[Magdalen] Where are we

[Grace Cangialosi]

Yes, Jay, this is the second time this election cycle that I’m praying for a specific outcome—and naming names. I’ve never done that before last November. Even in 2016 I wasn’t worried, because I *knew* Hillary was going to win...  
I’m also praying for a good outcome tomorrow with no violence. It seems the lunatic fringe isn’t so much a fringe anymore, and it’s worrisome.

> On Jan 5, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is not a conspiracy theory. It is fact. The current administration,
> aided by a Republican Senate, has been doing its best to privatize a number
> of government agencies, among them the VA and the Postal Service. It is
> fairly well known that the current president, whose term (TBTG) will be
> upin two weeks and a half a day, has had a "shadow VA" made up of three
> wealthy donors who are actually running the agency and gumming up the
> works. It may take a long time to straighten out what they have done to it.
> And let's pray for a double Democratic victory in Georgia today.
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 9:29 AM P. Dan Brittain <pdan.brittain at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I hope so.
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 1:56 AM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Dan, this could be an unusual conspiracy theory - one that has a basis
>>> in fact. Hopefully things will start returning to normal in a couple of
>>> weeks, or as soon after that as the administration can change the policy.
>>> 
>>> Roger
>>> 
>>> On 05/01/2021 03:40, P. Dan Brittain wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 5:40 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I am so sorry for all the hoops you have to jump through to get
>> treated,
>>>>> 
>>>> I hope I am only harboring a conspiracy.theory. Treatment at the VA
>> used
>>> to
>>>> be very easy and always dependable.
>>>> 
>>>> BUT - I do appreciate all the prayers.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Dan.  You are in my prayers.
>>>>> Ginga
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 4:57 PM P. Dan Brittain <
>> pdan.brittain at gmail.com
>>>> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Good to see so many still here. Most remember that I don't write a
>> lot;
>>>>>> that hasn't changed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I'll go ahead and request a prayer pat.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some might remember that about 4 years ago, I was having an MRI to
>> get
>>>>>> ready for a hernia repair. The MRI team found cysts on my pancreas,
>> so
>>> an
>>>>>> endoscopy was ordered on that before they looked at the hernia. We
>>> drove
>>>>> to
>>>>>> Little Rock (c. 3 hours). Had lab work done the afternoon before and
>>> the
>>>>>> endoscopy the next day.The cysts were benign, though there were a lot
>>> of
>>>>>> them. So ever since that event, I have had a follow up MRI every 6
>>>>> months.
>>>>>> All of those have been normal until last week.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Here's where it gets weird. I was referred to a local surgeon's
>> office
>>>>> for
>>>>>> the procedure. Someone didn't call first - this office doesn't do
>> that
>>>>>> procedure. So I called the main VA for our area (Fayetteville).The
>>> nurse
>>>>>> seemed determined to find a non-VA facility to do the procedure. I
>> told
>>>>> her
>>>>>> that the last one had been done at McClellan VA in Little Rock and
>>> that I
>>>>>> did not object to going back there again.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have never been a fan of Wilkie - the relatively new head of the
>> VA,
>>>>> who
>>>>>> has been trying to civilianize everything he can. I think this is all
>>>>> part
>>>>>> of his community services scam (defund and do away with the VA).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> She was not the contact for my team, she said she would talk with
>> them
>>>>>> tomorrow - hopefully I can get to a VA facility where they care about
>>> the
>>>>>> Vet.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sorry for the long rant. Hope all is well with everyone.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> d
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> P. Dan Brittain
>>>>>> Harrison, Arkansas
>>>>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --
>> P. Dan Brittain
>> Harrison, Arkansas
>> 
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