Pharma is a Scam
Opioid crises aside, Check out the billing:
Is it any wonder medical debt is by far the largest single item on the wrong side of this country’s balance sheet today?
Kudos to Our Police (seriously?)
It’s been a long time since I’ve had anything good to say about police. With the never-ending stream of bad news totaling over 1,000 people shot to death at the hands of law enforcement in this country over the past few years representing just the tip of the police brutality iceberg, it’s hard to find anything good to say. But yesterday I found a glimmer of hope.
Time to Pay Up
The toll could be heavy. Choking on your own phlegm is pricey. Most will be billed with ongoing frustration attempting to live a normal life, with pandemic restrictions being re-introduced in many places across the country now. I encourage administrators of all public and semi-public facilities and services to charge a monetary price. That it’s starting in West Virginia of all places, is telling.
Boeing Boondoggles
I’ll take a wild-assed guess and surmise the main reason for the rear vision system failure was pretty simple and easily avoided. My hindsight is after all, 20/20. It was deemed too expensive to put the boomer in the back where they belong, opting rather for a more profitable, easy electro-digital solution. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
I expect Boeing to fall flat with the Starliner in coming days/weeks as well. There must be alot of employees at the company unhappy with what they are doing, how and why they are doing it that way. The software-controlled valves in the Starliner booster system are certainly orders of magnitude more complicated than any remote vision system.
Good luck.
LATE UPDATE 15 August: Mission scrubbed.
When Push Comes to Shove
The controversy over pandemic restrictions has finally reached the fight stage in Florida. It’ll start in the courts, proceed in the streets, and ultimately schoolchildren across the state will be the ones beaten down after Governor DeSuckass makes political theater of a public health nightmare.
The Rule of Law
…means the rule of money and power in the United States of America. “The Law” means only what the rich and powerful’s lawyers say it means. Look no further than the impeachment hearings or the upshot of the ongoing opioid crises.
Health Status Update
Symptoms Log entry from a few days ago:
3 AUG 21: A week on recovering from Cannabis hyperemesis, “symptoms” takes on a whole new meaning. It’s a pretty stark before/after contrast with/without medication. Weed definitely tamps down the radiculopathy symptoms. Ability to better maintain balance on my feet seems to be positively affected, but that could be hyperemesis aftermath. The psychological aspect might be even more important – not being constantly distracted and depressed with paralysis and pain. Inflammation symptoms with the bad joints was totally gone until yesterday, from as far back as I can remember. That stuff was a minor annoyance compared to what I’m dealing with since the malpractice.
It was Epic
Like I told Michelle when I saw the weather forecast – “It’s gonna be epic…”
CDOT didn’t elaborate on the damage, only calling it “extreme.”
Felines
Kittens are in their 2nd year now. They can all be found sleeping in unusual positions around here sometimes – especially Marshall.
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Card Carrying Nazis
How can the Trumpians remain unable to lift the veil of stupidity? They’re not even trying to hide or re-define the nazi message.
I encourage all the MAGA nation to get onboard and contribute. A 2024 Trump Presidential run might be the best way to quash the insanity once and for all.
Women’s Volleyball Rules!
With fires raging out of control again this year I’ve stayed busy managing disaster prep and home maintenance activities with not much time to watch the Olympics. It’s just another example of how the repugs have ruined everything. I was certain it would be cancelled due to Covid, but at least there’s the occasional bright spot, and we’re giving the Chinese a good run.
Late Update 9 AUG 21: U.S. won the medal count, overall.
There Are No Words
Will Collins Break Giuliani’s Record?
..for hardest fall earned by the legal sycophant to a treasonous criminal? The scumbag known as Doug Collins is getting his opportunity:
Bottom of-the-barrel is where the Fuckwit reaches for lawyering these days.
The Republican Party is a Death Cult
Stark differences between Jonestown and Mar-a-Lago exist, however one similarity that certainly also does is loyalty to Dear Leader. That’s the core criteria for any cult. Repugs are there.
Yesterday Florida governor DeSuckass stood at the press conference podium and wailed “we are protecting your jobs…” as his mask PROHIBITION leads to the worst ER overflows ever, with patients in hallways and staff decimated. You have to wonder what jobs will be left when the dust settles.
Florida sets all-time record for Covid admissions. It no longer matters what side of the Covid controversy fence you fall – vaxxed or not, everybody is fucked.
Pond v8 Summer
Took a few shots with the flowers in full bloom. The goldfish have been enjoying a good diet of duckweed from the creek this year. Every few days I’ll take a bucketful of the lettuce out after it completely covers the surface, throw that in the creek, and return with the duckweed. They are going to be huge. 3-4 are approaching a foot long now.
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