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How will they rule ??!

  • YES - Qualified

    Votes: 41 82.0%
  • NO - Disqualified

    Votes: 9 18.0%

  • Total voters
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Except that man and his predecessor bragged about:

Using AI to replace call center workers

Programmed that AI to deny most claims. To the tune of 37% of all claims

Gave a big F you to customers and said sue us

Gave stockholders 22 billion in profits. And here’s the important part:

FOR DENYING CLAIMS. This is pure evil and is insane that you can justify this.

I didn't justify any of that. I said it's not justification to murder and your celebration of it and that you couldn't fix those problems by removing prfoit motive or scoializing medicine, certainly not without making other problems.

Read what is actually there, not what you want to be there. You remind me of madaboutblue in that respect who incidetnally was also a "teacher."
 
You wouldn't and won't.

And that's not socialism. A mixed economy is a necessary evil, hereto shown to be at least. It's not like I don't get the socialist "argument." If the government is forced to step in to prevent calamity, it doesn't necessitate the government should step in everywhere or anywhere else. That's nonsensical and creates its own problems. You people simply don't know what you don't know: in the immortal words of Donald Rumsfeld, the unknowns are completely unknown to you. We had a similarly arrogant and ignoratn poster here before espousing socialism named Dionysus (a greek god of debauchery and chaos hwo was a pedophile) thought he had the world figured out because he went to college and got a history degree, mad at himself he was forced to work a BS job, so he spent hours upon hours here taking out his frustrations on conservatives he hated. He was a know-nothing know-it-all. Your posts, from what I';ve read, strike me in the same vein. What do you know? You're a middle school teacher in the middle of nowhere. What experience do you have actually doing anything of import someone else could've easily done?

What I mean is that your ideas and ideals only make "Sense" to people who don't actually udnerstand much, if anything, and/or people of very limited experience or ability, and people who have never had a real job, like Bernie Sanders. Incidentally, that's who you should be mad at for being rich, not the productive. You can't even have a sophisticated conversatino with your old man, but you know how to fix society such that no one has to work more than 40 hours a week while everyone has all their basic necessities met? It can be done, we can do it! Here's a 10 minute youtube video some kid made and a Vox article which will explain how!. Give me (us) a break. No, you won't stay in your lane and be gracious; you'll move the goalposts and kick the can down the road just like all others before you inculcated by your ideology. You'll be tilting at widmills whill the rest of us are enjoying an American Renaissance.


Like I said, why you're here.



You're being trolled. They're going to get worse with the whining. Let them whine. They've been dealt a deathblow by this election. It only gets worse for them, unbeknownst to them.

Ignore is such a nice functionality...
 
I didn't justify any of that. I said it's not justification to murder and your celebration of it and that you couldn't fix those problems by removing prfoit motive or scoializing medicine, certainly not without making other problems.

Read what is actually there, not what you want to be there. You remind me of madaboutblue in that respect who incidetnally was also a "teacher."
I’m celebrating Newtons law of gravity. Action/reaction, you know?

My grandma died back in 19, because of the deep fear of debt accrued from an ER trip. Had a dr appointment the Tuesday after Father’s Day. Guess who didn’t make it to the appointment?
 
You all must have forgotten about Obamacare that fixed our healthcare system.

The federal government always fixes the industries it is heavily involved in. Like college education, the military, healthcare and housing.
It certainly flawed, but ACA beats no insurance. They repel that and what are the 50 million americans gonna do?
 

He could ask the same of sexual orientation, and SHOULD, but the idea of rights being immutable is not the sole basis for all rights. Some rights are based in reply to historical abuses of the same.

According to science gender itself is immutable. You can't change someone into a different gender even with physical alteration and temporary chemicals. It is always an artificial if not simply superficial alteration, and the ruse must be maintained by chemicals indefinitely, if not more surgery, never leading to truly acquired, natural gender abilities.

Artificial from Artifice = illusion

There is no ACTUAL "sex change" surgery. There is cosmetic surgery and chemical treatment. Neither of which a child should be able to choose, much less one that has a dysphoria (mental illness) impeding sound judgment. Any parents facilitating it, should also fall under a mental illness diagnosis analogous to munchausen syndrome by proxy.

