Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) confronted a CEO Thursday for pricing a drug designed to reduce the risk of HIV transmission at $8 in Australia but over $1,500 in the U.S.

“You’re the CEO of Gilead. Is it true that Gilead made $3 billion in profits from Truvada in 2018?” Ocasio-Cortez asked Gilead CEO Daniel O'Day.

“$3 billion in revenue,” he clarified.

The current list price is $2,000 a month in the United States, correct?“ she asked, referring to Truvada.

“It’s $1,780 in the United States,” O'Day responded.

“Why is it $8 in Australia?” Ocasio-Cortez countered.

“Truvada still has patent protection in the United States and in the rest of the world it is generic,” O'Day explained, adding, “It will be generically available in the United States as of September 2020.”

“I think it’s important here that we notice that we the public, we the people, developed this drug. We paid for this drug, we lead and developed all the patents to create Prep and then that patent has been privatized despite the fact that the patent is owned by the public, who refused to enforce it,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

“There’s no reason this should be $2,000 a month. People are dying because of it and there’s no enforceable reason for it.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/444091-ocasio-cortez-confronts-ceo-for-nearly-2k-price-tag-on-drug-that-costs-8-in

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Cambot!

Gypsy!

Tom Servo!

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Recently my grandmother found out I’m queer. Her response was to tell me that she disapproves of me living with my “friend” (i.e. my girlfriend) and that I should give up my vile queer ways and become a Christian (Lol). She even sent me a bible.  Here are its remains, which I made into black-out poetry.

Poem 1: Bisexual (from Leviticus 19:9)— “Have sexual relations with her.  Have sexual relations with him.  Have sexual relations with both a woman and a man.  Have sexual relations with yourself. Vomit on everyone who does not respect you.”

Poem 2: Fisting (from Judges 8:5)— “water/ lap the water/ drink/go down to drink/your hands/go down/I give into your hands/go down/encouraged/down/on the seashore/the whole hand/your hand/inside/I get to the edge/and shout/grasping/crying out/Beth/Beth/Beth/Beth/Beth/God/I came”

Poem 3: A Letter to the Exiles (from Jeremiah 28:13) — “Ze said: ‘Do not let lies name you, nor harm your heart. Gather. Raise the sword against them. They scorn and reproach, for they have not listened— again and again have not listened.’ “

Poem 4: Child (from Ezekiel 16:22) — “Your father and your mother rubbed salt in. No one looked on you with pity or had compassion enough for you, for on the day you were born you were despised. Live! Grow.  I looked at you and saw you were enough.”

Poem 5: Father (from Ezekiel 16:22) — “You never adored us. You became very angry. You took some out on us. Your sons and daughters were not enough? You slaughtered— in all your detestable practices— our youth.”

http://www.chindogu.com/tenets.html

The Ten Chindogu Tenets



Every Chindogu is an almost useless object, but not every almost
 useless object is a Chindogu. In order to transcend the realms of the
 merely almost useless, and join the ranks of the really almost useless,
 certain vital criteria must be met. It is these criteria, a set of ten 
vital tenets, that define the gentle art and philosophy of Chindogu.

Here 
they are:

1. A Chindogu cannot be for real use



It is fundamental to the spirit of Chindogu that inventions 
claiming Chindogu status must be, from a practical point of view, (almost) 
completely useless. If you invent something which turns out to be so handy 
that you use it all the time, then you have failed to make a Chindogu. Try 
the Patent Office.



2. A Chindogu must exist



You’re not allowed to use a Chindogu, but it must be made. You 
have to be able to hold it in your hand and think ‘I can actually imagine 
someone using this. Almost.’ In order to be useless, it must first be.



3. Inherent in every Chindogu is the spirit of anarchy



Chindogu are man-made objects that have broken free from the 
chains of usefulness. They represent freedom of thought and action: the 
freedom to challenge the suffocating historical dominance of conservative
 utility; the freedom to be (almost) useless.



4. Chindogu are tools for everyday life



Chindogu are a form of nonverbal communication understandable to
everyone, everywhere. Specialised or technical inventions, like a 
three handled sprocket loosener for drainpipes centred between two
 under-the-sink cabinet doors (the uselessness of which will only be 
appreciated by plumbers), do not count.



5. Chindogu are not for sale



Chindogu are not tradable commodities. If you accept money for one 
you surrender your purity. They must not even be sold as a joke.



6. Humour must not be the sole reason for creating a Chindogu



The creation of Chindogu is fundamentally a problem-solving
 activity. Humour is simply the by-product of finding an elaborate or
unconventional solution to a problem that may not have been that pressing
 to begin with.



7. Chindogu is not propaganda



Chindogu are innocent. They are made to be used, even though they
cannot be used. They should not be created as a perverse or ironic comment
 on the sorry state of mankind.



8. Chindogu are never taboo



The International Chindogu Society has established certain 
standards of social decency. Cheap sexual innuendo, humour of a vulgar
 nature, and sick or cruel jokes that debase the sanctity of living things 
are not allowed.



9. Chindogu cannot be patented



Chindogu are offerings to the rest of the world - they are not
 therefore ideas to be copyrighted, patented, collected and owned. As they 
say in Spain, mi Chindogu es tu Chindogu.



10. Chindogu are without prejudice