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12-8-19, 3:09pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Democratic Socialism Supports Robust Capitalism in Simple Public Policy

Suicides, except in the most egregious cases, are probably unconnected to politics. Genetics, climate, SSRIs and similar drugs, and despair over...

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12-8-19, 2:52pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Health Insurance: "Shart Term" aka "Junk" Insurance in Health & Health Care

Ah, those genetic "gifts."

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12-8-19, 2:29pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Peleton Ad in Consumerism & The Media

You'll need spendy "athleisure" wear, a couple of window walls to exercise in front of, a sound track, and a social media claque to get the full...

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12-8-19, 2:24pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Health Insurance: "Shart Term" aka "Junk" Insurance in Health & Health Care

I'm lucky to have mostly (apparently) decent health, but if I were ever diagnosed with some chronic condition, I would do everything in my power to...

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12-8-19, 1:16pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Health Insurance: "Shart Term" aka "Junk" Insurance in Health & Health Care

And all those medications are finding their way--second hand--into our waterways, which bodes ill for the planet. I've said before that I don't...

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12-8-19, 12:26pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Democratic Socialism Supports Robust Capitalism in Simple Public Policy

I agree with the venture capitalist friend: "Even a venture capitalist we knew in Silicon Valley who has three children sounded envious:'I’d move to...

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12-7-19, 8:44pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Peleton Ad in Consumerism & The Media

I think LDAHL pretty much covered it--"another dumb ad for an overpriced product." Most of the advertising aimed at the moneyed crowd this time of...

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12-7-19, 8:34pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Electric Kettle in Food & Recipes

I'm a fan of solid kitchen appliances, and an electric kettle is one of those. It isn't tied to the kitchen, which is a plus for me.

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12-6-19, 6:34pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread What are you reading 2019? in Reviews

A lot of writers strike me that way; I don't need metaphors falling all over themselves to get the drift.

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12-6-19, 3:32pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread What are you reading 2019? in Reviews

I downloaded it from the library; I will definitely throw it back. Her barely-veiled contempt for her parents seems pretty sincere. I've liked...

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12-6-19, 11:58am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Simplifying your thought burdens in Health & Health Care

If he's lucky, that fifty-year-old man hasn't just been canned.

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12-6-19, 11:08am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread What are you reading 2019? in Reviews

Help Thanks Wow, by Anne Lamott. Hugely boring. I got through about a third of it.

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12-6-19, 10:33am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Simplifying your thought burdens in Health & Health Care

I MUCH prefer email to the phone or even in-person conversations. I can arrange my thoughts and there's even a chance my correspondent will read and...

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12-5-19, 1:10pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Permanent Hair Color and Breast Cancer in Health & Health Care

There's a point of diminishing returns if you have 30-year-old hair and a face like the crypt keeper. I don't mind looking as old as my hair. :D

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12-3-19, 2:37pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread What are you reading 2019? in Reviews

Yes, Chef--a Memoir, by Marcus Samuelsson.

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12-3-19, 12:40pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Are you living the life you wanted when you were a child? in Consumerism & The Media

As a child I loved nature, reading, art, fashion (via dolls). I still love all those things plus technology. Simplemind summed it up nicely. My...

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12-1-19, 6:02pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Despicable. ICE needs to be abolished. in Simple Public Policy

Personally, I'd like to see ICE disbanded and charges brought against those who had no trouble following increasingly cruel orders and, without an...

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12-1-19, 5:15pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

Considering they replaced saltillo tile in the kitchen (!), they're doubly cursed in my view. There are so many flooring options now, most of them...

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12-1-19, 4:24pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

Or a morgue...

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12-1-19, 4:23pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

I've certainly seen white kitchens done well, and--in general--I like painted cabinetry.

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12-1-19, 3:10pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Daily Peeve / Rant in Dailies and Challenges

Some flipper bought and remuddled my SO's condo. I hate every single thing she did to it from the mint green walls to the ugly stripey faux wood...

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12-1-19, 10:53am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread OK Boomer in Consumerism & The Media

I just ran across this one this morning, from one of my favorite cookbook authors: https://twosleevers.com/instant-pot-halva-recipe/

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11-30-19, 3:09pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Maybe I should have been a pioneer woman in Open Forum

My pioneer diarist/ancestor died, probably of cholera, en route to Oregon. (Making a case for antibiotics.) She was buried near the Barlow Road.

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11-30-19, 10:33am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Holidays in Holidays

I worked Christmas and Thanksgiving for years, and breathed a hearty sigh of relief when I finally had enough seniority to avoid doing so. I don't...

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11-30-19, 10:23am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Maybe I should have been a pioneer woman in Open Forum

Yeah, that was my take on it too. No birth control would probably rule out my raucous life as a lady of the evening. I suppose I could have been a...

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11-29-19, 3:57pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Maybe I should have been a pioneer woman in Open Forum

If I'd been around back then (and I suspect I was), I would have been burned as a witch--or narrowly escaped that fate. I would have been...

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11-29-19, 3:37pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Maybe I should have been a pioneer woman in Open Forum

I would have worked at the brothel, and depended on the kindness of strangers. :devil: Aside from quiltmaking, I doubt I have one pioneer skill....

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11-29-19, 10:47am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread What are your Thanksgiving plans? in Holidays

I love turkey soup...

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11-27-19, 12:50pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Central Serous Retinopathy in Health & Health Care

I'm convinced that lifestyle and diet changes are much more powerful than pharmaceuticals in combating disease. But that's no surprise...:idea:

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11-27-19, 9:56am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Commander In Chief in Simple Public Policy

I've voted for third party candidates often--Shirley Chisholm, John Anderson. Family members voted for Jesse Jackson, Ross Perot...The current stakes...

