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u/chaingun_samurai 13d ago
Sounds like an Onion headline.
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u/fernatic19 13d ago
Well it is an opinion piece. Gotta make your essay stand out in the paper
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u/oldnick40 13d ago
Also, I hat the phrase ‘cure for cancer’ as there are as many cures for cancer as there are cancers. Yes, medical research may benefit many kinds of cancer research but I HATE these headlines that make it sound like a cure-all.
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u/kragon80 13d ago
the program is meant to find cures for all cancers , maybe there are some immunotherapies that can be applies to many cancer types, but yeah tthere is no 1 cure for everything( unless we magically have nanobots that can seek and destroy cancer cells lol)
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u/D-Laz 12d ago
There was a guy that tired that. Kinda.
When I was doing cancer research in college there was a study where some people found a particle that when exposed to a certain frequency would vibrate and kill cancer cells. So they had a way to deliver the particle to only cancer cells turn up the beat and blast them.
Here is a similar study
It might even be the one I heard about in 2015 when I was doing my research.
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u/EnvironmentalGift257 12d ago
Dated 4 months ago. Seems like they could make that cheap as chips too.
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u/D-Laz 12d ago
We will see. It takes time to get these things approved through normal channels.
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u/EnvironmentalGift257 12d ago
FDA approval will add cost of course as well.
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u/ExpertlyAmateur 12d ago
Big pharma will just buy the patent and sit on it for 50 years because theyre already making bank from overcharging a handful of ok-ish treatments.
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u/MaximumChongus 12d ago
why would they do that, cure the cancer and you get a life time to sell people more shit, dont cure the cancer and they die.
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u/Erik_the_Heretic 12d ago
Biochemist here, looks good but the problem will once again be targeting, so you don't hit too much healthy tissue. That's always the crux of cancer treatments, because you don't target a foreign pathogen but the body's own cells. From thata rticle alone, I don't see anything that would help to hit cancer cells harder than other ones, so it'd have to be coupled to a good vector.
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u/D-Laz 12d ago
(I was doing medical physics for a while) I know with some treatments it banks on the fact that the metabolic activity of cancer cells is higher so it will uptake the agent in higher quantities than normal tissue. So if you need a critical mass of particles to be lethal then you would have to determine the point when the cancer cells have the minimum lethal amount while normal cells have a sub lethal amount. Then using a localized signal to activate the particles. Bob's your uncle.
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u/Erik_the_Heretic 12d ago
Hm, unfortunately overexpressing multi-drug exporters is also a pretty common mutation in many cancers, so that would render them pretty invulnerable to this. Plus, even if it works perfectly and only kills high-proliferating cells, it would still hit stem cells just as hard, causing - like many current cytostatic treatments - stem cell depletion, fucking you over in the long run. So it seems like a bog-standard, albeit new approach to me. The afct that you can focus the IR is good, of course, but that only works with pretty solid tumors in the first place, which you can pinpoint.
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u/CosmoKing2 12d ago
But, at the same time you have Goldman Sachs holding seminars about whether a cure for cancer will be as profitable as current measures in sustaining care. Hell, hospitals attend those things. Venture capitalists have actually refused to provide money for many promising solutions.
Want proof? Look into dialysis. Huge $$$$ maker. No one. No one is involved in seeking a cure. They are actively making sure cures don't come to market. Same is now happening with cancer.
I literally can't believe this is allowable by my government. How does anyone involved have a clear conscience? How is it not illegal?
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u/tc7984 12d ago
You hate the headline but not the fact that the GOP voted against funding ?
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u/Mytastemaker 12d ago edited 12d ago
Obama once joked that if he cured cancer the GOP would complain he was putting Dr.s out of work.
