How to spot a narcissist

https://www.thriveglobal.com/stories/16066-how-to-tell-if-someone-s-a-narcissist You know who these people are, they are always seeking admiration, posting selfies, they have fragile egos. They could be family members, friends, co-workers, boyfriends, they come in many forms, and they don't want to change

Gregg Popovich speaks his mind about Donald Trump calling him a soulless coward.

Poppy on Fire

https://www.worldpulse.com/en/community/users/girlpower/posts/80472  Gregg Popovich doesn't hold back when he talks about our President. More players and coaches are speaking out about how Trump's words do matter.

"Who am I thankful for" ?

https://www.worldpulse.com/en/community/users/girlpower/posts/80291  The question was "Who are you thankful for" and here is my answer.

Downtown Vinnie's best jam ever. From Eugene Oregon home of the blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8lHR4lLD9k
Downtown Vinnie has outdone himself, the "Fly My Kite" video is one of the best jams I've ever heard come out of his studio in a long time. The new guitar has a special tuning and he's got his wawa pedal and effects like the delay that has turned this into my all-time favorite jam.

Watch this bad ass video of wild stunts

https://1funny.com/best-of-the-year-so-far/  Watch these crazy people do stunts that made it onto the Best Stunts of 2017.

Autumn comes in one swell swoop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3EofN3Flag
Autumn always makes me melancholy, from the years in WI when winter was more drastic, here in Oregon lesser so.

Father and daughter both publish books

https://www.worldpulse.com/en/community/users/girlpower/posts/79049  85 year old father publishes his book 'The Stone Horse & Droshki" by Ken De Villers about the Korean War. His daughter Diane DeVillers published her book 'The Eve Chronicles"

at the same time.

Truly amazing historical pictures

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gcPeLUIY0wB4bdsS8IH23Afzd5o9X7zPJ2LezrQAMl0/embed?hl=en_GB&size=m&slide=id.p4 Take the time to see these amazing pictures from history.

Listen to Cigar Box Joe, Downtown Vinnie and Brian Beets playing down at the 4th annual Cigar Box Fest NW

The first Sat in June the Cigar Box Fest NW came to perform, listen here to Cigar Box Joe, Brian and Downtown Vinnie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuopZr7H6mk

Washington DC Shooting: Why I think we should ban assault rifles

http://dailytwocents.com/washington-dc-shooter-kills-assault-rifle/  Another horrible mass shooting, this time it's in the heart of our capital in Washington Dc. Read why I think we should ban assault rifles and some of the reasons why people are so upset about our President and how it could have been part of the reason this man went berserk.

New Multiple Sclerosis cure coming soon!

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/business/technology/meet-cambridge-scientist-verge-curing-13129687 A scientist at Cambridge University may have found the cure to MS. For those of us with MS, the 2.3 million in America are hoping that she's on the way to curing a disease where a person's

 own immune system is attacking itself.

I am the face of a pre-existing condition

Major Recent Events

Health/Medicaid - Congressional Budget Office Releases New Estimates on American Health Care Act

Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new analysis of the House-passed American Health Care Act. The CBO estimates that the number of uninsured people will rise by 14 million by 2018, 19 million by 2020, and 23 million by 2026, all relative to current law. The number of Medicaid beneficiaries will fall by 14 million, most of whom will become uninsured. States that use waivers are likely to see more healthy enrollees join the market, while more people with chronic health conditions will likely be unable to find insurance. Overall, the bill cuts more than $830 billion out of Medicaid over a decade.

"We are at a critical juncture in our history as a disability rights movement. Now more than ever, people with disabilities, families, professionals in the field, and the general public need to rise up to protect the rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live a life like anyone else," said Marty Ford, Senior Executive Officer, Public Policy, The Arc. Learn more in The Arc's full statement on the CBO analysis.

