Sleep Apnea Blues

Sleep apnea is a serious sleep disorder that occurs when a person’s breathing is interrupted during sleep. People with untreated sleep apnea stop breathing repeatedly during their sleep, sometimes hundreds of times. This means the brain — and the rest of the body — may not get enough oxygen.
http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-apnea/sleep-apnea

When I spent 9 days in the hospital it was discovered I had severe sleep apnea. I knew there was something wrong for years but I didn’t have the medical coverage to get tested for it. Having had a quadruple bypass in 2004, I was in the cardio unit and hooked up to an EKG. It was discovered that the reason I would suffer periodic blackouts was that my heart would literally stop for from 2-8 seconds. I use a VPAP (different from a CPAP) machine now and cannot sleep without it. It is difficult for me to go more than a few hours without sleep. As such, I spend a large part of the day sleeping and have trouble sleeping at night. Such was the case today, so I figured I’d get an early start on the babbling.

It is no secret that the democrats loathe the military and sometimes go out of their way to harm them. CtH has stated here that those serving, like her warriors, were miserable under the dictates of Barack H. Obama. The mightiest fighting force in the world was reduced to an insipid social experiment. All that ended today and the results were predictable. Unlike his predecessor, Trump LISTENS to the generals who conduct the actual operations.

Pres. Trump bars transgender individuals from US armed forces

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump abruptly declared a ban Wednesday on transgender troops serving anywhere in the U.S. military, catching the Pentagon flat-footed and unable to explain what it called President Trump’s “guidance.” His proclamation, on Twitter rather than any formal announcement, drew bipartisan denunciations and threw currently serving transgender soldiers into limbo.
“Please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military,” the commander in chief tweeted.
http://fox6now.com/2017/07/26/pres-trump-transgender-people-will-not-be-allowed-to-serve-in-any-capacity-in-the-us-military/

GOP senators break with Trump over transgender troop ban
Multiple Republican senators broke with President Trump on Wednesday after he announced on Twitter that transgender troops would be banned from serving in the military.
In separate statements, GOP Sens. John McCain (Ariz.), Joni Ernst (Iowa), Richard Shelby (Ala.) and Orrin Hatch (Utah) all criticized Trump for his decision that Obama-era rules allowing transgender troops to serve would be reversed.
McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, ripped the call and said that Trump shouldn’t be making policy announcements via tweet.

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/343914-gop-senators-criticize-trump-over-transgender-troop-ban

Celebrities Melt Down over Trump’s Transgender Military Policy: ‘You Just Pissed Off the Wrong Community’

TRANSGENDERS ARE LESS THAN 1% OF THE POPULATION BUT UNDER OBAMA THEIR CONDITION WAS GLORIFIED INTO A CULT-LIKE OBSESSION.
The news spurred some stars to viciously attack the president, with some calling Trump a cruel bigot.
Star Trek actor and gay activist George Takei sent what appeared to be a threat to Trump, warning that he “just pissed off the wrong community” and said the president “will regret” this action.
Director Paul Feig called Trump’s decision “disgraceful,” while noted Trump-basher and actor Rob Reiner called the president a “hateful human being.”
Below is a roundup of the rage Hollywood stars sent toward President Trump in the wake of his announcement.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2017/07/26/celebrities-react-to-donald-trumps-transgender-military-policy-you-just-pissed-off-the-wrong-community/

‘We’re here, we’re queer, we hate the f****** president’: Furious protests erupt in New York and Washington DC after Trump bans transgender people from the military
Crowds descended on the US Army Recruiting building in Times Square in Manhattan on Wednesday night
More demonstrations took place in Washington DC outside the White House later in the evening
Protesters carried signs bearing slogans like ‘resist’ and ‘rise up’ in a show of defiance against the president
Trump tweeted on Wednesday that he wanted to ban transgender people from entering the armed forces
He said the decision was based on the cost of healthcare for those individuals which he said was a ‘burden’
The announcement was unanimously decried by Trump critics and sparked outrage around the world




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4733888/Protests-Trump-bans-transgender-people-military.html#ixzz4o0RdS8pr

