It’s All Mishegoss — Thursday #117

mark-john clifford
Jul 21, 2017 · 4 min read

Good Day Friends! We don’t know about your week, but ours flew by. Maybe it’s the summer heat that’s making it fy by albeit not fast enough for some of us.

What do you think of when you read or hear the word addict? Would you think the parents of a child playing soccer or baseball are sitting there in the bleachers watching their child or children play like everything is okay only to overdose during the game? That happened in West Virginia and the paramedics had to administer Narcan to reverse the overdose while children watched including the child of the parents.

This all went on while parents made comments in the background which you will read about today in our newsletter. What we want you to think about is this isn’t just happening in West Virginia, it’s happening all over the United States. We as individuals don’t have to take ownership for this epidemic, but we need to be concerned now more than ever.

Narcan is the new drug to, depending on how you look at it be a lifesaver or an enabler?

You can read more about drugs, overdosing, and Narcan in the newsletter today. Let us know your thoughts in the comment section by clicking on a thumbs up or down and then writing your comment.

The rest of the newsletter is full of stories that we feel you should hear or read about this week. It’s always a crap shoot when choosing stories for this newsletter. Mishegoss is such a large niche of topics and we always wonder whether we covered the best ones? Let us know if this newsletter is as informative as we hope it is. Thanks.

Ciao,

Mark & Patti


The Family Next Door

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The Addicts Next Door | The New Yorkerwww.newyorker.com
Michael Barrett and Jenna Mulligan, emergency paramedics in Berkeley County, West Virginia, recently got a call that sent them to the youth softball field in a tiny town called Hedgesville.

What’s Worse Plastic or Glowing Fish?

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Fukushima’s Nuclear Waste Will Be Dumped Into the Ocean, Japanese Plant Owner Sayswww.newsweek.com
Toxic waste produced by one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters will be dumped into the sea, according to the head of the Japanese company tasked with cleaning up the radioactive mess, despite protests from local fishermen.

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World’s plastic waste could bury Manhattan 2 miles deepapnews.com
Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there’s enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash, according to a new cradle-to-grave global study.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t they?

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Congressional committee vote is death warrant for mustangs and wild burros, advocate sayswww.denverpost.com
A Congressional committee vote on Tuesday amounts to a death warrant for the mustangs and wild burros that roam America’s range land, an advocate for the animals said.

Did You Hate Algebra?

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Say Goodbye To X+Y: Should Community Colleges Abolish Algebra? : NPR Ed : NPRwww.npr.org
Algebra is one of the biggest hurdles to getting a high school or college degree — particularly for students of color and first-generation undergrads.

Want To Join The Dark Side?

I hear they have cookies!

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What Is the Dark Web? How to Access It and What You’ll Findwww.dailydot.com
If you think search engines like Google and Bing let you probe the entire web, you’re totally wrong.

Take a Hike. Literally to Great Places!

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The Best Historical Hikes in America — Backpackerwww.backpacker.com
Follow in the footsteps of presidents, pioneers, and prospectors on these hikes. Just don’t get snowed in and eat your friends.

Food. How Could We Forget That?

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Light Recipes: 21 Meals That Help You Get Back on Track | Greatistgreatist.com
Weekends are a great time to let loose with friends and good food, but between midnight munchies and boozy brunches, it’s dangerously easy to let “everything in moderation” fly out the window.

Their Back!!!!!

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‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ Remake in the Works at Warner Bros. | Varietyvariety.com
Warner Bros. has launched a remake of the classic science-fiction movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” and set the project up with producer John Davis.

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