Budget & Appropriations - President Releases Full Budget

Last week, President Trump released his proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. Unlike the FY 2018 "skinny" budget released in March, this one includes all parts of the federal budget and includes 10-year spending proposals, through FY 2027. As outlined in The Arc's statement, on top of the more than $830 billion in Medicaid cuts already approved by the House of Representatives, the budget proposes an additional $610 billion in cuts to Medicaid; $72 billion in cuts to Social Security's disability programs; and hundreds of billions more in cuts to other effective federal programs that are vital to people with disabilities and their families.

"Where we invest our federal dollars is a measure of our values as a nation. Today the Trump Administration showed its cards, and coupled with the devastating Medicaid cuts already approved by the House of Representatives in the health care bill, the deck is stacked against people with disabilities," said Peter V. Berns, CEO, The Arc. Learn more in The Arc's full statement on the President's budget proposal.

Roger Ailes died today: another man who allegedly sexually assaulted women most of his life just like Trump

http://www.politicususa.com/2017/05/19/friday-fox-follies-chasing-great-white-ailes.html
Today one of Trump's cronies, Roger Ailes died. With a long history of allegedly sexually assaulting women, he goes down as someone who got away with many indiscretions. From Roger Ailes, to Bill OReilly to Donald Trump, a generation of rich, dudes that got away with lots of negative behavior. A storm cloud is coming for powerful men who will lose their power over people

Read my three books for free on smashwords

Read my three e-books for free at Smashwords.com where you enter SFREE for a coupon code at this link
https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/SmartyPants196

Bald eagles coming to a man's ship to share some of his fish

This is so beautiful, these free, wild eagles coming to a man's ship to get a handout.
http://1funny.com/fisherman-bald-eagle-feeding/

What can you expect when you get your first MRI for Multiple Sclerosis

http://www.everydayhealth.com/multiple-sclerosis/treatment/create-a-better-mri-experience-with-ms/?xid=nl_EverydayHealthLivingWithMultipleSclerosis_2017021  My MRI's were a piece of cake, you just lay back, relax, breathe and let your mind wander. It will be valuable information that can show where the MS has damaged your nerve myelin.

New update on "the stupid things Donald Trump said.

http://dailytwocents.com/going-list-stupid-things-donald-trump-said-date/  Another update to all the stupid things Donald Trump said today. The list goes on, the circus continues. When will Congress impeach this guy?

A song about a tree sitter on Saginaw Mountain in Oregon

https://dianedevillers.wordpress.com/2016/03/08/a-folk-song-about-a-tree-sitter-on-saginaw-mt/comment-page-1/#comment-354

A song for the changing times' Do something about it"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1ehEkscN8

In case you missed Saturday Night Live funny skit about Mr Spicer

http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/news/see-melissa-mccarthys-epic-takedown-of-sean-spicer-on-snl-w465049  You are going to roar with laughter, Melissa McCarthy is so talented.

Hawaiian Congresswoman removed as leader for going to Woman's March

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/02/03/1629390/-Fearless-Hawaii-Republican-removed-as-leader-for-speaking-against-Trump-at-Women-s-March?detail=email&link_id=1&can_id=465aaa9fb617a07ec81c1bad251fa95c&source=email-fearless-republican-leader-removed-for-rebuking-trump-at-womens-march&email_referrer=fearless-republican-leader-removed-for-rebuking-trump-at-womens-march&email_subject=fearless-republican-leader-removed-for-rebuking-trump-at-womens-march
Another woman cast aside for believing in equality for all, and she gets removed by the GOP from a position of leadership that she's held since 2012. The storm is brewing.

Oregon Author publishes book "The Eve Chronicles" about a counterculture woman in Oregon

http://www.amazon.com/Diane-DeVillers/e/B00BWY3Q9K Check out my author page about my new book "The Eve Chronicles" by Diane DeVillers, which tracks the remarkable life of a strong woman living in the woods of Wallowa Mountains in eastern Oregon

Understanding Schizophrenia

http://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/ss/slideshow-schizophrenia-overview?ecd=wnl_emw_012517&ctr=wnl-emw-012517_nsl-ld-stry_1&mb=HAegTLFVSNy57MM1DftAguHnVev1imbCszbJMeF4dLE%3d
A guide to understanding the schizophrenic person who has this complex mental illness. A key part of the support is a family that also gets support in understanding a person who is schizophrenic.

