The Country is Broken

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Saturday January 16, 2021 · 5:16 PM PST

2021/01/16 · 17:16

I’ll Keep this short and sweet.

Massachusetts sent about 500 National Guard troops to Washington, DR.

Some of the oldest units in the Guard itself — two can trace their lineage back to the Old North Bridge. This was intentional.

I have linked the story below, but the General said something to the troops at their sendoff that should give us all pause.

"I said, 'I'm sorry I have to actually ask you to kind of leave your families again and head down to our nation's capital because our country is so broken right now, we have to defend the Constitution.'"

Hundreds of National Guard troops leave Massachusetts for Washington

The Great Pit of Carkoon

TriSec

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Saturday January 09, 2021 · 3:56 PM PST

2021/01/09 · 15:56

The more I think about it, the more I think that eternal damnation and hellfire would be too good for Donald Trump.

After all, all his friends, family, and supporters will be there cheering him on. I think Satan should start watching his back; surely there will be a multitude of tweets about how un-Satanic Satan actually is.

But I digress.

Threepio maybe said it best, way back in 1983.

You will be cast into the Pit of Carkoon; nesting place of the All-Powerful Sarlacc.

In his belly, you will find a new definition of pain and suffering as you are slowly digested over a thousand years.

TriSec Returns!

TriSec

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Friday January 08, 2021 · 6:30 AM PST

2021/01/08 · 06:30

Hi all.

It’s been a long time since I was here last; over 2,000 days according to my last post!

Why am I back? Well — as I told the nice folks at “Toxbook” when I suspended my account…

Facebook has become a wretched hive of scum and villainy. I have no further use for it.

So, just putting a test posting out there to see if I remember how to use this.

Plus, inviting you all to check out another blog of like-minded souls. www.fourfreedomsblog.com

All are welcome.

The Loss of my Friend.

TriSec

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Monday March 24, 2014 · 6:44 PM PDT

2014/03/24 · 18:44

I am mourning the loss of my oldest friend this weekend.

I've known him since we were both 13, a few years back in Middle School now. We did it all - school trouble, yearbook staff, "The Dream", we were roommates for 8 years after graduation...he stood for me as my Best Man....he christened my son.

But somewhere along the way, he developed a fondness for alcohol. Then pills. Then married men. (He's gay.) And finally....child porn.

He's not dead. Not yet, anyway. But he is dead to me.

More below the crumpled orange tissue paper full of my tears.

TriSec

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Wednesday November 27, 2013 · 7:45 AM PST

2013/11/27 · 07:45

Well, it's Thanksgiving eve. I'm home this week; cooking up a storm for everyone. I was listening to Dvorak's "New World Symphony" when this idea struck, so let's all come along for the ride.

A year ago I was undergoing chemotherapy for Stage III colon cancer....since completed and in remission as we speak. (6-month checkup on 12/4). All seems to be going well, my wife is back to work, my son is happy in his new Scout Troop, and we seem to have much to be thankful for this year.

But why do I think this is more American than even Independence Day?

Think about it - it's all the good, bad, and ugly about America wrapped into one day, for better or worse.

On the plus side, there's food, family, faith, health, and all the things that we should be thankful for, or those that are able to be thankful for them.

On the negative side, there's the usual excesses we associate with holidays; overeating, too much drink, wasted food and resources....and yes, Black Friday, corporate greed, and worker exploitation.

Oh, and did I mention traffic, gas prices, TSA Security theater and travel delays?

Seems to me that Thanksgiving is indeed everything that is America wrapped into one long weekend of excess.

Have a good one, everybody!

Thanks, Obama!

TriSec

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Friday October 25, 2013 · 12:04 PM PDT

2013/10/25 · 12:04

No, really.

ACA saved my life; no doubt about it. So let the facts be presented to a candid world:

1. The ACA has touched off a huge hiring boom in the healthcare industry.

2. TriSec was hired back to a payor on a full-time, permanent basis with full benefits.

3. TriSec had insurance when his appendix attacked him last year, and revealed a cancerous tumour.

4. TriSec didn't die; he is now alive and well and in remission.

5. Mrs. TriSec was also just hired back to a payor on a full-time, permanent basis with full benefits.

6. Mrs. TriSec's plan is cheaper than regular TriSec's plan

7. Because the ACA protects pre-existing conditions, we can all switch without fear of losing coverage and actually save money.

