UnitedHealthcare CEO's assassin is hailed a hero by an army of Americans: Murder triggers outpouring of hate directed at health insurance industry with killer lauded as 'man of the people'
Perhaps there's some problems with our healthcare system.....
Nah, it's documented that AI makes stuff up. There was a case in cali IIRC, where a lawyer submitted a brief using AI and did not fact check it. Turns out many of the cites were made up. He was fined. From the article I read AI making stuff up is a known issue.
China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports.
No idea. Is there a website where the DOJ releases that info?
But here's the thing. Hunter did it and was clearly guilty. So, it's a case of "rules for thee not for me". If you're going to be sanctimonious about gun control, this just makes you out to be a hypocrite.
"The gun form nonsense is pure opportunistic pap." And here I was thinking the Dems, and especially the President, were the party of gun control and making those laws tougher......
Seems the party's/candidate's positions are a bit more "flexible". Maybe it was just for the commoners.
"even though locally they were down under $2.50 a gallon by the election – which is roughly where they were when Biden took office."
While I generally don't pay much attention to everything that comes out of candidate's mouth, or their team, did Kamala's team even MENTION this fact? Where did she say that in an interview, etc.? I'd think that'd be a very important talking point.
I personally know a bmore city school teacher. From what I was told, I concluded: The union is corrupt, the administration is, generally, incompetent and bloated complying with all kinds of BS rules, the teachers are OK, the kids are not the best and brightest, and a LOT speak English as a second language. For the teachers, and at some point, it's no longer a passion to educate, but a paycheck.
As long as these kids grow up in an environment where there are few decent paying jobs that don't require a college education, other "opportunities" will always look better, and the cycle loops around again.
My bullshit meter is bouncing against the limiter on that comment...
"In January 2015, the podcast was listened to by more than 11 million people.[57] By October 2015, it had grown to acquire 16 million downloads a month.[6][58][59] In April 2019, Rogan said that the podcast had 190 million downloads each month.[60]" From wikipedia.
The guy has a massive audience. I've never listened, but I hear that " The podcast has been described as a "boundary-free arena"," Yeah, not something Kamala would want to do for 3 hours.
My step mother had a newfie. Sweetest dog around. Very protective. When my girlfriend's sister family came over to visit, the dog had not met the husband. The dog immediately got between him and the kids and maneuvered the kids away from him, all the while growling.
This is why I don't pay much attention to the run up/day of an election. It'll be what it'll be. I'm not watching a blow by blow of it. I got other things to do. Won't change much regardless.
When I lived in the house with the now ex, we would block off the cul de sac and sit on the grass island. We lined the kids up in front of the table of candy and everyone checked out the outfits. Where I live now, there are no kids-i've had 1 in a decade. This also has the advantage that no one drives into the area trying to steal stuff from cars. It's kinda outta the way. Perfect.
"We learned just today that gas prices will go below $3 nationally in the next week or two, but not one single one of your alleged voters will either notice or change their mind even though their out of pocket is in fact changing."
Well, "as oil prices have sunk due to Israel avoiding attacks on Iran’s oil infrastructure, and seasonal decreases in demand are pushing gasoline lower, as is normal for this time of year." ....."Those “seasonal forces” include cheaper winter-mix gas as well as the drop in driving that happens over the winter months."
So, it's not anything the US gov't/administration has done, policy wise, but it's a combo of seasonal reductions and less violence in the middle east. The seasonal part will certainly change when folks do more driving. The middle east, nah. There's no way anyone who's paying attention should attribute this to anything but a temporary improvement in gas prices-certainly not a reason to vote for one president candidate or another.
Well, if I owned a newspaper, and I can't imagine that I would even want to, a "No endorsement" position would be my default rule. That would be for ANY campaign: local, state, national.
Newspapers should report the news. The paper can have an editorial board, but the newspaper should not be seen as endorsing candidates. Report the facts only. Let the readers make conclusions.
"Now FRANCE follows Germany and reinstates border controls due to 'serious threats posed by terrorists and migratory flows' in latest blow to EU Schengen scheme"
"A French government statement declared the checks were introduced due to 'serious threats to public policy, public order, and internal security posed by high-level terrorist activities... criminal networks facilitating irregular migration and smuggling, and migration flows that risk infiltration by radicalised individuals'."
