An opinion in the NYT's today talks about obesity and how that now we have a cure for that, they've got to develop a more sophisticated diagnosis for that. Hmmmm. Funny, for, as she admits, 30 years you've been calling patients obese and telling people their health is at risk. But suddenly y'all aren't so sure. How terribly predictable. Don't want to overwhelm our healthcare systems by curing something you've been diagnosing for 30 years.
The biggest problem with this new "assessment" of obesity is that it is bullshit. It is just another huge line differentiating the rich and the poor. Richy riches can get all the Ozempic they want. But poor people will have to PROVE they deserve relief. The weight line between the two was already huge because the riches were accompanied by lots of salmon and personal trainers, while the poors have to pick up a dozen donuts for their family because it only costs 4.99. Pretty soon you'll be able to tell the haves from the have nots by how much they weigh. Income disparity has become a way of life.
If you're poor the type of foods that are best for your type, may be unaffordable. If anybody really cared about obesity, they would outlaw processed foods that are created to be addictive. But they can't do that because some profit maker would stop profiting. Money is always the DRIVER whether it is pharmaceuticals or Cheetos.
I'm on Ozempic, provided by the VA. They are chonically short, and I'm lucky if my next dose arrives before it's supposed to be delivered, because of shortages. I'm on it because I'm diabetic. TCFFG/PAB is rumored to be using it, but he'd never admit to diabetes, just as he'd never cop to being morbidly obese.
"It's nonsense. It's just made up. When it comes to creating job s Republicans have nothing to offer." ~Bruce Bartlett, economist for Ronald Reagan, in reference to trickle down economics
Now, I'm one of those weirdos whom kids and small animals like right off. And if you're liking me, I'm liking you. It tells me you have the wisdom to know when coming across whatever the hell I am. That said, crying babies annoy me. The sound. My auditory nerves tell me to run away. Unless it's a plaintiff cry. But if it's just bullshit stretching out the lungs, no thanks.
Kids and animals gravitate toward me as well, and generally the little fuckers are fine as long as their time near me is brief and distracting. It's the adults who refuse to train and contain their crotch dropping properly that fucking suck. If your kid is crying, go the fuck home. If your kid always cries and throws fits, you're doing it wrong and don't need more. If you can't control one child, don't have fucking more.
Also, there are absolutely places where kids don't need to be, and since parents are the ones who decided they needed to dribble their DNA around then it's up to them to suffer the consequences of their choices and stay the fuck at home or find a fucking sitter. If you must fly with a baby, pass out earplugs and $20 bills so everyone can at least buy a drink.
I am a parent, but too many people are not mature enough to be adults themselves let alone bring up a child with proper manners. Finally, the gross glorification of motherhood drum the fucking religious nuts and the GOP has been beating REALLY sets my teeth on edge. Parenting is hard, and not to be taken lightly like a choice of a handbag or other accessory. Most people should not reproduce.
When I hear a crying baby, it tears me apart. I instantly want to find out who's crying and why and what I can do to help - all highly inappropriate actions, and I have to stop myself by main force.
$160 billion here, $160 billion there, soon you're talking real money. Joking aside, that's a lot of money not being redistributed to pharma investors.
The group White Dudes for Harris rolled out a new $10 million ad campaign on Thursday, with the first ad of the effort targeting white men in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The over one-minute-long spot addresses former President Trump’s grip on the white male vote but works to appeal to voters in the bloc who are disillusioned with him and his campaign.
“All they’ve ever done is screw us over, but if you’re not on the MAGA train, where do you go?” the narrator says. “Then it hit me, this isn’t picking teams. It’s about who’s got a plan that’s going to make life better for me and my family.”
My choices in both 2008 and 2012 were based on who was most qualified and who had the best policy ideas for helping everyone's quality of life. McCain and Mittens both flunked.
OT: On my way from visiting my brother, I saw a license plate with "In God we trust" on it, which you can get for an extra fee in SC. When I see those, I roll my eyes, because I am wondering who they are trying to convince, all of the other drivers on the road, or themselves. But this car was special, because it had a "Let's go Brandon" bumper sticker on it. "Way to undercut your claim, you asshole supporting a rapist, felonious traitor."
How delicious would it be if Harris wins and we can tell every MAGA we see that if only they hadn't been so harsh on Biden, we'd have kept him as nominee and he'd have lost to Trump, but instead in his final electoral move, he passed the torch to his VP who gave Trump yet another loss.
That translate to Fuck Joe Biden which sounds like something God would say. I don't know how these people don't kill themselves with stupidity on a daily basis.
Had a thought earlier: If the R's attempt to steal the election Joe's last official act in office should be delivering the office to Harris and flipping the screamers off, because the SC said he could.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) may have been the first consumer denied an alcoholic beverage under a new state law expanding access to canned cocktails.
