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Brainfodder

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124. Compared to zero hope, I'll take it.

Mon Apr 21, 2025, 05:59 AM

Apr 2025

1/33 and still just prefer bringing thousands a year to medical debt bankruptcy should probably be considered crimes against humanity?.

It sure isn't the moral right thing to do to people?

We living in the United States of Corporations.

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Dr. Oz: The uninsured "don't have the right to health," but should be given "a way of crawling back out of the abyss" wi [View all] riversedge Apr 2025 OP

I hate that man AllyCat Apr 2025 #1

tsf chose him on purpose, you know he has to be the worst of the worst. lark Apr 2025 #28

Each of his appointees are "the worst of the worst" LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #38

Truth! lark Apr 2025 #67

And yet they were confirmed, so here we are Deuxcents Apr 2025 #91

WTF?? D_Master81 Apr 2025 #2

Trump appointed Oz because he is a mean con man just like himself!! riversedge Apr 2025 #52

And what happens afterward? Dave says Apr 2025 #100

Yeah, 15 minutes in a physical will treat just about everything MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #106

"Compassionless" leads to "miserliness" Wednesdays Apr 2025 #119

yeah, if not smart, greedy will do MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #122

If you are willing to say/do anything and paulrevere2018 Apr 2025 #127

What the ever lovin F**k is this? Diamond_Dog Apr 2025 #3

This is their first incarnation as humans NJCher Apr 2025 #36

and they were kicked out lol nt et tu Apr 2025 #40

That must be it, Cher. Diamond_Dog Apr 2025 #112

I think he is referring to free clinics that are set up by medical groups for things like dental cleaning, LiberalArkie Apr 2025 #43

There have been some festivals like that MadameButterfly Apr 2025 #107

Oz made that statement in 2013 womanofthehills Apr 2025 #110

What purpose would a screening or diagnosis serve if you have no insurance or money to follow a Drs. advice ??? SamKnause Apr 2025 #4

No purpose whatsoever. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #6

Exactly, no purpose whatsoever. SamKnause Apr 2025 #9

Class A-1 lip service,... magicarpet Apr 2025 #18

His true feelings were conveyed NJCher Apr 2025 #37

That gave me shivers. Delmette2.0 Apr 2025 #95

Yep. Guess the festive bit is blowing New Years Eve whistles while they write allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #27

In a "festival-like setting!" dchill Apr 2025 #66

It is demeaning and insulting to people. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #114

Unmistakeably. dchill Apr 2025 #115

This is the GOP goal. Irish_Dem Apr 2025 #116

Maybe results can be sold to insurance companies delisen Apr 2025 #74

You nailed it MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2025 #84

Monsters, all of them. alarimer Apr 2025 #5

That was my take too. NCDem47 Apr 2025 #22

Sounds about right PatSeg Apr 2025 #64

Once again, thanks Oprah NoRethugFriends Apr 2025 #7

Indeed. My thought exactly. dchill Apr 2025 #58

Shame they didn't take her the moon and leave her there NoRethugFriends Apr 2025 #70

And also thanks a lot for that fascist fuck, Dr. Phil. Sky Jewels Apr 2025 #62

This is not Oprah's fault. nt ecstatic Apr 2025 #85

The hell it isn't. NoRethugFriends Apr 2025 #109

Would never happen, but would be hilarious if she addressed the Nation to apologize for those 2 clowns wolfie001 Apr 2025 #87

He thinks he is entitled to judge, who gets health care and who doesn't. He's a feudal lord and we are serfs. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #8

We don't have the right to health - dchill Apr 2025 #72

One crudite per person. Don't be greedy. 58Sunliner Apr 2025 #118

A doctor with no compassion for others 😡 TommieMommy Apr 2025 #10

Why he was chosen. Kid Berwyn Apr 2025 #63

Asked. SalviaBlue Apr 2025 #69

He took the Hypocritic Oath lame54 Apr 2025 #79

So inundate every ER with people that have no other access to healthcare. Brilliant plan says no doc anywhere. Just Oz dutch777 Apr 2025 #11

Right to Life, my ass! no_hypocrisy Apr 2025 #12

I'm picturing a big tent with a lot of naked people sitting on tables waiting for the doctor milestogo Apr 2025 #13

I'm thinking NJCher Apr 2025 #41

And Dr Oz is just a tv doctor. milestogo Apr 2025 #50

Quack-a-palooza! VTderry Apr 2025 #71

Yeah, give homeless people some party hats. LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #104

He is not a doctor Blues Heron Apr 2025 #14

Just when North Shore Chicago Apr 2025 #15

The rich dont have a right to money Johonny Apr 2025 #16

The purveyor of garcinia cambogia says what? Ritabert Apr 2025 #17

Disgusting statement, and also an old one, from 2022. (Actually 2013. See replies 93 and 94.) highplainsdem Apr 2025 #19

Guess the festival idea NJCher Apr 2025 #44

I wonder if it was even current then MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2025 #93

You're right, and thanks for noticing. It was 2013, and got attention in 2022 during his Senate campaign, highplainsdem Apr 2025 #94

Sure MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2025 #113

Just when I thought I couldn't hold him in more contempt... GoCubsGo Apr 2025 #20

