You caught me seconds before my sobered up edit. I don't like the term either, it's a poor choice of words.
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You caught me seconds before my sobered up edit. I don't like the term either, it's a poor choice of words.
Nah, waaaaay different to Bill O surely. He seems phenomenally professional for the first 4 minutes of the video, amazed he got through it for as long as he did. Think he's justified about the hammering too.
Not too different
I wouldn't be able to do my job if people kept talking in my earpiece about what they'd be doing afterwards, would you?
I wouldn't be able to do my job if people kept talking in my earpiece about what they'd be doing afterwards, would you?
No I wouldn't. Still funny though.
I'm reading Goldwater's "Conscience of a Conservative", and it's insane the levels to which some Americans will ignore common sense initiatives because it violates their illusion that government is evil and everyone should take care of themselves. Until they suffer some personal incident and create a GoFundMe page of course. The hypocrites.
Regarding the opposition to universal healthcare, apart from the misinformation that @Raoul pointed out, the idea that many Republican voters have is to not want to pay for someone else. They think, "it's my money so it's my choice and I don't want no lazy fecker to benefit from me". They forget that almost everything they use in their daily lives and benefit from can be attributed in one way or another to government funds or regulation. In other words, other people paid for it. Having infrastructure in order to do their jobs is one of many examples. Having a drivable road with working traffic lights and such use is pretty great. Another ironic thing about them is that they are staunch supporters of the military, which due to proper funding, benefits from a socialist-style system. Tricare was practically our single payer growing up in the military family. Doctors visits were no charge. Housing is provided, inexpensive, and maintained. Moving costs are covered. Jobs and training are available. Hell, even gym access was free.
Sorry, saw this on facebook and had to post. Could we threadmark this for future use
Clearly, God wanted the prick to learn a lesson in irony.
that was my 1st thought. wouldn't you move, if you were sick and your neighboring state covered you, but yours didn't? What would happen then though: It'd work for the first few hundred or 1,000 people but then the state with the better plan would have to put restrictions on their plan.... what a mess is right.
That is like the epitomi of irony. And the exact reason why everbody should pay up to make sure everyone is covered at any time.
While this was happening, Bernie gave a speech today on foreign policy. He attacked the rising miliitary budget and quoted Eisenhower's MIC speech. Traced intervention in Iraq back to intervention in Vietnam, Iran 1953, Allende, el Salvador, etc. The consequences of these interventions show that the dogma of benign hegemony is flawed. Said the war on terror allowed a few thousand extremists to hijack our entire foreign policy for decades. Criticised drone strikes* and torture. Said that US support for Saudi in Yemen is like Assad's support from Putin. Contrasted interventionism with the Iran deal and Marshall plan. "We must rethink the old Washington mindset that judges “seriousness” according to the willingness to use force." Climate change, global inequality (linked with rising authoritarianism), and disease prevention as foreign policy issues.
It was pretty much leftist heaven in the form of a foreign policy speech.
Half the time this Trump circus is entertaining drama, especially when they trip over themselves trying to pass a bill. But when the contrast is so sharp it's just obviously sad that Sanders didn't win.
*because of civilian deaths. This is a more radical position from him compared to the primaries.
Edit: he didn't mention Israel, but he had done an interview yesterday where he said US is complicit in Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.
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It would be easy. Tax a percentage of your paycheck before you get your paycheck. You wouldn't notice it. Plus you'd know you'd be having that percentage pulled out when negotiating your salary.
Yep. And it would save you the trouble of finding an affordable insurer. And all those elders and people with pre-existing conditions wouldn't be skinned.
There was this incredibly depressing news cast where a guy with black lung voted for Trump despite the fact that Obamacare literally saved his life. He'll die if the republicans get their way as his meds costs 1000s each month
They're brainwashed.
Rocket Man talking about Orange Man
Full quote - he called him a mentally deranged dotard
Full quote - he called him a mentally deranged dotard
Rocket Man 1 Racket Man 0
Pretty hilarious that Kim, who routinely murders people with anti-aircraft guns is giving Trump diplomatic advice.
Is there any serious evidence for this?
If it's true then it's just put me right off the guy tbh.
I know but because we know he's a murderous tyrant doesn't necessarily mean we need to state propaganda as fact, without questioning it.
There have been a consistent stream of stories about this. Here's one just today.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-sex-slaves-pyongyang-porn-film-a7959851.html
There have but that could be because the intelligence agencies who aren't hit biggest fans are just really pleased with that story.
I just think the sensational stories distract from the grim but comparatively mundane realities of North Korea.
EDIT - Apologies for taking us off topic.
Kimmel is awesome
Interesting he says this. There was some American guy who visited our President here a few weeks back claiming to be an adviser to Trump but it was later found out he was a fraud.
Mueller's going to be pleased with Spicer
American health care really is a fecking horrible joke.
The whole country on both sides of the argument should be fecking appalled by the state of it.
The whole country on both sides of the argument should be fecking appalled by the state of it.
Wish Bernie wasn't one of the people debating the republicunts on CNN.
The assholes will move away from talking about their disastrous bill and concentrate on single payer. Making the debate all about the wrong thing.
Bernie will ferret out the deficiencies with the proposed bill - but I bet he'll spend half the time defending single payer instead of Cassidy and Graham being on the defensive and trying to defend their abomination.
The assholes will move away from talking about their disastrous bill and concentrate on single payer. Making the debate all about the wrong thing.
Bernie will ferret out the deficiencies with the proposed bill - but I bet he'll spend half the time defending single payer instead of Cassidy and Graham being on the defensive and trying to defend their abomination.
That so many politicians on both sides of the Atlantic don't actually care about and prioritise healthcare anywhere near as much as they should is as blatant as not giving a feck about the people gets.
It's especially a joke in the US though.
Still, can't do any harm to have a major political figure continuing to argue tooth and nail for single payer.
ACA is doing ok now in popularity, but that's when people saw the GOP alternatives. Many people are dissatisfied with the healthcare status quo, even Clinton during the campaign had to make noises about reform.
Single payer isn't that popular either (40-25 approval), but Medicare is, and it will be easy to contrast their vision of life dictated by welath versus a simple-to-understand universal program.
But I agree, he needs to have some ready defences for their attacks on spending. It's not important how right he is, but if he can score a point - for example, cost of the wall or cost of military that should be enough.
not a joke.
Its about money and corruption. Both parties are involved at various levels.
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