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@Tim said in US Politics:
Mattis: One More General for the ‘Self Licking Ice Cream Cone’
He pushed Theranos! Holy shit. Any respect for him just went off a cliff. That bitch must have had some kind of Jedi mind control over those powerful old dudes.
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@Stockcar86 said in Interesting reads:
The hospital with the major trauma centre in San Francisco has no agreement with any insurance providers. Therefore, patients (who often aren't in a condition to state what hospital they want to go to that is covered by their insurance company) gets hit with huge bills
That country is fucked up.
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@Nepia said in Interesting reads:
@Stockcar86 said in Interesting reads:
The hospital with the major trauma centre in San Francisco has no agreement with any insurance providers. Therefore, patients (who often aren't in a condition to state what hospital they want to go to that is covered by their insurance company) gets hit with huge bills
That country is fucked up.
These things shouldn't happen in the richest country in the world. Much easier to buy a few more tomohawk missiles than fix the health system
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@canefan Richest country in the world? (Trillions of dollars in debt according to Times Square.)Says who? the yanks?
The "greatest country in the world", "Greatest country in the history of the world", "Leader of the free world" are all boasts I've repeatedly heard but not from anyone outside America
By that logic: "Palmerston North, greatest city in the world" must be true..
Shameless country with so many brilliant features, all totally nullified by their other total nonsense. Definietly not the shining bright star they were when us old ferners were growing up
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Excellent round up here about the completely fake headlines regarding the Ocasio-Cortez dance video. Not a single Republican gave a shit, but that didn't stop the media creating their own narrative:
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Strong border security is an odd hill for the Democrats to choose to die on. Traditionally both sides have been in favour of curbing illegal immigration, do they really think backflipping on that is a good idea? Seems insanely risky...
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@No-Quarter
What they have in their favor is that if the shutdown persists, it will spread to IRS workers not being paid and other departments. This won't play well with the public and they will likely blame Trump.Also, certain Senate Republicans are very anxious not to be blamed for the shutdown and will start publicly calling for it to end without Trump getting any money for the wall (Susan Collins, Cory Gardner and probably Mitt fuckin Romney)
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@antipodean you're wrong, deep down she is nuts by any standard that should be applied by a non-moron society.
She's given the benefit of the doubt because she appears extremely fuckable. Stating her sexual appeal publically ( drawing attention to her effect on males) would diminish her female electorate by half.
Toxic femininity is the abuse of the sexual power women have on men, (ever seen a hot chick walk into a room full of blokes, that's power!), blokes just bash people. Either one exhibits power for their own means.
Don't attribute round-about nous to this attention seeker who's been too pretty and vivacious to never have been told "no".
Edit: sorry antipodean, I jumped the gun. Machiavellian Political Actor was how Saigon described her and I better understand what you said.
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@jegga said in US Politics:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12189321
There's nepotism and then there's those Trump kids.
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@jegga said in US Politics:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12189321
I'll believe that when the Financial Times names a source.
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@Frank said in US Politics:
What they have in their favor is that if the shutdown persists, it will spread to IRS workers not being paid and other departments. This won't play well with the public and they will likely blame Trump
No more than the voters blamed Obama for the shut-down over his healthcare reforms. The Democrats are trying to block a key Trump policy he was elected on, which is simply going to solidify his voter base.
Once again Trump's opponents come across as deranged. Still outraged that Hilary didn't win (it was her turn after all...), they shoot themselves in the foot - yet again.
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@Crucial said in US Politics:
Isn't the non approval of funding for Trump's ridiculous wall simply an outcome of the democratic system in place? POTUS doesn't get something just because he wants it. It has to go through the approval processes in place.
Yes and no. Everything in the US needs approval from Senate, congress and executive. So this is weird as usually they give and take.
In this case Congress passed legislation but couldnt get the required 60% of votes in the Senate.
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@Crucial said in US Politics:
Isn't the non approval of funding for Trump's ridiculous wall simply an outcome of the democratic system in place? POTUS doesn't get something just because he wants it. It has to go through the approval processes in place.
Maybe, but the problem for the Democrats is that they were all for a wall a few years back, but now Trump wants one....
When the shutdown happened over Obama's Health Care plans, the Democrats were up in arms, calling it an attack on democracy as it was a key election pledge which he (reasonably) had a right to get money for. Now Trump wants to built a wall as it was an election pledge, they block funds and call his plans an affront to democracy.
Dumb politics which plays into Trump's hands and makes his opponents look soft on crime, drug-smuggling and illegal immigration - and hypocrites.
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I'm astounded they can't compromise on this. Cede some funding to stengthen the weak parts of the border, as well as some investment in tech to better detect breaches & drug smuggling. Both sides could easily sell it as a win - Trump gets his money and Dems say they invested money wisely instead of building a massive wall across the whole border as promised with all the hyperbole before the election.
I just don't think a straight out "no" to any investment in border security is going to sit well with the majority of Americans.
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