Restless Again
By
Cat West
July 10, 2026
Ethics
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Note: I recently learned that there is no doctor on site at the Devil’s Lake Jail. They have a nurse, FPN (Family Practical Nurse) and her duties are limited by her rung on the medical practitioner’s ladder. She is not allowed to prescribe medications without the supervision of a real doctor. She is also not allowed to violate or counter the orders of a real doctor. What binds her are ETHICS. It is my belief that she is willfully violating those ethics and that those violations are in fact, killing Werner.
It is a violation of Ethics for a nurse to over-ride or ignore a Doctor’s Orders for a patient. No Jail doctor has examined Werner. If there is in fact a supervising doctor that has examined Werner but hasn’t done a thorough examination nor consulted with the physician that did attend Werner in the ER (after his sister called 911 in order to save his life while the jail ignored the glaring symptoms, pain and suffering, they have violated both their Ethics and their Oath and are committing Medical Malpractice.
I would really like to see their CVs to get a better understanding of their career experience and how they landed the job working for the government. I still don’t know if there IS a real doctor anywhere near the premises, but I do know that the FPN is killing Werner by incompetence and neglect.
Medical Neglect that leads to life altering damage or death is actionable. The County, State, Federal government AND the individuals involved, including those who contracted inadequate service providers, can all be held liable both civilly and criminally.
Werner is in irreversible renal failure. The medicine he has been prescribed states clearly that it is NOT to be used on patients who have any kidney disease. They refuse to prescribe insulin to control his diabetes. Instead, they will monitor his renal failure by taking his Blood Pressure once a month. IOW “Watch him deteriorate and die”.
(The FNP is highly insulted that an outside physician gave orders to save Werner’s life. We don’t take orders from outside physicians… ) She is a nurse, over-riding the Orders of a Physician who examined Werner.
Again: Monitoring Blood Pressure once a month is NOT treatment for Renal Failure.
The Toll
Your Tax Dollars will go into the parties fighting this case and they will lose. Upon losing it will become a settlement and that will be in the millions.
Do you want to pay for stupidity, arrogance and incompetence? Or do you want better, safer roads? Updated classrooms? Better equipped and manned Fire and Rescue & Emergency Services? Marine Safety? Emergency rooms that don’t close 3 days a week because they can’t afford to staff them?
Ever wonder why your taxes keep going up and up and there’s nothing to show for it? Look at how many settlements come about after abusive or neglectful or incompetent treatment of citizens by government entities. That’s where the dollars are going.
You want to know why all these settlements are so secret? So you don’t ever know what it’s costing you and who to blame and get rid of. The secrecy protects the corrupt. None of this is coming out of their pockets. They’re still drawing fat paychecks. Your tax dollars are paying for all of this, instead of what would be of benefit to the entire community and the state.
Imagine how much money your county, state would have for assisted housing, rehabilitation, disaster relief, drug intervention and treatment--- all of which reduces the needs for emergency services and reduces crime rates and makes everyone safer.
The system is abusive and it protects itself while every citizen pays the price. They get a free ride and we pay the toll.
Focus Your Anger In The Right Direction
That should make you angry. But don’t let them misdirect your anger and aim you at all the wrong people.
It’s not the fault of the immigrants, LBGTQ, Black, Latino, Asian, First Nations, the disabled, the poor, the pregnant nor any of us. It’s the elected and how they use or abuse the privilege of power.
They either correct what is wrong and give us what is needed, or they cater to the wealthy, the corrupt and play us for fools. We all can see what is wrong, so can they. But crossing the wealthy and powerful? That takes political courage and few have it. Many fake it.
The clues are everywhere and they are loud. When they try to aim your anger at your fellow citizens, immigrants, even at non-citizens, they have no intention to make everything or even anything right or better. KNOW THAT. REMEMBER THAT.