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u/oldnick40 12d ago
It’s the nuance. E.g. the Susan G. Kommen foundation spends a lot of money in cancer research, but also on planned parenthood. Without getting into the life/choice debate, where the money is going is relevant and this headline totally distracts from the what the vote was on. There is no ‘cure for cancer.’ There are many treatments and potential cures for various types of cancer, and this sort of headline simply demonstrates the ignorance of most voters, which really pisses me off. Ignorance is one thing, but this type of headline is misinformation which everyone should hate.
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u/rickjamesbich 12d ago
E.g. the Susan G. Kommen foundation spends a lot of money in cancer research
Just FYI for anyone reading, Susan G Komen spends less than 20% of its annual budget on breast cancer research. The rest goes to their executives and army of lawyers that they send to harass any other breast cancer charity that dares to use the color pink, a ribbon, or the phrase "for the cure"
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u/water_for_daughters 12d ago
I wonder if the writer had the good fortune to choose his own headline, or if one was written for him by an editor with his/her own unknown motives? In either case, I would not prejudge the merit of an opinion piece based on the murky origins of a shitty title.
Also, never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by the stupidity of an ignorant editor. ;)
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u/Euphoric_Fun4433 12d ago
They don’t get to choose their own headlines, which means some editor spends all day dreaming up the best clickbait
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u/TacticalRhodie 12d ago
Ironic that the party of Lincoln ended up just a fan club. Why not go back to America first instead of a diaper wearing babies ego first. The real America doesn’t get winded half way through a rant
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u/ExtrudedPlasticDngus 12d ago
Next thing you know, they are going to block a bipartisan border bill that gives them everything they’ve been asking for just to prevent a Biden win.
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u/Chance-Deer-7995 13d ago
really, it doesn't. This is how they have behaved every day since 2016. And they also don't have constituencies who will hand them consequences for the B.S.
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u/drift_poet 12d ago
i’d suggest they’ve acted this way, nakedly admitting to as much, since obama’s first term
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u/baron_muchhumpin 13d ago
Don't forget they also want to raise insulin back to where it was before.
They do not care about people.
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u/DevoidHT 12d ago
They do care about people. It’s just that those people happen to be corporations. Thanks Citizens United.
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u/Sonicluke8 12d ago
As in Citizens United Vs. FEC? The case that made it legal for political funding to be unlimited and come from virtually all sources, require less record keeping and make it easier to bribe?
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u/I_am_not_JohnLeClair 12d ago
The Cruelty is the Point
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u/boredneedmemes 12d ago
I have been saying this constantly lately. It's depressing how often you can ask "why is x like this in America" and the answer is "the cruelty is the point."
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u/MaleficentCoach6636 12d ago edited 12d ago
Ozempic is $1k-$2k a month out of pocket if anyone is curious(1 month supply = 4 small vials). Out of pocket for any diabetes medicine can get extremely expensive so it is very cruel that they are doing this
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u/Taters_Gravy 12d ago
It’s also that high due to individuals using Ozempic as a diet pill. Demand increased and so did the price. It sucks for people like my mother who needs it for her diabetes.
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u/natkolbi 12d ago
Where I live it costs ~14 Euro. It's not like there's a shortage, there is no reason for the price to be this ridiculously high other than greed and a completely unregulated market.
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u/i-am-a-yam 12d ago
Tbf obesity is also a serious health issue for many, it’s not just vanity. We should be trying to accommodate all who need the drug, not point our fingers at those who we feel need it less.
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u/Shutupjustplease 12d ago
I see things like this and people are always in the comments (no offence to you) saying that “humanity is doomed”
Humanity was doomed from the day that fire was lit. The intelligence of homo-sapiens combined with their natural territoriality means they will do anything to screw over their enemies.
Let’s be honest, we’re all already dead. The lives of everyone of the planet rests in the hands of the political leaders, some of the people with the world’s worst takes and impulse control.
Mankind, and earth as we know it, is fucked.
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u/The_Entertainer_777 13d ago edited 12d ago
My grandfather has stage four colon cancer and has recently had to have a colonistomy procedure due to the stint failing. He's been on chemo for a year and has been needing intense pain medication in order for him to be able to eat or sleep.
