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September 14, 2016

Florida man fatally shot while testing out bulletproof vest

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say a Florida man asking if a bulletproof vest "still worked" was fatally shot by his cousin.

A Tampa Police report says 23-year-old Joaquin Mendez put on the vest late Saturday and "wondered aloud whether it still worked."

Police say his cousin, 24-year-old Alexandro Garibaldi, pulled out a gun and responded, "Let's see."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ap-florida-man-shot-bulletproof-vest-20160912-story.html

September 14, 2016

Got my gene test back that tells me if chemo will help or not.

There were 3 possible answers: ( this is a gene test for breast cancer)

1.. treatment benefits are very likely to outweigh risks of chemo side effects

2.. chemo side effects are very likely to outweigh treatment benefits

3.It’s unclear whether the benefits of chemotherapy outweigh the risks of side effects.

and damned if I did not get the 3rd result, leaving me with no clear answer.

In fact, the results said studies show that chemo and hormone treatment would result in a 13% chance of cancer recurrence
while hormone treatment alone would result in a 16% chance.

3% difference.

and no time left to dither, it has been 60 days since mastectomy ( they got all the known cancer)

So, long afternoon and evening of discussing with Mr. dixie, weighing pros and cons of our personal situation, etc.


September 13, 2016

Adblock Plus is launching a new service that... uh, puts more ads on your screen.

The marketplace is a extension of the Acceptable Ads program that Adblock Plus has been running since 2011.
Since then, the ad blocker has defaulted to “whitelisting” approved ads, so that they show up even when users have the blocker turned on.

The ad marketplace is launching in beta today and is supposed to launch in full later this year.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/13/12890050/adblock-plus-now-sells-ads



Which is why I do not use Adblock any longer....the name is so misleading.
September 11, 2016

OMG...did you catch this pic of Christy at the 9-11 thing this am?

check it out...look at the body language...look at how Guiliani is getting the Don's attention while poor Frodo is so sadly looking our way.

September 11, 2016

Best description of Trump I have seen so far:

"Trump is ramshackle makeshift train wreck carrying a cast of pig-shit covered lunatics down the tracks into a wasteland."

Do not know who the author is, tho.
September 11, 2016

Living in the South always keeps me laffing....here is the latest

photo of back window of a pickup

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About dixiegrrrrl

Long time political activist, working to tint my lil "Mayberry" more blue. Collector of strays of various species and minds.
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