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[jaytex1969]

While my inner 13 year old is entertained, I am generally saddened by what qualifies as news these days.



Bonus points for being reported by a source called "The Blast"... ?

 

[brian64]

A Congressman is a gasbag?

Now there's a news flash for you.

 

[sandollars]

Wow, This is news? jeez. If this is what they need to report on in order to get the bills paid then we are farther gone than I thought...

 

[3rdguy]

That stinks.

 

[prndl]

I'm just surprised that something other than "Talking Points" jumps out their arses.

 

[wordheavy]

Probably better than having to listen to a politician speak.

 

[brian64]

Probably better than having to listen to a politician speak.

There's a difference?

 

[brian64]

I can only hope the discussion at the time was about carbon taxes.

Below is the esteemed Congressman's position on the issue:

“I’m in favor of anything that leads to rapid and profound reduction of carbon pollution."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/policy-2020/climate-change/carbon-tax/

 

[kurtbob]

Probably better than having to listen to a politician speak.

Their breath smells the same....

 

[lawdawg]

That gives a slightly more repulsive meaning to the colloquialism that politicians are "full of hot air."

 

[wordheavy]

There's a difference?

Absolutely, one reeks of death, and the other is a natural bodily function.

 

[verporchting]

A politician talking out of his ass? What will they think of next?

 

[brian64]

Gas may be embarrasing, but a small concern compared to lawmakers with Alzheimer's.

I'm sure they are not pleased with this slip of the tongue by the Congressional pharmacist:

Nearly every day for at least two decades pharmaceutical drugs have been brought by the carload to the Capitol — an arrangement so under the radar that even pharmacy lobbyists who regularly pitch Congress on their industry aren't aware of it.

Mike Kim, the reserved pharmacist-turned-owner of the pharmacy, said he has gotten used to knowing the most sensitive details about some of the most famous people in Washington.

"At first it's cool, and then you realize, I'm filling some drugs that are for some pretty serious health problems as well. And these are the people that are running the country," Kim said, listing treatments for conditions like diabetes and Alzheimer's.

"It makes you kind of sit back and say, 'Wow, they're making the highest laws of the land and they might not even remember what happened yesterday.'"

An old-school pharmacy hand-delivers drugs to Congress, a little-known perk for the powerful

WASHINGTON — If House Speaker Paul Ryan comes down with the flu this winter, he and his security detail won’t be screeching off toward the closest CVS for his Tamiflu. Instead, he can just walk downstairs and pick up the pills, part of a little-known perk open to every member of Congress, from...

www.pbs.org