I know there are people out there with loved ones and are struggling, seeing them suffer like this or even worse. This does not anger me, but instead has made me feel upset, hopeless, and desperate. Politics should never come over the health of a human being, whatsoever.
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u/versacek9 12d ago
My brother (32) just died of colon cancer in Feb.
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u/physicalphysics314 12d ago
I’m sorry for your loss. I’m just here to say that rates of colon cancer in younger generations is on the RISE and if you should not be afraid to ask your doctor
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u/cogitoergosam 12d ago
Following up to say that a colonoscopy is also really not that bad, and the peace of mind is 100% worth it.
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u/Solid-Version 12d ago
Yup. Had one the other day. Been having issues up there for a while now and finally decided to get it checked. Was worried shitless that I had bowel cancer. Turns out it’s just internal haemorrhoids.
The relief I felt was insane and I’m so glad I got the procedure done.
Mild discomfort is how I’d classify it
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u/lod254 12d ago
It really isn't bad. The procedure is nothing. Just tell the doc you don't want the gallon drink and it's fine.
I've been having them since my 20s before I figured out I have Crohn's.
My only advice is, don't trust a fart.
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u/quiero-una-cerveca 12d ago
Can you go into a little more detail on “the gallon drink”?
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u/Indigocell 12d ago
And also why you wouldn't want it? ... Why do people always leave out the crucial information. Is that for dramatic effect?
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u/IHaveNoEgrets 12d ago
Because it tastes like you never want to have taste buds again. It's vile. I had to chug it and follow it with approved beverages after, or I'd throw up otherwise.
There are non-drink alternatives available (lots and lots and lots of laxatives instead), but for me, they went old school.
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u/Marowaksker 12d ago
It’s a type of cleanser you take 24 hours before your surgery, it’s somewhat necessary to make sure the pops are clean when you go up there.
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u/quiero-una-cerveca 12d ago
It seemed like they were indicated there was a “better” drink choice than another possibly. I’ve done the procedure and it wasn’t terrible so I was just wondering I already used the right cleanser or the “wrong” cleanser.
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u/Killentyme55 12d ago
I used to have to drink that stuff, but for my last one less than a year ago my doc told me to just buy Ducolax and one other OTC med and take certain amounts at specific intervals with plenty of water. It was certainly the easiest method so far and, well... let's just say very effective.
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u/quiero-una-cerveca 12d ago
Thanks for the feedback! I have another one in a few years so just collecting data. And yes, I’m sure the efficacy was not in doubt!
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u/Krojack76 12d ago edited 12d ago
I just did the mail-in test a few months ago and it came back positive. Going for a colonoscopy end of this month. Hoping the mail-in was a false positive. I'm only in my mid 40's... =/
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u/Low_Upstairs1993 12d ago
May he rest in pease. I hope you have many people helping you through these tragic times.
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u/SeanSeanySean 12d ago
That's brutal dude, being taken by cancer is always too soon, but 32 is so incredibly young. I am really sorry that your family is having to endure such a terrible experience.
I'm what is considered "middle aged" and I've already lost far too many friends and family to cancer in my life, and the two that seemed the most brutal were colon and pancreatic cancer, as they both appeared to put the patient through the absolute worst before finally taking them, although I suppose the reality is that any cancer battle is going to suck to go through.
What I don't understand is that there is still no real explanation in the statistically huge increase in colorectal cancer rates in those under 55yrs old over the past 20 years. Doctors point to the typical boogeymen like smoking, obesity and diet, but the under 55's in this country have the lowest incidence of tobacco use than any older group in the last 200 years. Something is fuckey and it doesn't feel like we're getting answers anytime soon.
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u/HanseaticHamburglar 12d ago
my wife passed at 28 from colorectal cancer.
