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I live on a cattle ranch in the South. I love reading, gardening, and reading about gardening. But I could be here for the politics.
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I had these in the past but they fizzled out. I’d sort of forgotten about them. So pretty
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I have an old species jonquil that is a great naturalizer, and it pops up in random places every spring. I know I did not plant those bulbs in the storm drain!
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It’s probably a partner’s desk. Drawers on both sides
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I am deeply ashamed that we, as a nation, have chosen to abandon Ukrainians. I knew this would happen. I’ve written to my senators to no avail. Not all Americans want this.
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Even purportedly privately controlled Chinese websites are suspect. Deepseek doesn’t know anything about Tianamen square.
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Did you think communism ever worked?
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Before you assume that baby formula (and other foods) will be safe without regulation, ask Google about the infant formula scandal in China a few years ago.
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He’s already tried. Eventually he will succeed.
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She is on thin ice here. Doesn’t she know all those savings will be subsumed by tax cuts for the 1%?
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Those pesky zeros. Always leading one astray
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I will go with sociopath
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Just gives me savage pleasure
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I understand you want it to be a mostly economic reason, but underestimate the culture wars at your peril. And while all my neighbors are conservative, not all are MAGA, not all are white, and not all are uneducated.
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I live in a Trump bubble. Sure, inflation and cost of living hurt Dems. But way more than 1% of my neighbors were infuriated by pronouns, and pregnant people, and boys playing on girls teams, and teaching children “to be ashamed of our country”, and the border. More like 70%.
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He didn’t know the leopard would eat his face. Oh well.
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Barrett, in particular, may not toe the line. She was uncomfortable with the immunity provisions, although not uncomfortable enough to dissent.
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My money says he caves.
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Another disease that can be prevented. My sister had H.flu meningitis at age 5. Either the disease or the streptomycin they used to treat is damaged her hearing and vision.
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I’m so sorry for him. This sucks.
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Starter Villain was the cleverest book I have read in a long time. The dolphins stole every scene they were in.
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It cannot happen soon enough.
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Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
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And blindness. Helen Keller had measles at 18 months and was left blind and deaf.
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Notorious.
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The current exec order specifically names Covid vaccines. The headline under the photo is deceptive.
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It would be hilarious were not people’s very lives depending on it.
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You might look at Mark Cuban’s mail order website, Cost Plus They sell the 18 gram (which is Ventolin without the name) for about $55, no insurance. Even cheaper if you buy two. The least expensive is the 6.7g (which is Proventil without the name). It’s about $12.00.
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No, he doesn’t. He claims we are still paying out benefits for people who were born 150 years ago. That is what he says. I’ll believe it when I see the names, the birthdays and the checks. I know of a family that didn’t report the death and kept the corpse in a freezer, but they got caught.
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Advair has a therapeutic equivalent, Wixela. It is still pretty expensive and often insurers will not pay for it, making us dispense Advair instead. Which rescue do you use? The 18g, the 8.5 g or the 6.7 gram?
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The patent laws prevent competition. That’s a good bit more than an excuse. They get 20 years initially, then they usually get a 5 year extension, and then the PBMs get involved and screw with the formularies. I’ve been in pharmacy 45 years. Not enough characters to cover the topic
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I figured it was a steroid/LABA combo. A tragedy all around, for him and for his loved ones.
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I graduated from Symbicort to Breztri as my asthma progressed, but it works well. Until I meet deductibles it is about $400.00, but fortunately I can manage it. I have a rescue inhaler always too. I would hate to depend on rescue inhalers alone.
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The basic albuterol rescue inhalers are 12 to 55 dollars depending on your pharmacy. It’s the combo inhalers that are protected by patent that are expensive.
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Depends on the inhaler. The basic albuterol rescue inhaler is 12 to 50 bucks without insurance depending on pharmacy you use. The combo inhalers with steroids and long acting bronchial dilaters are very expensive because of patent laws
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I am not into canning. Been there, done that, gave my water bath canner to the thrift store.
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I get the flesh off them and grind the seed up in my garbage disposal. I’ve never made anything with the elderberries. I also have huckleberry bushes and I have made jelly from them. I love huckleberries.
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I need to prune the roses at my church. I wear leather gloves up to my elbows and still manage to get ripped up.
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I have native elderberries. They’re everywhere on our fence lines and in the roadside. They’re sort of weedy looking. I have lots of Nandina too, both the red and the yellow. I like them really, but I do clip the berries off in the early spring and destroy them.
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Being Trump’s VP is just one long, painful lesson in humiliation.
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You aren’t wrong about that.
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I bought one of your books tonight. Starter Villain.
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It makes me sad to hear you say that.
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I always skim read those scenes anyway. Some things are better left a mystery. Besides, the sex scenes don’t move the narrative forward. They just bog it down.
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I’m a pharmacist. I don’t give unsolicited medical advice. Ample numbers of randos solicit medical advice from me, most usually about colds and constipation.
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Me too. I’m guessing yes. It’s too early in the game to cut out the elderly
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I’m proud there is a Republican with courage.
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Patriotism in its finest form is neither childish nor uncivilized. It is different from tribalism and nationalism. We need to take back the concept of patriotism from those who have debased it.