Politics

[Certus]

I'm no fan of big Pharma or the U.S healthcare system. It's greed driven.
I support capitalism and a fair profit, but the healthcare & pharmaceuticals cost has gotten ridiculous.
I forgot what company it was, but that new CEO that took over one of the big Pharma's immediately quadrupled the price on EpiPen's, causing a big outcry.
I can go to Thailand and get world class healthcare for a small fraction of the cost here. I know a few guys that have done it.

My wife and I would like to move back to the states at some point, but the healthcare system ruins that idea from every happening.
We had 0 rats given about the ceo guy getting killed and can totally see why it happened.
As for Thailand - I know people who’ve had full sets of teeth implants done over there for a crazy small % of the cost it would be here in Aus. And the work was good.

 

[Certus]

This same dilemma exists in the college and university education system. Instead of driving down costs. They grant ever increasing scale loans to cover incompetent or political hack professors (Tort reform for medical).



When politicians discuss the high cost. It usually revolves around what doctors charge. Not factored in is the 12 years in education and fellowships. Malpractice insurance costs.


The answer from government is to mandate coverage and subsidize the mess. Notice how liberals want to cap what a doctor can make. But never discuss capping professors or university staff pay.

There are many ways to cut healthcare costs. Driving away the best and brightest is not the place to do it. I prefer to have someone competent wrenching on me.

College fees are nuts in America, and a bachelor is 4 years? Wtf! 3 here in Aus, every bachelor course I looked at in America the first year of that 4 years was unrelated crap that’s just there to milk more money.
And why the heck does every job need a degree these days?

 

[Altitude sickness]

EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office

The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to secure the border, The Daily Wire has learned. Videos...

www.dailywire.com

If anyone needs some steel for a Steal after being stolen from the tax payer. Most likely 30 cents on the dollar

 

[cwpayton]

College fees are nuts in America, and a bachelor is 4 years? Wtf! 3 here in Aus, every bachelor course I looked at in America the first year of that 4 years was unrelated crap that’s just there to milk more money.
And why the heck does every job need a degree these days?

Even worst than the fees is what they put in heads of these students, (on average). They enroll cause thats what you do and then its frat party's orgies, woke nonsense, agnostic views, atheist, and CHINESE. Not shouting, just accentuating .
English and math, good!

 

[cwpayton]

EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office

The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to secure the border, The Daily Wire has learned. Videos...

www.dailywire.com

If anyone needs some steel for a Steal after being stolen from the tax payer. Most likely 30 cents on the dollar

View attachment 652621

BUY IT, LEAVE IT, SELL IT BACK IN 45 DAYS, LAUGH ON THE WAY TO THE BANK

 

[Boyd Brooks]

EXCLUSIVE: Biden Races To Sell Off Border Wall Parts Before Trump Takes Office

The Biden administration is using its final weeks to haul a massive amount of border wall materials away from the southern border to be sold off in a government auction, an apparent effort to hinder President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to secure the border, The Daily Wire has learned. Videos...

www.dailywire.com

If anyone needs some steel for a Steal after being stolen from the tax payer. Most likely 30 cents on the dollar

View attachment 652621

No one bid on it! Richie Brothers is just the auction house, it still belongs to the government until it’s sold.

 

[Brent in Az]

BUY IT, LEAVE IT, SELL IT BACK IN 45 DAYS, LAUGH ON THE WAY TO THE BANK

The ultimate Troll move would be Trump buying it, and selling it back.

 

[mdwest]

Dan Patrick, the TX Lt Gov has said he has $B earmarked and will buy every bit of it. Apparently Texas has been trying to buy it for the last years and the Biden administration has told Texas no… but now as they’re strolling out the door they want to sell it for scrap…

 

[Brent in Az]

 

[Brent in Az]

I agree that some shady shit is going on.
Feds failing to take action, or make a statement, just like the Chinese spy balloon.

 

[fourfive8]

I guess to command that much power and be paid for it, dumbsht Kirby and all similar idiot officials making stupid statements about the drones are expected to lie cleverly. And they are perfectly happy and smug doing so with a straight face. As unbelievable as it may seem, considering Nov 5, the idiots in power may truly be absolutely clueless about how pissed most Americans are right now! January 20 cannot come soon enough!