The odds of that happening are supposedly WELL under a percent.
I didnt realize there was an uptick in colorectal cancers in the youth.
At this point im guessing its something in the water, PFAS or something.
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u/Orenwald 12d ago
My mother is also dying of cancer. She was given 6 to 12 months back in August.
From someone who understands a little, my thoughts are with you and your family. It's never easy
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u/versacek9 12d ago
I’m so sorry, it’s horrific to watch a family member deteriorate in front of your eyes. All I can say is that human are built for grief and it does better, it doesn’t seem like it, but it does.
I tried to find solace in the relief that he wasn’t in pain in anymore. My condolences to you and your family, I hope your mother is as comfortable as she can be.
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u/makaki913 12d ago
My brother (42) died to it few years ago. Bastard fought five years. Crohn's is a bitch
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u/cheese_cyclist 12d ago
From one sister who lost a brother at a young age 7 months ago. Hugs to you and my condolences.
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u/Appropriate-Coast794 12d ago
Just lost my aunt last month to lung cancer.
Fuck these greedy people.
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u/Tilas 12d ago
My mom died of metastatic colon cancer Feb 1st. They found 1 tumor on Halloween. New Years they said there was over 30. A month later, she was dead. We still don’t know how the bloody hells it spawned that fast.
I am so sorry for your loss, and I feel like I can never say this enough but Fuck Cancer.
What’s pathetic is here in Canada they do the same bullshit as the Americans. There no profits in finding cures. The doctors on the ground try so hard, but they can only do so much when they lack the support of their own governments…
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u/OldStankBreath 12d ago
May 19th will mark 5 years of my dad passing at 61. It was awful watching my hero whither away. My alcohol abuse got worse but I can say he’d be proud of me today while beating depression I’m now just over 33 weeks sober. Miss ya bud.
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u/morethanchlorine 12d ago edited 12d ago
November 21st will mark two years since my dad died. I fell deep into depression and even attempted to self-exit last year. It was like a bucket of cold water, one day he was fine, the next he was in the ER. He spent months in the hospital, I visited him every chance I could between university and helping my mom, and like you said, I saw him whiter away more every time I visited him. My mom and I have had to make it on our own and now we're in a better place, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't wish my dad was still here.
I'm so sorry about your dad, I know the pain of losing the person who you perceived as your hero, and in such a long and agonizing way. I'm here if you ever want to talk about him, or just chat. Stay safe!
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u/Rozalera 12d ago
I'm so sorry for your grandfather. I wish him a peaceful recovery. My dad had a cancerous brain tumour that was wrongfully treated so he had to abroad to find good doctors. This is immoral in so many ways. I wish these politicians could wake up and see the unimaginable suffering people go through everyday due to inadequate treatment
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u/J_Robert_Matthewson 13d ago
Honestly I just wish Dark Brandon would make a statement where he states he is vehemently opposed to slamming your own junk in a car door.
Just to see the inevitable slew of videos of the dipshits taking themselves out of the gene pool to own the libs.
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u/TheFire_Eagle 13d ago
I mean...if SCOTUS says he has immunity I would hope to hell he just starts ignoring the GOP
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u/MonitorPowerful5461 13d ago
Yeah that isin't going to happen. Their game is to delay, delay, rather than make the bias too obvious.
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u/Munnin41 12d ago
Yeah there are just 2 outcomes there, and both will happen after the election. If trump wins, they'll rule in his favour. If Biden wins, they'll rule against trump
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u/RightfulChaos 12d ago
The fact that there is a delay at all shows their bias. It's an open shut case. No one should be immune.
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u/Mundane-Carpet-5324 13d ago
SCOTUS rules that the president has total immunity, and that night, Dark Brandon and a Louisville slugger start shortening his political opponents.
The day after, he installs 10 additional justices to immediately reverse that insane decision.
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u/BullshitDetector1337 13d ago
24 hour media blackout.
