Find another supplier!-----Price-gouging Maker of EpiPen Literally Said That Critics Can Go Fuck Themselves - Slashdot

Price-gouging Maker of EpiPen Literally Said That Critics Can Go Fuck Themselves - Slashdot:
"Back in August of 2016, the pharmaceutical company Mylan came under fire for jacking up prices of the EpiPen from $57 in 2007 to roughly $600 in 2016.
The public backlash has been significant. Gizmodo adds:
But the chairman of Mylan has a message for any critics: Go fuck yourself.
Well, at least that's what we think he said.
The New York Times has a new article about the fact that prices for the live-saving allergy medication haven't actually come down since last year.
And the article has a rather strange way of describing the attitude of Mylan chairman Robert Coury.
This is how the New York Times describes Coury's reaction to critics of Mylan's price gouging:
"Mr. Coury replied that he was untroubled. 

He raised both his middle fingers and explained, using colorful language, that anyone criticizing Mylan, including its employees, ought to go copulate with themselves.
Critics in Congress and on Wall Street, he said, should do the same.
And regulators at the Food and Drug Administration?
They, too, deserved a round of anatomically challenging self-fulfillment.""

Hypocrisy is hard!-----Liberals Place Muslims Above Gays in Oppression Hierarchy

Liberals Place Muslims Above Gays in Oppression Hierarchy:
"Last month, when Marine Le Pen refused to put on a headscarf for a meeting with Lebanon's “Grand Mufti,” a friend of mine, whom I'll call Dave, commended her for it on Facebook.
Dave, as it happens, is a Manhattan liberal who voted for Hillary Clinton, despises Donald Trump, and thinks Le Pen is a fascist.
But he's also a gay man who's very clear-eyed about the danger of Islam, especially to gay people, and who is angry at the left, both in the U.S. and Europe, for appeasing the Religion of Peace.
And so he gave Le Pen a thumbs-up for her gutsy action.
Since Dave's own friends list consists almost exclusively of other big-city liberal types, he was immediately savaged for his post on Le Pen.
One of them wrote that just because Muslim women decide to cover their hair or body doesn't mean they're oppressed, and added that Le Pen, by refusing to wear a headscarf, wasn't standing up for women but simply “trying to spread hate” towards Islam.
...Many of Dave's friends were livid at him for even daring to compliment Le Pen and criticize Islam.
...their responses made it clear that they'd fully accepted the current progressive pecking order among officially recognized oppressed groups: gays (especially affluent white gay American males such as Dave) are at the bottom of the ladder; Muslims are at the very top.
Which means that when gays criticize Islam, a decent progressive is supposed to scream “Islamophobe"; but when Muslims drop gays to their deaths off the roofs of buildings, one is expected to look away and change the topic..."

You ought to know!

Trump & Paris Convention: Constitution Makes Withdrawal Necessary | National Review

Trump & Paris Convention: Constitution Makes Withdrawal Necessary | National Review:

"The approval hurdle is high because the Constitution makes a ratified treaty the supreme law of the land — essentially, the equivalent of a congressional statute. The idea, then, is that no international compact should be imposed on the American people unless an overwhelming majority of elected officials in the upper chamber are convinced — to the point of willingness to cast an accountable vote for the proposition — that the compact serves the national interests of the United States."

Worth a thought-----More Bike Commuting, More Crashes & Skyrocketing Medical Bills | American Council on Science and Health

More Bike Commuting, More Crashes & Skyrocketing Medical Bills | American Council on Science and Health:
"Bike riding, either for pleasure or as a way to commute to and from work, continues to reach new heights in popularity. 
Cities and municipalities all over America are reconfiguring streets and roadways to accommodate existing riders, and to encourage non-riders to climb aboard to improve their fitness with added physical activity.

But given that cycling-related trips to hospitals and emergency departments across the country have increased dramatically, is it a fair question to ask:

Are the steep rise in accidents, and the billions of dollars in annual medical expenses and costs associated with them, worth this push towards expanded two-wheeled transportation?

This observation comes to the fore in the wake of a recent study of a 17-year period published in the journal Injury Prevention which stated that, "Each year, the total costs associated with non-fatal adult bicycle trauma increased by an average of $789 million," and that "Medical costs increased by 137% from $885 million in 1997 to $2.1 billion in 2013."...

