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December 20, 2024
My friends, there's really no point in posting these updates for the next TWO WEEKS.
I believe I'll take a break until after the New Year.
Every late-night talk show is either on hiatus, or only showing repeat shows until January 3rd (or later). Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all!
I'll be back with a fresh Late-Night Talk Show report in 2 weeks.
Friday, Dec. 20 - Late-night talk show guest listings
My friends, there's really no point in posting these updates for the next TWO WEEKS.
I believe I'll take a break until after the New Year.
Every late-night talk show is either on hiatus, or only showing repeat shows until January 3rd (or later). Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all!
I'll be back with a fresh Late-Night Talk Show report in 2 weeks.
December 19, 2024
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/12/pennsylvania-medical-marijuana-top-doctor-certification/
[... snip ...]
Friends, I looked into getting a medical marijuana card about 3 or 4 years ago, during the Covid lockdown. It sounded to me like a very scammy situation, but your mileage may vary. I was told that I needed to have an online video "consultation" with some licensed doctor who was somewhere in Pennsylvania, and I needed to pay $200 IN ADVANCE for this consultation.
Once I obtained approval from the doctor (everyone gets approved) I needed to pay $250 IN ADVANCE for the medical marijuana card. They mail you the card, and then you can use it to legally purchase marijuana products (mostly CBD oil) by mail or in-store in certain metro areas. Your card is good for one year, and then you go through the consultation and getting another card again the next year.
I never followed through with any of this, even though a few of my friends thought it was a good deal and rather easy. I didn't feel comfortable with the process, and after a while I stopped getting their high-pressure emails. The impression I got was that a lot of senior citizens are being targeted with this medical marijuana card program, and it's mostly males who are buying the cards. Again ... your mileage may vary.
A handful of Pa. doctors approved 1/3 of medical pot cards in a single year. Experts question the quality of care.
Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2024/12/pennsylvania-medical-marijuana-top-doctor-certification/
HARRISBURG — A small number of doctors approve an outsize share of medical marijuana cards in Pennsylvania, state health department records obtained by Spotlight PA reveal. The findings have already spurred calls for greater oversight of physicians and potential changes to the state’s medical marijuana law. The data have also raised concerns among some medical professionals about the ability of doctors to provide appropriate care to several thousand patients a year.
In 2022, 17 doctors issued more than 132,000 Pennsylvania medical marijuana certifications combined. That accounts for nearly one-third of the total number issued in the state that year, based on physician records released by the health department. Those doctors each issued more than 5,000 that year.
A proposal introduced this past legislative session, and backed by nine Republican lawmakers, would have given the Department of Health more authority to monitor physicians, including the power to limit the number of certifications that individual doctors can issue.
In 2022, 17 doctors issued more than 132,000 Pennsylvania medical marijuana certifications combined. That accounts for nearly one-third of the total number issued in the state that year, based on physician records released by the health department. Those doctors each issued more than 5,000 that year.
A proposal introduced this past legislative session, and backed by nine Republican lawmakers, would have given the Department of Health more authority to monitor physicians, including the power to limit the number of certifications that individual doctors can issue.
[... snip ...]
Since the medical marijuana program began in Pennsylvania, doctors have been the gatekeepers.
Instead of providing a traditional drug prescription, they issue a medical marijuana certification that allows patients to obtain a card and shop at dispensaries for the products they want. While the law enables doctors to limit the appropriate form of medical marijuana for each certification, they aren’t required to.
To issue a certification, physicians must determine that patients have a qualifying medical condition and are “likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit” from using the drug.
The price for a certification varies — a Spotlight PA review of more than a half dozen websites found a typical range of about $100 to $200 for a new patient. And “since medical marijuana consultations are not covered by medical insurance,” individual doctors can decide what to charge, a health department spokesperson told Spotlight PA.
Patients need to receive a certification at least once a year to continue with the medical marijuana program. The annual requirement and the cost burden it causes for patients have received some pushback.
- more at link -
Instead of providing a traditional drug prescription, they issue a medical marijuana certification that allows patients to obtain a card and shop at dispensaries for the products they want. While the law enables doctors to limit the appropriate form of medical marijuana for each certification, they aren’t required to.
