Good news! After a second visit to the doctor, and her checking out my still infected ear, we’ve got a path for a different medication to try* and I had my ear (which was clear on Tuesday) flushed out.
My ear drum is still angry, but less angry than it was, and I can now hear much better than I could with all the infectious gunk cleared out.
But here’s the thing. That new medication? The only one that’s really safe for me to have because of my having #LongQT? It’s nearly $200 AFTER a discount code AND factoring in insurance.
We have an HSA. I’m good. We can afford this one drug this one time.
But holy mother of frick does this highlight, yet again, that #LateStageCapitalism will fuck with your health at every turn to make a quick buck for some rich ass bastard in a guilded room somewhere.
Essentially, my having a genetic condition means that some big Pharma CEO can have the another pound of Wagyu beef with their lunchtime dinner date.
An estimate of how biased our media is just hit me in the face. A list of the 14 richest Americans was just posted on Facebook. I knew who all of them were. They are famous for being rich. If you showed me a list of the 14 top architects in America, I probably wouldn't know any of them. Or the 14 best brain surgeons. Or the 14 most popular rappers. The 22 members of the British Cabinet? I'd heard of two. All of these people do more for the world than those 14 rich guys. #EatTheRich
Nice. Another example of big company having record profits while cutting salaries. But don’t worry, they have plenty of money to lobby that absurd 69 billion $ deal to acquire another gaming conglomerate.
8 men control as much #wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, roughly 3.6 billion people.
That's four hundred fifty million people each billionaire must fight to maintain their wealth.
These are very good odds.
I say we go get the motherfuckers.
I have stood in the shadow of this greatness many times. When I lived literally down the street from both #MaryMoore AND #BohemianGrove I got the opportunity to organize with her. This was during #Occupy which we did, in fine glory at #OccupyBohemianGrove
This woman is amazing in every way, and I've seen that collection she donated to #Berkley in her own home. There's probably a little sumpin' sumpin' I sewed up for that event amongst those historical documents. The 50 ft. banner that reads: #CreationOfCare
Incredible woman. Incredible work. #civilRights#california#protest#resist#EatTheRich
The top 25 richest Americans are together worth just over 1.9 trillion dollars. Let’s say we were to wipe them out and leave each with a paltry 1 billion dollars. Then we divide their assets amongst every American who lives below the poverty line. That would give every single person in poverty slightly over $50K. Could you imagine? You still have 25 billionaires, but now 37.9 million don’t have to figure out whether they’re eating or paying their bills for a while. That’s what #eattherich means.
"What’s the only thing better than having your own Gulfstream jet? Why, getting to claim millions in tax deductions for it. All you have to do is make a case you’re using it for business, which turns out to be surprisingly easy."
RWE ist sich für keine Widerwärtigkeit zu schade. Erst die Gewalttäter der Polizei zum Durchsetzen ihrer Konzerninteressen einsetzen und dann auch noch eine fette Rechnung dafür ausstellen, die natürlich nicht die Polizei selbst bezahlt, sondern die steuerzahlende Öffentlichkeit, deren Zukunft für RWEs Profite geopfert wird.
RWE stellt der Polizei Einsatzkosten von knapp 150.000 Euro in Rechnung
"Es geht zum Beispiel um die Nutzung von RWE-Fahrzeugen durch die Polizei - etwa im Februar 2022, als Aktivisten einen Braunkohlebagger bei Lützerath mit Steinen beworfen haben. Der RWE-Konzern spricht bei seiner Unterstützung für die #Polizei
von Aufwendungen als Verwaltungshelfer*innen "
RWE-Trading-Trick: Wie der Kohle-Konzern an der “Klimawende” noch Profit macht
"Erst Profit auf Kosten der Umwelt, in Zukunft Profit mit der „Klimawende“ – #RWE scheint dies mit einem tiefen Griff in die Trading-Trickkiste zu glücken. So hat sich der Konzern mit günstigen #CO2-Zertifikaten schon früh eingedeckt und sitzt nun auf Reserven im Wert von 10 bis 13 Milliarden Euro." https://perspektive-online.net/2021/09/rwe-trading-trick-wie-der-kohle-konzern-an-der-klimawende-noch-profit-macht/