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@badger
You very clearly don't leave your house.
I broke Covid curfew many times. And proud.
While you sat on your fat arse and wrote dumb shit
The global recession was manufactured. That's the price for being scared of death.
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@Danielle
It's not dangerous to politicians whose entire campaign strategy was to run on the premise that elections are rigged lol. A fiction writer couldn't come up with how stupid their voters are.
I dunno, seems like death threats on politicians are on the rise in both parties.
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@badger
No human is going to want to dismantle all civilisation and industry in fear of death.
Global Covid lockdowns: "hold my beer"
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@Athias
I'd say chances are, you participated in a tyrannical military campaign.
Yes. Everyone makes mistakes. I discarded my service ribbon.
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@Athias
Nice.
I'm a veteran, and I don't support tyranny.
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@Polytheist-Witch
Those veterans forgot that they made an oath to protect the constitution, not to defy it.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
Man all you TDS freaks are gonna be sooo pissed when you find out who your president is in 2024 and it aint Trump.
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@Athias
The current administration has just now authorized the IRS to use deadly force.
The 2nd amendment is more important now than ever.
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@3RU7AL
But right now; we appear to have predominantly one side that includes a substantial number of unhinged crazies, that isn’t living in reality, and is becoming increasingly authoritarian and tending towards functionally fascist.
That's no reason to hand over central planning to the Republicans though.
There's no guarantee that Republicans won't implement national Covid mandates and crippling lockouts.
There's no guarantee that Republicans will sell out America to the highest bidder through inflationary spending and the destruction of the free market.
There's no guarantee that Republicans will continue the big lie about the world ending due to global warming to increase the power of DC over the little guy.
There's no guarantee that Republicans will reverse the trend of a growing Fascist state based in Washington DC that treats the states like subservient colonies.
There's also no Guarantee that Republicans won't use the FBI to turn America into a banana republic.
3rd party is definitely the answer. It's the ONLY SIDE any sane person should be on.
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@3RU7AL
when the townsfolk are grumbling and forming a mob to storm your castlethe best thing to do is to spread rumorsthat the pitchfork people want to outlaw torchesand the torch people want to outlaw pitchforkscrisis averted
Well said...and good imagery!
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@3RU7AL
Many people treat politics like a football game when it's clear that the NFL commissioner actually runs the show.
It's all fun and games as long as you get free beer and are not ejected from the stadium for not playing the part of a fanatical lemming.
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@3RU7AL
well, what we really need is a trusted third party
But pointing out the false dichotomy (obvious to all but the fanatically retarded) would make this entire thread pointless.
We can't have that when we have keyboard warriors fighting the good fight for their favorite party hat.
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@thett3
The leftist version of “fake news” is “misinformation.” Both of these terms refer to a real phenomenon but at also used by people as a catch all to belittle and dismiss information they don’t like
Bingo. If you do a word cloud for google searches for misinformation (or disinformation) and fake news, which term would you think was the larger term?
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@ILikePie5
Wow, you sure got me
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@ILikePie5
It’s nothing new for liberals. They have been denying simple economics with their socialist policies for years now
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@Double_R
When was the last time you went to a Biden rally and heard people in mass use the term "fake news"?
All the time. When referring to Fox. You do this too.
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@Athias
Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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It is in the fucking name: BILL OF RIGHTS
Since when did the government naming something make it so?
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@TWS1405
It doesn't really guarantee rights though. The government doesn't provide venues for speech nor does it produce firearms for people to own.
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@Athias
It never ceases to amaze me how many people wrongly believe the Constitution grants rights when it actually has one purpose only. To strip rights from the government.
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@CoolApe
Thank you, You seem well informed about all this.
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@CoolApe
The abuse of the patent system is the problem here. No company should have the exclusive right to produce a product to an eternity with the manipulation of its patents. We would be better off without the patent office.
It's not just about patent abuse that manufactures crony industrial monopolies. The FDA was given the power to GRANT exclusivity rights above and beyond patents even when the patents run out. That's not what most people think the FDA is supposed to do. If more people were aware of this, they wouldn't have such a mindless kneejerk reaction when proposals to reform a crony FDA are presented.
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@Polytheist-Witch
The guy reeks of stolen valor. I say this as a military vet.
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@IwantRooseveltagain
I thought all you whack job, Trumpers were pro law enforcement.
Guess I'm a whack job anti-Trumper who is also for individual protection from tyrannical police officers who violate the constitution.
Too bad for the anti-constitution whackjobs I am not alone.
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@ludofl3x
A lot of elected Republicans out there saying "I won't vote for Trump because of all the stuff I've learned since?"
Yeah, me and Thett do all the time, without fear. And the point I was making is while you can find internal factions of anti-trumpers in the Republican party, there exists no anti-biden factions. That's a serious problem.
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@thett3
At least the Republican party has vocal internal factions calling each other out within the party. You can't get a single Democrat to testify under oath anything against Biden.
