Covid Reinstated

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Ken
Thousands of Defendants Charged in COVID Relief Fraud by DOJ (westernjournal.com)

Biden Administration Announces Massive $5 Billion COVID-19 Funding Called “Project NextGen”. By Brian Lupo Aug. 23, 2023 12:15 pm 716 Comments

This week, InfoWars published insider information that alleges the TSA and US Border Patrol will be moving back to 2020-era COVID-19 mandates and restrictions starting in mid-September through mid-October, to include mask mandates on all flights.
This is in addition to the mask-mandated reinstatement at Morris Brown College 
in Atlanta, GA and Lionsgate Studios in Santa Monica, CA.
That same week, WarRoom’s Natalie Winters uncovered millions of dollars in funding, awarded primarily for the Department of Veterans Affairs, to ramp up testing
and other COVID-19 related.  This was just a week after the NIH appointed Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, a staunch advocate for masks, lockdowns, and vaccine mandates, as the replacement for Dr. Fauci.  NIH appointed Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo – Bing video

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To further the suggestion that another lockdown scare is in the forecast, 
Yesterday the US Department of Health and Human Services announced funding of
$1.4 billion to “support the development of a new generation of tools and technologies to protect against COVID-19 for years to come” according to a press release: 

 HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra. Project NextGeneration – Search (bing.com)
The awards announced today follow extensive coordination with industry partners and include support for clinical trials that will enable the rapid development of even more effective and longer-lasting coronavirus vaccines, a new monoclonal antibody, and transformative technologies to streamline manufacturing processes.
“Project NextGen is a key part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to keeping people safe from COVID-19 variants,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
“These awards are a catalyst for the program – kickstarting efforts to more quickly
develop vaccines and continue to ensure availability of effective treatments.”

Project NextGen, a $5 billion initiative led by ASPR’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) in partnership with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), coordinates across the federal government and the private sector to advance innovative vaccines and therapeutics into clinical trials, regulatory review, and potential commercial availability for the American people. The project builds on a better understanding of COVID-19 – with HHS developing, using, and constantly re-evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of current vaccines and therapeutics for over three years.

Recipients of the awards include:
$1 billion to four BARDA Clinical Trial partners to support vaccine Phase IIb clinical
trial studies: ICON Government and Public Health Solutions, Inc of Hinckley, Ohio; Pharm-Olam, LLC, of Houston, Texas; Technical Resources Intl (TRI), Inc, of Bethesda, Maryland; and Rho Federal Systems, Inc., Durham, North Carolina.
$326 million to Regeneron to support the development of a next-generation monoclonal antibody for COVID-19 prevention.
$100 million to Global Health Investment Corp. (GHIC), the non-profit organization managing the BARDA Ventures investment portfolio to expand investments in new technologies that will accelerate responses in the future. 
$10 million to Johnson & Johnson Innovation (JLABS) for a competition through
Blue Knight, a BARDA-JLABS partnership.

The press release claims that their partnership with Regeneron will help develop a
“novel monoclonal antibody that will protect people who do not respond to or cannot
take existing vaccines,” despite their attempts to limit the distribution in Florida in 2021.
While Hawaiians are struggling to recover from a devastating fire with an utterly botched governmental response from top to bottom, and our border is wide-open with fentanyl deaths surging, our federal government has allocated $5 billion to fight against COVID-19, which practically no one knew was still a “thing”.

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It begs the Question: What the hell are you waiting for?

McCarthy Gets Testy With Reporter Asking About Trump Possibly Not Being Able To Appear On Ballot – YouTube

##Your holding back McCarthy; you are saying the right things in this little clip here,
but you are holding something back.

Don’t you realize that right now, you are the closest thing to a President we have?
Don’t you realize that China is off the coast of Florida, and Russia is off the coast of Alaska loading their guns for us right now?

You are fucking around too long with this, and even still – contemplating another deal with this treasonous administration.
This country is in danger: Steve Bannon on GETTR: 1,000 People Still Missing!!!…Stop the Cover-Up—Where are the Kids! https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/23/hawaii-wildfires-more-than-100…

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No investigation is necessary. 

Maui – Plans for A High Tech Prison Island? (nutritruth.org)
We already know that the Democrats are responsible for the Maui disaster.
The Democrat WEF Hawaii Governor had already been promoting the smart city
plan for Maui months ago.
The Maui police chief/coroner is the same law enforcement officer who covered up
the Las Vegas shooting. 
The Emergency Management Head in Hawaii was an incompetent Democrat.
The head of the water department in Maui is an Asia Pacific Zone Obama Foundation member who shut off the water because he is a radical Obama “Equity” Marxist. 
McCarthy is a uniparty member who will aid and abet in the Democrat coverup. 
Steve Bannon on GETTR: Biden Crashes and Burns in Maui https://nypost.com/2023/08/21/biden-tries-to-commiserate-with-maui-survivors-over-small-house-fire… #Keyiro Fuentes – Search (bing.com)

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In Memoriam: A list of victims killed in Maui fires | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

This just seems like something to take the focus off the fact it was an attack.

On what would’ve been his 15th birthday, a Lahaina boy is mourned by a family left broken (hawaiinewsnow.com)

They absolutely should!
THE ELITE ARE MAKING BILLIONS ON THE USSA GOV CREATED CATASTROPHES – 
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NOW Watch Merrick Garland step in and hire a Special Council!!! 

That keeps any questions from being asked.
And they get away with you know what again!! 
Kevin McCarthy knows this. He saved the day again.
Kevin McCarthy needs to get his priorities straight and IMPEACH BIDEN!
This Congress is great at investigations and does nothing with their findings.

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WATCH: Tucker Asks Trump If He Fears ‘They’ Will Try to Kill Him.
Aug 23rd, 2023, 6:31 pm. By Charlie Nash

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked former President Donald Trump 
if he was worried that his enemies would try to kill him during an interview that
coincided with the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday. 
Trump skipped the Fox News- hosted presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
for a Bedminster sit-down with Carlson, who was ousted from Fox News in April.
Watch The full interview: Tucker Carlson to Donald Trump: “Are you worried that they are going to try to kill you?” – YouTube

In a teaser trailer published ahead of the debate on Wednesday, Carlson could be heard asking such questions as, “Do you think Epstein killed himself?” and “Do you think we’re moving towards civil war?”
Carlson then said, “It started with protests against you and then it moved to impeachment twice, and now indictment. Are you worried that they’re gonna try and kill you?”

Tucker Carlson to Donald Trump: “Are you worried that they are going to try to kill you?”
YouTube 20 views by James Volta Project

“Why wouldn’t they try and kill you? Honestly,” Carlson added.
“They’re savage animals. They are people that are sick,” replied Trump in the trailer, 
though it is currently unclear as to whether this comment came right after Carlson’s question. Asked by Carlson whether it was possible that there could be “open conflict,”
Trump responded, “I can say this. There’s a level of passion that I’ve never seen,
there’s a level of hatred that I’ve never seen, and that’s probably a bad combination.”
Several prominent conservative commentators have either predicted or suggested the possibility of a second American civil war.  Podcast host Tim Pool declared a civil war following Trump’s indictment earlier this month.
According to a 2022 YouGov poll, 40% of Americans believe that a civil war between Democrats and Republicans is likely in the future.

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Carl Sagan Eerie 1995 Predictions

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Ken
An astronomer’s 1995 prediction of America is ‘scarily accurate’
Story by Madison Burgess 

 The prediction is full of warnings that some thinks are a little too close to reality.

 Sagan was a pioneer in the study of the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

 It foretells a world of misinformation and the rise in big tech.

Carl Sagan Eerie 1995 Predictions – Bing video
Back in 1995, the Astronomer Carl Sagan made a prediction of what a future version of America would look like – and some people think it’s disturbingly similar to the world today.

From ‘clutching our crystals’ to ‘awesome technological powers’ being ‘in the hands of very few,’ the scientist’s prediction is full of warnings that some thinks are a little too close to reality.

Sagan was an astronomer, planetary scientist, astrophysicist and more – he was well known as a pioneer in the field of exobiology, which is the study of the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

He helped to assemble the first physical messages sent into space as well as being among the first to determine that life could have existed on Mars. The astronomer constantly appealed to NASA to extend its exploration of the Universe.

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As the prediction resurfaces, people are even questioning if Sagan had access to a time machine. The prophecy which describes a dystopian America, came from a passage from his book called, ‘The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark’.

The book explains the scientific method to people
outside of the field and encourages them to learn critical and skeptical thinking. 
It has a focus on distinguishing science from pseudoscience, with mentions of witches, UFOs, extrasensory perception (the sixth sense), and faith healing.
Sagan was known for sharing complex scientific views, in an effort to educate the masses – he wanted to have open minds and active imaginations.

The passage that’s got people talking,
foretells a world of misinformation, the rise in big tech and the influential media.
It reads: ‘Science is more than a body of knowledge; it is a way of thinking.
‘I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time—
when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all
the key manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; 
‘when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; 


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‘When the people have lost the ability to set
their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority.
‘When, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true,
we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. 

‘The dumbing down of America is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30-second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.
‘The scarily accurate passage is again circulating around social media, with users shocked at its eerie message’. 

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Others added ‘Nailed it, unfortunately’ and ‘So ahead of his time’.

One person said ‘Ever-increasingly convinced Carl Sagan just had a time machine’. 
Someone called the prediction a ‘chillingly accurate description of the path to decline’
and another said he ‘hit the nail on the head’.
Sadly, Sagan was unable to see whether his prophecy came true as he died
aged 62 in December 1996 -he suffered from a rare bone marrow disease called myelodysplasia. Complications from the disease caused the pneumonia
which ended his life.

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Do you think Carl Sagan’s prophecy about the
dumbing down of America has come true or not?

  Yes, I think so. 95%

 No, I don’t think so. 2%

 I’m not sure. 2%

 Other / No opinion. 1%

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Lahaina’s “miracle house”

Posted on August 21, 2023 by Ken
Dora Atwater Millikin and her husband own the red-roofed home that was spared from the fires © Provided by The Independent

Lahaina residents slam Biden’s ‘tone-deaf’ Maui visit: ‘Multi-million dollar photo-op’.
Maui residents Etan Krupnick and Amanda Cassidy joined ‘Fox & Friends First’ to
discuss their take on the president’s visit and what the community needs following
the ‘devastating’ wildfire.

  Lahaina survivors weigh in on President Biden’s Maui remarks – YouTube
Maui homeowner reveals property upgrades that left her house the only one spared by wildfires. Story by Ariana Baio

The once-colorful homes along the coast of historic Maui town of Lahaina are now mostly obliterated, leaving a series of ruins covered in a layer of grey soot and ash from the devastating wildfires that ravaged the area.
Except for one.

Aerial photos of destroyed properties show a red-roofed home with a pristine white facade and red roof still standing, seemingly untouched by the blazes.

Scale of Hawaii wildfire scarring on charred Maui land captured in aerial footage

DAY AFTER FIRE FOOTAGE: 4K Drone Lahaina Maui Fire – Longest & Most Detailed Aerial View – YouTube

The once-colourful homes along the coast of historic Maui town of Lahaina are now mostly obliterated, leaving a series of ruins covered in a layer of grey soot and ash from the devastating wildfires that ravaged the area.
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Except for one.

Aerial photos of destroyed properties show a red-roofed home with a pristine white facade and red roof still standing, seemingly untouched by the blazes. A photo of the scene immediately went viral, with some wondering if it could be Photoshopped or if it was part of a larger conspiracy, like many images that have circulated online in the wake of the disaster.

The simple truth, though, is that the homeowners, Dora Atwater Millikin and her husband, Dudley, made relatively minor adjustments that helped save their property. Part of that included replacing the asphalt roof with a heavy-gauge metal one and cutting down the foliage surrounding the home, Ms Atwater Millikin told The Los Angeles Times.

She went on to say that the couple had no intention of making adjustments that would protect it from fire when they began to renovate it. “It’s a 100 percent wood house so it’s not like we fireproofed it or anything,” she said.

But rather than restoring the 100-year-old home to some of its original features, like changing the roof to either a wooden shake or a thinner tin material, they chose a tough steel roofing. They also placed stones around the home that line up to the drip line of the roof.

Then, she told the Los Angeles Times, they removed foliage around the house because they wanted to take preventative action against termites spreading to the house’s wood frame.

“We love old buildings, so we just wanted to honour the building,” Ms. Atwater Millikin said. The changes, while minor, ended up being critical to keeping the home from catching ablaze.

“When this was all happening, there were pieces of wood — six, 12 inches long — that
were on fire and just almost floating through the air with the wind and everything,” the homeowner said.

“They would hit people’s roofs, and if it was an asphalt roof, it would catch on fire. And otherwise, they would fall off the roof and then ignite the foliage around the house.”

Ms Atwater Millikin said they’ve lost some of their neighbours to the wildfires. “Many people have died,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “So many people have lost everything, and we need to look out for each other and rebuild. Everybody needs to help rebuild.”

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What saved the miracle house in Lahaina? Owner reveals vital factor
behind home’s survival from wildfires

On August 8, a devastating wildfire broke out on the second largest island in the US state of Hawaii called Maui. Currently, most of Maui stands completely destroyed, especially the historic town of Lahaina, where the current death toll is 114, and more than 1300 people remain unaccounted for. The wildfire is reported to have wrecked more than 3000 homes and land properties worth $3.2 billion.

