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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    Happy Easter, from R. Crumb

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    Are you OK with this?

    Edit: Added source link I should've included in the first place, thanks everyone. Also swapped the image (wrong gulag).

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    He's getting things done!

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world
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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    One fine day...

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world
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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    Background checks keep saying I can’t do jobs I was already hired for

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    Let's begin with a prayer.

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    "A few have quietly wondered if the President might be insane."

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    Khuda @lemmy.world
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    PhilipTheBucket @ponder.cat

    This is ancient, and it is honestly just some random blog post. I generally agree with it though. It came up because Code Pink is very upset that the "Hands Off" protests are in favor of NATO:

    They wrote a whole article on it. They say some weird things, although actually I agree with quite a lot of that article. Elsewhere on their web site, they say some much weirder things. Excerpts:

    It’s the old broken clock analogy.

    Even someone as dangerous as Trump can see it’s time to stop the carnage in Ukraine before that war goes nuclear.

    With Britain’s Prime Minister boarding a nuclear sub to shake a fist at Russia, there’s no telling where the Ukraine-Russia war will lead. That’s unless someone steps on the brakes before western European

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world
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    PhilipTheBucket @ponder.cat

    Blue Cross of Louisiana doesn’t give a shit about breast cancer

    A jury has ordered Blue Cross of Louisiana to pay $421m to a hospital specializing in a much sought-after type of breast reconstruction, primarily for cancer survivors. The insurer "preapproved" surgeries for thousands of patients, but then held back 92% of the payments it owed, with CEO Steven Udvarhelyi insisting that "authorization never says we’re going to pay you":

    https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25882446-steven-udvarhelyi-deposition/#document/p1/a2630959

    In a characteristically brilliant and deep investigative story, Propublica's T Christian Miller explains how Blue Cross of Louisiana colluded with other Blue Cross franchises around the country to steal hundreds of millions of dollars by denying claims they'd already approved:

    https://www.propublica.org/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-louisiana-insurance-lawsuit-breast-cancer-doctors

    The hospital at the center of this controversy is the Center for Restorative Breast Surgery in New Orleans, founded by two surgeons

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    With its experts fired, CDC can't help address lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world
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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    Great moments in Peaceful Protest history

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    Doug Holland @lemmy.world

    Irregular Warfare (the news is in the last paragraph)