And it's a brain damage and it ain't fast.

Fere me till you put me in a body cast.

There's only one thing that it really needs.

Maybe give me good

to make me agree,

I'm feeling a little situated.

I'm gonna be a...

Thank you, even!

And thank you, man!

And thank you, man! This is hell.

hell.

with my apo This is hell.

With my apologies to everybody, my cold is now in its third week,

so please be patient with whatever noises my head happens to make this morning.

Manufacturing descent since 1996.

This is hell when the rust belt started rusting from Chicago to Pittsburgh and beyond. When manufacturing went into decline and de-industrialization was settling in,

those of us in the Rust Belt were frightened by the loss of good pay and benefits won by unions through the power of collective

bargaining. It wasn't only in the manufacturing sector but as we discussed with

Terence Ray last week when we talked about his article at the Baffler, United in Rage,

Half Truths and Myth's Propelled Kentucky's War on Opioids.

The extractive and mining industries were also affected in a similar way.

During that conversation, Terence mentioned the impact this would also have on health care

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