The internet is filled with images and videos of the burned town, with people all over the world grieving Hawaii’s largest and most destructive wildfire in history. In the wake of the catastrophe, a picture has gone viral that shows a house standing tall in the middle of the wreckage, untouched by the blazes. It’s a white house with a red roof and a tiny porch in front.

While the entire area around the house, located in Lahaina’s famous Front Street, has
been scorched to the ground, this two-storied residence is seen standing in its original condition, completely undamaged. In fact, netizens have given it the name of “miracle house.” According to its owners, the house may also have been spared from the flames because of its heavy-gauge metal roof and lack of foliage around it.

Lahaina’s “miracle house” was not intentionally fire-proofed
In Lahaina’s elite residential area Front Street, a house now stands in sharp contrast
to its burned surroundings. As per the images that have gone viral, the white house
with a red roof appears to have been completely saved from the Maui fires.

While the internet believed for a while that the photograph of the property was digitally altered, its owners Dora Atwater Millikin and her husband, Dudley Long Millikin III, divulged the facts to the Los Angeles Times, saying that their home at 271 Front Street, was indeed untouched by the devastating fire.

Mrs. Millikin told the news outlet how they were devastated to have lost neighbors in the calamity and were even full of guilt emotions, but considered herself and her husband lucky that their holy abode survived the flames.

“It’s a 100 percent wood house; so, it’s not like we fireproofed it or anything,”
Mrs. Millikin said. So, how did the $4 million house get saved?

The owners believe it has to do with their recently changed roof.
Previously, their house had an asphalt roof, but only a few months back, with the onset
of summer and the wildfire season, they replaced it with heavy-gauge commercial-grade steel.

The couple explained how a roof is a key factor that contributes to the flammability of a house, as it serves as a huge landing pad for falling embers. The house, which is made from California redwood, is also believed to have natural fire-resistant properties.

Apart from changing the roof, the Millikins also cut down on foliage surrounding their residence to lower the risk of termite attack on the wooden house. They surrounded the house with river stones to further prevent water damage. The duo believes that although none of these alterations were done keeping fireproofing in mind, these factors ultimately saved their house from getting ruined beyond repair.

In fact, there was nothing combustible within five feet of the house (considered an ember ignition zone), as per a recent inspection by Maui County and reported by Honolulu Civil Beat. Mrs. Millikin also added how they keep changing the house’s structure every now and then as a form of maintenance and renovation.

“We love old buildings, so we just wanted to honor the building, and
we didn’t change the building in any way – we just restored it,” she told the LA Times.
The couple, who were visiting their extended family in Massachusetts during the fire, also presumed that the houses with asphalt roofs caught fire when pieces of wood were flying around due to strong winds. Or, they would hit the road and ignite the foliage around the house. Fortunately, none of these happened with their house.

Mr. and Mrs. Millikin have lived in Maui for the last decade but purchased the “miracle house” two years ago during the Covid-19 lockdown. While the man is a retired portfolio manager, his wife is an artist. They first learned that their house was saved when the
Maui County office called them.

Interestingly, the house is originally 100 years old and is known by the name of Pioneer Mill Co. or the Lahaina Ice Co. Bookkeeper’s House. It is believed to have been moved to Lahaina’s Front Street in 1925 from a local plantation.
For years, it was used as a home for management-level employees before the Millkins bought it and engaged in a two-year-long restoration project before moving in. Tourism is still going into Maui Airport – Bing video

Maui fire investigation: Maui’s top emergency officials were on a different island for a disaster training as flames flared and did not join response call until five hours after the deadly wildfires begun (msn.com)

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So Many Lost Lives

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Ken
A home under construction in Paradise, Calif., which was devastated by the Campfire in 2018. © ((Tomas Ovalle / For the Times))

Five years after the Campfire, Paradise survivors see a hard future for Maui
Story by Anita Chabria, Jessica Garrison •

Whipping winds, a sky blackened by smoke. Fear, urgency and then panic as gridlock stymied escape and flames closed in, making car windows too hot to touch. Barbara Bowen knows what the survivors of the Lahaina fire experienced because the same nightmare happened to her in Paradise, Calif., during the Camp fire in 2018.

“I thought I was going to have to break my animals’ necks rather than see them burn,” she said recently, remembering her harrowing journey down a traffic-jammed street with fire on all sides. In her car, along with her cats and dogs, were two men she found running down the road: Trevor Colston and the developmentally disabled man he helped care for, Dan Stoffer.

Five years after the Camp fire devastated Paradise in the deadliest wildfire in California history, Bowen, Colston and Stoffer have moved forward with their lives and the town is one of the fastest growing in the state, with construction on nearly every block.
But the journey to recovery for the people of Paradise and the place itself has been hard and uneven. For those who left and those who stayed, the emotional trauma continues even as the physical restoration progresses.

“These kinds of fires, they erase your fingerprints on this world,” Bowen said.
“The fire keeps taking and the aftermath goes on for years.”

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Barbara Bowen adjusts a sign in front of her home in Paradise, Calif.
© ((Tomas Ovalle / For The Times))

The same difficult and inequitable future, many said, is likely for Lahaina, where
the death toll continues to rise into the hundreds and talk of rebuilding has already begun. If Paradise offers lessons for Maui, they are a blend of hope and harsh reality: A new town will be different from the old one, just as the new lives of survivors will be different from what was.

Last week, the signs of recovery were everywhere in Paradise. Starbucks bustled, shoppers filled the Save Mart and school buses navigated their charges to and from the first days of classes. The town is home to about 9,200 people, said Mayor Greg Bolin, down from about 27,000 before the fire. New homes stretched for miles. About 500 were built last year alone, up from two or three a year before the fire, Bolin said.

But the thick canopy of Ponderosa pines and oaks that once made this place a shady mountain getaway — popular with urban defectors and retirees — are conspicuous in their absence. The sun beats down, unbroken by shade. As many as a million trees were burned or chopped down because they were dead or damaged. In their place are thousands of charred stumps sticking up like grave markers in empty lots and landscaped yards alike.

Along with the cooling, the privacy of the forest has disappeared. Paradise is now all
about views: sweeping over canyons, up mountain peaks and down to the valley below
and into neighbors’ backyards, to the chagrin of some.

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Paradise Mayor Greg Bolin stands in a home being built by his company.
© ((Tomas Ovalle / For The Times))

“It’s absolutely spectacular,” said Bolin, who in addition to being mayor owns
a construction firm that has built both spec houses and rebuilds for residents.

Emma Miller, 33, who works as the operations associate at the Paradise Ridge
Chamber of Commerce, said she is thrilled with the changes in Paradise.

“The rebuild is amazing,” she said. “It’s cool to see houses being built, and people
coming home, and new people moving in and taking pride in our community.”

Miller, who grew up in Paradise, was living in Texas at the time of the fire — she and her husband had moved there six months prior for his job. Their old home, which they had sold to friends, burned to the ground, as did her parents’ home.

But the disaster in Paradise enabled her family to come home, she said. Her husband got a job working for a contractor. Her 5-year-old daughter will go the same elementary school he attended.

“I feel like the millennial generation is moving here,” she said. “You get more land for your money here. Having that white picket fence dream is possible in California. Definitely different from L.A. and S.F. and even Sacramento.”

That Paradise exists today is due largely to state and federal aid. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has spent millions of dollars and years cleaning up, and in 2019,
the state worked to make Paradise and surrounding communities eligible for more than 
$500 million in federal funding to rebuild single-family homes in disaster areas.

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Mayor Greg Bolin’s construction company is building this home
in Paradise, Calif. © (Tomas Ovalle / For the Times)

In 2021, on the third anniversary of the fire, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced
that it had removed tens of thousands of dead and dying trees and cleaned thousands of properties. In 2022, his office announced an additional $200 million in state block grant programs for recovery in Paradise.

On top of all that, Bolin said the city has netted, after expenses, about $220 million from a settlement with Pacific Gas & Electric, whose power lines ignited the fire, killing 85 people.

But for town councilman and former Mayor Steve “Woody” Culleton, it’s the regrowth of the “spirit of the community,” that makes him most proud of Paradise, and why he never considered leaving after the fire. He came to this town decades ago strung out on drugs and alcohol, he said. He had a history on the wrong side of the law and had burned nearly every personal relationship in his life.

In Paradise, he found acceptance and redemption, he said. Where once he was riding in the back of the town’s police cars in handcuffs, he wound up in the front seat with the chief of police, he joked. “This is where I was reinvented. Everything has come together for me here,” he said. “People care about each other.”

But not all Paradise residents feel the inclusive warmth of community.

Like many who fled during the Camp fire, Joshua Stokes, 40, has watched the images of Maui with a mixture of deep sympathy and reignited trauma. “When I saw Maui, it just took me back,” he said, suddenly breaking into tears.

But when Stokes saw that the town of Paradise had placed a note on its Facebook page
for the people of Lahaina, he was outraged. “You did that for likes,” he said.
“If you really cared, we would be taken care of, and we are in your town.”

Stokes said he and many other residents are living in trailers or campers on their own land while they wait for settlement money from PG&E to build. But town officials are harassing them, threatening them and, in some cases, making it impossible for them to stay, he said.

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Paradise resident Walt Munjar’s home was destroyed in the Camp fire in 2018.
He has been living in a trailer park. © (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)

“They are forcing people to be homeless,” he said. “I don’t want to leave this town, but they are forcing people like me out.” The issue, he and others said, is how long people should be allowed to camp on their own land in vehicles without building.

Many residents, including dozens who have joined a Facebook page titled the town
of paradise Fighting the Town of Paradise While Rebuilding, say the town leaders are insensitive to the fact that people cannot rebuild until they wait for the lawsuits over
the fire to pay settlements.

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“The mayor said, we don’t want this to look like a trailer park,” Stokes said. “But you know, until people get their money from PGE and can rebuild, that’s how it’s going to look.” Walt Munjar lives in a trailer park off the main road through Paradise, not far from its City Hall. He had a stroke shortly before the fire, and a more serious one a few months ago, and now uses a walker. Like Stokes, Munjar said he felt unwelcome in the town he grew up in.

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Paradise resident Walt Munjar’s home was destroyed in the Camp Fire
on November 8, 2018. © (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)

He has been living in a trailer park and said he felt unwelcome in the town he grew up in.
Climbing unsteadily down the rickety metal steps of his battered Coachmen Catalina, Munjar said he paid $600 a month to park the metal recreational vehicle on this gravel
lot with no shade.

“Before the fire you could park a fifth wheel anywhere. Now they’ve made laws,” Munjar said. “The city, they got yuppie intentions.” Bolin said the town has done everything in its power to help lower-income residents, especially those still waiting for payouts from PG&E.

Grant money is being used to build senior and low-income housing, and some apartments are already up. Bolin said the accusations that town leaders are trying to drive out poor residents are “very hurtful because that’s not the case at all.” He also believes camping can’t be tolerated forever.

“This is not a town where we want to continue to have people live in trailers,” he said.
“It’s just very tough. I’ve lost a lot of friends in this situation. You just have to keep doing what’s right for the majority of the town.”

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A sign has a poignant message in Paradise, Calif.
© (Tomas Ovalle / For the Times)

For some Paradise survivors, the aftermath of the fire brought the realization that Paradise was part of their past. Economically and emotionally, some of its residents were simply unable to return — a difficult decision that brought both regret and, in some cases, relief.

Trevor Colston was one of the men Bowen picked up as she fled, saving his life. Colston said that as he sat in the back seat, he felt that even if he survived, the future would be bleak. At one point, he considered jumping out and running into the flames rather than face what would come with survival, he said. But he thought such a death would be selfish, so he stayed and prayed.

But the trauma that came next left him feeling like a “soulless zombie.” He did eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy to help him with nightmares about being in Bowen’s truck.

For months afterward, he lived in migrant housing with his developmentally disabled clients, the only place his company could find for them. His own house burned in the fire, and he and his family ended up moving off the mountain to a town in the flatlands.

It took years to come to terms with all he had lost, he said.
But now, he doesn’t see himself ever returning to Paradise.
“A year ago, it finally just started to be like, ‘You know what?
I’m OK here,’ ” he said.

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Knickknacks adorn the wall of Barbara Bowen’s home in Paradise, Calif.
© (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)

Dan Stoffer, the other man Bowen picked up, also has not returned — in part because the care home he lived in no longer exists. Now, he lives in a home in Redding, a much larger city that has brought him more opportunity.

An avid amateur radio operator, he has been able to get a ham radio license — a testing process he couldn’t have done in Paradise. And he’s been able to purchase a Ford F-150 which his caretakers drive him around in.

“Basically I have a lot more freedom,” he said. “I am pretty much happier where I am at.”
Despite all that has been rebuilt in Paradise, it remains plagued by drawbacks that make life too difficult for some, especially vulnerable people, such as Stoffer, for whom the isolation was a disadvantage.

Its hospital, run by Adventist Health, which reportedly received more
than $100 million in insurance and PG&E payouts, will not reopen.

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Councilman Steve “Woody” Culleton stands in front of a mural
in Paradise, Calif. © (Tomas Ovalle / For the Times)

One year later, Culletons are almost home – Paradise Post
About half of the town’s 200 miles of roads are privately owned, many of them the only egress for homes tucked into the hills. Those private roads were damaged by the FEMA cleanup, said Culleton, the town council member, leaving them bumpy and difficult to navigate.