When it comes back, it’s a full Democratic House, Senate, and expanded Supreme Court with fifty new justices. All state Republican representatives, governors, and senators along with Trump had tragic toilet related accidental deaths.
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u/heucrazy 13d ago
They will rule that only Trump has immunity, it’s a one off decision, and it can’t be used again for any other Presidents. Just like they did to hand Bush the 2000 election.
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u/TheFire_Eagle 13d ago
I have little faith in our present Supreme Court but those two cases are very different. One dealt woth an issue that couldn't set precedent since it dealt with too many particulars related to that election. It wasn't a question for all presidential candidates. It was about that one specific election.
The matter currently before the court is whether Trumo, by virtue of being president, has immunity. In order to rule in the affirmative they would first need to hold that all president's have immunity.
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u/fervstheferv 13d ago
I slameth my penisf in the car door
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u/Fit_Midnight_6918 12d ago edited 7d ago
Biden should make a statement that he doesn't wear or shit in diapers. Mark my words, the Trump cult would proudly start wearing diapers. Oh, wait a minute....
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u/SeeeYaLaterz 13d ago
Thank GOP. Hillary was wrong to say half of you are deplorables, all of you are.
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u/Biscuits4u2 13d ago
Well that was back then before the complete MAGA takeover of the party.
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u/erizzluh 12d ago
maga was just a rebrand. some people want to act like it's just the extreme right cause it's awfully convenient to scapegoat maga... but the only difference now is maga people are are saying out loud what the gop didn't want to say out loud. maga talking points are the same gop talking points you would have had in a private conversation.
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u/ApolloMoonLandings 13d ago
Hillary so saw that coming since she also realized that Trump was using Hitler's and the NAZI playbook in order to obtain power, just as they did.
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u/joshyuaaa 12d ago
When it was Hillary VS Trump I was just like meh, same old political BS. I owe Hillary my apologies cause what she said has 100% happened.
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u/hates_stupid_people 12d ago
George Washington saw it coming(literally).
The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
It serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another
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u/Oldman5123 13d ago
Trump keeps/kept a copy of Mein Kampf on his nightstand in trump tower… that’s a fact. He has plagiarized Hitler speeches several times.
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u/Makanek 12d ago
It's a compilation of speeches, not Mein Kampf. I don't think he has the intellectual level for Mein Kampf (not that it's a deep book) and he's more into the cult of the leader and subjugation of the masses than politics or ideology.
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u/AyyyyLeMeow 12d ago
I don't think his brain goes beyond "Hitler was a cool guy, very famous. Everybody loved him."
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u/Bairrfhionn69 13d ago
Trumpists going wild RN...I don't understand one thing, since their money is based on the back of the average day worker, wouldn't it be smarter to just find the cure for cancer so those people can live longer and make them more money? This is so stupid that it looks like an Onion Post
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u/Hazee302 13d ago
You’re talking about a group that’s walking around saying real men wear diapers… I don’t think there’s much to understand even if you wanted to.
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u/Daryno90 12d ago
I don’t get it, why did they started saying that? Did it came out that Trump wear diapers or something
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u/RedShirtPete 13d ago
I think that part of the reason the GOP is extra frothy right now it that their base is shrinking with each passing year. They haven't won the popular vote for president since 1995. This is also why they are anti education. They need folks who don't have critical thinking and research skills as voters. I mean, have you seen Jordan Klepper's maga interviews?
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u/NoKYo16 13d ago
Or they can block it, let big pharmaceuticals fill their pockets and get cheaper labor to replace everyone faster. 🤷
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u/RoccStrongo 13d ago edited 12d ago
They don't want cures. They want to treat symptoms. A patient cured is a customer lost. But they want the treatment to be expensive so you have a reason for needing healthcare. But they don't want healthcare to be affordable and they want it tied to employment. That way you'll be willing to work for $7 per hour because you also get $1500 "worth" of health insurance per month to pay for your treatments.