"Further, we need more more more tax breaks for rich republicons," - Ozzie (R-Scrooge) BoRaGard Apr 2025 #21

Oh, but wait -- his wife was wearing a big cross with her low-cut sundress at his allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #30

Somehow when I read this post, MLWR Apr 2025 #33

Somewhere I'm sure there's a pic of both of them sitting with an open bible on their laps, MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2025 #90

Looks like... purr-rat beauty Apr 2025 #23

With Oz, it's more like the Hypocritical Oath. Prof. Toru Tanaka Apr 2025 #45

I want to send a hearty fuck you to Oprah Winfrey for making this trash clown a household name. Autumn Apr 2025 #24

Dr. says" You have diabetes" Jacson6 Apr 2025 #25

Just another fool tool chosen by krasnov in his goal to destroy the american workers & poor. lark Apr 2025 #26

Quack doc Oz can eat shit. C_U_L8R Apr 2025 #29

This is how socialist revolutions start. sop Apr 2025 #31

Jesus, Oz, wouldn't it be easier and quicker just to shoot them rurallib Apr 2025 #32

Welcome to the land of Oz. It is all a scam. Onthefly Apr 2025 #34

Our government: a clusterfuck of sociopaths. nt Javaman Apr 2025 #35

Oprah elevated way too many assholes. n/t OneGrassRoot Apr 2025 #39

She knows how to pick them NJCher Apr 2025 #47

Just like her other buddy, Dr Phil. n/t ReRe Apr 2025 #57

Rachel Ray may be the only non-toxic one. n/t OneGrassRoot Apr 2025 #92

Wait, is he talking about a fight club? ExciteBike66 Apr 2025 #42

The personification of evil...the Republican party. travelingthrulife Apr 2025 #46

FUCK YOU oz! Clouds Passing Apr 2025 #48

Has Oprah ever apologized for kellytore Apr 2025 #49

Doubtful Rebl2 Apr 2025 #76

Just when I thought I had heard everything. ReRe Apr 2025 #51

Nothing but vengeful, cruel, sick shit from trump's crew. Paladin Apr 2025 #53

So not if we stand and walk from the abyss ? dweller Apr 2025 #54

Someone needs to throw his butt down into the abyss. ReRe Apr 2025 #61

So, only the rich deserve health? That's such a callous attitude. patphil Apr 2025 #55

He almost became a senator. Old Crank Apr 2025 #56

I had a dream I killed a rat Marthe48 Apr 2025 #59

Dr Assclown. Historic NY Apr 2025 #60

Monsters in charge of the national health Martin68 Apr 2025 #65

Will there be a machine that goes "PING!"...? regnaD kciN Apr 2025 #68

Because it worked real well on TV dalton99a Apr 2025 #73

QUACK vapor2 Apr 2025 #75

I can't... 2naSalit Apr 2025 #77

Guess that's slightly better than the typical GOPer view that unisured don't deserve healthcare. Silent Type Apr 2025 #78

Can we all agree to drop the title "Doctor" for him? He ceased being a real one long ago. JHB Apr 2025 #80

Another fuckin' idiot. Safe as Milk Apr 2025 #81

What a joke. ..a sad sad joke Figarosmom Apr 2025 #82

The contempt he shows to people he has sworn to protect ecstatic Apr 2025 #83

I am legit convinced Fox News hates their audience. Initech Apr 2025 #89

Spoiled rich prick IbogaProject Apr 2025 #86

OMG, these people are pure evil. Initech Apr 2025 #88

Ladies and Gentlemen, choie Apr 2025 #96

"government physicals"? LudwigPastorius Apr 2025 #97

So let's say the poor line up for said "physical festival" and a number of people among them end up Vinca Apr 2025 #98

Let them eat crudite Zambero Apr 2025 #99

What the ever loving fuck!? Bristlecone Apr 2025 #101

Leave it to republicans to make a mockery of basic human needs unblock Apr 2025 #102

Fuck this guy Blue Owl Apr 2025 #103

I've always despised him buzzycrumbhunger Apr 2025 #105

I wish Oz would remove his head from the abyss AKA his ass. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #108

What an asshole. Loryn Apr 2025 #111

it's probably a ruse to corner more immigrants Skittles Apr 2025 #117

Fuck Twitter Sugarcoated Apr 2025 #120

"Do no harm." But pushing this bullshit is "doing harm." Beartracks Apr 2025 #121

How do you respond to a to a walking, talking sh.tbag. Buddyzbuddy Apr 2025 #123

Compared to zero hope, I'll take it. Brainfodder Apr 2025 #124

Can Dr Snake Oil please crawl back into the abyss? Or can someone push him? GoneOffShore Apr 2025 #125

What part of 'First do no harm' does he not understand? Siwsan Apr 2025 #126

So Lollapalooza is his healthcare plan? luvallpeeps Apr 2025 #128

"A festival-like setting"? WestMichRad Apr 2025 #129

Fuck this ethically and morally bankrupt, nonelected "official". marble falls Apr 2025 #130

Another fucking republicon asshole. spanone Apr 2025 #131

this dude must be high k_buddy762 Apr 2025 #132

So in other words, the poor can get the equivalent of a veterinarian assistant's check hadEnuf Apr 2025 #133