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  1. It is a simple contrast of where priorities, where attention is fixated. The former is of an issue that is demonstrably harmful and discriminatory towards everyone not of a select few and the other story is about some "mean" jokes.
  2. Thrilled to see the Pandora Papers received as much attention as this what should be a non-story.
  3. As I've said before and will again. More evidence of it: The Pharma apologists in this thread, about as morally bankrupt as one has to be, pathetically aren't even part of this special profiteering club either and therefore any lack of motive continue to make asinine defenses. Defenses of Pharma practices such as Merck's 40x markup to "cover R&D costs" on a treatment despite being taxpayer funded is rational and just when it comes to saving lives and ending the pandemic as soon as possible, or to get as close to that as we can. It has always been about making an exorbitant profit off the health of people, at the expense of people's lives, as per what Pharma regularly does. Instead of acknowledging what couldn't be more evident aside from a full blown confession from Pharma itself, these same apologist hacks right out of the apologetics playbook continue to double down on that stubbornness. They do this because they have deemed those critical of Pharma at this time, for any reason, as "anti-vaxer", which is so often incorrect and easily falsifiable. At least we both know I'm right even though the other side will never concede that notion. Pope asks pharmaceutical companies to release patents for COVID-19 vaccines https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/10/16/pope-pharmaceutical-companies-patents-covid-19-vaccines/3221634420392/ Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/business/moderna-covid-vaccine.html?fbclid=IwAR2ohBnE_tm1KrCCb-9qMhsql_fWQrjBPqocTvd3O3IyZRR-zQGuvT-hQjo
  4. You're wrong. Extortion is precisely what it is. There is no option when the option is living on the street, you goof.
  5. Doubling down on a stupid position against those you perceive to be "anti-vax", huh. Never thought I'd see a liberal such as yourself defend big pharma practices by 40x mark up of an alleged life saving treatment during a pandemic in an effort to make godly profits. It's about making as much profit as possible; not covering R&D costs. Quit being so daft, seriously, you're not even part of this 'big club' making record bank.. Thanks for conceding to my point.
  6. Yes. Extortion. Pay me or I'll break your knee caps. You don't have to, but there's consequences.
  7. 35 times according to that article, sorry, huge discrepancy; nothing to look at here.
  8. Wrong. Being fired from your job is a forced mandate, coercion, extortion; don't be daft asserting that's not what it is. Here, Merck is taking your tax dollars (Americans) and then selling back to you a product at 40x the mark up. Explain how that is ethical, moral, even remotely responsible. We won't get into the history of them knowingly producing carcinogenic consumer products since you'll have a tough enough time explaining away the previous question.
  9. Gee. Lets not hold the pharmaceutical industry which is being mandated on all of us to too high a standard now. Different country - still affects us. They were and still are pushing for general public booster shots before that idea was shot down by the FDA citing too many unknowns. This still hasn't been ruled out indefinitely. It wasn't long people here scoffed when I said that these guys have obviously huge financial incentive to push all sorts of crap on the public, whether needed or not, as they clearly, obviously, influence those same politicians financially whom make the rules for us. First, it was the booster shots unsupported by peer reviewed science. Then it was hoarding the patent on the vaccines. Then stories like this only adds credence to that. No, it's not conspiracy. That's all right there in front of your face reported by corporate media surprisingly.. selectively anyway.
  10. Suggestions needed. Someone near and dear to me has been dealing with harassment and intimidation in the Abbotsford school district for the past 8 months now and it has got to the point where she is visibly emotional about it and is being threatened with suspension without pay and possible termination altogether. She has been accused of and reported to HR for not doing her job, being late and leaving early, violating covid protocol in the office. It is particularly worrisome because it is the principal and the vice principal of the school collaborating these complaints against her and without evidence. And by default because of their titles, HR simply takes their word for it hence she is now facing suspension. I don't have all of the details which is part of the problem in explaining what is going on here in greater capacity, but from what she tells me there it appears there is a conspiracy against her to forcefully make her leave or be fired for reasons unknown. I have no reason to not trust her on this especially when she has been in the school district for 25 years without a prior complaint, but now numerous complaints in the past 8 months. The district is unionized of course but they are unable or unwilling to help. Her union rep has been absolutely useless. She has a couple coworkers who can substantiate, at least in theory, that she is being mistreated, and she has over 200 images on her phone of her signing into her computer in the morning and logging out at the end of the day to dispel these notions that she is late and leaving early. Unfortunately she doesn't have much in writing from the principal and VP regarding requests and job tasks so when they accuse her of not doing her job or or completing tasks on time, she has proof to the contrary. Aside from speaking with an employment lawyer real soon here I'm not sure what the hell to do for her. It's a code red type situation at this point.
  11. Thank goodness. I've been at this game on and off since the early 2000s and play DE pretty regularly now.
  12. what do you mean free? Are they turning this game into a pay for play model?
  13. Dark energy stuff. https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/scientists-may-have-accidentally-detected-dark-energy-1.5589069
  14. Shouldn't even participate. &^@# them. Host a World Cup of Hockey type deal and decide where to host it and so forth.
  15. Disney took 500 million in Covid relief and then laid of 28,000 workers. They're equally detestable.
  16. 20,000 posts. Do I get rewarded with a bottle of scotch, or a thing of that nature? 

    1. King Heffy
    2. Ghostsof1915

      Ghostsof1915

      I've almost doubled your posts.

      If you're getting Scotch I want in. 

    3. Tortorella's Rant

      Tortorella's Rant

      20,000 posts and all I got was toilet paper... which was the hottest commodity March 2020.

  17. I &^@#ing love this weather. Not being out in it necessarily (unless going for a walk and heading home after) but I find it very soothing. It would have been a great day to stay at home and work but the university can't seem to figure this out for us, or don't care to and continue to troll us with the prospect of a work at home schedule.
  18. Something like that. Unless you know how to live off the land and have some kind of bunker in the wilderness with survival items, you're making yourself a prime target for others, particularly someone who knows what they're doing and has no reservations about claiming your stuff.
  19. They didn't at all. I mean, that's fine, they shouldn't, requiring a flu shot to lift weights is the most preposterous thing I've heard of recently, and I've read and seen a lot of stupid $&!# these past weeks and months.
  20. Waltzed right into the weight room like I owned it. I've been going there for so long they didn't bother check my status.
  21. They were open. Except for those two weeks. Oh, is this some sort of "gotcha?" Good job, you "got" me. I'm still waiting to hear what your point is..
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