Archive for 2019

SO I READ CHRIS ARNADE’S NEW BOOK, Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America, and it was every bit as good as I expected. He’s got a lot to report on the people who have been left behind in today’s America, and while it does go a long way to explain the Trump phenomenon, the book isn’t really political in a left/right sense.

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SO I MENTIONED ALL THE TV ADS I’M SEEING FOR MESOTHELIOMA EARLIER, but now I’m flooded with TV ads for IVC Filters and Hernia Mesh. It’s amazing just how much money there must be in those lawsuits to support so many ads.

TOXIC FEMININITY: Allison Mack allegedly starved ‘Dynasty’ star Catherine Oxenberg’s daughter India. “The daughter of ‘Dynasty’ actress Catherine Oxenberg spent a year on a 500-calorie-a-day diet while in Nxivm’s secret sex cult, a former slave testified Friday. Ex-member ‘Nicole’ testified that ‘Smallville’ actress and alleged slave master Allison Mack was so manipulative, she’d threaten to starve Oxenberg’s daughter India even further to ensure that Nicole remained obedient.”