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u/GhostofAugustWest 13d ago
Your daily reminder that republicans want us dead.
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u/smokythejoker 13d ago
You’re wrong. They don’t care whether we live or die — they are indifferent. This is pure political calculus: deny Biden the win so he can’t tout it during the election. Doesn’t matter what it is or who it harms.
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u/GhostofAugustWest 13d ago
You’re right, but that distinction isn’t much of a comfort.
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u/smokythejoker 13d ago
I must disagree again. Hate is the opposite of love. Both require the person feeling the emotion to care about the subject. I’m asserting that Repubs DO NOT CARE about you or your life at all. Their indifference is not a distinction without a difference — it is the exact sociological calculus that leads to genocide. We ignore that at our peril.
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u/UnexpiredMRE 13d ago
Found the logic major in college lol
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u/Warthog_Orgy_Fart 13d ago
You can major in logic? Where’s he from, Vulcan?
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u/UnexpiredMRE 13d ago
You definitely can major in logic. Don’t see it often but you can lol.
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u/Ok-Push9899 13d ago
Can you prove it, though? I mean, a logic major could prove it, but can you?
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u/BitterFuture 13d ago
They don’t care whether we live or die — they are indifferent.
COVID proved otherwise.
They were willing to sacrifice their own lives to keep a deadly disease spreading. They care very, very much about death.
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u/hollowgraham 13d ago
Now, he can demonstrate their desire to kill us all over stupid political games.
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u/FirstDyad 13d ago
That’s true until you’re a minority. Then they openly hate us and scream for our deaths
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u/Hazee302 13d ago
Couldn’t he just stand up and yell about the GoP blocking a cure for cancer? This seems like a lose-lose for GoP.
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u/Shattered_Sans 13d ago
That, and they just don't want to let democrats have a win, even on issues that republicans focus on, like border policy. They'll vote against bills that would pass the kinds of border policies they want if the bills are introduced by dems, and then if it manages to pass anyway, they'll take credit for a bill they actively voted against.
Because at this point, it's more important to them to make Biden and the democrats look bad than it is to make any progress in any direction on any issue.
(Edit: just so we're on the same page, the only reason I bring up border issues specifically is because I remember hearing about some republican praising some border bill that passed, after they specifically voted against it. I don't recall many specific details beyond that)
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u/Impressive_Trash_ 12d ago
This is why I think everyone needs to take a basic class in government. Congress knows that many Americans will blame the current sitting president for almost everything, even for the price of a hash brown at McDonald's
Of course, most of it is biased support but people should still be given the information.
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u/ComplexPants 12d ago
Reminder, republicans voted against immigration reform (directed by Trump) while campaigning for immigration reform because it would look bad if immigration reform was passed under a Biden Presidency.
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u/PaulOwnzU 12d ago
They could find an infinite energy source for everyone on earth that just needs 5$ of funding and they'd still vote against it just because it was proposed by democrats
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u/megaladon6 13d ago
This is a picture, of a headline, of an opinion piece.
Post the actual.article.
God forbid people actually read articles, much less research or look at the other POV.
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u/Amneiger 12d ago
Here's the article: https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-voted-against-funding-cure-090938329.html. Here's a non-opinion piece verifying: https://www.yahoo.com/news/congress-killing-bidens-cancer-moonshot-090000037.html
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u/Scooterforsale 12d ago
So how much money were they asking for?
It says republicans gave "an arm of NIH 120 million" but then says it's basically a cut because of inflation and federal salaries.
You're telling me we spend 700 billion on the military but we can't commit more than 120 million dollars to the deadliest, most common disease in history?
