SIDEBAR #53 - Travis Alexander forum

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Lily thinks her foots taste better than a bagel.

 

[zoey]

Its horrendous isn't it. And to think the doctor really thought she was doing them some good for all those years. The doctor must have been sick in the mind herself.
It was a real life Dr. Jekyl. Very sad.

Sadly I'm sure he wasn't the only one. I'm sure this went on all over.

 

[zoey]

Lily thinks her foots taste better than a bagel.


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I love babies. She is adorable!!

 

[GigiG]

Hatfield, we had a place like that called "24th and Van Buren", the State Mental Facility.
It was shut down when most of the other ones nationwide did, when Reagan was in office.
Never had a homeless situation down in Phoenix until that happened. There were illegal immigrants that camped in the vast orchards that were once all over there, but those too are pretty much gone.

BBM

Preparing to have tomatoes thrown my way, but I feel very strongly about this subject.

How ironic is it that John Hinckley, Reagan's would-be assassin, has been housed in St. Elizabeth Hospital (the first Federally operated psychiatric hospital in the country), for the past 30+ years? (Although he has recently been deemed to no longer be a threat, and as such, gets frequent passes to stay with his mother in Virginia.)

Reagan's policies and actions put hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people out on the streets to fend for themselves, and left the general public to deal with them as they may.

Bernina, you pinpoint exactly when the problem started, as well as the genesis of the problem. That chapter in our history is an embarrassment and an abomination, the consequences of which we are still grappling with; in fact, more and more each day. He didn't just fail to provide a safety net for the mentally ill, he further stigmatized them by effectively turning them into street bums, members of the lowest rank of society.

What kind of country turns its back on the "least of its brethren," and fallaciously suggests that wealth will "trickle down," to those in need? What trickled down was a further division in the class structure, wherein those on the margins have become ever more marginalized.

I wonder where we'd be now if, like more socially advanced countries, we had embraced a more compassionate and proactive approach to mental illness? I bet the stigma would be far less, and that we'd have a much better system in place through which people could receive intervention and treatment. (I would include substance abusers and alcoholics, as I'm convinced folks in those groups are basically people with greater-or-lesser degrees of mental illness issues; but who, for their own misguided reasons, think self-medicating is the answer.)

JMO

ETA: How much of this random violence we now experience could be avoided if we didn't collectively think of people with mental illness as "crazy?"

 

[GigiG]

As fall approaches, thoughts of the holidays are beginning to loom on the horizon. I, for one, couldn't bear them without having A Charlie Brown Christmas playing throughout the house.

For anyone else who adores the music of Vince Guaraldi, here's a nice tribute:

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[Nore]

Hi just catching up on reading. We had a hospital like that in Cleveland. I never
knew the name of it as my mother always referred to it and us as "you kids will
put me in the nut house yet" or , "I'm going to wind up on Turney Road!!" by the
time I was old enough to look into it , closed!!..She never made I to the nut house.
:laughcry:

 

[daisymae]

Hi just catching up on reading. We had a hospital like that in Cleveland. I never
knew the name of it as my mother always referred to it and us as "you kids will
put me in the nut house yet" or , "I'm going to wind up on Turney Road!!" by the
time I was old enough to look into it , closed!!..She never made I to the nut house.
:laughcry:

So funny, Nore! :loveyou:

 

[daisymae]

Niner ... have an excellent adventure on your trip and buy me a tee-shirt!

 

[coffeejunkie]

Have a good trip Niner and enjoy

 

[coffeejunkie]

My DD cat is on Prozac for 'stress' issues... I kid you not!

 

[coffeejunkie]

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[coffeejunkie]

"This is a no bake, no cook recipe that tastes like strawberry shortcake and starts with TWINKIES!! It is very easy to prepare, but it does need to chill several hours, so plan ahead. "
Ingredients...
10 Hostess Twinkies
1 (3 1/2 ounce) boxes instant vanilla pudding
1 1/2 cups milk
1 (8 ounce) containers frozen whipped topping, thawed
2 boxes sweetened frozen strawberries, thawed
Directions
Slice twinkies in half lengthwise and lay evenly flat side up in a 9 x 13 inch pan.
Pour strawberries all over the top.
In a large bowl, mix pudding, milk and whipped topping until well combined.
Spread over strawberries.
Cover and refrigerate several hours overnight.
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[coffeejunkie]

Snickerdoodle Pumpkin Walnut Bread (YUM YUM)
Makes 2 loaves...2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour (or all-purpose flour)
2 cups light brown sugar, packed
1/3 cups granulated sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon cloves
1 15-ounce can pumpkin puree, or just under two cups
1 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup honey
1/3 cup water
1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
FOR THE STREUSEL TOPPING:
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter, I doubled the butter to make it extra-good
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place a rack in the center of the oven. Grease and flour two loaf pans and set aside.
In a large bowl, whisk together flours, sugars, baking soda, baking powder, salt and spices.
In a medium bowl, carefully whisk together pumpkin puree, oil, honey and water. add walnuts
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and use a spatula to fold all of the ingredients together. Make sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl well, incorporating all the dry ingredients.
Divide the dough between the two greased pans and sprinkle with the streusel topping. Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from the oven. Let rest in the pans for 15 minutes, then invert onto a cooling rack. Delicious served warm with a smear of butter!