"but there was not a footnote credit given to the earlier publication." Yeah, nope, that wasn't it, but assume I agree. Make the damn cert. It's not that hard. If you don't, the accusation is still valid and true. I got no issues holding anyone to this standard.
I went to the linked article. Look at the second picture of the guy shooting behind the table. That is NOT safe. There are gun containers, ammo, guns, etc covering the table. At least 1 pistol does not have it's muzzle pointed down range. The table is loaded with stuff. No wonder someone got injured. These idiots have no concept of muzzle control, or range safety. I don't care if it's at a range or some guy's back yard. I'd have "noped" out if I saw this.
"Which leads back to the conclusion that lawbreaking by the poor is a violation of people’s idea of the social order, whereas lawbreaking but the rich IS the social order."
I disagree. I think the gen pop would like to fix the problem but know that it's a very big uphill battle. After all, if you want to change the status quo, the status quo is going to fight you. The gen pop CAN effect change on the poor because they have LESS power, and fixing that, while not fixing the whole problem, makes their lives better. Perhaps not as better if the problem with those in power was fixed, but you take what you can get.
The rich just have more influence. And you don't necessarily have to be rich to have influence. That can be a factor, and a lot of rich people use it. Cops aren't rich, but they have influence since they have contacts within the system, have done favors, etc. for more powerful people.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjMNtEKHURU&ab_channel=GranMaestro
The Snowman 1982 with Original Introduction
That's probably all I'll watch. Or the one with the kid and the BB gun. That and deliver the fruitcakes.
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What?
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14164727/united-healthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-assassin-support.html
UnitedHealthcare CEO's assassin is hailed a hero by an army of Americans: Murder triggers outpouring of hate directed at health insurance industry with killer lauded as 'man of the people'
Perhaps there's some problems with our healthcare system.....
On “Joe Biden Pardons Local Man”
Nah, it's documented that AI makes stuff up. There was a case in cali IIRC, where a lawyer submitted a brief using AI and did not fact check it. Turns out many of the cites were made up. He was fined. From the article I read AI making stuff up is a known issue.
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China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports.
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tech-semiconductor-chip-gallium-6b4216551e200fb719caa6a6cc67e2a4
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No idea. Is there a website where the DOJ releases that info?
But here's the thing. Hunter did it and was clearly guilty. So, it's a case of "rules for thee not for me". If you're going to be sanctimonious about gun control, this just makes you out to be a hypocrite.
"
"The gun form nonsense is pure opportunistic pap." And here I was thinking the Dems, and especially the President, were the party of gun control and making those laws tougher......
Seems the party's/candidate's positions are a bit more "flexible". Maybe it was just for the commoners.
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"even though locally they were down under $2.50 a gallon by the election – which is roughly where they were when Biden took office."
While I generally don't pay much attention to everything that comes out of candidate's mouth, or their team, did Kamala's team even MENTION this fact? Where did she say that in an interview, etc.? I'd think that'd be a very important talking point.
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Here's James Carville 's take. I found it hilarious and frankly, on point--assuming it's real. Still funny if it's not, cause it's basically true.
https://x.com/Rusty_Weiss/status/1861364050816348604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1861364050816348604%7Ctwgr%5Eb3134f023965102ba512e235e0bac3e1703d613c%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fneveryetmelted.com%2F
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I personally know a bmore city school teacher. From what I was told, I concluded: The union is corrupt, the administration is, generally, incompetent and bloated complying with all kinds of BS rules, the teachers are OK, the kids are not the best and brightest, and a LOT speak English as a second language. For the teachers, and at some point, it's no longer a passion to educate, but a paycheck.
As long as these kids grow up in an environment where there are few decent paying jobs that don't require a college education, other "opportunities" will always look better, and the cycle loops around again.
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My bullshit meter is bouncing against the limiter on that comment...
"In January 2015, the podcast was listened to by more than 11 million people.[57] By October 2015, it had grown to acquire 16 million downloads a month.[6][58][59] In April 2019, Rogan said that the podcast had 190 million downloads each month.[60]" From wikipedia.
