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War's Hell. And the first casualty of war is Truth. Who do I believe? Those who pushed right up against Russia's border and then chose war when a peace agreement had been initialed in April 2022 - or - those who have now pushed half-way to the Dnieper River and are posed to keep pushing if the global powers (US and Russia as well as China) don't put this to an end. Fyi - the EU, UK, and Ukraine are essentially irrelevant. This will end when the global power bring it to an end. Until then. Well, war's hell. Both sides will point fingers at the other and scream, "War Crimes," but at the end, to the victor goes the spoils.

Zelensky the actor! Time to exit stage right under your own power. Or exit feet first otherwise. Just saying... "Zelensky is an actor who committed a common mistake of theater kids: He started to think he's the character he plays on TV," a White House official involved in the talks said. "Yes, he has been brave and stood up to Russia. But he would be six feet under if it wasn't for the millions we spent, and he needs to exit stage right with all the drama." "We created a monster with Zelensky," another official involved in the negotiations said. "And these Trump-deranged Europeans who won't send troops are giving him terrible advice." "In the course of a week, Zelensky rebuffed President Trump's treasury secretary, his secretary of state and his vice president, all before moving on to personally insulting President Trump in the press," another administration official said. "What did Zelensky think was going to happen?" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/21/zelensky-trump-five-moves-ukraine-russia

It's been demonized as a possible date rape drug in the Thai legislature and Thai media which is an absolute ridiculous claim. The roadblocks to the sale of melatonin are rather recent. Melatonin provided a hormonal edge to get to sleep, but comparing it to benzodiazapine sedatives is ludicrous. On occasion I'll take diazepam (I have a prescription) if I really need to get to sleep in order to get up early the next morning. All the diazepam does is help to shut off the internal dialogue. Only use it on fairly rare occasions.

Thank you!

If Harris or Biden was the president, you'd be all for it OP. And I agree. Mods, can we create a "Everything Trump" subforum where all of these Trump OPs can be consolidated into one place. Just a suggestion...

Humanity already has the means and resources to eliminate poverty, starvation, and homelessness on a global scale, but there are a class of people who want everything for themselves and nothing for everyone else - so? You have massive inequalities in the distribution of resources. With money comes power, with power comes massive man-made discrepancies in well-being. Every human on this planet could live a good life, but a minuscule number of psychopaths devoid of empathy only want a system of Masters and Slaves. So we have a system of Masters and Slaves, Rulers and Serf, Elites and Commoners. Doesn't need to be that way, but human greed drives these divisions. And, that also means that stronger countries want what weaker countries have and will kill to obtain it. It's too bad but too large of a percentage of the human race are little more than genocidal monkeys who harbor a bottomless pit of greed. We're not all that way, but too many are to ever change the paradigm. Unfortunately it's the nature of this reality. So eventually? "We want it all and if we can't have it all!!!" No more genocidal monkeys.

And you take Benadryl? https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/common-anticholinergic-drugs-like-benadryl-linked-to-increased-dementia-risk-20150128812

Do your own research on these to see if they may work for you. But before bed I use the Magnesium Gylcinate, Gabapentin, and Melatonin. And I'll occasionally use Atarax (Hydroxyzine) which is another antihistimine that can cause drowsiness. However, unfortunately these classes of drugs including Benadryl (diphenhydramine) is linked to age related memory loss. The Magnesium Gylcinate and Gabapentin help you stay asleep and wake up feeling refreshed.

Here OP. You can find it on Lazada.

Pharmacies have massive markups on prices. Online is significantly better.

Melatonin is a problem to obtain. It can't be purchased at all on iHerb as the shipper refuses to ship it. You can buy it on Lazada but the prices are ridiculous. Can't find it at all on Shopee. Tried LINE Shopping. Bought some from a retailer who had multiple choices, and then I got a message indicating they are out of stock and they'll refund my money, which opens a whole other can of worms. Won't do that again. My trust in LINE shopping went to zero. I still purchase most of my supplements from iHerb but also purchase some from Lazada and Shopee as the break-even point after shipping from the US is about the same. Unlike the OP, I'm not worried about "fake products" as my experience has been that the supplement products are genuine.

Same same in my neighborhood.

Nice post. By the way, how are you healing up. Better I hope.

