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10 Things I Hate About You dir. Gil Junger | 1999

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Just a silly crossover that wouldn't leave my mind

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If you're fifteen or older an still sleep with a stuffed animal please reblog this.

My friend is embarrassed and thinks she’s the only one and I said id prove her wrong.

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“So... We got the exploding diarrhea. Here's my advice for anyone who doesn't have it yet:

It's going to take a minute for the government to pin down where this is coming from, and then issue a recall, because the FDA has been gutted. But, I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt : this is coming from Taylor Farms produce, and you will see them recalled.

You'll want to avoid all Taylor Farms produce in the grocery store. They supply McDonalds, KFC, Pizza Hut, about any fast food place you can think of.

Raspberries, watermelons, cilantro, and the veggies you're hearing about are not causing this many people to get sick. It's the shredded lettuce, specifically, that's the problem. But, you'll want to stay away from every type of produce this company puts out, because one strand of shredded lettuce is all it takes to contaminate bushels.

Taylor Farms is the source. Taco Bell proactively pulled their produce from their restaurants. You're going to see other fast food places doing this, and probably will see that before the government names a source. The FDA knows this, but they can't come out and tell us all until there's proof, which takes resources and research, which takes manpower, but the FDA has been cut by about 20-30%

During the Biden term, onions at McDonald's had ecoli. We knew this because DNA testing was done quickly and they were able to narrow it down to one place that caused the outbreak. And, it was traced back to Taylor Farms. This isn't going to be solved as quickly though.

When you get this, make a virtual appointment to your PCP - a "same day sick" appointment. Tell them someone in your family just tested for this and was positive and was prescribed Bactrim. If you go in person, they're probably going to make you poop in a cup and wait until results come back to prescribe.

You'll know when you get this. Trust me on all of this.

You'll want to stay hydrated because this parasite damages the lining of the small intestine. Your small intestine, in turn, secretes more water into the gut, and less nutrients and liquid are able to remain in the body. So no matter how much you shit, you're going to want to drink. A day of this leads to dehydration if you don't increase your fluid intake, and a few days will land you in the hospital.

If you have headaches, weakness, muscle cramps, dizziness, or an increase heart rate - hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. Go to the ER for fluids if you can't drink enough.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk. Brought to you by America's 250 birthday celebrations, workforce reduction in the FDA and CDC, and viewers like you.

Please feel free to share this.

And, MAGA - don't blow up the comment section. I argued with y'all on COVID bc I was afraid y'all would die, but I really don't care if you get explosive diarrhea.

And no, ivermectin will not help this at all.”

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Lee Pace as Ned the Pie Maker in Pushing Daisies (2007—2009)

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Nicola Willis emulating Ruth Richardson neoliberalism

A grim future awaits the New Zealand public service if the right wing government of National leader Christopher Luxon is returned to power. Next weeks Fiscal Budget is expected to see announcements about hefty job losses, on the grounds that this is how the country returns to surplus.

In many respects Minister of Finance Nicola Willis is overtly trying to emulate her 1990-1993 predecessor Ruth Richardson. Ms Richardson is best known for her 1991 Mother of All Budgets, which was effectively an attempt to destroy as much of the welfare state that propped up New Zealand, as possible. I have described this attack in other posts, but in the last week, Mrs Willis has all but declared war on the public service.

The rationale from Mrs Willis' standpoint is probably quite simple. The Government has delivered a shock and awe offensive against bureaucracy since it came to power. The offensive was designed to move so fast that people struggle to keep up with what is happening. Now, the shock is wearing off. People are seeing with their eyes and hearing with their ears that this is harming New Zealand.

It is made worse by the fact that Wellington City has been under sustained assault over the last few years. Much of the central city is struggling because the public service workers who keep the ministries of the Crown functioning have lost so many of their number. The bars and cafes, restaurants and so forth have lost a significant portion of their local clientele. And now it appears likely to worsen further with an announcement that has A.C.T. M.P.'s jumping for joy, that 9,000 public service jobs are going to be cut.

All this though is contingent on an election that at this point in time, National have a good probability of losing. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's persistently poor polling is wearing off on New Zealand who generally believe that he is aloof and out of touch with ordinary New Zealanders.

Mrs Willis might also want to look at electoral history, as Ms Richardson's policies were so hated by the country, that the government she was a part of, barely survived the 1993 election. In that election, the ruling National Party had come into office with an 18 seat majority after promising to end the neoliberalism that the previous Labour-led Government had introduced. Instead, they not only continued to implement it, but tried to drastically accelerate its rollout. New Zealand did not like that, and reduced their majority to a single seat in the 1993 election.

History has its lessons, and sometimes if they are not heeded, history repeats itself. Will National get the same lesson of 1993 repeated in 2026? And for the same reasons?

Source: Nicola Willis emulating Ruth Richardson neoliberalism