And suddenly an EMP does not seem so bad.

It has been a bit busy lately. Caring for an elderly parent is both expensive and time-consuming, and mom can be a handful. Add to that her regular doctor was on extended vacation and left a substitute that turned out to be Old School I am God-I Know It all who could not understand that I might know more about my mother’s condition than his 5 minute perusal over her files would ever do. But when your mother is not covered by any insurance, you cannot be too choosy.

Seriously, why do doctors have such a difficult time absorbing the concept of quality of life? Mom is 86 years old  and had transient ischemic attack last September 2 weeks before Hurricane Maria. She was taken to a hospital,  checked up and down and she was OK. But her blood pressure although very much down from the original TMI attack, would not come down to what the doctor’s wanted. When I heard the docs wanting to keep her another day, I warned the doctors that even she looked calm, mom hates anything medical and hospitals and that was what was keeping her BP high.  We finally won the battle and she was allowed to go home where I proceeded to check her BP: a 15 drive dropped her numbers 20 points. Almost 2 weeks later, Hurricane Maria graced us with her presence and even with that fucking monster threatening us, mom’s BP did not spike.  She is happy and calm at home.

This last doctor? She let him have it. When he asked about having her do a colonoscopy, she ripped him a new one reminding him that those things are very uncomfortable and that the last one she had left her in pain for weeks. And there is no way that she would ever do one again. She closed with “I feel good and I just wanna die in peace.” I looked at the doctor , smiled and told him we would sign a waiver so he would be off the hook.

On the way back home, Mom spent at least 10 minutes criticizing the substitute doc and although she did not use salty language (OK, she did use “pendejo”) the poor guy’s ears must have been on fire. Damn, this woman on Twitter would give a lot of people a run for their money.

So we finished having some coffee (Decaf espresso for her) and now she is watching the Hispanic TV shows that are a mix of Jude Judy and Divorce Court and Maury.

And she is safe and  content which is about the only thing as a son I can give her.

Seems like I wrote this before. Remember the 78-year-old London man who killed a home invader in the wee hours of the night, got arrested for murder and then was released? You are not gonna believe what is happening.

A shrine to a dead burglar has been set up yards away from the home where he was stabbed – as its pensioner owner is forced to stay away under police protection.
Dozens of flowers have been attached to a fence just 20 yards away from Richard Osborn-Brooks’ home in Hither Green paying tribute to Henry Vincent.

The career criminal died after being stabbed while breaking into the home last week where the 78-year-old owner lived with his wife Maureen.
Mr Osborn-Brooks was arrested on suspicion of murder but has since been released and faces no charges.
He and his wife have been forced to stay away under police protection and today officers were seen removing clothes and belongings including Roses chocolates and a phone charger.
A group of seven women arrived at South Park Crescent in London to add to the cards, balloons and flowers already left over the weekend.

Shrine to dead burglar near to house where he was killed as homeowner forced to stay away under police protection

Get your popcorn, folks. If we are lucky the London will become a full-fledged urban combat zone and we will see the best of hand-to-hand combat since the gladiators.

Impunity. It works very well for Brit criminals and their loved ones as it  worked for Stoneman Douglass shooter Nikolas Cruz, for the BSO deputy that hid rather than face Cruz, for the School Board that covered all the craziness and felonies committed by Cruz and to Sheriff Scott Israel.

Hat Tip Rob R.

If that is starvation, I am quitting my diet.

LONDON—In response to a recent outbreak in fistfights, London mayor Sadiq Khan announced Monday a sweeping ban of hands in the city, effective immediately.

In Response To Growing Number Of Fistfights, London Mayor Bans Hand.

Babylon Bee is a satire website and that “Fauxticle” is funny as hell, and it brought to mind this:

The way things are going in England, truthfully I would not be surprised if it happens.

Hat Tip Kevin C.

You make up some shit to avoid impending ridicule.

I bet he even had his beer hall selected.

ONE of Scotland’s leading doctors has called for a ban on “killer” kitchen knives.
Dr John Crichton, the new chairman of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, wants the sale of pointed kitchen knives to be banned to help reduce the number of fatal stabbings.
He first suggested the move three years ago, but his proposal did not win enough support from policy-makers. Since then dozens of people, including schoolchildren, have lost their lives as a result of attacks involving bladed instruments.

Dr Crichton, who took on the role of chairman in June this year, is championing a switch to so-called “R”-bladed knives, which have rounded points and are far less effective as weapons.

He said that research shows many attacks, particularly in households where there has been a history of violence, involve kitchen knives because they are so easily accessible.

Dr Crichton believes a switch from sharp-pointed, long-bladed knives to the new design could save lives.

“Top doctor: Ban deadly blades from our kitchens”

England has become a caricature. That hacks like Crichton are even given lines in a publication confirms that.

Bladed instruments without a point? The first thing that popped to my mind was the murder of Lee Rigby who was chopped to death with a cleaver back in 2013.  And we know it was a cleaver because video was taken of murderer while holding the weapon.

Dr. Crichton makes two dumb assumptions, 1) round knives will guarantee a reduction in the number of wounds by forcing everybody to switch to rounded point knifes: it simply won’t, but you will get is an increased number of throat slashes that will be even deadlier and 2) You have not prohibited grinders which can be used to create a point in the blunt knife.

And the question remains: What are you going to do with the millions of pointed knives already in circulation? Just because you can make them illegal does not mean the tips will magically fall off.

Madness and stupidity mixed in equal parts. Shaken, not stirred.

PS: It just occurred to me: you really do not need a sharp point to stab somebody in the eye and drive the blade all the way inside the brain.

Hat Tip Robb A.