Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[DaGeezer]

The Bee hits it on the nose:

https://babylonbee.com/news/entire-professional-soccer-team-dead-after-team-bus-goes-over-slight-speedbump?utm_source=The%20Babylon%20Bee%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email

[CGVT]

I have the same concerns, Wiz. I look at how the VA is administered, and its absolutely criminal how some vets are treated when it comes to just basic services. I'm concerned that if the entire medical care system is handed to the government, we'd see similar chaos. If they'd just shut up and write the checks, it might be different.

I have VA health care. Because I am outside of an MFT area I use Tricare Prime. I pay $600 a year with $30 per visit copays and about $15 for my healthcare and I have never had a problem other than typical insurance bullshit issues. Any time I have been to a VA hospital the service was as good as any I have received at other facilities.


It's fucking time

[iam416]

Anyway, universal healthcare is an utter pipe dream in the throes of inflation and the Ds trillions of dollars of waste. So, whatever.

Meanwhile, The Chairman has promised there will be "consequences" for OPEC cutting production. Now, if it were some entity in the US cutting fossil fuel production the consequence would be a damn parade and huge celelbration. So, who knows what The Chairman has in store for the Saudis.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Kinda surprised the Parkland creep didn't get the death penalty. Must have been one holdout on the jury

[CGVT]

Anyway, universal healthcare is an utter pipe dream in the throes of inflation and the Ds trillions of dollars of waste. So, whatever.

Don't kid yourself. We're paying for it already

[Dr. Strangelove]

Dearborn muslims don't seem all that fond of explicit "gay" books in their classrooms, either: https://www.nationalreview.com/news/...r-lgbtq-books/

People forget this but before the 9-11/Patriot Act era American Muslims predominantly voted Republican.

[iam416]

People forget this but before the 9-11/Patriot Act era American Muslims predominantly voted Republican.

It sort of underscores that amongst every group, there's a liberal/conservative/moderate split. The Ds try to get "brown" people to overlook those splits in the name of race. It works with AAs, but it's less effective in other groups.

And some of these groups are, in fact, more conservative, on average, than white folks. I mean, church folk, in general, would lean that way.

Eh, whatever.

[Mike]

Kinda surprised the Parkland creep didn't get the death penalty. Must have been one holdout on the jury

Irritating. All it takes is one weak-kneed juror to muck it all up.

[klondike]

That is something that is not often spoken about, because one thing that the left is actually scared of is an angry muslim. Christians can get angry, and its written off as bigotry and hate. Anger a muslim and the discussion becomes "we all must find ways to coexist peacefully in an increasingly global community".

The elephant in the room. Although there's only 3.5 Muslims in the U.S, there's 2 billion worldwide. Including abortion, gay and trans ideals, much more conservative than Christians, yet the media will always focus on the extreme Christians and be weary of Including Muslims.

[crashcourse]

I have VA health care. Because I am outside of an MFT area I use Tricare Prime. I pay $600 a year with $30 per visit copays and about $15 for my healthcare and I have never had a problem other than typical insurance bullshit issues. Any time I have been to a VA hospital the service was as good as any I have received at other facilities.


It's fucking time

problem with the VA is it has 120 billion dollar budget for medical care only --roughly about 5 million vets use it which is 24K per vet per year

as opposed to this https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statist...%20total%20NHE.

so yeah we nationalize vs current system and we just added another 5 trillion to the budget

[THE_WIZARD_]

Every veteran I know tells me about the major issues with the VA...the delays in care are the biggest issue...

[DaGeezer]

Actually, I'm not totally opposed to that. The problem I have with it is how its administered. We don't need people waiting from 6 months to a year for a surgery to find and/or treat cancer. This is one of many problems that Canada has. And the government should have no say in who my PC physician is. Even if they are footing the bill. One of the gold standards of the argument for abortion rights is to "keep the government's hands off my body". If universal health care becomes a reality, then all the government should do is shut up and pay the bills. Let the patient and doctor decide what the course of action is.

Milton Friedman said that if a government or any other actor gives away something of value for free, there will have to be rationing.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Stock market bottomed out at the open and then rose 1500+ points to end up over 800 on the day. Crazy

[Dr. Strangelove]

And Supreme Court gives Trump a firm NO in his first attempt to get them to intervene in the Mar a Lago stuff

[CGVT]

problem with the VA is it has 120 billion dollar budget for medical care only --roughly about 5 million vets use it which is 24K per vet per year

as opposed to this https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statist...%20total%20NHE.

so yeah we nationalize vs current system and we just added another 5 trillion to the budget

We're already paying for it