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

First, the left truly believes THEY are the smart ones, and the flyover states are the local yokels. Second, "woke" was to go a LOT farther--the gay agenda, for example didn't stop with acceptance or even demand that society celebrate their choice...that was the camel's head under the tent. Next came celebration/empowerment of trans, with dress wearing admirals and such. Next, I predict will be legitimizing pedophilia through the "man-boy love" association. Think that is even the end--then you don't know how far down the slimy butthole the whole thing goes! At some point someone would have to say "the king has no clothes." Epstein just cashed in on celebrity acceptance of sex with children, but does anyone think you could ever MAINSTREAM cutting, mutilation, eating fecal matter, torture, and "boxing" etc. etc. A sewer of filth is one of the reasons muslims hate the west, and say we are not civilized. America is the largest producer/purveyor of porn all the way to the bottom, worldwide. Great. Just great.

If the Democrats have any hope of a future they need to distance themselves from this filth. My original question, and I am still not sure of an answer, are they all this way? And who is driving this, or is it just 'they are who they are'?

 

[flatwater bill]

The Select Committee on oversite and accountability issued it's FINAL REPORT. 505 Pages on Covid 19 showing some shockers: you may not be ready for this, but here goes. Covid 19 leaked from a lab in Wuhan China. Yup, the biggest lab in the World working on Corona Viruses with funding from the USA. They leaked it. Experts told us that......(until they were silenced). Fauci lied to us. I mean, that's where the index cases were, that's where workers staggered out of the lab leaking pus from all orofices. Tracking them in the sand was like following a large slug trail. (there are always index cases near the leaky lab where the escapes occur).....these index cases are not in Brussels or in Alice Springs, or in elk camp. Nope, in Wuhan. Democrat NGO's that hate Trump were quick to condemn natural foods....."damn, that was a bad bat stew", or "Ying musta got a sour Pangolin meat loaf last night"...and such. As President Trump tried to stop the 3 weekly direct flights from Wuhan to San Francisco, he was sued by the democrats for being a racist. Stopping people just because they are Chinese, they said. (well, that and they have Covid).....thus, the sickly were delivered promptly to our doorstep. And the Pandemic spread, as they hoped it would. He defunded the WHO until they investigated the Wuhan Lab....but once again, dems were able to prevent this investigation by refunding WHO. With no leverage to force WHO to investigate, and no urgency, Wuhan was able to delete all Covid 19 data from their computers and effectively set back treatment by a couple of months. In the past, a Globalist news shill asked Pres Trump in an accusatory manner, "why do you keep calling it "the Chinese virus" and he answered "because it comes from China". He was absolutely right. But still waiting for an apology from Rachel and the other sheep. There you have it. Covid 19...THE CHINESE VIRUS...and I apologize for milking the obvious, most everyone with a brain knew that Covid came from Wuhan, but that info is no longer censored and now the libs can go back to eating their bat salads and pangolin nachos.....FWB

 

[CJW]

If the Democrats have any hope of a future they need to distance themselves from this filth. My original question, and I am still not sure of an answer, are they all this way? And who is driving this, or is it just 'they are who they are'?

Kevin, if you can figure out why they do what they do, let us know.

Example:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/13/politics/joe-biden-commutations-pennsylvania-illinois/index.html

 

[CJW]

I didn’t realize that “shooting” was a censored word, why would they put asterisk in place of the oo in “sh**ting”?

It made a lot more sense when I figured out they were censoring the word "shooting" and not the other thing. I couldn't figure out how he would do such a thing.

 

[CJW]

First, the left truly believes THEY are the smart ones, and the flyover states are the local yokels. Second, "woke" was to go a LOT farther--the gay agenda, for example didn't stop with acceptance or even demand that society celebrate their choice...that was the camel's head under the tent. Next came celebration/empowerment of trans, with dress wearing admirals and such. Next, I predict will be legitimizing pedophilia through the "man-boy love" association. Think that is even the end--then you don't know how far down the slimy butthole the whole thing goes! At some point someone would have to say "the king has no clothes." Epstein just cashed in on celebrity acceptance of sex with children, but does anyone think you could ever MAINSTREAM cutting, mutilation, eating fecal matter, torture, and "boxing" etc. etc. A sewer of filth is one of the reasons muslims hate the west, and say we are not civilized. America is the largest producer/purveyor of porn all the way to the bottom, worldwide. Great. Just great.

 

[bowjijohn]

I didn’t realize that “shooting” was a censored word, why would they put asterisk in place of the oo in “sh**ting”?

You want to try typing the name of the town near where I grew up ! (On a British forum)

Wankie

J

 

[CJW]

 

[Brent in Az]

Democrats in 2020 election......"How do we take down Trump?"

Dr. Fauci ....."I know a guy, who knows a guy in Wuhan"..........

 

[Datchew]

Looks like the russkies are closing up shop in Syria.

I'm curious if they're in retreat, repurpose and reinforce elsewhere mode, or if this is part of a preparation for negotiations in the pending trump phase.