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‘Avatar 2’ Is So Expensive It Must Become the ‘Fourth or Fifth Highest-Grossing Film in History’ Just to Break Even

James Cameron says that "Avatar: The Way of Water" will need to become the fourth or fifth highest-grossing movie in history in order to break even.
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Alabama is pausing executions after a 3rd failed lethal injection

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection.
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florduh

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macbill said:
variety.com

‘Avatar 2’ Is So Expensive It Must Become the ‘Fourth or Fifth Highest-Grossing Film in History’ Just to Break Even

James Cameron says that "Avatar: The Way of Water" will need to become the fourth or fifth highest-grossing movie in history in order to break even.
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People will make fun of this. But James Cameron hasn't made a move in like 15 years and he STILL holds 2 of the top 10 spots on the list of highest grossing movies ever. I don't know if he's ever made a flop either.
 
florduh

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macbill said:
www.rand.org

The Astronomical Price of Insulin Hurts American Families

More than 30 million Americans have diabetes, and nearly a quarter of them use insulin to manage their symptoms and prevent life-threatening complications. The price they have to pay for insulin is more than ten times higher than the average prices in 32 other countries combined.
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This is fucking criminal. A little odd to see this coming out of The Rand Corporation. An org that, to the best of my knowledge, represents the Corporate/Government alliance that keeps Americans paying the highest healthcare prices in the modern world. But they're right.

There's something galling about the corporations that rule this country pumping corn syrup into every part of the food supply, helping to create a fuck ton of diabetics. Then gouging those diabetics on the medicine they need to survive.

www.theguardian.com

More than a million Americans ration insulin due to high costs

Unable to afford the drug, an increasing number of uninsured and Black Americans ration diabetes drugs, putting their lives at risk
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Google something like "Diabetes Insulin Death" and you'll be inundated with stories of people, many in their 20's, dying because they couldn't afford insulin or didn't ration it properly. Absolutely unconscionable in the richest nation on earth. A damning indictment of a government totally beholden to corporate interests.
 
florduh

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vapviking said:
And the grift goes on...
Texas 'Anti-Woke' Bank Goes Bust In 3 Months
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Texas 'Anti-Woke' Bank Goes Bust In 3 Months

It was supposed to be a bank that touted and supported capitalism, family, law enforcement and the love of God and country. It quickly burned through $50 million.
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It's been a real tough November for "anti-wokeness". Just L after L for those people.

A bank startup backed by billionaire Donald Trump supporter Peter Thiel and pitched as “anti woke” for “pro-freedom” Americans is closing up shop after less than three months.
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LOL'd at the first line. Peter Thiel is an absolute psychopath. If you're a fan of HBO's Silicon Valley, he's the guy they were making fun of with the whole "blood boy" thing. Peter injects blood from young donors in an attempt to live forever.

Peter also believes America should do away with this whole democracy thing. We need to have a dictator instead. Peter funded JD Vance's Senate campaign. JD, the author of "Hillbilly Elegy" and a complete fraud, has said we need an "American Caesar" to rule with an iron fist.

www.vox.com

Curtis Yarvin wants American democracy toppled. He has some prominent Republican fans.

The New Right blogger has been cited by Blake Masters and J.D. Vance. What exactly is he advocating?
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I do appreciate the Right Wing returning to their 18th century roots and advocating for a restoration of the monarchy. It's kind of like how baggy jeans are making a comeback.
 
vapviking

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If there were a Depressings News Stories of the Day thread, I would put this there.
But surely we don't need that thread.

Doesn't even a pig deserve better, given that they pay with their lives at the end?

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China’s 26-storey pig skyscraper ready to slaughter 1 million pigs a year

The world’s biggest single-building pig farm has opened in Hubei province, but critics say it will increase the risk of larger animal disease outbreaks
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macbill

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Planck

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vapviking said:
In the Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them category:
www.theguardian.com

Gaslighting is word of the year, says Merriam-Webster dictionary

Lookups of term for psychological manipulation of a person increased by 1,740% during 2022
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That seems somewhat encouraging. knowing how these tricks manipulate one is helpful but since they exploit the way we function on a fundamental level it still takes constant vigilance and effort to recognize and resist the exploits.

I encourage everyone to watch the videos of the obedience experiments and the conformity experiments. They are enlightening and chilling.
 
florduh

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Elon Musk implies Apple hates free speech after 'mostly stopped' advertising on Twitter - 9to5Mac

In the latest development at Twitter, Elon Musk has taken to his social platform to share that Apple has “mostly...
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LOL. Apartheid Clyde over here believes "free speech" is when companies pay him money. What a dumbfuck.

Twitter had the worst ROI of any online social media platform before the site was acquired by this idiot and the guys who did 9/11. Musk made the site into an even bigger shitshow. What's the upside for Apple here? They lose nothing waiting to see how this all pans out.

I still appreciate Elon though. Just like I appreciate the Uvalde Police Department. In a post Uvalde world, I can now safely write off any person who starts fellating cops as "heroes who keep us safe" as baby brains. Adults with the brains of a baby. It's a real time saver.

After the past month, I can now write off anyone who says shit like "capitalism is a meritocracy where the cream rises to the top". 👶🧠
 
florduh

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Major L for Joe Brandon.

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Biden Accused of Selling Out Rail Workers by Urging Congress to Prevent Strike | Common Dreams

"Biden is siding with corporate rail bosses over the rank-and-file workers who voted against this agreement," said Krystal Ball after the president urged Congress to take action to force union members to keep working under a contract many of them rejected."
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Tony Caldwell, president of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees—which rejected the proposed deal—told The Washington Post that "during [the] pandemic, our members suffered the most. The pandemic spread through our membership like wildfire. We lost members to sickness and death. They aren't happy with the deal because it didn't address their main issue: sick leave."
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Asking for paid sick time isn't unreasonable in 2022. Yet the President seems to think it is. That's why he's siding with railway corporate bosses and asking Congress to bust this strike.

Joe Brandon, correctly, points out that a railroad strike would be devastating to the economy. Cool. So force the fucking bosses to accommodate this very reasonable demand. It takes two to tango. But in this country (and the UK) it's always the workers who get blamed for strikes.

Railroad corps are not struggling small businesses. Joe can ask them to pay sick time like most other companies.

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Railroad CEOs Were Paid Over $200 Million As Workers Suffered

Rail execs defend themselves by claiming their skyrocketing profits do not reflect “any contributions by labor.”
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At least we know which side Joe is on.

 
EarthworldTim

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Honestly not surprising the way that capitalism has slowly continued to strengthen its stranglehold. The entire pandemic was a perfect demonstration of how little the working class matters.

Give people decent benefits and time off?! Cut into profits?! How will the executives afford their indulgent lifestyle of excess?! How dare the socialists suggest such an offensive idea!

Villainizing of unions has been so successful during my lifetime I regularly hear working class people who would greatly benefit from unionization spouting their disdain for them.

This kind of stuff always reminds me of this old gem.

www.salon.com

John Deere tried hiring scab workers — and immediately had a tractor crash in its plant

A scab worker apparently crashed a John Deere tractor into a utility post inside one of the company's plants
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