 

[coffeejunkie]

How To Remove Chewing Gum From Just About Anywhere

Once chewing gum is stuck somewhere, it is usually a stubborn task when trying to remove it. It can get stuck anywhere from shoes to hair to even inside your dryer! Luckily, there are some great methods when it comes to removing it. Check them out below:

General Removal Method:

Take a dull item such as a old credit or store card, butter knife or scraper and try to scrape off as much as possible. Then apply an ice pack or ice cubes to the affected area and freeze the gum. Once it is frozen try and remove the pieces by cracking off the frozen pieces of gum. This method works on most surfaces.

Softening Method:

Softening the chewing gum is a great method for removal. Before starting this method, throw on some gloves to save your hands from the stickiness. Soak the chewing gum in white vinegar and let sit for a minute or two. Next, heat with a hair dryer until gum softens enough to remove. Make sure to double check your surface won’t be damaged from high heat.

Removal Off Clothing:

Place affected item into the freezer for a few hours, until the gum is frozen and you are able to start peeling off pieces. Once you have peeled some of it off, place a piece of wax paper over the item and run a warm iron over the affected area. This will make the gum stick to the wax paper and remove it from your clothing item.

Removal Off Carpet:

Similar to above, freeze the chewing gum with an ice cube and try and remove as many pieces as possible. Then cover remaining gum with a teaspoon of peanut butter, letting it sit for 1-2 minutes. Then wipe peanut butter and gum off the carpet with a wet cloth.

Peanut butter can be your best friend when it comes to removing gum. It is even great for places like the dryer

 

[Bernina]

BBM

Preparing to have tomatoes thrown my way, but I feel very strongly about this subject.

How ironic is it that John Hinckley, Reagan's would-be assassin, has been housed in St. Elizabeth Hospital (the first Federally operated psychiatric hospital in the country), for the past 30+ years? (Although he has recently been deemed to no longer be a threat, and as such, gets frequent passes to stay with his mother in Virginia.)

Reagan's policies and actions put hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people out on the streets to fend for themselves, and left the general public to deal with them as they may.

Bernina, you pinpoint exactly when the problem started, as well as the genesis of the problem. That chapter in our history is an embarrassment and an abomination, the consequences of which we are still grappling with; in fact, more and more each day. He didn't just fail to provide a safety net for the mentally ill, he further stigmatized them by effectively turning them into street bums, members of the lowest rank of society.

What kind of country turns its back on the "least of its brethren," and fallaciously suggests that wealth will "trickle down," to those in need? What trickled down was a further division in the class structure, wherein those on the margins have become ever more marginalized.

I wonder where we'd be now if, like more socially advanced countries, we had embraced a more compassionate and proactive approach to mental illness? I bet the stigma would be far less, and that we'd have a much better system in place through which people could receive intervention and treatment. (I would include substance abusers and alcoholics, as I'm convinced folks in those groups are basically people with greater-or-lesser degrees of mental illness issues; but who, for their own misguided reasons, think self-medicating is the answer.)

JMO

ETA: How much of this random violence we now experience could be avoided if we didn't collectively think of people with mental illness as "crazy?"

Excellent post!!!!:clap::clap::clap::clap::clap:

 

[Bernina]

"Cockroaches, Twinkies, and Cher"...........


Just saying, lol! :floorlaugh:

 

[Hatfield]

BBM

Preparing to have tomatoes thrown my way, but I feel very strongly about this subject.

How ironic is it that John Hinckley, Reagan's would-be assassin, has been housed in St. Elizabeth Hospital (the first Federally operated psychiatric hospital in the country), for the past 30+ years? (Although he has recently been deemed to no longer be a threat, and as such, gets frequent passes to stay with his mother in Virginia.)

Reagan's policies and actions put hundreds of thousands of mentally ill people out on the streets to fend for themselves, and left the general public to deal with them as they may.

Bernina, you pinpoint exactly when the problem started, as well as the genesis of the problem. That chapter in our history is an embarrassment and an abomination, the consequences of which we are still grappling with; in fact, more and more each day. He didn't just fail to provide a safety net for the mentally ill, he further stigmatized them by effectively turning them into street bums, members of the lowest rank of society.

What kind of country turns its back on the "least of its brethren," and fallaciously suggests that wealth will "trickle down," to those in need? What trickled down was a further division in the class structure, wherein those on the margins have become ever more marginalized.

I wonder where we'd be now if, like more socially advanced countries, we had embraced a more compassionate and proactive approach to mental illness? I bet the stigma would be far less, and that we'd have a much better system in place through which people could receive intervention and treatment. (I would include substance abusers and alcoholics, as I'm convinced folks in those groups are basically people with greater-or-lesser degrees of mental illness issues; but who, for their own misguided reasons, think self-medicating is the answer.)