Just 23 Percent Of Voters Say Trans Enlistment Is Good For The Military
A Rasmussen survey taken last month found that just 23 percent of likely voters think the decision to allow openly transgender people to serve — a decision made by the Obama administration — is good for the military. Just under one-third of likely voters — 31 percent — think it’s bad for the military to allow openly transgender soldiers to serve, while another 38 percent thought it would have no impact.
President Trump defended the ban on the grounds that military policies should be oriented towards what’s best for winning wars.
“Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail,” he explained on Twitter Wednesday morning.
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/26/just-23-percent-of-voters-say-trans-enlistment-is-good-for-the-military/?utm_campaign=thedcmainpage&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social

Combat Veteran: War Is No Place For The Gender Confused
In a tweet series, Salzman recounted his experiences in Iraq in 2006, when he was stationed at an isolated firebase in the blazing heat and experienced constant stress from the intense nature of his job.
“Everyday was Groundhog Day,” Salzman tweeted. “Wake up and do the same patrols, the same shifts, every single day. It was so damn hot. 150° in the gun trucks.”
“The stress of being out there and doing the same job every single day eats away at you,” Salzman said. “The younger guys had problems with that overtime.”
“After stepping on each other’s nuts living in the same can for five months, guys were at each other’s throats,” Salzman added. “The stress made it worse.”
http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/26/combat-veteran-war-is-no-place-for-the-gender-confused/

 

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Oh my word!

On the EXACT SAME DAY, the Boston Globe sneered at Mitt Romney’s vacation, while Vanity Fair praised Barack Obama’s!

Both of these men are independently wealthy, private citizens. Why on God’s green earth should their summer vacations qualify as news?

2017_07 25 Boston Globe Romney waterski

2017_07 25 Vanity Fair praises Obama vacays

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Dem Party Just Stands Against Trump

2017_07 Dem Party poll

2017_07 24 Witch Hunts by Terrell

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Normal Political Crap

Granny always said, “If you ain’t the lead dog, the view never changes much.” So it is with the daily machinations in the nation’s capital. Haters gonna hate, cowards gonna cower. Republicans squeal about wanting to change things, then when they’re given the power they suddenly revert to the imposters they’ve always been. Their first, last, and only priority is getting re-elected to their soft, extremely well-paying careers colluding with their faux enemies to maintain the power to run peoples’ lives.

Trump is demanding the GOP senators cast a vote on healthcare. John McCain is getting off his sickbed to return to cast a vote (and get a lot of media attention,no doubt).

When you look at things through a non-partisan lens, Trump has never stated a firm position on much of anything. We don’t know where he stands on healthcare, immigration, and tax cuts. He’ll sign anything the Senate sends him. Trouble is, the media is engaging in a colossal smear operation to keep him distracted from doing much, since he can’t resist returning snark for snark.

Dem Rep. Jerrold Nadler Compares Trump’s Attacks On The Media To Nazi Germany

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2017/07/24/revealed-vast-majority-of-cbos-lost-coverage-projections-come-from-repeal-of-individual-mandate-n2358719

SPEAKING OF SCHMUCKIE:
Schumer: Democrats have been too namby-pamby, single-payer health care is on the table

Schumer takes shot at Clinton: Our biggest mistake in 2016 was not telling people what we stood for

PEOPLE KNEW FULL WELL WHAT YOU STOOD FOR, ASSHOLE… THAT’S WHY YOU LOST

Al Franken reveals fear of Kid Rock running against Debbie Stabenow
As a celebrity who used his national fame and home state ties to gain a Senate seat, Franken was in no position to denounce celebrity candidates. I found it highly entertaining to watch his face reveal how worried he actually is as his mind formed the words to glide through the answer without incident.

It will require less than a minute and a half of your time to watch and judge for yourself how worried the Dems really are.
BE EVER MINDFUL THIS DICKHEAD LITERALLY STOLE HIS SEAT WITH FRAUDULENT VOTES FOUND IN A CAR TRUNK…. AND HE GOT RE-ELECTED…. BY THE STATE THAT VOTED JESSE “THE BODY” VENTURA GOVERNOR

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2017/07/al_franken_reveals_fear_of_kid_rock_running_against_debbie_stabenow.html#ixzz4nqyIFvLD

Washington is ‘much worse than anyone ever thought’: Trump
“Drain the Swamp should be changed to Drain the Sewer – it’s actually much worse than anyone ever thought, and it begins with the Fake News!” the president tweeted.
“After 1 year of investigation with Zero evidence being found, Chuck Schumer just stated that ‘Democrats should blame ourselves, not Russia,’” he added in a separate tweet.
http://nypost.com/2017/07/24/washington-is-much-worse-than-anyone-ever-thought-trump/

