EPTI think it is a good approach. The cost of kissing Trump's feet far outweigh the cost of him being grumpy.
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Mohdoo
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I think it is a good approach. The cost of kissing Trump's feet far outweigh the cost of him being grumpy. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
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KwarK
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{CC}StealthBlue
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Gorsameth
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On July 15 2017 01:38 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: https://twitter.com/JesseFFerguson/status/885827774572888064 subtle. "Dear senator, people re saying you can be bribed to vote yes. How do you plan to vote?" | ||
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Buckyman
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On July 15 2017 01:20 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/885859593422766081 He's so transparent, yet his story changes every day. | ||
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Mercy13
United States718 Posts
On July 15 2017 01:47 Buckyman wrote: Although I haven't had time for a full read-through, the new version apparently still engages in insurance price-fixing and is thus still a fake repeal. What is "insurance price-fixing?" | ||
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KwarK
United States43720 Posts
Steven Mnunchin said: A firm stance against cyber security and a commitment to fight cyber alongside Russia.What we want to make sure is that we coordinate with Russia, that we’re focused on cybersecurity together, that we make sure that they never interfere in any democratic elections or conduct any cyber security. And this is like any other strategic alliance. Whether we’re doing military exercises with our allies or anything else. This is about having capabilities to make sure that we both fight cyber together, which I think is a very significant accomplishment for President Trump. | ||
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Buckyman
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On July 15 2017 01:53 Mercy13 wrote: What is "insurance price-fixing?" Telling insurance companies how much they must charge for specific products. Current law gives insurers one degree of freedom, a baseline price, but use fixed ratios to restrict the rest of their pricing from there. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10862 Posts
Before engaging with buckyman about healthcare/insurance, please check his posting history on the topic. | ||
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TheTenthDoc
United States9561 Posts
On July 15 2017 01:47 Buckyman wrote: Although I haven't had time for a full read-through, the new version apparently still engages in insurance price-fixing and is thus still a fake repeal. Yeah, at its core it's the same bill which is why Rand and Collins went on record saying they would vote no so quickly. They're just praying they placated people with boosted opioid spending and the weird Cruz amendment (insurers can offer plans that don't meet requirements if they offer some that do). | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15742 Posts
On July 15 2017 02:01 Velr wrote: Before engaging with buckyman about healthcare/insurance, please check his posting history on the topic. Long story short, Ayn Rand. | ||
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Nyxisto
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Mohdoo
United States15742 Posts
On July 15 2017 02:20 Nyxisto wrote: who ironically ended up on a government welfare program, so it goes b-b-but animals don't feel any remorse when looking out for themselves. Therefore modern humanity should abide by the same ethics. QED. | ||
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Biff The Understudy
France7995 Posts
On July 15 2017 02:20 Nyxisto wrote: who ironically ended up on a government welfare program, so it goes Really? Haha that makes my day!! | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18239 Posts
Snopes rates it as true. Quite hilarious indeed. http://www.snopes.com/ayn-rand-social-security/ | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15742 Posts
"If the animal feels no remorse when accepting free grass from the planet, neither should the shitty philosopher when collecting social security" | ||
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Buckyman
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In rough order of occurrence in the thread, I... 1) complained that my mandatory marketplace policy cost ~40% of my income in premiums with no tangible benefit. Responses ranged from a general "blame your state government" (which I rejected) to Kwark's "you don't understand the tax code, it isn't actually mandatory for you" (which I didn't). This happened several years ago. 2) Criticized the ACA for restricting consumer choice. 3) began advocating for a repeal. 4) commented on various repeal-and-replace proposals. At the same time, I identified what I thought of as the main problems with the ACA. The repeal-and-replace proposals all failed to address at least two of the major problems. 5) Did sufficient economic research to conclude that the ACA was making health care less affordable and posted the conclusion. 6) Checked the "X million people will lose health care" predictions against real-world data and concluded that the quoted figures were inflated; they used a definition of "lost" where about half of them had already lost health care. | ||
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Wulfey_LA
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Washington (CNN)The June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower with Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort included at least eight people. The revelation of additional participants comes as The Associated Press first reported Friday that a Russian-American lobbyist named Rinat Akhmetshin said he also attended the June 2016 meeting with Donald Trump Jr. CNN has reached out to Akhmetshin for comment. http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/14/politics/donald-trump-jr-meeting/index.html EDIT: wow it gets better. Team Trump forgot to get Akhmetshin in on the official story. Akhmetshin is spilling the beans and not sticking to the "nothing came of it" script. Veselnitskaya and Trump Jr. have said that the Trump Tower meeting centered on the Magnitsky Act. But Akhmetshin said that Veselnitskaya brought a plastic folder full of printed-out documents to the meeting. Veselnitskaya’s documents “detailed her claims about the contributions to the Democratic National Committee,” AP reported. Akhmetshin said he did not know if the documents came from the Russian government but that he believes that Veselnitskaya left the information with the Trump team members. http://dailycaller.com/2017/07/14/russian-lawyer-reportedly-offered-dirt-on-dnc-just-days-before-document-dump/ | ||
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