To say the Democrat party has shit that never stinks is the reason why house cleaning can never happen. The censorship within the Democrat party is actually more than external censorship. People can't even say publicly that Biden should not run in 2024 without serious blowback. Where are the Liz Cheney's in the Democrat Party?
The Democrat party is becoming increasingly closer to Stalin's party where all dissenters are systemically purged.
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@Polytheist-Witch
Exactly. So when a policeman violates the constitution, the fight will be over much more quickly.
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@ILikePie5
Womp womp
lol.
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REMS based delay
Brand name drug companies may also prevent generic drugs from entering the market by abusing the FDA’s Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program or by implementing similarly restrictive distribution schemes. Nearly 40 percent of drugs approved by the FDA are subject to the REMS program. The REMS program ensures that drugs with significant side effects are properly used and administered. The FDA has additional regulatory requirements for REMS drugs which come in many forms. Elements to Assure Safe Use (ETASA), for example, is the most restrictive type of REMS and requires patient monitoring and testing, certifications for prescribers and pharmacies, and limitations on which hospitals and specialty certified pharmacies can dispense the drug. Given that the FDA use REMS to place limitations on the distribution of a drug, brand name drug manufacturers have abused REMS programs by using them to limit generic drug manufacturers’ access to brand name drug samples, which are necessary for ANDA approval and market entry.
When a generic drug companies files an ANDA, it must prove that the generic drug is a bioequivalent to (i.e. expected to be the same as) the brand name drug by testing samples of the brand name drug against their generic drug. The FDA requires the two types of bioequivalence testing: in vitro (lab testing) and in vivo (in human testing). REMS gives brand name drug manufacturers an excuse for refusing to give out samples of its drug to generic companies for this testing. Brand name drug companies restrict access by implementing a restrictive distribution system, and only allowing drug to be dispensed by approved hospitals or specially certified pharmacies.
This restraint allows the brand name drug company to refuse to sell its sample to a generic drug company, hindering access. Despite brand name companies claims that FDA policy prevents them from distributing samples, the FDA specifically allows brand name companies to sell samples to generic drug manufacturers.
Even if these access limits are only temporary, such barriers cost generic drug companies time and money. Given that REMS abuse makes it more difficult for some generic drugs to get FDA approval and enter the market, REMS abuse leaves the brand name drug company as the sole supplier of the drug. This allows the brand name drug company to maintain its monopoly profits and high prices, and raises overall prescription drug spending. One study of forty generic drugs that REMS based delay tactics have prevented from coming to market estimates that $5.4 billion in annual savings has been lost from REMS based delay. REMS abuse is particularly concerning and dangerous for generic competition because the act is “not linked to patent protection and can continue indefinitely, even after the expiration of all exclusivities.”
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@3RU7AL
Laws Limiting Competition
Strict regulatory programs, such as the patent system and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), can sometimes promote anticompetitive behavior. For the pharmaceutical industry, these two programs unfortunately facilitate a trade-off – restricting competition to promote other important interests. The FDA limits the pool of potential competitors in order to protect consumers through ensuring drug safety and efficacy, and also to promote new drug innovation and generic competition under the Hatch-Waxman Act. The patent system limits competition in order to promote innovation and public disclosure of new inventions. These regulations significantly restrict pharmaceutical company actions, but they also create potential opportunities for those companies to use these regulations to limit competition.
The FDA primarily oversees the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical products under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. In order to get a new brand name drug approved by the FDA, a drug maker must file a New Drug Application (NDA), which requires costly investment in formal testing to prove the safety and effectiveness of the new. After approval of a drug, the FDA regulates the production and distribution of the pharmaceutical product. This FDA approval process creates significant barriers to entry because pharmaceutical companies must front the expenses related to complying with the FDA regulatory scheme before selling pharmaceuticals. Even after receiving FDA approval, if production and marketing is not up to FDA standards, the FDA has the power to slow down production, which also may contribute to high product prices. Any new market entrants must have significant start-up capital and the ability to sustain a long runway on rollout. Each of these factors makes it more difficult for competitors to enter the pharmaceutical market.
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@3RU7AL
Exclusivity granted by the FDA gives pharmaceutical manufacturers a temporary monopoly to incentivize new drug development. If a drug qualifies for an exclusivity grant, the FDA prohibits approval of competitor drugs for the length of the exclusivity grant, which can vary from six months to seven years, depending on the reason for the grant. FDA exclusivity grants provide exclusive marketing rights to a particular company, potentially lengthening the time a drug manufacturer has exclusive access to the market. Exclusivity grants differ from patents, because the FDA grants them (not the Patent and Trademark Office), they protect only marketing rights (whereas patents cover a range of rights), and they must be granted at the time of FDA approval of a NDA or ANDA (whereas patents can be granted at any time during development of a drug).Further, exclusivity grants are not required to run concurrently with the drug’s patent term.
