Sarah Palin went on stage drug-drunk and the political Establishment went into denial. Protecting OTC diet pill sales ???

Number 2 Army in the World down to Imported Golf Carts and Chain saw Motor Bikes to mount Assaults?
It is not going well. As General Zaluzhnyi predicted a few months ago before his ouster as Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief, the war in Ukraine is increasingly boiling down to who controls the electromagnetic space or innovates the fastest and best. Both...
by Decimus 39 comments 227 Recs
Krugman's Blisteringly Accurate Description of American Conservatives
Paul Krugman has outdone himself (a high bar, too!). His column this morning includes a perfect description of what the far far right has become. Florida governor DeSantis just signed a "save our beef" law: Florida has banned making and selling meat...
by Dan K 233 comments 648 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine arrests two colonels in plot to kill Zelensky
Ukraine finds two high-ranking traitors in its security service. Link to BBC story. Someone should remind Putin what happened to the last tsar. How do you “take care of Russia and serve our people” while simultaneously threatening nuclear war? Speaking...
by quaoar 7 comments 92 Recs
Walt Nauta is about to go through some things - Jack Smith finds secret docs shared from his phone
From Newsweek : Two images of classified documents were found on a phone owned by Donald Trump 's valet, federal prosecutors have claimed in court. Prosecutors will call a phone expert to show ...
by ericlewis0 308 comments 1000 Recs
Cannon postpones classified docs Trial indefinitely
This woman needs to be removed. Judge Cannon on breaking news has postponed the Documents trial due to Judge says it is too complicated. Jack Smith is pretty upset. The talking heads said it may be impossible to try before election and then of course...
by Vetwife 62 comments 83 Recs
April in Covidlandia, plus an overlooked way to cut your risk of long Covid by ~50%
Covid. It’s about as good as it gets right now. Wastewater surveillance, weekly deaths, and hospitalizations are at or near pandemic lows. Yet Covid is still a thing to watch, and many of us still adjust our behaviors based on the weather forecast. So...
by Examined 69 comments 227 Recs
Wealth Junkies are ruining America. What can we do about it?
Do elite Republicans and the CEOs who fund them hate working people? Or are they simply unable to control themselves, even when deep down inside they know they’re ruining America? In Ohio, there’s a growing statewide petition effort to get a...
by thomhartmann 65 comments 166 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Report claims Kerch Bridge no longer used for military transport
Plane gone. Crew dead. What a shame. This Russian fast-attack ship was destroyed quickly. This is the type of boat that was destroyed. Ukraine appears to have deployed a naval drone that can fire air-to-air missiles, making it a threat to low-flying...
by quaoar 110 comments 403 Recs
Why Six Weeks Is Not Six Weeks
Sometimes you gotta rant. Always when they talk about an abortion ban starting at six weeks, many say “when most women don’t know they’re pregnant.” But they never explain why. And, because many people simply don’t know how it works, they don’t...
by chloris creator 144 comments 318 Recs
To Counter the Hope Hicks is a victim narrative, Lawrence sums it up perfectly. UPDATED w/transcript
The diary on the rec list about Hicks being groomed and the media obsession with her crocodile performative tears IMO is waaayyyy off the mark as Lawrence O'Donnell explains. Lawrence starts as follows: Today's courtroom was a tale of two young women...
by jai2 145 comments 612 Recs
Aileen Cannon postpones the trial of stolen documents, scheduled for May 20, 2024, indefinitely.
Of course, she did. She has been slow-walking his trial on treason, the stolen documents case, from day one. Along with the Supreme Court's pause in the trial for his failed violent coup to overthrow the United States government guarantees, Trump can...
by Pakalolo 11 comments 24 Recs
Enough is enough — what is Jack Smith waiting for on corrupt Cannon’s classified documents case?
Well, isn’t that a peach. Shocking pretty much no one, this afternoon corrupt partisan hack Aileen Cannon postponed the classified documents case against Trump indefinitely. Basically guaranteeing that this case won’t be heard before the election....
by JunglelandDan 18 comments 21 Recs