Telling someone they are a different gender than they were born to be is psychologically damaging at least if not directly abuse. If you tell someone they are ugly for a couple years of their life, it WILL direct and affect their thinking for many years to come, especially if they are told as much by someone in a "trusted companion" or family member status. It is effectively grooming with all of its darker connotations.
 
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We have socialism for farmers when fields do not yield results. We have socialism when big banks and businesses are on the verge of calamity.

If you were a true capitalist, you’d been livid that Trump and Biden forgave 3.7 trillion in PPE loans. Like if a business is forced to closed, that’s natural selection. We have a system that enriches the already rich. I can speak hyperbole here, but I just want to see a just system.

I’d prefer a system with strong unions and worker rights, but if Trump is able to deliver in a different way, but relief the burden of everyday life I’ll stay in my lane and be very gracious.
Would they need those loans if the state didn't forceably shut them down?
 
It certainly flawed, but ACA beats no insurance. They repel that and what are the 50 million americans gonna do?
Remember when you could choose a plan you wanted for virtually nothing?

Poor ppl get Medicaid. The marketplace plans are theft, you are forcing ppl who earn too much to get Medicaid to buy a plan that's worse than Medicaid, more expensive than castotrophy insurance, that doesn't work across state lines

It's a scam like all things developed by the govt
 
Ignore is such a nice functionality...

And ignoring people is so "mean" because liberals can't handle it when THEY are cancelled, but love it when conservatives are.

Just like fascists only hate fascism when they aren't doing the censoring, except the glaring difference is that conservatives allow other opinions, they just stop addressing them when the holder of said opinions can't or won't listen to reason (or history).

Conservatives fight for the rights of all people and against one individual or group stepping on the rights of others. Liberals have taken advantage of that to try to take away rights of conservatives, and THAT has made liberals counted among THE enemies of the constitution.
 
Remember when you could choose a plan you wanted for virtually nothing?

Poor ppl get Medicaid. The marketplace plans are theft, you are forcing ppl who earn too much to get Medicaid to buy a plan that's worse than Medicaid, more expensive than castotrophy insurance, that doesn't work across state lines

It's a scam like all things developed by the govt
Yeah and it pinched a lot of lower middle class out. Again, not saying it is a perfect system, but I think instead of bitching about the government (or let’s rope them in to), looks at the record profits from humana, Cigna, BCBS, etc. It is a soulless operation, fraught with bad actors.
 
Now libs say trump has an iq of 73, and base that on supposedly an iq test from decades ago found in a closet lol.

You all must have forgotten about Obamacare that fixed our healthcare system.

The federal government always fixes the industries it is heavily involved in. Like college education, the military, healthcare and housing.

We're from the government and we're here to help.
 
Your the one that voted in the one found liable for sexual assault who is now nominating other sex abusers and pedophiles to lead his government agencies..... Not me.
Take a look in the mirror for the sex abusers fan club member.
They tell you to your face how they do it and you still fall for it



Also biden raped tara reade
 
I’m fine cutting spending. I am fine giving up luxuries in the short term for long term successes, but there’s irony in these millionaire and billionaire politicians and advisors telling me it’s going to be hard without they themselves not feeling the pinch.

You’re missing the forest for the trees. Unless you’ve always owned your business or worked for government, someone has benefited from your output. My qualms don’t like with Joe HVAC, who started his business and 20 years ago and is very successful. My problems lie squarely at businesses like dollar tree, Amazon, etc. that manipulate hours to maximize profits at the expense of workers.

I’ll add one more thing. Our country shouldn’t profit on crime and punishment, education, or healthcare. Insurance on my car and house is there in the event of a random disaster. Knock on wood, I’ve never had to file a claim. At some point, we are all going to experience a medical emergency, so why do we let these arseholes decide what is covered and what isn’t, especially since we’ve already paid in. Like I said previously, all politicians and healthcare CEO’s should be nervous. That nervousness keeps them honest.
We shouldn't profit?

Who would start a business for anything, or offer better customer service, or innovate?

Let me make it simple...let's say you made hand crafted furniture. Would you open a shop, spend all the over head to get it open, buy tools, etc etc...then put all that work and time in to make the furniture then just sell it to make your money back? No, you'd just make what you wanted for yourself then sit home.