To issue a certification, physicians must determine that patients have a qualifying medical condition and are “likely to receive therapeutic or palliative benefit” from using the drug.
The price for a certification varies — a Spotlight PA review of more than a half dozen websites found a typical range of about $100 to $200 for a new patient. And “since medical marijuana consultations are not covered by medical insurance,” individual doctors can decide what to charge, a health department spokesperson told Spotlight PA.
Patients need to receive a certification at least once a year to continue with the medical marijuana program. The annual requirement and the cost burden it causes for patients have received some pushback.
Friends, I looked into getting a medical marijuana card about 3 or 4 years ago, during the Covid lockdown. It sounded to me like a very scammy situation, but your mileage may vary. I was told that I needed to have an online video "consultation" with some licensed doctor who was somewhere in Pennsylvania, and I needed to pay $200 IN ADVANCE for this consultation.
Once I obtained approval from the doctor (everyone gets approved) I needed to pay $250 IN ADVANCE for the medical marijuana card. They mail you the card, and then you can use it to legally purchase marijuana products (mostly CBD oil) by mail or in-store in certain metro areas. Your card is good for one year, and then you go through the consultation and getting another card again the next year.
I never followed through with any of this, even though a few of my friends thought it was a good deal and rather easy. I didn't feel comfortable with the process, and after a while I stopped getting their high-pressure emails. The impression I got was that a lot of senior citizens are being targeted with this medical marijuana card program, and it's mostly males who are buying the cards. Again ... your mileage may vary.
December 19, 2024
The Daily Show is on hiatus this week.
Thursday, Dec. 19 - Late-night talk show guest listings
The Daily Show is on hiatus this week.
December 18, 2024
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/space-aliens-are-eating-republican
As Tiedrich makes clear in this rant, it's not just Nancy Mace, he shares quotes from Rudy Giuliani, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Doug Mastriani and other elite Repukes. Please read the rest on "Everyone is entitled to my own opinion."
Today's Tiedrich rant: space aliens are eating Republican brains
Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/space-aliens-are-eating-republican
it takes a special kind of stupid to see lights in the night sky and conclude that America is being invaded by space aliens from the planet China — but MAGA is just that kind of stupid.
it’s been a couple of weeks now since the sighting of what may or may not have been drones over New Jersey caused the dumbest fucking imbeciles on the planet to freak out. these panicky pantloads have now decided that every object in the sky — airplanes, constellations — is a clear sign that our country is under attack, and their overheated clownshittery shows no sign of abating.
let’s sample some of the fever-swamp theories being passed around the MAGAverse as to who’s behind all this treachery from above. Nancy Mace knows who’s behind the drones: space aliens from beyond the universe.
Length 0:42, closed captions available
“my concern is if it’s not craft from outer space, because I think that has to be on the table. that has to be an option … I hope that it’s us. I hope that it’s not our adversaries, or something from outside the universe.”
Nancy’s got a legit worry here, because if space creatures are indeed behind this, it raises a whole new set of concerns — ones that could impact issues that are very close to Nancy’s heart. specifically: what if the aliens are gender fluid? what if they’re trans? what if they have three — or more — sexes, and insist we respect their pronouns?
- more at link -
it’s been a couple of weeks now since the sighting of what may or may not have been drones over New Jersey caused the dumbest fucking imbeciles on the planet to freak out. these panicky pantloads have now decided that every object in the sky — airplanes, constellations — is a clear sign that our country is under attack, and their overheated clownshittery shows no sign of abating.
let’s sample some of the fever-swamp theories being passed around the MAGAverse as to who’s behind all this treachery from above. Nancy Mace knows who’s behind the drones: space aliens from beyond the universe.
Length 0:42, closed captions available
“my concern is if it’s not craft from outer space, because I think that has to be on the table. that has to be an option … I hope that it’s us. I hope that it’s not our adversaries, or something from outside the universe.”
Nancy’s got a legit worry here, because if space creatures are indeed behind this, it raises a whole new set of concerns — ones that could impact issues that are very close to Nancy’s heart. specifically: what if the aliens are gender fluid? what if they’re trans? what if they have three — or more — sexes, and insist we respect their pronouns?