But “all the federal government will do in its infinite wisdom is fix the public roads,”
he said. The town also has no sewer system — the largest community west of the
Mississippi without one, Culleton said.

But most concerning for some is safety. Although the smaller population and removal
of so many trees has drastically reduced the risk of another fire or evacuation disaster,
new trees are growing, and the town is working toward restoring its population —
and inadvertently perhaps its risk.

A siren warning system recently went online, but many residents have expressed concern that it isn’t loud enough. Jamie Johnston, who lives a few miles from the town center in a rebuilt home, said she can’t hear the network of blaring towers at all though her new double-paned windows, and even outside it “sounds like little tinkle bells.”

Then there’s the issue of getting out. Culleton said no alternative evacuation routes have been built, and construction on a new road that would connect two others has not begun.

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Roads are under construction after damage caused by FEMA machinery
that removed debris from the Campfire in Paradise, Calif.
© (Tomas Ovalle / For The Times)

So how would residents escape in an emergency?

“The same old way,” Culleton said.

Does that worry him?

“Well, yeah,” he said, as if the question were dumb.
But Culleton also adds that restoring the town’s population is crucial to it’s future. Bolin, the mayor, said that even before the fire, Paradise’s government was “barely scraping by.” The PG&E settlement will provide it funding for as long as 30 years, he said.

“Unless we get back to what our population was pre-fire, we are not going to be sustainable,” Culleton added.
One thing survivor can agree on is that the trauma is ongoing. The Paradise residents who climbed into cars and trucks on the November morning of the fire have been changed by upheaval and suffering.

Maureen Culleton, Woody Culleton’s wife, loves her rebuilt home. It’s a jaunty forest green cottage surrounded by cherry laurels, with a meditation room for the practicing Buddhist and a statue of St. Francis on the back porch that survived the flames.

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Maureen Culleton, wife of Councilman Steve “Woody” Culleton,
talks about the Camp fire in the backyard of her rebuilt home.
© (Tomas Ovalle / For the Times)

There is also a photo of the fire coming over Sawmill Peak, the mountain visible from the window of her mediation room. In it, puffy black smoke roils over the top, a heart of orange fire at its center. For a long time after the fire, she said she lived in shock that left her disengaged. She had been surrounded by the blaze and believed so strongly that she was going to die that she called her son to say goodbye.

Therapy and time have helped, but the photo is a reminder to stay strong.

“I wasn’t going to let it take over my life,” Maureen said.
“It is what it is. Old ideas don’t work anymore.”

For Bolin, the mayor, the trauma is unresolved. In the wake of the tragedy, he felt like the town was depending on him to move forward and be the image of that needed strength. So he didn’t even think about the home he had lost, or the ones his family members had lost, he said. He just buried himself in the work of recovery for others.

Recently, he finally finished building himself a new home, overlooking a canyon. He and his wife haven’t moved in yet, but he plans on taking a break and finally focusing on family when he does. He knows it may be time to deal with his own feelings of loss.

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Barbara Bowen gets emotional as she holds the ashes of her mother
in a heart urn in her home. © (Tomas Ovalle / For the Times)

For Bowen, who is also back in a home in Paradise, every day remains raw.
She returned to Paradise to be near her elderly mother, who died last year.
She feels trapped in a place where her community has fractured,
and wishes she had not returned.

Her advice for those in Lahaina isn’t what most people want to hear in the first days of shock and pain. But Bowen thinks it’s important, because she wishes someone had said it to her: Don’t be scared to get out and start a new life someplace where the next decade won’t be about sifting through the physical and psychic ashes.

The looming crisis that’s going to crush homeowners from coast to coast,
“Even if you get back in a home, your life is forever changed,” she said.
“I mean, you will never be the same person.”

Five years after the Campfire,
Paradise survivors see a hard future for Maui (yahoo.com)
This story originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times.

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What day was the paradise California fire? November 8, 2018

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RiP. My Friend Patty A. Donofrio. Paradise, California.

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When we’re facing ongoing, relentless challenges or trials, there is often very little in our control to change our situation. But what we can do is continually go to the Lord for solace and comfort.
We must cling to the promises in His Word. Some days the only solace we have is our hope for that day when Jesus will wipe away the last tears we will ever cry and He will abolish death and pain and grief, then these things will be no more. This is our hope!
We know He is steadfast and faithful. In this world, His anger is but for a moment,
His favor is for a lifetime; weeping may last for the night, joy comes in the morning
(Psalm 30:6).

For believers who are in a trying, draining season, let’s be intentional about taking our discouragement and brokenness to our Abba Father and allow His Spirit to minister to us. Satan strives to devour and destroy us, often through discouragement, so going to God’s Word and through prayer is where we battle those feelings.
We need an arsenal of God’s promises in our memory banks and draw from these when we’re feeling discouraged or overwhelmed.
There is no magic wand to take away our issues and God isn’t a genie in the sky, He warned us multiple times in scripture that we’d face tribulation, but it’s in His strength and grace we persevere and endure.
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.

Revelation 21:4
Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze. Isaiah 43:1b-2
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22
Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you,
I will help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Isaiah 41:10

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Alzheimer’s & Dementia

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Ken
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Answers by verified professionals

Q. Which memory is most commonly damaged in dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Ipsa Arora
MD (Internal Medicine) · 5 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Dementia usually affects short-term memory in the early stages. You could forget what you had for breakfast, or you might find yourself repeating yourself in conversation. However, as the condition advances, patients suffer from more significant long-term memory loss, commonly known as amnesia.

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doctorIconRoundDr. Shobha S Reddy
MBBS, Masters in Diabetology, General Practitioner & Diabetologist · 15 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is a group of conditions characterized by impairment of at least two brain functions, like memory loss and judgement. Symptoms include forgetfulness, limited social skills, thinking abilities that are so impaired that it interferes with daily functioning. Dementia has physical, psychosocial, economic impact on patients and family. Alzheimer’s dementia is the most common form of dementia and may contribute to 60- 70% of cases.

doctorIconRoundDr. Sai Kiran Kumar K
MBBS, MD · 9 years of experience · Flag image of India India
The most common memory that is affected in dementia is short-term memory.
Hence, the formation of new memories is affected. And other common symptoms are difficulty in communication, personality changes. Psychiatric symptoms like anxiety depression hallucinations etc.

doctorIconRoundDr. Rajesh Mishra
MBBS · Less than a year of experience · Flag image of India India
In its early stages, Alzheimer’s disease typically affects short-term memory.
For example, this might involve forgetting what you ate for breakfast or repeating yourself in conversation. However, as the disease progresses, people gradually experience more long-term memory loss, also called amnesia.

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Q. How can we prevent dementia?

doctorIconRoundDr. Howard E. LeWine
M.D. Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing · 40 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Many of the same practices that reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke also reduce the risk of dementia. Monitor and control your blood pressure and cholesterol, exercise every day, and eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables, maintain a healthy body weight, avoid tobacco products and limit alcohol use. Also try to avoid head injury by always using seat belts, helmets and other protective equipment.

doctorIconRoundDr. Alex T. Thomas
MD · 40 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
It’s difficult to prevent dementia; however, it can reduce the risk by eating a balanced diet, practicing daily exercises, quit smoking, maintaining a healthy weight and blood pressure, and reducing alcohol intake.

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doctorIconRoundDr. Sindhura Pulsa
MBBS · 2 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is hard to prevent because what causes it often is not known. But people who have dementia caused by stroke may be able to prevent future declines by lowering their risk of heart disease and stroke. -Don’t smoke. -Stay at a healthy weight. -Get plenty of exercises. -Eat healthy food. -Control high sugars, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. -Stay mentally alert by learning new hobbies, reading, or solving crossword puzzles. -Stay involved socially. Attend community activities, church, or support groups. -If your doctor recommends it, take aspirin.

doctorIconRoundDr. Sai Kiran Donakanti
MBB, DNB · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
A healthy diet may reduce your risk of a condition that leads to dementia.
1. Exercise, regular physical activity can help reduce the risk of dementia 2. Eat well, Good for heart, brain and overall health 3. Don’t smoke, Smoking affects blood circulation all around your body 4. Limit your brain exposure to alcohol.

doctorIconRoundDr. Rajesh Mishra
MBBS · Less than a year of experience · Flag image of India India
Be physically active. Doing regular physical activity is one of the best ways to reduce
your risk of dementia. Eat healthily. Don’t smoke. Drink less alcohol. Exercise your mind.
Take control of your health.

Q. What are the possible complications of dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Alex T. Thomas
MD · 40 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
The common complications of dementia include poor nutrition, decreased lifespan, frequent infections, loss of self-care, and loss of interaction with other people.

doctorIconRoundDr. Ipsa Arora
MD (Internal Medicine) · 5 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Possible dementia complications are 1. Loss of self-care 2. Loss of prior interactive abilities Other problems can occur as the illness progresses: 1. Forget about previous occurrences or talks. 2. It is hard to carry out several tasks at a time. 3. Problems issue fixing 4. Take longer to carry out more complex tasks 5. Language issues, such as difficulty locating familiar object names.

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doctorIconRoundDr. Kiranmayi Pagadala
MBBS DNB (General Medicine) General Physician · 15 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia people will forget frequently what they want to do. They will not recognize the known people. Age-related senile dementia is where nothing can be done. Brain stroke may lead to dementia due to reduced blood supply.

doctorIconRoundDr. Shobha S Reddy
MBBS, Masters in Diabetology, General Practitioner & Diabetologist · 15 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is not a specific disease, but it is a group of conditions characterized by deterioration in memory, thinking, behavior, and ability to perform daily activities. Although dementia affects elderly people, it is not a normal part of aging. It happens when parts of the brain used for learning, memory, decision making, and language are damaged or diseased. Alzheimer’s dementia is most common. Other causes include Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Vascular dementia, Traumatic brain injury, Infections of CNS, Long term alcohol or drug use, Hydrocephalus. Possible complications of dementia include personality changes, delusions, hallucinations, wandering, inadequate nutrition, frequent infections, and death in later stages (due to secondary diseases and infection).

doctorIconRoundDr. Sadhvi Mythili
MBBS,DNB psychiatry · 6 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative disease. It affects cognitive functioning, moods and personality. People who don’t get enough care will face significant worsening of their emotional, physical and financial well being. Poor self care, getting lost easily, poor hygiene can be seen in severe stages. It impairs the quality of life.

Q. How do I reduce my risk of developing dementia?

doctorIconRoundDr. Ilya Aleksandrovskiy
M.D., MBA · 5 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
There is good evidence that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of developing dementia. Staying socially engaged, enjoying a diet healthy for the brain, avoiding smoking, and getting plenty of exercises can reduce the risk of developing dementia.

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doctorIconRoundDr. Akshitha Mudigonda
MBBS · 2 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is defined as acquired deterioration in cognition leading to difficulty in daily activities. Dementia risk increases inevitably with age. Its causation is multifactorial. Prevention is difficult but the following may help: Weight loss if overweight, regular exercise, healthy diet, no smoking, socializing, learning new hobbies, solving puzzles etc.

doctorIconRoundDr. Sarath Kumar Sar
MBBS · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Avoid smoking. Stay at a healthy weight. Get plenty of exercise.
Eat healthy food. Stay involved socially.

doctorIconRoundDr. Rajesh Mishra
MBBS · Less than a year of experience · Flag image of India India
Be physically active. Doing regular physical activity is one of the best ways to reduce your risk of dementia. Eat healthily. Don’t smoke. Drink less alcohol. Exercise your mind. Take control of yours.

Q. Can a person with dementia/Alzheimer’s’
actions be a deep-rooted problem from childhood?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Marcella Abunahman Pereira
Specialization in Clinical Cardiology · 12 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
There are still no studies stating that. Alzheimer is a progressive disease that compromises memory and other important mental functions, affecting older people.

doctorIconRoundDr. Manju Narayani
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 10 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Yes, dementia/ Alzheimer’s actions can be a deep rooted problem from childhood. Studies show significant relation between childhood stress and dementia/ Alzheimer’s in later part of life. Thus the physical and social environment of a child can affect the later part of the life. Support system should be created for children undergoing stressful conditions.

doctorIconRoundDr. Marcelle Freire
Doctor of Medicine · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
To date, there are no studies proving a relationship between Alzheimer’s disease and behavioral problems that persist since childhood. It is believed that Alzheimer’s disease has a genetic basis and can be triggered by factors resulting from other acquired diseases or the patient’s lifestyle, such as a sedentary lifestyle, inadequate diet, brain trauma or even chronic diseases such as hypertension and high cholesterol.

Q. Does eating a balanced diet help control dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Marcella Abunahman Pereira
Specialization in Clinical Cardiology · 12 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Reduction in alcohol intake and eating a balanced diet, low in fat, sugar and salt, help control dementia. In addition, the person must do physical activity, stop smoking and control their chronic diseases, especially hypertension, diabetes and high blood cholesterol.

doctorIconRoundDr. Christa Kingston
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 9 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Evidence shows that leading a healthy lifestyle with adequate physical activity and intake of a balanced diet reduces the risk of getting dementia in the later stages of life. Eating a balanced diet helps in maintaining normal blood [pressure and cholesterol level, which may in turn help in reducing the risk of developing problems with memory.

doctorIconRoundDr. Marcelle Freire
Doctor of Medicine · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia is a generic term used in medicine to describe persistent cognitive impairment. There are several types of dementia, some with reversible causes, but in general, especially when referring to elderly patients, neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s dementia) are the most frequent causes of dementia. In this context, effectively, a balanced diet increases the chances of preventing or delaying the progression of dementia from any cause, but when the patient has an established disease, especially in the most advanced, although a balanced diet can help to prevent a more rapid deterioration, it is not usually responsible for great cognitive improvements.

