Des Gen

Zelensky is indeed very courageous. The logical and easy move for him would’ve been to flee to Berlin or Brussels and let Ukraine fall to destruction and genocide. Instead, he has spent three years with a target on his back fighting for his country and the survival of his people.

I’m fairly brave, but I’m not sure I would’ve done as much. People hate anyone who in the face of great risk stands up for something resolutely, because most of them know they would not.

Cruel Tea

Netflixโ€™s Extraordinary Parental Leave Was Part of Its Culture. Thatโ€™s Over.

Once the MBAs take over a company, it becomes about control and cruelty even over and above profit. The conventional story is that MBAs do what they do for profit. But that’s not really true at all. In large companies especially, profit is anywhere from third to tenth priority on the list. The top of the list is about status, power and control.

And yes, I have worked for large companies so I know and have experienced this directly.

Ants

Noah Smith really, really does not understand how health insurance works or that insurance is a tug-of-war between providers and insurers. He sees insurers as a blameless mediators caught between costs and providers, principally because they do not make much obvious profit. In reality, they are a source of inflationary pressure in a continual arms race between how much money required insurance drives up de facto costs, how much providers attempt to grab, and how much they are bilked and can bilk.

It’s a multi-layered fraud combined with financial conflict and beset with huge inflationary pressures, mostly caused by insurance itself.

In other words, they are all villains and none are blameless. I’d say providers and insurance companies are about 40/40 villain, with other 20% being various other health care parasites.

The entire US medical system is a scam and insurance companies are no less evil and no less crooked than any other component.

Luigi’s Manifesto.

What a Bloomingdale’s Lingerie Catalog Taught Me. Good story. So weird how so much of the left attempted to ban being attracted to people. Like, what?

Recent Immigration Surge Has Been Largest in U.S. History.

Albertsons Backs Out of Merger Deal and Sues Kroger After Court Rulings.

The western myth of the โ€˜guy we can do business with.โ€™

Casino shocked, SHOCKED that gambling addict lost $30M after they bombarded him with texts.

I used to do health insurance company PR. Hereโ€™s what I think the backlash is missing. Donโ€™t overlook Wall Streetโ€™s role in the broken system.