*gritting My Teeth* The Only Way Out Is Through And By God Im Taking All Of You With Me

weirdscaryandusualstuff:

sad times in america this was

For more than 600 years, following  King Odoacer's overthrow of the last Western Roman Emperor in 476 when he officially became the King of Italy - no army based in Italy had ever defeated the German invaders.

That is until Matilde Di Canossa accomplished what seemed like an impossible undertaking. Among her many great accomplishments, her defeat of the Holy Roman Emperor - Henry IV - was a major turning point for the Catholic Church, for Western Europe and for Italy. It earned her the honorific "Madonna of War" or as she is also known, "Gran Contessa" and "Gran Duchessa" - The Grand Countess and the Grand Duchess. For indeed, she held legal claim over both titles and more.

Paula Zago

jwisser:

A modern mask representing one of the Perchten, followers of Perchta, sometimes leader of the Wild Hunt.

And this is why I had a terror of masks as a child.

so bigotry is a scam, and it's sad that people fall for it. how ridiculous. and a waste of a life. but keep writing those seduction manuals old chaps, because exploiting insecurities is the only way this evil little machine keeps running

Vitamin String Quartet - Dream On (Originally by Aerosmith)

Ars Technica

COVID antiviral Paxlovid to see price increase following 400% vaccine hike

The new price is not set, but one analyst suggested it could be up to 5x higher.

After raising the price of COVID-19 vaccines more than four-fold this year, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told investors Monday that the company will also likely hike the price of its lifesaving COVID-19 antiviral treatment, Paxlovid, raising further concern about access and healthcare costs.

democrats (and liz cheney) begging for george w bush's endorsement and acting like his "silence" in not endorsing kamala is the worst most indefensible thing he's ever done in his entire life………… god you really can just kill 4 million people in the middle east and american liberals will simply not hold that against you at all