Jim Kettlewell, 67 of Canton, Ohio

We attended the memorial service for Jim Kettlewell at Chautauqa Park and Memorial Garden this afternoon. It seems all his friends felt they'd always known him, yet he'd only been a part of our Lakeside community for 6 years. He'd joined the Navy right out of high school and one person said it's perhaps there he learned to get along with all different types. It's definitely where he learned the bakery business.  He was a vice president of Nickles Bakery of Navarre, Ohio, and many of us remember his fascinating talk about the technology and marketing of bakery products he gave during one of our final weeks of the season, and sent us home with loaves of raisin bread.  I've been buying Nickles products ever since.  He was just that engaging.

 

I sat beside him Thursday afternoon at a book review, and saw him that night across the room at Hoover Auditorium with some of his grandchildren.  I heard the ambulance Friday morning when I was on my walk, but that it might be Jim never occurred to me.  In recent years, since retirement, he'd been taking classes at Kent, and I'm sure the young students who sat beside him in class gained as much as those of us who sat beside him in Lakeside lectures.  He was an avid reader and writer, and  in retirement began writing poetry.  He'd been planning to go to Ireland in a few days with his wife and a few friends, but we wish him the best on this latest trip and adventure which no one expected (died in his sleep 3 days ago).

 

 

http://www.shriverfuneralhomes.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=3863952

 

Choose romaine lettuce for your salad

"Not all lettuce is created equal, but if you start your meal with a salad made of romaine lettuce you will be sure to add not only a variety of textures and flavors to your meal but an enormous amount of nutritional value. The vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and fiber found in romaine lettuce are especially good for the prevention or alleviation of many common health complaints.  Due to its extremely low calorie content and high water volume, romaine lettuce is often overlooked in the nutrition world as a very nutritious food. Based on its nutrient richness, our food ranking system qualified it as an excellent source of vitamin A (notably through its concentration of the pro-vitamin A carotenoid, beta-carotene), vitamin K, folate, and molybdenum. Romaine lettuce also emerged from our ranking system as a very good source of dietary fiber, four minerals (manganese, potassium, copper, and iron), and three vitamins (biotin, vitamin B1, and vitamin C). " From The world's healthiest foods.

Today we enjoyed bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches on our deck in Lakeside with our friend Harry Parsons from Columbus.  The lettuce was indeed, romaine. He had grown the tomatoes and also baked the zucchini bread which was so tasty.

Tim Kaine needs to review history

The "I'm Catholic but" candidate for the vice presidency seems to think white Americans need to repent for the years of slavery.  Let's look at that.

 Slavery was an economic fact of life for centuries all over the world. Europeans were highly prized slaves in northern Africa. The Englishman who wrote "Amazing Grace" spent years as a slave. Slavery was imported to the colonies by the Spanish, Portuguese, English and Dutch, who bought them from Arabs who bought them from tribal chiefs within the African interior.  How far back does Kaine wish to go?  The U.S.A. went to war to stop it. You can say all you want about states' rights and other economic reasons, but it was slavery; says so in the cessation documents that created the Confederacy.

Slavery exists today in larger numbers than in the 18th century. There are African children working in mines so you can talk on your cell phone and set up illegal servers in homes of politicians. There are Asian children, boys and girls, trafficked on the streets by their pimps in tourist areas. Also, millions of Americans are descended from immigrants who came after slavery ended, and millions of others are descended from blacks who owned slaves at a higher rate than whites, particularly in the south.

If we need to repent, Democrats can say a few words about their terrorist arm the KKK and how Democrat Congressmen even in my life time were members of the KKK. Democrats can repent of how they institutionalized Jim Crow laws to hold blacks down after the Civil War, and how they now use abortion and welfare to achieve the same goals. Yes, Democrats could repent of legalizing abortion and including it in their political platform for the last 2 decades, killing a disproportionate number of black babies.

