For years America has muddled its way through an innumerable amount of pronouns and confusion over sexual identity as elites strove to push the boundaries on what it means to be a man, woman, or "they." Terms like "trad wife," "cismale/cisfemale" and "alpha male" became not just daily words introduced to a confused society, but slurs, intimating that whoever identified as the aforementioned, was a backward troglodyte who wanted everyone to transport back to the 1950s.
Private equity investments in healthcare prioritize financial returns, often at the expense of patient care and hospital conditions. Apollo Global Health and Leonard Green & Partners exemplify issues like understaffing, poor patient outcomes, and financial mismanagement. read more
Early last year, streaming company Fubo filed an antitrust lawsuit against Disney, Fox, and Warner Brothers Discovery after the three companies decided to launch their own joint streaming live sports venture. Fubo, in the lawsuit, claims the collective power of the three companies would stifle competition ... read more
The Federal Trade Commission said the companies made $7.3 billion over five years from the marked up prices read more
A MAGA visit intended to make Greenland look pro-Donald Trump appears staged from the bottom up. read more
Stranglers - Skin Deep (1984)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Many people tell you that they're your friend
You believe them, you need them for what's round the river bend
Make sure that you're receiving the signals they send
'Cos brother, you've only got two hands to lend
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Better watch out for the skin deep
Better watch out for the skin deep
(Better watch out) Watch out for the skin deep
(Better watch out) Watch out for the skin deep
Better watch out for the skin deep
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Pres-elect Trump dislikes reporters who strive to report the facts of what is happening.
Trump Says Police Violence Against Journalists Is Actually A Beautiful Sight' (2020)
www.forbes.com
... During a rally in Pittsburgh on Tuesday, President Trump took his "law and order" message a step further, not only applauding harsh law enforcement treatment of protesters, but of journalists as well. ...[emphasis mine]
As he often does at rallies, Trump described the state of America's cities in dystopian terms, waxing on at length on ways he claimed protesters have attacked law enforcement -- such as throwing "rocks and cans of tuna fish" -- and mocking the use of the label "police brutality" for retaliation by police.
Trump praised the involvement of National Guard troops in quelling violent protests in Minneapolis, asserting "Minneapolis was cured" after the Guard was deployed.
But Trump also applauded acts of excessive violence by "big, strong" police while narrating them in detail, describing an instance in which, "they grabbed them, they grabbed them, they were grabbing them left and right."
"Sometimes they grab one guy, I'm a reporter! I'm a reporter!" Trump said gleefully, aggressively pantomiming a Guardsman throwing aside the reporter and shouting "get out of here," adding, "they threw him aside like he was a little bag of popcorn."
Trump said "you don't want to do that," but described such instances as "actually a beautiful sight" because of the "crap we've all had to take for so long," mocking reporters for using the term "peaceful protest" to describe protests featuring looting and property damage.
Trump also mocked MSNBC host Ali Velshi " a common target of his aspersions " for getting hit in the knee with a rubber bullet while covering a protest, incorrectly claiming he "got hit in the knee with tear gas and he went down," and mockingly shouting "I got hit! I got hit!"
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@#11
Pokin Around: I don't expect answer, but: Why does this Walmart keep condoms locked up? (2020)
www.news-leader.com
... I'm going to call this a "Pokin Around" column not because my name is "Pokin" and the subject matter is condoms. I would never stoop so low.
Instead, I'm going to call it "Pokin Around" because I don't want to label it an "Answer Man." I doubt I'm going to get an answer.
At least not in this decade.
A reader, who will remain unnamed, told me he recently went condom-shopping and for the first time did so at the Walmart Supercenter at 2021 E. Independence St. in Springfield.
He was stunned by the store's condom protocol, if there is such a thing.
He found what he was looking for, but it was in a locked display. He had never seen such security, such protection.
To make his purchase, he had to flag down a store employee to open the display. He found this rather awkward.
And then, he was told he was not allowed to carry the condoms with him as he continued his shopping " he had to immediately pay for them at the pharmacy or drop them off there and pay when he was ready to check out.
This seemed very odd to him.
It seems odd to me. ...
@#13 ,... Everyone spent years thinking there was nothing wrong with how this industry did business. It seems like a lot of eyes started opening when one CEO got shot. ...
Not really.
I have been posting topics questioning "healthcare for profit" for many months (years?).
Many months.
It has been obvious to anyone who had concerns about it or who cared abot those subjected to the apparent money-grabbing whims of the current healthcare system.
This is not a new thing for me.
Indeed ...
Medical Debt Could Get You Sued (2020)
www.nbcconnecticut.com
... Quader found out her health insurance provider rejected the claim because it was filed more than 90 days after treatment.
What happened to Quader is not unusual. Data analyzed by researchers at the UCONN Health Disparities Institute show Danbury Hospital has filed suits against thousands of its patients. ...
@#2 ... What's wrong with you young folks? ...
Neither of us feel interested': More Americans don't want kids, and it's not just because of the money (August 2024)
www.cnbc.com
... Growing up in rural Michigan, Nina Job got familiar with peers and people in her community following a "traditional trajectory." That meant "you go to college, you get married, you have 2.5 kids, you know -- happy home, white picket fence type-thing," she tells CNBC Make It.
But moving to New York gave her a new perspective: "I remember being 20 and so surprised to meet single people much older than what I was used to ever seeing back home who were happy."
The varied domestic situations she encountered "opened my eyes to the possibility of so many different lifestyles, and just non-traditional family setups," the now-36-year-old says.
Now, Job is among the growing number of Americans who are choosing to live a child-free life. The U.S. fertility rate fell to a record low of around 1.6 births per woman in 2023, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. ...
Oddly, this song just appeared on a playlist here ...
Boys Don't Cry - I Wanna Be a Cowboy (1985)
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Lyrics excerpt ...
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Riding on the range
I got my hat on
I got my boots - dusty
I got my saddle
On my horse
He's called....
T-T-T-T-T-Trigger!
Of course
[Chorus]
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
And you can be my cowgirl
I wanna be a cowboy
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@#13 ... Democrats allow criminal illegals and thieves and mobs to freely steal and then complain because stores close or lock up products. ...
Does your bot have a link?