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u/Scared-Consequence27 12d ago
I’m not trying to be an asshole but cancer is neither the most common nor most deadly disease. Cancer research should definitely be better funded. I can’t believe it’s that low tbh
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u/kixie42 12d ago edited 12d ago
While semantically and technically correct, I just want to point out to those reading comments this far down that cancer in general (of many types, since there isn't just one big bad one fit-all cancer) is considered the second most deadly disease(s) in many countries, and considered a leading cause of disease-driven death in most of them -- following only behind cardiovascular disease (CVD) [NIH; WHO].
The way you've phrased your comment makes it seem like cancer is nothing to be worried about because it implies there are multiple or many diseases worse than cancer (As common diseases go), especially when you take into account that surviving cancer can directly create higher risk for CVD [ACS].
It's not quite analogous, but close to saying something like saying "Getting bit by a saw-scaled viper isn't that bad, people get shot in the critical vitals way more often." You're very likely going to die either way. I'm not good at analogies, so you could even say something like "Gun violence resulting in death in the US is neither the most common nor most deadly form of human caused death.", since automobiles are. But it's second place. Semantics aside, anyone would understand what they meant.
Edited cause I didn't like my analogy.
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u/Certified_A_Hole 13d ago
So happy i don't live in the US.
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u/OldChucker 13d ago
We're home alone, without adult supervision.
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u/Certified_A_Hole 13d ago
By the looks of it, it really shows.
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u/OldChucker 13d ago
We're out of money and food, the trash and laundry is piling up and nobody remembers the last time they saw little timmy. Please send pizza.
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u/FaithlessnessSea5383 13d ago
It won’t matter if Trump wins. The whole planet is screwed.
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u/Certified_A_Hole 13d ago
So you're basically acknowledging that the US is taking responsibility for screwing over an entire planet. We already knew that but thanks for saying it out loud.
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u/Squanchfist 13d ago
They're not wrong. The US alone has done so much damage to the world. Where to even start on the laundry list of fuckery Uncle Sam has accomplished?
Source: Me. A US citizen and veteran.
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u/Third_Mark 13d ago
What baffles me is that he still has a chance, it’s so fucking unfair that he does
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u/FaithlessnessSea5383 13d ago
Well, the USA is the centre of the universe. They’re public education system is clearly top tier on international affairs and global trade. /s
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u/MarshallTom 12d ago
So there is a cure for cancer 100% and needs funding? weird, you would think some random billionaire would step in to do a couple of billion for the instant cure for cancer.
Or is this just another cure for cancer that isn't really a cure at all but just research?
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u/Basjaa 12d ago
Can someone explain what really happened? Surely this is just sensational for clicks.
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u/Guldur 12d ago
They blocked funds for a foundation that researches cure for cancer, but is also involved with planned parenthood, which they ideologically oppose. The headline is indeed sensationalist, and it works.
Also some other users broke it down: https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/1cl3bee/the_what_now/l2rsgeg/
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u/Alcorailen 12d ago
That summary is shit because it dismisses immune cell therapy. That is a major wave of the future in terms of cancer treatment.
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u/conkellz 12d ago
Was about to comment this. It's funny to read someone state that the immune system is shit, but it is literally the only reason they're not dead to the common cold or to food that's been left out slightly too long. I'll take whatever hail mary I can get to try to help protect my family from cancer.
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u/artful_todger_502 12d ago
It's not really news. We've seen this for the past 15, or 20 years. They blocked funds for a cancer research grant.
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u/Radiant_Mark_2117 13d ago
Fuck politicians! They are not for the people like they are playing for a championship and need wins. You work for us so do good for us
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u/sg22throwaway 13d ago
In this case it's clear WHICH politicians you need to choose over the ones exhibiting this behavior.
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u/CrystalsAndSpells 12d ago
If true I wonder what was hidden within the paperwork to approve the funding that was actually what congress voted against but since it’s cancer they’re saying that instead of what was hidden.
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u/OnionSquared 12d ago
We have a bill that will end homelessness, give everybody free healthcare, and reduce taxes for everyone by 50%, but we can't vote on it unless we include a rider that makes kicking puppies legal.