Trump visits the flood victims in Louisiana

I don't agree when candidates, Democrat or Republican, depict blacks as unemployed, with poor housing and bad schools, as Trump did when appealing for their vote during his recent visits in Wisconsin and Louisiana. Whites out number blacks in poverty and crime statistics, but the incredible gains of blacks in the 21st century, particularly during the Bush years, are amazing. Their rate of enrolling in college has exceeded whites since 2008. Their life expectancy has soared. Not only do we have a black president who has filled many important posts with blacks, as did Bush before him, we have black governors, Congress members, mayors, principals, business owners, first responders (percent of minority police exceeds national figures), military big wigs, investors, hedge fund managers, and just plain folks doing extremely well, living "the American dream," however that is defined. From the candidates down to ‪#‎blacklivesmatter‬, we do a tremendous disservice always playing down accomplishments of any group of Americans, and we help stir up feelings of victimhood.

Too busy golfing with Bain Capital partner

"President Obama has given no indication he will interrupt his two week vacation in exclusive Martha’s Vineyard to visit the flood victims. The president played another round of golf Thursday with television star Larry David [Bernie Sanders impersonator] and Bain Capital co-managing partner Jonathan Lavine." . . . Bain Capital. Where have I heard that name before? Hmmm. Isn't that the dirty, greedy firm that all the leftist publications from the Beast to HuffPo to Rolling Stone crucified and smeared Romney for in 2012 because of his 1990 connection? Ah, isn't our media just a hoot? This is a 2-fer.

Diversity doesn't build community and is not a Biblical concept

 

The focus by the preacher of the week at Lakeside, Aug. 14-19, has been "community." I've only attended one session, but it has given us and our neighbors a lot to talk about as we walk to programs together, have neighborhood pot lucks, sail together, picnic together in the park, and check each others homes and pets for safety. I've decided the sense community comes much faster in a gated community with a common cultural base, which in our case is Christianity. Lakeside began as a community of Methodists, in the days before Methodists and EUB became United Methodist and is now becoming the un-United Methodists due to social issues. Lakeside welcomes all faiths or non-faiths, but the veneer is Christian in values and it is gated, requiring a photo ID gate pass, costs money to come in because the residents pay the taxes, association dues and keep the place going (hmm, not unlike the USA). There are three Sunday services with different styles and vespers in the evening, plus a preacher of the week (probably over half are women, and mostly liberal).

 

And that happens in other groups, too. There are cruises advertised for gays and also for blacks and for singles. We did a European cruise for U. of I. Alumni as well as other trips, and it was an instant common place for a beginning. (Cruise friendships usually don't last, however.)  Our Lutheran church did a mixed cruise of the Holy Land with a Greek Orthodox Church and although we were all friendly, after the pot lucks and cruise, we never saw them again, although we met new friends who are members of our church. Even if your church welcomes gays, singles, Muslims, Catholics, inner city, or college students, I'm guessing they'll still support their own congregations or feel more comfortable with their group. We have a Chinese family who are members of UALC who still are active in the Columbus Chinese Christian church where they can sing and preach and do service projects in their heart language. Singles clubs on the internet and at home will continue to meet despite your efforts of inclusion. Why do you think that happens? Are the companies, cruise lines and churches prejudiced or against diversity? No. It's community; shared interest. Particularly shared sense of family and faith.

 

When our church went to nine-ten-eleven (varies) communities on three campuses in three cities(Hilliard, Upper Arlington and Columbus) which came together only for projects or service events or concerts (with different styles of worship and an assigned preacher) we stopped being one type of Christian community--a congregation of Lutherans-- and became nine non-denominational communities.  Seeing a friend in the Narthex or parking lot is just an extension of worship; it's part of community. Now we see friends of 40 years ago only at funerals and concerts.

32% of Louisiana is black; where is the president?