As Tiedrich makes clear in this rant, it's not just Nancy Mace, he shares quotes from Rudy Giuliani, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Doug Mastriani and other elite Repukes. Please read the rest on "Everyone is entitled to my own opinion."
December 18, 2024
The Daily Show is on hiatus this week.
Wednesday, Dec. 18 - Late-night talk show guest listings
The Daily Show is on hiatus this week.
December 17, 2024
The Daily Show is on hiatus for the week.
Tuesday, Dec. 17 - Late-night talk show guest listings
The Daily Show is on hiatus for the week.
December 16, 2024
The Daily Show is pre-empted this week.
Monday, Dec. 16 - Late-night talk show guest listings
The Daily Show is pre-empted this week.
December 16, 2024
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/12/15/luigi-mangione-pennsylvania-extremism-violence/stories/202412130081
My friends, I don't necessarily agree with this news story.
First of all, it really smacks of editorial opinion - but it brings into play a history of anti-American and anti-US government activities that have come out of Pennsylvania in the last 250 years. We seem to raise a lot of contrarians here, and at least some are willing to take it to the next step.
I live in the very BLUE city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and literally none of my neighbors vote R. I know a few R voters here and there, but they're all in the suburbs or else an adjacent county. I'm not able to comment on this article based on my circle of friends and acquaintances. Anyone else care to comment?
Is Pennsylvania a hub for extremism?
The state finds itself in the spotlight of another act of terror with last week's arrest of UnitedHealthcare CEO shooterPittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/crime-courts/2024/12/15/luigi-mangione-pennsylvania-extremism-violence/stories/202412130081
It's not a crime to hate. In America, anyone can believe in the most toxic, radical ideas, as long as they don’t act upon them.
What might have pushed Luigi Mangione over that line has emerged as the pressing question in the aftermath of his arrest in the assassination-style shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a man who never saw it coming on a sidewalk in Manhattan.
Mr. Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pa., 280 miles west of New York City. He is charged with second-degree murder and is being held at SCI-Huntingdon until he is turned over to New York authorities.... [snip]
Mr. Mangione is a University of Pennsylvania graduate and a member of a prominent real estate family in Maryland. Investigators are looking into an accident that injured Mr. Mangione's back and sent him to an emergency room in July 2023. They say his writings about the injury and his criticism of corporate America and the U.S. health care system could be tied to the shooting of Mr. Thompson, 50, on Dec. 4. ... [snip]
Mr. Mangione could also face domestic terrorism charges — similar to those filed against an 18-year-old man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in 2022.
Few states have had as long a history of domestic extremism — or as violent a recent past — as Pennsylvania. Now, the state finds itself in the spotlight of another incident, leaving residents grappling with the aftermath.
What might have pushed Luigi Mangione over that line has emerged as the pressing question in the aftermath of his arrest in the assassination-style shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a man who never saw it coming on a sidewalk in Manhattan.
Mr. Mangione, 26, was arrested Monday in Altoona, Pa., 280 miles west of New York City. He is charged with second-degree murder and is being held at SCI-Huntingdon until he is turned over to New York authorities.... [snip]
Mr. Mangione is a University of Pennsylvania graduate and a member of a prominent real estate family in Maryland. Investigators are looking into an accident that injured Mr. Mangione's back and sent him to an emergency room in July 2023. They say his writings about the injury and his criticism of corporate America and the U.S. health care system could be tied to the shooting of Mr. Thompson, 50, on Dec. 4. ... [snip]
Mr. Mangione could also face domestic terrorism charges — similar to those filed against an 18-year-old man who pleaded guilty to fatally shooting 10 Black people at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket in 2022.
Few states have had as long a history of domestic extremism — or as violent a recent past — as Pennsylvania. Now, the state finds itself in the spotlight of another incident, leaving residents grappling with the aftermath.
My friends, I don't necessarily agree with this news story.
First of all, it really smacks of editorial opinion - but it brings into play a history of anti-American and anti-US government activities that have come out of Pennsylvania in the last 250 years. We seem to raise a lot of contrarians here, and at least some are willing to take it to the next step.
I live in the very BLUE city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, and literally none of my neighbors vote R. I know a few R voters here and there, but they're all in the suburbs or else an adjacent county. I'm not able to comment on this article based on my circle of friends and acquaintances. Anyone else care to comment?
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