The Chicago Tribune did a really nice piece of investigative reporting on pharmacies. What thy found is scary but not too surprising as it is hard for retail pharmacies to make money while saying no. The Tribune reporter walked into an Evanston CVS pharmacy carrying two prescriptions: one for a common antibiotic, the other for …
Tuesday Morning Open Thread: Holiday Drama
From long-term commentor and Walter-adopter Debit: This is Oscar. While he’s not wearing a demeaning hat or little outfit, he is posed so the decorative tree gives him some dramatic back lighting. Oscar is a long term, probably permanent foster. My boss was diagnosed with liver cancer earlier this year, and her daughter moved in …
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Me The Next Four Years
This idiot was trying to make a racist announcement and this guy kept yelling ?NOOOOO in his face lmao pic.twitter.com/dvSGCLIPJ6 — pb (@paigebrittany) December 16, 2016
Sufganiyot: Jelly Donuts For the Jewish Festival of Lights
(Sufganiyot for sale in Israel) A desperate plea has gone out for a recipe thread. Or a pet thread. I’ve decided not to combine them – not to look down on anyone’s traditional/cultural culinary delights. And since I didn’t bother to do any photo documentation of the meatballs and red sauce I made earlier today, …
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Breaking News: Apparently Everything is Breaking All At Once!
While everyone is still pondering the assassination of Russia’s Ambassador to Turkey, there are several other breaking stories going one. The first is a truck attack on a Christmas Market in Berlin. There are 9 died and the police are treating it as deliberate: “We are investigating whether it was a terror attack but do …
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Time to get into the weeds
I want to build on Tamara’s good post from this morning on how to organize and defend when forced to and advance when possible. The federal bureaucracy will be our friend. Right now the Trump team is being staffed by incompetents, grifters and Brietbart comment section heroes in too many high level, high profile locations. …
Assassination of Russian Ambassador in Turkey
A gunman killed Russia’s ambassador to Turkey today. AP, via TPM: ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A gunman opened fire on Russia’s ambassador to Turkey at a photo exhibition on Monday. The Russian foreign ministry confirmed he was shot, but did not immediately say anything about his condition. Turkish police shot and killed the gunman, Turkish …
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