Why does our government work like this?
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u/HowlingReezusMonkey 12d ago
There are already thousands of cures for cancer being researched and a cure for one type of cancer probably won't cure all or even many others. Not that I agree with this particular case but I think "cure for cancer" is thrown around a lot and doesn't mean much when you think deeper about it.
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u/unbalancedcentrifuge 13d ago
The headline is misleading... They did not vote against the "cure for cancer," but they voted against funding for studying and treating cancer. There is still no "cure for cancer" , if there was, I wouldn't have to get up and go to work tomorrow.
Either way...they still suck. Cancer is coming for us all, and we do need to throw a lot at it to develop and fund therapies.
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u/unbalancedcentrifuge 13d ago
I agree... it is impossible to extract meaningful funding from all the other crap that it is buried in. I am so annoyed with our politicians... no one cares about anything but their own money and power. Meanwhile, people like my mom get to die of cancer because they are told that their insurance doesn't cover the therapy.
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u/Longhorn7779 13d ago
It’s also that we have a 1.6 trillion deficit. You have to cut some things and not everything is actually touchable. This round of funding died abd they just didn’t renew it.
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u/Earthling1a 12d ago
Republicans HATE America.
Republicans want to DESTROY America.
Vote blue, no matter who. Vote like your life depends on it.
It very likely does.
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u/YuriEffinGarza 13d ago
Wow republicans/conservatives being shit heads again. Shocker
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u/PostModernPost 12d ago
To be clear, it was just the GOP side that voted against it.
If we vote the Republicans out of control this won't happen again.
If the Dems take control of both the house and the Senate I really hope they grow some balls, stop trying to reach across the isle to pass watered down bipartisan legislation (cause the Republicans surely aren't), and pass some shit that will help turn this country around.
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u/fluidfunkmaster 12d ago
These people think that we're not paying attention and that we have no power over them.
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u/Aggravating-Leg-3693 12d ago
Yes I am sure that is exactly what happened and not at all a misleading headline
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u/CacoFlaco 12d ago
Typical USA Today slanted garbage. No wonder print newspapers are going out of style. Not news. Just propaganda.
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u/floppyjedi 12d ago
The premise doesn't sound biased at all lol
I remember when news by default were written in informative, unbiased form.
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u/Icedoverblues 12d ago
So his son gets brain cancer and dies. He champions research for cancer and gets bipartisan support in 2016 but this year they said they couldn't fit the research into the budget so they voted against it. Oh the money wasn't there but they did cut wealthy people's taxes in 2017 so I'm sure that helped. Fucking failures to their country.
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u/IllustriousCookie890 12d ago
Wouldn't want Millions of people to have a chance at life if it may look good for Biden. That wonderful Compassionate Conservatism is in full view.
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u/MajinPsiOptics 12d ago
I don't trust any bill that claims it wants to fund cancer cures or save the puppies because we all know the bill is over 300 pages and has a bunch of other provisions to favor lobbyist interest and often have nothing to do with cancer.
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u/Angelicjack 12d ago
Sadly we can pump money into cancer research all we want. But we will never get a cure. The big Pharma companies will Block that. Sick people make you money.
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u/Guuhatsu 12d ago
Pretty much the same story as with border control. This type of stuff is barely news anymore. It is just expected from politics.
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u/Metalloid_Emon 12d ago
They will not block funding for a genocide orchestrated by an egoistical maniac, but they will gladly block funding to find a cure for cancer...... Priorities
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u/reicaden 12d ago
Cure cancer? Yeaaaaa, not buying that. Very general statement to get a rise out of the reader, shit journalism. They probably did block funding to a cancer investigation or research, and that is shifty to do, but this headline is written with a different intent.
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u/Fearless-Tax-6331 12d ago
This is definitely sensationalised. I’m sure there’s some truth to it but you’re doing yourself a disservice by believing this at face value
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