Q. When can dementia start?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Manju Narayani
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 10 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia as such is not a disease. It is a collection of symptoms that occurs in elderly people over 60 years of age. It is characterised by loss of cognitive functions like confusion, loss of memory, loss of ability to reason or think. There are many types of dementia that can occur at different ages.

doctorIconRoundDr. Christa Kingston
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 9 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is a broad term which describes a collection of symptoms. Dementia most commonly occurs in the elderly, but this can occur in any age. A person with dementia may have issues with memory, impairments affecting language skills, problem solving abilities, attention and also communication. Treatment options depend on the underlying cause of dementia.

doctorIconRoundDr. Tiago Bittencourt Espindula
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 9 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Usually, dementia starts in the elderly, but there are rare cases of early dementia which can start on younger adults. Dementia also can start early if caused by a vascular incidente, like a stroke or venous thrombosis.

doctorIconRoundDr. Gustavo Campos
Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia can afflict adults in their 30s, even though it is rare. That would be a case of young-onset dementia. However, it is more frequent in adults over the age of 65.

doctorIconRoundDr. Matheus R Cerqueira
Specialist in Family and Community Medicine · 7 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia is a neurological disease, caused by different factors, known or not, that cause cognitive decline, mainly affecting speech and behavior. Due to its various causes, it can be started at any stage of adult life, but it is more prevalent in the elderly.

Q. Can exposure to contaminated water contribute to dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Shashanka Chillapuram
Doctor of Medicine – MD · 6 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Exposure to heavily contaminated water which may contain Organic chemicals, neurotoxic substances may pose a threat in damaging brain parenchyma thereby contributing to dementia like illness. Evidence reveals that Aluminium levels in contaminated drinking water are related to the incidence of Alzheimer’s disease.

doctorIconRoundDr. Park J. Jinmyeong
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Korea Korea
Contaminated water has nothing to do with senile type dementia. But brain amoebiasis can be linked. Exposure to contaminated water, most commonly lake water, that contains pathogenic amoeba can induce demolition of brain structure for extreme cases.

doctorIconRoundDr. Paul Lee
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 2 years of experience · Flag image of Australia Australia
Contaminated water may contain harmful pathogens and toxins. Your skin acts as a natural protective barrier. Breaching of the skin or ingestion of contaminated food may cause you to become unwell or develop an infection. You should always seek medical attention if you become unwell after ingestion of contaminated water. However, currently there is no clinical evidence to suggest exposure to contaminated water can directly cause dementia.

Q. How do I know if I have dementia?

doctorIconRoundDr. Howard E. LeWine
M.D. Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing · 40 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
People with dementia often don’t recognize they have a problem. So, once you have dementia, you usually can’t self-diagnose it. The stage prior to dementia is known as mild cognitive impairment, when memory and thinking are somewhat impaired but function is normal. With age, people often worry about subjective cognitive decline, when individuals are concerned about their thinking and memory, but both cognition and function are normal.


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doctorIconRoundDr. Rachel C. Situmorang
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 5 years of experience · Flag image of Indonesia Indonesia
Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities, but to know if you have dementia, you need to visit a doctor. They need to assess whether a person has an underlying, potentially treatable, condition that may relate to cognitive difficulties. There are several procedures to diagnose it such as cognitive and neurological test, brain scans, psychiatric evaluation and blood test,

doctorIconRoundDr. Marcelle Freire
Doctor of Medicine · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia is not exactly a disease, but a generic medical term used to describe a heterogeneous group of diseases that have in common the fact that they present with the patient’s cognitive impairment. The symptoms of a given dementia syndrome can develop acutely or chronically, be from a reversible or irreversible cause. Dementia syndromes compromise cognitive domains such as memory, language, executive decisions, and learning. Thus, any individual who presents a sustained loss of some aspect of cognition (such as memory loss, difficulty in making decisions, carrying out plans, performing tasks that they used to do normally, presents more uninhibited or aggressive behavior, etc). This loss, as a criterion, must impair their daily functioning, that is, that disturbs or noticeably changes their daily life at home or at work, should be investigated for dementia.
 
doctorIconRoundDr. Park J. Jinmyeong
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Korea Korea
You can take a screening test that can be taken for 10 minutes in person. The name of the test is MMSI. If you have any symptoms like amnesia or disorientation that affect your daily life, you should meet your doctor and get an appropriate medical evaluation.

Q. What are the different stages of dementia?

doctorIconRoundDr. Howard E. LeWine
M.D. Chief Medical Editor, Harvard Health Publishing · 40 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Stages of decline in cognitive function can be divided into three main categories: • Subjective cognitive decline is when individuals are concerned about their thinking and memory, but both cognition and function are normal. • Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is when there is cognitive impairment, but function is normal. • Dementia is when cognitive impairment leads to impaired function.

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doctorIconRoundDr. Eduarda Mucelin
Doctor of Medicine – MD · 1 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Mean behavior associated with anger can be one of the symptoms of dementia. Those moments can appear suddenly, without an apparent reason, or as a result of frustration. Frustrating situations include experiencing the loss of an ability they previously had by failing a task, for example. Is it important to note, though, that and aggressive behavior alone does not mean a dementia diagnosis.

doctorIconRoundDr. Richu Mary Grace
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
In dementia there is loss of cognition. So they get easily frustrated by situations or by unintentional criticism. So this leads to anger in individuals with dementia. They feel like they are being made fun of or that they are not receiving enough respect because of their health condition.

Q. Is dementia dangerous?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Marcella Abunahman Pereira
Specialization in Clinical Cardiology · 12 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia can be dangerous because the patient has memory loss and forgetfulness. Thus, he or she can get lost and/or strangers can take advantage of him or her. Not to mention that dementia can cause agitation, which can be a risk for the patient and people around.

doctorIconRoundDr. Gustavo Campos

Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia is not an urgent medical condition. However, they may be catastrophic for the patient and his or her family. As dementia is generally degenerative, it may be one of the patient’s leading causes of death.

doctorIconRoundDr. Geetha Sree Namala
Doctor of Medicine – MD · 4 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is a syndrome in which there is deterioration in cognitive function. It results from various diseases that primarily or secondarily affect the brain. It is one of the major causes of disability among the older population globally. It has psychological, physical, social and economic impacts. These progressive brain disorders can eventually cause death.

Q. What are the symptoms of dementia?

doctorIconRoundDr. Nancy Anoruo
M.D. Faculty – Harvard Medical School · 5 years of experience · Flag image of USA USA
Dementia is a pattern of mental decline caused by different diseases or conditions. Most commonly, dementia occurs when brain nerve cells (neurons) die, and connections between neurons are interrupted. Symptoms of dementia emerge slowly, get worse over time and limit the person’s ability to function. Most often the first symptom is memory loss. Along with memory loss, a person with dementia may have trouble with complex mental tasks. They may have difficulty balancing a checkbook, driving, knowing what day it is and learning new things. They may be inattentive, and display poor judgment. Their mood and behavior also may change.

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doctorIconRoundDr. Manju Narayani
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 10 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is not a disease, it is a symptom. The symptoms of dementia or memory loss, confusion, difficulty on concentration, mood swings, problem in asking questions, mood changes like loneliness, hallucinations, disorientation.

doctorIconRoundDr. Gustavo Campos
Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia impairs cognitive function, and the most noticeable symptoms are memory loss and confusion. It can, however, manifest as communication difficulties, getting lost in familiar places, difficulty handling mental tasks, loss of coordination, hallucinations, agitation, and changes in one’s behavior, mood, and even personality.

doctorIconRoundDr. Carlos Augusto Lima De Campos
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 8 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
The symptoms of dementia depend on the severity of the condition. Usually the individual will experience memory loss, difficulty with language, difficulty performing daily activities, and changes in behavior. As symptoms progress, the individual may become dependent on assistance to perform daily activities.

Q. When should a person visit a doctor for dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Marcelle Freire
Doctor of Medicine · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil

Dementia is a generic term used in medicine to describe cognitive loss with impaired functionality and quality of life of the patient. There are several types of dementia, some with reversible causes, but in general, especially when referring to elderly patients, neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s dementia) are the most frequent causes of dementia. In this context, as soon as a cognitive impairment is identified that leads to a loss (albeit mild) of the patient’s quality of life and functionality, a doctor should be consulted to carry out an accurate diagnosis and early implementation of the most appropriate therapeutic proposal.

Q. What are the tests for dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Gouri Ramesh
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia means loss of memory. There are many types of dementia: Alzheimer’s Vascular Lewy body Fronto temporal Others: Associated with Parkinsons, Huntington disease, Hiv, creutzfeldt-jakob disease etc.

Q. Could medication have a role in dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Mario J. Do Canto Filho
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 20 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
This is a very important question, because this is something that is often overlooked when evaluating a patient with dementia. Yes, we have several medications that can worsen brain/cognitive/memory functions, including sleeping pills (including non-prescription anti-allergy syrups), old-time antidepressants (amitriptyline, imipramine, etc), urinary incontinence medication, among others.

Q. Does dementia advance quickly?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Mario J. Do Canto Filho
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 20 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Dementia is the term used mainly for the loss of memory and other cognitive functions, but it can be caused by several different diseases, so the evolution of dementia will depend on its cause. For example, in Alzheimer’s disease, it develops very slowly (sometimes family members only notice when it is already advanced), in diseases such as stroke, it can be quickly.

Q. What is the average age that dementia affects a person?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Rajeev Ardey
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 31 years of experience · Flag image of India India
The risk of dementia rises with increasing age. Risk increases especially after the age of 65 years. However it does not mean that dementia can occur in younger people too.

Q. What makes me unsteady and affects my sense of balance?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Ramandeep Kaur
Doctor of Medicine – MD · 9 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Losing your balance while walking or feeling unsteady can result due to problems in the vestibular apparatus of the body. It can also be due to peripheral neuropathy in the lower limbs. Joint, muscles and vision problems can also lead to loss of balance. Certain medicines and neurological conditions can also lead to unsteady gait.

Q. Can you have a sudden loss of memory?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Gustavo Campos
Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience · Flag image of Brazil Brazil
Yes, for sure. Amnesia may be the result of brain injury or damage. Nevertheless, there is also the chance of transient global amnesia. In this situation, short-term memory is temporarily impaired. It often resolves after a few hours, and the patient has no lasting effects.

Q. How can I handle aggression and agitation in a person with dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Gustavo Campos
Doctor of Medicine · 9 years of experience ·  Brazil
Stay calm and avoid confrontation if a dementia patient exhibits aggressive behavior. Remove any potential sources of stress and ensure the patient is not in any discomfort. Distract the patient with something unrelated to the potential cause of stress. Leave the room if necessary. In certain circumstances, medication, such as antipsychotics, may be required.

Q. Can dementia symptoms come and go within minutes?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Park J. Jinmyeong
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Korea Korea
The symptoms of dementia can wax and wane from time to time. It depends on the medical condition of the patient and their general health condition.

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Q. Does dementia shorten life span?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Nelson Lau
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 18 years of experience · Flag image of Australia Australia
Yes, unfortunately, statistics have shown that regardless of the form of dementia that a person has been diagnosed with, their lifespan will be shorter on average.

Q. What is the difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Manju Narayani
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 10 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Alzheimer’s is a specific degenerative brain disease which leads to dementia. Dementia is a group of symptoms that causes mental disability to perform day to day activities. Dementia is a result of brian cell damage that causes difficulty in communication, thinking and affects behaviour. Alzheimer’s disease is more common in elderly people and the earliest symptom is trouble in remembering, disorientation and confusion.

doctorIconRoundDr. Ramsi Nazar
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 3 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is a general term for loss of memory due to advancing age or any other pathology of the brain. Alzheimer’s is a neurodegenerative brain disorder causing dementia and impaired cognitive and behavioral symptoms.

Q. Does a person realize when they have dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Christa Kingston
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 9 years of experience · Flag image of India India
No. Most of the people with dementia are not aware of their physical, behavioral changes and mental limitations. Infact, dementia has impact on the physical, psychological, social and economic aspect of not only the patients but also their care givers. Majority of the people with dementia insist on going to work and refuse taking medicine.

Q. What are the early signs of dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Sanju Sarangan
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 2 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is the deterioration of the cognitive function of the brain that causes a fall in memory and hence affects social life. The signs of dementia include memory loss, communication issues are common early signs where the patient fails to communicate properly, lack of focus in the patients, cognitive issues and failure to solve problems or issues and poor lack of judgement.

doctorIconRoundDr. Mayank Saxena
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is caused due to death of brain tissue which may cause multiple symptoms like memory loss, difficulty in concentrating and mood changes which are considered as the early signs of dementia.

Q. When does dementia start?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Ramsi Nazar
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 3 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia can occur due to both neurodegenerative disease and vascular disease. Dementia most commonly occurs in elderly individuals with advancing age. In Alzheimer’s disease one of the main symptoms is loss of memory or dementia.

doctorIconRoundDr. Park J. Jinmyeong
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Korea Korea
Alzheimer’s disease is typically an old age disease. Alzheimer’s disease rarely strikes anyone under the age of 60. After the age of 65, the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease virtually doubles every five years, increasing exponentially with age.

