Ben Bartee

BEWARE!!! Ben Bartee never minces words, so read at your own risk. Ben is a Bangkok-based American journalist, grant writer, political essayist, researcher, travel blogger, and amateur philosopher -- with opposable thumbs. He is the author of Broken English Teacher: Notes From Exile.

Merry Xmas, Dear AP Reader, From Saigon!

Merry Xmas, dear AP Reader, from Saigon! Technically it’s “Merry Christmas from Bến Tre” — a municipality about an hour outside of Saigon.
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Rabid DEI Labradoodle Karine Jean-Pierre Mangles English Language in Final Briefing of 2024

This Xmas Eve, the miracle I’m praying for is that the sacred English language of my forefathers survives, somehow,...
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Pandemic 2.0 Unleashed? California Declares State of Emergency Amid Bird Flu Propaganda Blitz

A couple of weeks ago Dr. Peter Hotez forecasted “big picture stuff coming down the pike starting on January 21st” the day Donald Trump assumes office.
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#Bodypositivity Roundup: ‘Cake-Related Fatphobic Incidents’

TikTok butterball does obscene food porn as perverted therapy/performance art. She appears to get sexual satisfaction out of broadcasting her food addiction.

France: Mentally Disabled 25-Year-Old Raped by Migrant in Mall Bathroom, Security Guard Prosecuted For Leaking Video

A mentally disabled 25-Year-Old boy was raped by an Algerian migrant in a mall bathroom in France and a security guard is being prosecuted for leaking video.
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On Delicious Yet Toxic Thai Street Food and Ginger’s Myriad Benefits

Scientific literature points to MSG as a neurotoxin ginger exerts wildly impressive neuroprotective effects against the ravages of MSG.
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#Bodypositivity Roundup: ‘Intro to Fat Studies’

A polyamorous plus-sized influencer, Jae'lynn Chaney, 27, has hit back after trolls accused her of claiming obesity was a disability.
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Raw Milk Legend Tapped to Craft Trump’s FDA Policy

Our FDA mommies have been on the case for several decades now ensuring that Americans don’t poison themselves with pure, beneficial microbe-rich dairy products.
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Ozempic Propaganda Roundup: RFK Jr. Smeared as Fatphobic for Questioning Weight Loss Drugs

David Ricks, chair and chief exec of Eli Lilly, at NYT’s DealBook Summit, said his $750 billion co. would fight to defend* preserving the FDA as it stands today.”
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Aggregate Data Points to New Pandemic as Gift to Incoming Trump Administration

I don’t have the hubris to posit that my prediction of a hot new pandemic about to drop come...
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Is All Fair in Love and War? Notes on the UnitedHealth CEO Slaying

Put simply, health insurance companies are economic leeches that contribute nothing of value to anyone except their shareholders and the executives.
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LGBTQ™ Roundup: Damn, Look at the Chest Hair on That Gorgeous Damsel!

In 2019, Theron revealed that her eldest child Jackson, who was originally introduced to the world as a boy, was actually a girl.