US Politics, March 2024: The house of illuminati will NOT be holding any other event in the foreseeable future.

The only part of the story on which I call bullshit is this bit, which can happen anywhere:

But she said the final straw was when she couldn’t find a surgeon to remove a 6-inch tumor from her liver that doctors warned could burst at any moment and lead to life-threatening sepsis. After being passed among doctors, she finally found one willing to remove the tumor. But when she called to schedule the surgery, her calls went unanswered and her messages weren’t returned. After months of trying and fearing for her life, she returned to Kansas to have the procedure done.

Y’know hoss you can do some back of the envelope math and discover what it costs to live somewhere in like 30 minutes.

They can deny global warming all they like at the FLA state house, the insurance actuaries really don’t care.

"Confederate flags at the gate and swastikas on the fish tank" for April Thread Title.

Could be shortened to "Swastikas on the fish tank"

#RejectedRambleTambleLyrics

Having grown up in Oklahoma, Smith considered herself a Republican, but as Florida’s politics shifted to the right, she said she began to consider herself a Democrat. It wasn’t until the past several years, though, that politics started to encroach on her daily life — from feuds between neighbors and friends to neo-Nazis showing up at a Black Lives Matter rally in her small town.

“When I first moved to Florida, it was a live-and-let-live sort of beach feel. You met people from all over, everybody was relaxed. That’s just gone now, and it’s shocking. It’s just gone,” said Smith, 61, who works as a graphic designer and illustrator. “Instead, it’s just a constant stressful atmosphere. I feel as though it could ignite at any point, and I’m not a fearmonger. It’s just the atmosphere, the feeling there.”

Huh - that's pretty interesting and a possible bellwether.

“For this pro-business, free state, I’m feeling it in the wallet, bad.”

Yup. More inclusive societies will always have the better economy. How's that "freedom" tasting?

The only part of the story on which I call bullshit is this bit, which can happen anywhere

Maybe it can, but does it? I don’t know of very many stories about people being unable to schedule lifesaving surgeries in Taxachusettes.

was promised cheezburgers in paradise maaaan. sold my remaining flip flop and got the fuck out of two songs at once.

New Thread: US Politics, April 2024: "Are You Better Off Today Than You Were <Checks Notes> Four Years Ago?"