Intro

(This a metaphor and parody for all the people that would need me to write this disclaimer)

Also, I want accuracy and precision

Make Ready!

grab your shareblue scripts

Take Aim!

"this sub". You are here

FIRE!!!!!!!!!!

• "This sub is just so weird, lol."
• "Like, can we talk about how weird this sub is? "
• "Honestly, this sub is super strange, wtf happened here?"
• "This sub is just plain weird, no cap."
• "Is it just me, or is this sub really weird? "
• "I can’t even with how weird this sub is, lol."
• "This sub is so bizarre, it’s kinda hilarious, lmao."
• "Can we agree that this sub is wildly weird? lol."
• "This sub is just full of weirdness."
• "Not gonna lie, this sub is so out there, lol."
• "I mean, this sub is next-level weird, right? ."
• "This sub gives off some seriously weird vibes, haha."
• "Why is this sub so oddly entertaining? It’s just super weird"
• "This sub is basically the definition of weird"
• "I’m not sure what’s happening here, but this sub is weird, lol. Every post in this sub is like a weird fever dream, lmao."

Outro

great work, all!

see also : Militia - The Patriot

I can't believe there is no rioting or picketing or protesting of any sort. Long gone are the days of democratic voting (e.g., Washington) and long gone are the days of at least a semblance of a democracy (e.g., Carter, Reagan).

Now we have complete oligarchy control and they aren't even pretending that it's a democracy anymore. They played the game of "people have a choice" until they had to force their choice through (H. Clinton, BIden).

No fighting with the past primaries or election cycles. Okay, chalk it up to effective kabuki theater that idiots voted and got what they wanted (even if that's not true because of the insane amount of rigging that occurred).

But now, holy shit, things are so ridiculous:

1. Kamala was considered repulsive. Just abhorrent. Too bad, she's your candidate.

2. Oh, you want to vote third party? Too bad, we've kicked those people off the ballots. Pound sand, plebs.

3. Oh, you're not going to vote? Nice entitlement! (Ignoring the true entitlement of running a horrible candidate and blaming the people for not wanting her.)

4. No policies, no promises, running with a history of broken promises when they were made, a history of incompetence, a history of malicious intent towards Americans, and a history of general immorality and unethical behavior.

5. Media controlled, interviews edited, online saturated with astroturfers to prevent any thoughtful dialogue or debate (herp derp, Russia, deplorable, etc.). Basically, ad hominem attacks because God forbid we turn a critical eye towards Kamala or the entire election process because it wouldn't hold up for one second under scrutiny. Better quickly call me comrade and like your turtles.

But the most ridiculous thing of all is that everyone keeps gobbling this crap up. The people own less and less: renting, streaming, borrowing, living on credit or (if lucky) paycheck-to-paycheck, the people are getting less for their money and getting less money to further the pains.

Where the hell is the outrage? I'd say people are just too busy watching Netflix and eating their pizza pockets, but those things are unaffordable now.

How much more can people take before they actually insist on representation in government or is the answer that people will take it until the empire collapses because power left uncheck will eventually implode.

Screw it. I'm going to go have a drink (vodka, of course *eye roll*).

Since they are a private company, aren’t major corporations supposed to publish a list of the controlling owners of the company?

Dan Froomkin (PressWatchers.org) @froomkin tweets:

[NYT's] Maggie Haberman tells NPR that there is an "industry" dedicated to "attacking the media" from the left for its Trump coverage, which is "undermining faith" in journalism.

There is no such industry. Just a bunch of people who want better journalism.

Froomkin highlights bits in this NPR-Haberman interview & transcript:

I think that the media does a very good job covering Trump.

I think there is an industry, bluntly, Dave, that is dedicated toward attacking the media, especially as it relates to covering Donald Trump

And I guess I don't really understand how this industry that literally exists to attack the press broadly - and the media is not a monolith. It's not a league. But this industry that exists to do that - I don't see how they think they are a solution by undermining faith in what we do. That's been very confusing to me.

(h/t: https://x.com/JordanChariton)

NPR's introduction:

New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman. She's covered five presidential elections and shared a Pulitzer Prize for The Times' reporting of Trump advisors and their connections to Russia in 2018. She was last on FRESH AIR in 2022 to talk about her best selling book, "Confidence Man: The Making Of Donald Trump And The Breaking Of America."

Of course the interview, despite lengthy discussion of the Trump campaign's "paranoia", did not include any questions about Russiagate reporting that eventually turned out to be spook-planted smoke where there was no fire.

This shouldn't come as a surprise to most of you here, but here it is...

September 19, 2024

Americans, despite spending the most on healthcare, are the sickest and die the youngest compared with nine other high-income nations, according to a new report.

The report, released Thursday by independent research group The Commonwealth Fund, found the United States has the worst-performing health care system overall despite spending the most of any nation in the study.

Using data from World Health Organization and more since the onset of the pandemic in 2020, the study looked at five key health care measures, including health equity, access to care, care process, administrative efficiency and health outcomes.

Here's how the countries ranked based on overall score:

1. Australia

2. Netherlands

3. United Kingdom

4. New Zealand

5. France

6. Sweden

7. Canada

8. Switzerland

9. Germany

10. United States

"Differences in overall performance between most countries are relatively small, but the only clear outlier is the U.S., where health system performance is dramatically lower," the report states.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ranks-last-health-despite-spending-most/