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In reply to the discussion: House Stenographer Explains Her Freemason-Themed Outburs [View all]The Wizard
(13,741 posts)96. Maybe she really is crazy
She'll get her full salary for a while and if she can't return because of the voices she'll be terminated. Since she hears voices, her transcripts may contain information from the voices, and as such, unreliable. I imagine SSD is about $2400 a month now.
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eh? That's completely believable. I know people who have had similar experiences.
Schema Thing
Oct 2013
#4
If she wasn't a danger to herself or others she probably wouldn't be involuntarily kept.
nolabear
Oct 2013
#87
The sad thing is, this is the least crazy thing to happen in the House lately.
BainsBane
Oct 2013
#5
Nonsense. I don't know that much about Masons, but I am sure they are not controlled by the
JDPriestly
Oct 2013
#63
These are Pentecostals...they believe in the laying on of hands and speaking in tongues...
VanillaRhapsody
Oct 2013
#44
Yes, but they never suddenly burst out in Mandarin or Finnish or Xosa, do they?
hatrack
Oct 2013
#71
Are you referring to Jim and Rexella? They are still around, nutty as ever on TV.
LuckyLib
Oct 2013
#60
Sorry, for a moment there I thought you were talking about this Weiner....
Rebellious Republican
Oct 2013
#103
Yes, the messages just happen to always be what the person already thought. (nt)
jeff47
Oct 2013
#38
I dated one before long ago, before religious kooks were considered ok.- they are fucking nuts.....
we can do it
Oct 2013
#97
And we're still paying her to take notes? What if God tells her to falsify them? This is bullshit.
freshwest
Oct 2013
#33
She cant be trusted to do her job anymore."."... hope the lord has a job in the wings for her
Gin
Oct 2013
#56
"I imagine SSD is about $2400 a month now." Maybe for her but I know people on it who are expected
cstanleytech
Oct 2013
#111
The fact that mental illness can go unreported under cover of religion is scary.
Socal31
Oct 2013
#91
having had a lot of exposure to that kind of belief system in my younger days - I am quite certain
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2013
#124