Recent Comments

1. about 3 hours ago on Doonesbury

   It is beyond precious when a magat complains about someone LYING.

2. about 8 hours ago on Doonesbury

   Your Messiah did the blanket pardon. About 1500, mostly not named. That’s what blanket pardon MEANS.

   Biden did preemptive pardons.

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   Another exhibition of those magat analysis skills

3. about 13 hours ago on Barney & Clyde

   I guess I stan corrected.

   I know they do some research. From everything I’ve read, the resources they expend on research is dwarfed by what they spend on marketing and buying and extending patents — and suppressing patents.

   Shareholder value, you know.

4. about 14 hours ago on Looks Good on Paper

   Doesn’t Zucker look cool?

5. about 15 hours ago on Rabbits Against Magic

   That’s the whole point of being a magat, isn’t it?

6. about 15 hours ago on Prickly City

   Peterson seems pretty objective to me.

   I guess YMMV.

7. about 15 hours ago on Prickly City

   Oldies? Like Your Messiah?

8. 1 day ago on Barney & Clyde

   Big Pharma doesn’t do research anyway.

   They BUY research.

   They MARKET products.

   .

   But mostly they LOBBY for laws and regulations that allow them to LIE about their products and RESTRAIN TRADE and obtain favorable tax treatment all to maximize Shareholder Value.

   Which, of course, is all that matters.

9. 1 day ago on Prickly City

   History, and the Constitution have already been rewritten.

   Attempting to violently overthrow the government of the United States is no longer a crime.

   The replacement law reads: It’s OKAY If A Republican Does It.

10. 1 day ago on Non Sequitur

    I’ve been told that lawyers are replacing lab rats for some applications:

    They’re more numerous.

    The lab assistants don’t get so attached to them.

    And, there are some things even a rat won’t do.