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Jeb on the radio just earlier about increasing staff and shifting TV ad purchases: "Well, the good news is that people have low expectations for me, and I'm going to beat those expectations. I'm looking forward to New Hampshire."  I'm filled with excitement!!
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Luigi Thirty posted:http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/21/old-man-wanted-more-than-money-branson-bank-robbery/76070266/ Solution: no more health care for prisoners
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Dec 31, 2015 16:09
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It's the Christian thing to do.
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Dec 31, 2015 16:12
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Luigi Thirty posted:http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/21/old-man-wanted-more-than-money-branson-bank-robbery/76070266/ The joke will be on him when he winds up in worse squalor in some private prison shithole. 
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Luigi Thirty posted:http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/21/old-man-wanted-more-than-money-branson-bank-robbery/76070266/ I hate our health care system and I also hate this bullshit rhetoric that comes from the news stations whenever the VA is mentioned. If this guy really wanted to rob a bank just for the healthcare he would have immediately turned himself in, he wouldn't have paid for his rent, and he wouldn't have tried to sell his place. gently caress this guy for trying to use the VA as a scapegoat.
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Epic High Five posted:Solution: no more health care for prisoners Corollary: immediate execution by bullet to back of the head after show trial. You don't need healthcare when you're dead. 
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Dec 31, 2015 16:21
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ratbert90 posted:I hate our health care system and I also hate this bullshit rhetoric that comes from the news stations whenever the VA is mentioned. If this guy really wanted to rob a bank just for the healthcare he would have immediately turned himself in, he wouldn't have paid for his rent, and he wouldn't have tried to sell his place. Yeah, if the guy had stolen a much smaller amount, $100 or something and turned himself in the same day, I'd find him much more sympathetic. That said, it doesn't sound like the guy is 100% all there
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:Jeb on the radio just earlier about increasing staff and shifting TV ad purchases: The Bush campaign in 7 seconds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flv5nWZgII
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Epic High Five posted:Solution: no more health care for prisoners That's pretty much already the case. THe standards are so low for prisoner health care that it's more about looking like they're giving care than it is about actually giving it.
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Dec 31, 2015 16:25
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:That's pretty much already the case. THe standards are so low for prisoner health care that it's more about looking like they're giving care than it is about actually giving it. There's also a big push for Medical probation 
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Dec 31, 2015 16:26
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:That's pretty much already the case. THe standards are so low for prisoner health care that it's more about looking like they're giving care than it is about actually giving it. Now hang on just a minute. quote:Kristie Breshears, public information officer at the U.S. Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield, said Cyrus' case is not totally unique.
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:Yeah, if the guy had stolen a much smaller amount, $100 or something and turned himself in the same day, I'd find him much more sympathetic. Yeah, from what it sounds like from the interviews of people around him, he definitely seems like he was a few birds short of a nest. It's more an indictment of a lack of proper mental health services, in addition to everything else that was wrong with the poor guy.
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Dec 31, 2015 16:30
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ratbert90 posted:There's also a big push for Medical probation The hell? So we'd rather let prisoners out earlier rather than provide healthcare?  are we really that spiteful of a country to our own citizens?E: Jesus, it's worse than I thought. "These people are so crippled they are physically incapable of posing a threat to anyone, just throw them out on the street early. They'll be corpses soon anyways, so who gives a poo poo?"
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Dec 31, 2015 16:31
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:The hell? So we'd rather let prisoners out earlier rather than provide healthcare? I don't think you understand, those are PRISONERS, they deserve to be raped in prison. Their not people!
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Dec 31, 2015 16:33
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What with the rhetorical questions?
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I mean republicans cheering letting uninsured people die and even the candidates not knowing how to react to that pretty much sealed the deal for me.
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SedanChair posted:Now hang on just a minute. I'd agree. The health care in prisons is the same as the health care a convicted felon with no means of payment would receive in a private hospital.
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Dec 31, 2015 16:36
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Letting people die of diseases that were cured in the 19th century is the American thing to do.
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Guys guys guys guys: http://www.engadget.com/2015/12/31/twitter-reinstates-politwoops/
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Gravel Gravy posted:What with the rhetorical questions? To indicate my continued shock and disbelief at the new surprises our society manages to come up when I should be too jaded for that already.
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Teflon Don posted:Letting people die of diseases that were cured in the 19th century is the American thing to do. Not just America, scurvy rates among children in some neighborhoods in London are higher than sub-Saharan Africa.