Q. What should we do if a person with dementia is unable to sleep at night?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Mayank Saxena
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia patients usually find it harder to sleep during night due to disturbed sleep-wake cycle which can occur due to disturbed circadian rhythm in such patients. Bright light therapy can help such patients improve the circadian rhythm. Doctors may also prescribe melatonin which is known to improve the sleep-wake cycle thus eliminating the problem.

doctorIconRoundDr. Manju Narayani
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 10 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is a condition where there is loss of cognition and memory. It can be caused by old age or brain trauma or injury. Clinical examination helps in diagnosis of dementia. Neuroimaging such as an MRI or Ct can help with the diagnosis of dementia.


doctorIconRoundDr. Richu Mary Grace
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Early signs of dementia may be noticed through a test called SAGE. It can be taken online or at a doctor’s office. The exam poses a series of questions involving identification of objects, math problems, and thinking tasks. This test is repeated every 6 months and if the score declines over the years that could be a sign of developing dementia.

Q. What is the efficacy of photobiomodulation therapy for dementia?
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Dr. Richu Mary Grace
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Photobiomodulation using red and/or near infrared light from lasers or LED is shown to improve a wide range of medical disorders including dementia. But more studies are required for finding the efficacy of this therapy in dementia.

Q. How can pain in my ankle be an early sign of dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Anet Varghese
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Recent studies show that dementia is linked to increased levels of pain almost 16 years before their diagnosis. Dementia and chronic pain, both cause changes to the brain and affect a person’s brain health. The study says that brain changes associated with dementia start decades before diagnosis, thus chronic pain might be an early symptom of dementia or simply correlated with dementia.

Q. Can trouble swallowing medications be a form of dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Mayank Saxena
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Yes, difficulty swallowing is one of the common symptoms in dementia patients. It is primarily caused due to damage to brain tissue leading to weakness of muscles involved in swallowing, thereby producing the symptom.

Q. Is the inability to put together sentences the start of dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Park J. Jinmyeong
Doctor of Medicine (MD) · 3 years of experience · Flag image of Korea Korea
That symptom appears to be dysarthria. It could be generated from dementia over the long term. However, stroke should be excluded for short courses.

Q. Is forgetting a grocery list a sign of dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Mayank Saxena
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
If the person was originally able to remember the grocery list earlier and can’t do the same now, it can be a sign of dementia. Although, other signs and symptoms have to be cross checked before diagnosing the condition.


Q. Can exposure to heavy metal cause progressive dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Anet Varghese
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Chronic exposure to heavy metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury can cause progressive dementia. These metals cause neurotoxicity, thereby leading to damage to your cognitive functions.

Q. Could difficulty in speaking be the start of dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Dency Chacko
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 9 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Yes, early signs can be seen as speech difficulty in a person suffering from dementia. Language difficulties are a major problem for most patients affected by dementia, especially as the disease progresses. Difficulties finding words, especially when naming people or objects, are early indicators that a person with dementia may have communication issues. People with dementia have a restricted vocabulary since they have trouble finding the correct words.

Q. Are spasms commonly associated with dementia?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Nelson Lau
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 18 years of experience · Flag image of Australia Australia
Spasms or jerking of the muscles may occur with dementia and may vary in severity from a single limb to the whole body. They are known as myoclonic jerks and can often occur during sleep.

Q. Are dementia and aphasia related?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Nelson Lau
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 18 years of experience · Flag image of Australia Australia
Aphasia is a condition where the patient has difficulty expressing and understanding speech and the written word. It can occur as a result of brain damage due to stroke or brain cancer, but it can also be seen as a symptom of dementia.

Q. What are the similarities between dementia and Alzheimer’s?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Richu Mary Grace
Doctor of Medicine (MBBS) · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Alzheimers is a type of dementia. It is associated with memory loss and decline in reasoning. Alzeimers accounts for 60-80%of dementia cases.

Q. What are the similarities between dementia symptoms and Dementia Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms?
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doctorIconRoundDr. ANUVITHA KAMATH
MBBS · 3 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Post-traumatic stress disorder(PTSD) is a mental health condition that is triggered by either experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event in the past. The cause for developing this condition is inherited mental health risks such as a history of anxiety or depression in the family, lack of emotional support from family and friends, long history of intense mental trauma, and history of child abuse in a workplace which increases the exposure to trauma such as abuse, sexual harassment. People with this condition develop symptoms like suicidal tendencies, repeated nightmares, anxiety, and depression disorders, substance abuse, avoiding social life, sleeplessness, and negative thoughts about themselves and the world. In such cases, strong emotional support and good counseling will help them recover from it. It has a high risk of developing dementia. Dementia is a gradual onset of memory loss triggered due to various factors, one of the factors being PTSD. The symptoms of dementia and PTSD are almost the same. The treatment for both consists of psychotherapy and counseling. Behavioral therapy and cognitive and exposure therapy also play a major role. In severe cases, medicines like antidepressants, and anti-anxiety drugs can be used. Strong emotional support helps in a quick recovery.

Q. Can dementia occur without the presence of Alzheimer’s?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Sravya Vuppalapati
MBBS · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India
Dementia is a term used to describe a decline in cognitive function, including memory loss, difficulty with language and communication, and changes in behavior and personality. Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia, but there are other causes of dementia such as vascular, Lewy body, and frontotemporal dementia. Each type of dementia has its unique symptoms and causes. It’s essential to get a proper diagnosis and treatment plan for any type of dementia, as early intervention can help manage symptoms and improve quality of life.

Q. At what age does Lewy Dementia start?
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doctorIconRoundDr. Himabindu Sreenivasulu
MBBS · 1 years of experience · Flag image of India India

Lewy body dementia (LBD) can start at different ages, but it is most commonly diagnosed in people over the age of 50. However, it can also occur in younger individuals, known as early-onset LBD. The exact age of onset can vary from person to person, and it’s essential to recognize early symptoms and seek medical evaluation to receive a proper diagnosis and appropriate care.

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Italian corporativismo, corporativism also called corporatism.
The theory and practice of organizing society into “corporations” subordinate to the state. According to corporatist theory, workers and employers would be organized into industrial and professional corporations serving as organs of political representation and controlling to a large extent the persons and activities within their jurisdiction.
However, as the “corporate state” was put into effect in fascist Italy 
between World Wars I and II, it reflected the will of the country’s dictator, 
Benito Mussolini, rather than the adjusted interests of economic groups.
Although the corporate idea was intimated in the congregationalism of colonial Puritan New England and in mercantilism, its earliest theoretical expression did not appear until after the French Revolution (1789) and was strongest in eastern Germany  and Austria. The chief spokesman for this corporatism—or “distributism,” as it was later called in Germany—was Adam Müller, the court philosopher for Prince Klemens Metternich. 
Müller’s attacks on French egalitarianism and on the laissez-faire economics of the Scottish political economist Adam Smith were vigorous attempts to find a modern justification for traditional institutions and led him to conceive of a modernized  Ständestaat (“class state”), which might claim sovereignty and divine right because it would be organized to regulate production and coordinate class interests. 

Although roughly equivalent to the feudal classes.
Its Stände (“estates”) were to operate as guilds, or corporations, each controlling
a specific function of social life. Müller’s theories were buried with Metternich, but
after the end of the 19th century they gained in popularity. In Europe his ideas served movements analogous to guild socialism, which flourished in England and had many features in common with corporatism, though its sources and aims were largely secular.
In France, Germany, Austria, and Italy, supporters of Christian syndicalism revived the theory of corporations in order to combat the revolutionary syndicalists on the one hand and the socialist political parties on the other. The most systematic expositions of the theory were by the Austrian economist Othmar Spann and the Italian leader of Christian democracy Giuseppe Toniolo.
The advent of Italian fascism provided an opportunity to implement the theories of the corporate state. In 1919 Mussolini and his associates in Milan needed the support of the syndicalist wing of the Nationalist Party in order to gain power. Their aim in adopting corporatism—which they viewed as a useful form of social organization that could provide the vehicle for a broad-based and socially harmonious class participation in economic production—was to strengthen Mussolini’s claim to nationalism at the expense of the left wing of the centrist parties and the right wing of the syndicalists.

The practical work of creating Italian fascist syndicates and corporations began immediately after Mussolini’s March on Rome in 1922. Italian industrial employers initially refused to cooperate in mixed syndicates or in a single confederation of corporations. A compromise was arranged that called for pairs of syndical confederations in each major field of production, one for employers and one for employees; each pair was to determine the collective labour contracts for all workers and employers in its field. The confederations were to be unified under a ministry of corporations that would have final authority. This so-called constitution for the corporate state was promulgated on April 3, 1926.

The formation of mixed syndical organs or corporations, which was the central aim of the corporative reform, had to wait until 1934, when a decree created 22 corporations—each for a particular field of economic activity (categoria) and each responsible not only for the administration of labour contracts but also for the promotion of the interests of its field in general. At the head of each corporation was a council, on which employers and employees had equal representation. 

To coordinate the work of the corporations.
Mussolini’s government created a central cooperative committee,
which turned out in practice to be indistinguishable from the ministry of corporations.
In 1936 the national Council of Corporations met as the successor to the Chamber of Deputies and as Italy’s supreme legislative body. The council was composed of 823 members, 66 of whom represented the Fascist Party; the remainder comprised representatives of the employer and employee confederations, distributed among the 22 corporations.
The creation of this body was heralded as the completion of the legal structure of
the corporate state. However, the system was broken by the onset of World War II.
After the war the governments of many democratic western European countries—e.g., Austria, Norway, and Sweden—developed strong corporatist elements in an attempt to mediate and reduce conflict between businesses and trade unions and to enhance economic growth.

Multiculturalism, the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture.
That acknowledgment can take the forms of recognition of contributions to the cultural life of the political community as a whole, a demand for special protection under the law for certain cultural groups, or autonomous rights of governance for certain cultures. Multiculturalism is both a response to the fact of cultural pluralism in modern democracies and a way of compensating cultural groups for past exclusion, discrimination, and oppression. 
Most modern democracies comprise members with diverse cultural viewpoints, practices, and contributions. Many minority cultural groups have experienced exclusion or the denigration of their contributions and identities in the past. Multiculturalism seeks the inclusion of the views and contributions of diverse members of society while maintaining respect for their differences and withholding the demand for their assimilation into the dominant culture.

Multiculturalism as a challenge to traditional liberalism
Multiculturalism stands as a challenge to liberal democracy. In liberal democracies, all citizens should be treated equally under the law by abstracting the common identity of “citizen” from the real social, cultural, political, and economic positions and identities of real members of society. That leads to a tendency to homogenize the collective of citizens and assume a common uni-party political culture that all participate in. However, that abstract view ignores other politically salient features of the identities of political subjects that exceed the category of citizen, such as race, religion, class, and sex. 
Although claiming the formal equality of citizens, the liberal democratic view tends to underemphasize ways in which citizens are not in fact equal in society. Rather than embracing the traditional liberal image of the melting pot into which people of different cultures are assimilated into a unified national culture, multiculturalism generally holds the image of a tossed salad to be more appropriate. Although being an integral and recognizable part of the whole, diverse members of society can maintain their particular identities while residing in the collective.
Some more radical multicultural theorists have claimed that some cultural groups need more than recognition to ensure the integrity and maintenance of their distinct identities and contributions. In addition to individual equal rights, some have advocated for special group rights and autonomous governance for certain cultural groups.
Because the continued existence of protected minority cultures ultimately contributes to the good of all and the enrichment of the dominant culture, those theorists have argued that the preservation of cultures that cannot withstand the pressures to assimilate into a dominant culture can be given preference over the usual norm of equal rights for all.

Multiculturalism’s impact on education
Some examples of how multiculturalism has affected the social and political spheres
are found in revisions of curricula, particularly in Europe and North America, and the expansion of the Western literary and other canons that began during the last quarter of the 20th century. Curricula from the elementary to the university levels were revised and expanded to include the contributions of minority and neglected cultural groups. That revision was designed to correct what is perceived to be a falsely Eurocentric perspective that overemphasizes the contributions of white European colonial powers and underemphasizes the contributions made by indigenous people and people of colour.
 In addition to that correction, the contributions that cultural groups have made in a variety of fields have been added to curricula to give special recognition for contributions that were previously ignored. The establishment of African American History Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, and Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in the United States is an example of the movement. The addition of works by members of minority cultural groups to the canons of literary, historical, philosophical, and artistic works further reflects the desire to recognize and include multicultural contributions to the broader culture as a whole. 

Challenges to multiculturalism
There are two primary objections to multiculturalism. One is that multiculturalism privileges the good of certain groups over the common good, thereby potentially eroding the common good in favour of a minority interest. National unity could become impossible if people see themselves as members of ethnic or racial groups rather than as citizens of a common country. The second is that multiculturalism undermines the notion of equal individual rights, thereby weakening the political value of equal treatment.
Equal individual rights could be set aside or deprecated in favor of rights that are possessed by the group.

