11-08-2018, 08:17 AM | #14101 | |
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Ways to take a huge bite out of that cost 1-Increasing tax on cigarettes and alcohol as Canada does and funneling that directly to healthcare (I know people will say 'what about fast food it causes health issues too?' see next bullet) 2-There would have to be some cost to consumers and one way to incorporate healthy eating would be to reduce what people have to pay in by basing premium level for the next calendar year on health screening metrics (which my employer does now) That way people like me who have 116/70 BP, fall within BMI and have a stellar lipid profile are rewarded. If you don't or you don't have a screening every year you pay more. 3-Reschedule and legalize marijuana nationwide. We know enough about it's medicinal values now, I know several physicians that support prescribing it over opioids for pain and there is a shit load of tax money there that can be funneled to healthcare. There are ways to make it work Edit - I still think, like Medicare Advantage plans now, administering the plan can be done through existing insurers. Last edited by BYU 14 : 11-08-2018 at 08:19 AM. |
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11-08-2018, 08:25 AM | #14102 |
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So, who pushed Ginsburg last night?
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11-08-2018, 08:27 AM | #14103 |
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11-08-2018, 08:50 AM | #14104 |
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I've been saying this for the last year. The advancement in tech will allow the only true record to come from people who were actually there. This sort of thing is a major, major threat to our freedom. It may seem like a little thing, but within it lies the seeds of true oppression.
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11-08-2018, 08:58 AM | #14105 |
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I'm actually surprised that there's not a report out from the White House saying the intern was hospitalized for her injuries last night.
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11-08-2018, 08:59 AM | #14106 |
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I should add that the video on the right, that was put out by Sanders from the White House, was reportedly doctored by Infowars. Go figure.
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11-08-2018, 09:16 AM | #14107 | |
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Scrutiny doesn't have to stop. In fact, media organizations could do more if they were less concerned about maintaining access to people that repeatedly lie to them. Every WH fights with the press until they realize they depend on them to promote their message. Imagine a world where no legitimate news org paid gave the immigrant caravan any airtime. The WH needs the press as much or more than they need the WH.
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11-08-2018, 09:21 AM | #14108 |
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Yeah, I don't watch many WH press conferences, but that one was on during the local noon news so I watched. That was nothing more than Trump using the media to get out his "it was all about me" message, followed by Trump yelling at reporters for fake news and being unfair.
It would be less damaging to just let him get up there in front of no one and make his statement, then let the media parse his comments after the fact. It seems like the Jim Acosta's of the media world are just playing right into his anti-media playbook.
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They paused to regroup and rest. Good thing Trumps executive order on asylum at ports of entry seems to be working. Trump to sign directive this week revamping U.S. asylum policy - MarketWatch Quote:
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11-08-2018, 09:23 AM | #14110 |
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11-08-2018, 09:32 AM | #14111 | |
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He's in Mexico City and the story says they're within reach of the border. That would be still @650 miles away. At Civil War army pace that's still 45 days away. But at least they're sticking with it after a pause of a few days. Keep f-ing that chicken Fox.
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11-08-2018, 09:48 AM | #14112 |
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But they have some migrants travelling with them who are Antetokounmpo long...
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11-08-2018, 09:56 AM | #14113 |
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Assuming security is accounted for and there is no path to PR/Citizenship, it makes so much sense to expand the guest worker program.
The Senate passed something but the House refused to vote on re: Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013. It may not have been perfect but let's keep on working on it and compromise instead of just letting it die. Unfortunately, I don't see a champion for holistic immigration reform, just disjointed and targeted bits-and-pieces right now. And I don't see pro-immigration as the winning platform in 2020 (behind Economy & Healthcare). Schumer and Dems seemed willing to compromise on DACA for the Wall. Maybe try again (and possibly toss in guest workers) as initially baby-steps. |
11-08-2018, 10:04 AM | #14114 | |
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Which is a mistake imo. A wall isn't worth the expense and long term expense. I'd be willing to increase the budget on the border substantially as long as it wasn't spent on the wall. I'd let the R's own DACA and the result of what comes from their efforts, and negotiate more efficient, border control. Extensive use of tech and automation is the path there, not some 4th century answer.