Shapiro, in a celebratory appearance at a Rutter’s convenience store in Central Pennsylvania, had hoped to buy some Philadelphia-based Surfside tea and vodka. But the 51-year-old Democrat ended up demonstrating that even the governor can’t buy booze without proper identification...
"It may look like I just forgot my ID, but this was actually a lesson to you kids out there--don't try buying booze, you'll get carded! I meant to do that!"
I've told this war story before, but the DAY I turned 21, my brother (17) approached me and asked me to buy some TJ Swann "Steppin' Out" for him. I told him no, saying not only is it illegal to do so, I also would not be caught dead anywhere near TJ Swann.
I love Uncle Joe. I really and truly do.
Me too.
me threes :)
An opinion in the NYT's today talks about obesity and how that now we have a cure for that, they've got to develop a more sophisticated diagnosis for that. Hmmmm. Funny, for, as she admits, 30 years you've been calling patients obese and telling people their health is at risk. But suddenly y'all aren't so sure. How terribly predictable. Don't want to overwhelm our healthcare systems by curing something you've been diagnosing for 30 years.
The biggest problem with this new "assessment" of obesity is that it is bullshit. It is just another huge line differentiating the rich and the poor. Richy riches can get all the Ozempic they want. But poor people will have to PROVE they deserve relief. The weight line between the two was already huge because the riches were accompanied by lots of salmon and personal trainers, while the poors have to pick up a dozen donuts for their family because it only costs 4.99. Pretty soon you'll be able to tell the haves from the have nots by how much they weigh. Income disparity has become a way of life.
The cure for obesity is to eat right for your type, but it is generally dismissed as pseudo-science. Nevertheless, it works.
That's easy to say, but what if you live in a food desert? It's not always easy to get the "right foods", either because of accessibility or price.
If you're poor the type of foods that are best for your type, may be unaffordable. If anybody really cared about obesity, they would outlaw processed foods that are created to be addictive. But they can't do that because some profit maker would stop profiting. Money is always the DRIVER whether it is pharmaceuticals or Cheetos.
I'm on Ozempic, provided by the VA. They are chonically short, and I'm lucky if my next dose arrives before it's supposed to be delivered, because of shortages. I'm on it because I'm diabetic. TCFFG/PAB is rumored to be using it, but he'd never admit to diabetes, just as he'd never cop to being morbidly obese.
The point is they can pay for it. They don't need it to be approved by a Doctor. See Oprah. See Kimberly Guilfoyle. See Trump.
As far as the Danish pharmacorp cares, that's all that matters.
You can already tell the haves from the have nots by their teeth.
Luxury bones.
Right? Somehow eyes and teeth aren't "healthcare".
That's ALWAYS pissed me off!
"It's nonsense. It's just made up. When it comes to creating job s Republicans have nothing to offer." ~Bruce Bartlett, economist for Ronald Reagan, in reference to trickle down economics
OT. #NotAllPeople #NotAllKids
"Child-free spaces, dirty looks on planes and ‘breeders’: Why people seem so annoyed by kids"
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/19/us/kid-free-children-public-places-cec/index.html
Now, I'm one of those weirdos whom kids and small animals like right off. And if you're liking me, I'm liking you. It tells me you have the wisdom to know when coming across whatever the hell I am. That said, crying babies annoy me. The sound. My auditory nerves tell me to run away. Unless it's a plaintiff cry. But if it's just bullshit stretching out the lungs, no thanks.
Kids and animals gravitate toward me as well, and generally the little fuckers are fine as long as their time near me is brief and distracting. It's the adults who refuse to train and contain their crotch dropping properly that fucking suck. If your kid is crying, go the fuck home. If your kid always cries and throws fits, you're doing it wrong and don't need more. If you can't control one child, don't have fucking more.
Also, there are absolutely places where kids don't need to be, and since parents are the ones who decided they needed to dribble their DNA around then it's up to them to suffer the consequences of their choices and stay the fuck at home or find a fucking sitter. If you must fly with a baby, pass out earplugs and $20 bills so everyone can at least buy a drink.
I am a parent, but too many people are not mature enough to be adults themselves let alone bring up a child with proper manners. Finally, the gross glorification of motherhood drum the fucking religious nuts and the GOP has been beating REALLY sets my teeth on edge. Parenting is hard, and not to be taken lightly like a choice of a handbag or other accessory. Most people should not reproduce.
Plaintive cry. Unless the infant in question has filed a civil lawsuit and is upset about it.
When I hear a crying infant I cast the rune Isa upon it that it might quit with the noise.
You sometimes hear plaintiff cries in courtrooms, or so I'm told.
When I hear a crying baby, it tears me apart. I instantly want to find out who's crying and why and what I can do to help - all highly inappropriate actions, and I have to stop myself by main force.
My arms ache when I hear a baby cry. All that I want to do is scoop them up and soothe them. It's damned difficult sometimes to not intervene.
