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Saving the Tax Payers Dollars

2/3/2018

The use of radio-controlled-ankle-collar home incarceration versus jail has been around for a while and is, to say the least, controversial. They, the people responsible for these programs, claim a daily cost of $700 for the ankle collar and $3,000 for the jail time.

First, I want to know why it costs $700/day for the ankle-collar when a computer and a GPS satellite are doing all the work?

But, the other issue I have is in regards to my first patient of the day. This guy was given permission to come to the hospital from his parole officer about 10 am. He showed up, with a complaint of chest pain (in a healthy 30 y/o) at 11 pm. He admitted that he went to visit his son during the 13-hour unaccounted for interval.

And, he wasn’t wearing an ankle collar. His tests showed that he had also been doing something other than visiting his son, like doing meth.

I guess it is good that we are saving money on these scum bags using radio-controlled-ankle-collar home incarceration, even though they circumvent the system. No matter what the system. I could only guess how many positive drug tests I’ve seen over the years in jailed patients. So, $700/day versus $3,000/day to use drugs while serving time is saving the taxpayers dollars.

From your grumpy Uncle/Brother, Dave.

Weary

An Army of Many Genders

June 18, 2017

Lest you think I’m joking, go read the article cited down below. It is absolutely true. Our esteemed US Army has done it again. Again?

Yes, remember the recruiting slogan a couple of years, “An Army of One.” Bet that one put fear in our enemies hearts. Or, “Be All You Can Be.” Where the Army was willing to take anything as long as it was as good as it could be. Not necessarily up to any particular standard, you see, just the best it could be.

The slogan writers for the USA are not the cream of the crop. Well now, the same standards are leaking over into the official US Army gender department, or whatever it is called.

To keep abreast of modern trends, the Army of Many is becoming gender tolerant. It has issued guidelines for personnel to deal with the myriad of gender choices it faces. Like when a guy becomes a girl and vice versa. Quoting the guidelines, “All soldiers will use billeting, bathroom and shower facilities associated with their gender marker.”

Like what, a tattoo on the forehead? I thought gender markers were the presence of 2 X or an X and Y chromosome. Silly me.

It even cautions that one gender may find themselves showering with a soldier of the opposite anatomy, anatomy that just hasn’t had the surgical correction yet. “… there will be ‘mixed genitalia’ in military showers and sleeping quarters…”

“Moms and dads in America need to know this before they send their sons and daughters to military service.”

Shouldn’t the Army be at least as up to date as the elementary schools of San Francisco?

The guidelines even “…cover all sorts of scenarios – from shower stall etiquette to “transfemale” soldiers deployed to anti-LGBT countries.” I know, I know, you thought that armies were supposed to kick collective asses not kowtow to social mores of the lesser nation. What the hell is shower stall etiquette besides don’t drop the soap?

But the coup de grace is, “The Army has begun mandatory transgender sensitivity training for…dealing with a male soldier who becomes pregnant.”

I think someone in the Army watched Junior and thought it was a documentary.

From your grumpy male Uncle/Brother Dave, sharing guidelines “…mandated during the Obama Administration.”

Weary

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/06/16/armys-transgender-policy-includes-guidelines-on-male-pregnancies.html

http://dailycaller.com/2015/09/08/san-francisco-elementary-school-switches-to-gender-neutral-bathrooms-for-little-kids/

Earn Extra Money as a Research Subject

5/10/14

On a radio program this morning, there was a discussion on a “botched” execution. First off, “botched” is in quotes because the guy died in the end so I think it worked pretty damn well.

But anyway, on the program a young woman was interviewed and she said, “I think it is horrible. I mean he had to suffer for several minutes. I am not against capital punishment but they should get it right. They need to experiment more before deciding what drugs to use.”

Well, the prisoner didn’t suffer for several minutes due to the extreme degree of sedation he was under. Any suffering one might imagine was surely less than the suffering he inflicted on others. But, I guess the woman interviewed is right, we need more research in the area. I wonder if she wants to volunteer.

Anybody need some extra cash for Christmas this year?

More urgent news from your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.

Weary

Better Him Than Me

1/29/18

I think I’ve mentioned before that I do not watch TV doctor-shows. Because the shows are so ridiculously unreal.

They, those responsible for the show’s existence, take a subject that is otherwise entertaining, good, shocking, and a lot of other adjectives thrown in for good measure, and they apply their license. Literary license, that oft sought after quality of lying. As is often said, the only truth is that everybody lies (I specifically did not reference House for this quote because House is not the origin of this saying).

Some of the ones that I am acquainted with include The Doctor, Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Marcus Welby, MD, M*A*S*H and MASH (yes they are different), Doogie Howser, MD, St. Elsewhere, House, The Resident. There are many, many others. The one thing that they all have in common is fiction. There isn’t an ounce of truth in any of them. They stage sanitized scenes, use actors, write scripts with sanitized language, and add drama. They have to or they wouldn’t have an audience of 1.

I was recently introduced to a new, social media version of TV doctor-show. ZDoggMD. I’ll give you 2 links to his work that I did watch and enjoy. One for entertainment (1) and the other to illustrate what I’m trying to convey here without my having to actually watch one of the above-mentioned pieces of crap (2). I only qualify this with the following.

ZDogg does a pretty good job of critiquing The Resident (I’ve never seen the show BTW), he just doesn’t go far enough and actually gives checks (his metaphor for “that’s OK” as opposed to an X for “that’s a fail”) where I would not.

But the times, they do change. I watched a few ZDogg YouTube productions and laughed my ass off.

Your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave’s 35 years of experience in The Reality Medical Show.

Weary

1. A lot like sepsis, an entertaining spoof of It’s starting to look A Lot Like Christmas; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6q5FGoaxg8

2. A real doctor watches The Resident, a critique of the newest doctor show, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRzLXH52Vr4

Munchhausen by Internet

12/27/15

I have mentioned Münchhausen Syndrome which is a psychiatric factitious disorder (somatoform disorder) wherein those affected feign disease, illness, injury or psychological trauma to draw attention, sympathy or reassurance to themselves. Münchhausen Syndrome by Proxy refers to the abuse of another person, typically a child, in order to seek attention or sympathy for the abuser using feigned illness or injury of the other person or child to gain the attention.

But, the high tech version is out and this is the digital age!

Münchhausen by Internet is a pattern of behavior akin to Münchhausen Syndrome in which the Internet user seeks attention by feigning illnesses in on-line venues such as chat rooms, message boards, web sites and Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

And Facebook. One case describes a woman that had 72 Facebook accounts to present her factitious cancer with many subscribers/friends duped into donations.

Careful what you say on Facebook. You might end up with a syndrome.

Keeping you abreast of the newest of medical findings, your grumpy Uncle/Brother Dave.

The original Münchhausen Syndrome post.