One of the women in the article I posted had to see her son die because she had to ration the Insulin, she had heard about coming to Canada for Insulin for a 10th of the price, she though that if they caught her at the border on her return to the US she would thrown in jail for smuggling drugs, had she known......!
Max.

 

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/type-1-diabetes-insulin-costs-1.5079939

The biggest part of the problem is the huge complexity that has grown up in the insulin supply chain (and other drugs, too). Although the list prices have sky rocketed, the net prices received by the manufacturers is increasing at more-or-less the rate of inflation. But lots of other outsiders, such as pharmacy benefit managers, have found ways to insert themselves into the system and suck at the trough. As a result, they have managed to take an already murky supply chain and turn it into something truly Byzantine. As with many things, transparency and simplicity is the solution. A pharmacy should order their insulin supplies from the manufacturer or a distributor and post their prices. Insurance companies should post what they are willing to pay for each kind of insulin. Both lists should be publicly available. The same should be true for nearly all medical supplies and services. The consumer then shops around for the insurance plan that gives them the best overall coverage and shops around for the pharmacy that gives them the best price knowing they have to pay the difference. You would see out-of-pocket costs plummet overnight.

 

 

https://www.ocregister.com/2019/07/...ilty-on-6-counts-in-war-crimes-court-martial/

A seven-man jury found Navy SEAL Edward “Eddie” Gallagher not guilty, Tuesday, July 2 for the premeditated murder of a teen ISIS fighter, as well as five other war crimes he was accused of committing during a 2017 deployment to Iraq.

Gallagher could have served a maximum of four months for posing with the body of the corpse, but after 201 days time served, he is walking free Tuesday.

 

https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/07/04/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/

 

https://comicbook.com/dc/2019/07/04/mad-magazine-to-cease-publication/

That is sad news... I used to be a fan when I was a tween...

 

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Bad day to own a liquor store in Ridgecrest California.
https://twitter.com/zomo_abd/status/1146843583988658176

 

Good food makes the crew.

 

https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-perks-of-being-a-psychopath/

Psychopaths, who clearly lack empathy, are at a disadvantage — or so the thinking goes. However, empathy requires taking other people’s feelings into consideration, walking in their shoes, so to speak. Walking requires energy. Luckily for psychopaths, no “walking” is required, unless it involves walking over other people to get what they want.

Empathy is built on a foundation of emotions. Although vital for binding and meaningful relationships, emotions often clouds judgment. In the extreme, emotions can actually impede one’s ability to think in a critical manner. Remember folks, this is 2019, the year of the oversensitive masses, where emotions constantly cloud rational thought.

 

Although vital for binding and meaningful relationships, emotions often clouds judgment.

That just reminded me of the "House" tv series main character... loved to watch that show

 

Good food makes the crew.

When I was touring a Trident Sub in for refit someone asked the cook if he went by the regulation Navy cookbook. His response was "Hell no, if I did they would have shot me out of one of the torpedo tubes by now". One of the things pointed out to us was the frozen food locker was also for corpse storage until they returned to port from their mission.

 

An Obituary printed in the London Times.
Absolutely Dead Brilliant!!

Today, we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend:

Common Sense, who has been with us for many years.

No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:

- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn't always fair;
- And maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place:

Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground also, when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.

It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot!
She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death,
-by his parents, Truth and Trust,
-by his wife, Discretion,
-by his daughter, Responsibility,
-and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 5 stepbrothers;
- I Know My Rights
- I Want It Now
- Someone Else Is To Blame
- I'm A Victim
- Pay me for Doing Nothing

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.

If you still remember him, pass this on, if not, join the majority and do nothing...

 

When I was touring a Trident Sub in for refit someone asked the cook if he went by the regulation Navy cookbook. His response was "Hell no, if I did they would have shot me out of one of the torpedo tubes by now".

I can relate.

We almost had a mini-mutiny once triggered over food. The fresh food was gone for a month after two months at sea so we only had powered product eggs, milk and canned food. Ran out soda's, candy, most 'Gedunk' and popular brands of cigarettes. Ship was on water rations, salt water showers with no laundry for weeks so we would tie a rope on the old clothes, hang them over the side into the sea to reduce the smell. It was a ticking time-bomb for an incident.

Some idiot on the mess decided to make an evil concoction of tuna, left-overs and noodles that tasted so bad not even the old salts would eat it. This naturally started a massive food fight with people throwing trays of food across the room.

 

I can relate.

We almost had a mini-mutiny once triggered over food. The fresh food was gone for a month after two months at sea so we only had powered product eggs, milk and canned food. Ran out soda's, candy, most 'Gedunk' and popular brands of cigarettes. Ship was on water rations, salt water showers with no laundry for weeks so we would tie a rope on the old clothes, hang them over the side into the sea to reduce the smell. It was a ticking time-bomb for an incident.

Some idiot on the mess decided to make an evil concoction of tuna, left-overs and noodles that tasted so bad not even the old salts would eat it. This naturally started a massive food fight with people throwing trays of food across the room.

How large was the crew?

 

The men on the Trident have to "hot bunk" ie you share a bunk and only have access to it during your sleep shift. The bunks are stuck in around the missile silos so you are sleeping next to the nuclear warheads.

 

How large was the crew?

Officially listed as 80 officers, 638 enlisted, 1,750 Marines. The Marines only cared about quantity of food, they would eat the worst pig slop and be happy.

(16 Mar 1980) The US Warship USS Okinawa has docked in Singapore and its crew have gone on shore leave.

I was on the ship during this port visit.

 

Fined for notoriously not making an effort:

https://edition-m.cnn.com/2019/07/0...ntl-gbr/index.html?r=https://edition.cnn.com/

Wimbledon officials penalized Tomic for his lack of effort and professionalism after failing to chase down balls and appearing indifferent to the result.

 

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