand' - cnsnews.com
Schools Propose: Let Boys Go Into Girls Locker Room - wnd.com
Washington National Cathedral to Host First Muslim Prayer Service - truthrevolt.org
The Transgender Con: Many Transgender People Regret Switch - thenewamerican.com
Meet the Guy Who's Single-Handedly Doing All Of The Media's Jobs For Them - ace.mu.nu
14 Ways Obamacare Is Still a Disaster - thefederalist.com
If Everything is Just Fine, Why Are So Many Really Smart People Forecasting Economic Disaster? - shtfplan.com
Is the UN Secretly Using Vaccines to Sterilize Women Around the Globe? - endoftheamericandream.com 
Battered Woman Serving Longer Sentence Than Her Abuser - newser.com 
When Newspapers Follow the CIA Line, People Stop Reading Them - lewrockwell.com 
Michelle Malkin: Big Truthy is Watching (Some of) You... And Me - michellemalkin.com 


Audio commentary on news, Bible, and social issues (Podcasts)

Silent Church in a Sinful Nation, by E. A. Johnston
Persecution of the Early Church Under Marcus Aurelius, by Pastor William J. Sturm
Does God Call Cancer "Very Good?", by Ken Ham
World A Muck Raking Magazine? by Pastor Kevin Boling
US And State Court Cases, by Pastor Kevin Boling
Evangelicals Embrace Heresies: News Study Says Heresies Abound in Pew, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Briefing: 11-11-2014 (Atheism, China, Persecution, Sex Ed, Veteran's Day), by Dr. R. Albert Mohler
A Pro-Choice SBC? by JD Hall
Interview With Michael Barret On KJV Study Bible, by Jeff Riddle
In Honor of Veterans, by Jim Schneider
The Briefing: 11-12-2014 (Reproductive Technology, Elections Communism, Sex), by Dr. R. Albert Mohler
Fame of Death: Seeking Fame, The Culture Turns to Death, by Pastor Kevin Swanson


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Kids Say the Darnedest Things When Ask What They Would Do if They Only Had 5 Years to Live

Kids Say the Darnedest Things When Ask What They Would Do if They Only Had 5 Years to Live [Video}
- lifenews.com

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Recommended reading

I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, by Erma Bombeck

The Rules Are the Rules: Government Shuts Down 11-Year-Old's Cupcake Business!

The Rules Are the Rules: Government Shuts  Down 11-Year-Old's Cupcake Business - dailycaller.com

Excerpt from this article:

"The government has pulled the plug on an 11-year-old Illinois baker’s oven. A day after a local newspaper ran a story about the young and ambitious Chloe Stirling, who operated a cupcake business out of her parents’ kitchen, the local health department came calling. 'They called and said they were shutting us down' ...”
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During my 9 year career as a healthcare worker I've taken care of  countless people with cancer - including many like this 11 year old 'would-be' businessperson. To paraphrase Mark Levin, you should view the Illinois Health Department with the deepest contempt you can possibly imagine!

By the way, I wonder if there are any 'Rules' that state that a politician has to read a $1.1 trillion bill before they vote to approve it? (see: Who Read 1,582 Page $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill? Congressman: Nobody Did!)

Recommended reading:

I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise! - Children Surviving Cancer, by Erma Bombeck:

Harry Reid: Why Would We Save Children With Cancer When Federal Employees Are Hurting?

Harry Reid: Why would we save children with cancer when federal employees are hurting? | Human Events:

For another outrageous quote from another worthless politican, see:

Pelosi: I'm All For Balancing the Budget ... in a Few Decades - michellemalkin.com

Recommended reading:

I Want to Grow Hair, I Want to Grow Up, I Want to Go to Boise: Children Surviving Cancer, by Erma Bombeck
Ted Nugent: Keep the Fedzilla Beast Shut Down!

Recommended sermon:

When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray