What's the matter here?

Donald Trump's next home?

In light of Donald Trump's claim that he can pardon himself (and good luck with that one, numbnuts), am I the only one wondering exactly how bad the crimes Trump committed are?

I mean for fuck's sake, if he's threatening to pardon himself that means he thinks even his fellow republicans won't forgive him for his sins.

Methinks perhaps Dante should have created a tenth circle of hell....

Fuck Donald Trump,
emaycee

#Pathetic

“Tamir Rice should have been shot and I am glad he is dead,” wrote Jamie Marquardt, a supervisor for Cleveland’s Emergency Medical Service, according to Cleveland’s Fox 8 TV station. “I am upset I did not get the chance to kill the little criminal.”

Leaving aside the fact that you have to be incredibly stupid in this day and age to post such a horrid thought on Facebook (Mr. Marquardt was deservedly fired for his actions), how pathetic must your life be to wish that you had killed a twelve-year-old child for the crime of carrying a toy gun.

Were Dante alive today, his Inferno would have to have a special circle in Hell added for the likes of Mr. Marquardt.

Peace,
emaycee

Fortunate Son #2

With people like Bayer CEO Marijn Dekkers in the world....

Now I've been in the business world long enough to know that the powers that be don't give a damn about their customers--it's what's in their wallets that they truly care about.  Mr. Dekkers took that to new heights recently when he disclosed that the cancer drug Nexavar (used as a treatment in late state kidney and liver cancer) was developed for Westerners who could afford it (a year's treatment in the U.S.:  $96,000--though most insurance companies will cover the cost, less co-pay).

What caused Mr. Dekker's honesty?  In India, if a pharmaceutical company can't make a drug that's affordable to the average Indian, the patent courts will award  rights to an Indian company that will (a year's treatment in India is $69,000, which is 41 times the annual per capita income). The Indian courts did just that with Nexavar.  Mr. Dekkers termed this "essentially theft."  Funny, I would have thought that making sure people can afford treatment for a death sentence like kidney or liver cancer would be called compassion.

Kind of makes you hope that Dante was right and that there are circles in hell for those who commit crimes against humanity.

Peace,
emaycee