$160 billion here, $160 billion there, soon you're talking real money. Joking aside, that's a lot of money not being redistributed to pharma investors.
I will need a fainting couch, stat.
The group White Dudes for Harris rolled out a new $10 million ad campaign on Thursday, with the first ad of the effort targeting white men in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The over one-minute-long spot addresses former President Trump’s grip on the white male vote but works to appeal to voters in the bloc who are disillusioned with him and his campaign.
“All they’ve ever done is screw us over, but if you’re not on the MAGA train, where do you go?” the narrator says. “Then it hit me, this isn’t picking teams. It’s about who’s got a plan that’s going to make life better for me and my family.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-dudes-harris-unveils-eight-131514710.html
Where's the money, Lebowski! Here it is! $10 million for Kamala and Tim.
You can vote based on race and sex, or you can vote based on what's best for your quality of life.
Rs don't do that.
My choices in both 2008 and 2012 were based on who was most qualified and who had the best policy ideas for helping everyone's quality of life. McCain and Mittens both flunked.
LIVE AND IN PRISON, It's P A B!
Someday.
Speed that day!
And if I'm forced to choose just one, I choose in prison.
OT: On my way from visiting my brother, I saw a license plate with "In God we trust" on it, which you can get for an extra fee in SC. When I see those, I roll my eyes, because I am wondering who they are trying to convince, all of the other drivers on the road, or themselves. But this car was special, because it had a "Let's go Brandon" bumper sticker on it. "Way to undercut your claim, you asshole supporting a rapist, felonious traitor."
"In God We Trust" is the official US motto and that just shouldn't be.
It was adopted in 1956. More red scare horseshit.
How delicious would it be if Harris wins and we can tell every MAGA we see that if only they hadn't been so harsh on Biden, we'd have kept him as nominee and he'd have lost to Trump, but instead in his final electoral move, he passed the torch to his VP who gave Trump yet another loss.
And then the Woke began!
It would be... scrumtrilescent!
He's a flawed vessel!
He's a pile of potsherds.
Support for an antichrist. Jesus H. Christ.
What would Jesus drive?
It's hard to say - all the evidence in the Bible has other people with cars:
https://www.thrillist.com/cars/what-would-jesus-drive-all-the-cars-in-the-bible-from-the-old-to-the-new-testament
A Dodge Spirit. Or a Dodge Demon to be hipster ironic.
That translate to Fuck Joe Biden which sounds like something God would say. I don't know how these people don't kill themselves with stupidity on a daily basis.
When that phrase was fresh I saw a pickup with LETS GO BRANDEN shoe polished in the rear window, and I had a little chuckle.
The only valid use of that phrase is what I've seen at store checkouts: "In God we trust. All others must pay cash."
The driver could be trusting that god won't notice...
I would like to put a sticker over that sticker which says, "Brandon dropped out."
Which was possibly his most Dark Brandon move ever.
:)
OT: Watching match between FK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade and SL Benfica.
Score is here:
https://x.com/i/events/1829852162525945856
Had a thought earlier: If the R's attempt to steal the election Joe's last official act in office should be delivering the office to Harris and flipping the screamers off, because the SC said he could.
I hearby OFFICIALLY declare Kamala Harris our President.
Joe won't do that. Just because the Supremes violated the Constitution is not reason enough for Joe to do that. He is made of stronger stuff.
It's still a lovely thought.
Hey Dumpfuck, Dark Brandon just got a half point of interest deducted, suck on that asshole!
Some funny shit
𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝗗, 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗵𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘄
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) may have been the first consumer denied an alcoholic beverage under a new state law expanding access to canned cocktails.
Shapiro, in a celebratory appearance at a Rutter’s convenience store in Central Pennsylvania, had hoped to buy some Philadelphia-based Surfside tea and vodka. But the 51-year-old Democrat ended up demonstrating that even the governor can’t buy booze without proper identification...
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4886451-pennsylvania-gov-denied-alcohol-shapiro/amp/
"It may look like I just forgot my ID, but this was actually a lesson to you kids out there--don't try buying booze, you'll get carded! I meant to do that!"
Well, lead by example there, Governor!
Don't you know who I am?
Oh, I thought this was about Ben.
The tea and vodka would be REALLY dry.
He should hang out outside the store and slip a few bucks to some dude to buy him some booze. "Hey mister, can you buy some canned cocktails for me?"
I've told this war story before, but the DAY I turned 21, my brother (17) approached me and asked me to buy some TJ Swann "Steppin' Out" for him. I told him no, saying not only is it illegal to do so, I also would not be caught dead anywhere near TJ Swann.
I had an 18 YO student ask me to buy her alcohol and I nicely told her NO FUCKING WAY do I look like an idiot?
"Only in exchange for sexual favors! I'm a Republican."
Ah, happy memories of getting dumb 18 year olds to buy us booze... its a bit more relaxed in the UK.
As God intended.