JMO

ETA: How much of this random violence we now experience could be avoided if we didn't collectively think of people with mental illness as "crazy?"

Agree that this is a GREAT POST so no tomatoes necessary at all.

I suppose you may have been a little worried because it was Reagan's administration involved and he is generally well liked. But if his administration helped make those bad changes then that has to be chalked up as a bad mark for him.

I had never realized all the changes that went on regarding this at the time. During that time, I think I was at the age where I was generally anti-establishment anyway and so I didn't pay much attention to things.

Since then I have seen a lot of news about the lack of mental care for patients and how things got closed down and so I am just now realizing the extent of the changes that were made back then. I am guessing $$$ was their motivation which is sad because it showed that they didn't care about the people and just wanted to save a buck. The human costs are still there and we are still paying for it but in a different way now. They just shifted the costs.

We pay for it in a big way as crime victims when a person who really needs help is out on the street committing a crime. We also pay for it in our prison systems because a lot of them end up locked up in prison instead and so we pay for it in the long run anyway.

Its a sad chapter of our recent history. I feel bad that I never realized these types of changes had went on till just recently.

Which is why I love coming to WS to visit everyone. I learn so much here. Thanks everyone.

 

[Niner]

Happy (belated) Birthday Niner (have a nice trip)

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Es ceru, ka jūsu īpašu dienu bija pilna ar jautru, laimi un viss, kas jums patīk.

Thank you YESorNO!! :happydance: Your Latvian is EXCELLENT!!!

Okay - not much time yet, but I think I have everything I need for my trip - and :tyou: for the good wishes for my trip!!! Have to take Louie to the Vet this morning - hoping he gets his splint/cast off today - as he escaped twice into the backyard this morning, so I had to bring him in from the back balcony! Don't want to go looking for him when I have to leave for the appointment!! :gaah: LOL!

Okay - I will try and get into WS when I'm at my sister's to read what you all are saying! :gathering:

Later! :seeya:

 

[YESorNO]

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California to end unlimited isolation for most gang leaders

"...No other state keeps so many inmates segregated for so long, according to the Center for Constitutional Rights. The New York City-based nonprofit center represents inmates in a class-action federal lawsuit settled on behalf of nearly 3,000 California inmates held in segregation statewide..."

http://news.yahoo.com/major-development-california-solitary-confinement-lawsuit-135927901.html
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Video captures moment dad attacks man convicted in daughter’s death

"Editor’s note: The video contains vulgar language. Viewer discretion advised.
DETROIT, Mich. — A dad, who was about to give a victim impact statement in the sentencing of the two people accused in his three-year-old daughter’s death, punched one of the defendants during a court hearing..."

http://wtvr.com/2015/08/31/video-captures-moment-dad-attacks-man-convicted-in-daughters-death/
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Drew Peterson defense argues wiretaps should be tossed

"...The incriminating wiretaps, made late last year, are believed to be the prosecution's strongest evidence against Peterson, who has pleaded not guilty to solicitation for murder charges...

Peterson is scheduled to stand trial for the murder-for-hire plot later this year in Randolph County, which is home to the maximum-security Menard Correctional Center, where Peterson has been held since he was sentenced more than two years ago...

Peterson, 61, has a tentative trial date of Nov. 13. If convicted of the solicitation, he could face 60 years in prison in addition to his 38-year sentence for killing Savio..."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-drew-peterson-murder-for-hire-judge-20150826-story.html
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Update: Missouri executes man who murdered Kansas City teen in 1989

"BONNE TERRE, MO.
A man who spent nearly 25 years on Missouri’s death row was executed Tuesday for the kidnapping, rape and stabbing death of a 15-year-old Kansas City girl.

Roderick Nunley, 50, became the sixth inmate to be put to death in Missouri this year. During the execution, his breathing became labored for a few seconds. He briefly opened his mouth before becoming still.

He was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m..."

http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/crime/article33261282.html

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[YESorNO]

FIRST PHOTOS: Meet The Muppets' Kermit the Frog's New Girlfriend Denise

"...It's been less than month since Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy announced they were splitting after four decades together, but it appears the plush amphibian has already moved on..."

http://www.people.com/article/muppets-kermit-frog-new-girlfriend-miss-piggy-break-up

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Kermit the Frog's new girlfriend is younger, thinner – and blander

"Let’s make one thing perfectly clear: after the release of pictures of Kermit the Frog’s new girlfriend, Denise, it’s clear who was the real pig on the Muppets..

Times have changed for the Kermits of the world, but they haven’t changed with it. Miss Piggy has, though – and she’ll be just fine without him."

http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/01/kermit-denise-muppets-miss-piggy?CMP=twt_gu
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Kermit the Frog ‏@KermitTheFrog 2h2 hours ago
Sheesh. I can't believe I already have to do this again... Here is the official statement on my relationship status:

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Mid-life crisis for Kermit???? :thinking: