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Kanine posted:https://news.vice.com/article/polygamist-mormon-sect-accused-of-using-local-police-to-bully-non-members Read Under the Banner of Heaven, this has been going on for a long, long time.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:45 |
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Lol look at this Ted Cruz guy lie through his teeth.quote:"I had purchased an individual policy and Blue Cross Blue Shield canceled all their individual policies in the state of Texas effective December 31st," Cruz explained. "So our health care got canceled. We got a notice in the mail. Blue Cross Blue Shield was leaving the market." http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/politics/ted-cruz-health-insurance-obamacare/index.html?eref=rss_topstories Yeah, that's completely false. BCBSTX cancelled all of their PPO individual products, but they are still selling HMO products in the individual market. Ted Cruz would have been automatically re-enrolled in to an HMO product effective Jan 1, 2016 unless he specifically opted out of automatic re-enrollment. quote:Keep the plan we pick for you. We will be moving our Blue Choice PPO members to our new Blue Advantage Plus plan, an HMO plan with added out-of-network benefits. http://www.bcbstx.com/company-info/news/news?lid=iggh3603#new-plan
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:46 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LPR7DktumA
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:46 |
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Joementum posted:You can watch the snowfall from Paul Ryan's balcony while listening to extremely questionable music choices. This is wonderful. I hope this becomes a tradition for the speaker.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:46 |
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Luigi Thirty posted:Another day, another movie theater shooting. Drunk guy open carrying in a movie theater in Renton, WA whips out his gun and starts playing with it, shoots woman sitting in front of him when it goes off. You forgot to mention the movie they were watching. Go on, guess which one!
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:51 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Bernie's got three decades of Senate experience to back up his 'unthreatening to our American ways' credentials if he wants to keep making it a tentpole of his brand. Minor quibble: Bernie was elected to the Senate in 2006. He served in the House between 1991 and then. Rhesus Pieces posted:You forgot to mention the movie they were watching. Bayghazi? It was Bayghazi, wasn't it.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:58 |
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Condiv posted:
Because your a Bernie supporter and all Bernie supporters are dumb and naive and only smart Hillary supporters are smart enough to understand that local and state goverment exist
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 20:59 |
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Counterpoint: Quebec. Ah yes, Canadian Texas.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:11 |
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Captain_Maclaine posted:Minor quibble: Bernie was elected to the Senate in 2006. He served in the House between 1991 and then. Here I was thinking it was Ride Along 2.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:12 |
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Luigi Thirty posted:Another day, another movie theater shooting. Drunk guy open carrying in a movie theater in Renton, WA whips out his gun and starts playing with it, shoots woman sitting in front of him when it goes off. Good guy with a gun.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:12 |
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Reik posted:Lol look at this Ted Cruz guy lie through his teeth. This is true, as I had the same thing happen to me, but being smarter than Cruz I got a new plan through UHC rather than keep the BCBSTX HMO. Now what I have to figure out is why Obamacare never voided out my first plan because surprise! I'm now billed two months for BCBSTX on top of my new UHC coverage, even though I went through Obamacare to get UHC and did everything they said to get new coverage.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:13 |
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Doctor Butts posted:Good guy with a gun. False flag.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:17 |
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On Terra Firma posted:
Now I'm imagining a south/north korea situation where the nights watch blast that to psych out the wildlings/white walkers
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:18 |
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Doctor Butts posted:Good guy with a gun. He even turned himself in! Such a responsible gun owner.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:19 |
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:This is true, as I had the same thing happen to me, but being smarter than Cruz I got a new plan through UHC rather than keep the BCBSTX HMO. Now what I have to figure out is why Obamacare never voided out my first plan because surprise! I'm now billed two months for BCBSTX on top of my new UHC coverage, even though I went through Obamacare to get UHC and did everything they said to get new coverage. Was it automatic withdrawal for the BCBSTX plan or do you have bills outstanding? There's no penalty for not paying your premiums for BCBSTX, you'll just lapse coverage (lol).