AM Fruitcake

History for June 7

History for June 7 - On-This-Day.com:
Paul Gauguin (Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin) 1848 - Post-Impressionist artist, painter, sculptor, Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti) 1917 - Singer, actor ("The Dean Martin Show", "Rio Bravo", "Young Lions"), Tom Jones 1940 - Singer


Ken Osmond 1943 - Actor, known for his role as Eddie Haskell in the original "Leave It To Beaver" television series, Liam Neeson 1952 - Actor ("Taken" movie series, "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace"), Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson) 1958 - Musician, actor ("Purple Rain", "Sign 'O' the Times", "Under the Cherry Moon")


1498 - Christopher Columbus left on his third voyage of exploration. 


1775 - The United Colonies changed their name to the United States. 


1903 - Professor Pierre Curie revealed the discovery of Polonium. 

1929 - The sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome. 


1937 - The cover of "LIFE" magazine showed the latest in campus fashions of the times, which included saddle shoes. 


1942 - The Battle of Midway ended. The sea and air battle lasted 4 days. Japan lost four carriers, a cruiser, and 292 aircraft, and suffered 2,500 casualties. The U.S. lost the Yorktown, the destroyer USS Hammann, 145 aircraft, and suffered 307 casualties. 


1942 - Japan landed troops on the islands of Attu and Kiska in the Aleutians. The U.S. invaded and recaptured the Alutians one year later. 


1981 - Israeli F-16 fighter-bombers destroyed Iraq’s only nuclear reactor. 

“You Gave 9,500 Visas To Terrorists!” Jason Chaffetz Unloads On Clueless DHS Officials

“You Gave 9,500 Visas To Terrorists!” Jason Chaffetz Unloads On Clueless DHS Officials:

"House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) says the Department of Homeland Security’s release of thousands of illegal immigrants who have committed crimes on U.S. soil puts communities at risk."

The way we were-----ABBA Waterloo Eurovision 1974 (High Quality)

Human health impact and cost estimates attributed to endocrine disrupting chemicals not evidence-based | Science Codex

Human health impact and cost estimates attributed to endocrine disrupting chemicals not evidence-based | Science Codex:
"Economic papers released in 2015 and 2016 estimated the burden of diseases attributable to exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), also known as environmental estrogens, and experts suspected right away that these calculations were flawed.
...Michigan-based epidemiologist Gregory G. Bond, Ph.D., Michigan, and toxicologist Professor Daniel R. Dietrich, Ph.D., University of Konstanz, uncovered substantial flaws in the underlying methodology of the economic papers, including

• a failure to use good systematic review methodology, 
• a lack of transparency in reporting how the literature was searched and which studies were selected for review, 
• as well as a failure to achieve a balance of perspectives through a selection of certain members for the review panel.

"We saw a disturbing disconnect between what the media was reporting about the cost estimates, and what scientific experts were saying about their potential flaws and limitations." said Bond.
...Dietrich says, "Frankly, we were surprised that the astronomical cost estimates contained in these reports didn't give more people pause.
In the past, media and scientific journals might have questioned incomprehensibly inflated data and refused to report it.
Today, the new norm has become, quite alarmingly, to support it or, worse, to accept manuscripts that report unproven findings of presumed effects one would like to see. 
The sensational response that ensues might be a win for the authors and news outlets, but it is hardly a victory for public health or credible science as a whole..."

Should I take Tylenol or Advil? - Business Insider

Should I take Tylenol or Advil? - Business Insider:
"You probably have at least three kinds of painkillers in your bathroom medicine cabinet, but they're not all designed to treat the same types of discomfort. 
While some pain relievers are great at bringing down fevers, others, studies suggest, contain ingredients that are better for reducing the kind of painful swelling linked with muscle soreness or arthritis.

In addition, depending on your medical history and your diet, there may be certain over-the-counter medications that you should avoid. 
Still, in some cases, any of the medications below may treat all of your symptoms. 
However, studies suggest some may be better at treating specific types of discomfort. "

Business Insider/Mike Nudelman

Clint Eastwood -- Manliness & Civic Virtue in His Later Movies | National Review

Clint Eastwood -- Manliness & Civic Virtue in His Later Movies | National Review:

"With Eastwood, something of classical Hollywood returns. He wants a legacy, not as an artist or a businessman but as an American. He wants to show what American confidence is about at a remove from political institutions and the upper middle class, whose successes incline it to look to the future with hope.

This attempt to reveal heroism in the lives of Americans, and to portray it as both a source of confidence and a spur to gratitude, was the meaning of his last war movie, American Sniper (2014). It was not the number of confirmed kills or the prowess of the sniper that was paramount but the protagonist’s dedication to the lives of his fellow soldiers. "