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11-26-19, 3:12pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Commander In Chief in Simple Public Policy

Malcolm Nance has a background in intelligence and counter-terrorism with expertise in Russia and the Middle East. He's written three books on the...

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11-26-19, 11:36am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Commander In Chief in Simple Public Policy

Good point.

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11-26-19, 10:40am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Would you buy a manufactured home in a mobile home park? in Housing

I think you have to be very specific, and repeat the message often. And it probably still won't land. Do you suspect your husband will support you,...

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11-26-19, 10:30am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

I read cookbooks, and have lots (both print and ebooks)--I just don't use them. Maybe if I bake something, which happens rarely.

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11-25-19, 7:22pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

That was pretty much my mother's assessment.

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11-25-19, 6:47pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

They're just now coming out with a new edition of J of C, written by the granddaughter (?) of the original author.

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11-25-19, 6:02pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

How to skin a squirrel, eh? Gotta love these old-timey cookbooks! (My mother, who never in her life used a cookbook, to my knowledge, got The Joy of...

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11-25-19, 5:45pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread 8pm tonight... all of Trump's lies listed.... CNN in Simple Public Policy

And that's only counting the ones he tells in public.

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11-25-19, 5:43pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Obnoxious Uncle Myth in Holidays

And I had one who was the governor of a small state. He was pleasant enough.

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11-25-19, 5:42pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

Bacon is another of those substances that makes everything better, that's for sure.

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11-25-19, 5:40pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Would you buy a manufactured home in a mobile home park? in Housing

There are mobile home parks in California where units cost millions (?). I know this 'cuz I saw it on the teevee. ...

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11-25-19, 5:37pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Obnoxious Uncle Myth in Holidays

I had a drunken, racist, sexist uncle; fortunately he's long dead.

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11-25-19, 4:46pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

I used to make liver loaf for my cat, though I never tasted it.\ Thanks for the link!

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11-25-19, 4:44pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Would you buy a manufactured home in a mobile home park? in Housing

I'm sorry, Catherine, that you're caught up in this. Some people are just feckless. I have no good ideas.

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11-25-19, 4:40pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Silly, but eye-opening info-graphic in Environmental Issues

Author Lierre Keith was attacked at a talk she was giving on her book The Vegetarian Myth by angry vegans wielding a cream pie laced with capsicum,...

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11-25-19, 3:51pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Commander In Chief in Simple Public Policy

And now, Trump's threatening to sic Conan, the hero dog, on any journalist who dares to open their mouth. I suppose that passes for humor among...

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11-25-19, 3:43pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Commander In Chief in Simple Public Policy

And they're all still trying to sell the false narrative. Why, exactly, would Ukraine be trying to sabotage its ally, the United States? I'd like...

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11-25-19, 3:40pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread What movies are you watching in 2019? in Reviews

I'm only barely conscious of Mr.Rogers. Always thought of him, in passing, as kind of smarmy, but I can tell Tom Hanks will do him justice.

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11-25-19, 3:35pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread The Commander In Chief in Simple Public Policy

We're officially in thrall to Russia, and have been for a long time. Fiona Hill, speaking truth to power, should probably avoid the polonium tea.

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11-25-19, 3:31pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Silly, but eye-opening info-graphic in Environmental Issues

I skimmed the article. and didn't much like its snarky tone (And I'm probably not the target audience for their message, having just spent a few...

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11-25-19, 12:41pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Trump is the Chosen one in Simple Public Policy

What is this Clinton corruption you speak of? She's always just seemed like a hard-working, middle of the road Democrat to me--not exciting, but...

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11-25-19, 12:19pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

I have eaten liver--my long-lived father was a fan--and I think you're right--lots of onions fix anything. Also, I can make a chicken liver pate',...

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11-25-19, 12:11pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

I always say my love of eggs and cheese served me well when I followed a vegetarian diet. I'm planning on stocking up on cheese (gouda!) and eggs...

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11-25-19, 11:34am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Trump is the Chosen one in Simple Public Policy

I feel lucky to have lived my whole life in an area where people don't feel compelled to ask about one's spiritual beliefs, or to proselytize about...

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11-25-19, 11:27am

JaneV2.0 started a thread K2, heart health, and osteoporosis in Health & Health Care

This came across my twitter feed this morning: And the following article expands on it: ...

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11-25-19, 10:01am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread 8pm tonight... all of Trump's lies listed.... CNN in Simple Public Policy

Former ethics chief Walter Shaub tweeted out a long list of Trump's offenses--not just lies--a couple of days...

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11-25-19, 9:51am

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Trump is the Chosen one in Simple Public Policy

I think he's supposed to bring about the End Times. It does kind of feel like it some days...:0! Or God has a cruel sense of humor.

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11-24-19, 8:53pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Silly, but eye-opening info-graphic in Environmental Issues

That's a good point, and correlates to Dean Ornish's life style plan--smoking cessation, stress relief, an exercise program, social outlets, etc. (He...

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11-24-19, 8:50pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Silly, but eye-opening info-graphic in Environmental Issues

That seems like good advice. I see a lot of commentary to that effect on FB; lots of digestive issues. I've pursued practically every dietary plan...

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11-24-19, 8:22pm

JaneV2.0 replied to a thread Silly, but eye-opening info-graphic in Environmental Issues

Aye, there's the rub.

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