That's basic economics 101, everything that exists, exists because of profit or it wouldn't exist. There's not a single thing in your house that's there or got there without profit behind it.

Anything the govt provides is due to profit. You get govt school lunch? The govt had to pay someone for that food....
 
I’m celebrating Newtons law of gravity. Action/reaction, you know?

Um... that's not "Newtons law of gravity"

At all. Ever. Anywhere.


My grandma died back in 19, because of the deep fear of debt accrued from an ER trip. Had a dr appointment the Tuesday after Father’s Day. Guess who didn’t make it to the appointment?

Sorry to hear that your grandmother passed. My sincere condolences.

SINCE, however, you're asserting this interesting forensic analysis and the accompanying plea to emotion, I have some questions.

- Is that what the coroner published as COD? Fear?
- Did you not help her before the doctor appt?
- Did you not at least educate her about her legal options with regard to the medical debt?
- Do you even know what those are?

If any if your answers are "No," then it wasn't "fear" nor the debt that caused her death. It was something ingrained much deeper in our society. Ignorance, lack of care, its someone else's fault, and "it's not my problem" are all symptoms of the same pandemic.

I was guilty of that in my early 20s, but did what I could to reverse that trend from my 30s onward. What did you and your family do to help your grandmother?
 
Joni Ernst heading up the DOGE caucus is pretty nonsensical which is exactly what I expect from Republican leadership.

At this rate she’s going to need to focus on a primary challenger funded by the guy actually heading up the DOGE.

These uniparty MIC funded assholes all need to be sent packing.
 
And ignoring people is so "mean" because liberals can't handle it when THEY are cancelled, but love it when conservatives are.

Just like fascists only hate fascism when they aren't doing the censoring, except the glaring difference is that conservatives allow other opinions, they just stop addressing them when the holder of said opinions can't or won't listen to reason (or history).

Conservatives fight for the rights of all people and against one individual or group stepping on the rights of others. Liberals have taken advantage of that to try to take away rights of conservatives, and THAT has made liberals counted among THE enemies of the constitution.
Don’t paint with such broad strokes.

Cancel culture and protesting/blocking products and people is a bitch move.

Both sides does it. Lots of conservatives had panties in wads over the bud light nonsense. People protested the NFL for kneeling and now doing the Trump dance? FFS.

Announcing that you’re blocking someone is comically dumb. Anyone who blocks people 100% use tampons.
 

EXACTLY!

The city of NY is at war with its citizens and this situation spells it out clearly.

There is such a thing as a good Samaritan law that claims it holds people accountable for not helping others when they can. Then when people do help they use other laws to prosecute those who help. They aren't passing and enforcing laws to protect the citizenry. They are passing laws to make lawful citizens criminals.

They are CREATING CRIME across the board so they can prosecute whomever they want.

Kamala Harris said this very thing when she confessed to using lawfare to destroy people.

America needs to wake up from their "wokeness" and realize all of this lawfare, lack of enforcement and protection of our rights, unelected bureaucrats having immunity from scrutiny and prosecution, politicians ripping off and laundering the money of the people IS meant to re-enslave this population and the world as they were before this country was founded. If PEOPLE don't start protesting EVERY INJUSTICE, regardless of race, creed, or religion, they are guilty of the enslavement themselves.
 
Your hate for Trump is more important to you than seeing or even looking into the truth.

Go to X. Search MarcoPolo laptop. Entire contents are available. Report back to us here.

That's like sending a 5 year old out to pick his own switch from the tree when you aren't even the one who feeds and houses him (with a candy store along the way to the tree). He'll be on his version of internet pern and forget you ever said anything
 
Sorry to hear that your grandmother passed. My sincere condolences.

SINCE, however, you're asserting this interesting forensic analysis and the accompanying plea to emotion, I have some questions.

- Is that what the coroner published as COD? Fear?
- Did you not help her before the doctor appt?
- Did you not at least educate her about her legal options with regard to the medical debt?
- Do you even know what those are?

If any if your answers are "No," then it wasn't "fear" nor the debt that caused her death. It was something ingrained much deeper in our society. Ignorance, lack of care, its someone else's fault, and "it's not my problem" are all symptoms of the same pandemic.

