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IN Lt Gov Beckwith, ghost employment & that pesky Onan

Posted by Mark Small on January 8, 2026 at 9:58am 0 Comments

Maybe IN Lt Gov Micah Beckwith surfed for porn as he presided over the IN Senate on 1/6/26. Several months have passed since Beckwith’s co-pastor [FN1] & podcast co-host [FN2] ‘fessed up to having sex w/his wife on video found on their son’s cellphone. [FN3] 1/12

Boredom w/reruns is natural (or au naturel) after so many times. Research is out there. Jimmy Swaggert preached about the hazards of choking one’s chicken [FN4] & his acts of self-sacrifice [FN5] in field research in…

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Acts of war, murder of a U.S. citizen: nonviolent removal of trump & his gang must be done

Posted by Mark Small on January 7, 2026 at 4:58pm 0 Comments

This morning, my blogs were not political. I wanted to be upbeat in trying times. Since those posts, the U.S. seized a Russian oil tanker on the high seas, an act of war. [FN1] Sec’y of State Rubio, briefing members of Congress, said the U.S. will “run” Venezuela & 1/8

sell its oil for U.S. benefit after our military attack. [FN2] Use of military force to invade another country & seize its natural resources is an act of war.

trump stated/ Rubio parroted, U.S. intent to…

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Part 1: numbness in the lower extremities

Posted by Mark Small on January 7, 2026 at 10:22am 0 Comments

After I completed my first Mini [FN3] in 1999, I swore to myself I never would miss a Mini unless I was dead or MS had a cure. My vehemence about the Mini dates back to In January, 1994, when my leg, below the knee, grew numb. The numbness progressed 1/12

until my left foot was nearly completely numb & parts of that leg that weren’t numb tingled. I thought it was circulation. I tried standing on my head for a few minutes. [FN4] An off-hand comment led to an appointment with a…

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Hello to my new neighbors, old friends & the world

Posted by Mark Small on January 7, 2026 at 8:00am 0 Comments

A move can be daunting, especially when you know only one person there. Undergrad, over 50 years ago, was one such prior experience for me, but nearly all the first years [FN1] at DePauw were in the same boat, so we were not alone, plus we were 18 & resilient. 1/7

Over ten years ago, I blogged about my diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (“MS”). That turned out to be an erroneous diagnosis. I’m not bitter, as I hope you’ll learn from these posts. A dynamic of those blogs is race…

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