Author: Mark Alexander

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Almost as Good as Trump in Leg Irons

Kevin McCarthy ran his mouth for eight and a half hours on Thursday night. Here’s hoping he’s this talkative when the January 6th Committee ends up subpoenaing him as a material witness. Better yet, here’s hoping he doesn’t show up. It’ll be fun to watch the highest ranking House Republican get arrested on federal criminal charges.

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Ya Think?

Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel is yelling around about how 204 million lethal doses of fentanyl were seized at the border. That’s right, the Biden administration seized them and saved American lives. Republicans seem to have a real messaging problem these days.” ~ The Palmer Report

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Hospice Nurse Reveals The Unexplained Phenomena That Happen As People Die in Eye-Opening TikTok Videos

A nurse, who goes by hospice nurse Julie on TikTok, shared two unexplained phenomena that medical professionals see during the death and dying process. Thousands of comments confirmed others have seen this too.

Unsurprisingly, in a culture that often avoids talking about death and dying, people were curious about what Julie had to say. Her two viral videos both received 5.8 million views.

Julie’s first video was about something professionals call “The Rally.”

“This is when someone is really sick and almost towards actively dying – meaning dying within a few days – and then suddenly they look like they are ‘better.'”

She said patients will begin to act like their old selves, talking, eating and maybe even walking again.

“They have a little more of a personality.”

“Kind of laughing, talking, joking.”

“But then usually they die within a few days after this.”

“Sometimes even that night.”

This happens to patients so frequently, they will educate families of the phenomenon so they don’t feel such a total devastation when their loved one dies suddenly.

For a few people, this reminded them of the character Mark Sloan from Grey’s Anatomy.

Others shared their own personal experiences with The Rally and their loved ones.

Apparently, this doesn’t just happen to humans.

The second phenomenon didn’t have a snappy name, but it happens incredibly frequently.

“This actually happens so often that we put it in our educational packets that we give to the patient and their loved ones so they understand what’s going on.”
“But we don’t know why it happens and we can’t explain it.”“Usually, it happens a month or so before the patient dies.”
“They start seeing dead relatives, dead friends, old pets that have passed on, spirits, angels that are visiting them and only they can see and hear them.”

She continued:

“They’re usually not afraid.”“It’s usually very comforting to them.”“And they usually say they’re sending a message like ‘We’re coming to get you soon,’ or ‘Don’t worry we’ll help you.'”

Julie said it’s not scary for the patients at all.

Several people shared their own experiences with loved ones seeing spirits.

This comment section will make you weepy.

She’s also shared her thoughts on death in general.

Julie said when she’s grounded spiritually and emotionally, she doesn’t fear death, but she’s also experienced the loss of losing loved ones suddenly. She knows the grief that comes with death.

Because of her experiences as a hospice nurse, she knows that her body will take care of her when that time comes. Spiritually, she believes we will go on after death.

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I know that when my dad passed in 2013, he experienced both of these phenomena. He not only “rallied” days after a heart attack, but also remarked several times about seeing his [long departed] brother and friends in his room. 

Fortunately a dear friend who is a nurse alerted us that this—the rally—would occur, and not to be surprised if he’s gone in a matter of days, and that’s exactly what happened.

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Amen


Amen

I have been thinking about Justice Roberts today and how he lead in the gutting of the Voting Rights Act because “it’s no longer needed.”

I admit that I thought we were much further ahead in gaining a more equal society before the last 5 years happened.

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So That Little Rittenhouse Shit Walks…

Did you actually think it was going to go any other way, especially when that fucking judge said his victims couldn’t be called victims?

And now we get more riots, more dead POC, and little beta males like Rittenhouse committing cold-blooded murder and getting off scott-free simply by claiming they felt threatened.

So let me ask you this: If you run across Kyle Rittenhouse brandishing his illegally-possessed AK-47 that was transported across state lines, and you feel threatened by him, are you now allowed to put a bullet between his eyes  and walk away?

I guess that depends on the color of your skin and your political affiliations now, doesn’t it?

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A While Ago…

Via Sickoricko, I saw this…

And it immediately reminded me of a painting I’d done back in…1986 (?)…of something that came to me in a meditation:

Not exactly the same thing, but similar enough that it reminded me of the vehicle in my painting.

I was standing on the deck of an ancient Egyptian sailing vessel—in the middle of the Mediterranean, mind you—when this flying craft appeared on the horizon and flew directly toward the boat, only a hundred or so feet above my head. It was so close I could see the pilot waving to me.

I have absolutely no idea what ever happened to this painting…or at this point most of my pre-portraiture work.

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Flashback Friday

March 1985, Tanque Verde Falls, Tucson AZ

I remember there was still a definite chill in the air that March morning. I believe this was the third time Bernie and I had come to the falls, and while he had no trouble stripping down completely, I was still far too reserved to go flashing my bits to the world (even though everyone else in the canyon was buck naked).

Of course all that changed over the summer, and despite the treacherous trails to get deep into the canyon, it was worth it.