Multiculturalism raises other questions.
There is the question of which cultures will be recognized. Some theorists have worried that multiculturalism can lead to a competition between cultural groups all vying for recognition and that this will further reinforce the dominance of the dominant culture. Such competition could even lead to a reaction in which the dominant culture sees itself as a beleaguered group in need of recognition and protection. Further, the focus on cultural group identity may reduce the capacity for coalitional political movements that might develop across differences. 
Some Marxist and feminist theorists have expressed worry about the dilution of other important differences shared by members of a society that do not necessarily entail a shared culture, such as class and sex, and the resulting neglect of policies that would minimize economic and gender inequalities. A related concern is that actions that celebrate cultural pluralism would be taken because of their popularity but that actions that redress past discrimination would not be taken because of their threat to the dominant group’s status.

Multicultural politics
Multiculturalism is closely associated with identity politics, or political and social movements that have group identity as the basis of their formation and the focus of their political action. Those movements attempt to further the interests of their group members and force issues important to their group members into the public sphere.
However, in contrast to multiculturalism, identity politics is based on the shared identity of participants rather than on a specifically shared culture. However, both identity politics and multiculturalism often have in common the demand for recognition and redress for past inequities.
Multiculturalism raises important questions for citizens, public administrators, and political leaders about balancing recognition for groups with the interests of the entire society. By asking for recognition of and respect for cultural differences, multiculturalism provides one possible response to the question of how to increase the participation of previously oppressed groups. Communist brain wash you against what is right in the world 20 reasons why capitalism is bad for humanity (msn.com)

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“Statists Saving One,”

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Ken
The title: “Statists Saving One,” is from the leftist credo:

“Even if it saves just one;” proffered as justification for removing our rights. D. Edition:
 Statists Saving One—The Malignant Sophistry of Rights Removal by the Far Left – Payhip

H/C: Amazon.com: Statists Saving One: The Malignant Sophistry of Rights Removal by the Far Left (17): 9781948219259: Walker, J. Bartholomew: Books
#Biblestudy #MAGA #USA

The federal government has turned into a criminal cartel. This criminal enterprise must be stopped, and its participants, all brought to justice. Their pensions, pay and gained assets must be cancelled, retrieved and placed back in the American coffers. 

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China funds BLM! WE SO-OOO NEED DONALD TRUMP BACK!

DC Court Admits That BLM Vandals Were Treated Better Than Pro-Life Protesters | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance

DUUUUUH DUUUUUHPHELDA YEAH BLACK LIVES DON’T MATTER RACISTS WERE TREATED A LOT BETTER THAN PRO LIFE TRYING TO SAVE BABY NORMAL PEOPLE THAT’S ALWAYS THE TRUTH BECAUSE RACIST BLACK LIVE ANTIFA CUNTS ARE SUPPORTED BY DEMOCRAT GEORGE SOROS AND A BUNCH OF OTHER FUCKING CUNTS LIKE KAMALA CUNTFACE HARRIS SPACE OF AMERICA IT’S TIME TO PUT THESE DEMOCRAT CUNTS IN THEIR FUCKING PLACE ALONG WITH THEIR CHICKS WITH DICKS AND THEIR BUTT FUCKING QUEERS.

No kidding. I hope all you mutherfuckers for the murders and destruction that you paid these people. Ironic or stupidity. J6’ers are treated like BLM should have been. Trumps Indictments…And so what’s that supposed to do for us exactly?

These judges today are destroying this once amazing country 🙁

Much like the same person who denied the National Guard access to the Capital on J6 …with Pelosi…after the Summer of Love 2020.

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BLM founder Patrisse Cullors’ $1.4M home draws criticism,
call for investigation (yahoo.com)

Black Lives Matter of Greater New York chair Hawk Newsome questions
how much Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has contributed to charity.
The head of Black Lives Matter of Greater New York is calling for an investigation into Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors over million-dollar real estate purchases she’s made in recent years.
Cullors, 37, has reportedly purchased four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the U.S. alone, per New York Post, including property in a Topanga Canyon in Los Angeles County for $1.4 million.

BLM reportedly brought in $90 million in donations last year, and questions have emerged about if or how Cullors is paid by the organization and how much she has contributed to charity, per Daily Mail. Hawk Newsome, the head of BLM of
Greater New York, is calling for a probe into Cullors’ finances.
“If you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes,” he told the Post. “It’s really sad because it makes people doubt the validity of the movement and overlook the fact that it’s the people that carry this movement,” he continued.
Newsome’s organization, Black Lives Matter of Greater New York — which he represents during television appearances and interviews — is not affiliated with Black Lives Matter Global Network, which was co-founded by Cullors along with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi.

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In a statement provided to theGrio, Black Lives Matter Global Network responded to concerns regarding Cullors’ earnings from the organization.
“Patrisse Cullors is the Executive Director of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF). She serves in this role in a volunteer capacity and does not receive a salary or benefits. Patrisse has received a total of $120,000 since the organization’s inception in 2013, for duties such as serving as spokesperson and engaging in political education work. Patrisse did not receive any compensation after 2019,” BLM Global Network said in the statement.
“To be abundantly clear, as a registered 501c3, BLMGNF cannot and did not commit any organizational resources toward the purchase of personal property by any employee or volunteer. Any insinuation or assertion to the contrary is categorically false.

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The statement continues: “Patrisse’s work for Black people over the years has made
her and others who align with the fight for Black liberation targets of racist violence.
The narratives being spread about Patrisse have been generated by right-wing forces intent on reducing the support and influence of a movement that is larger than any one organization. 
This right-wing offensive not only puts Patrisse, her child and her loved ones in harm’s way, it also continues a tradition of terror by white supremacists against Black activists.
All Black activists know the fear these malicious and serious actions are meant to instill: the fear of being silenced, the trauma of being targeted, the torture of feeling one’s family is exposed to danger just for speaking out against unjust systems. We have seen this tactic of terror time and again, but our movement will not be silenced.”

In addition to the Topanga Canyon estate.
Cullors and her wife, Janaya Khan, also own a “custom ranch” on 3.2 acres in Conyers, Georgia that boasts an airplane hangar. They purchased the property last year for $415,000, according to the report, two years after the publication of Cullors’ best-selling book, “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.”
Additionally, the Post claims that in recent years, Cullors, a self-described Marxist, paid $510,000 for a three-bedroom home in Inglewood, California. In 2018, she dropped $590,000 for a four-bedroom home in South L.A.
In addition to the Topanga Canyon estate, Cullors and her wife, Janaya Khan, also own a “custom ranch” on 3.2 acres in Conyers, Georgia that boasts an airplane hangar. They purchased the property last year for $415,000, according to the report, two years after the publication of Cullors’ best-selling book, “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.”

Additionally, the Post claims that in recent years, Cullors, a self-described Marxist, paid $510,000 for a three-bedroom home in Inglewood, California. In 2018, she dropped $590,000 for a four-bedroom home in South L.A.

Do you even comprehend my take?
She had a lot of options on where to live. She chose one of the whitest places in California. She’ll have her pick of white cops and white people to complain about. That’s a choice, bro. https://t.co/rBkOnSjb4u
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) April 9, 2021
Last October, Cullors agreed to “a multi-platform” deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, she said in a statement, to help produce content for “Black voices who have been historically marginalized.” The Post report sparked debate on social media among BLM supporters and critics of Cullors.

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Cullors founded the Black Lives Matter movement with Garza and Tometi in 2013.
Last month, the organization came under fire after it was revealed that BLM received
over $90 million in response to the uprisings launched after the deaths of George Floyd, 
Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others,   theGRIO reported.
Some activists are now demanding $20 million from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, including Michael Brown Sr., whose son Michael Brown Jr., 
was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.

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Brown Sr. said he and his advocacy group have been short-changed by the larger BLM organization.
“Why hasn’t my family’s foundation received any assistance from the movement?”
He asked in a statement last month.
“On behalf of many activists in the St. Louis area, I’m joined by Mike Brown Sr., the father of Mike Brown Jr. Today, we hold Black Lives Matter accountable,” said local community organizer Tony Russell. The post BLM founder Patrisse Cullors’ $1.4M home drew criticism, and a call for investigation appeared first on TheGrio.

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Dramatic Rise in Cancer

Posted on August 17, 2023 by Ken
Dramatic Rise In Cancer In People Under 50 – YouTube

Altered microbiome, sleep deprivation, an increase in alcohol
consumption among possible culprits in 30-year global trend
BY Brigham and Women’s Hospital Communications

What’s causing the alarming rise in cancer for adults under 50? – Big Think
A study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital reveals that the incidence of early onset cancers — including breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, and pancreas — has dramatically increased around the world, with the rise beginning around 1990. In an effort to understand why many more people under 50 are being diagnosed with cancer, scientists conducted extensive analyses of available data, including information on early life exposures that might have contributed to the trend. Results are published in Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology.

“From our data, we observed something called the birth cohort effect. This effect shows that each successive group of people born at a later time — e.g., a decade later — have a higher risk of developing cancer later in life, likely due to risk factors they were exposed
to at a young age,” said Shuji Ogino, a professor at Harvard Chan School and Harvard Medical School and a physician-scientist in the Department of Pathology at the Brigham. “We found that this risk is increasing with each generation. For instance, people born in 1960 experienced higher cancer risk before they turn 50 than people born in 1950, and
we predict that this risk level will continue to climb in successive generations.”

Ogino worked with lead author Tomotaka Ugai and colleagues from 2000 to 2012 to analyze global data on 14 cancer types that showed increased incidence in adults before age 50. Then the team searched for available studies that examined trends of possible risk factors, including early life exposures in the general populations. Finally, the researchers examined the literature describing clinical and biological tumor characteristics of early onset cancers compared with cancers diagnosed after age 50.

“We found that this risk is increasing with each generation.”
— Shuji Ogino, professor, physician-scientist

In an extensive review, the team found that the early life “exposome,” which encompasses an individual’s diet, lifestyle, weight, environmental exposures, and microbiome, has changed substantially in the last several decades. They hypothesize that factors like the Western diet and lifestyle may be contributing to the rise in early onset cancer. The team acknowledged that this increased incidence of certain cancer types is, in part, due to early detection through cancer screening programs. They couldn’t precisely measure what proportion of this growing prevalence could solely be attributed to screening and early detection. However, they noted that increased incidence of many of the 14 cancer types is unlikely due to enhanced screening alone.

Possible risk factors for early onset cancer included alcohol consumption, sleep deprivation, smoking, obesity, and eating highly processed foods. Surprisingly, researchers found that while adult sleep duration hasn’t drastically changed over the several decades, children are getting far less sleep today than they were decades ago. Risk factors such as highly processed foods, sugary beverages, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, sedentary lifestyle, and alcohol consumption have all significantly increased since the 1950s.

“Among the 14 cancer types on the rise that we studied, eight were related to the digestive system. The food we eat feeds the microorganisms in our gut,” said Ugai. “Diet directly affects microbiome composition and eventually these changes can influence disease risk and outcomes.”

One limitation of this study is that researchers did not have an adequate amount of data from low- and middle-income countries to identify trends in cancer incidence over the decades. Going forward, Ogino and Ugai hope to continue this research by collecting more data and collaborating with international research institutes to better monitor global trends. They also explained the importance of conducting longitudinal cohort studies with parental consent to include young children who may be followed up for several decades.

“Without such studies, it’s difficult to identify what someone having cancer now did decades ago or when one was a child,” said Ugai. “Because of this challenge, we aim to run more longitudinal cohort studies in the future where we follow the same cohort of participants over the course of their lives, collecting health data, potentially from electronic health records, and biospecimens at set time points. This is not only more cost effective considering the many cancer types needed to be studied, but I believe it will yield us more accurate insights into cancer risk for generations to come.”

Ogino’s work is supported in part by the U.S. National Institutes of Health grants and the Cancer Research UK’s Cancer Grand Challenge Award. Ugai’s work is supported by grants from the Prevent Cancer Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and Mishima Kaiun Memorial Foundation.

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Cancer diagnosis rates are going up in younger adults, study finds, 
driven largely by rises in women and people in their 30s
Story by By Brenda Goodman, CNN 

Certain kinds of cancer are being diagnosed more often in younger adults in the US, a new study shows, and the increases seem to be driven by cancers in women and adults in their 30s. A government-funded study of 17 National Cancer Institute registries, published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open, looked at more than 500,000 cases of early-onset cancer, or cancers diagnosed in patients under age 50, between 2010 and 2019. 

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The study found that overall, early-onset cancers increased over that decade, by an average of 0.28% each year. The change seemed to be driven by rates of cancer in younger women, which went up an average of 0.67% each year; at the same time, rates decreased in men by 0.37% each year.
There were 34,233 early-onset cancer cases in women in 2010 and 35,721 in 2019, an increase of 4.35%, the study says. Among men, cases fell 4.91%, from 21,818 in 2010 to 20,747 in 2019.
The rate of cancer diagnosis increased in adults in their 30s over the decade but remained stable in other under-50 age groups, the study found. At the same time, the rate of cancers in adults 50 and older is going down. When the researchers looked at cancer trends for younger adults by race, they found that early-onset cancers were going up fastest among people who identify as American Indian or Alaska Natives, Asians and Hispanics. 
On average, the growth rates of early-onset cancers remained stable in White people and decreased in Black people between 2010 and 2019.
Cancers with the highest numbers of early-onset cases­ diagnosed in 2019 were breast (12,649 cases), thyroid (5,869) and colorectal cancers (4,097).