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@3RU7AL
If you were to try to open up an independent insulin lab in your back yard, it wouldn't be Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Sanofi shutting you down.
It would be the FDA.
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@3RU7AL
insulin is expensive because of corporate lobbying to restrict competition
100% correct. Did you get a chance to click the FDA info page I linked that shows the FDA restricting competition?
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@3RU7AL
Its so hilarious how blindly government sycophants support the idea that we can't have 10x cheaper Canadian "SNAKE OIL" because Canada somehow produces an "UNSAFE " insulin.
That's not just an ostrich burying the head in the sand, that is the entire body 6 feet under ground!
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@3RU7AL
Newsom is now my favorite Democrat willing to fight the FDA restrictions on insulin production.
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@cristo71
With the Inflation Reduction Act, the perfect storm just got… perfecter.
Taxes on capital investments in the apex of a full blown recession is going to be one hell of a ride for sure.
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@Double_R
You do know minority individuals have a vested interest to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness regardless of what the majority mob wants or thinks.
To deny this is to label every minority a deviant criminal. Not very inclusive or tolerant.
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@Double_R
Who gets to decide what a "better" outcome looks like?
An individual and not the tyranny of the majority mob.
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All law abiding citizens and legal residents have the right to own conventional, non-military type firearms for self-defense, home defense, hunting, sport shooting and any other lawful purpose.
So non law-abiding non-citizens will have free access to whatever gun they want. OK
This already exists.
All handguns must be registered and have a serial number similar to automobiles because they are commonly used in crimes.
Automobiles have a serial number because they are commonly involved in crimes ? And here I was thinking it was about theft of private property and safety.
Gun owners must pass a gun safety course and background check.
Already do.
Guns may only be carried concealed and with a permit from local law enforcement and require extra training.
Already exists.
Military and Police style weapons are restricted for official use only such as law enforcement and the military.
Fine, if police can only use exclusive weapons that ordinary people cannot use, then all police need to stop using handguns. Otherwise, the people won't know what's a "police style weapon"
No one may possess a detachable rifle magazine that can hold more than 5 rounds. For handguns, 10 rounds.
These seem like arbitrary numbers.
Magazine restrictions already exist.
Laws for carry, storage, transport, etc shall be established by local government, but may not restrict or expand any of the rights above.
This already exists.
So basically you like the status quo with the possible exception of making a separate class of weapons for police.
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@3RU7AL
Lol, the satire on this site is gold.
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Where does it say as you claim “the net prices for insulin would be higher, on average, under the certification process in the INSULIN Act than under current law, CBO estimates.”
Dude, it's literally cut and pasted from the report. Is English your 2nd language?
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@IwantRooseveltagain
I didn't the CBO report did, you know the report you didn't read all the way through.
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@Swagnarok
Effect on Net Prices
Net prices for insulin would be higher, on average, under the certification
process in the INSULIN Act than under current law, CBO estimates.
Certification would be a voluntary process, and CBO expects that
manufacturers would certify an insulin product if it was financially
advantageous for them to do so. In addition, post-sale rebates would be
prohibited for certified insulin products, which would limit insurers’ ability
to negotiate for lower net prices.
Net prices for certified insulins would also rise because their lower list
prices would reduce the statutory discounts in Medicaid and Medicare
• In Medicaid, net prices—and therefore net spending—for insulin would
increase because the reduction in statutory rebates paid for insulin
would be larger than the reduction in list prices. That would occur
because reductions in list prices tend to reduce both the basic rebate and
the inflation-based component of Medicaid’s statutory rebate amount.
• In Medicare Part D, lower list prices would lead to smaller discounts
paid through the coverage gap discount program. That would occur
because of less overall spending in the coverage gap phase of the
benefit, in which manufacturers are required to pay a discount equal to
70 percent of the price paid at the pharmacy counter. As a result,
manufacturer discounts paid for prescriptions in the coverage gap would
fall, which would further increase net prices in Medicare Part D.
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@thett3
The WaPo is so funny, “democracy dies in darkness” but all their stuff is paywalled
Wapo is a threat to Democracy confirmed.
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The only thing better than worm man is an unarmed worm man.
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@ILikePie5
Check out this slide show from the FDA...did you even know the FDA was hard at work spending your tax dollars to eliminate pharmaceutical competition?
Fun stuff! Too bad the FDA won't let us buy the "snake oil" from Canada for 10 times cheaper.
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@ILikePie5
I swear! that almost seemed like pure satire straight out of the Onion.
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@ILikePie5
Lol!
Lol!
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Insulin is the poster child of crony capitalism. Why American voters allowed Congress to have so much power over Commerce and the free market is a testament to how badly America education has failed to instill a healthy level of skepticism against government fiats. This is a predictable result of the government managing education itself.
Canadian insulin is 10 times cheaper than American insulin riddled with government mandates in the name of "safety"
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