Obama during the 2012 election period was immediately on the scene of Hurricane Sandy which hit the northeastern states in a "perfect storm" swamping many cities.  Great photo ops with Chris Cristie. He's made no appearance in the hard hit, flooded Louisiana.  He's on vacation golfing. He bitterly harangued President Bush for flying over Hurricane Katrina and allowing the Democrat governor of the state and Democrat mayor of New Orleans use their plans.  Setting a plane down in the midst of disaster relief areas with all the security needed for a president was not considered a good excuse by him. 

Lakeside snippets

As I was walking to the evening program at Hoover in Lakeside last night I saw a couple walking on Maple going toward the lake. She was talking so loudly I thought perhaps the man was deaf and had forgotten his hearing aids. But no. He was videoing their walk through Lakeside on his phone, and she was loudly speaking the voice-over. They may have been skyping for someone, or saving it for thier own memories.

Today on my walk I noticed there was a 2000 Porsche Boxster convertible up the street with a for sale sign, $1500. That didn't sound right. Beautiful car. Even if it doesn't run, it would look nice parked in front of your house.  So our neighbor Tom and I went up and looked at it and talked to the guy's wife. She said someone put the sign up as a joke, because he'd never part with that car. Used on the internet a 2000 Boxster goes for about $8,000.

I don't know how they find me, but I get a lot of offers to review books and have guests write for my blog. I used to do several a year, and during the primary campaign I received all sorts of very nice books (I always ask for paper because I don't like e-books). But today I got one on how to deal with a controlling boyfriend. Well, I won't post that interview, I've got a 2 word response. "Dump him." He's not going to change and if you were attracted to him in the first place you've got some serious soul searching to do!

My husband has been eating Oreos since he was a little kid. For years, he had a special method of dunking them in cold milk. This week I bought a new flavor (since the brand is now part of a global corporation there have been many new flavors) called Choco-chip Oreos with artificially flavored creme. They weren't kidding about that "artificially" either--neither one of us could place it. So he ate two, said, "Bleh, these are awful," and ate a chocolate covered Twinkie to get the taste out of his mouth.

Have you ever been walking or driving behind a woman out for exercise and asked yourself, "Does she know what she looks like from behind?" To answer that time honored question, Yes, I do. But I'm doing it anyway before it gets too hot.

What's up with the Never Trumpsters? The Trumpumpkins?

"In the land of NeverTrump, it turns out one American is more reviled than Donald Trump. This would be the Donald Trump VOTER.

Lincoln famously described government as of, by, and for the people. Even so, the people are now getting a hard lesson about what happens when they reject the advice of their betters and go with a nominee of their own choosing." WSJ, William McGurn.

Trump made a very sensible, measured speech in Wisconsin. He even used a Teleprompter. You can't slice and dice these words. He called Clinton a bigot. Which she is. But I don't think the RINOs, the Democrats or the media are happy, even though they claimed they wanted something different from him.

"Donald Trump made a new and explicit plea for the support of black voters on Tuesday, saying the Democratic Party had “failed and betrayed” them and accusing Hillary Clinton of “bigotry” in the pursuit of minority voters. “We reject the bigotry of Hillary Clinton which panders to and talks down to communities of color and sees them only as votes — that’s all they care about — not as individual human beings worthy of a better future,” Trump said at a rally in Wisconsin." (Politico)

"Good policing saves lives. My dear friend, Rudy Giuliani, knows a thing or two about this. The policies put into place by Rudy ultimately brought down crime by 76 percent and murder by 84 percent. Think of how many families were saved, how much heartache was prevented, when police were put into communities and criminals were removed." (Donald Trump)

 The Omnibus Crime Bill of 1994 was passed during Bill Clinton's Administration and by cutting crime in half has saved thousands of black lives. Now his wife and our current president support ‪#‎blacklivesmatter‬. Liberals now say it was punitive and crime was coming down anyway. But liberals have never lived in those neighborhoods and never really cared about the people. Just the votes.

