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Mr Hootington posted:Lumping all minority groups into one amorphous blob. Yikes. who are you even trying to dunk on
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Tuxedo Catfish posted:Weird, it's almost like we don't think our political opposition should be starved out of existence. This doesn't line up with my understanding of leftism at all! It's sort of like how someone who cheats and takes advantage of others can't understand why another person wouldn't.
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Snap.photo IDs are dumb because it's the family that receives the card not the individual so saying "x is the only one that can use this card" is stupid because that would mean only one member has exclusive access to the funds. It'd be like having a shared bank account but only one person could access the funds.
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May 31, 2016 21:14
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The documents on Trump U have been unsealed in case no one noticed during this slap fight.
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May 31, 2016 21:15
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Zelder posted:who are you even trying to dunk on Myself. Always myself.
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May 31, 2016 21:16
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Hollismason posted:Snap.photo IDs are dumb because it's the family that receives the card not the individual so saying "x is the only one that can use this card" is stupid because that would mean only one member has exclusive access to the funds. It'd be like having a shared bank account but only one person could access the funds. This is true. It is hard enough for a kid to have to use the card if they are home alone and need to walk to the grocery store for milk, bread, and eggs. Why make it more difficult?
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May 31, 2016 21:18
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hobbesmaster posted:An official government channel answered by Humana, Healthnet or United Healthcare. Haha, well I may have had some of the few patients who were happy with it then because looking into the reviews of Health Net (who runs Tricare North that I dealt with) it looks like they're got a pretty awful track record overall The extremely frequent grumbling I heard about Tricare taking 2-3 times to get the beneficiary information correct (if everything doesn't line up perfectly nothing will get paid and there's no way to make that happen until it's fixed, well, no "official" way) makes a bit more sense now
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May 31, 2016 21:19
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Epic High Five posted:The extremely frequent grumbling I heard about Tricare taking 2-3 times to get the beneficiary information correct (if everything doesn't line up perfectly nothing will get paid and there's no way to make that happen until it's fixed, well, no "official" way) makes a bit more sense now Thats just private insurance for you.
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May 31, 2016 21:24
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hobbesmaster posted:Thats just private insurance for you. Medicaid had this problem too, though funnily enough I could get it resolved in one phone call whereas with private insurers it would take weeks, and probably half the time it was NEVER resolved and we just had to change the patient information in the system to match whatever poo poo they put down to get the claims to process
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May 31, 2016 21:26
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Lost in all the chatter was that the reform passed and subsequently kicked some 35000 people off SNAP in Alabama
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May 31, 2016 21:26
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Boon posted:Okay sure, but we're talking about two different things. If you want to fix the VA you need to invest in it and a fundamental level. The electoral politics of the VA is something else entirely. This is the sad truth. The problems with the VA can be lessened by more funding. Unfortunately the conversation is not about VA funding but dismantling/rebuilding and/or privatizing.
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May 31, 2016 21:27
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Mr Hootington posted:This is the sad truth. The problems with the VA can be lessened by more funding. Unfortunately the conversation is not about VA funding but dismantling/rebuilding and/or privatizing. At least with private insurance you can go to another hospital.
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May 31, 2016 21:29
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hobbesmaster posted:At least with private insurance you can go to another hospital. No not necessarily.
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May 31, 2016 21:31
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DemeaninDemon posted:No not necessarily. Or you can, but have to pay out of the rear end if it isn't in your special insurance hospital network.
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May 31, 2016 21:32
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hobbesmaster posted:At least with private insurance you can go to another hospital. That is a problem if you do not have reliable transportation or the next hospital being over an hour plus away. Most of those people are not on or even have insurance, private or other, anyway so whatever.
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May 31, 2016 21:37
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:The documents on Trump U have been unsealed in case no one noticed during this slap fight. Anything worth note? I mean, other than the fact that it makes it blatantly obvious is a scam, like the fact that their first playbook encouraged recruiters to assign students rankings by their liquid assets so they could be assigned more coursework. CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 21:42 on May 31, 2016 |
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Nessus posted:I'm waiting for some kind of rhetorical shift that lets the GOP continue being idolatrous of The Troops while making GBS threads directly on individual groups of troop. It may just be that they'll do all the pious observances and then go up to the state house and pass the Veteran Earned Assistance Labor Citizenship Urinalysis Time-Limited Electronic Tabulation Act, requiring veterans to prove they have jobs before they get gov't benefits. I'm skeptical this could happen (at least successfully) - The Troops seem to have really good solidarity. Most soldiers or veterans won't go in for smacking down on other soldiers or veterans.
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May 31, 2016 21:46
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Jackson Taus posted:I'm skeptical this could happen (at least successfully) - The Troops seem to have really good solidarity. Most soldiers or veterans won't go in for smacking down on other soldiers or veterans. Let me tell you about the Swift Boaters for Truth, the fine young soldiers who were at the same base as Bowe Bergdahl, and Chris Kyle.
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May 31, 2016 21:54
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Doctor Butts posted:Let me tell you about the Swift Boaters for Truth, the fine young soldiers who were at the same base as Bowe Bergdahl, and Chris Kyle. I meant turn against whole groups of soldiers, not turn against individuals. But even in those cases, look how the soldiers in question needed to be charged with things like false valor (Kerry, Kyle) or going AWOL (Bergdahl), which are offenses against The Troops themselves.
