Ok. Cut the BS right now. Wear a mask.
Stop complaining that it’s an infringement on your liberty. Almost all of those claiming this hypocritical excuse are folks who feel more patriotic than folks like me. BS!
Continue reading Who’s that Masked Man?
Most of you have heard of the Talmud. This collection of anecdotes, aphorisms, teachings-aka, the oral law of Judaism- is comprised of two collections. The first one is the Mishna (‘repeated study’). This is the older collection arranged by Rav Yehuda haNasi (Venerated Prince Rabbi Yehuda, the head of the Sanhedrin) around 200 CE. Most of this material had been transmitted from generation to generation since the Babylonia Exile (the time of the prophet/scribe Ezra), ca 450 BCE. The Gemara (‘completion’), the discussion and aggrandizement of the facets of the Mishna, was completed two centuries later. Together, these comprise the Talmud.
Continue reading Going, going, gone?
One of the problems clinicians face when a COVID-19 patient is hospitalized is opining what other complications this patient will present. All too often, kidney failure is among the most common result. (This held for 46% of the patients treated at Mount Sinai, with about 1/3 of them requiring dialysis). The issue is getting the affected patients on dialysis before it’s too late to save their lives.
Continue reading Just in Time for the 3rd Wave
It’s been two years.
Anti-Otherism has gotten permission from TheDonald and is running rampant across the USA.
Continue reading A Sad Anniversary
Sometimes you just get surprised by the folks around you.
The other day, I heard that Bernie Cohen succumbed to Parkinson’s disease. I knew he was a lawyer- but, no, he was a great lawyer.
I’m sure most of you are just like me. Petrified to take a flight anywhere (especially if you read my blog yesterday!) and about as scared to board a train (or- heavens to Mergetroid- to even consider a bus). And, that’s NOT because of conditions at the destination- it’s because of conditions of transit.
So, I’m reading my newspaper and I see this headline appear as I turn the page: Airflow in planes may slow virus’s (sic) spread
Continue reading Another Government Agency Promotes BS Science
I wrote a few weeks ago that W2 employees have no real opportunity to adjust how they pay their taxes- or what they owe. That benefit really only accrues to those who own their own business.
Continue reading Tax Sheltered Income?
So much for facing your fears with everyone else!
I haven’t paid much attention to this “holiday” for years, but given the facts of this year (plus the reign of terror that has obtained since 20 January 2017), I thought this would be a good time to bring it to you- my readers- so we all could work through our trepidations.
Continue reading Face your fears day
I’m getting scared.
I’m hearing a bunch of Republicans claiming that they are going to find ways to save money in Medicare. And, they are more naïve than I was in the early 1970s, when the goal was to convince Congress to pass HR1- the coverage of dialysis costs by the US Government. So the death panels (yes, they really existed) that made decisions as to who could be treated by dialysis and who would be left to die would no longer obtain.
Continue reading High Hopes (without foundation)