T H A N K S, O B A M A!

The GOP can go to hell.

ACA website vs. Turbo Tax

TriSec

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Wednesday October 23, 2013 · 8:31 AM PDT

2013/10/23 · 08:31

Hi all.

I'll be brief; a member of my blog just gave us all a blow-by-blow description of navigating her state's exchange while she went through the enrollment process.

She's gay, with a dependent, and in the fine state of North Carolina.

From start to finish:

Started: 10:32:05 AM +2 minutes: 10:30:05 AM
Finished: 11:08:19 AM
What's that, 38 minutes, 14 seconds?

As I just pointed out, I spent more time online last year with TurboTax doing my taxes, and I'm married with one dependent here in the fine Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Another member also made this observation, and he works online support for a national website:

I have deep feeling that the "problems" are being waaaay overblown by the right wing echo chamber. I deal on a daily basis with people who don't know their backsides from their elbows when is comes to using a website. Now these self same folks are being asked to enroll in health insurance on website? I've got two word for you about the "glitches:" user error.

So there you have it. Obama's fault, for sure!

Well, guess who maintains a giant gun-owner database?

TriSec

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Wednesday August 21, 2013 · 7:04 AM PDT

2013/08/21 · 07:04

Re-posted from Four Freedoms Blog with the kind permission of the author.

Many links back to supporting documents at the original source.

TriSec

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Sunday August 18, 2013 · 6:35 AM PDT

2013/08/18 · 06:35

Good Morning.

We're going to do a little traveling this morning. Our first stop is Cloud-Cuckoo land, or maybe North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, or many more states that are interested in superseding constitutional rights.

Imagine for a minute that we're traveling by plane. Over the past two decades or so, aviation has become increasingly safe and reliable, and even something like on-time percentage has improved. But suppose that a powerful lobby group decided that flying was "against the laws of God!!" and went on an all-out effort to kill the industry. Oh, they could legislate it out of existence in one fell swoop, but suppose the Supreme Court had ruled in "Roe v. Ground" that aircraft and aviators are constitutionally protected?

TriSec

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Tuesday August 13, 2013 · 9:49 AM PDT

2013/08/13 · 09:49

And the question remains, what do either of these things have to do with medical need?

Teen denied heart transplant because of low grades, trouble with law, family says

ATLANTA —A Georgia teen who was given just months to live has been denied a heart transplant because of low grades and trouble with the law, his family says.
Anthony Stokes, 15, has an enlarged heart, and will die if he does not receive a transplant, ABC News reported.

His family says doctors at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston said won't put him on the transplant list because of his history of "noncompliance."

Stokes mother, Melencia Hamilton, said the doctors felt they had "no evidence that he would take his medicine or that he would go to his follow-ups."

The hospital said it follows "very specific criteria in determining eligibility for a transplant of any kind."

A week at Scout Camp

TriSec for Scouts and Scouters

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Thursday July 25, 2013 · 9:50 AM PDT

2013/07/25 · 09:50

Javi joined the troop in February of 2012. We were gearing up for his first summer camp last year, but I got sick 3 weeks before the troop was ready to go and we had to back out. (See "Monday Night Cancer Club") It was our goal this year to sell enough popcorn so he got to go for free. We almost did, just missing by $30. So when registration time came around, his name was on the list and we were ready to go!

TriSec

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Sunday June 09, 2013 · 7:19 AM PDT

2013/06/09 · 07:19

Cross-posted from Four Freedoms Blog.

And here is a link to the original story from slightly less than a year ago.

New blog below the orange tangle of IV lines.

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Thanks, Obama!

ACA website vs. Turbo Tax

Well, guess who maintains a giant gun-owner database?

It's a TRAP!

Death Panels surface at Atlanta Hospital

A week at Scout Camp

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