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Ozempic for weight loss

When my doctor tells me that I need to lose weight, I could tell him that I’ve tried 6 meals per day, 1 meal per day, eat early, eat late, low carb, low fat, joined a gym, bought an exercise bike, and everything else.  I don’t tell him that.  Instead, I say, “No shit.  Unless you want to write a script, let’s move on.”
My doctor is about my age, used to wrestle for St. Ignatius and knows what’s up.

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China’s Shenzhou-15 astronauts conduct secretive second spacewalk

Brave or reckless astronauts to take second EVA wearing spacesuits made in China.  I won’t even buy batteries or saw blades from Harbor Freight.  There is no way I’d go into a near absolute vacuum at 3 degrees above absolute zero in a Chinese spacesuit, unless I had no other choice.  Communist China may not have given them any other choice.

Side Note:  I always liked that the Russians are called cosmonauts and are from Star City.  Kind of poetic.   In Mandarin, what are astronauts called and did they invent a new character to represent “astronaut”?  Or is it a sequence of characters, like “man turtle bubble”

Balloons Aren’t Funny

Chinese Home-made Airship AS700 Conducts Test Flightmen,

Some media and politicians are taking a whimsical view of these high flying balloons.

The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, confirmed that the administration does not believe aliens are involved. “There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,” she said. 

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