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:20 |
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Boon posted:Ah yes, Canadian Texas. I thought Alberta was Canadian Texas.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:25 |
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Joementum posted:You can watch the snowfall from Paul Ryan's balcony while listening to extremely questionable music choices. I really hope he gets an intern/staffer to take this stream's recording and do a time lapse afterwards. Reik posted:Lol look at this Ted Cruz guy lie through his teeth. Are we lucky enough for BCBSTX to publicly refute his claims? A Presidential Candidate claiming your company up and bailed on one of the largest states in the country seems like something you'd want to set the record straight on.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:26 |
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Reik posted:Was it automatic withdrawal for the BCBSTX plan or do you have bills outstanding? There's no penalty for not paying your premiums for BCBSTX, you'll just lapse coverage (lol). It was not automatic, no (thankfully). Going to contact Obamacare rep (again) to figure out what's going on.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:29 |
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Captain_Maclaine posted:I thought Alberta was Canadian Texas. You're not totally wrong, but Alberta elected the left-wing party, while Quebec had to choose between Austerity Assholes and an independantist party that took the wrong kind of nationalist turn.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:35 |
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Boon posted:Ah yes, Canadian Texas. I thought Alberta was Canadian Texas though edit: Well gently caress I should probably learn to refresh the thread first
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:35 |
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:It was not automatic, no (thankfully). Going to contact Obamacare rep (again) to figure out what's going on. Insurance companies are swamped all over the US right now because a very large number of individuals and small groups waited until the last few days to sign up for January effective coverage. Maybe this is a result of that? I say this in no way as a representative of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. Evil Fluffy posted:Are we lucky enough for BCBSTX to publicly refute his claims? A Presidential Candidate claiming your company up and bailed on one of the largest states in the country seems like something you'd want to set the record straight on. Gods I hope so. I'm an actuary at BCBSTX and there's been so much false information thrown around by politicians and bureaucrats it would be amazing to see one caught in a very blatant lie get called out.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:36 |
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More from the sexist Republicans desk:quote:A Senate committee chairman imposed a dress code on Kansans testifying on elections or ethics bills that explicitly prohibits women from wearing skimpy skirts or blouses with plunging necklines while establishing no wardrobe restrictions exclusively for men. Broads in the office amirite
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:36 |
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:44 |
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"I have made a terrible mistake. Possibly several."
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:50 |
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:50 |
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Darth Walrus posted:"I have made a terrible mistake. Possibly several." "I am drowning, there's no sign of land."
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:56 |
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:56 |
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"Hail Hydra"
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:57 |
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Trabisnikof posted:More from the sexist Republicans desk: Sharia law
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 21:59 |
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Reik posted:Insurance companies are swamped all over the US right now because a very large number of individuals and small groups waited until the last few days to sign up for January effective coverage. Maybe this is a result of that? I say this in no way as a representative of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas. Yeah, from my prior calls with BCBSTX reps I was told I couldn't directly cancel the coverage with them since I signed up through Obamacare, so I'm not placing blame on them. I just hope whatever the situation is with Obamacare and BCBSTX that I don't get hosed with extra bills.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:02 |
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"Don't look, but I think the man standing in the second row behind you is DHS."
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:03 |
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Darth Walrus posted:"I have made a terrible mistake. Possibly several." Oh boy, thought this was Mountain Goats lyrics for a bit but turns out I just heard them that way as I read your post. Weird.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:05 |
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"Well I was going to send this to the dry-cleaners anyway, maybe they'll be able to get his flop sweat off."
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:07 |
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Meanwhile, while the rest of the US government is frothing over how to destroy encryption to secure are freedumbs, NSA Chief Mike Rogers of all people points out that trying to legislate against encryption is loving stupid.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:13 |
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THATS NOT A CHRISTIAN SIDE HUG!
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:14 |
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Sydin posted:Meanwhile, while the rest of the US government is frothing over how to destroy encryption to secure are freedumbs, NSA Chief Mike Rogers of all people points out that trying to legislate against encryption is loving stupid. I was like, oh, this is a good, reasonable article, and then I hit this line: quote:Hacking allows law enforcement to plant malicious code on someone’s computer in order to gain access to the photos, messages, and text before they were ever encrypted in the first place, and after they’ve been decrypted. I'm just a country programmer, not a big city security expert, but this is like 90s level local TV news bit on the Internet bad a level of description. e: OK, her full article on hacking is marginally better, but there's this weird concept that its some dark sorcery only the FBI and NSA can do. foobardog fucked around with this message at 22:33 on Jan 22, 2016 |
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Sydin posted:Meanwhile, while the rest of the US government is frothing over how to destroy encryption to secure are freedumbs, NSA Chief Mike Rogers of all people points out that trying to legislate against encryption is loving stupid. quote:Meanwhile, Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are reportedly planning their own proposed legislation to require law enforcement access. This is the final Straw CA, you're all as officially culpable for your Senate representation as Texas is for Cruz.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:33 |
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Hover hand, hard mode?
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:38 |
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RuanGacho posted:This is the final Straw CA, you're all as officially culpable for your Senate representation as Texas is for Cruz. Trust me, we hate Feinstein just as much as the rest of the country does, if not more. The problem is that every time she's up for election, It's Feinstein vs a Republican who has to somehow go even farther to the right than Feinstein to look conservative. She's also super entrenched in the Dem establishment, so fat chance of her getting ousted by somebody more liberal.
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# ? Jan 22, 2016 22:39 |
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Interesting Bernie Sanders caucus GOTV strategy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEJiAOMdPAU
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