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The ABC news website (an Australian national news service funded by the Australian government) reports on a group of high school students from Sydney Australia who have managed to recreate the active ingredient in Daraprim for a mere $20.
Daraprim has received a lot of coverage recently after Turing Pharmaceuticals who owns the patent, initially raised the price of the drug from $13.50 to $750.00, though they have since stated that the price will be reduced.
From the article:
For $US20, a group of high school students has created 3.7 grams of an active ingredient used in the medicine Daraprim, which would sell in the United States for between $US35,000 and $US110,000.
Pyrimethamine, the active ingredient in Daraprim, treats a parasitic infection in people with weak immune systems such as pregnant women and HIV patients.
In August 2015, the price of Daraprim in the US rose from $US13.50 per tablet to $US750 when Turing Pharmaceuticals, and its controversial then-chief executive Martin Shkreli, acquired the drug's exclusive rights and hiked up the price.
Since then, the 17-year-olds from Sydney Grammar have worked in their school laboratory to create the drug cheaply in order to draw attention to its inflated price overseas, which student Milan Leonard said was "ridiculous".
(Score: 1) by Arik on Thursday December 01 2016, @10:27PM
"Look it up asshole."
So, he's such a racist that he just vomits racist filth every time he opens his mouth, but it's too difficult for you to find a single link to a single clear occurrence of this. I'm guessing you spent quite a bit of time looking for it and couldn't find it cause it ain't there.
"We elected a troll as President"
Doh. You hadn't figured that out yet?
But I still don't see any "hurtful racist" things he's said either, just him trolling people who seem to think their job in life is finding things to be offended by. If what he said was actually uniformly offensive to, for instance, latinos, why did nearly 30% of latinos vote for him, hmm?
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday December 01 2016, @10:55PM
You can keep trying to change reality, but it wasn't a joke, it wasn't an anecdote. I can see that it is simply too painful for you to accept that the apparent political party you support has been overrun by white nationalists.
What is stunning is that you continue to ignore the actual statements he made while starting his campaign. I provided citations, which directly attribute those as his words. If they're lying, it's a libel/slander case, and the child emperor just loves those lawsuits. He would actually win too, but........ he can't when they have him on video.
You don't see it because you don't want to see it. I've been impartial from the start of this whole affair, and gave Trump a legitimate chance to persuade me. HIS statements persuaded me otherwise, not some liberal agenda, not the democrats, not the big bad MSM, but HIS FUCKING STATEMENTS WHERE IT WAS DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE AS A QUOTE OF HIS WORDS. You do understand what that means right? It's not a 3rd party analysis of something that happened, but actual simple journalism where they repeated those words and properly attributed them to Trump. ONLY his words and actions swayed me about his character.
Whether or not somebody voted for him, has absolutely zero bearing on whether his statements were, or were not, racist. Look at yourself for the explanation. People that will support their party and excuse absolutely anything so that the party may win. You can't generalize all Latinos as Democrats or liberals, and Republican Latinos actually exist, as well as Republican African-Americans, women, gay men, lesbian women, etc. Strange how we see the super Trump haters, that also happen to be Republican, start towing the line the day he formally gets the nomination? Yeah, your question is just impossible to answer, when he insults somebodies family deeply, and that person STILL supports him. So they didn't vote for Trump you idiot, they voted for the Republican Party, and there is a substantive difference. You're clearly smart enough to know that, so again, it's deliberate and wilful ignorance of the facts.
You elected a racist that is putting together a cabinet of white nationalists and nothing you can say will alter the reality of what and who these people are. Actions speak louder than words, and words are now recorded and quoted.
Deal it with it mother fucker. You support racists and bigots and are continually complaining about a lack of evidence loudly in the face of citations being given to you, and it makes you look like a stupid asshole. You even admitted to it, but then tried to change reality (a usual behavior in our post-truth world) by saying he was a troll that we shouldn't take seriously.
I guess you went with #2 huh? :D
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Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.
(Score: 1) by Arik on Thursday December 01 2016, @11:36PM
It was literally an anecdote about a bad joke.
"What is stunning is that you continue to ignore the actual statements[...]"
It's quite astonishing that you just put out two more sizable paragraphs of this rhetoric but you still haven't cited a single sentence!
"Whether or not somebody voted for him, has absolutely zero bearing on whether his statements were, or were not, racist."
Oh I do not agree. I think that the hypothesis that 29 out of every 100 voters in this country who identify as Latino/a voted for a man who is openly racist against them and regularly vomits offensive filth towards them is a rather extraordinary one, actually. It begs for proofs.
"Look at yourself for the explanation."
You know nothing about me, and I have no idea what you mean.
Your ranting has degenerated to the point I don't think you even know what you're saying.
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 2) by edIII on Friday December 02 2016, @02:39AM
No, it literally was not. That was Trump complaining about who was touching his money, and then he confirmed the statements when asked. At best, we can't tell between trolling and racism. Combine that with the lawsuits against him in NY for discrimination specifically against black people, and that is hard to accept as a "joke".
Those are his statements sir, and there are lists with hundreds that have been circulated. Quotes, I think is the term right? As in, he fucking said them. Since he loves to sue the fuck out of people, and is a gazillionaire, why doesn't he attack those lists? BECAUSE HE CAN'T WIN, BECAUSE HE SAID IT.
Still not going to. I gave you the date, time, and place. If your such a stubborn mother fucker, or just plain ignorant, that you don't know the opening lines to your candidates campaign, that reverberated around the world (especially Mexico and their media--habla Espanol?), I'm going to let you reel out that rope to yourself for as long as you want buddy. It only makes you look like a true asshole, because it's a well known fact worldwide.
You can have your citations in multiple languages, news outlets, and countries. Take your pick. All attributed as a direct quote, from the very man himself, starting his Presidential campaign.
It's like you would demand a citation that J.F.K was shot :) Keep it up, that part is entertaining as hell.
I thought you were smarter than that. You do understand that one action has nothing to do with the other? I can say "niggers should hang", get elected as Mayor, and it does not mean that I wasn't racist with my words. How do any subsequent actions remove the character that can be attributed to the words?
My statement again, "Whether or not somebody voted for him, has absolutely zero bearing on whether his statements were, or were not, racist."
So by you not agreeing, this means that if somebody did vote for him it has bearing on whether HIS statements were racist? Think about that again, and this supports my point that you have issues with reality when it comes to politics.
I know exactly what I'm saying. You have problems because you can't reconcile your positions against racism and bigotry with the stark and unpleasant fact that the bastion of your political beliefs has been taking over by people that have, and demonstrate, racist and/or bigoted views.
You asked how somebody could still vote for him, even though he has said racist and hurtful things about them. That answer is political affiliation, and a mixture of fear and hate of the other side.
Additionally, if you want a further explanation, both major choices were complete shit on their own. The Democratic Party platform was just less scary, and for the record, it won the popular vote. Depending on recounts, it may have one the EC. So don't act like the election is over, or not even controversial, or providing a mandate for jack shit.
What the election said loudly was that we were all pissed off and very afraid.
Technically, lunchtime is at any moment. It's just a wave function.