The biggest increases in early-onset cases were in cancers of the appendix, which went up 252%; cancers of the bile duct, which went up 142%; and uterine cancer, which increased 76%.
Incidence rates of early-onset cancers of the gastrointestinal tract grew the fastest from 2010 to 2019, increasing nearly 15%. Previous research has shown a rise in cancers of the digestive system, particularly colorectal cancers, among adults younger than 55 since the 1990s.
These increases are not confined to the US, studies say. A review of cancer registry records in 44 countries, published last year, found that the incidence of early-onset cancers is rising rapidly for 14 types of cancer, many of which affect the digestive system.
The authors of that review said the upswing is happening in part because of more sensitive screening tests as well as other causes that need investigation. Dr. Otis Brawley, the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Oncology and Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University, has some theories about what’s behind the rising rates.

“The largest cause of cancer in the United States right now is smoking, but smoking rates [have been] going down since the 1960s,” he said. “It’s in the next couple of years that the biggest cause of cancer in the United States is going to be not obesity but obesity, consumption of too many calories and not enough exercise. … My gut suspicion is that a large part of this trend is lifestyle, or it’s driven by increased caloric consumption, increased obesity and not enough exercise.”
Another possible cause is alcohol use, he said. “There’s been a rise in alcohol-related cancers over the last few years. We now think about 6% or so of cancers in the United States are due to alcohol consumption, especially binge drinking.”
To lower your overall cancer risk, Brawley recommends “very basic principles”:
1. “Try to maintain a healthy weight. 2. Try to exercise. 3. Try to maintain a good diet
with five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables per day, preferably fresh fruits.
4. Try to decrease the number of processed foods in the diet.”

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Prayers for Maui

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Ken
As death toll hits 99, Trump slams Biden callous response to Maui wildfires.

By Ben Whedon
Updated: August 14, 2023 – 8:57pm

“To say ‘no comment’ is oftentimes fine but to be smiling when you say it, especially against such a tragedy as this is absolutely horrible and unacceptable,” Trump said.

The death toll from the devastating wildfire that wreaked havoc on Maui has climbed to 99, and may continue to rise as emergency personnel sift through the wreckage. Amid the chaos, former President Donald Trump has excoriated President Joe Biden and Hawaii leadership for their handling of the crisis.

“I would like to express my sympathy and warmest regards to the people of Hawaii and specifically all of those who have been so gravely and irreparably hurt by the tragedy of the wildfires in Maui, something the likes of which have seldom been seen anywhere at any time,” Trump said in a video posted to Truth Social.
“The deaths caused by the catastrophic event will be far worse than ever expected now that houses and cars and other areas are being inspected. The sad thing is it should never have happened.”

“Our government was not prepared and very importantly, the aftermath is going very poorly with the governor of the island wanting to do nothing but blame it on global warming and other things that just happened to pop into his head,” he continued.
“When asked about it today as he was getting into a car, perhaps coming home from the beach where he has been spending a great deal of time, crooked Joe Biden, the most incompetent president in the history of our country, with a laugh and a smile,
said he had no comment on the death and the tragedy.”

President Joe Biden attracted considerable scrutiny from conservatives after
responding “no comment” to questions about the wildfire while on vacation in Delaware this weekend. “To say ‘no comment’ is oftentimes fine but to be smiling when you say it, especially against such a tragedy as this is absolutely horrible and unacceptable.

It is a disgraceful thing that Joe Biden refuses to help or comment on the tragedy in Maui, just as he refused to help or comment on the trail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, for a very very long time,” Trump went on.

“In any event, hopefully everyone will be able to pull together so that a horrible situation does not get even worse,” he concluded. “To the families affected, I give you my love and sympathy. Nothing can ever replace your loved ones. But you will always have the memories and will feel their great love surrounding and embracing you. 

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President Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Hawaii on Thursday, freeing up federal aid to support the island of Maui’s recovery from wildfires. Since that time, he has been silent about the devastation and destruction the island is facing.

When Joe Biden ran for president, he campaigned on bringing back normal. He said he would bring empathy back to the Oval Office, implying his administration would bring back caring about the American people, as though the previous administration was heartless and unfeeling when it came to policy decisions. He was described as a man who was attentive to his family and cared about people. It was a very touchy feely kind of narrative about Joe Biden.

That facade quickly faded once he became president. When natural disasters happen, for example, he is often quite slow in responding, unless it is an area seen as important to his presidency. If something bad happens in a spot seen as Democrat-friendly, he’s there right away to survey damage and play Consoler-in-Chief. He’s supposed to do that. It’s his job to keep up with what is happening in the country.

If there is a mass shooting, Joe is there right away. Gun-grabbing is on the top of his wish list for legislation and he never misses an opportunity to lecture about what the left calls gun violence. It’s the guns that are to blame, not the mentally ill people who kill others.
If gun-grabbing was the way to go, the city of Chicago would be the safest city in America.

Climate change is another top priority for Biden’s agenda. His administration has been trying really hard to blame the wildfires in Maui on global warming, as it used to be called. Leftists are pushing ‘global boiling’ alarmism as the new global warming.

The truth is coming out, though, and it looks as though Maui’s emergency warning system was not utilized and there was a delayed reaction to fighting the fires. The fires came up so quickly and spread so rapidly, little could be done. The fires were thought to be out and then they would come roaring back.

Wildfire wreckage in Lahaina, Hawaii (Rick Bowmer/AP)
The town of Lahaina is mostly gone, according to press reports. 

It was burned to the ground. Residents were seen jumping into the ocean to
avoid the flames. It’s unimaginable. The question is, where’s Joe on this tragedy?

He has not said a peep about Maui.
In fact, when asked by a reporter on Sunday about Maui, he said “No comment.”
Since that didn’t sit well with people, I look forward to the White House spin on Biden’s apathy. Joe Biden spent the weekend at his beach house, enjoying some beach time,
bike rides, and attended mass at St. Edmond’s Catholic Church.

The man has taken more than 38% of his time as president on weekends away and vacation time. Surely, he could have found a few minutes to say something about Maui. Hawaii is a blue state.

Maybe he doesn’t want to do anything to shine a light on government incompetence but, still, those people want to know that help is on the way and that the president is keeping up with the situation.

Joe Biden doesn’t handle his social media accounts. He has staffers who crank out
tweets all day and night long. Lately the majority have been touting the alleged successes
of Bidenomics. Couldn’t they spare a couple of tweets for Maui?

Usually after a natural disaster of this magnitude, Americans are told how they can help out. There are 800 numbers put up on television screens and on social media that will responsibly take donations for the victims. Who has a bigger megaphone than the president? He could be letting people know about donations, also whether it’s
the Red Cross or another entity that is usually there along with first responders.

Hawaii’s governor and senators are all Democrats. They have thanked Biden for acting quickly with the emergency declaration. This allows FEMA to go in to help, along with freeing up other federal aid. However, those affected by the wildfires, those who lived in Lahaina, homeowners and business owners, are not happy with the government’s response. 

The cause of the wildfires isn’t completely clear yet.
But those on the island have begun to complain that federal aid is yet to arrive.
‘The response from our well-funded, tax-paid government is incredibly pathetic,’
said Paul Romero, who owns a gym in Kihei.

He told The New York Times:
‘We can’t even understand what they did, what they didn’t do,
what they’re still not doing.’

As Biden spoke, speculation mounted a spark from
the electricity supply could have caused the devastating blazes.

The cause has not yet been confirmed, but on Saturday, LippSmith LLP and other law firms filed a class-action lawsuit against Hawaiian Electric, alleging that its downed power lines caused the fire, and that company officials ‘inexcusably kept their power lines energized’ despite fire warnings.

Unfortunately for the people on Maui, the federal government moves slowly, even in the aftermath of a natural disaster. It seems the state government in Hawaii isn’t as competent as it should be.

In the meantime, Biden should be at least acting like he’s thinking about the people and working to get them what they need. President Empathy is a fraud. Joe Biden has been exposed as a man more self-involved than a president should be. I keep thinking about how then-President George W. Bush and the reaction to his initial response to Hurricane Katrina.
He did what he could as the hurricane approached but the Governor of Louisiana, a Democrat, and the Mayor of New Orleans, also a Democrat, would not listen to the Bush administration’s suggestions and the rest is history. Bush flew over the area after the hurricane and was torched in the press for doing so, instead of stopping in New Orleans.
He did so soon after that but he never overcame the criticism by the press.
Remember Kanye West saying “Bush hates black people.” As though only black people were victims of that hurricane. Anyone saying, “Biden hates Hawaiians” now?

LAHAINA, Hawaii (NewsNation) — The wildfires that have killed at least 99 people in Maui County, Hawaii, spared Maria Lanakila Catholic Church in Lahaina while it destroyed thousands of structures around it.
The church, built in 1846, remains standing tall, untouched by the flames as a sign of hope for the people of Maui. Reverend Monsignor Terrence Wata ‘Incredible miracle’: Maui church unscathed by fire | Morning In America – YouTube

NEWSMAX on GETTR: As the president left the beach Sunday, he was asked for his response to the tragically deadly Hawaii wildfires, to which Biden replied,

‘NO COMMENT’ On Maui Wildfire Victims: Rising Reacts – YouTube

As I wrote this, I checked the POTUS Twitter account.
Now, pinned at the top, is a tweet about Maui.

President Biden

@POTUS

As residents of Hawai’i mourn the loss of life and devastation taking place across their beautiful home, we mourn with them. Like I’ve said, not only our prayers are with those impacted – but every asset we have will be available to them. Here’s the latest:

11:28 AM · Aug 14, 2023
·
3.1M  Views

And this:

The White House

@WhiteHouse

Hawai’i Wildfire Update: The Biden-Harris Administration is closely monitoring the situation on the ground and coordinating with FEMA, state, local, and federal partners
to support the continuing life-saving operations.

11:45 AM · Aug 14, 2023
·
784.5K  Views

It’s so in your face to give Ukraine 200 million bucks while Maui is being set ablaze.
It’s a big middle finger to the Americans…. letting us know they can take more than half
of our paychecks and squander it while giving us nothing in return but “free” crack pipes,
masks and vaccines.

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FILE – Ukrainian soldiers fire toward Russian position from a trench
on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Friday, June 23, 2023.
(AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Battles are also raging along the southern front in Zaporizhzhia, where Ukrainian forces are making minimal gains and coming up against formidable Russian fortifications.

The U.S. on Monday announced a $200 million security assistance package for Ukraine, providing Kyiv with another round of munitions and tactical vehicles for use in the fight against Russia.
The latest package places total U.S. security assistance to Ukraine at roughly $43 billion since Russia invaded in February 2022, meaning the remaining funds for Ukrainian forces is fast approaching their limit.

The Biden administration unveiled the critical assistance for Ukraine in the midst of a major counteroffensive operation.
The package includes more munitions for advanced weapons systems coveted by Ukraine, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and Patriot missile defense systems.
“Air defense, anti-armor, and munitions will keep the Ukrainian armed forces in the
fight to defend their country’s sovereignty, territory, and people,” Secretary of State 
Antony Blinken wrote Monday on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

More than 12 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades will also be provided, along with mine-clearing equipment and 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds.
The security assistance also includes 37 tactical vehicles for towing and hauling equipment.
The package comes as Ukrainian troops pushing ahead in a slow-moving counteroffensive in the southeast are coming up against fierce resistance from dug-in Russian forces.

Ukraine is often outgunned by Russia with an inferior amount of artillery and
is struggling against trenches and mine fields. Kyiv will undoubtedly need more Western support to keep the operation going and reclaim territory in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
Congress has passed about $47 billion in direct security assistance for Ukraine since the start of the war, with the latest aid package approved in December.

The White House last week asked Congress for an additional $40 billion in security assistance, including about $13 billion specifically for defense needs. It’s unclear whether
a new package can be approved swiftly or at all, with some House Republicans cautioning against additional funding.

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Annie Oakley: A Tragic Story

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Ken
Queen of the Wild West – The Amazing Story of Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley (born Phoebe Ann Moses; August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) 
Annie Oakley was born 163 years ago today near Willowdell, Ohio and passed at 66 years old. Frank Beachams Journal Was an American sharpshooter who starred in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Oakley developed hunting skills as a child to provide for her impoverished family in western Ohio.

Annie Oakley was a skilled trick shooter with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.
At age 15, she won a shooting contest against an experienced marksman, Frank E. Butler, whom she married in 1876. The pair joined Buffalo Bill in 1885, performing in Europe before royalty and other heads of state. Audiences were astounded to see her shooting out a cigar from her husband’s hand or splitting a playing-card edge-on at 30 paces.

She earned more than anyone except Buffalo Bill himself.
After a bad rail accident in 1901, she had to settle for a less taxing routine, and she toured in a play written about her career. She also instructed women in marksmanship, believing strongly in female self-defense. Her stage acts were filmed for one of Thomas Edison’s  earliest Kinetoscopes in 1894. Since her death, her story has been adapted for stage musicals and films, including Annie Get Your Gun.

27 Annie Oakley Facts About The Wild West’s Biggest Badass (allthatsinteresting.com)

In the American Old West, owning a gun was essential for survival.
Things were quite haphazard back then, so security wasn’t as tight as today. Some people stood out when it came to handling a gun, and they’re referred to as sharpshooters. One of these people happens to be the remarkable Annie Oakley, whose story makes anyone want to know more about her. Saying that Annie was a cut above the rest is an understatement.
This lady was in a league of her own. From shooting smokes out of people’s mouths to splitting cards, Annie did nothing wrong. So here are some interesting facts about our pioneer sharpshooting lady.

