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vAOIT–MONEY TO BURN-BUT NOT FOR VETS

This will make you wonder about why it takes so long and so many of us get the lowball. vA needs your money for everything BUT Vets. Sorry Virginia, but Santa won’t be here under the overpass this Christmas. He … Continue reading

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BVA–ORANGE FLAVORED ROUNDUP/GUAM VICTORY

Legal Bob sends me this forward to him from the AO watchdogs. I look forward to the first case from Laos one of these days. I’m sure vA’s take on that will be that you would have to have been … Continue reading

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DAVID EUGENE LONG 1972-2012

While this has nothing to do with anything I normally write about, I feel compelled to voice it. Some of you may have heard that my stepson David was shot while grocery shopping August 11th. The young girl (19) who … Continue reading

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BVA–HAV SPREAD BY HAVING SEX; HCV?NOT SO MUCH

How’s this for the most defective diagnosis in the history of Hep. Keep in mind that Wonder Woman had to go back to college to get this right.  Exactly which college is not specified. The examiner provided an addendum report in … Continue reading

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BVA–vA’S MOST EXCELLENT GRAYBAR HOTEL COMPUTER

I have to say that some in the past doubted my word that vA was very inquisitive about your life post-service and often goes afield looking for you or a footprint in the sand to show your passing. The CAVC … Continue reading

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FOOTLOCKER–WGM’s TREASURES

Finally something to put into the footlocker. Hardly. These are beautiful hand-knapped arrowheads that WGM made personally. He mailed me the first black, obsidian glass head when he won. It’s an apt artistic expression of the war-like nature needed to pursue … Continue reading

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HCV–CLOSING IN ON THE BEAST

Member KC sends me these two articles on HCV treatment. I knew we’d see significant progress towards some new form of treatment considering this is America and home of the 1a genotype. The first treatment discussion is a true, Interferon-free idea and … Continue reading

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VACO*–THE NEVERLAND RANCH IN ORLANDO

As the HR honcho queried, ” Have you had a good time? Is this the best conference ever? Yeaaaaah!” For $5 million US, it better have been. The Under Secretary for Karaoke  Allison Hickey was even there. Absent from the video … Continue reading

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NPRS–1 POTATO, 2 POTATO, 3 POTATO, 4…

I was talking with the legal member of the Asknod family and we discussed the problems with getting useful documents from St. Louis. Then we discussed the matter of getting anything, useful or otherwise from them. Ladies and Gentlemen, take your protein … Continue reading

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BVA–ST. PETE VETS GET NO RESPECT

I leave you with this one tonight. Vet goes to Subic Bay. Being typical Navy, he cavorts with prostitutes and gets tattoos. Vet has HCV  flu-type symptoms several times in Subic Bay after cavorting exercises. Vet comes down with HCV … Continue reading

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