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The Pusher Men 0
This should be interesting:
The lawsuits also say that the companies falsely told doctors that patients would “only rarely succumb to drug addiction.”
(snip)
The lawsuits accuse the manufacturers of:
- Falsely, deceptively and unfairly marketing opioids.
- Misrepresenting the risks and benefits of opioids.
- Grossly understating and misstating the dangerous addiction risks.
- Grossly overstating the benefits.
- Targeting susceptible prescribers and vulnerable patient populations.
- Making deceptive statements and concealing material facts.
- Fraudulently concealing their misconduct.
- And breaching their duties under federal and state law to prevent diversion and monitor, report and prevent suspicious orders.
More at the link.
Make TWUUG Your LUG 0
Learn about the wonderful world of free and open source. Use computers to do what you want, not what someone else wants you to do. Learn how to use GNU/Linux and its plethora of free and open source software to get stuff done with computers.
It’s not hard; it’s just different.
When: Monthly TWUUG meeting at 7:30 p. m. on the first Thursday of the month (June 6, 2018). Pre-meeting dinner at Chicago Uno, JANAF shopping center, 6:00 p. m. (map)
Who: Everyone in TideWater/Hampton Roads with interest in any/all flavors of Unix/Linux. There are no dues or signup requirements. All are welcome.
Where: Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital in Norfolk Training Room (map). (Wireless and wired internet connection available.) Turn right upon entering, then left at the last corridor and look for the open meeting room.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is child’s play.
(snip)
The six-year-old was playing with a gun he found in a dresser inside the home. When handing the gun to his older brother, the gun went off.
Thus passeth another day in NRA Paradise.
Misdirection Play, A Civil Tongue Dept. 0
William Chafe reminds us of another time when the powers that be collapsed upon their fainting couches at the prospect of a “lack of civility.”
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite to your elders.
Police say they have identified and interviewed suspects that were shooting guns in the area. They say the incident appears to be an accident and that the public is not in danger.
Road Hogs 0
Mike considers the irony of Donald Trump’s ride against Harley-Davidson. Warning: Language, and lots of it.
Freedom of Screech 0
Shorter Supreme Court: Perfidy is a civil liberty.
A Civil Tongue Meets the Bully’s Pulpit 0
As Republicans and their dupes, symps, and fellow travelers clutch their pearls and fall upon their fainting couches, stunned that someone politely asked Sara Huckabee Sanders to dine elsewhere, Connie Schultz points out what the pearl-clutchers omit to say. A snippet:
Civility requires mutual respect. The Red Hen employees apparently understood this. If someone spends her days making clear her disregard for you and her willingness to harm you by parroting her boss’ bigotry, no one should expect you to act as if it doesn’t matter when she’s not talking into a microphone.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
The hunt for politeness continues.
No doubt his bushy tail led attracted attention.
On a brighter side, the injury wasn’t serious, just stupid.
Welcome to America 0
Suffer the Children, You Reap What You Sow Dept. 0
When you stop enforcing the law and start enforcing the lawless, this surprises you how?