Democrats New Slogan Spells Out – Better Social Justice Warriors
“Better skills, better jobs, better wages”–
Democrats are unveiling the new slogan this afternoon. They have no history of creating better wages or better jobs but they are going to run with this slogan anyway.
After all, this is the same group that works to destroy coal, oil, gas and energy jobs in America.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2017/07/democrats-new-slogan-spells-better-social-justice-warriors/

GOP PAC Ad Slams ‘Leaderless’ And ‘Messageless’ Dems
One day after the Democratic Party unveiled its “A Better Deal” campaign, a GOP PAC is pointing out the lack of leadership among Democrats.
America Rising PAC released a new video Tuesday morning that shows even Democratic senators and congressmen can’t point to a leader of their party or identify their core message.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/25/gop-pac-ad-slams-leaderless-and-messageless-dems-video/

Resistance

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Clinton Foundation: A Crooked Charity Cooking the Books

2014 Summary of Clinton Foundation tax return

2014 Clinton Foundation tax return

 

According to Charity Navigator, 7 out of 10 charities evaluated spend at least 75% of their budget on the programs and services they exist to provide. And 9 out of 10 spend at least 65%.

“We believe that those spending less than a third of their budget on program expenses are simply not living up to their missions.”

The Clinton Foundation spent less than 3% on its mission.

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Donald Addresses the Scouts

The president addressed more than 40,000 members of the Boy Scouts at their National Jamboree. He was met with a wildly enthusiastic throng and he was in his element. Of course, he pisses a lot of people off no matter what he does. As a former scout, I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that a very large majority of those attending yesterday come from two-parent homes, don’t take government handouts, don’t commit rapes or armed robberies, and are more likely to volunteer for military service. Liberals despise them because they grow into that most dreaded of all terrorist groups, the white middle class.

Obama never addressed the organization once. The left is howling this morning about Trump turning his speech into a political rally. Never mind the fact that anytime a democrat gets in trouble he runs to the nearest black mega-church for solace and a pep rally. Obama did it all the time because he was looked on as some sort of deity.

My personal experience with the scouts was a happy one. Our troop was sponsored by a Methodist church and the farm across the road belonged to one of their members. About 1962 they held their first corn boil as a fundraiser. We were the hired hands. I had to show the others how to go out into the massive cornfield and pick sweet corn by hand: grip the ear where it is attached to the stalk, pull down, a quick twist and it comes loose. Always make sure the husk is very tight, not spongy. That means the kernels are filled out. If you pull the husk down a little, and pierce a kernel with your thumbnail, the white, starchy liquid should squirt to your knuckle. That means it has a good sugar content. That was more than 50 years ago and they still hold the event every August.

One of our assistant scoutmasters had a big farm with some woods and a creek running through it. We made a campground on it and built a dam across the creek to make the water deep enough for a swimming hole. (Can you imagine kids swimming in a creek these days?) We camped at least once a month to work on nature projects and had a really stupid idea to go on a Polar Bear camp-out in the dead of winter. We only came out of our tents to eat and have a massive snowball fight daily. I hit my friend Louis in the head with a slushball and he went down like a bag of wet cement. I ran screaming back to camp because I thought I had killed Louie. Ah, those were good times.

[CtH: Love it when you reminisce, Pete!  Actually, there is a creek near my house where people still swim.  My mom took me.  I took my girls.  Sometime when my grandkids come in the summer, we’ll have to take them.]

TRUMP ON FIRE! 40,000 BOY SCOUTS CHEER PRESIDENT TRUMP AT JAMBOREE!

The National Jamboree is held every four years.

POTUS Trump RIPS Obama – Scouts Chant “We Love Trump!” at National Jamboree

Trump ripped Barack Obama for NEVER attending a jamboree.  The massive crowd grumbled then started chanting—“We love Trump! We love Trump!“

Flashback: Democratic Delegates Boo The Boy Scouts Of America

Democrats are all atwitter over Trump’s speech to the Boy Scouts, claiming that he talked politics or made them cheer like Hitler Youth.  Here’s how hypocritical they are. They used politics all over the Boy Scouts, but booed them and attacked them.

