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101Site Updates
by Simon injust a heads-up that i will be testing some updates this evening.. the nature of the changes means it's difficult to test every scenario in advance offline (translation: it's a lot more effort and i just can't be bothered) so i'm going to go with the "wing-it" approach:.
deploy, check for errors, try to fix errors before anyone else notices them.. i can switch between the new and old version pretty quickly so if there are significant issues, i'll rollback and revert the changes while i work on the fixes.
worse case is the pages won't display quite right (dates might be a giveaway) but a full page refresh should fix things.. http://www.refreshyourcache.com/en/home/.
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So many comments and so few knowledgable people. Everyone wants to simply claim that the ACA was woking fine and we could have continued with it. WRONG! The soultions are complex so it is laughable to see silly comments with simple solutions.
With that said, this latest bill is NOT the solution to the underlying problem that is the American healthcare system. One of the biggest problems that is preventing the system from working properly is eliminating fraud. I've only seen a few people actually mention this, one of them Rand Paul and a few other Republicans who are serious about fixing the problem. Fraud costs all of us and the system.
I'm friends with a doctor who has his own practice. He said the biggest obstacle in providing quality care and still staying open is the malpractice insurance which costs more than his entire overhead. This again, relates to fraud and of course, malpractice lawsuits which is the next big problem. Only in America, if you spill a hot coffee on your lap, can you win $20 million. Only in America, if a doctor makes an unnecessary scar on your thigh can you sue for millions. In Korea and I believe in most of the world, there is a thing called a scheudle of payments and the awards are very small, almost too small. If a doctor accidentally amputates the wrong toe in Korea, you get something like $2000 USD. Just two thousand dollars equivalent. Now while a toe is not a life threatening thing to lose, it is something that needs to be awarded a proper amount. This is a way other health care systems in the world are able to run their programs.
Next, prescription medications. In America, there is so much unnecessary regulation regarding simple drugs and the entry to free markets. Which is why you can fly to Mexico and pick up a year's supply of Percocet for $50 and a $20 "prescription" from a "Doctor."
The entire heathcare system would need to be dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up. The question is, who is going to fix it? Who is going to invest in such an endeavor that would not see the benfits for years? No politician would take the risk.
Another thing to consider, uninformed Americans (mostly liberals) love to say, "but healthcare is FREE in other countries." Let me be clear -- NOTHING is free. The money comes from someone's pocket. In Europe, the company you work for pays 50% and you pay 50% which comes right out of your paycheck. Income taxes are very high compared to the United States. In Korea, the system is single payer but the whole system is broken, causing many people to get poor quality service if they earn little money and good quality service if you make a lot. And it gets more and more expensive each year. My point is that the grass is always greener on the other side but once you get there, is it really all that green?
I know some witness friends from Germany and they told me that many people pay extra money just to have private health insurance because you get much better care and you don't need to wait 6 months to see a doctor. And private health insurance in Germany costs MORE than in the USA. If I remember they told me $700 USD equivalent per month. Don't quote me on that but I remember it was more than what I am currently paying.
Now the reason why Obamacare (The Unaffordable Healthcare Act) was a complete disaster for most familes was because it didn't address the problems above. It simply provided a bandaid solution and spread the pain. I know people who saw their premiums go from $200 to $500 with $5000 deductibles. I know, because I'm one of them.
But it was pretty obvious when Nancy Pelosi said, "We need to pass it to see what's in it..." that is was a complete lie. Sure enough, the "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor...." was a complete lie, as was the, "the average American family with save $2500 per year on healthcare..." another major lie. Then again, that is what corrupt politicians do like religious leaders. Tickle the ears and make the people feel good.... sell them snake oil.
As I said, it's complicated. Who will have the guts to revamp the whole system?
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Turning 60 today (Happy Birthday to me)
by NewYork44M init is my birthday today.
given that i turn 60 today means that i graduated high school in 1975. time flies when you are having fun.. i remember the council i got about not worrying about a career because this wicked system was rapidly coming to a conclusion.
now i am 60 and most of those bastards are dead and the end is still in the future..
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Well then, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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WT NY sells of more property / land
by darkspilver inwhat was it that wt sold here??.
river-to-river trail to provide a pedestrian route to gunks.
the open space institute (osi), a new york environmental conservation group dedicated to protecting and enhancing recreational access to local landscapes... purchased the plot of land between new paltz and the mountains from watchtower society of new york, a jehovah’s witnesses group, for $2.1 million.
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FIRE SALE! EVERYTHING MUST GO!
They must have another child abuse case to settle out of court....
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Racist Antifa Member Goes on Killing Spree of White People, Kills Young Trump Supporter and Wounds Three Others
by kpop inhere is the young man who was murdered with a knife by a racist antifa member last night in austin texas.
rip harrison brown!.
https://imgur.com/a/1qqg7.
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Maybe it's worth noting that the OP's websites are pretty sketchy. Gotnews is a ultra right wing rag site founded by Chuck Johnson of Breitbart fame.
Maybe it's worth noting that lunatic leftists attack anyone they don't agree with. Yes, the tired and true, "ultra right wing rag™" attack. Except, it's very embarrassing for you to label it that since Charles who is an award winning investigative journalist wrote for The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, American Spectator, Daily Beast, National Review Online, PJ Media, and The Weekly Standard. Imagine that. Imagine an ultra right winger getting vetted by the Daily Beast and LA Times.
I'm surprised you didn't mention Charles is an anti-Semite™ and cross burning KKK member. After all, he's "ultral right wing," not just right wing! LULZ Oh, what's that? "Charles has worked for Alan M. Dershowitz at Harvard Law School, Seth Lipsky at the New York Sun, Carl Schramm at the Kauffman Foundation, and Charles Kesler at the Claremont Review of Books." Amazing, these anti-Semites are very brazen working alongside all these Jews.
