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2016-01-26 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Lord Grantham's mum scorches big government - Video

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-26 07:52|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The background of the Dowager's comment comes from her dispute regarding the take over of the village hospital by a larger hospital syndicate in York. A subtle indictment, but not very.

Bemoaning the ills of modern [1926] society, other snarky predictions from the Dowager included a "female Field Marshall" and a "female Pope." The more I see and hear of her, the more I enjoy.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-26 08:44|| 2016-01-26 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 ...until the individual's anguishes count for nothing.

The National Health Service in a nutshell, as they delay testing and treatment until people die of it, and choose others to be withheld food, water, and bedpans while they die in agony on a hospital bed in their own filth, because odds are they're going to die soon enough anyway.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-01-26 10:18|| 2016-01-26 10:18|| Front Page Top

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