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Courtesy of Esquire's Charles P. Pierce with help from yours truly

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Barry Friedman
Mar 07, 2025
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Big damn thanks as always to good friend Charles P. Pierce of Esquire for the shoutout and for reminding us, if such reminders were necessary, that given enough time, medicine in Oklahoma will devolve into treating hemorrhoids with hot irons, urine to whiten your teeth, and flutes and snakes coming out of large wicker baskets for your general health.

And we conclude, as is our custom, in the great state of Oklahoma, whence Blog Official Portuguese Man Of War Friedman of the Algarve brings us one small step short of faith healing. From Oklahoma Voice:

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