Another Senseless Murder

An outspoken champion of common sense was silenced in a brutal murder Wednesday, Sept 12, 2025.

Immediately, a few of my FB friends on the opposite side politically began gleefully posting their approval.  I even learned on other platforms, fellow authors were advocating their approval.

WTH???

There was a time when, no matter what side of the political spectrum, when a public figure was assassinated (Lincoln, JFK, RFK, and MLK), everyone mourned.  If they were secretly happy, they kept it to themselves.  Probably the same in Biblical times.  Rejoiced behind CLOSED DOORS.

The digital age has turned us all into 1st Amendment warriors.  "It's my page!  It's my platform!" (you see how I'm choosing to vent my opinion; here, on a blog no one reads!)

I guarantee, if I were to post ANY of this on FB, I'd lose half my friends.  And there are several I'm seriously considering unfriending.  It's hard to stomach vitriol spewing from someone you like to hang out with.

It's one thing to state your opinion; it's another to start ramming it down everyone's throat.

I have no issue scrolling by and silently eye-rolling a post.  But when that's ALL YOU SEE?

Sometimes enough is enough.

Maybe I won't unfriend them; I'll just block them for a time.

After all, I've been tolerating some of this since 2015.  Do the math; that's 10 years.

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They have caught the young man responsible.  I saw POTUS DJT on the morning news, and don't agree with his assessment of needing speedy trials.  Okay, yeah, they caught the kid on camera.  Do you honestly think he's going to survive in lock up?  They'll have to keep him in solitary; someone's going to find a way to save the taxpayers $$.  I'm honestly surprised Tim McVeigh wasn't offed, but then again, that was before social media took off, and everyone suddenly became an armchair politician or police.

My sympathies lie with his family.  It's my understanding his father did the right thing and turned him in.  What a heartbreaking discovery/decision to make.  What about the GUILT his parents are feeling? 

"We raised him; we did not raise him to do this."

The lament of every criminal's parent.  It's how I felt when my own son was tossed in jail, due to drugs.  Tough love saved him, as well as finding Jesus again.  We raised him in a faith household; thankfully he eventually returned to his roots.

Health Insurance Is A Joke If You're Part-Time

 2019:  I didn't know I qualified for part-time health insurance until nearly the last minute, so signed up.

2020:  Pandemic was in full swing, and only used my insurance when I had my right leg examined, resulting in a compression wrap.

2021:  I not only broke my left arm but had to have emergency gall bladder surgery. IU Arnett wrote it off; GSH sent me a bill for $51K.  They also informed me that had I NOT had health insurance, the billing office could get me a larger discount.  Since I'd already signed up for 2022, that was that.

2022:  Applied for assistance, and was afforded a whopping 25% discount, which dropped my gall bladder surgery down to $49K.  I still can't afford that.  It's more than we paid for our truck!

2023:  I had dropped the insurance, and the following month, fell down while at the Indy Christmas Show.

2024:  Knee was still swollen, so went to the ortho doc. Since I was now self-pay, I had x-rays and an MRI, which resulted in I just needed more time to heal.  Fortunately, I was able to make payments AND move some of it over to my zero-interest medical financing. I also discovered that since I'd dropped my health insurance, I could no longer get the VISUAL testing I needed, since they run it through MEDICAL, something I'd investigated before dropping it, only to be told the wrong info. In October, I signed up again.

2025:  All was fine until August (last month!) when another wound opened on the back of my right leg, as a result of my scratching an itch. I went back on the compression.  Three weeks later (Aug 22nd), I noticed mild pain in that foot, and attributed it to maybe my new shoes were the issue, and switched back to the old ones.  More comfy, though I did notice a rash developing where the pain was.  Three days later, that rash became a wound, so I made an appointment with the podiatrist.  Over the next week, the pain would get worse, and on Aug 29th, was mock-begging my boss to cut my foot off.  Had the next day off, then Sunday the 31st, asked if I could work while wearing one of my house slippers, and Keri told me to wear both of them, which I did, only due to no arch support, my LEFT calf was in agony.  Decided to wear one shoe, and one slipper, only I wore my newer shoe, NOT the old one.  BUT, I was in so much pain, I was nearly in tears at the end of a 6 hour shift.  Sept 2nd, I called in, due to the pain (I had begun taking Tylenol Arthritis 660 mgs every 6 hours, which was hardly touching the pain). After some research, I discovered Aleve or Advil was more advisable for Achilles Tendon pain, so took 4 Aleve at 2pm on Wed Sept 3rd, and by the time I had choir practice, I could walk normally again.

Had my appt on the 4th, and cultures of the wounds were taken, plus tests set up.  I managed to make it through my 5 hour shift on Sunday Sept 7th, then was very gratefull to have the 8th off. I also got a phone call from the Wound Care center, saying my precertification for that appt was denied.  I could only get PREVENTATIVE appointment, not something possible coded for surgery, of which I had zero knowledge.  I was also informed that if I have the tests done on Friday (blood flow assessment and vein echo), I would be responsible for the entire bills; insurance would pay zilch.

SO WHY THE HELL DO I HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, FOR OTHER THAN MY EYES????

Makes NO sense!  United Health Care for PART TIMERS SUCKS!

And no, I don't qualify for Medicare for 5 more years, and we make too much $$ for me to go on HIP.  So my choices are to keep working part time; give up my other job to go full-time (which at the moment won't work due to my foot); quit and piss off the spouse by having to pay my $1000 every month expenses (bill pay $610, credit card $200; credit card $100; streaming services $17; cover art $200/50 until paid; Patreon $5); keep my job and divorce my spouse (at least on paper!) and qualify for HIP, and continue paying my own expenses.

Or win the damn lottery......

Totally Disgusting Behavoir

 Two weeks ago, our Prez decided to go radio quiet for 2 days.

Dems began speculating he'd passed on.....then VICTORY CRIED over it.

WTH????

You realize if he does unexpectedly pass on, JD VANCE takes over??

Idiots....

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In unrelated news, another disgusting development has occurred.

A Ukranian teen was brutally murdered in NC on a subway, train, or bus by a guy who's been caught/released 14 times.

Some IDIOT Dems have created a GoFundMe page for....wait for it....

NOT the family of the murdered teen...

THE DAMN FELON WHO KILLED him/her!

WTH?

Since when do we set up bail $$ for people CAUGHT ON CAMERA committing a crime???

Some people have their priorities upside down.

Is that collider to blame?  Are we all living in an alternate universe now, where the bad guys are the protected species? (Yes, I watched an episode of Bones where people were worried about the collider destroying the world.  Given the fact people are doing everything to undermine the other half of voting people, alternate universe (see above).