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Alo dear reader!

Just a quick Saturday reminder that you have more wealth, knowledge and opportunities than the greatest of Kings, Queens, Emperors and Empresses of the past.

The Sun King may have had it good with his court and mistresses but he didn’t have simple sterile gauze bandages and antibiotic ointments.

The result?

Gangrene that ultimately led to his death.

Now?

Type two diabetics live for decades.

Sure George Washington led the silly little colonial uprising with moderate success, but in the end? An epi pen would have saved his life.

Instead?

They sucked out 40% of his blood with the hope that poor old Georigie would make it.

With today’s tech he would have lived decades longer.

And given that we’re talking about the ungrateful colonials dead presidents, Honest Abe lived nine hours after being shot. With the current / old tech of chest tubes and suction, he would likely have survived.

While on the topic of assassinated presidents, James Garfield’s death can be attributed as much to st…