[Ads-l] med bed

[Jesse Sheidlower]

I have an entry on the science-fictional history of _medbed_s:

https://sfdictionary.com/view/3049/medbed

Jesse Sheidlower
HDSF

On Sun, Oct 05, 2025 at 01:59:58PM -0400, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/president-unhinged-trump-online-behavior-140040934.html
>  :
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> Setting aside the fact that the idea of “med beds” is a rightwing
> conspiracy theory – one version of the theory posits that the government
> and/or a group of wealthy Americans have access to medical bed-like devices
> that can cure almost every illness, but are withholding the technology –
> Trump’s post prompted a number of questions
> 
> JL.
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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