"The time for opposition was during the primaries. But now, for better or worse, the issue is settled. Increasingly sounding like leftists, the “never Trumpers” appeal to a higher morality to justify their electoral sabotage, but the fact is their stance is profoundly immoral; sore losers, they demand a rules change after the game is over, and refuse to accept the results." (PJ Media, Michael Walsh)

Dried fruit

We prefer golden raisins to regular raisins, and sometimes I like to use craisins, dried cranberries.  So today I was reading up on the nutrition differences and similarities between raisins and craisins.  They are really pretty close, except for all the sugar that has to be added to cranberries to make them edible. I suppose craisins would be preferable to candy if you have a sweet tooth.  But then I noticed that golden raisins have sulfur dioxide added and regular raisins don't.  So I had to look that up, too.

"Sulfur dioxide might not sound good enough to eat, but this food preservative does make its way into a number of edibles, including dried fruits such as raisins, dried apricots and prunes. Sulfur dioxide is one type of sulfite, a preservative whose name might be more familiar. Even a small amount of sulfite can wreak health havoc if you're sensitive to it. If you have asthma, sulfite sensitivity or sulfite allergy, eating dried fruits might cause serious health problems, including breathing problems, life-threatening allergy-like symptoms or, in rare cases, death." 

You can buy organic dried fruit and freeze it to preserve it, because that's what sulfur dioxide is used for.

Elevated tau tied to volume loss in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex

Malfunction of a key brain protein called tau is the likely culprit behind Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, a2-14 study in mice concluded. Now there is tau imaging able to distinguish patients with Alzheimer's disease from those without. Making progress. . . http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/AlzheimersDisease/59526?xid=fb_o_

From the editorial: "Now that we can measure brain Aβ in living people we have entered a phase of research in which we can test aspects of this hypothesis during life. The recent addition of tau positron emission tomography (PET) imaging has made it possible to examine the interactions between these 2 proteins, which will be crucial to understanding the etiology of AD and its eventual treatment."

http://archneur.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2537339

Cimbalom

We  were treated to a wonderful symphony program last night at Lakeside celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution which brought so many Hungarians to the U.S. Lakeside's guest performer was Alex Udvary who played a wonderful selection of Hungarian pieces, or those based on Hungarian folk tunes, on the cimbalom. This instrument whose ancestry may be ancient China, is similar to the dulcimer, harpsicord and other hammered strings instruments.

On Monday afternoon Mr. Udvary gave a lecture and demonstration on a small cimbalom he had made himself. Even Lakesiders with many years in the music field were not familiar with this instrument or the make up of a "Hungarian orchestra" but when he mentioned the film music, many of us remembered hearing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s30aQ95XKZc

Main line churches are anti-Israel

I don't know why most main-line churches are anti-Israel, but they are. They need to look at a map and see what surrounds our tiny ally, Israel. Pro-abortion, anti-Israel, pro-feminist, pro-LGBTQ agenda, pro-Democrat, pro-BLM, pro-illegal immigration, and that just about sums up the political agenda of many "Christian" churches. If you left the church years ago because there was too much "come to Jesus" preaching about sin and not enough about social justice, take a second look. There's something for you if you're missing pot lucks and Sunday School.

This item is about ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) the synod our local congregation left about 5 years ago (now NALC), but it's no different in Church of the Brethren, United Methodist, United Church of Christ, etc.

 "The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) has approved two resolutions advanced by anti-Israel activists including a push to end all U.S. aid to the Jewish state until the “military occupation of Palestinian land” ceases, according to CBN News. The resolution was adopted in an overwhelming 751 to 162 vote during the Mainline Protestant denomination’s triennial Churchwide Assembly held in New Orleans August 8-13." https://juicyecumenism.com/2016/08/15/lutherans-israel-resolutions/

Oh, the broadcast spin

At home I don't watch a lot of news on TV, but here at Lakeside where we don't have cable, I see more broadcast TV than at home.  Trying to get the national news about weather and various international events is difficult with the pro-Hillary spin. To my knowledge, ABC hasn't had a report of that huge smoochy huggy Biden and Hillary event.  I saw a photo on the internet and it really looked like he was from TSA trying to check her bra.  She looked helpless.