I was guilty of that in my early 20s, but did what I could to reverse that trend from my 30s onward. What did you and your family do to help your grandmother?
Unfortunately, there was no autopsy. After the fact, my grandpa had shared that she had been coughing up blood all day. She hid this from everyone. Went to dad’s for Father’s Day and then she collapsed on her porch. My sister did CPR until paramedics made it and declared her dead at the house.

My sister walked with her daily. She had been diagnosed with AFIB earlier in the year. I stressed exercise each time we talked and we talked daily. She was 69 so she was on Medicare. She cleaned houses and was paid cash on the side, so had we known her symptoms, we’d stressed trip. Her heart doc was in Lexington and she lived in Monticello.
 
Don’t paint with such broad strokes.

Cancel culture and protesting/blocking products and people is a bitch move.

Both sides does it. Lots of conservatives had panties in wads over the bud light nonsense. People protested the NFL for
Wow, what a STUPID comparison.

A touchdown celebration is NOT the same as a protest dishonoring the National Anthem. NOBODY except maybe you godless lefties gets mad at anyone kneeling in the endzone after a TD. Most people assume they're thanking God. That's not what people were doing.

Try and keep up with the rest of the class, Junior.
 
Profit is what gets the citizens up and going, but the government is to make sure we are able to get from A to B in a safe manner. The DOD doesn't make a profit and post office doesn't either. I've heard many times that everyone loves the concept of communism until it is put into play.

I think the same thing can be said about Libertarianism. I used to love the idea of personal freedoms and low taxes, until I learned what sacrifices I'd have to make to achieve those freedoms.


This Libertarian utopia quickly devolved into chaos.
Are you going to actually construct an argument, or are you just going to keep spouting random, disconnected platitudes?

What does the DOD/Post Office have to do with A to B? What does that even mean? Stop being evasive and vague. If you can't say what you mean, just take the L and go eff off.
 
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Yeah and it pinched a lot of lower middle class out. Again, not saying it is a perfect system, but I think instead of bitching about the government (or let’s rope them in to), looks at the record profits from humana, Cigna, BCBS, etc. It is a soulless operation, fraught with bad actors.
I think it's hilarious that you trust corporations less than the government. You can't be reasoned with. Your worldview is contaminated with Marxism. The government LITERALLY produces NOTHING, yet they take trillions from everyone else and you somehow idolize them.
 
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I don’t really know what point you are arguing. Subjecting yourself to the stress of travel and adapting to a different time zone may very well increase your risk for certain health related misadventures, particularly if you are predisposed to such events. I’m unaware of any studies exploring that question, however the data that IS known surrounding daylight savings time change indicate there is a negative impact on health when considering a large population of individuals. Perhaps a study on such travel is warranted, though it would be exceedingly difficult to design a proper study on what would need to be a very large sample of individuals.

Neither does he. He's just not always able to grasp reason, correlations, nor understand differences between situations. He might just be pretending to be the ignorant one for attention.

One is usually individual and temporary.
The other is endemic to the entire region and system.
One is planned and subject to control, and the other is forced and not subject to control.

If you change time zones, the rhythm of the new zone is still the same as the old one and you adjust temporarily to that. The sun still comes up at the same time of THEIR day. You adjust your clock and your rhythm.

When DST kicks in EVERYTHING is thrown out of rhythm at ONCE and there's no easily adjusting to it because the sun is not where it was at 6am or 5pm yesterday. Adjusting a circadian rhythm permanently over 6 months is much more difficult than changing time zones temporarily for these reasons.

Scientifically we respond to others around us and our environment. It helps if the entire environment is in sync when we enter it. When it is all thrown out of that at once, it affects us more than when we are the small part that is affected.


I do know people that had a lot of trouble adjusting to living in Europe or the Middle East for a long term contract, but had slightly less difficulty moving back afterward. I also know of one fairly healthy person who worked out west for a week or two and had a heart attack during the return trip to the east coast when they were only in their early 40s. No question it exacerbates stress on the body, and cumulative stress could overwhelm anyone at any age, especially if it accumulates in a very condensed time frame.
 
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