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11-08-2018, 10:32 AM | #14115 | |
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The next step after harassing people at restaurants I guess. I'm all for them getting permits and protesting peacefully but IMO this isn't right.
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11-08-2018, 10:41 AM | #14116 |
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Yep protest on social media, participate in nationwide protests, but these kind of protests are more harassment than protest and should stop. No one's family should feel threatened because someone in the family works for a news network
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11-08-2018, 11:16 AM | #14117 |
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Brian Kemp finally resigns as GA Sec of State -he says so he can transition to governor even though Abrams has not conceded yet.
Brian Kemp resigns as Georgia secretary of state as governor's race remains too close to call
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11-08-2018, 11:27 AM | #14118 | |
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I don't think that's true at all. There's tons of coverage about the Sessions firing and his replacement's shady past. There are protests scheduled about this. It's possible to talk about more than one thing at a time. And the Acosta thing should be talked about. The White House used doctored footage from Infowars to smear a reporter with an assault accusation. In no way should that be ignored.
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11-08-2018, 12:14 PM | #14119 | |
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Again, there's no grand compromise because the far-right has killed several attempts at compromise previously. They don't want a solution, they want restricted immigration(illegal and legal). As long as the GOP is controlled by those folks, there can't be a comprehensive immigration bill.
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11-08-2018, 12:15 PM | #14120 | |
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Morally reprehensible and politically ineffective.
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11-08-2018, 12:50 PM | #14121 |
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May i add (re: Chop-Gate) that i also find it extremely disturbing that apparently a lowly press-corps intern feels pressured in a way that she goes to physically grab that mic ? Just look at her, she's dying out there having to go into that confrontation ...
Either you have a situation that gets out of hand and let some sort of security (that is a thing at any of these press conferences, i guess ?) take care of it firmly and calmly or you don't. But to have the president angrily go "that's enough" and an intern frantically moving to grab the mic ? What the hell ?
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11-08-2018, 01:02 PM | #14122 |
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Movement on Predictit for Bill Nelson. He's up to 22 cents now. Was just 6 cents yesterday.
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11-08-2018, 01:11 PM | #14123 |
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The whole thing with Acosta is just comical.
Both sides are moronic. Give up the mic, but at the same time Trump needs to stop bullying people and saying whatever he wants. Then people won't feel the need to stick up for themselves. Trump is just a clown. I have all of the power and can do whatever I want and I'll display that power whenever I don't like you.
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11-08-2018, 01:16 PM | #14124 | |
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Both sides? Even if you believe Acosta went too far in trying to ask additional questions, how does that even approach the Press Secretary using doctored footage from an alt-right group to substantiate a bogus "laid his hands on her" claim so they can strip his press pass?
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11-08-2018, 01:24 PM | #14125 | |
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11-08-2018, 01:25 PM | #14126 |
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I'm not even talking about that. I was just talking about the exchange.
Striping the guy's press pass and trying to say he assaulted her is even more moronic. It's Trump being Trump. He's has the power to do it so he will. This is a press conference with the President of the US. So, there is some professional decorum that should be followed. He doesn't follow it so, why should anyone else?
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11-08-2018, 01:33 PM | #14127 |
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Outstanding races from Tuesday....
Arizona Senate, where the difference is about 17000 votes of the 1.73 million cast, or : https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...e-race-n933866 Florida Senate, where the difference is 22,000 of 8.2 million cast: Nelson, Scott spar as Florida Senate race nears hand recount | TheHill Georgia Governor's, where the difference is 63,000 of 4 million votes cast: Kemp Resigns as Georgia Secretary of State, With Governor’s Race Still Disputed :: WRAL.com And the 12 house races: The Races That Are Still Too Close To Call | FiveThirtyEight
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11-08-2018, 03:04 PM | #14128 |
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The Florida governor's race has now entered the automatic recount range as well.
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11-08-2018, 03:18 PM | #14129 | |
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I think we have a much bigger problem with too much deference to our leaders rather than too little. And that's been true for years.