Pixie and I Need Some Help
I would cry except it wouldn't do any good. It has been such a rough year. Since Reid died I have to live on poverty level income. My sole emotional support is my cat Pixie. When the unexpected happens I have no resources. An unexpected charge that I...
by michelewln 1 comments 2 Recs
Help Vermont Protect Bernie’s Legacy: Pass the POSE Act
For those still reeling from the failures of Justice Ginsburg & Senator Feinstein to leave the stage in a timely manner, Senator Sanders’ announcement that he’ll run for re-election this year may not be the most joyous occasion. However, with one...
by JTP42 1 comments 1 Recs
Enough is enough — what is Jack Smith waiting for on corrupt Cannon’s classified documents case?
Well, isn’t that a peach. Shocking pretty much no one, this afternoon corrupt partisan hack Aileen Cannon postponed the classified documents case against Trump indefinitely. Basically guaranteeing that this case won’t be heard before the election....
by JunglelandDan 18 comments 21 Recs
When Bernstein Borrows
I. Bernstein Folks, a lot to write about on the Jews-are-news front, but today it’s this — one of my favorite works of all is having a birthday. Sort of. So I’m going to do some amateur musicology. Jackie Onassis commissioned an old friend, Leonard...
by zemblan 2 comments 3 Recs
Aileen Cannon postpones the trial of stolen documents, scheduled for May 20, 2024, indefinitely.
Of course, she did. She has been slow-walking his trial on treason, the stolen documents case, from day one. Along with the Supreme Court's pause in the trial for his failed violent coup to overthrow the United States government guarantees, Trump can...
by Pakalolo 11 comments 24 Recs
White to move and mate in two #506 - the Chang'e 6 mission to the far side of the moon
China's Chang'e 6 mission to the moon was launched on Friday, May 3. Chang'e 6 will land and bring back lunar rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon (43S 154W), about 53 days after ...
by AKALib 4 comments 5 Recs
Fox "News" is to journalism what Doctor Pepper is to medicine
Certain titles are not to be taken literally. The Miami Dolphins are not real dolphins. Burger King is not a real king. Doctor Pepper is not a real doctor. Most importantly, Fox News is not real news, although a lot of people incorrectly believe it to...
by Perlinator 5 comments 3 Recs
A deleted post shows Trump is a coward scared of going to jail
The coward Trump Trump tells the MAGAs he will go to jail to uphold their free speech rights. The MAGAs swoon at the virility of it all. Too soon. Today, he proved he is just a yellow-bellied windbag, scared of being locked up. Everything Trump says is...
by TheCriticalMind 7 comments 16 Recs
Cartoon: Cicadas
www.patreon.com/keefknight www.keithknightart.com See Keef at TCAF this weekend!
by keefknight 5 comments 21 Recs
Cannon postpones classified docs Trial indefinitely
This woman needs to be removed. Judge Cannon on breaking news has postponed the Documents trial due to Judge says it is too complicated. Jack Smith is pretty upset. The talking heads said it may be impossible to try before election and then of course...
by Vetwife 62 comments 83 Recs
Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine arrests two colonels in plot to kill Zelensky
Ukraine finds two high-ranking traitors in its security service. Link to BBC story. Someone should remind Putin what happened to the last tsar. How do you “take care of Russia and serve our people” while simultaneously threatening nuclear war? Speaking...
by quaoar 7 comments 92 Recs
FOX NEWS HOST WARNS TRUMP: Do Not Choose a VP Who Won't Appear on My Show
The 2024 presidential election continues to unfold in bizarre and unprecedent ways. Most notably, the nominee of the Republican Party, Donald Trump, is currently spending his days in a New York courtroom on trial for 34 felony counts of election...
by News Corpse 9 comments 14 Recs
Guess Who's Not Coming For Dinner. Stormy Testimony In Today's May 7 Trump Criminal Trial Update
Yesterday’s trial was dry, but critical to the core legal case, discussion of documents central to fraud allegations against Trump. Today was very different featuring hours stunningly detailed testimony by adult film star Stormy Daniels, that while...
by KeithDB 7 comments 24 Recs
A Man Or A Bear? The Hypothetical Question.
CW: mentions of sexual assault and murder. If you've spent any time at all on social media in the last few weeks, chances are you've seen it, or at least a reference to it.� "As a woman alone in ...
by A Pagan in Arizona 16 comments 18 Recs
Black Kos: Asst. Democratic Leader Rep. Joe Neguse makes mincemeat out of Rep. Tim Duncan (R-SC)
Commentary by Black Kos Editor Denise Oliver-Velez Most of us don’t spend time watching hearings like those of the House Committee on Rules, though they are available online. I don’t either, so when I saw this article by Charles Pierce in Esquire last...
by Black Kos 130 comments 30 Recs
The Biden/Bibi Accords
In early February 2020, the New York Times reported that Trump released his Middle East peace plan, the Abraham Accords. You know, the one negotiated by Jared Kushner with no input from the State Department at all. “Mr. Trump’s announcement ended years...
by Thomas C 42 comments 12 Recs
A Georgia panel wants this Democrat to stop mentioning abortion. He's fighting back
Former Democratic Rep. John Barrow, who is seeking a seat on the Georgia Supreme Court, has filed a lawsuit asking a federal court to block a state board from sanctioning him for statements he's made in support of abortion rights during his campaign....
by David Nir 3 comments 24 Recs
Playing the Sympathy Card
By David Glenn Cox Sorry, I don’t mean to flog a dead horse. (forgive me; I’m weak) But it’s one thing to write a career ending autobiography. It’s quite another to write a career ending autobiography, after being directly told by professionals not to....
by This Carbon Based Life 15 comments 28 Recs
Oil companies owe Americans a refund. Jake Tapper exposes Trump sycophant.
It is time for we-the-people to rein in the oil companies as their greed has caused a cascading degradation of our individual economies. Jake Tapper exposes Trump sycophant Doug Burgum. Oil companies owe Americans. Podcasts (Video — Audio) Politics...
by Egberto Willies 3 comments 6 Recs
Hidden History: The Vietnam War "Rock Apes"
In the years of the Vietnam War, strange reports began filtering back from American troops who had encountered “Vietnam’s Bigfoot”. "Hidden History" is a diary series that explores forgotten ...
by Lenny Flank 18 comments 25 Recs

	1. OTC and easy-prescription diet pills have been legalized despite severe side-effects.
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	2. Common side-effects: mood swings, tremors and irregular heartbeat, and impaired thought and speech patterns.
4%	1 votes
	3. Overdose brings run-on speech similar to cocaine, then even hallucinations, seizure, severe headache, vomiting.
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	4. Please, hold this in memory: heart tremors do not require an overdose.
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	5. Absent extreme political manipulation, no way these would be OTC.
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	6. CDC diet pill statistics: as many as 5,000,000 long term users.
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	7. CDC drug abuse statistics: diet pills are not included. Gee, whiz.
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	8. ALL OF THE ABOVE. Banning Ephedra happened due to short-term deaths.
33%	8 votes
	9. "Diet Pill Barbie for President 2012," if she lives that long.
12%	3 votes
	10. Like the Philip Morris V.P. said: "If they're dumb enough to smoke, f*** 'em"
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