The police in the US are there to protect and serve the 1%, AKA the Oligarchs. It’s be wonderful if they actually wanted to serve and provide safety for their communities. I’m sure there are a few in every city that actually want to do the right thing but as a whole, police are basically only around to protect property and harass anyone they think might be a threat to said property, especially when said property is owned by one of the Oligarchs.

Good point, climate change is one reason I decided not to have children. But, I have young nieces and nephews and I’d like for them to have a wonderful world to inherit.

Our current way of living definitely is doomed and maybe humanity is too but I take solace in the fact that Mother Nature has bounced back after some pretty bad catastrophes. It’s cliche but “life finds a way”.

That said, I wish we could get our collective head out of our ass and work towards solutions rather than relying on that hope.

Kevin Gade, COO at investment firm Bahl & Gaynor, which owns about 2.6% of UnitedHealth shares, said companies like UnitedHealth play an important role in providing critical and needed care for all patients within an inefficient U.S. healthcare system that needs to evolve.

Kevin Gade left out the important part, it’s the bullshit insurance companies that make the system inefficient. There is literally no role, critical or otherwise, for Insurance companies when it comes to matters of healthcare. Why do I need to talk to an insurance company? Let my doctor, the hospital, and myself make those decisions. Not some Executive Oligarch on the quest for more money.

The article full of all kinds of weird descriptions that seem to intentionally downplay everything. I just made a comment about them calling the Unabomber “wacky”. Interesting that they don’t call this young man an Ivy League Grad in the title but they do mention it in the article.

What strange choice of words to describe Ted Kaczynskl as “wacky”. He was a terrorist who killed people because of the destruction of the environment. So misguided or extreme might be good descriptive words but he definitely wasn’t Steve Urkle.

I grew up in West Virginia and live in Denver now and I can tell you that it’s much easier to find them in Appalachia. I don’t think they exist as a thing in Denver and one place I saw selling pepperoni rolls was selling them as a pinwheel/cinnamon roll type and that’s not what I think of as a pepperoni roll.

Honestly they’re quick and easy to make and taste so much better when fresh. I buy frozen bread dough from the grocery store, let that defrost and rise. Once risen, break off pieces of the dough, and stuff with store bought pepperoni and a 2:1 mixture of mozzarella and cheddar cheese, ensuring that the fillings are contained inside the dough. Bake following the instructions on the package of dough, usually about 20-25 minutes on 350 or until golden brown on top.