I'll play. Dear Mods. Can you please remove this part of the Subject Title: "and the Left Freaks" Thanks, OP @Centigrade32 You're welcome.

As I stated: "It would be interesting the see the demographic breakdown of the use of SSRI, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and stimulants." Because: "Anecdotally, my progressive liberal family members and friends openly used them as well as promote them, and my conservative family members and friends don't. Funny how conservatives seem to be rather more well-adjusted." Now you have the context that you skipped over.

Insulin prices fall amid growing competition, legislative action This is a trend which will likely continue due to competition among the Big Pharma players. https://www.techtarget.com/PharmaLifeSciences/news/366618399/Insulin-prices-fall-amid-growing-competition-legislative-action

During the Biden administration. Trump's only been in office for a month. Markets don't react that quickly. But if you insist: Source? Link? Otherwise your statement is nonsense. If someone is spouting that their insulin has spiked from $6 to $80 over the last 23 days, and without any proof, it's also hearsay and nonsense. Let's fact check it. https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/message-about-insulin-price-increase-announcements-originated-satire-2025-01-28/

In his first day in office US Health and Human Services director Robert Kennedy Jr. forwarded his plans to the nation to investigate the causes of many ailments which afflicts the American public. He also express concern over the over prescriptions of SSRIs and plans to "assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs." Looks like he may also be investigating the new craze of "fat-shots" and possibly the use of drugs to control Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder "ADHD." Don't know about anyone else, but I was a hyper kid as were most of my friends. Being hyper is just part of being a boy, but now they seem to need to drug kids for being kids. Anyway, all of this is being investigated. It would be interesting the see the demographic breakdown of the use of SSRI, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and stimulants. Anecdotally, my progressive liberal family members and friends openly used them as well as promote them, and my conservative family members and friends don't. Funny how conservatives seem to be rather more well-adjusted. No doubt we will be hearing shrieks of horror that, "RFK Jr. is taking my meds away." I can't wait until he gets around to Covid shots and mRNA shots in general. "RFK Jr. is taking about my Covid shots." He might be doing you a favor. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr-studying-threat-ssris-weight-loss-drugs/story?id=118937552 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/kennedy-rfk-antidepressants-ssri-school-shootings/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/02/16/trump-psychiatric-medications-drugs-weight/

The world seems to be full of victims. My suggestion? 1. Don't be one. 2. Ignore those who are.

Welcome to the end of "woke."

The Biden crime family is gone, but not prosecuted. 🤔

It's the end of the world as we know it.

Of course, you and others are correct. Zelensky is a pauper. Hell, he can't even afford a business suit or the toiletries necessary to bathe himself.

I imagine that Volodymyr Zelensky is going to be "made an offer he can't refuse" soon. Retire to one of his many villas and enjoy the "savings" he has socked away for a rainy day from some offshore bank accouts - or - be "retired" with extreme prejudice. Either way, the end is near for Mr. Z. "QUESTION: When President Trump posted that President Zelensky is a dictator without elections, what are you thinking? SECRETARY RUBIO: I think President Trump is very upset at President Zelensky and – and some – and rightfully so. Look, number one, Joe Biden had frustrations with Zelensky. People shouldn’t forget it. There are newspaper articles out there about how he cursed at him in a phone call because Zelensky, instead of saying thank you for all your help, is immediately out there messaging what we’re not doing or what he’s not getting. I think the second thing is, frankly, I was personally very upset because we had a conversation with President Zelensky – the Vice President and I, the two – three of us. And we discussed this issue about the mineral rights, and we explained to them, look, we want to be in a joint venture with you – not because we’re trying to steal from your country, but because we think that’s actually a security guarantee. If we’re your partner in an important economic endeavor, we get to get paid back some of the money the taxpayers have given – close to $200 billion. And it also – now we have a vested interest in the security of Ukraine. And he said, sure, we want to do this deal; it makes all the sense in the world – the only thing is I need to run it through my legislative process, they have to approve it. I read two days later that Zelensky is out there saying: I rejected the deal; I told them no way, that we’re not doing that. Well, that’s not what happened in that meeting. So, you start to get upset by somebody – we’re trying to help these guys." Full interview of US SecState Rubio with Catherine Herridge

Ahhh, the advent of the "Cypto brown envelopes."