Hate does not give you power over others. It never has. It is always used against you, turns you into a puppet reacting to the hand that slips inside your spirit choking off your sense of self among many, defining you as you against everyone that isn’t you. It weakens you. Those who control you are laughing at you, picking your pockets while you hiss and rant like trained animal.
See yourself. Be yourself. Your children will live in the world you leave to them. Fill it with hate or fill it with compassion and understanding.
Meanwhile…
Werner is a victim of medical malpractice. The jail has had 6 deaths (that we know of) since 2025. I see a lot of suicides. People suicide for specific reasons: Pain, anguish, instability—all of them are preventable. No suicide in custody should ever be deemed acceptable. None.
When the State (government) takes custody and control of your body, they are obligated to your health, safety and well-being. When abuse or neglect lead to damage or death, even suicide--- they are responsible and should be held liable.
If there’s not enough staffing, then the State cannot afford to incarcerate at the level they currently do, if they cannot meet the physical, mental needs of inmates and the safety of staff--- period.
Excuses, Excuses
Saying “We can’t afford to properly care for…” is no excuse. It’s an admission of failure. The State chooses where to spend its money, not the prisoners.
If the State has to raise taxes to manage a humane system, then it’s long past time for the billionaires to pay their fair share.
The only reason taxes go up for everyone else is because of tax cuts for the wealthiest in the nation. We give Billionaires a free ride and they buy the politicians who will give them protection, write the laws (including keeping the minimum wage 50 years behind the cost of living), give them government grants and “loans” that never have to be paid back so they can continue to increase their wealth, while lowering their taxes. Don’t worry. We were promised they would trickle on us.
Meanwhile, look at how much it’s costing you. All of us.
Do The Math
Werner is one of many.
They don’t want his case to get attention because it will begin to open up the eyes of everyone and people will begin to see the actual source of their discomfort and suffering resides not in their neighbors, not in the immigrants, not in the people who don’t look like, worship like, speak like, act just like them--- but in those who have profited from disuniting us from one another as allies with common goals.
They’re afraid you might “WAKE UP” (Can’t be havin’ no “WOKE FOKE”, *spits*, right? Go back to sleep…)
When enough people do wake up, that’s when the system that oppresses us all will start to come down. We will dismantle it in an orderly fashion and build a system that serves the people, you and I, and not the billionaires who have been bleeding us, all of US dry.
We will replace corruption with fairness, unity, equality and the prosperity that belongs to all of us.
Randoms
Immigrants don’t control wages or the economy--- Billionaires do.
First Nations don’t get “Free” anything. They’ve been getting robbed of lands, resources, culture and their lives since Contact.
Slave labor built every fortune and the opulent lifestyle the lazy wealthy have become accustomed to. Ongoing slave labor is still key to opulent wealth.
No one is a ‘Self-made man’. No one, ever.
People can make something of themselves but not without the contributions of everyone around them and everyone that came before them. “Self-Made” is a lie spoken by the corrupt.
You know where to find me.
~Cat
June 3, 2026 Podcasts have gone private so, no link. I know! They were so insightful!
The judge considered every word of what was presented, examined the facts and rendered a very deep, thorough ruling when he overturned the conviction.
I’m not privy to the behind the scenes cogs and wheels, and my opinion is based on what I see and hear, just like you all.
I do know that the terrorist organization known as ICE had a deportation order for him based on his conviction. Now that that conviction is overturned, I would think their warrant would be nullified and they would withdraw it. But, this is the same agency that hires trigger happy types with sketchy backgrounds and give them a fraction of the training that used to be mandatory. You’ve seen the results in Minneapolis.
And If You Can Help
There is a legit GoFundMe page set up for Werner. To help him get his life in order. Prison doesn’t give you a payout when they turn you loose. And 30 yrs in prison didn’t exactly let him build up a pension. Every dollar helps. He’s coming out into a world he hasn’t set foot in for over 30 years.
You know where to find me,
~Cat
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You know where to find me.
~Cat