lol how dare this far right programmer engage in election denial!
(Biden can't investigate the election, he's having his afternoon nap)
(Biden can't investigate the election, he's having his afternoon nap)
"was" -- I'm pretty sure his American woman's California retardation ensured that ship sailed.
He *must* have a strong prenup... I mean, he was a goddamned Royal, he can't not have a strong prenup?
To an extent it's a Pascal's wager. Even if you look dumb for hoping for and acting towards what you think might be better, in the aggregate it's better than letting the worse happen opposed.
Teaching them not to have coping skills.
You know, the right still had to show up at their blue collar jobs the day after Trump lost (those who still had jobs thanks to COVID lockdowns, anyway)
You know, the right still had to show up at their blue collar jobs the day after Trump lost (those who still had jobs thanks to COVID lockdowns, anyway)
I don't know what we'll do without the anti-hate party in charge.
I suspect we'll all get along a lot better.
I suspect we'll all get along a lot better.
the most interesting thing about publishing a book is just how hard it is to make money off of it, especially if you hired anyone to help with anything along the way.
A labor of love unless you've got a huge machine behind you.
(I've got my copy)
A labor of love unless you've got a huge machine behind you.
(I've got my copy)
My argument would be that if the US is going to pay enough for universal healthcare they should provide it, and if they're not going to, they should cut spending to be commensurate with the level of services being provided.
The US model is to charge for single payer and not provide it, and so the taxpayers pay twice, once for the public healthcare they don't get, and second for the private healthcare that must replace it. That's why per capita healthcare spending in the US is so much higher than any other country on earth.
Problem with free healthcare such as in Canada is obviously that you remove all limits on demand but you heavily limit supply, so of course you'll have shortages, that's econ 101.
Canada's free healthcare also leads to some perverse incentives with bad outcomes. Drug addicts will clog up emergency rooms so they can pretend to have a toothache to score prescription drugs. In the far north, my mother told me stories of parents making their kids drink drano so the hospital could be a babysitter while they go out drinking.
No dispute that both private and public systems have their problems, but the US specific hybrid is the worst of all possible worlds.
The US model is to charge for single payer and not provide it, and so the taxpayers pay twice, once for the public healthcare they don't get, and second for the private healthcare that must replace it. That's why per capita healthcare spending in the US is so much higher than any other country on earth.
Problem with free healthcare such as in Canada is obviously that you remove all limits on demand but you heavily limit supply, so of course you'll have shortages, that's econ 101.
Canada's free healthcare also leads to some perverse incentives with bad outcomes. Drug addicts will clog up emergency rooms so they can pretend to have a toothache to score prescription drugs. In the far north, my mother told me stories of parents making their kids drink drano so the hospital could be a babysitter while they go out drinking.
No dispute that both private and public systems have their problems, but the US specific hybrid is the worst of all possible worlds.
One thing about the United States is the state of the healthcare system should be a bipartisan scandal.
The thing is, it's not as if the government isn't spending enough money. Per capita public spending on health Care in the United States is comparable to countries with single-payer healthcare such as Canada or the United Kingdom. In other words, American taxpayers are already paying enough for universal health care, and yet they're getting nothing.
The fact that the healthcare industry can have it both ways shows that it doesn't matter who's in charge at the moment, the healthcare system is a corporate health Care system not a people healthcare system. And it really doesn't matter if you're on the left or the right, that should be such a damning indictment of both sides of the political spectrum for letting this continue that it should almost be disqualifying for everyone involved.
The thing is, it's not as if the government isn't spending enough money. Per capita public spending on health Care in the United States is comparable to countries with single-payer healthcare such as Canada or the United Kingdom. In other words, American taxpayers are already paying enough for universal health care, and yet they're getting nothing.
The fact that the healthcare industry can have it both ways shows that it doesn't matter who's in charge at the moment, the healthcare system is a corporate health Care system not a people healthcare system. And it really doesn't matter if you're on the left or the right, that should be such a damning indictment of both sides of the political spectrum for letting this continue that it should almost be disqualifying for everyone involved.
It was pretty good, but we're still defunding the CBC next year (and the rest of the Canadian fake news media as well)
This sounds absolutely nothing like what they've said during every single other bubble in history. Tulips to the Moon!!!
We'll have to keep the fire going until the cockroaches are gone, then we can rebuild the city afterwards.
Yuck.
Yuck.
>If you have cockroaches, do you burn down the house?
Are you kidding? I'd burn down my entire city. That's so creepy and gross. Yuck!
Are you kidding? I'd burn down my entire city. That's so creepy and gross. Yuck!
Even back in the 2000s when I was somewhat lefty, I found Whoopi Goldberg's comedy insufferable. She wouldn't say any jokes, just go up and say "Oh! George W. Bush is bad!" (cheers) "And the republicans are bad!" (cheers) "Conservatives are so bad!" (cheers)
"Before it was just about finding someone to have sex with the horse and hopefully not die. Now we're really focused on trying to help marginalized communities and correct systemic injustices -- through having sex with horses!"