Thursday, October 25, 2018

XOFLUZA...

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The FDA has approved a new flu medication in the form of a single-dose pill. The medication, called XOFLUZA, was designed to make the flu shorter if taken within 48 hours of onset, according to the FDA. 
Researchers believe the medication will prevent patients from spreading the flu, which could help reign in contagion rates following the 2017-2018 flu season, which saw 900,000 hospitalizations and 80,000 deaths -- the deadliest season in four decades, according to the FDA. The medication was approved under a priority review.
The medication is the first in a new class of antiviral medications that blocks an enzyme within the flu virus, which stops viral replication early in the influenza cycle, the FDA announced. 
XOFLUZA is similar to Tamiflu, but "decreases viral shedding faster" and is associated with less side effects.

Freeloading...

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President Donald Trump accused the world of "freeloading" off "American genius" when it comes to the development and testing of revolutionary new drugs and promised to limit federal payments for some Medicare drugs based on prices paid in other developed countries. Trump called it an "American patients first" approach.

"We are taking aim at the global freeloading that forces American consumers to subsidize lower prices in foreign countries through higher prices in our country," Trump said during a speech at the Department of Health and Human Services. "I have seen it for years and never understood. Same company, same box, same pill, made in the same location, and you will go to some countries and it will be 20 percent [of the cost of drugs in the United States] because of what we pay and in some cases, much less than that. I say, 'Why is this?'"
A coalition of drug makers warned the approach would ultimately hurt U.S. patients.

On Air...

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Resist...

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Never Trump, Resist, Impeach Trump, Rage, Abolish ICE.

Moon's Revenge...



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There must be few women who can claim to have wreaked so much revenge on so many of their husband’s possessions as Lady Sally Graham-Moon.

In 1992 Sally was enraged after her husband Sir Peter left her and moved in with his new girlfriend. So one night at 3am she poured five litres of white gloss paint over his prized blue BMW. 

She then took a pair of scissors to his 32 Savile Row suits, chopping a sleeve off each one. Finally she raided his wine cellar and gave away the contents, including bottles of Chateau Latour 1961 worth £300, to their neighbors. 

“I’m normally quite in control of my emotions,” she said at the time. “In fact I am quite shocked by what I have done.” Not as shocked as her husband.

Cuomo...



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The Governor wants to solve the problem of the MTA deterioration in NY City. So he is calling for a congestion Tax on drivers in Manhattan. The MTA president said that this even is not enough to support the MTA.

But this is what this Gov. is looking for regardless. More taxes.

Lawlessness...

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On the theory that you can judge a president by his critics, Donald Trump must be hitting the bull’s-eye with his warnings about the ­migrants vowing to smash through our border. 

Consider that a trek started with fewer than 200 people in Honduras suddenly ballooned to more than 7,500 as reports emerged of left-wing activists organizing the crowds. Photos of the staggeringly long lines and breaking down fences between Guatemala and Mexico demonstrate there is legitimate reason for concern, ­especially when some leaders say they are determined to come to America.
“We are going to the United States,” one shouted, The Post ­reported. “Nobody is going to stop us!
Against that messy backdrop, the caravan could motivate additional Republican and independent and some Democrats voters to back GOP candidates in the midterms.
The same phenomenon with the caravan among other things, is providing a timely reminder that, 21 months into Trump’s presidency, our southern border is still Swiss cheese.
The Dems’ fear of that outcome is huge. Stopping illegal immigration has been a popular part of Trump’s formula since Day One ­because it simultaneously bolsters both his economic and public safety agendas.
Trump is using the caravan to attack Dems over the failure to tighten the border.  Schumer, Waters, Warren, and Pelosi, all are absent from any comments for or against.

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Earings...

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She suddenly becomes as frosty as an orange slush and you have no idea what  arouse her wrath.
She is angry and she wants you to figure it out.
When she refuses to communicate with you, chances are that whatever you did isn't all that serious. Perhaps, you didn't notice her new earrings.
Give her the space she needs to cool down.
When she feels ready to talk again she will approach you, glare at you with those big beautiful eyes, make huffing sounds that would make her look all the more desirable or you just had enough. Move on. Just a thought.