I'll say again that if practicing medicine without a license is a criminal offense, why do we allow governors and state legislators to engage in it unquestioned by law enforcement or the legal profession?
So happy to know that Holly is doing well. Thank you for taking the time to talk with us again today after that long trip. I always look forward to it.
Did you hear the audio of Vance saying that the only purpose in life for post menopausal women is to take care of their grandchildren? This guy is unbelievable! 🤬
@@PaulaKnowlton-fn6js ikr and what's the obsession with women's menstruation, menopause, and reproduction? Weirdos will keep on being weird. Let's end the "public service" career and let Usha handle that.
Thank you, Mr. Flannery! REally happy for you and Holly! There are more Republicans endorsing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz publicly. Former GA. lt. Gov. Jeff Duncan said we much vote for Kamala Harris not because everyone is a democrat, but because we are PATRIOTS. He asked Republicans what they will say to their grandchildren if they vote for Trump. Mayor if Mesa AZ John Giles recently endorsed her.
Missouri was also trying to exclude ectopic pregnancy emergency care in their abortion laws. Even though there was no way the pregnancy could continue. 2 of my sisters almost died from ectopic pregnancies. These red state Republicans don't care
My heart breaks for any woman in a situation like your sister's. Hearing stories like this really enrages me because the Hippocratic Oath = do no harm (unless you reside in a red state). We women know how to march & we know how to mobilize. AND WE WILL VOTE LIKE HELL!!!
Politicians should not be determining health care. Most politicians do not understand basic biology so they condemn women to potentially fatal outcomes when they write abortion laws.
Yes, this subject drives me crazy too and in this day and age, it infuriates me that zealots feel they have the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else in order that they can earn a closer place to an imaginary being when they die. They need to mind their own damn business!
Great video John! We can look around the world today and see where countries that chose to rule by religion, have failed. Most recently in Afghanistan with the taliban. Saudi Arabia with both the Sunni and Shia versions of Islam. Ireland, and ‘the Troubles’ between Catholics and Protestants. It doesn’t work! No one wants someone else’s beliefs forced upon them. We need to keep it separate here to. Believe how you want, but the country is governed by the rule of law. Thanks for hearing me out…
Glad to hear Your Wife had a Good Checkup. Your a Good Man. Keep Up the Good Work. Enjoy listening to You Daily. Prayers for your lovely Wife's Continued Good Health. God Bless The Irish !!
Thankyou for this, and after you and Holly had such a day. Brilliance hits us, in your expression . Your description of Trump’s non soul is literature at its’ best. This keeps us level through choppy waters. Love to you both, Nancy
I’ve learned with some success to get out of the way of expressions that are within that we cannot always state plainly. My greatest strength and weakness is my clarity of expression - so I think.
On a side note, my nephew’s wife became pregnant with her first child. They soon found out she had an ectopic pregnancy. They faced that decision in strength and sadness. Almost a month later she was taken to the hospital for what was thought to be complications. They heard a heartbeat, that wasn’t the mothers. Turned out the niece had been carrying twins. One fetus was snuggled safe and sound in the uterus, healthy and happily growing. That little girl goes to school, takes ballet, and can charm everyone she sees. Thought someone could use a smile. Many blessings to Goddess Holly 🙏💖💕🥰
Thank you for sharing this...I was a medical OBGyn ultrasound tech early on. So many of these aberrant pregnancies are deadly or destructive. It's wonderful that mother, nephew, and a baby had this chance!
I was fortunate that there were no restrictions and doctors were not prevented to operate on a women with an ectopic pregnancy in 1980. It was scary enough to have the emergency procedure but I did not have the horrible experience that these women now have after Roe v Wade was overturned. I hope that Trump is not successful and these horrible new laws will be abolished.
Hello John, it’s great to hear that your wife’s okay and you returned home safely. Thank you for your time and support of Democracy.It’s extremely important, not just to America but worldwide 🩵🇦🇺
Religion, if that's your thing, should be just that, YOUR thing. Personally, the golden rule does it for me. If more people felt that way, it would be a better world.
I was brought up as a practicing Catholic by my Irish mother and Italian father. Religion was a quiet private thing back then, no one really talked about our beliefs outside of the church or family. I am no longer a practicing catholic but I believe everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, but our country needs a separation of church and state. I am happy to hear everything went well with Holly.
🎉🎉Happy for you both and for the positive test results! 🎉🎉 I am a Texan and had a non-ectopic pregnancy 4 years ago and suffered for 3 weeks until the ultrasound showed no fetus, my uterus was going to rupture with the potential to bleed out and I had to have an abortion to save my life. That's when Roe was in effect, still crappy. 2 months ago I was feeling very ill and I suspected a pregnancy/ miscarriage again I was never told I was pregnant. 6 weeks passed and I finally set up an appointment in Clovis, NM and never made it. I suffered a miscarriage at home because in Texas there are no exceptions until your dying. I was alone I was scared and was able to pull through. These doctors are worthless and I live in one ofn if not the most red county in TX, Lubbock. My body had a spontaneous abortion aka miscarriage. I refuse to even be seen by a Texas doctor now. Eff the heartbeat bill, Dobbs, and project 2025!! Please vote blue in support of women up and down the ballot in November!!
I’ve been enjoying your daily talks. I’m happy to hear Holly is doing well. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us everyday. I love your “cathedral of trees”.
Im sure you are Holly's rock and vice versa. 🥰 People such as yourself are my rock. Our hope for a good outcome along with our votes for Kamala and Tim. 🇺🇲💪👏👍
If others want to believe in their religious dogma, fine. But they do not have a right to inflict their beliefs on others, particularly when they put them at risk of poor health, physical and psychological, at risk of poor quality of life and/or at risk of death and particularly when they have no medical knowledge. How can doctors be prevented from saving a life for fear of retribution?? This is stunning and how it is a part of the conversation in 21st Century democratic America or anywhere for that matter is beyond me.
My thoughts exactly John. I grew up strict catholic and saw and heard things that really messed me up. The one thing I was shocked about was a Priest saying that you can replace the mother, but not the child. So many families that had 13 kids and the mom passed. Father couldn’t find a replacement poor. All kids fostered out. I saw.
Kamala Harris would be wise to peruse one of George Bernard Shaw's more "earthy" quotes ahead of her first debate (if Tango DonOld shows) with Trump. The quote is, "I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it,".
thank you John, we have to stay in the fight and win - Happy that your wives test were good, another testimony that when you stay in the fight you win. My son was 98% burned when a plane crushed into his house in 2007 - he ran ito a house in flames to rescue his 5 year old daughter - when her crying stoped he collapsed. He was rescued and I was told he most likely will not make it through the night - well he made it because he had great care and after many months he came home to stay with me until strong enough to continue his life. He was a fighter, there arent many parts of his body that were without damage but his determination to get his body to function again made him someone I admired. He did win, he has his family and is happy - when you fight you win💝💙💙💙
I wasn’t done. I very much dislike hypocrisy and people who say that they are religious and then will cheat you at every turn. I was raised Catholic but even as a young person found that religion didn’t make sense to me. I saw hypocrisy but may not have known what it was but knew somehow it wasn’t right. I am with you on that. I am excited for the Democratic ticket because they are so positive and have a great plan for our future. I know for a fact that positivity is always the winning game plan. We will fight and we will win!!! Big Time Thank you John for your insightful commentary.
Yes! You have just laid out , in a much nicer and more reasonable way, my heartfelt objections to all the religiosity without empathy and compassion I see everywhere. In my experience, the people I've met who embody the spirit of Christianity are not religious as defined by Speaker Moses, all the televangelist types etc., etc. Once again I am so glad I found your channel and these talks.
Glad to know Holly's doing well. Those must be very stressful days for both of you. We didn't want Trump the first time, but the Electoral College didn't care. I think we'll be okay this time, but it's exhausting to live in a country where one person, one vote isn't the way we elect our President.
thank you for sharing the good news of Holly's test results. so glad the transplant has been a success! agree with all of your points re religion - keep it out of government!
We saw several patients at Johns Hopkins cycling through their own tests. One was there 18 years after a transplant. Another was weeks into his adjustments - and he was making the difficult adjustments to get to a more modulated stage of medications and side effects. His wife was his nurse, as I was Holly’s. We compared notes. We told him of a monthly zoom meeting and I gave him my card. He was joking about being handsome. I asked if he was familiar with all the side effects of the drugs he was taking. He said he guessed so. I said one you may not have considered was delusion. We all laughed. Of course, we were kidding.
After your very long day, you yet provide a meditation for us! Thank you! And I'm happy to hear that Holly received a good report card today. All the best to both of you.
Thanks for the talk tonight, Glad your trip went ok You and Holly doing well... Harris 💙 gaining ground in the battleground states..Drill baby drill what scares me is what would Trump do to our National Forests and Parks...Voting for womens rights and Freedoms 💙 Harris and Walz 💙.. God bless 🕊️
Road trips (and we have a few lengthy ones in Australia) are the source of much introspection and thought. Especially when taken with a loved one and the terminus of which is relief from anxiety for both present and future. And if that is not an analogue for your current political trajectory I don't know what is. But naturally, with the Flannerys, "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds." ( my Voltaire to your Sartre.) A peaceful weekend to you both. From A Small Island.
👋 So delighted to hear all went well with medical checkup. It’s always a wee bit anxiety provoking before, but the relief when over is immeasurable! YAY! 🙏🏻🤗 As I listen to you speak, I’m sure you were Jesuit trained. My late husband was a professor at a Jesuit university. He was beyond brilliant, and with a last name Flaherty, witty as hell! Before he died, I never used google because he was my human google! 😊. You both would have thoroughly enjoyed philosophical discussions! It so wonderful to get the good news you and your bride received today! Be well! Victoria
I’m grateful that the Jesuits in high school taught me how to think. I also had the sense that they held nothing back - except any discussion about the inquisition. I’ve thought about teaching. In a way, that’s my advocacy. Your husband Flaherty shared my curiosity about things. I’ve been collecting sea shells of incidents my whole life. Flannery is an Irish name, derived from flanabragh, in the Gaelic, from County Mayo. Your husband may be from that same sept. I’m glad you had your time shared across the years Victoria.
So very happy to hear that you and your wife had good results, a blessing. Thank you for taking time out of your busy and long day to still educate us. I truly appreciate and value you. Much admiration and Thanks!
Wow. A reference to Seneca. I was reading about his dinners with Paul of St. Paul in Rome (64 to 66 Paul died in 67). Good job Mr. Flannery. Alway enjoy your thoughts from here in Houston.
So happy for you and Holly. Thanks again for taking the time to chat. I’m sure you had a long day. Right now I live in AZ. I have a double zeros to hear. Trump and Lake. How these people get a following shocks me.
I see labor unions as a reasonable option to a stalemated congress. With the advances of AI, it’s going to take an, “all of the above,” strategy if we don’t all want to become serfs!
Truly enjoy your intellect - you are now my favourite daily ritual to listen to such erudite thoughts on this election. Thank you so much. Please continue.
Thank you for your time, again. I’m grateful that all is good for Holly for now. I wish I could wrap you up and present you to my family, and have them listen. It’s heartbreaking. They won’t listen to me. I’m almost thankful that I live a thousand miles away from them because absence makes the heart grow fonder. You said don’t be afraid to fight, and I’m not, but I’m outnumbered in my family. They have made their ugly point, and I’ve made mine, and all I can do is hope that they really do have some kind of a miraculous conversion. We don’t do Thanksgiving, and, frankly, I don’t want to anymore. I don’t golf, swim (sorry), attend a church, and I usually forget to thank God for making such a beautiful place to live in. I’ll try to be better. Thank you for all you do, John. Randy
I'll say again that if practicing medicine without a license is a criminal offense, why do we allow governors and state legislators to engage in it unquestioned by law enforcement or the legal profession?
You're right, I've been saying this for years. So glad to know someone else has the same perspective. 💙🇺🇸💙
So happy to know that Holly is doing well. Thank you for taking the time to talk with us again today after that long trip. I always look forward to it.
Did you hear the audio of Vance saying that the only purpose in life for post menopausal women is to take care of their grandchildren? This guy is unbelievable! 🤬
I couldn't believe what I was hearing! That guy is nuts. Those people are truly WEIRD. 🤬
@@PaulaKnowlton-fn6js ikr and what's the obsession with women's menstruation, menopause, and reproduction? Weirdos will keep on being weird. Let's end the "public service" career and let Usha handle that.
I wonder what he thinks is the purpose of old men, considering they’re not even good at taking care of children.
@@Bonniebluetours2010their wallets
Hi John, I'm so happy to hear that Holly's visit went well. It feels good to hear good news again.
“JD, or whatever his name is this week”…. Hilarious. I’m still laughing. 😂😂😂
Thank you, Mr. Flannery! REally happy for you and Holly! There are more Republicans endorsing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz publicly. Former GA. lt. Gov. Jeff
Duncan said we much vote for Kamala Harris not because everyone is a democrat, but because we are PATRIOTS. He asked Republicans what they will say to their grandchildren if they vote for Trump. Mayor if Mesa AZ John Giles recently endorsed her.