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Oakley Is Not Her Real Name

Ms. Oakley was the fifth born in a family of seven in rural Darke County, Ohio.
For your information, Annie Oakley’s name is not her birth name; she was born
Phoebe Ann Moses.

The name Oakley was derived from an Ohio town near her hometown near Cincinnati.
As for Annie, it came about after her sisters decided to call her Annie instead of Ann or Phoebe. Surprisingly, despite being an iconic figure of the American frontier, she spent most of her formative years in Ohio.

T’was a Family of Trappers
Annie’s family was big on hunting and trapping. Her father was her primary role model, and the young girl would always accompany him to his hunting exercises. This early exposure played a big part in making Annie comfortable around guns and hunting expeditions.

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At the tender age of eight,

Annie got her first prey. The little one balanced her father’s rifle on their porch rail and shot a squirrel across the yard. It was a clean headshot, and Annie said it was her best shot ever. Her love for guns went beyond just passion, she believed all women should know how to shoot a gun and taught around 15,000 women in her lifetime. She said: “I would like to see every woman know how to handle guns, as naturally as they know how to handle babies.”

That’s Not What Women Does
Annie’s mother was mortified when she learned of her daughter’s actions. This was an eight-year-old handling a gun, so there are many ways the scenario would have ended tragically. With her daughter’s best interests at heart, Annie’s mother barred her from touching the rifle for eight months.

A publicity still of Annie Oakley loading a shotgun.
Additionally, this was uncharacteristic for girls at the time. Shooting and hunting were predominantly male-dominated endeavors, so it was odd for the family to have one of their daughters engage in the activity. This setback didn’t dampen Annie’s spirit; in fact, things went up a notch.

After the Big Ban
After Annie’s rifle ban, she went back to shooting like never before. The young one had an affinity for marksmanship, so there was no way she could be swayed against it. Moreover, Annie was so good at hunting and shooting that she could use her skills to put food on the table.

Sadly, Annie’s father passed away, leaving her mother in dire straits. This forced the woman to send Annie to work or for someone else in exchange for education. This arrangement was short-lived as Annie decided to return home after dealing with an abusive household.

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Taking Matters Into Her Own Hands

Once Annie returned home, she decided to focus solely on shooting. It was a gamble,
but it paid off. She continued hunting animals and sold the meat at a local grocery store.
The business deal was so good the young lady could pay off her mother’s $200 mortgage.

This moment was a big deal for the young girl as she couldn’t hide her joy when she handed her mother the money. Finally, she had saved enough to free them from the debt hanging over their heads. Unsurprisingly, this was just the beginning of Annie’s fantastic life events.

Annie the Shooting Prodigy
At only 15 years old, Annie participated in a Thanksgiving shooting match.
After years hunting wild game, Annie was a force to reckon with, so a shooting competition was not an uphill task for her. The lady showed up in Cincinnati, and Frank Butler was her competitor.

Frank looked down on the young girl, even placing a $100 bet against her. This led to a painful experience as Annie cleared the whole course with zero misses and clinched the title. Frank was no match for Annie despite being an expert marksman, as he missed one clay pigeon.

Cohabiting With the Competition
Frank was impressed by Annie’s skills despite losing $100 and the grand prize.
So much so he was taken with the young lady. A year after the competition, Frank and Annie got married. By all means, this is an impressive feat as Annie beat her husband in
a shooting match, and we can’t help but wonder how healthy trash talk was in the family.


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Annie Oakley | MY HERO – Bing video

A Lady Through and Through
The couple was an item throughout their lives totaling at least five decades. Surprisingly, Annie passed away in November 1926, and her husband followed her to the afterlife 18 days later,

Interestingly, Annie’s career path didn’t affect her nature.
The lady was feminine through and through. Even when she attended various competitions, she dressed in cute dresses and skirts. Most of her attire was handmade,
she maintained her feminine modesty. Additionally, her downtime hobbies included embroidery and other feminine activities.

The amazing Annie Oakley: Meet the legendary American sharpshooter from the old West.
This is probably one of the reasons the lass enamored frank. After all, who can fight the charms of a beauty who can handle her guns? It was the Wild West, so simple things went a long way.

She Nearly Died
In 1901, Annie was almost crushed to death in a violent train accident.
After suffering from paralysis and also five grueling spinal operations,
she was on the road to recovery.

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(Photo by Apic/Getty Images)

United States sharpshooter who took part in a lot of shows.
Although Annie’s life was short, this accident nearly killed her at the young age of 41.
She was back on tour by 1902 and didn’t let the accident slow her down.

Big Things Come In Small Packages
Annie’s reputation might have you thinking she was an Amazon of a woman, but that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The talent was only five feet tall, but boy did she make up for it with her shooting skills. This paradox made her stand out from other performers.

After his marriage to Frank, Annie toured with the man pulling in large crowds. They mainly focused on circuses, and the couple was aptly referred to as the sharpshooting double act. Eventually, Frank retired and dedicated his time to managing his wife as
a solo act.

Some Nifty Tricks Under Her Sleeve
Annie’s shooting skills were ahead of her time. The level of proficiency and accuracy was so astounding it was hard to imagine you were looking at a live show. There must have been some trickery afoot, right?

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For context, Annie could shoot coins out of the air at pinpoint accuracy. If that weren’t enough, she’d shoot lit cigars from Frank’s mouth. To turn things up a notch, Annie would take 30 paces before shooting a playing card, casually splitting it in two. At some point, Annie was so good that she could hit targets behind her by using a mirror as her guide.

A Luck Would Have It
Anyone familiar with Annie’s story knows she mostly performed at a Wild West show organized by the legendary William Cody, aka Buffalo Bill. This working relationship did not start immediately as Bill was hesitant to hire the talent. It wasn’t personal, as the man thought it didn’t make sense for his show to have two sharpshooters lined up.

Annie Oakley Biography – Facts, Childhood, Family Life & Achievements Wikimedia.
Captain Adam Bogardus was the star attraction at the time, and he was good at his job
as a marksman. Unfortunately, adding Annie to the troupe would bring about a conflict
of interest, thus hampering the business.

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Clouds and Their Silver Linings

Annie continued freelancing until 1884 when tragedy struck at the Mississippi River.
A steamboat carrying Bill’s performers sank to the bottom, and that was the beginning
of the end for Captain Adam Bogardus. Despite everyone making it safely to shore,
the marksman’s guns didn’t, which was a problem.

Sex, vintage & Royals | Annie Oakley, Women in history, Oakley.
Adam had a tough time adapting to a new set of guns while his equilibrium was off.
This situation lasted for several months, and Adam had to also count all his losses.
This departure created a vacancy in the troupe, and Annie was the obvious choice.

That’s How She Met Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull is revered as one of the most iconic Native American leaders of his time.
He is most revered for his victory over General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
With such an impressive battle resume, we’d be surprised if anything gun-related
would surprise him.

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The Birth of Annie Oakley | History Today

Anyway, we are talking about Annie Oakley here, so we can’t expect anything less than
a twist in the tale. As soon as Bull witnessed the lady’s shooting, he was sold. He was so impressed, as a matter of fact, that he offered the legendary woman $65 just for the chance to sit for a photo with her. Who can blame him, though? Annie’s feats have us in awe, yet we haven’t seen them in person. Imagine Bull’s experience.

A New Father Figure
After witnessing Annie’s work, Bull sent the lady $65 to her hotel, hoping to get an autograph. Annie was flattered by the gesture, but she returned Bull’s money with an autographed picture. This level of modesty and kindness touched Bull; he insisted he should adopt her.

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Why Annie Oakley Was America’s Sharpshooting Sweetheart | HowStuffWorks
Bull gave Annie his prized moccasins and christened her Watanya Cicilla, which roughly translates to Little Sure Shot. The following year, Bull joined Bill’s troupe for four months, allowing him to get closer to Annie. Annie wrote fondly of Bull, calling him a faithful old friend whom she respects and adores.

She Was an International Sensation
Oakley’s time at Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show brought about some high moments.
At one point, the troupe toured Europe, which was one of their most successful ventures.
The show drew in large crowds, and at one point, Kaiser Wilhelm II was in the audience.

Annie Oakley in Europe | American Experience | Official Site | PBS
Annie incorporated him into her act by shooting ash from a cigarette he was smoking. Wilhelm wasn’t the only royalty to attend. Queen Victoria also became one of Annie’s
fans after attending a show at the American Exposition in London.

The Queen Is a Fan
Queen Victoria had such a fun time telling Annie she was a very clever little girl.
So the party continued touring Europe, from England to the Paris Exposition.
They eventually made their way to Italy and then Spain.

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A picture of Annie Oakley as she looked while touring with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show.
Annie Oakley was a hit with the population, and the press couldn’t have enough of her. She was welcomed by a massive crowd of fans and journalists wherever she landed. Even the king of Senegal took notice of her talent and asked the sharpshooter to help his country control the tiger population.

For the Love of Flag and Country
Sadly, the Spanish-American War began in 1898, leading to a sad state of affairs all
over the nation. Annie was pretty patriotic, and she felt her skills could come in handy.
The talent requested President William McKinley to let her chip in the war.

Centennial History Contest Grand Prize Winner:
Emily Hollingshead with “Annie Oakley” Essay (centerofthewest.org)
In her petition, Annie proposed she could set up a female regiment of 50 lady sharpshooters. The ladies would have their ammo and guns and would fight for America. Unfortunately, as good a deal as this was, she never got a reply. This wasn’t the last time she’d push to fight for her nation.

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Annie Oakley | Wild West Show, Sharpshooter, Buffalo Bill | Britannica

Another War to Try Out
When World War One broke out, Annie was ready to dive into the frontlines for the
flag and country. The deal was similar to the previous one, but she reached out to the U.S. Secretary of War this time. She got no feedback like the last time, but Annie didn’t give up.

Annie Oakley shot a cigarette out of the Kaiser’s mouth, had she hit him, she could have prevented WWI (thevintagenews.com)

The lady visited army camps to help out however she could while simultaneously raising money for the Red Cross. Additionally, Annie volunteered in various military charities to aid in the war effort. Where there is a will, there is a way.

Some Funky Business Is Afoot
These days, false information is so rife that it’s hard to know what’s real and what is not. Luckily, this also means most information making its way to the press can be treated with some element of doubt. Sadly, in Annie’s days, the press was treated as gospel, so any information coming out could have some untold repercussions.

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A 1922 photo of Annie Oakley holding a gun given to her by Buffalo Bill.
In 1903, a couple of newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst dropped some bombshells regarding Annie’s private life. The allegations were so preposterous the lady couldn’t take the information lying down.

Tough Times Ahead for Annie
According to the newspapers, Annie had a substance abuse problem, and she was arrested for stealing a man’s pants. This hit piece had devastating effects on Annie’s health and mindset, and she knew she had to make sure she set the record straight.

Annie Oakley shoots her way into history – Buffalo Bill Center of the West
Annie once said that the piece almost drove her over the cliff. Her drive to clear her name was what kept her going. It would be a challenging and expensive battle, but she was ready to fight tooth and nail to save her reputation.

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The Truth of the Matter

After some digging, it was revealed that the lady who had been arrested was a burlesque performer whose name was Any Oakley. The lady was based in Chicago, and Annie hadn’t been there since the previous winter. Nevertheless, various newspapers printed the information leading to more damage.

The amazing Annie Oakley:
Usually, most publications released retractions, but Hearst was difficult, and he didn’t want to lose face. So instead of finding an amicable solution, the man hired a private investigator to find some damning information about our iconic/ modest legend.

The Biggest Case of All Time
Meanwhile, Annie had vowed to get retribution for her situation, so she spent the next
six years pursuing 55 libel cases. She settled 54 of them, and Hearst was forced to pay her $27K. Despite the big win, the cases had taken too long, causing her to spend more money than she had won.

Annie Oakley Once Took Hearst Newspapers to Court for Reporting a False Cocaine Addiction | At least her name was cleared, and she got the justice she deserved.
Enough of the dark times, let’s get back to the good vibes now, shall we?

She’s a Wimbledon Legend
Before Wimbledon became the tennis haven it is today; the area was reserved for the biggest shooting summer event. Annie performed in a rifle competition on Wimbledon Common. The show was set up as part of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee celebration.
The press loved Annie, and everyone considered Annie the best shot in the competition.

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Annie Oakley Was Here | The Pilot Open Daily | thepilot.com

Thomas Edison also met Annie Oakley, and this meeting made the talent a film actress. Annie showcased her skills for Edison’s Kinetoscope, resulting in a film called The Little Sure Shot of the Wild West. Annie didn’t pursue a career in acting, but she featured in
The Western Girl, portraying a sharpshooter two years in a row.

Her Biggest Triumph Ever
Annie’s shooting skills became so synonymous it was hard to think of the sport without her. So in most shows, they started punching holes in free tickets to separate them from the paying customers. If you recall, Annie would shoot holes in playing cards, so these tickets resembled Annie’s cards.

Annie Oakley – Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
After a while, the resemblance caused people to refer to the free tickets as Annie Oakleys. This idiom has evolved so much it even made its way to baseball. In this sport, Annie Oakleys refer to a walk because it refers to a free pass when heading to first base.

So there you have it, that’s Annie Oakley, the legend.

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