[Magdalen] Where are we

[Jay Weigel]

There is awful stuff going on in the PA state legislature right now. The
GOP majority has refused to seat a Democratic member who legitimately won
his seat, and they have had the state AG bodily removed from the chamber.

On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 4:21 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> >>>>>> Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
> >>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/yb9fl39r
> >>>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> --
> >> P. Dan Brittain
> >> Harrison, Arkansas
> >>
> >> Transcriptions, Arrangements and Original Compositions
> >> Wind Band, Brass Band, Choir, and Ensembles
> >>
> >> http//:pdanbrittain.com  Or  at Sheet Music Plus
> >> http://tinyurl.com/yb9fl39r
> >>
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