January 2025

OREGON OBSERVATIONS 21 JANUARY 2025

Lane County protecting targeted communities, amid Trump administration’s threats. As previously discussed on these pages, blocking ICE roundup and deportation operations carries penalties of incarceration and fines. Luckily, the last bond measure to increase the number of beds in the Lane County jail passed, so there’ll be enough room to house all the Democrats that’re gonna stand in the way.

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DAILY DELIBERATIONS 21 JANUARY 2025

Surgeon shares story of insurance provider calling during patient’s surgery. As hard as it is to believe, for me, the linked article is a classic “been there, done that.” Years ago, I was in a dentist’s chair, numbed-up, with a mouth full of rubber dam and other instruments, when the dentist stopped in mid-procedure and asked me if there would be a problem paying for my portion of the work. I replied no, and he continued. To this day, I still can’t believe I was subjected to the unprofessional experience. Shortly afterward, I stopped seeing him, and to this day, I refer to him as a Nazi war dentist.

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