You raise a good point but this sort of "us versus them" mentality permeates, even is the foundation of the JW cult. To a JW, a witness life is worth more than a Catholic life. Fact. To be fair, this can be applied to nearly all religions and cults which is why religion is a double edged sword, serving the purpose of both the pacifier and agitator.
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25Outraged After Watching The May 2017 Broadcast
by pale.emperor inok, so i've just put myself through another months broadcast so i can see what bull they're feeding my still in relatives.
all was going fine... well, i say fine, i mean the usual cheesy videos, rehearsed reactions from jeffrey jackson (you remember him, the one who told half truths and lies at the royal commission) and propaganda from jw land.. the last feature brings up 9/11 and the paris 2015 attack at the bataclan.
just as im thinking "how are they gonna spin this in their direction" i hear these words:.
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You misunderstood, K.
I meant Alabama often defies the Federal government at the expense of the poor.
I live in an extremely impoverished area, so I know of what I speak.Oh! Well then, that's not good.
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The high cost of medical care correlates with the big awards in civil courts related to medical malpractice and drugs that produced more problems than solutions. Add to that the retirement of the biggest generation, the baby boomers. We Americans are quite ready to demand millions for our suffering, while pretending not to know that it is our neighbor and family members who ultimately will pay for those millions awarded in the U.S. courts. Politicians can not fix the high cost of healthcare and they know it, but found it as an opportunity to score political points by ranting about the other party ill advised policies.
Indeed. As I said in my first statement, this bill is not a fix by any means but Obamacare has go to go. Take the entire healthcare system apart and rebuild. Impose huge fines and long prison time for those who commit insurance fraud. Create an online taskforce where one can anonymously report insurance fraud and welfare fraud and the like. Many doctors are committing fraud as well. Everyone is milking the system and that has got to end.
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No, everything is scary if you live in a state like Alabama that takes pride in defying the Federal government.
Well then on that we can agree! It is our duty to defy the Federal gov. I personally think the Fed is the problem of most things. Leave everything up to the states to decide and there would be far less problems. Instead, we continue to get big gov oversight into our personal lives.
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The proviso that states set up high-risk pools is scary.
Everything is scary, if you don't understand it.
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Site 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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Hi Simon,
The reply box in FireFox is no longer working or visible and spotty in Brave. When on Safari the screen is superimposed. Seems to work fine on Lolipop and Nougat and Chrome for 10
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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"