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11-08-2018, 03:52 PM | #14130 | |
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That's too far but I don't have an issue with saying something to someone at a restaurant or in public. |
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The video was actually snagged from Infowars if there was any question where the WH gets it's news from. We can't be far off from the administration hinting that these mass shootings are just false flags perpetrated by the Jews. Quote:
It was treated as one of the big stories of the day. Some reporter for a cable news outlet losing their press pass just seems so minor to me. The story is just red meat for bootlicking sycophants and an opportunity for the media to play their favorite role as the martyr. |
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11-08-2018, 04:24 PM | #14132 |
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How about some 2020 news? ::ducks the rotten tomatoes:::
I've been wondering if Rep Eric Swalwell was going to run for President based on his frequent appearances on CNN and MSNBC. Looks like I was right: Source: Eric Swalwell to run for president in 2020 - POLITICO I've liked his TV appearance for the most part, and I'm intrigued by someone much younger(37) than Biden/Sanders/Hillary that might be running.
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11-08-2018, 04:47 PM | #14133 |
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Let's throw some both sideisms out there. Jim Acosta gets his press license pulled by a deranged president. And the violent left harasses and tries to intimidate Tucker Carlson at his home.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/media...ors/index.html
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It's a shame that people on both sides can't be civil
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11-08-2018, 05:14 PM | #14136 |
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It seems like the issue in Nelson's race is a poor ballot design in Broward that put the Senate race in the bottom left corner. That caused about 25,000 undervotes. There were some districts where the Agriculture Commissioner race had more votes than the Senate race. Nelson's claiming that there is a tabulation error, but it seems more likely to be people leaving that race blank because they didn't see it on the ballot.
Nelson's price has dropped back down to .13 on PredictIt after that news broke.
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I guess I'd need to see the ballot to understand that argument, but I don't buy it. I can understand "ballot fatigue" or ignoring stuff at the bottom (assuming it's a lesser race or something), but didn't see it?
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11-08-2018, 05:39 PM | #14138 |
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This is the one I saw...
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11-08-2018, 06:17 PM | #14139 |
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That photo makes sense of it I think.. It's left to right, and started with federal offices, then statewide offices, then partial state offices.
The rather lengthy set of instructions then shoved the federal races to the bottom of the page. I pulled up a 2018 and a 2016 sample ballot from Georgia, just to see. 2018 Georgia starts with Governor & other statewide, then goes to federal district'ed (i.e. U.S. House) and continues on. 2016 Georgia started with President, then U.S. Senate, then statewide state office, then district'ed state offices, and continued. Same exact format as the Florida sample ... except the instructions appeared only once in a single language and were therefore shorter & fit across the top of the full screen.
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11-08-2018, 06:22 PM | #14140 |
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Just saw on tv that Sinema now has a 2,000 vote lead in Arizona.
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TIL Broward County, Florida puts Haitian Creole on their election ballots.
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Hey there's hope for me yet in the election contest!...or not
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11-08-2018, 08:56 PM | #14144 |
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I've been looking at pictures of the various Trump is not above the law rallies across the country today-great seeing people rally peacefully.
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Awesome Lathum!
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Yes, but I think Trump did well to make the "trigger" for these protests as convoluted as possible. It's been planned for months for people to take to the streets as soon as the Mueller investigation was shut down. And I think that would have been a legitimately game-changing protest (and I'm someone who is skeptical of the benefit of protests). But Trump managed to regain some control over the investigation by a means that technically triggered the protest, but did it by firing an unpopular AG. Which led to a bunch of confusion as to whether this was "the moment" for things to really get serious. And to do it the day after the culmination of a very emotional election cycle that resulted in semi-success for Trump's opponents, and....I think, sadly, he has played this perfectly |
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11-08-2018, 09:57 PM | #14148 |
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So Trump not giving up on election fraud:
Law Enforcement is looking into another big corruption scandal having to do with Election Fraud in
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Wait. Is it corruption scandal or election fraud? So confusing!
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If you read the instructions and then keep going down the ballot, it's actually the first race to vote on. What's the argument again?! Whatever it is, it's a huge stretch.
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