Missouri was also trying to exclude ectopic pregnancy emergency care in their abortion laws. Even though there was no way the pregnancy could continue. 2 of my sisters almost died from ectopic pregnancies. These red state Republicans don't care
My heart breaks for any woman in a situation like your sister's. Hearing stories like this really enrages me because the Hippocratic Oath = do no harm (unless you reside in a red state). We women know how to march & we know how to mobilize. AND WE WILL VOTE LIKE HELL!!!
Politicians should not be determining health care. Most politicians do not understand basic biology so they condemn women to potentially fatal outcomes when they write abortion laws.
Perhaps their ignorance is leading them astray! 🎉
@@debrakostro3429 This is criminal homicide. Call it for what it is.
@@barbe.1556😉😊👍👍👍
You are a rockstar for the delivery of eloquent speech on social media. 🙏 Thank you. 🌎🌈🦋🌊🌻
Yep. Don't need no hip-hop here. 🇦🇺💙
Wow John, you are on a roll tonight. I love your talks which are so educational and inspiring.
Thank you Sir.
How pleasant listening to a rational, sober, and always pertinent voice. A chasm exists between you John, and the alternate fact brigade. 🇦🇺💙
Very inspiring talk tonight John. Thank you, and I'm glad all is well with Holly 💙
Very happy to hear the positive news regarding Holly's tests.❤❤❤
Yes, this subject drives me crazy too and in this day and age, it infuriates me that zealots feel they have the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else in order that they can earn a closer place to an imaginary being when they die. They need to mind their own damn business!
Garland needs to go as soon as Dems gets elected.
Josh Shapiro as new Attorney General
Great video John! We can look around the world today and see where countries that chose to rule by religion, have failed. Most recently in Afghanistan with the taliban. Saudi Arabia with both the Sunni and Shia versions of Islam. Ireland, and ‘the Troubles’ between Catholics and Protestants. It doesn’t work! No one wants someone else’s beliefs forced upon them. We need to keep it separate here to. Believe how you want, but the country is governed by the rule of law. Thanks for hearing me out…
Spot on.
Deep and thought provoking conversation tonight.
I'm glad to hear your wife had good test results. Thank you for your commentaries, I welcome your point of views.
Terrific commentary!🇺🇸
0:09 .. thanks for starting the show with good news! We're already happy!🥰
Glad to hear Your Wife had a Good Checkup. Your a Good Man. Keep Up the Good Work. Enjoy listening to You Daily. Prayers for your lovely Wife's Continued Good Health. God Bless The Irish !!
Thanks for sharing your wisdom
Can't wait for this nightmare to be over 💙
Leaders don’t need to be religious, but to last, they must be moral
Wishing that Holly's tests leave you hope filled!
You always reassure us with a smile periodically and lift us up John. "Perfection is to know our imperfections" is something I once read.
Always enjoyable John !
I just signed up for Vote by Mail ( in IL ) and for first time I signed up to be an Election Judge , I’m 63.
Congrats. Great service.
Very glad for you both. Family and friends are the main pillars of life.
As a former RN, I am very happy that Holly and you received good news. The drive was definitely worth it.❤
So happy to hear the good news. Blessings to you and Holly 🙏❤️
Seems like the meditative cruise to Hopkins did us all good. Holly is a gem; you're a mensch. Mahalo
I’m so happy for you and Holly on your positive results. 🎉 Thank you for your brilliant commentary. 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Thankyou for this, and after you and Holly had such a day. Brilliance hits us, in your expression . Your description of Trump’s non soul is literature at its’ best. This keeps us level through choppy waters.
Love to you both, Nancy
I’ve learned with some success to get out of the way of expressions that are within that we cannot always state plainly. My greatest strength and weakness is my clarity of expression - so I think.
Great news that things are going well. All the best to Holly and John Flannery.
On a side note, my nephew’s wife became pregnant with her first child. They soon found out she had an ectopic pregnancy. They faced that decision in strength and sadness. Almost a month later she was taken to the hospital for what was thought to be complications. They heard a heartbeat, that wasn’t the mothers. Turned out the niece had been carrying twins. One fetus was snuggled safe and sound in the uterus, healthy and happily growing. That little girl goes to school, takes ballet, and can charm everyone she sees. Thought someone could use a smile. Many blessings to Goddess Holly 🙏💖💕🥰
Thank you for sharing this...I was a medical OBGyn ultrasound tech early on. So many of these aberrant pregnancies are deadly or destructive. It's wonderful that mother, nephew, and a baby had this chance!
