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  1. Mrs Whiggins

    LBGTQ

    I'm not a lawyer either so I may have misunderstood, but yes, the point of it is still the same as it ever was.
  2. SIAP: Lubbock health officials are confirming Walmart and Target as two measles exposure sites in that city. With symptoms taking a while to develop, I'm crossing fingers that the San Antonio exposures will end up null, but that Buccees is a wild card.
  3. Mrs Whiggins

    LBGTQ

    I read the bill to be that using barring public monies to fund transition was what was proposed. That being said, it has similar characteristics to the chipping away strategy that the GOP used for Roe v Wade and will use for other rights they oppose.
  4. Some states kind of do this in a roundabout way with Medicaid. There was an article that talked about how some states claw back Medicaid payments using a federal law with respect to the estate (after death) and it was a decent read. https://www.thegazette.com/health-care-medicine/iowa-medicaid-sends-4m-bills-to-two-families-grieving-deaths-of-loved-ones-with-disabilities/ It's not unlike the way some states bill prisoners for the time spent behind bars which leads to a mountain of debt that they cannot realistically overcome if they're ever released.
  5. The quote: "This fucking guy has no clue what he's doing." Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning, and BoDs of Zip2 and PayPal: Just now discovering this, America?
  6. Your site, your rules so I abide. Carry on folks! Once I rose above the noise and confusion Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion I was soaring ever higher But I flew too high
  7. This thread is about Elon Musk and since he's decided to rule America via an unelected personal mandate/fiat/coup, should probably be moved to the Cloak Room and anyone not afraid to actually enter that forum can do all the Trump talk they desire. @immamac thoughts?
  8. Another reason I mentioned the tie to MAHA is that one of the areas they emphasize with respect to vaccines is the length of the trial. That would perhaps be fine for a long standing vaccine (unless they nitpick which they very well may) but what is one to do with their focus on trials with short season vaccines like the flu? (While its manufacturing process/etc took over a decade to develop, it's the type of loophole logic I expect anti-vaccine proponents to exploit) Hence the concern over whether these vaccines will even be available next season.
  9. I LOVE flying, but I draw the line at crashing.
  10. Let me get this straight, and correct me if I get it wrong. The guy that has remora-ed himself to the President is telling everyone that the agency with a not too bad track record for safety is under extreme distress and only his product can save it? And he's offering it up like a late night info-mercial with the fine print no where to be seen? A product that may or may not be a little sus for foreign intervention and national security? Something seems a little ratchet with this dude. Pass. Hard hard pass. (Narrator: of course this Starlink contract is going to happen.)
  11. Yeah, it's a long list but I wanted to point out that once MAHA really gets going, this could have a definite impact on people's ability to evaluate their healthcare options. Legislation and doctors being NOT APPROVED would run up against the AMA but now that there are these look alike associations with similar names, it will confound folks even more.
  12. So, let's defend RFK Jr shall we? Here is a man who is aligned with Del Bigtree, the nonmedical huckster who turned anti-vaccine rhetoric into a lucrative career. Bigtree was, for a time, in Hollywood as a sometime actor and producer and it was during one of the shows he was assisting with that he ran across Andrew Wakefield. I don't need to tell you more about Wakefield I'm guessing. Anyhoo, Bigtree discovered that huckstering with this crowd can make some real money and he's been active ever since. Fast forward to NOW: Bigtree took RFK Jr's place at MAHA after Kennedy was picked for Secretary. MAHA is Make America Healthy Again and Bigtree is now CEO. No medical training whatsoever, but he's fine with that because medicine isn't necessary for what ails America apparently: (this is from an interview he did with FOX) So this is two men who will be promoting a "health" version of the political groups that give a scorecard and will without a doubt be promoted by Fox, Xitter, and be a defacto government mouthpiece for anti-science rhetoric. I know RFK Jr has his own thread, and the US certainly needs to revisit health and wellness policy but after the absolute shit that people gave former First Lady Obama for trying to amend the corporate foothold in the school lunch program and encourage dietary moderation, fuck their care and concern. They just want to grift off of ignorance.
  13. The trans phobia will only be broadcast when they've got something else they wish to either obscure, deflect, or gain votes/support from. However, the two topics above are pretty much policy and in place. W/respect to it affecting the economy, it will be a short term gain with long term negative consequences, IMO.
  14. I've watched Everything, Everywhere All At Once both sober and buzzed. I 'get' that movie sober, but I enjoy it a lot more when buzzed if that makes sense. But rep to the poster who listed John Wick on page 1. I'll watch those movies anytime but they're awesome with a nice cocktail in hand.
  15. As was noted, RFK Jr. commented that a "measles outbreak is not unusual," citing past year's cases. The measles "season" is still ongoing as is the current Texas outbreak so hard to say if the case counts will exceed earlier years: 2024: 285 cases of which 89% were unvaccinated or unknown 2023: 59 cases 2022: 121 cases 2021: 49 cases 2020: 13 cases 2019: 1,274 cases Obviously Covid may have changed people's habits with respect to congregating and exposure and 2019 was the year that NYC and the Pacific Northwest had two very large outbreaks among vaccine opposed groups. So, RFK is downplaying the spread of disease at a very critical time with this specific outbreak. While many residents that are, say, 13 years and older are inoculated, and I will certainly hope that herd immunity will prevail, we have the very real, very opportunistic chance for the virus to have a lot of fun because Spring Break approaches. Yee Haw! Florida and Texas and all the ski resorts are going to be lit.
  16. Jay Bhattacharya is a nominee for NIH. There are several linked articles in the thread that follows this initial post. One from Tech Dirt that I link directly: https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/10/for-bhattacharya-free-speech-means-freedom-to-defund-dissenters/ is important because it directly relates to withholding funding for university campuses & reserchers that don't conform to the campus "culture" of which the fascists approve. Chilling on a McCarthy level loyalty purge. Bhuttacharya's hearing is set for March 5.
  17. Well Ryleigh, I hate to say it but wait until they ban hormonal birth control which is one of the ways in which to keep endometriosis under control. You will have company in the unable to conceive for health reasons category. But Viagra for the boys is still available!
  18. "You monkeys you! Give me back my hat!" Caps For Sale is also a classic in a similar vein.
  19. No need, really. Many American Christians don't even give that verse a second thought. The Oscar may have provoked comment because of the ebil Hollywood controlled by godless libs or of late, the heresy that is the NFL Super Bowl trophy, but a golden Trump blinds any and all to hypocrisy as they are the true believers.
  20. If that is what is discovered, wouldn't surprise me. We have semi-annual HVAC checks with a local business and several years ago I was having a ton of headaches (no, not for THAT reason) as were some family members and discovered that we had an issue in our system. Fixed it and all was good. Getting that air checked is important.
  21. Texas did have that state rep, Jonathan Stickland, who made the comment on a message board: "Rape is non existent in marriage, take what you want my friend!" so MAGA is not only not embarrassed, these are just the type of males they endorse. Stickland chose not to run in 2020 and pivoted to working for GOP groups in the state. You could say he turned trolling and hate into a pretty lucrative career (just like the Tates). Not bad for a HS dropout. Here's an article for some background and it's a good five minute read because one should pay attention to who is active behind the scenes and the groups that are bankrolling them. https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/10/jonathan-stickland-texas-conservative/
  22. Then I'm sure they'll understand when you decline to support an enterprise that is soon to be banned by the GOP: female sports.
  23. Someone has to step into the Void Of Epstein and those two are a twofer: subjugation of women/girls & young male influencers.
  24. One astute reply I saw to this news was on Jamelle Bouie's social media: GOP ordered a shit sandwich and now complains that it's overcooked....
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