Way too much "health care"

The intense over-promotion of what is billed as "health care" is, IMO, a huge problem in the U.S.

As a case in point, see this sponsored Politico article:

https://www.politico.com/sponsor-content/2024/01/16/promising-treatments-for-insomnia-sufferers-face-restrictions-limiting-their-use

Now some want to spend more money on treatments for insomnia??

Yet more money for doctors and drug companies.

Yet a bigger burden on the overall economy, making us even less competitive with countries and societies not so affected with hypochondria.

"Ukraine wins in the Senate"

That is the headline, I kid you not, at the Politico main website for this Politico article:

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/02/13/breaking-aid-bill-heads-to-house-00141122

UPDATES ON (SUPPORT FOR) THE UKRAINE WAR:

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/18/munich-ukraine-security-conference-00142077

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/19/politics/us-army-ukraine-support-pressure/index.html

"Army officials are increasingly concerned that without new funding, they will have to begin pulling money from other critical projects to continue supporting Kyiv.

...

If Congress still hasn’t passed new funding for Ukraine within a few months, Army officials say they will have to start making hard decisions and divert money from less critical projects, such as badly needed barracks construction or enlistment incentives amid record-low recruiting."

Wow!

Ukraine is more important to the Army's political masters than U.S. needs.

How disgusting!

The ultimate power mom! (courtesy of W. A. Mozart :-)

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6WIWapSWYkfZT_jwQe2gDW_PR9sMS3y2&si=6M1wRyRcHQiLBo45

That Sarastro had better watch out :-)