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Cake day: February 27th, 2026

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  • “Any honest assessment of the [EPA] pesticide office’s track record can only conclude that it has failed catastrophically at assessing the health risks of dangerous pesticides,” Glass said. “Considering the EPA has declined to require cancer labels on 99 percent of the pesticide products that contain chemicals the agency itself has found to be probable carcinogens, why would anyone believe that Americans’ health is being looked out for by the EPA or the pesticide industry?”

    If the EPA really wants that responsibility and privilege, then they need to convince us they can do it. Otherwise, the people will do it themselves.

    By the same token, if the SC wants the responsibility and privilege of being the arbiters of justice…









  • Oz claimed that New York’s Medicaid program last year provided some 5 million people with personal care services, which assist people in need with basic activities like bathing, grooming and meal preparation. That would add up to nearly three-fourths of the state’s 6.8 million Medicaid enrollees.

    But the real number of New Yorkers who used those services last year was about 450,000, or between 6% and 7% of total enrollees, CMS spokesman Chris Krepich told The Associated Press this week.

    What the fuck. I normally attribute malice to powerful entities that should know better, but this is so god damned idiotic I am seriously questioning if it’s actually gross incompetence.