Doctors in one of the Internet's top medical communities have turned on the murdered UnitedHealthcare (UHC) CEO Brian Thompson in such brutal fashion that Reddit moderators deleted a thread on the killing. read more
He reserved his most notable criticism of his party for their handling of the border crisis. "Too many Democrats thought it was politically incorrect to stand up for controlled borders. People hate chaos," he said. He was more reserved when Sorkin tried to draw him on the New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd's criticism that for Democrats "woke was broke". "There's something to that," he said, but he did not discuss his reported opposition to the Harris campaign's handling of Trump's transgender attack ads. read more
We've been invaded," she said, standing outside her job at a restaurant. "I changed my opinion (about them), because I live in a place where we didn't see any of this. But now everywhere there are people who aren't from here." Castillo is Mexican. She lives in Mexico. read more
Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw milk sold in California, and consumers should not drink it, the state Department of Public Health warned Sunday. read more
The binge-eating man dramatically increased his food intake over a period of three months in hopes of hitting a body mass index (BMI) high enough to be categorised as fit only for non-combat roles. read more
A kakistocracy is a government run by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous citizens. The word was coined as early as the seventeenth century.I am deeply grateful that I get to live through not just one, but TWO, TWO! Trump kakistocracies. Truly beyond my wildest dreams and hopes!
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I'm sure Elmo did it for altruistic reasons.
That's about what Zuckerberg spent on 2020 to help Democrats.
#2 | Posted by BellRinger
You just repeat whatever Fox/Rupert Murdoch whisper into your ear, don't you?
Zuckerberg and his wife donated at least $400 million to two nonprofit organizations which distributed grants to state and local governments to help them conduct the 2020 election during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Mark and Priscilla provided funding to two non-partisan organizations that helped cities and states ensure that residents could vote regardless of their party or preference," he wrote in an email to the AP. "Nearly 2,500 election jurisdictions from 49 states applied for and received funds, including urban, suburban, rural, and exurban counties."
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Not crying for anesthesiologists. When I had my cataract surgery one came in, asked a question about my airway, waved a stethoscope over my chest and charged me 750 dollars. The actual anesthesia (light sedation) was monitored by a CNA and they charged 1200 dollars.
Both were out of network, which I had no control over since the surgeon picks where the procedure is done.
#6 | Posted by mattm
What's the Average Anesthesiologist's Salary?Healthcare is one of the fields with consistently high pay rates and with wage increases routinely outpacing inflation (with existing doctors, nurses, etc. doing their part to prop up those salaries by limiting education and training opportunities and increasing qualifications for those trying to enter the field). Perhaps at some point Americans will realize that those high healthcare wages have to be paid by someone.
According to Salary.com, anesthesiologists can make anywhere between $373,000 and $488,100, with the median salary being $430,600.
physiciansthrive.com
The top comment, which received hundreds of supporting upvotes from other users, mocked UHC's notorious track record for refusing to pay out insurance claims and is written as a lengthy, spoof rejection letter from the company.The deleted post: www.reddit.com
Addressed to an unnamed applicant"following "a careful review of the claim submitted for emergency services on December 4, 2024"it informs them they are being rejected for coverage because "you failed to obtain prior authorization before seeking care for the gunshot wound to your chest."
"If you would like to appeal the fatal gunshot, please call 1-800-555-1234 with case # 123456789P to initiate a peer to peer within 48 hours of the fatal gun shot," wrote one user.
Another paraphrased the early 20th Century trade union lawyer Clarence Darrow: I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
Dozens and dozens more expressed similar sentiment.
Lots of interesting stuff in there. Will the Dems listen? Probably not. From another article discussing Bill C's take:
The Charlamagne ad ranked as one of the Trump team's most effective 30-second spots, according to an analysis by Future Forward, Ms. Harris's leading super PAC. It shifted the race 2.7 percentage points in Mr. Trump's favor after viewers watched it. The anti-trans ads cut to the core of the Trump argument: that Ms. Harris was "dangerously liberal" - the exact vulnerability her team was most worried about. The ads were effective with Black and Latino men, according to the Trump team, but also with moderate suburban white women who might be concerned about transgender athletes in girls' sports.
Those were the same suburban women Ms. Harris was trying to mobilize with ads about abortion.
Democrats struggled to respond. At one point, former President Bill Clinton told an associate, "We have to answer it and say we won't do it." He even raised the issue in a conversation with the campaign and was told the Trump ads were not necessarily having an impact, according to two people familiar with his conversations. He never broached the topic publicly.
The Harris team debated internally how to respond. Ads the Harris team produced with a direct response to the "they/them" ads wound up faring poorly in internal tests. The ads never ran.
Why Trump's Anti-Trans Ad Worked
Hillary Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines explains
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Vietnamese Tycoon Loses Death Row Appeal over Bank Fraud
Seems a little harsh. Have they considered making her ambassador to France instead?
Charles Kushner was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering after hiring a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranging to record a sexual encounter between the two, and sending the tape to his sister. He was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. [...] He later received a pardon issued by his son's father-in-law, President Donald Trump. Kushner has donated significant amounts to Trump's campaigns. His son Jared Kushner is the husband of Ivanka Trump and son-in-law of Donald Trump. In November 2024, president-elect Trump stated his intention to nominate Kushner as the United States ambassador to France for his second term.
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Yet, in spite of all of that they hit the trifecta on this election.
#7 | Posted by BellRinger
Sure! How does having no soul prevent one from winning?
In fact, lack of soul might be one of the reasons that the GOP does so well. Working their willingly duped and cowardly base into a froth over threats, imaginary and real (the Red Scare, welfare queens, the gheys, trans hiding in their toilets).
Here's some completely unrelated reading for you:
How Hitler Used Democracy to Take Power
Adolf Hitler never won a majority in a free and open national election. He never received more than 37% of the vote in a free and open national election, but he argued that 37% represented 75% of 51%, and demanded political power. It was the political calculus by which the Nazi leader disabled, then dismantled, the Weimar Republic. Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country's democratic structures. When Hitler had vowed in court, in September 1930, to destroy democracy through the democratic process, a judge asked, "So, only through constitutional means?" Hitler replied crisply, "Jawohl."
time.com
We did not have to kill that guy to subdue him. Neither did Daniel Penny.
#10 | Posted by donnerboy
Like I said in #5, yeah, probably.
I guess we'll find out how the jury feels about it in a few days.
And then Penny can look forward to the civil lawsuits from all those folks who have come crawling out of the woodwork now that Jordan Neely is dead.
Too bad that old woman whose jaw and orbital bone Neely broke can't sue Jordan Neely's family for her suffering.