Funny clip of the talking dog Triumph the comic. Funny!

https://t.co/tCnZJw2ifu Listen to the logic of Triumph the comic dog. You will laugh your heart out.

What will happen if the Trump GOP raise retirement age from 65 to 67

http://blog.medicarerights.org/new-study-highlights-impact-raising-medicare-eligibility-age/?utm_source=MedicareWatch&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Newsletters
Read what will happen if the Trump administration raises the retirement age from 65 to 67 and the consequences.

Read how the Rolling Stone see's Trump's presidency

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/the-damage-already-done-by-trumps-presidency-w462022
After eighteen months of hearing Trump spew out his hate speech, I will not give him a chance to change. He won't, and he doesn't care.

Vitamin B12 deficiency and symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

https://www.verywell.com/vitamin-b12-and-multiple-sclerosis-2440634?utm_campaign=list_ms&utm_content=20170111&utm_medium=email&utm_source=exp_nl&utm_term=list_ms   Connection between Vit B12 deficiency and MS symptoms.

Drone's eye view of Colorao

https://vimeo.com/186483277 a beautiful trip to Colorado from a drone. You will enjoy this.

"The Stone Horse & Droshki" a book about the Korean War

My father's book "The Stone Horse & Droshki" by Ken De Villers is about the Korean War. If you like a read like Tom Clancy, this book is for you. Filled with historical facts. Here is the summary:

08/17/16 at 10:59 PM

The memoirs of Colonel General Yuri D. Danilov, born in the Ukraine,
Father an American full blood Oglala Sioux Indian. Mother a Ukrainian with
a close relationship to the Nikita Khrushchev family. Yuri Spends his
boyhood in Kiev, the Ukraine.

At age twenty he fly’s jet fighters as a member of the US Air Force in the 
Korean War. He is recruited as a secret agent for the Soviet KGB. Leaving
Korea he is assigned to Edwards Air Force Base, California. In the late 
1960’s he works on a top secret CIA project which develops the new 
Lockheed U-2 spy plane. The CIA then uses these high flying jet planes
to overfly the Soviet Union and gather data and photographs of secret 
USSR military installations. In 1960 Yuri enables the Soviet air defense
to shoot down a CIA U-2 flown by Francis Gary Powers as it soars 
over a Soviet military Base. When the CIA begins an investigation 
looking for a suspected Soviet spy in US military ranks the KGB orders him 
to return to Moscow.

Returning to his homeland he is allowed to serve in the Soviet Air Army. 
Six months later Yuri is part of a group led by Premier Anastas Miloyan 
which secretly meets in Mexico with US Attorney General Robert Kennedy 
and a US delegation. In a long private session, the two countries resolve 
the dangerous October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1965 Yuri helps train
North Vietnam MIG pilots and he flies several combat missions against the 
Americans. In December 1979 he commands all the Soviet Air Regiments
during their Intervention into Afghanistan. He serves four years in the war
and after being badly wounded he is transferred back to Moscow for
medical treatment.

During his long military career servicing in two super powers Air Force’s
he gets to meet Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Cosmonaut Yuri 
Gagarin, Chuck Yeager and other notable aviation figures.

Yuri’s memoirs relate the inside view of the deadly political intrigue during
Soviet government secret changes. The USSR is a closed society 
thus most of these events were never known to the Soviet people or the 
world. We also follow his awakening to the failure of the Communist system. 
Lastly, this story relates the lasting love and devotion between Yuri and his
wife, the beautiful Japanese-Russian, Eiko Haraoka. 

Don't let GOP and Trump gut Obama Care!

https://www.worldpulse.com/en/community/users/girlpower/posts/73006
Bernie Sanders and Nancy Pelosi have a good idea, keep the good in Obama Care and change it to do the most good for the most people. 33 million AMerican's got insurance, of which 22 million people of color now have health insurance.