There has definitely been a trend in the media of downplaying CP and CSAM recently. I thought others were crazy when they said it, but after paying attention a bit, yeah, it’s happening. My theory is that it is because of algorithms filtering stuff like that out.
The average Republican voters doesn’t care what the facts are.
It’s an abuser controlling his victim. They will go to whatever lengths they think they need to. Nothing is too dark except maybe murder, and even that’s iffy.
Cornerstone belief of Evangelical Christianity!
This judge already appears to have an axe to grind with Trump, so, uh, it probably would have been easier with a jury.
It is Patton by proxy - “The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard to die for his.” Except instead of “the other bastard” being an enemy, it’s your allies.
There is no “but still”. Here’s the thing about language - it is constantly changing. Words change their meanings all the time. I cannot go to the 18th century and use modern vernacular and not be misunderstood, nor could I go to the 22nd century and use it and not be misunderstood. Quit acting like English is some static thing that hasn’t changed. You’re showing exactly how ignorant and uneducated you really are, even without having to use such an ignorant term as “rainbow press”.
I mean, it’s the cornerstone of the private healthcare system here. So much so that ER docs are actually suing private equity firms for practicing medicine without a license.
Link to the story in the English Argentine newspaper, The Buenos Aires Times.
Link to the story in the English Argentine newspaper, The Buenos Aires Herald.
https://buenosairesherald.com/economics/argentinas-senate-approves-raise-on-tax-income-threshold
California is not right to work, that means that a person can work in a union shop without being a member of the union. You are thinking of at will.
Technically cannibals would be one solution to a full planet.
I’d assume the surgeons wanted to spare her from having to undergo sedation and surgery again at a later point in time, just to get her consent.
That is still performing the procedure without her consent. Are you really that dense? Or are you one of those types who believes that “no” doesn’t always mean “no” or that if someone doesn’t say “no” that means they automatically consent?
Precisely. It’s a mashup of what it has been trained on. Train it on celebrities in bikinis and pornstars getting railed in bikinis, smash the two together and et voila, suddenly every actress has a porn tape of getting railed in a bikini.
I will scream it till the day I die, profit motive and healthcare do not belong together. At all. In any way, shape, or form.
Instead of making you wait, they should have been forced to shell out to get you a new machine from another company. Well, Resmed. All of us who use CPAPs know that Phillips and Resmed machines are far and away better than any other machine out there. Which sucks for us users.
The recall really fucked CPAP prices. Phillips and Resmed make up probably 99% of the CPAP machine market with a few other companies fighting over the scraps. And to be fair, none of those other companies come close to making a machine as good as a Resmed or Phillips one. Redmed and Phillips probably have a 49.5% share each of the market. So when Phillips was suddenly yoinked from the market, it left a HUGE hole none of the others could fill. To make matters worse it happened during supply shortages. I know Resmed was having problems with getting chips for the modems their machines use to remotely report to doctors. In addition they were switching over to a new model, so production of the older model was ending, too.
To put it in perspective, I picked up a used Resmed Airsense 10 with low hours for about $150 a month or so before the recall. Hell, I’d even see people giving them away on Craigslist sometimes. Nowadays you’re not paying less than $400-$500 for a used machine last I checked. That is close to the price you’d pay for a new machine before. Everything associated with CPAP machines went through the roof, as well, even though there was no shortage for those.
To add insult to injury, you can’t get the parts to fix this things. This is another market where right-to-repair needs to be opened up. I get it, though, they are medical devices and faulty 2nd hand parts could cause injury or even death, but for those of us with the skill and wherewithal, we should have access to the parts. I’ve torn down both my machines and cleaned them out. The main failing part is the blower motor. I mean that thing sees 10s of thousands of hours of use. My main machine has been used on average for 8 hours a day, every day for around 6-7 years, total. Yet replacing it is dirt simple - pull the old one out, unplug it, plug the new one in, put it in the machine, boom, done. Having authorized repair techs would be dirt simple. It just wouldn’t be as profitable as forcing insurance companies and individuals to shell out hundreds of dollars for a new machine. Which circles around to another pet peeve of mine - profit motive and healthcare need to be wholly divorced from each other.
Sorry, this went on longer than I wanted it to, but once I got started, I couldn’t stop.
How do you do that in the age of the internet? How do you stop them from spreading their insanity on platforms like X, Instagram, Facebook, etc? If they aren’t violating guidelines, how do you sideline them?
Wow. Queen of Wands, I don’t think I’ve looked at that for over a decade…
Then you get Texas. We’ve got a law that just went into effect that basically takes away huge swaths of law making powers from the cities. They have made no attempt to hide that it was entirely for the benefit of businesses at the expense of locals and their desires.
All month? This is the 342nd day of Halloween. All days lead to Halloween.