@@paulamariegourley3606 So much gratitude for you doing the work you 🙏🥰💖🌈🌎🦋💕🌻
What a story. Terrific.
Thank you for this comment educate the people.🙂
@@mikedavis4851 we do need to hear some happily ever after stories in these trying times. Much love 🥰🙏💖
Wonderful news about Holly! Thanks for taking your time to talk with us. Hope you both get a good night's rest after the long trip.
I was fortunate that there were no restrictions and doctors were not prevented to operate on a women with an ectopic pregnancy in 1980. It was scary enough to have the emergency procedure but I did not have the horrible experience that these women now have after Roe v Wade was overturned. I hope that Trump is not successful and these horrible new laws will be abolished.
These pregnancies gone wrong are scary in a life threatening way. Only the ignorant ideologues miss the point.
@@johnflannery2185Thank you well said.😉😊
So happy to hear your good news.
I just love, love, love your videos...
...thank you for keeping them coming.
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As always John…..thank you🙏
Thank you john a long day for you yet you are here with your peeps.
Hello John, it’s great to hear that your wife’s okay and you returned home safely. Thank you for your time and support of Democracy.It’s extremely important, not just to America but worldwide 🩵🇦🇺
❤ I second that 🇳🇿
So well said Mr. Flannery. Thank you once again. So well said.
I was waiting all day to hear a good report on Holly! Yayyyyyyy 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 🙏🤍💙💜🕯
Religion, if that's your thing, should be just that, YOUR thing. Personally, the golden rule does it for me. If more people felt that way, it would be a better world.
Right on with that. Such a simple thing with such a powerful impact...
Thank you for all that you do🎉
Thanks John. ☮️🇨🇦
Comforting, happy news for you and your wife! Thank you for feeling up to having an evening chat.
This was such a mouthful. Well said.
Thank you for your most articulate perspective.
I was brought up as a practicing Catholic by my Irish mother and Italian father. Religion was a quiet private thing back then,
no one really talked about our beliefs outside of the church or family. I am no longer a practicing catholic but I believe everyone is entitled to their own beliefs, but our country needs a separation of church and state. I am happy to hear everything went well with Holly.
When I was young, there was also a bias against Roman Catholics. I think that played into my evolving notions about the necessary separation.
Yea! Always good to hear she did well. A nice visit from home is always better than the hospital.
Thank you, John.
Thank you for your thoughts. I am glad you had good news today.
John, So happy to hear Holly is doing good. Blessings 😇🙏❤❤❤💕💕💕
🎉🎉Happy for you both and for the positive test results! 🎉🎉 I am a Texan and had a non-ectopic pregnancy 4 years ago and suffered for 3 weeks until the ultrasound showed no fetus, my uterus was going to rupture with the potential to bleed out and I had to have an abortion to save my life. That's when Roe was in effect, still crappy. 2 months ago I was feeling very ill and I suspected a pregnancy/ miscarriage again I was never told I was pregnant. 6 weeks passed and I finally set up an appointment in Clovis, NM and never made it. I suffered a miscarriage at home because in Texas there are no exceptions until your dying. I was alone I was scared and was able to pull through. These doctors are worthless and I live in one ofn if not the most red county in TX, Lubbock. My body had a spontaneous abortion aka miscarriage. I refuse to even be seen by a Texas doctor now. Eff the heartbeat bill, Dobbs, and project 2025!! Please vote blue in support of women up and down the ballot in November!!
I’m so glad you are the warrior you had to be. It is disgraceful that mythical nonsense could put you in that challenging position.
I’ve been enjoying your daily talks. I’m happy to hear Holly is doing well. Thank you for taking the time to visit with us everyday. I love your “cathedral of trees”.
Im sure you are Holly's rock and vice versa. 🥰 People such as yourself are my rock. Our hope for a good outcome along with our votes for Kamala and Tim. 🇺🇲💪👏👍
If and When Harris wins...John Flannery for Attorney General !
Thank you for advocating this. Its a heartbreaking loss. God bless you for articulating this. And may god bless the women that suffer through this.