But I'll let you back up your claim of his site being "sketchy" by proving one false claim or article. Do it.
The reality as reported by the NYTimes is that this "racist" attacker was recently involuntarily committed because of mental instability. Just another nut job I'm afraid....
So Dylan Roof was also just mentally unstable... I see, I see. When a white person kills a black person, it is a hate crime. When a black person kills a white person it is because he is mentally unstable. You should join the ACLU. They need smart people like you.
Just be sure to show them his nice little video called "Haitian Revolution" before you propose your theory that Krendrik White was not acting out his hate against white people... and mention that he is a member of the "Revolutionary Student Front"
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Racist Antifa Member Goes on Killing Spree of White People, Kills Young Trump Supporter and Wounds Three Others
by kpop inhere is the young man who was murdered with a knife by a racist antifa member last night in austin texas.
rip harrison brown!.
https://imgur.com/a/1qqg7.
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Who knows what those white people were up to. I'm sure they are no angels.
Wow. Absolutely sickening. You are a repulsive individual. The truth comes out in the wash but all we have to do is go to Twitter and read the tweets and retweets from JW's who are black and it is clear there is a seething hatred for white people. You racist morons are going to push the wrong buttons one day and the odds are not in your favor.
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UK JWs go up 72 places in latest 2017 Charity 250 Index (2nd highest climbers)
by darkspilver ini'm not really sure what this charity 250 index is trying to do.
partly because i'd expect a few big household name charities to be on it at the top.
i've copied the table below - see positions 19 (up from 70) and 130 (up from 202).
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Dear Brothers,
Jehovah needs more money.
Agape,
The 7 Dwarfs of Brooklyn
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Racist Antifa Member Goes on Killing Spree of White People, Kills Young Trump Supporter and Wounds Three Others
by kpop inhere is the young man who was murdered with a knife by a racist antifa member last night in austin texas.
rip harrison brown!.
https://imgur.com/a/1qqg7.
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For anyone interested in the divide and conquer strategy the political class is currently using (and it's working as evident from the lunatic leftist comments here!) here is an interesting article written by a very informed financial writer who likes to tread into the philosophical aspect of the current affairs. Very well written. If you don't have the time to read the whole thing, the introductory sentence begins with, "If we don't challenge these poisonous polarizing binaries, they may well trigger the accidental suicide of our polity."
This country is the most divided since the civil war and it is only getting worse thanks to the radical left who are now hell bent on destroying capitalism and replacing it with a Marxist/Communist society.
A must read for those with open minds and willing to learn... you don't need to agree with everything he says but at least subject yourself to an alternative viewpoint. I've been reading Charles' blog for a few years and it's hard to argue against his logic.
https://charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2017/04/are-we-really-that-divided.html
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Jonah Letter
by Coded Logic indear brothers and sisters,.
it has come to our attention that many in our ministry are encountering individuals who question the accuracy of the bible on scientific grounds.
for example, they may ask questions such as, how does a snake talk when it has no vocal chords or mouth and lip muscles?
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Leviticus 11:4-6
And even better.... Jehovah says that a bat (of the order Chiroptera) is a bird! LOLOLOL What a moron this Jehovah is! BATS ARE MAMMALS!!! You learn this in 1st grade - unless you are a nomadic goat herder from the Bronze age.
Leviticus 11:13-19
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Racist Antifa Member Goes on Killing Spree of White People, Kills Young Trump Supporter and Wounds Three Others
by kpop inhere is the young man who was murdered with a knife by a racist antifa member last night in austin texas.
rip harrison brown!.
https://imgur.com/a/1qqg7.
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I believe that your hatred of anything Liberal - I'm not Liberal by the way - is keeping you from carefully reading and understanding what I have to say.
-Village Idiot
You see, that's the problem. The word liberal has been hijacked by a bunch of radical left-wing Marxist/Communist/Anarchist lunatics, who have managed to disgrace the term and have nothing to do with classical liberalism. The Sargon of Akkad and Mark Rubin from the Rubin Report who is a true liberal have an awesome video on this very topic.
What it meant to be liberal years ago like being truly inclusive, truly tolerant, pro-free speech, truly open-minded, pro-individual rights is now a joke. The so called liberals today are anything but tolerant and suffer from the same group-think mentality as the JW cult. If you don't agree with them or think exactly like them, you are a bigot™, racist™, NAZI™, misogynist™ ad infinitum...
Did any of you watch the Republican National Convention last year? Did you see Peter Thiel get a 5 minute standing ovation when he said as the first openly gay speaker at the RNC, "...I'm American, and I'm gay..." the delegates cheered wildly. Or did you see Rudy Guiliani's speech about everyone being "just Americans" and the divide by race, gender, sexual orientation etc must stop?" Or did you see the first Sikh speaker? Or did you see the first female Hindu open with a traditional Hindu prayer? Or how about the first Muslim Imam opening with a Muslim prayer? Many firsts at the RNC last year. But all I heard from the "liberal" media was how "dark and dangerous" and scary the RNC was. They went on and on about how "divisive" the RNC was. They literally did not have a single good thing to say about it. And because of that, I went on YouTube and did a RNC marathon and watched all 4 days. It was like being a JW and for the first time ever watching something that the Governing Body said don't watch and we did watch and it was eye opening. Now you know why they told us not to watch it! (Also reminds me of CNN telling their viewers not to look at Wikileaks or any other news site that reports about it, EXCEPT CNN, because only CNN is allowed to see it. That was Chris Cuomo if you wanted to know)
As they say, the rest is history.