Watching/listening to ABC (All 'bout Clinton) news this morning. They mention Hillary's scandals after leading with Trump non-scandals, then back to Trump for the non-story of a change in his campaign leadership, but never go back to Hillary's e-mails and scandals. The ABC reporter is outraged (why do they shout like we're in a stadium and they don't have a mic) that Trump talked about the Democrat Party's failures among blacks in a town that is 95% white. Where do they suggest he do this, Milwaukee which has had either Democrat or Socialist control for over 100 years and blacks are burning down their neighborhood?

I wonder how many Americans get their news from broadcast media and don't understand the spin.

It's been Obama's war a long time; where are the media critics?

Bush, 2003-2008; Obama, 2009-2016. It's been his war to lose or expand for some time now. But he's given a pass. Why? Because he's a Democrat.

"After nearly a decade and a half of combating Al Qaeda (AQ) in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United States faces an increasingly diverse threat from Al Qaeda affiliates in the Middle East and Africa. While senior Al Qaeda figures reportedly remain based in Pakistan, the network maintains a number of affiliates across the Middle East... and Africa including Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), and Al Shabaab. Al Qaeda also retains a small but growing presence in Afghanistan. U.S. officials have stated that Al Qaeda still maintains a foothold in Syria through its ties to Jabhat Fatah al Sham (formerly known as the Nusra Front). This report examines the threat posed by Al Qaeda affiliates in the Middle East and Africa as described by U.S. officials and outside observers , as well as the U.S. approach to date in responding to the threat posed by individual groups.” (Congressional Research Service, Aug. 11, 2015) http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/R43756.pdf

Louisiana is under water--they had enough rain (no hurricane) for 320 years.  Where is President Obama?  At the golf course.

Joe Biden is stumping for Hillary Clinton; say Trump can't be trusted with nuclear codes, and then announces his military aide has them.  Good old crazy Joe.

Obama's Department of Justice isn't going to investigate the illegal activities of the Clinton Foundation.  It's a 501c3.  That's a license to launder political pay offs. http://www.wnd.com/2016/08/so-is-clinton-foundation-under-investigation-or-not/

"Four murdered, 9 shot in Milwaukee Fri night/Sat morning. Silence. 1 cop kills an ARMED black guy & riots break out?" (Tweet from Sheriff David A. Clarke, Milwaukee),

Milwaukee has been under socialist and Democrat control since 1908. How's that working for you?  Another American city under Democrat "control" going up in flames.  Where is President Obama showing some leadership?   He's at the golf course.  

"The Milwaukee riots should be the last time the policies of liberal Democrats are held up as anything other than misery-inducing, divisive, exploitative and racist manipulation of the urban populations. Unfortunately they won’t.

 

As Sheriff of Milwaukee County, I am furious that the progressive left has put my citizens in harm’s way and that I had to send my officers into cauldrons of anarchy and hatred that were created by the left.

 

As an elected public servant I am livid that Milwaukee’s pathetic, kowtowing city officials and aldermen take this opportunity to abandon their citizens and preen before the Black Lives Matter-enabling media. (Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr., Milwaukee County)"

The Trinity isn't a job description

If a church/pastor regularly prays (or God forbid, baptizes) in the name of the Creator, Redeemer and Sustainer instead of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I hope she/he knows how disrespectful it is to call God with whom you claim to have a personal, loving relationship, by a job description. It's utilitarian and objectifies God. To my ears it sounds worse than a TV or radio preacher's health and wealth gospel. It's also a violation of 2000 years of Christian history and culture cutting us off from our past.

Imagine if I were walking with you down the streets of Lakeside, a very friendly community, and we meet someone you know and I don't. And you said, "I'd like you to meet retired librarian, cottage owner, who also donates to my church." This revised Trinitarian formula, now no longer trendy but entrenched in liberal mainline churches, is supposed to be 'inclusive." It came about from the feminist movement of the 70s which is at its core unChristian and Marxist, but has infected the Christian churches like black mold.

