Free Republic

The company took the decision after the business was being influenced by economic sanctions imposed on Russia after the invasion of Ukraine. The US pharmaceutical company Viatris has informed the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade that the supply of the drug Viagra, in tablet format, has been suspended in the Russian market. "Viatris LLC has informed us about the suspension of the supply of the drug Viagra in the pharmaceutical form of a pill", said the ministry, quoted by the Russian news agency TASS. According to the American pharmaceutical company, the decision was taken after the business was influenced...

But the bill also requires that $12 billion be stripped from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food stamps, to help fund the new bill, prompting some Democrats to cringe at the notion of cutting back on one necessity to pay for another. Arguably one of the most outspoken opponents on the Democratic side is Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, who has blasted the move as “a bitter pill to swallow” but still voted yes. “I fought very hard for the food assistance money in the Recovery Act, and the fact is that participation in the food stamps program...

We need more bribes and less killing. We've all heard how the CIA has used Viagra, among other things, to bribe Pashtun chieftains. James Joyner has good commentary on this subject at his blog, OTB. Knives, tools, and operations for family members were all bargaining chips. This is how things work in that part of the world. An excerpt from the WaPo describes the Viagra transaction with a powerful tribal chief in southern Afghanistan. He was 60 years old and had four younger wives, you can figure out the rest. Once it was established that the man was in good...