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PoliGAF 2013 |OT2| Worth 77% of OT1
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Yeah, I was pretty pissed about my wisdom teeth experience. I had a large amount of money in my HRA just waiting for any health related expense, and I was at a job that I knew I was going to leave soon anyway. My wisdom teeth were bad and needed to be taken out, so I'm like "Hey, this is a health related expense, perhaps I can use that money that's set aside for health related expenses on this. That'd be just grand." Called them up and ended up arguing with them a bunch, but they firmly said no you cannot, because that's teeth. The only way I could use my HRA money on it was if I has mentally handicapped or something (not entirely sure why on that). It was dumb as shit. I had put off my wisdom teeth because they were going to be so expensive. Here I had over 1000 sitting in my HRA for health related things. I could walk in and buy 1000 worth of fucking band aids apparently. It was supposed to be money I controlled for my health expenses. But, nope, I couldn't use it on a fucking legitimate surgery. The only health related expensive I actually fucking needed. I ended up having to pay about a thousand out of pocket for my wisdom teeth instead of the thousand I had saved up because I was mostly healthy.
We can send unmanned probes to collect data from the moon. There's actually a private one launching in the near future that will land at one of the poles.
How do you think we got the Mars landers to Mars?
The Librarian
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Good point, but I still don't see why we shouldn't work to establish a more permanent presence on the moon.
Sending people and sending a probe are not the same thing.
Yeah. Health insurance companies have a raging hardon against dental health. They must want us to be like England.
Has there even been a more focused effort yo get rid of a piece of legislation that actually helped people?
Oh wait... The Republicans are all about getting rid of legislation that helps and added in legislation that harms.
If Romney had signed Obamacare, it'd be different.
Honestly, they had 6 years to do a comprehensive reform of the healthcare system. If they really cared about the systematic issues, they would've tried something when Bush was president. It's their party's empathy problem.
How instead of focusing on moving the nation forward, they are doing their best to cripple it.
PhoenixDark
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Which is why Obamacare could fail miserably. There's an idealogical bridge that needs to be built here, with respect to the importance of insurance and "paying for things you'll need." The best way to kill this plan isn't to defund the government, it's to keep people from signing up. Because if the insurance pools aren't big enough then prices will likely go up.
I've said before I think the law will work, but trusting young people to do the right thing is a tough proposition.
el retorno
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Just was thinking, Do the moral monday protests and NC republican's over reach help hagen? The Republican nominee is going have to address their laws and aren't the vastly unpopular?
Generic Republican ballot is in the tank right now.
no surprise here.
This may be a little off-topic, but I thought it was interesting and close enough to topic to post in here.
My friend does illustrations for sparklife, which I believe is a sparknotes community site for teens and such. They have a weekly writer prompt contest and the winner's short story sometimes gets illustrated by my friend. The last one had to do with guns and gun-violence:
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rest of the story is here:
http://reidfaylor.tumblr.com/post/56978452525/illustrations-for-another-writer-wars-winners
My friend does illustrations for sparklife, which I believe is a sparknotes community site for teens and such. They have a weekly writer prompt contest and the winner's short story sometimes gets illustrated by my friend. The last one had to do with guns and gun-violence:
First Panel -
rest of the story is here:
http://reidfaylor.tumblr.com/post/56978452525/illustrations-for-another-writer-wars-winners
The Librarian
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https://twitter.com/SuzyKhimm/status/362598255101620224
https://twitter.com/SabrinaSiddiqui/status/362594029227098115
Obama said there were three contenders: Yellen, Summers, and a third guy...uh...some man I think.
el retorno
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Well the senate is supposed to offer advice and consent, that letter made it clear they'd prefer yellen
The Librarian
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That too.
Came across this good Nate Cohn article on the Republican Party's refusal to moderate. Chris Christie doesn't stand much of a chance
They've created this monster. Time to lie in that bed.
Damn, Christie doesn't stand a chance if that keeps up. At this rate a wet blanket could beat the GOP.
PhoenixDark
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Why is Summers even in the conversation at this point. Senate dems have turned on him, anyone who has paid attention to financial debates over the last couple years is opposed to him...seriously, what's going on.
