#brand safety-nsf profanity

[sethshead]

This is what the GOP now is. The cruelty, the vulgarity, the mean-spiritedness - these are the party’s agenda. The polls have made clear that this is what Republican primary voters want. It satisfies their most vicious impulses, nourishes the worst devils of their nature, makes them feel big, superior to those who are suffering or working to ease the suffering of others. The sneering contempt for the vulnerable, for the marginalized and dispossessed, is now the platform of half of this country’s political ecosystem.

We can only pray that there remain decent people willing to turn their backs on such dreadful candidates, even when they share party affiliation.

[neyatimes]

What OPEC's surprise oil cut means for US gas prices

New York CNN  —  OPEC and its allies’ surprise move to slash oil production will soon be felt at US gas pumps. The group known as OPEC+ announced Sunday it would cut oil production by more than 1.6 million barrels a day starting in May, running through the end of the year. The news sent both Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, and WTI, the US benchmark, up about 6% in trading…

[anewsbuddy]

It's a myth that women don't want sex as they age, study finds | CNN

CNN  —  It’s a myth that women lose interest in sex as they enter midlife and beyond, according to research that followed more than 3,200 women for about 15 years. “About a quarter of women rate sex as very important, regardless of their age,” said Dr. Holly Thomas, lead author of an abstract presented during the September 2020 virtual annual meeting of the North American Menopause…

[reportwire]

Memphis firefighters union defends EMTs in Tyre Nichols case, says they weren't given 'adequate information' | CNN

CNN  —  The president of the firefighters union in Memphis, Tennessee is defending the actions of EMTs involved in the Tyre Nichols case. In a letter to the Memphis City Council, Thomas Malone, president of the Memphis Fire Fighters Association, said his members “were not given adequate information upon dispatch or upon arrival on the scene” where Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, had been…