The guy has a massive audience. I've never listened, but I hear that " The podcast has been described as a "boundary-free arena"," Yeah, not something Kamala would want to do for 3 hours.
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My step mother had a newfie. Sweetest dog around. Very protective. When my girlfriend's sister family came over to visit, the dog had not met the husband. The dog immediately got between him and the kids and maneuvered the kids away from him, all the while growling.
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Nope, it was in the 80s or 90s. I'm not that old :)
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I'm going back a long time. i can't recall what election it was. Might have been Bush 1 or 2. Maybe not.
Some TV announcer in Wash or NYC said "how could he win, nobody I know voted for him?"
Of course not. You live in a bubble. All your friends/co workers/neighbors/etc are all like you politically. This is just more of the same....
And people wonder why I don't talk about politics in person.....
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This is why I don't pay much attention to the run up/day of an election. It'll be what it'll be. I'm not watching a blow by blow of it. I got other things to do. Won't change much regardless.
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Don't worry....he has a lot of company.
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When I lived in the house with the now ex, we would block off the cul de sac and sit on the grass island. We lined the kids up in front of the table of candy and everyone checked out the outfits. Where I live now, there are no kids-i've had 1 in a decade. This also has the advantage that no one drives into the area trying to steal stuff from cars. It's kinda outta the way. Perfect.
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"We learned just today that gas prices will go below $3 nationally in the next week or two, but not one single one of your alleged voters will either notice or change their mind even though their out of pocket is in fact changing."
Well, "as oil prices have sunk due to Israel avoiding attacks on Iran’s oil infrastructure, and seasonal decreases in demand are pushing gasoline lower, as is normal for this time of year." ....."Those “seasonal forces” include cheaper winter-mix gas as well as the drop in driving that happens over the winter months."
So, it's not anything the US gov't/administration has done, policy wise, but it's a combo of seasonal reductions and less violence in the middle east. The seasonal part will certainly change when folks do more driving. The middle east, nah. There's no way anyone who's paying attention should attribute this to anything but a temporary improvement in gas prices-certainly not a reason to vote for one president candidate or another.
https://jalopnik.com/gas-prices-are-set-to-drop-below-3-1851682974
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The subject of his post was on point though.
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Well, if I owned a newspaper, and I can't imagine that I would even want to, a "No endorsement" position would be my default rule. That would be for ANY campaign: local, state, national.
Newspapers should report the news. The paper can have an editorial board, but the newspaper should not be seen as endorsing candidates. Report the facts only. Let the readers make conclusions.
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"Now FRANCE follows Germany and reinstates border controls due to 'serious threats posed by terrorists and migratory flows' in latest blow to EU Schengen scheme"
"A French government statement declared the checks were introduced due to 'serious threats to public policy, public order, and internal security posed by high-level terrorist activities... criminal networks facilitating irregular migration and smuggling, and migration flows that risk infiltration by radicalised individuals'."
"
"but there was not a footnote credit given to the earlier publication." Yeah, nope, that wasn't it, but assume I agree. Make the damn cert. It's not that hard. If you don't, the accusation is still valid and true. I got no issues holding anyone to this standard.
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I went to the linked article. Look at the second picture of the guy shooting behind the table. That is NOT safe. There are gun containers, ammo, guns, etc covering the table. At least 1 pistol does not have it's muzzle pointed down range. The table is loaded with stuff. No wonder someone got injured. These idiots have no concept of muzzle control, or range safety. I don't care if it's at a range or some guy's back yard. I'd have "noped" out if I saw this.
"
"Which leads back to the conclusion that lawbreaking by the poor is a violation of people’s idea of the social order, whereas lawbreaking but the rich IS the social order."
I disagree. I think the gen pop would like to fix the problem but know that it's a very big uphill battle. After all, if you want to change the status quo, the status quo is going to fight you. The gen pop CAN effect change on the poor because they have LESS power, and fixing that, while not fixing the whole problem, makes their lives better. Perhaps not as better if the problem with those in power was fixed, but you take what you can get.
"
The rich just have more influence. And you don't necessarily have to be rich to have influence. That can be a factor, and a lot of rich people use it. Cops aren't rich, but they have influence since they have contacts within the system, have done favors, etc. for more powerful people.
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