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Another Shocking Discovery: A Cop Used Flock Cameras to Stalk an Ex 166 Times, and the Privacy Features Worked Exactly as Advertised
Well, color me completely unsurprised. A Mauldin, SC police officer has been caught using the city’s Flock Safety license-plate cameras to track a former romantic partner 166 times over five months. Ellie Anna Hammond, a 24-year-old officer, got the boot on August 3 after separation papers filed with the state academy detailed her industrious daily…
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Are The GLP-1 Drugs Increasing The Risk of Blindness?
Is it too good to be true? People sometimes struggle for decades — perhaps even their whole lives — to lose weight. So I don’t think they could be blamed for at least considering the use of the new GLP-1 drugs that can make that struggle so much easier. But at what cost? While many…
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Farewell Substack!
What it boils down to is this: I have learned that I am not comfortable placing content on a platform that is owned (and controlled) by someone else. I have no particular complaint where Substack is concerned and it is probably a fine platform for lots of writers but even though I have no grand…
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How I Cured (Yes, Cured!) My MCAS-related Headaches, Part 3
I believe it was around 2018 when I came across an article online that suggested that taking riboflavin (vitamin B-2) was helpful for people with gluten sensitivity when they ate something containing gluten. I have always been a believer in vitamins and supplements so it was not much of a stretch for me to believe…
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How I Cured (Yes, Cured!) My MCAS-related Headaches, Part 2
While I was able to adapt to a life without enjoying so many of the things I had eaten for my entire life up until my early 40s, it would not be too long before things got a bit more complicated. It was the late 1990s and although I am fortunate enough to have a…
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How I Cured (Yes, Cured!) My MCAS-related Headaches, Part 1
It’s not hard to remember him laying on the floor in the living room because it was the place he found that was most comfortable during these episodes. It was the late 1970s and my father was in the throes of one of his almost-weekly migraine headaches. It’s strange how certain images embed themselves so…
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Will The Pope Open The Gates For The Unwashed Masses?
You’ve got to hand it to these guys. They know a good gag when they see one and they will surely take advantage of a situation to pull of another. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement recently that featured hand-wringing and pearl-clutching that you might expect from the likes of Chuck…
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Should Measles Keep You Home For the Holidays?
Quickly! Someone alert Chicken Little because once again, the sky is falling! It’s actually been falling for a few weeks here in South Carolina where I live. There’s a measles outbreak in this area and the media has been dispensing measles-related drama for about a month or so at least. The local evening news has…