It's not that we don't ever describe the wonderful things God does for us--in fact, words fail when we try. They are so fabulous we have a book of stories, parables, miracles, poetry and laws to refer to. This is change that never made sense, and I don't know who started it, but probably the offering plate is the only way to stop it.

"Baptisms performed in the name of a gender-neutral Trinity are not true baptisms, the Catholic Church's highest doctrinal authority decreed on Friday (Feb. 29, 2008) Christianity Today." Most protestants don't know our baptisms, sprinkled, splashed, dunked or poured, are valid in the Catholic church--unless this formula is used because it's meaningless.

A-List Conservatives in the media

I haven't finished adding the links, but I'll get a roundtuit soon. List is from Christopher Buckley who said I could use and revise. You can read, follow, listen to or watch these folks for more insights on the news, politics, religion and entertainment. I think all but two are U.S. citizens.

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Sharyl Attkinsson: Investigative Journalist. "Full Measure." NYT Bestseller
Fred Barnes:  executive editor of The Weekly Standard; appears on the Fox News
Glenn Beck: political commentator, author, television network producer, filmmaker, and entrepreneur
Bill Bennett: pundit, politician, political theorist, author; Reagan's Secretary of Education,1985-1988
Brent Bozell: Founder, President Media Research Center; columnist, TV commentator
Breitbart
Tammy Bruce: nationally syndicated radio host, author, and political commentator. Lesbian.
Bernard Chapin
Pat Condell
Ann Coulter: Lawyer, author of numerous books, columnist, frequent TV guest
Steven Crowder
Monica Crowley: Columnist, political commentator on Fox, talk radio personality, and author. PhD.
Mark Dice
Matt Drudge
 Dinesh D'Souza
Larry Elder
Eric Erikson
Nigel Farage
Richard Fernandez
John Fund
Mike Gallagher
Pamela Gellar: Commentator, blogger. Activist for the Counter-jihad movement
Paul Gigot
Jonah Goldberg
Joe Dan Gorman
 Greg Gutfield
Sean Hannity
Daniel Hannon
Victor Davis Hanson
Daniel Henninger
Hugh Hewitt
Jim Hoft
David Horowitz
Mike Huckabee
Brit Hume
Laura Ingraham: radio talk show host, book author, political commentator, guest host for O'Reilly
Boris Johnson
Alex Jones
Andrew Klavin
Charles Krauthammer
Bill Kristol
Michael Ledeen
Mark Levin
Dana Loesch: talk radio host, television host at TheBlaze and author. Big 2nd amendment fan.
Rush Limbaugh
Frank Luntz
Heather MacDonald: political commentator, journalist City Journal, author War on Cops
Andrew McCarthy
Gavin McGuinness
Michelle Malkin: political commentator, blogger, author 4 books, weekly syndicated column.
 Michael Medved
Dennis Miller
Dick Morris
Charles Murray
Peggy Noonan
James Okeefe
Bill O'Reilly
John Podhoretz
 Dennis Prager
 AlfonZo Rachel
 Michael Ramirez
 Glenn Reynolds
Rockin Mr. E
Karl Rove
Michael Savage
Buck Sexton
Ben Shapiro
Thomas Sowell
Bret Stephens
Mark Steyn
John Stossell
Kimberley Strassel:Wall Street Journal Editorial Board, weekly "Potomac Watch"
James Taranto
Stacy Washington
 Matt Walsh
Michael Walsh
Paul Joseph Watson
Allen West
Bill Whittle
 Geert Wilders
 George Will
Walter E. Williams
 Kevin Williamson
 Milo Yiannopoulos

Gluten free snacks--bleh

There are many people buying gluten free products who don't need to--but I actually bought a snack item yesterday because I thought it tasted better than the "real" product.  At the after-church fellowship hour at UALC, gluten free honey mustard pretzels had been offered.  I'd tried them, and really liked them.  So I bought a bag of Snyder's Honey Mustard and Onion Pretzel sticks gluten free to have for snacks before dinner last night with guests.  Now perhaps I over did--I've been known to have a soft place for salty snacks--but I had a lot of stomach distress later in the evening.  So today I looked at the list of ingredients.

