StringJunky

Ok. On lobbying: A chap with just nine shares in Tesla has just knocked Musk off his financial perch by having a judge anull his 50-odd billion pay packet. Appeals are on, of course, but I thought "That's interesting". It was ultimately financed by "no win, no fee" legal help. You have to balance that with the cost to the tax payer at research level. How much of that research is taken on by pharmaceutical companies vs not used? This article relates to research access but it mentions the total spend: Taxpayers spend $140 billion funding science each year — but can't access many of the results

One of the most common defences by Big Pharma for price gouging is that it will affect innovation. Not much of a leg to stand on, it seems to me. People on your level should be more vocal and tell them to stop misleading the public and naive politicians.

You routinely make such statements with no context or explanation. Do you get a kick out of being purposely vague? This is my thread. Please stop. Telepathy is not one of my talents. On topic: I think the true long term intent of the present administration is clear in the Defence Minister's statement in answer to the US's statement admonishing the settler's current exploitative tactics in the West Bank:

This flies over my head

If the US puts boots in Gaza, I feel another Vietnam on the horizon.

We have to watch Taylor and her secret government mission. I like a description given to these people as Not-Too-Swifties. The hard RW are becoming quite comedic in their accusations.

I wonder what the relative outcomes are between armed and unarmed homeowners being intruded?

Citizen militias are an obsolete military formation. Like taking a knife to a gun fight... as if it has to be said.

'Don't throw away the good in pursuit of perfection' comes to mind.

Show the consequences as seen by the first responders. Watching drone videos in Ukraine soon takes out the 'fun' of war and playing soldiers.

I'm not sure either. I think you have intractable problems because you are a nation of states that each have probably too much independence and autonomy to ever really align on major issues like this, and have policies that could be applied consistently across the country.

You and people like you aren't the problem. My ire is directed at those that feel the need to be armed and generally do what they like without regard to human frailty and risk. One is playing with matches next to an open bucket of petrol.

I find it crazy that politicians wave the flag, call each other "Fellow Americans", but they need to arm themselves against their fellow Americans.

It's what happens when they can't see the forest for the trees.

Yeah. sod the training and accountibility and let everyone have the best of what the police use. Didn't know that. Leave it to the experts is what I say... that's what we pay them for. From Photon Guy's post, I get the sense that the military and police are viewed as forces of oppression, rather than as extensions of the common will, geared towards civility and peace.

Some/a lot of your compatriots need their heads testing. Your laws are, on their own, killing all those people because.... rights. These mass murderers you have are, by and large, very poorly and not intrinsically evil. It can happen to anyone if all of the life-shit happens to fall together at the wrong time. 80 life years x 300 million US people is an awful lot of person-years for these things to happen, if the system enables them, like it does.

That's helluva start in terms of initiating productive thinking strategies.

Be interesting to do a count up of the employees from 'shithole' countries working for these wealthy GOP members.

I think I read the other day Trump doesn't want the border fixing, he wants that to be his election issue. This seems to be why the GOP are in disarray; conflicting directions.

This method of strapping a mask to the face doesn't account/contain for unco-operative, voluntary movements. It's quite possible to hold your breathe for a few minutes.

Yes, pursuing non-medical methods keeps that supply chain out of the ethical process.

Yes, speed and presence of pain. Optimally, one would pass out pretty quickly.

I would have thought helium would be better, with it being inert.

Any thoughts on the potential outcomes this? From what understand, if done correctly with no significant rebreathing of carbon dioxide, they should be unconconcious in a few breathes. If it carries out without incident, the 'cruel and unusual' label won't stand anymore.

I'll MAGA that. lol