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Luigi Thirty posted:Not just America, scurvy rates among children in some neighborhoods in London are higher than sub-Saharan Africa. That's what they get for switching to denatured lime juice
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Your Dunkle Sans posted:To indicate my continued shock and disbelief at the new surprises our society manages to come up when I should be too jaded for that already. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F56cfSyWOkI
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He was probably rejected by the VA because he was never a veteran. All the article says for sure is that he claimed to be, but he claimed a lot of things and nobody really believed it. Depending on what news he listens to he probably does think prison healthcare is like what the Trumps of the world get. Compared to what he was likely getting before it probably is going to feel like the red carpet treatment. My favorite part was probably the judge chiding the guy about his pride when realistically the truly prideful people around his age/circumstances overwhelmingly just commit suicide. It's like Boomer Bingo
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Epic High Five posted:He was probably rejected by the VA because he was never a veteran. All the article says for sure is that he claimed to be, but he claimed a lot of things and nobody really believed it. Pretty much everyone in that story is a walking, talking example of why America sucks
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Another reason Trump would have problems in the primaryquote:Mr. Trump’s strength among traditionally Democratic voters could pose some problems for his campaign. Many states bar voters registered with the other party from participating in partisan primaries. Other states go further, not allowing unaffiliated voters to vote in a primary; in the G.O.P. race, for example, that would mean restricting the electorate to those registered as Republicans — one of Mr. Trump’s weakest groups. This group of states includes many favorable to Mr. Trump, like Florida, Pennsylvania and New York. The article points out other reasons Trump support doesn't translate directly into primary success (akin to Bernie with respect to turnout of specific cohorts, etc.) and also goes into more detail about these registered Democrat Trump voters.
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Oh yeah, this thing, the moment where part of my soul died.
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icantfindaname posted:Pretty much everyone in that story is a walking, talking example of why America sucks Counterpoint: This guy is living the dream and is awesome: 
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The town that old man lived in and is being reported from has a huge Federal Prisons hospital in it, so that probably helped plant the idea in his head. Loved the judge telling him that pride is why he couldn't get health care though.
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Luigi Thirty posted:Not just America, scurvy rates among children in some neighborhoods in London are higher than sub-Saharan Africa. But we are talking about governmental institutions I think, not neighborhoods.
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Howard Dean would have been a great president and I just got a little sad about it.
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Vienna Circlejerk posted:3rd UU in the thread, somebody get a coffee pot going. UU introduced me to D&D and being open about my sexuality, I would recommend it to anyone looking for religion that isn't filled with crazy wingnuts, Northern California and Nevada have a great combined youth community. 
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No Butt Stuff posted:Loved the judge telling him that pride is why he couldn't get health care though. "As a person who went to law school and likely have a family full of successful people who are financially stable, I don't see why you don't just reach out to your family and ask for some money. It's probably pride." 
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Luigi Thirty posted:http://www.news-leader.com/story/news/crime/2015/12/21/old-man-wanted-more-than-money-branson-bank-robbery/76070266/ Echoing that them including the VA line without context is hosed up and reinforces the idea that the VA is a shitshow. That system has gone a long way to help the tens of millions of people that they're responsible for and issues are far fewer than they were under Bush and Clinton.
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GhostofJohnMuir posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nicknames_used_by_George_W._Bush Ali – Barbara Boxer, Democratic Senator, California Frazier – Dianne Feinstein, Democratic Senator, California god drat it, george
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Amusing, coming on the heels of Carson publicly flirting with the idea of firing at least one of them and deciding against. e: Costa's Twitter is hilarious right now eviltastic fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Dec 31, 2015 |
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 Obama and Seinfeld took Biden's car out for a spin  mcclay posted:UU introduced me to D&D and being open about my sexuality, I would recommend it to anyone looking for religion that isn't filled with crazy wingnuts, Northern California and Nevada have a great combined youth community. I've heard of Unitarianism but never looked too deeply into it. It sounds like all the positive aspects of liberal religious traditions (community, charity, social justice, etc.) with none of the judgmental or supernatural bullshit. Which is why Texas tried to strip them of their tax exempt status a while back (and failed, thankfully).
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Rhesus Pieces posted:
1960's Corvette is about 5 levels of classier than 80's Trans Am.
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WaPo article on the shakeup: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/31/ben-carsons-top-staffers-resign-in-a-delayed-campaign-shake-up/quote:The breaking point came two days before Christmas when Williams and Carson decided together to invite The Washington Post and The Associated Press to Carson’s Maryland mansion to talk about a staff shake-up—without Bennett’s knowledge. Bennett felt burned by Carson and that Williams was taking control of the campaign even though he was not formally part of it. Heh. Ben Carson, speaking of Armstrong Williams a month ago posted:He has nothing to do with the campaign. Nothing. Also, lol 
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