LOS ANGELES When Gloria Johnson learned that a group of Eagle Scouts was about to take the stage at the Democratic National Convention, she immediately went into action.
She and other California delegates grabbed poster board and markers and made signs that read, “We Support Gay Boy Scouts.” As the uniformed Scouts took part in the opening ceremony, the delegates, seated in the front of the hall, waved their signs and booed.

Under normal circumstances, jeering at children is the sort of behavior that might get a delegate sanctioned, if not booted from the convention altogether. But anyone who expected the Democratic leadership to scold people bashing the Boy Scouts of America was attending the wrong convention.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2000/aug/18/20000818-011835-9232r/

Scout’s dishonor! Boy Scouts of America faces backlash from leaders and parents after President Trump turns their Jamboree into a political rally that may even have broken the group’s rules.

  • Trump spoke before a giant crowd of Boy Scouts of America on Monday night
  • The thousands of scouts was celebrating their Jamboree in West Virginia
  • Eagle Scouts, scoutmasters and parents threatened to leave the organization
  • The speech may have violated the organization’s own stance on political events

Trump first promised not to make his speech political, but quickly attacked Obamacare, the swamp, the media and Hillary Clinton.  Parents, Boy Scout members, and scoutmasters were equally livid about the event.  One man claiming to be an Eagle Scout and former scoutmaster called the event ‘nauseating’ adding the organization was ‘never partisan.’  A parent tweeted ‘that was a disgusting display tonight. I am withdrawing my son from your organization next year. You should all be ashamed.’




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4727354/Boy-Scouts-America-facing-backlash-Trump-speech.html#ixzz4nq4aFGp7

Trump Rolls His Eyes When Asked If Jeff Sessions Should Resign

I WON ONE OF THESE:

WE LEARNED ABOUT THESE IN NATURE CLASS

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Death Panels

Democrat leaders have had nothing to say about Charlie Gard and none of their lapdogs in the media have bothered to ask any of them.

These are the same people who ridiculed the very idea that government-run health care would necessarily involve unelected bean counters making life and death decisions for patients.

2017_06 30 Hospital allows parents

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President Trump Gives a Statement on Healthcare

Everything Democrats promised has proven to be a big fat lie.

Democrats said Obamacare was going to ensure that no American would fall through the cracks. Ha!

WISE, Va. — The sick and the disabled pour out of these mountains every summer for their one shot at free health care. These events are staged nationwide, but the Wise clinic is among the biggest.

A third of the patients who registered Friday were unemployed, who can’t afford insurance even under Obamacare, or who don’t qualify for Medicaid.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/thousands-flock-to-free-medical-clinic-as-washington-dithers-on-health-care/2017/07/21/07b7d1f2-6d80-11e7-96ab-5f38140b38cc_story.html

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Dem Slogan Better Fits GOP Record

The Democrats’ new slogan — “A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, Better Future” — fits the actual record compiled by Republican leadership in Washington far better than it does the record compiled by Democrat leadership.

2001-2017 Jobs and Party Control

Check the Data for Yourself!

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Population Ratio

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS12300000

CtH’s “History of Political Party Control in DC” Facebook Album: Policy is set jointly by the House, the Senate, and the President. Whichever party dominates two or three of these three bodies dominates policy. The data I used came from Wikipedia where each session of Congress has its own page. You can start with the current Congress @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress and cycle back by clicking on the numbers at the bottom of the box with the Capitol building photo.

https://www.facebook.com/christine.bravomom/media_set?set=a.286938824787666.1073741874.100004146523282&type=3

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Charlie Gard: The Face of Single Payer Health Care

Whenever a Democrat tries to convince you that single payer is the only humane system, REMEMBER CHARLIE GARD!

2017_07 24 Charlie Gard family

He who holds the gold makes the rules. With single payer, unelected bean counters and judges with who-knows-what political and religious agendas hold the gold.

For five months, Charlie Gard’s parents have been fighting a legal battle with the British single payer system to be ALLOWED to take their son out of the country for experimental treatment.

They had the money. They had TWO hospitals – in the U.S. and the Vatican – offering to take him. The U.S. even offered him citizenship.

The courts said no, no, and more no. During all this time, Charlie’s condition has deteriorated to the point where the treatment his parents sought is no longer possible.

The parents are ending their fight and the “Great” British health care system is now free to off one of its inconvenient citizens.

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