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tenzintenzin Posted 6 years, 4 months ago.   Favorite
Sunday 10th Nov 12 midday UK time.
Gorgeous sunny day, I am writing this from a hospital bed. Got taken in last week Saturday, emergency surgery, won’t bore you with the details. Felt wretched. Family member brought me in a laptop as I don’t have one and saw your letter and felt immediately better.
Should warn you about the use of the word bollocks. In the UK if you have a strong slang accent like mine it’s sounds good, immediately inflames people, it means something is really crappy. BUT, if you something is ‘the dogs bollocks’, like if you just bought a car and you were telling someone how much you like it, then you would say, “My cars the dogs bollocks”. So it has two uses. it’s Irish, of which I am half.
I love Kanye new religious album and his open air religious gatherings. Hopefully Jesus will put him out of that mind con family he is in. He is a genius. Genius always come to earth like that, misunderstood, and people laughed, but he has something important to impart, but he isn’t there yet. The family are terrified every time he opens his mouth in case their wallets shrink . I particularly detest the matriarch of the family Kris, she has a cupboard full of designer purses, some of which cost over $120,000 EACH Hermes. they estimate just the bags alone are close to ten million dollars. To me that’s immoral. Each of those bags could buy a homeless person a home. why would you collect so many? But poor people in America are in awe of the family, and instead of being outraged they line up to buy their crap and believe their lies. Look how long it took to get Bruce Jenner out of there, and he lost his balls during his escape!
Regarding racism, I’m white so have no person experience of it except some aggravation when i was in India. When I travelled where they hadn’t seen white people. There is a brilliant documentary on Netflix called. The 13th. goes through the whole timeline of how black men in the 18th century were just used, abused, tortured. None of them fought back, except the slaves in Jamaica who ran the plantation owners out! Then in 1800 onward black men were regarded as figures of fun, entertainment and low down. Then somewhere the narrative got changed and black men were violent, dangerous and volatile.To be feared, so needed locking away. When the plantations lost their workers they went to the jails and men convicted of petty crimes like vagrancy and given huge sentences were made to form slave labour. So they got them in the ned maddening.
I hated dating, I had an arranged marriage of sort. I was like this bum magnet, so I asked my friend to look for me I wanted a serious person, wasn’t that bothered what he looked like. He turned out okay, we’ve been married over twenty years.. Chemistry is a real thing.
I may write more later, but I’m knackered, another word for you, really tired.
T

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Calvinbigdogortiz Posted 6 years, 4 months ago.   Favorite
Json word has it you been a bitch yes we are family but your a rat and always have been do you remember when my dad richie used to protect yet here you are running your pussy mouth on this letter to my big brother you are disregarded to my family... Eagle is a rat just like you if you ever read this i hope you have the balls to step up to me so we can run a one on one sissy its calvin btw you know who i am bitch

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Steve J. Burkett Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
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bethrogers5779@gmail.com Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
I am so sorry Leon, but I had a crazy weekend and didn't take the time to write.
Still trying to get brakes on my car, and unexpected event.
It's always something.
A yway I will write in the next few days when things calm down.

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Antoine Murphy Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
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blackford6@att.net Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
Hi Dad,
It was so good to see you today!!! It was so good to see you and Mom together. Our family will be complete soon. She is excited about this new beginning. We are talking right now. We are talking about how she can stay in touch with you. I’M SMILING SO BIG RIGHT NOW!!! I love you so much!!! She’s sneezing and we are laughing. She’s so happy she saw you. :) I believe she’s happy because we are coming together as a family again. I see and her it in her. It’s beautiful, Dad. I can’t express the way I feel right now. It’s more than happiness, joy, contentment, peace, and unconditional love. Thank you, Dad. I love you so much!!! We are going to get you out. Mom and I have decided who to contact to get the truth out, and your freedom. Be patient, and KNOW that it will happen for you. You have support now, Dad. Trust in that.
I love you,
Tammy

Nathaniel Lindell Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
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marykatherineplank@gmail.com Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
My Dino,
On November 3,2019 was a wonderful and great day for me. The wonderful time that was spent with you and OUR daughter was a blessing.
There was so many things I wanted to say but didn't, so here it goes.
My Bucket List!
Things we never did, but want to do.....

Dance.
Going out to dinner.
Going to see a movie.
Travel to a far and great place's.
Grown old together.
I could on for ever.... I think you understand where I'm coming with. With love Katherine...

Julia Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
Hello Harlan,
now I am busted again, as a Russian troll. Yes please tell me how you knew...
MAGAinmate should have been KAGinmates. My bad. KAG being Keep America Great. You mentioned that Trump does not have many support inside prisons, so there are not many KAGinmates...
At the moment I do not follow politics too much. I was horrified at what Trump did in Norther Syria, or what he facilitated by concentrating the troops just around the oil fields. No friends but the mountains, as the Kurds proverbial say.
Elizabeth Warren released her health care plan and that was the financial headline afterwards: Health-Insurance Stocks Rise as Elizabeth Warren Details Plan for Medicare for All. Same article: When Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All bill in the Senate in April, the S&P 500 Managed Health Care index dropped 13.5% in a week. I guess one of the two is more a threat to the status quo.
Concerning the media reporting of Bernie Sanders, the onion had the following headline: MSNBC Poll Finds Support For Bernie Sanders Has Plummeted 2 Points Up.
It's sad one gets so fed up with some issues even though they are quite of importance, like Brexit, how long is that already going on? And now again, prolongation till January 31.
Meanwhile Beto dropped out, Harris kind of gave up New Hampshire and Buttigieg thinks it's between him and Warren.
So long,
have a good day,
Julia

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Cavak Posted 6 years, 5 months ago.   Favorite
Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.

I'm enjoying the cool weather too! :) Autumn is my favorite season. With global warming blasting the Earth, it feels like it's getting shorter and shorter. I miss the foggy mornings we'd used to get at this time of year.

About the military style conduct: I remember reading a book that interviewed wardens around the states about it, and their rationale for implementing it varied. Common underlining thoughts were "keeps their minds and bodies active," "teaches them discipline with a daily routine," and (the most dreaded to me) "helps build character they didn't have before with a clean and efficient system."

Retired U.S. Navy Admiral William H. McRaven made this sentiment famous on the Internet by sharing valuable life lessons he learned from his time in the Navy Seals. It goes like this:

"If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed. You’ll have accomplished the first task of the day.

... Making my bed correctly was not going to be an opportunity for praise. It was expected of me. It was my first task of the day, and doing it right was important. It demonstrated my discipline. It showed my attention to detail, and at the end of the day it would be a reminder that I had done something well, something to be proud of, no matter how small the task."

While I agree that a daily morning routine may encourage positive qualities throughout the day, military style discipline hampers if it's without the accompanying mentoring, support, and companionship found in actual troops. It's how it can be tolerable at all. I question where the confidence building expressed by McRaven can begin in a solitary confinement setting.

And if there's anxiety ridden or severely depressed people in there, it's close to torture enforcing it on them. It might be too hard for them to get out of bed, let alone stick to a routine. Just like in the "free world," they're in their own world of isolation that can kill them if they can't get out of it.

But that's just what I think.

Humane methods would be preferred. Maybe it's too difficult for wardens to manage over the entire facility? Hmm...

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