Trump must think Hawaii is one of those "shithole countries" he mentioned the other day.

Reading this made my jaw drop...

 

 

Emily Thornberry (Labour shadow...something)'s description of Trump is probably about the best I've seen.

 

"an asteroid of awfulness that has fallen on this world" 

 

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/labour-accuses-theresa-may-of-humiliating-queen-with-donald-trump-state-visit-a3739591.html

I posted about this days ago, but this is a followup to the news that a federal judge ruled against Trump's halting of DACA renewal applications.

The government has now started accepting applications for renewals again!

 

DACA Participants Can Again Apply for Renewal, Immigration Agency Says

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Reading this made my jaw drop...

 

 

IF this is the truth. which, IMPO, I feel it isn't. but this is the story they have fed the world so.....

 

Why did they decide to tie the article to the tax bill when Pfizer likely would have ended research no matter what? It trampled over the powerful story that followed. 

 

The article is a mess as a result and takes away from what really could have written itself.

Edited January 15, 20187 yr by DRW50

Nobody's really writing/talking about this.

 

Hospitals experiencing major shortage of saline IV bags. Almost every company that make them are in Puerto Rico, which we are ignoring.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 14, 2018

..flu hospitalizations doubling each week. IV bags rationed. FDA in emergency. Wouldnt it have been easier to just help PR?

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) January 14, 2018

Edited January 15, 20187 yr by DramatistDreamer

The GOP is coming for the employer mandate of the ACA next.

 

Individual Mandate Now Gone, G.O.P. Targets the One for Employers

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Why did they decide to tie the article to the tax bill when Pfizer likely would have ended research no matter what? It trampled over the powerful story that followed. 

 

The article is a mess as a result and takes away from what really could have written itself.

That's what I was wondering. I'm sure for different reasons though.  To me it sounds like they were spending billions and not making much progress. Not sure why any private company would keep going down that rabbit hole.

 

We can hope other companies have more promising research. Really the government should be funding way more research in all areas, but with Republicans in charge I won't hold my breadth. 

Frankly, I've never held much faith in "Big Pharma."  They can come up with a little blue pill that will help an old fart sustain a woody in his pants, but they can't find a cure for AIDS, for cancer, for diabetes, and for a million other chronic, life-shortening diseases that are out there?

15 minutes ago, Khan said:

Frankly, I've never held much faith in "Big Pharma."  They can come up with a little blue pill that will help an old fart sustain a woody in his pants, but they can't find a cure for AIDS, for cancer, for diabetes, and for a million other chronic, life-shortening diseases that are out there?

I have a lot of problems with big pharma, but this isn't one of them. Increasing blood flow to extremities is pretty straight forward compared to curing complex diseases. 

 

I'm amazed researchers came up with treatments for AIDS as quickly as they did. Remember we can't even cure the common could because of mutations. Cancer is a bitch and it won't surprise me if we need AI to eradicate it.  Still, there are many treatments for both cancer and diabetes that didn't exist a few years ago and people are living longer with these diseases.

 

My issue is more the pricing of drugs. I'm sure we all remember some of the more outrageous cases we've seen of them robbing people.

Big Pharma should have to sell their drugs in this country for the same price as countries with universal healthcare.  Absolutely NO politician will take this on.  Trump made a big deal of it during the campaign and then just did a hand holding meeting with them for the press.

One of the headlines for this article is MLK III attacks Trump. Meanwhile he says "We need to work on this man's heart". I cannot think of a more generous perspective. One that is entirely unearned.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-apos-am-not-021030789.html

I cannot wait to see what the contents of this will be!

 

BREAKING: Haiti just had an emergency high court session resulting in an agreement to unseal & release documents relating to Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier's indictments for money laundering through Trump Tower. Looks like Trump will regret insulting Haiti!
KARMA's a B*tch!

— Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) January 15, 2018