[Magdalen] Where are we

[Grace Cangialosi]

What on earth??

> On Jan 5, 2021, at 5:23 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> 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
>>>> 
>>