Sam, thanks for reminding us about this. Did you know that September is childhood cancer awareness month? My partner's 18-year-old son died of Osteosarcoma. Childhood cancer research is woefully underfunded (less than 4% of the total Cancer Research budget goes to kids cancers) and this was so depressing when it was cut. Thank you!
Sam, Thanks for bringing this issue into focus.I feel your pain and frustration in trying to understand this travesty. Big picture, if we want to get good things done for this country of ours, we have to vote for quality, competent people to lead us. Our track record indicates we do the exact opposite.
Why should we wish to research and learn to cure pediatric cancers? That's just allowing the genetically weak to survive and spread their defective genes! /s *vomit icon*
Seriously. They don't do any of the duties the Constitution assigns to them, they don't meet with their constituents, they spend inordinate amounts of time bloviating on cable news panels and use insider information to enrich their stock holdings, they run away from reporters' questions, and they can't even be bothered to pass legislation nobody actually objects to and might save children's lives? Why are we even paying these people? Looks like waste, fraud and abuse to me.
As the father of a 14-year old, two-time brain cancer survivor, I’m f*cking incensed. The Republican Party can take their whole “pro-life” schtick and shove it.
This is the same country that prioritizes guns over the safety of children in schools and churches so I’m not surprised our government cannot pass laws that will help pediatric medicine.
Ah yes, Republicans, the champions of "Save the children!" who have no interest in children after they leave their mother's womb.
The inertia is despicable, though. All of this political theater about the "soul of our country" while the "future of our country" is left behind instead.
And yet, the right wing blogosphere is creaming all over themselves about the slaughter of the Ukranian immigrant in Charlotte. Would that they would put all this misplaced energy into treating KIDS with CANCER. Or trying to figure out the literal murder of 11 Venezuelans on a pleasure boat 1000 MILES from the US coastline. Or expanding mental health and homeless funding so the monster in Charlotte might have gotten help before this heinous act. Sad!
I don't think it's an accident. It's a mix of the enshitiffication of the internet, and the authoritarian/fascist, "us vs them," playbook.
The blogosphere itself is optimized for social media. Algorithmic social media is programmed by tech companies to prioritize "engagement" on the various platforms, and usually the most engaging form of content is either rage-bait or serving confirmation bias. Creators then fine tune content for algorithmic optimization.
Sam, thanks for reminding us about this. Did you know that September is childhood cancer awareness month? My partner's 18-year-old son died of Osteosarcoma. Childhood cancer research is woefully underfunded (less than 4% of the total Cancer Research budget goes to kids cancers) and this was so depressing when it was cut. Thank you!
Sam, Thanks for bringing this issue into focus.I feel your pain and frustration in trying to understand this travesty. Big picture, if we want to get good things done for this country of ours, we have to vote for quality, competent people to lead us. Our track record indicates we do the exact opposite.
This is as depressing as anything I've read today. And it has been a bad day.
This is so sad. I wonder how these Congressmen can sleep at night.
Why should we wish to research and learn to cure pediatric cancers? That's just allowing the genetically weak to survive and spread their defective genes! /s *vomit icon*
Seriously. They don't do any of the duties the Constitution assigns to them, they don't meet with their constituents, they spend inordinate amounts of time bloviating on cable news panels and use insider information to enrich their stock holdings, they run away from reporters' questions, and they can't even be bothered to pass legislation nobody actually objects to and might save children's lives? Why are we even paying these people? Looks like waste, fraud and abuse to me.
As the father of a 14-year old, two-time brain cancer survivor, I’m f*cking incensed. The Republican Party can take their whole “pro-life” schtick and shove it.
This is the same country that prioritizes guns over the safety of children in schools and churches so I’m not surprised our government cannot pass laws that will help pediatric medicine.
For this, and the many other damages for which Mr. Musk has led the charge, he could for starters begin a campaign to unseat this "administration".
And pay for those treatments for terminally ill kids who have run out of options...
The Republican party is pro-life*
*Pro-fetal life. Prolife protections end after gestation.
If this does make the cut it's next stop is going to be Russ Vought's rescission crosshairs.
Ah yes, Republicans, the champions of "Save the children!" who have no interest in children after they leave their mother's womb.
The inertia is despicable, though. All of this political theater about the "soul of our country" while the "future of our country" is left behind instead.
They only want to save the kids with "good genes"...not the defectives.
Please keep broadcasting this issue of treating pediatric cancers. Thank you, Sam.
The Republican drs in the senate are frauds if they don’t champion life-saving medical treatments.
Civil inertia is pervasive with Americans now. They act like they are just spectators of some nasty reality tv show.
When will they realize that they are actual contestants?
I am upset that this is on Musk!, frump is accountable! what happened to the 'buck stops here?
I’d stopped thinking about Musk recently. What a vile pos.
Those Republican doctors in Congress are frauds for voting for the Big Fleecing Bill, and its sweeping Medicaid cuts.
And yet, the right wing blogosphere is creaming all over themselves about the slaughter of the Ukranian immigrant in Charlotte. Would that they would put all this misplaced energy into treating KIDS with CANCER. Or trying to figure out the literal murder of 11 Venezuelans on a pleasure boat 1000 MILES from the US coastline. Or expanding mental health and homeless funding so the monster in Charlotte might have gotten help before this heinous act. Sad!
I don't think it's an accident. It's a mix of the enshitiffication of the internet, and the authoritarian/fascist, "us vs them," playbook.
The blogosphere itself is optimized for social media. Algorithmic social media is programmed by tech companies to prioritize "engagement" on the various platforms, and usually the most engaging form of content is either rage-bait or serving confirmation bias. Creators then fine tune content for algorithmic optimization.
And that's what passes for civic discussion these days.