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May 31, 2016 22:09
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You could probably get a majority of veterans/active duty servicepersons to vote for anything, up to and including gutting their own benefits, if it was pitched as FREEDOM FREEDOM free market anti-liberal with very little emphasis on the actual benefit cuts and as long as it was a Republican doing it If you asked 100 active duty people if they wanted to die in a stupid, unnecessary war they'd probably say no, but they still voted for Dubbya in 2004
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May 31, 2016 22:13
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Bill Kristol continues to be so loving stupid. He's pushing a staff writer for the National Review as a potential independent conservative candidate for president lol.
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May 31, 2016 22:13
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GalacticAcid posted:Bill Kristol continues to be so loving stupid. David French, a man so notable that he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page. Well, that's not quite true. He has one, it's just a disambiguation to three other, better David Frenchs.
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May 31, 2016 22:16
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Teddybear posted:David French, a man so notable that he doesn't even have a Wikipedia page.  (h/t @ebruenig)
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May 31, 2016 22:30
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GalacticAcid posted:
Well, that's evangelicals lost.
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May 31, 2016 22:35
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Hahaha David French. This fucker defended that horrible Kevin Williamson article calling for the destruction and depopulation of middle America because the white working class can't seem to get its act together. Kristol really thinks the reader base of the National Review is a perfect microcosm of the whole country doesn't he.
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May 31, 2016 22:57
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Amergin posted:That's exactly the answer. Don't give them money for food, give them money for drugs and alcohol and cigs. Its a more efficient means of injecting cash into the economy. You seem to be really selling GMI.
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May 31, 2016 23:02
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Crowsbeak posted:Its a more efficient means of injecting cash into the economy. You seem to be really selling GMI. Somehow I feel that healthy folks spend more money than folks who spend it on nothing but heroin.
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May 31, 2016 23:10
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Amergin posted:Somehow I feel that healthy folks spend more money than folks who spend it on nothing but heroin. Uh, hello McFly, if they're spending all their money on heroin they're not saving anything and by DEFINITION are spending more money?????
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May 31, 2016 23:12
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Amergin posted:Somehow I feel that healthy folks spend more money than folks who spend it on nothing but heroin. Healthy folks at least use their own money.
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May 31, 2016 23:21
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Amergin posted:Somehow I feel that healthy folks spend more money than folks who spend it on nothing but heroin. So how about GMI for deserving Americans, and higher taxes for undeserving folk with senses of entitlement?
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May 31, 2016 23:27
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Epic High Five posted:You could probably get a majority of veterans/active duty servicepersons to vote for anything, up to and including gutting their own benefits, if it was pitched as FREEDOM FREEDOM free market anti-liberal with very little emphasis on the actual benefit cuts and as long as it was a Republican doing it Yeah the troops are so fuckin dumb, as long as its an R on the ticket they'll vote for 'em. Unlike us more educated folks.
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May 31, 2016 23:29
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Jimbozig posted:Ah yes, Cicero, famous for bringing the two sides together and ending the partisan strife that threatened to tear apart the Roman republic. I remember when Obama did a speech talking about he regretted being unable to bridge the partisan divide and saying maybe someone with the skills of Lincoln would have been able to do so, which I found to be an odd suggestion since Lincoln got consensus by waging an immensely blood civil war.
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May 31, 2016 23:32
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My Imaginary GF posted:So how about GMI for deserving Americans, and higher taxes for undeserving folk with senses of entitlement? I agree, tax the rich.
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May 31, 2016 23:33
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Amergin posted:Somehow I feel that healthy folks spend more money than folks who spend it on nothing but heroin. Who said anything about Heroin? I was talking about the many convenience and liquor stores that would be helped by GMI as you alluded to.
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UrbicaMortis posted:I remember when Obama did a speech talking about he regretted being unable to bridge the partisan divide and saying maybe someone with the skills of Lincoln would have been able to do so, which I found to be an odd suggestion since Lincoln got consensus by waging an immensely blood civil war. Obviously Obama regretted not invading the south
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Epic High Five posted:You could probably get a majority of veterans/active duty servicepersons to vote for anything, up to and including gutting their own benefits, if it was pitched as FREEDOM FREEDOM free market anti-liberal with very little emphasis on the actual benefit cuts and as long as it was a Republican doing it 
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May 31, 2016 23:36
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Now do one from this decade.
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May 31, 2016 23:41
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Internet Explorer posted:Now do one from this decade. A Profile of Post-9/11 Veterans Politically, post-9/11 veterans are more likely than adults overall to identify with the Republican Party—36% are Republicans, compared with 23% of the general public. Equal shares of these veterans and the public call themselves independents (35%), while 21% of post-9/11 veterans and 34% of the public describe themselves as Democrats. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2011/10/veterans-report.pdf
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May 31, 2016 23:43
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Brainiac Five posted:A Profile of Post-9/11 Veterans now why do you think that is?
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cravius posted:now why do you think that is? There are probably multiple factors, such as the US military recruits coming from more conservative sections of the country, the established culture pushing people to identify more conservatively, the successful attempt by Republicans to be perceived as the party of national defense, officers skewing the ratios by virtue of being bags of poo poo, and the legacy of the Afghan and Iraq wars and the general shifting of attitudes to support wars once they're being fought that has been identified among both conscripted and volunteer militaries.
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