[ExI] My prediction

[John Clark]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2026 at 4:23 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

*>> …We can import Ozempic, but unlike every other country in the world the
>> US can't negotiate with the Danish company Nordisk on pricing….*
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> *> So buy it from a third party importer.*
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*That is a wonderful idea. It's a pity that US law makes it illegal.*


> *> John, reminder: congress makes law.  POTUS does not. *
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*You need to remind the current POTUS about that, not me. The man seems to
have forgotten. *


*>> …* *the Electoral College system is imbecilic, in fact I don't think
>> it's an effective rebuttal against ANYTHING. *
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> *> So elect representatives whose platform is to eliminate the EC.  You
> will need 38 states to go along with it.*
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*Yes 38 states is exactly what would be needed, and the very nature of the
Electoral College itself guarantees that the smallest 38 States will NEVER
agree to that even if the vast majority of the American people would like
to get rid of it. Thanks to the US Constitution, the idiotic Electoral
College system is effectively impossible to modify. *

* John K Clark  *
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