Survivor gets real

WOW - Survivor this year has been  . . . interesting.  About 4 or 5 episodes ago there was a big issue brought up with the female tribe members as a male was basically groping them without their consent.  There was a TENSE tribal council and for the first time EVER we heard a camera man talking to a contestant about feeling safe and so forth.

Then there was a special announcement and one on one meetings with each contestant and in particular Dan who was warned about inappropriate touching (with flash backs of him touching all the woman on camera) .

Then last night after the tribal council the show normally ends . . . yet . . it didn't.  We see Jeff Probts walking into camp which RARELY happens and he did NOT look happy. Somebody says "where's Dan".    Probts says "He won't be coming back to camp, he won't be on the jury. He's gone."    

The screen goes black with the words 
"Dan was removed from the game after a report of another incident, which happened off-camera and did not involve a player."

IT SEEMS Dan was kicked off the show for groping production staff.  What a freaking pig.  He will NOT attend the finale and live reunion show.

So for the first time ever the show will not be broadcast LIVE for security purposes.   It's the first time a person was booted from the show.

NOT SO FUN FACT - there have been 7 contestants that have passed away that were on the show out of the 590 that have been on the show through the years.

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Things are getting real - I had my joint replacement meeting yesterday morning and my pre-op work up. 

Of the 10 people in the meeting I was the only knee replacement as the other 9 were all hip replacements. Seems there are more hip replacements then knee. 

The ortho  was elated I was taking calcium and Vitamin D as your body does not produce OR get enough calcium of Vitamin D (especially in winter).  The one interesting thing was the bandage that goes over the incision.  It stays on for 2 weeks and I'm suppose to take a shower every day and DON'T TOUCH IT.  It's almost impossible to get an infection and , no peaking!  No real need to cover it up in the shower.  new bandage technology

Sleep habits are thrown out the window for a month so there might be some fun Oxy induced posts for a while  LOL  Also a warning that if you go to bed and it hurts more at night you did too much during the day.  In fact the most common problem is people exercising too much thinking more is better.   

I just wish my cortisone would wear off so I remember why I'm doing this.

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I keep hearing The Mad King brag about the best economy ever AND taking credit for it.  NO!

this economy started 11+ years ago.

     And then he brags about how many jobs he is creating - ACTUALLY he is lagging behind what Obama created.

So yea - the economy is doing great . . . but it's not because of the lying king!  And BTW - when I was in one of my favorite classes, Macro Econ one thing the professor said was . . don't worry about the national debt as long as inflation is not a problem.  People complain a lot (mostly liberals unless liberals are in power and then mostly conservatives) but in my lifetime has it ever been a real problem?  No!  and it's not like increasing debt is new. YEA - debt is bad on a personal level but if it is a REAL problem America can just "print" more money (also called raising taxes).  Inflation is what you need to worry about.  (a very simple way to look at things).   

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Health care saves lives.  An accidental experiment happened by the IRS.  Three years ago 3.9 million Americans got a letter saying they did not sign up for ACA and were being fined.  HOWEVER - 600,000 uninsured people did not get the letter because the IRA ran out of funding (money was needed for The Wall).

What was found was in two years the people with ACA had a 12% gain in mortality (living not dead) and that the fines and getting people insured who did not have ACA saved 700 lives. 

MEANWHILE - since Trump was elected about 700,000 extra people a year have gone from being insured to uninsured. 

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Did you know that there are now 200,000 objects circling the earth of which only 20,000 are actually tracked?

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Bridgejumper is over for the year losing it's last game by 1/2 point.  Ended 16-7  ching ching - now I can afford a new knee.   433-277 overall.

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New Zealand has ordered 1,290 square feet of human skin from America to help with the volcano victims.  How big were these people, yea they were Americans but  . . . . .(too soon?)

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Minneapolis had a wind chill of -31 two nights ago. 

Have a great day!