Bernie Sanders takes on douchebag conservative economist on minimum wage:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/...conservative-economist-over-living-wage-laws/
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/07/...conservative-economist-over-living-wage-laws/
Aaron Strife
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Oh PD, your negativity is so cute.
Cotton's a decent candidate but Pryor is a great one. Certainly not another Blanche Lincoln.
Though it is funny to me that as recently as 2010, Arkansas had 2 Dem senators and 3 of their 4 representatives were Democrats. Now Pryor stands alone...
Avon Barksdale
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el retorno
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Pryor is one of the ones I won't miss (better him that cotton though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67_FB6-gGZs
The Librarian
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Do we really want a women in charge of the Fed and therefore in charge of monetary policy? She could be having a bad day and POOF interest rates go up.
IMO, a woman would be too prone to anger to be good at the job.
Link
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We all know she'd just spend it all on purses and shoes anyway.
And dresses she'll never wear
The Librarian
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Exactly! And how are we sure her being in the running isn't driven by her being a woman? That's the only reason I can think she's being considered.
Oh, no question. Why, just the other day, I heard that a woman got angry after some folks had been dancing. It's things like that that convince me I'm right.
Chait has a good post up today about something that you see every so often from Republicans: the idea that Obama loves the rich too much:
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/can-republicans-be-economic-populists.html
"Libertarian-populism", is what the kids are calling it these days.
Don't forget them not being good with numbers either.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/07/can-republicans-be-economic-populists.html
"Libertarian-populism", is what the kids are calling it these days.
Don't forget them not being good with numbers either.
I don't disagree with you, but I did want to add that many young adults are experiencing Obamacare by way of their parents insurance, staying on their coverage plans until age 26. I had in my head that over 2 million young adults were added to their parents plans since that provision was rolled out, but a quick google search pulls up 3.1m from a more recent article. Lots of young adults will be dealing with the premium/penalty decision, but not all.
Black Mamba
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Larry Summers was very instrumental in the Obama admin the first 2 years.
If there's one thing I've learned about Obama, it's that he's very loyal to the people around him (which is why he will be very loyal to Hillary). I hope he's not so loyal as to nominate Sanders over Yellen, but I can understand why he is peeved at how the media is responding to the idea that Summers is in contention.
Ezra Klein had an interesting article up in defense of Summers: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/31/the-case-for-larry-summers/
I think some of it is a bit far-fetched, though. But it's interesting to see that Brad DeLong endorsed Summers.
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LOL?
If there's one thing I've learned about Obama, it's that he's very loyal to the people around him (which is why he will be very loyal to Hillary). I hope he's not so loyal as to nominate Sanders over Yellen, but I can understand why he is peeved at how the media is responding to the idea that Summers is in contention.
Ezra Klein had an interesting article up in defense of Summers: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/31/the-case-for-larry-summers/
I think some of it is a bit far-fetched, though. But it's interesting to see that Brad DeLong endorsed Summers.
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LOL?
Really? He didn't learn his lesson about carrying guns around all willy-nilly the first time? You'd think after shooting someone and going through a long and public trial he'd have thought "You know, maybe this thing was more trouble than it's worth? Maybe if I just make better decisions I wouldn't even need it."
haha, this guy will have Obama's back on literally everything.
Black Mamba
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LMAO, GOP House fails again
They can't do anything of note at all.
They can't do anything of note at all.
empty vessel
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If Summers is considered the more aggressive regulator, we're in deep trouble. That is by far the Fed's most critical role in the economy. And the pitch about his knowledge of how to handle crises being premised on his role in the administration during the latest financial crisis is a little rich. According to reports, he concealed Christina's Romer's best estimate of the necessary fiscal stimulus from the president. The Fed doesn't have anything to do with fiscal policy, but I don't know why they are pushing this as a selling point.
Was just about to say this. Since he's there, I'm guessing there won't be any legal actions taken against him for carrying a gun?
zero shift
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And this is the problem with non goverment healthcare. Its not just price, but sleaziness.
Ignatz Mouse
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Would there be reason to?
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