Another annoying television commercial has been in heavy rotation, but it's specifically targeted to the Baby Boomers. Did you realize that we are at risk for Hepatitis C? Me neither. I had to dig a little to get the skinny on this health threat and it seems a bit alarmist to me. Sure, Hep C may not have dramatic symptoms and can be inactive for decades but unless you've had a blood transfusion or shared needles with your druggie pals back in the day there is minimal risk. I suppose any backroom tattoos could be a risk factor, too.
I wonder about those commercials for other prescription medications. Is it a plot by Big Medical/Big Insurance to get otherwise healthy people to become hypochondriacs? As we age we can become less mentally astute and I think we may succumb to the power of suggestion. There is a pill for everything, I guess, except common sense.
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The recent discussions of the English language remind me of an article (from 2015) that I read recently It goes on at length on why the English language is so strange and difficult to learn compared to other tongues. Plenty of blame to go around with all the different sources for our vocabulary (German, French, Greek, Latin, et al.) but what surprised me was the influence of the Vikings. It may be of more than passing interest, and you can find it here: https://aeon.co/essays/why-is-english-so-weirdly-different-from-other-languages
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Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. I don't have a nephew named Rocco. The lad in question is the son of my brother-in-law's nephew. Apologies are humbly offered for the lack of clarity
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As I suspected, that testimony by the Attorney General was a big nothing. The pundits seems mixed in their opinions, but I haven't followed it too closely. No big winners or losers, so I'll call it a draw. If I hadn't nodded off during the proceedings I might have a different point of view. I bet the closed-session testimonies are a lot meatier and I'm surprised nothing has leaked so far.
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And talking about Baby Boomers, today's big story is the Bernie supporter, aged 66, who took fifty potshots with a rifle at a group of Republicans, hitting one (not fatally). I bet he was off his meds.
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I find it more difficult to come up with a good subject title than it is to write the whole damn posting. After the short discussion of the Paris Accord I was going to use "We'll always have Paris," but then I thought, no, too obvious. And then Mr Beagles used it, so I had to smile. Great minds think alike.
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