Robert C. Fried (Bob Fried)

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Sgt. Angel Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, believed to have been killed by an Iranian strike on an air base in Jordan on July 17. A total of 18 U.S. service members were killed in the Middle East during this conflict.

The SCTV Cast That Changed Comedy Joe Flaherty, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, and Catherine O’Hara on the set of SCTV in 1977. This wasn’t just a funny cast. It was a murderers’ row of character comedians. Candy brought warmth and total commitment. O’Hara and Martin could become anyone. Levy made discomfort hilarious. Flaherty and Thomas gave even the smallest sketch a fully lived-in world. What made SCTV special was the format: one low-budget fictional television station where bad commercials, strange talk shows, local news, movies, and celebrity impressions all collided. The characters were ridiculous, but they were never empty. Every one of them felt real enough to have a history. The show helped shape sketch comedy, mockumentary humor, and the careers of performers who would go on to define film and television for decades. One studio. Six legends. An enormous comedy legacy. #SCTV #JohnCandy #CatherineOHara #EugeneLevy #ClassicComedy
🚨🚨 EVERY SENATE REPUBLICAN VOTED FOR ROBOTS TO DENY YOUR HEALTHCARE 🚨🚨 Every Senate Republican present voted to continue the Trump administration''s WiSER program, which is introducing AI pre-authorization into traditional Medicare: "Yesterday we were reminded who the Republicans are: A group of millionaires working for billionaires who will rip healthcare away from those who need it most. The White House leaned on the Republican Senators and they folded like the cheap suits they are. Cowards to a person. The worst of all being Josh Hawley, who pretends he would oppose Medicare delays and denials by algorithm or AI, but when the vote is called dutifully dances to the tune his master calls. Their goal is to destroy Medicare, to destroy guaranteed healthcare, to ensure that every facet of the 'healthcare system' serves only one purpose, profit. The so-called WiSER program that the Republicans voted to continue to allow to delay and deny care in traditional Medicare is just Wall Street sticking their insatiable greed into one of the last bastions from it in healthcare, traditional Medicare. If the Republicans get their way it will expand and expand, delaying and denying care for those who need it most until every senior in this country lives or dies at the whim of a robot."