Cancer

by on May 10, 2021 at 12:01 am
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My mom has cancer. I’ve said this before. I’ve also said that she is on a new treatment with a 99% success rate that is being tested right now. The company developing it won’t sell it to people on Medicare Part B, I assume due to issues with reimbursement levels. But they are giving it to my mom for free, I assume because she is a handy tax write off, and they want the data from her. This is a very rare form of cancer after all. The very good news is that the only major side effect my mom is going through is being really tired. And the treatment is already doing a great deal to reverse the cancer after only two weeks. It is a one year treatment plan, so we will be doing this for a while, but so far it looks promising. Thank God we are at the Mayo Clinic.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on May 9, 2021 at 12:01 am
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It is important to note that there was no secession in Virginia. Lexington, Petersburg, and Norfolk never left Virginia. The General Assembly that met in Petersburg did not create a new government and a new State. They were the elected representatives of their districts, they did declare a quorum of the General Assembly in Petersburg, and they continued about their business of governing the Commonwealth of Virginia. The rump Assembly in Richmond declared them illegitimate and rebellious, and themselves the true Commonwealth of Virginia. Neither government backed down on that point. Both governments still called themselves the Commonwealth of Virginia, and did not recognize the legitimacy of the other. Petersburg labeled the other the District of Arlington, while Richmond called the other South Virginia, but only when family-friendly language was required.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on May 8, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Richmond Virginia and the eastern counties near Washington D.C. soon began practicing “Total War” with the rebellious counties of western, central, and southern Virginia. But they did not have enough military power answering them to retake those counties, and so they followed the tried and true tactics of the decades-long culture war. Any Virginian who did not sufficiently and publicly voice their support for the Richmond government soon found themselves cancelled. Social network accounts silenced and banned. Businesses and homes protested, invaded, and burned down. Children named, shamed, and harassed in school. Public protests chased cancelled Virginians through the streets with baseball bats and firearms, and any who defended themselves were quickly arrested for assault, attempted murder, or whatever other charges the government deemed appropriate.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on May 7, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Most of Virginia’s counties followed the lead of the Virginia General Assembly meeting in Petersburg. They accepted the Impeachments and naming former Vice President John Jefferson Freemon the new interim Governor of Virginia. And they sent representatives to the General Assembly if their own were unable or unwilling to attend. The majority of Virginia’s law enforcement and military quickly swore to follow the General Assembly and the interim Governor, and it soon became clear to everyone inside and outside Virginia that the tables had turned in the Commonwealth. It would be too much to say that everything fell their way though. The rump Assembly in Richmond officially declared them all rebels and traitors and called for an all out war against anyone who supported the Petersburg Assembly in any way.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on May 6, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Most of the Virginia General Assembly left Richmond after their eviction from the Assembly chambers. A few were arrested, but soldiers from Fort Lee helped many of the others make it out of the city and escorted them to nearby Petersburg. They actually managed to assemble a bare quorum of both legislative houses there, and quickly went to work. One of their first official announcements was the Impeachment of Virginia’s Governor and Lieutenant Governor for supporting the Federal actions. They followed that with a vote to declare former Vice President John Jefferson Freemon the interim governor until a new election was called. You may imagine that the rump Assembly in Richmond did not support these announcements.

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