Kosh's Shadow 8/3/2020 5:02:39 PM

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In #9 lucius septimius said: Until the 18th century, there was little to choose from between village magic and formal medicine -- the latter being primarily theoretical science.  Both were predicated on the old "four humors" concept.  Most treatments involved some kind of purgative.  For fever you bled people --- not very much, but a certain amount did, in fact, encourage the production of white blood cells.  For respiratory complaints (caused by an over abundance of cold and wet humors) you applied remedies that were cold and dry, i.e., diuretics -- which is what most otc cold medicines still are.  

Steve Martin as Theodoric of York, medieval barber

doppelganglander 8/3/2020 5:16:42 PM

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In #49 Occasional Reader said: Reply to doppelganglander in 48: if Trump were to pull down, say, a quarter of the black vote, can you imagine the reaction on the left? I think we would actually see live, on-air suicides at PBS NewsHour on election night.

I think he could easily get 20-25%. I believe that most Black Americans want the same thing as most other Americans - a job, a home, and a family. Trump speaks to them in a way that elite white liberals and BLM Marxists do not. Live on-air suicides? Maybe not, but definitely a lot of hysterical screeching. 

Kosh's Shadow 8/3/2020 5:40:55 PM

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Reply to doppelganglander in 2:

I think most blacks don't want their neighborhoods run by the gangs, and that is what BLM is, and what would happen with "defund the police" - and is happening, because cops don't want to be locked up because they shot a black thug.

Kosh's Shadow 8/3/2020 5:45:40 PM

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Saw job listings for "Diversity and Inclusion Manager" in a generic job list email.

The new zampolit.

Occasional Reader 8/3/2020 6:22:53 PM

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In #2 doppelganglander said: Live on-air suicides? Maybe not,

But wouldn’t it be great to see Judy Woodruff and Yamiche Alcindor, right after having to call the election for Trump/Pence (with 25% or more of the black vote), mutually-seppuku each other, like those two court ladies near the end of Kurosawa’s “Ran”?

JCM 8/3/2020 6:29:08 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 4:

Maybe we can start calling the Woke who try to cancel someone "Stukach".

doppelganglander 8/3/2020 6:29:59 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 5:

Gonna need a loooong knife for Yamiche. BTW, am I the only one who thinks her name sounds like a fermented beverage from Malaysia?

Kosh's Shadow 8/3/2020 6:33:09 PM

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In #6 JCM said: Maybe we can start calling the Woke who try to cancel someone "Stukach".

I call it the Woke Inquisition, because, like the Spanish Inquisition, it goes after the Jews

Kosh's Shadow 8/3/2020 6:37:33 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1: 

More in the mood for a musical interlude about a barber with a magic helmet shaving basin

buzzsawmonkey 8/3/2020 6:45:18 PM

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In #6 JCM said: Maybe we can start calling the Woke who try to cancel someone "Stukach".

Clowns to the Left of me, jokers to the right---here I am, Stukach the middle with you...

Occasional Reader 8/3/2020 7:24:45 PM

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In #7 doppelganglander said: Gonna need a loooong knife for Yamiche

Socialists experiencing a Night of the Long Knives... there's precedent for that... 

Kosh's Shadow 8/3/2020 8:13:46 PM

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In #11 Occasional Reader said: Socialists experiencing a Night of the Long Knives... there's precedent for that... 

Then there is the horror THE HORROR of society people going to a dinner party to find the host put out the knives incorrectly- 

The night of the WRONG knives

Next thing, they'll be serving leftie-overs