Corn starch
Potato starch
Palm oil
Tapioca starch
Dextrose
Sugar
Water
Salt
Cellulose Gum
Onion powder
Baking powder
Soy lecithin
Citric Acid
Maltodextrin
Yeast
Mustard flour
Modified cornstarch
Vinegar,
Spice and herb
Vinegar powder
Honey Powder
Spice and coloring (contains turmeric)
Natural flavoring
Soda

Interestingly, in small print, "We are not connected with "Snyder of Berlin" of Berlin, PA 15530.  This is package is Snyder's of Hanover.  I wondered if they were originally together and so I did a little research and learned that descendants of the Snyders of the 19th century who had their plant in Hanover relocated in Berlin and had different ideas, particularly about potato chips. So there was a split.  But that's neither here nor there; why did the gluten free snack cause me digestion problems when regular (less flavorful pretzels) didn't?  The basic ingredients of pretzels are wheat flour, sweetener (usually sugar or corn syrup), water, yeast, and salt with some egg wash to make them crispy.  In my case, less is better than all the tricks to go gluten free.  I wonder how many people pick up gluten free processed food at the market and don't read the ingredients?

Still have half a bag.  I think it goes into the trash.

Brief explanation of Obamacare

Borrowed from Chris Long who borrowed it; a short explanation of how Obamacare works.

Here is the 2700 page Obama Care condensed to 4 sentences.....

As it seems to be working, this is according to plan!
1. In order to insure the uninsured, we first have to un-insure the insured.
2. Next, we require the newly un-insured to be re-insured.
3. To re-insure the newly un-insured, they are required to pay extra charges to be re-insured.
4. The extra charges are required so that the original insured, who became un-insured, and then became re-insured, can pay enough extra so that the original un-insured can be insured, free of charge to them.

(This is called “redistribution of wealth” … or, by its more common name, SOCIALISM.)

Probably not potato chips and ice cream

“The Mediterranean-style diet (MedDiet) involves substantial intake of fruits, vegetables, and fish, and a lower consumption of dairy, red meat, and sugars. Over the past 15 years, much empirical evidence supports the suggestion that a MedDiet may be beneficial with respect to reducing the incidence of cardiovascular disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, and dementia. A number of cross-sectional studies that have examined the impact of MedDiet on cognition have yielded largely positive results. The objective of this review is to evaluate longitudinal and prospective trials to gain an understanding of how a MedDiet may impact cognitive processes over time. The included studies were aimed at improving cognition or minimizing of cognitive decline. Studies reviewed included assessments of dietary status using either a food frequency questionnaire or a food diary assessment. Eighteen articles meeting our inclusion criteria were subjected to systematic review. These revealed that higher adherence to a MedDiet is associated with slower rates of cognitive decline, reduced conversion to Alzheimer’s disease, and improvements in cognitive function. The specific cognitive domains that were found to benefit with improved Mediterranean Diet Score were memory (delayed recognition, long-term, and working memory), executive function, and visual constructs. The current review has also considered a number of methodological issues in making recommendations for future research. The utilization of a dietary pattern, such as the MedDiet, will be essential as part of the armamentarium to maintain quality of life and reduce the potential social and economic burden of dementia.”

Adherence to a Mediterranean-Style Diet and Effects on Cognition in Adults: A Qualitative Evaluation and Systematic Review of Longitudinal and Prospective Trials. Roy J. Hardman, Greg Kennedy, Helen Macpherson, Andrew B. Scholey and Andrew Pipingas. Frontiers in Nutrition, vol. 3, page 22 -, 2016. DOI 10.3389/fnut.2016.00022