The Confederation of Dixie

by on May 15, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Once matters in Virginia stabilized, the Richmond Assembly ran most of northeastern Virginia from Arlington to Richmond, and the surrounding counties. Those were the counties most closely related to the Federal government in the District of Columbia. They spent a great deal of effort driving out, or simply killing, those who were not loyal to the “real” Virginia, and sent their forces into counties that had rebelled against them to confiscate valuable resources and/or people. They all belonged to the “real” Virginia after all. The other Virginia called them the District of Arlington, or The Rump, because they clearly weren’t Virginians anymore. Others called them East Virginia. That is the name that most places outside Virginia adopted as time went by, though none of the Virginias actually accept that name. Which can complicate matters concerning them.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on May 14, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The situation in Virginia became both more stable and more chaotic after the General Assembly began meeting in Petersburg. The rump Assembly still meeting in Richmond declared them illegitimate. The Petersburg Assembly returned the favor. Most Virginia counties picked one or the other to follow. As did most military or law enforcement organizations. This was the more stable part. People moved from one to the other, sometimes by choice, and sometimes just ahead of mobs with baseball bats and knives. Some did not get out before the mobs found them. Law enforcement calls sometimes went unanswered, and sometimes officers from the OTHER Virginia answered the calls. Sometimes local officers or military rolled out to stop them, and sporadic fighting raged throughout the border counties. This was where the chaos came in.

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Cancer

by on May 13, 2021 at 12:01 am
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My mom just had another cancer treatment today. She was shown a graph of her cancer today, depicting the growth of the bad things in her blood over the last few months. And all of their sudden deaths once the treatment started. It was a nice little cliff. Her blood rather clean right now when it comes to that particular enemy. Next week she starts a second drug that will go down into her bone marrow and kill the bad guys down there as well. Note that this is still not a cure. Once gotten, it is there and will almost certain return at some time. But the two drugs together will go out and kill basically all the bad little guys if they work as they are supposed to. I look forward to seeing the cancer firing squads at work. Teach them the error of their ways when it came to attacking my mom. 😉

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Sold

by on May 12, 2021 at 12:01 am
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I bought a house in Lake Country many years ago to be my retirement home. Then Obamacare put me so far in medical debt that I had to sell it to make ends meet. Then the people buying it stopped paying for it. I got the order to evict them days before the government lockdowns froze all evictions. Then after a few months they started allowing them again on evictions that predated the lockdowns, and I got the squatters out last fall. After they built up four thousand dollars in utilities that go straight to the property. I signed the papers on Friday, got a good check, and I’m out of the house entirely. I now have a significant sum of money to pay off the last bits of debt I’ve accumulated while robbing Peter to pay Obamacare. It’s time for the next chapter in my life, and I feel fine.

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Heart Surgery

by on May 11, 2021 at 12:01 am
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My uncle had heart surgery last week. A valve in his heart needed replacing. I needed to go up to Fargo for another reason, so I looked for hotels that I could get good deals at in the area. I work for Marriott so get really good deals. Anyways, one hotel caught my eye while going through the list, and I picked it. Turns out it is across the road from the hospital my uncle was at. I love it when a plan comes together. We spent time there with him, giving his wife and daughter time away from the hospital. His operation went well, though long, and he is recovering now. The recovery has been long as well, with some steps back due to pain level, but he is doing better today than yesterday. He has a good team up there in Fargo taking care of him, in a brand new, state of the art hospital on the edge of town. They are doing good for him at Sanford, and I am thankful for that.

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