(January 29, 2024 at 4:43 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: the gonadal anti-aging therapy was also popular in the United States. In Kansas Dr John R Brinkley made a name for himself transplanting hundreds of goat testicles into the scrotums of his aged patients. The The patients had the privilege of selecting the right goat from the doctor’s personal herd. He became so popular that he was almost voted governor of Kansas in 1930. He also became wealthy enough to build and operate Kansas’s very first commercial radio station KFKB “Kansas’s first, Kansas’s best”.
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So, it looks as though the American penchant for voting for dangerous lunatics is nothing new.
Boru
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