Yesterday’s chemotherapy session was postponed for a week, due to a very low red blood cell count. Instead, my oncologist arranged for me to get a blood transfusion at the hospital this morning. Therefore, I will head back into Hot Springs in an hour or so to wait patiently for my blood to be typed (we already know the type, etc., but their policy is to double check). Then, I will wait while the requisite blood is located and delivered to the staff who will arrange to have it pumped into me. My medical procedure is one of a few taking place at roughly the same time with other people in my social sphere. Advancing age seems to closely correlate with increases in health-related processes and procedures. The transfusion should boost my red blood cell count enough to permit my chemo session to go forward next Monday. Sigh.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
~ John F. Kennedy ~
When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right.
~ Victor Hugo ~
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The U.S. Constitution’s system of checks and balances seems to be dissolving, thanks to Republicans in Congress (and the courts) ceding their responsibilities and authorities to a lunatic they obviously fear. While the dissolution is not yet complete, most signs suggest the process is unfolding at an astonishingly fast clip. By the time this reality sinks in to the “masses,” I am afraid it will be too late to avoid the trappings of a dictatorship and all the ugliness carried with them. The rise and fall of an empire of sorts… It is far too early to tell whether a large proportion of the population will react to the collapse of our semblance of democracy with rage sufficient to foment revolution or insurrection or whatever you want to call boiling intolerance to authoritarian control. I think the “preppers” who have spent years readying themselves for dealing with massive social unrest and disruptions to supply channels may not have been so crazy, after all.
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My patience has been tested many times. In most cases, it failed.