If others want to believe in their religious dogma, fine. But they do not have a right to inflict their beliefs on others, particularly when they put them at risk of poor health, physical and psychological, at risk of poor quality of life and/or at risk of death and particularly when they have no medical knowledge. How can doctors be prevented from saving a life for fear of retribution?? This is stunning and how it is a part of the conversation in 21st Century democratic America or anywhere for that matter is beyond me.
Welcome home, John and Holly. Hopeful for continued optimal health updates! In tune to you now...thanks! 💙💙💙
I so enjoy your talks, John. Spot on!!
My thoughts exactly John. I grew up strict catholic and saw and heard things that really messed me up. The one thing I was shocked about was a Priest saying that you can replace the mother, but not the child. So many families that had 13 kids and the mom passed. Father couldn’t find a replacement poor. All kids fostered out. I saw.
Kamala Harris would be wise to peruse one of George Bernard Shaw's more "earthy" quotes ahead of her first debate (if Tango DonOld shows) with Trump. The quote is, "I learned long ago never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it,".
Glad to hear the good medical news all the best to y'all.
thank you John, we have to stay in the fight and win - Happy that your wives test were good, another testimony that when you stay in the fight you win. My son was 98% burned when a plane crushed into his house in 2007 - he ran ito a house in flames to rescue his 5 year old daughter - when her crying stoped he collapsed. He was rescued and I was told he most likely will not make it through the night - well he made it because he had great care and after many months he came home to stay with me until strong enough to continue his life. He was a fighter, there arent many parts of his body that were without damage but his determination to get his body to function again made him someone I admired. He did win, he has his family and is happy - when you fight you win💝💙💙💙
I recommend always using a lowercase s when referring to the court and also the word Injustice when speaking of its' six corrupt Maga traitors.
So glad Holly is doing well.
You struck a chord with me tonight about religion and religious people
I wasn’t done. I very much dislike hypocrisy and people who say that they are religious and then will cheat you at every turn.
I was raised Catholic but even as a young person found that religion didn’t make sense to me. I saw hypocrisy but may not have known what it was but knew somehow it wasn’t right. I am with you on that.
I am excited for the Democratic ticket because they are so positive and have a great plan for our future. I know for a fact that positivity is always the winning game plan. We will fight and we will win!!! Big Time
Thank you John for your insightful commentary.
Yes! You have just laid out , in a much nicer and more reasonable way, my heartfelt objections to all the religiosity without empathy and compassion I see everywhere. In my experience, the people I've met who embody the spirit of Christianity are not religious as defined by Speaker Moses, all the televangelist types etc., etc. Once again I am so glad I found your channel and these talks.
This is thought provoking. “You are only what you have done”.
I first read Sartre and Camus in high school. If you can touch it and feel the action, then you have something, it’s not gaseous muttering.
@@johnflannery2185love that 😉👍
God bless both of you! 💙🇺🇸🙏☮️🌈🕊️🇺🇦🌻✌️
I really enjoyed your talk tonight, John. But most of all, I'm so happy to hear that Holly's doing well! 🌹
Everyone turning their backs on drumph and ignoring him is the best form of payback for that spoiled little narcicist.
Glad to know Holly's doing well. Those must be very stressful days for both of you.
We didn't want Trump the first time, but the Electoral College didn't care. I think we'll be okay this time, but it's exhausting to live in a country where one person, one vote isn't the way we elect our President.
thank you for sharing the good news of Holly's test results. so glad the transplant has been a success! agree with all of your points re religion - keep it out of government!
Glad to hear that Holly's tests went well.
Great news for Holly and, of course, for you. 😇
We saw several patients at Johns Hopkins cycling through their own tests. One was there 18 years after a transplant. Another was weeks into his adjustments - and he was making the difficult adjustments to get to a more modulated stage of medications and side effects. His wife was his nurse, as I was Holly’s. We compared notes. We told him of a monthly zoom meeting and I gave him my card. He was joking about being handsome. I asked if he was familiar with all the side effects of the drugs he was taking. He said he guessed so. I said one you may not have considered was delusion. We all laughed. Of course, we were kidding.
@johnflannery2185 I just hope all is well for all. Good one, John....that was funny!
Your smile with your closing remarks was infectious and a great start to my day. Thank you.
💙🌻💙 good to learn the tests went well.
Another thoughtful video, thank you so much. Many blessings to both you and Holly, so glad you got positive news 🙏💗🙏
That is good news.
