sleepyhead

On Tuesday’s we contemplate and question existence.

NGC 6334 & NGC 6357

Arp 147

NGC 5189

Benny The Surrogate Cat Dad

Benny gets the most joy when his human mom brings home rescued kittens, so he can help look after them and show them the same love that he received when he was rescued. Whenever Ellen brings home an orphan baby (or a box of babies), Benny anticipates their arrival and is filled with excitement. He becomes their dedicated surrogate dad, and his fatherly instinct kicks in the moment he sees a kitten.

“Listen to me– all of you out there! You were told by this man– your hero– that America is the greatest country in the world! He told you that Americans were the greatest people– that America could be refined like silver, could have the impurities hammered out of it, and shine more brightly! He went on about how precious America was – how you needed to make sure it remained great! And he told you anything was justified to preserve that great treasure, that pearl of great price that is America!

“Well, I say America is nothing! Without its ideals– its commitment to the freedom of all men, America is a piece of trash! A nation is nothing! A flag is a piece of cloth! I fought Adolf Hitler not because America was great, but because it was fragile! I knew that liberty could be snuffed out here as in Nazi Germany! As a people, we were no different than them! When I returned, I saw that you nearly did turn American into nothing! And the only reason you’re not less then nothing– is that it’s still possible for you to bring freedom back to America!”

Except that you don’t actually have to participate in intellectual discourse any time some fucko on the Internet tells you to.

Purple: Really smart, quiet at first but obnoxiously loud when you get to know them, loses headphones every second day, probably plays an instrument

Green: References musicals, sweet on the outside but could probably kill you if they tried, protective parent of the group, can easily get a bf/gf but is always single

Yellow: Goes from adorable to sexy in 0.5 seconds, constant m3m3s, an actual hufflepuff, probably came out in a really punny way

Blue: Insecure but has no reason to be, really energetic even though they never eat, makes a lot of sex/gay jokes, really funny but doesn’t try to be

Red: Loves clothes & is everyone’s aesthetic, writes romantic comedy, is a smol gay who wants love, gets distracted easily by bright colours

Orange: Feeds the group, straight A’s but never goes to school, probably bakes cupcakes/cookies, afraid of commitment yet is great at giving relationship advice

White: Has seen about every anime, has a popular tumblr account, nicest fuck boy/girl you’ll ever meet, brags a lot

Pink: Tries really hard, loves photography or art, acts really gay when in reality they are bi, has a lot of friends on social media

Black: Had an emo phase, the most blunt/confident person you’ll ever meet, listens to depressing music or edgy bands, is sad on social media but actually happy irl

Turquoise: Probably a youtuber, snapchats every second of the day, wants to be famous but is lazy, most relatable and understanding person

Terminally ill patients can sign up to be part of pre FDA approval trials for treatments which might potentially cure them. As these treatments are experimental, untested, not guaranteed to get results, and intended to provide profit to the medical provider in the long run, patients cannot be charged for these experimental treatments. As it should be. It’d be pretty unethical to get people to pay you to be your guinea pig for treatments which may not even help them.

This “right to try” law changes that. It makes it legal for terminally ill patients to be charged for experimental treatments. Furthermore, it removes FDA testing restrictions from the process. Currently a company which tries an ‘experimental’ treatment they know won’t work will get the hammer dropped on them by the FDA. But under this new process, medical providers would be legally allowed to provide ‘treatments’ they know won’t work, without oversight. This would legalize medical predation on terminally ill patients.

Labeling this bill ‘right to try’ makes it seem like terminally ill patients aren’t allowed to seek out experimental treatments right now. But they are! All this bill does is make a terminally ill patients more financially burdened and more vulnerable to predation.