Monthly Archives: February 2018

Better Not Get Diarrhea

04 Sunday Feb 2018

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This has nothing to do with Eagles’ fans tonight and tomorrow morning.

Rather it’s of the coming crackdown on illicit drug users – and, by that, I mean you.

Your days of getting high off anti-diarrhea medicines are over.

People have been taking Imodium A-D, also known as loperamide, to maintain their addictions or self-treat withdrawal symptoms, the Food and Drug Administration said. The drug can induce a high that is comparable to heroin, morphine or oxycodone, and it’s a cheaper alternative. Consumers can buy 400 generic pills for just $10.

While the recommended dose is 8 milligrams a day for over-the-counter use and 16 milligrams a day for prescription use, drug addicts are taking 50-300 capsules each day, according to a 2016 study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine journal.

“We continue to receive reports of serious heart problems and deaths with much higher than the recommended doses of loperamide,” the FDA said, “primarily among people who are intentionally misusing or abusing the product, despite the addition of a warning to the medicine label and a previous communication.”

Forget the heart. What does 300 pills do to the intestines? I would ask, “who could do this?” but we have people eating Tide pods… The lowest common denominator strikes again!

Anyway, look forward to major regulation soon, of life and movements. Imodium will join good cold medicine behind the counter, with limits, registries, fines, higher prices, explanations, guilt trips, “safe” alternatives that don’t work, and maybe a few “accidents.”

You’d better stock up not. That, or you better not get sick.

Things to Know About Super Bowl LII

03 Saturday Feb 2018

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The Patriots win. Again.

Number six.

I said the Patriots would be in SB LI. They were. I said they’d beat the … ? … whoever they beat last year. They did. Then, last year, immediately after that predictable victory, I said the people in Boston were serious about coming back this year, this month, tomorrow. (Consult the Feb. 2017 archives for that and so much more). They meant it and they did it. They’re serious about winning again too. They will.

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Still got some seats left! At a bargain price… ESPN.

And, still they won’t be finished. I’ve said previously that Brady and Co. would win number six to tie the Steelers for all-time wins and then win no. 7 for the record. I’m not sure 7 will follow 6 in succession next year but anything’s possible. Then, this particular dynasty might (might…) be finished. Time will tell. It’s also telling that Brady, Gisele’s alleged protestations aside, also predicts 2 more SB wins.

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Drudge.

*Last year I ran some memes about the Falcons and their “heartbreaking” loss, which I commenced dropping before they actually lost. It now occurs to me that eagles and falcons are near aviary twins. So, I could repeat the memes, merely striking one for the other, name-wise. I won’t. I’m not that cruel and it’s not necessary.*

There’s a reason for all this, for the unstoppable perfection. I covered that pretty well last year for SB LI. A few days ago I heard some sports commentator expound that even the Pats haters should take a moment to appreciate the uniqueness of what we’ve witnessed these past two decades out of NE; it’s something special in sports history. Most won’t and that’s okay. In fact, it may be better so.

One of the two positions must be true: 1) either the Pats don’t notice and/or don’t care about the opposition opinions, or; 2) they feed off of it. If it’s the later, then there’s a lot of food for the feast: it really is New England vs. The World.

BOSTON (CBS) – “New England vs. Everybody” is more than just a shirt – it’s reality, according to a new poll.

A survey from Monmouth University finds that 37 percent of Americans are rooting for the Philadelphia Eagles to win Super Bowl LII, compared to just 16 percent who want another Patriots championship.

If you hate them down now, they will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine…

Powerful like tomorrow evening. 28 – 24, NE.

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PS: as noted at FP News this week, this could also be the H3N2 Flu Bowl…

Cigars, a Credit to the Mind

01 Thursday Feb 2018

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Happy February 2018! I seems we’ve not had a cigar related post, here, perhaps all year. That cannot stand! So, I gladly present you with the following: maybe not directly on cigar point, but close enough.

From Taki’s Mag and Bunky Mortimer III: Up in Smoke:

Smoking is a physical pleasure that reminds us that life is not merely a physical affair. It is a debit against the health of the body that credits to the health of the mind. As such, in its own small way, it is a reminder of the afterlife. It is also part of a civilized terrestrial life, and European life in particular.

Please click the link and read the whole thing at Taki’s, they deserve the traffic. And we deserve the thoughts. (You DO read Taki, right?)

The article is primarily about cigarettes but we can safely extrapolate to cigars, maybe all the safer – not even sure about the debit side – the credit speaks for itself.

It’s a reminder that, in this day and age of signaling all manner of fake and frivolous virtue, the natural and finer things are frequently shunned. Black is white, up is down, war is peace, and so forth. Smoke it out, I say.

Mention is also made of P.G. Wodehouse (“WOOD-House”), Anglo-American humorist and tobacco user extraordinaire. Wodehouse’s work is set to make a comic return soon, via Vox Day’s Castalia/Arkhaven Comics division. (You DO read, right?!)

More Wooster, less Kartrashian.

And let’s have more like this:

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2006 Forbidden X, baby!