2024 Presidential Election

[DxCowboy]

-Get the food industry out of making our nutrition guidelines. Currently 95% of that committee have ties to the food industry. Which is why garbage like "fruity pebbles" is considered nutritious breakfast but steak and eggs less so.
-Ban pharmaceutical ads again.
-Move us away from the idea that all of our chronic illnesses (now with rate above 60%) are fixed with pharmaceuticals. Treating chronic illness is an amazing business plan for pharmaceuticals and that is where the shift in the industry has gone. But, most of these diseases are occurring because of our lifestyles. And, our lifestyles are occurring because of the foods we eat, where we focus our health care dollars, and all of the industries making oodles of money off of our chronic illness and lobbying to keep it that way.
-our academic centers are now contracting/being funded by industry. In the past, when looking at literature you would be weary if it was funded by Nabisco but feel comfortable if it came out of Stanford. Now, it comes out of Stanford based on funding by Nabisco.

Yep, the guy is way out there about a lot of things and I disagree with him. But, hidden in the zaniness, he is very right about how sick we are and how we are not going to fix it as things stand now.

Where do we get our snappy jingles from if you ban pharmaceutical ads???

 

[RxCowboy]

Tom Coburn. He was a good man and a true Republican who actually pushed for smaller government. I have no doubt whatsoever in my mind that he would have been branded a RINO if he was still alive because he would never have bowed to Trump.

Markwayne "I promise I'll only run once, whoops just kidding been in the Senate for a decade now that I enjoy power" Mullin is the exact opposite. Mr. Big Government as long as it benefits me and my company. Huge Trump guy. Shocking.

Trump and Trumpians are NOT limited government conservatives. Trump is a former Democrat. He is attracting former Democrats like Musk, RFK Jr, and Gabbard. Trump has never met a government dollar he didn’t want to spend.


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[mugatu]

Direct to consumer pharmaceutical ads are something that need to go away. The only thing they have ever been proven to do is increase costs. There is no evidence that DTC ads affect market share of pharmaceuticals or prescribing patterns of providers. Pharma does it because other pharma does it. We could reduce costs simply by eliminating most pharma advertising and DTC altogether.


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But how am I supposed to know to ask my Dr to write me a prescription for a medication I dont even know what it's for.

 

[mugatu]

If we could get the high fructose corn syrup out of most everything we would be healthier.


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Reducing sweeteners and salts in general for packaged food would help immensely

 

[steross]

Where do we get our snappy jingles from if you ban pharmaceutical ads???

The heavy Jardiance lady singing about her A1C during all our crap football games about made me want to throw up.

 

[steross]

Tom Coburn. I had more respect for him than maybe any politician ever.

This may be our biggest point of agreement, ever. If we would have had a senate of 50 Coburns this country would be way better off.

 

[Duke Silver]

This may be our biggest point of agreement, ever. If we would have had a senate of 50 Coburns this country would be way better off.

He was an amazing person and hired amazing staff.

 

[TheMonkey]

This may be our biggest point of agreement, ever. If we would have had a senate of 50 Coburns this country would be way better off.

I was shocked by GGEP’s well-placed respect as well. Then I remembered even a broken clock is right twice a day.

 

[GOGETUMPOKE]

The heavy Jardiance lady singing about her A1C during all our crap football games about made me want to throw up.

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I believe “thick “ is the more politically correct term.

 

[mugatu]

The heavy Jardiance lady singing about her A1C during all our crap football games about made me want to throw up.

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Was it her or the game that made you wanna yak?

 

[steross]

Was it her or the game that made you wanna yak?

The combo. And it seemed like they ran one commercial per missed tackle. So, a lot!

 

[steross]

Ouch. Language. But, the democrats should probably have a listen to this.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857635615031934984

 

[RxCowboy]

The heavy Jardiance lady singing about her A1C during all our crap football games about made me want to throw up.

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When I put people on Jardiance and I'm talking to them about it I mentioned the commercial, "the fat lady dancing around the fountain." They all know what I'm talking about. Every. Single. One. They have no idea what the medication is, but they know the commercial.

 

[RxCowboy]

Was it her or the game that made you wanna yak?

Just to point out, those aren't mutually exclusive...

 

[PF5]

Women stock up on abortion pills and Plan B, fearing new restrictions under Trump NPR

 

[Bowers3]

I would laugh

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857853529425133757

 

[TheMonkey]

Women stock up on abortion pills and Plan B, fearing new restrictions under Trump NPR

Sounds like gun sales when Dems win.

 

[Stillwaterman]

Sounds like gun sales when Dems win.

They only way either of these hard-hitting social subjects ever move is by way of the supreme court. Elected officials are not making the moves on these subjects. Lifetime appointed officials will.

 

[CowboyJD]

They only way either of these hard-hitting social subjects ever move is by way of the supreme court. Elected officials are not making the moves on these subjects. Lifetime appointed officials will.

And who appoints those lifetime appointed officials?

Elected officials.

 

[mugatu]

Elon Musk Is Pissing Off Everyone on Trump’s Team

“He wants to be seen as having say in everything (even if he doesn’t),” one person in Trump’s orbit said.

newrepublic.com

Musk starting to piss off Trump's inner circle by acting like Trump is endedited to him and like they are co-presidents.