After your very long day, you yet provide a meditation for us! Thank you! And I'm happy to hear that Holly received a good report card today. All the best to both of you.
Thanks for the talk tonight, Glad your trip went ok You and Holly doing well... Harris 💙 gaining ground in the battleground states..Drill baby drill what scares me is what would Trump do to our National Forests and Parks...Voting for womens rights and Freedoms 💙 Harris and Walz 💙.. God bless 🕊️
Road trips (and we have a few lengthy ones in Australia) are the source of much introspection and thought. Especially when taken with a loved one and the terminus of which is relief from anxiety for both present and future.
And if that is not an analogue for your current political trajectory I don't know what is.
But naturally, with the Flannerys, "All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds." ( my Voltaire to your Sartre.) A peaceful weekend to you both. From A Small Island.
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So delighted to hear all went well with medical checkup. It’s always a wee bit anxiety provoking before, but the relief when over is immeasurable! YAY! 🙏🏻🤗
As I listen to you speak, I’m sure you were Jesuit trained. My late husband was a professor at a Jesuit university. He was beyond brilliant, and with a last name Flaherty, witty as hell! Before he died, I never used google because he was my human google! 😊. You both would have thoroughly enjoyed philosophical discussions!
It so wonderful to get the good news you and your bride received today!
Be well!
Victoria
I’m grateful that the Jesuits in high school taught me how to think. I also had the sense that they held nothing back - except any discussion about the inquisition. I’ve thought about teaching. In a way, that’s my advocacy. Your husband Flaherty shared my curiosity about things. I’ve been collecting sea shells of incidents my whole life. Flannery is an Irish name, derived from flanabragh, in the Gaelic, from County Mayo. Your husband may be from that same sept. I’m glad you had your time shared across the years Victoria.
Thanks for the update on Holly’s health and for this chat. Much appreciated.
So very happy to hear that you and your wife had good results, a blessing. Thank you for taking time out of your busy and long day to still educate us. I truly appreciate and value you. Much admiration and Thanks!
So happy to hear good news for Holly. Thanks for being here.
Excellent Talk John... ❤... Reached into Yourself a little Deeper than Usual... Thanks! 👍🙏
Happy Days. Not Perfect. But Good. 🤗🌱🌿🌲🌲🌳🌳🌲🌳🌲🌱🌱🍀🏵🌸
Wow. A reference to Seneca. I was reading about his dinners with Paul of St. Paul in Rome (64 to 66 Paul died in 67). Good job Mr. Flannery. Alway enjoy your thoughts from here in Houston.
What book is that? It’s something I’d like to read. Thank you.
Good news about Holly, will keep praying 🙏 for you both. Thank you again for your making us think and for your lessons everyday. ❤
Great news for Holly! Thank you for your comments on election situation.❤❤❤
Love listening to your common sense commentary! Happy to hear your wife is doing well! Love those blue eyes! Thank you!!❤❤
My man Flan! You sir are a treasure. Thank you for your insights.
So happy for you and Holly. Thanks again for taking the time to chat. I’m sure you had a long day. Right now I live in AZ. I have a double zeros to hear. Trump and Lake. How these people get a following shocks me.
I see labor unions as a reasonable option to a stalemated congress.
With the advances of AI, it’s going to take an, “all of the above,” strategy if we don’t all want to become serfs!
And the country carved up into billionaires fiefdoms!
Truly enjoy your intellect - you are now my favourite daily ritual to listen to such erudite thoughts on this election. Thank you so much. Please continue.
Congratulations for good test results - very happy for you both!!!💓
The people you are referring to can be considered to be the Robber Barons of our time. Glad the testing went well for Holly.
Thank you for your time, again. I’m grateful that all is good for Holly for now.
I wish I could wrap you up and present you to my family, and have them listen. It’s heartbreaking. They won’t listen to me. I’m almost thankful that I live a thousand miles away from them because absence makes the heart grow fonder.
You said don’t be afraid to fight, and I’m not, but
I’m outnumbered in my family. They have made their ugly point, and I’ve made mine, and all I can do is hope that they really do have some kind of a miraculous conversion.
We don’t do Thanksgiving, and, frankly, I don’t want to anymore. I don’t golf, swim (sorry), attend a church, and I usually forget to thank God for making such a beautiful place to live in. I’ll try to be better.
Thank you for all you do, John.
Randy
We all share this planet. It is infuriating that people who will never feel the effects or be hindered from global warming are destroy it.