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#121
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 12, 2017, 05:31:03 PM
Quote from: PB the Deplorable on March 12, 2017, 04:40:45 PM
''Evidence first, investigation later'', said the Cheshire Cat
''I'm not sure that's right'', replied Alice
''We're all mad here'' responded the Cat over his shoulder, as he turned and trotted down the lane

Frankly, with all the dishonest unethical Bullshit attacks on Trump, being piled on from every America-hating group in the country - hoping to put him on the defensive and render him completely ineffective - I'm happy he's firing back and putting them on the defensive.  Whether that is his intention or not, whether he has evidence or not - I'm glad he's doing it

I would suggest he stop tweeting, stop giving interviews, let his spokes-people handle PR, and get to business.  But if he irritates, say, Obama and the illegal immigrant front groups in the meantime - Great, all the better

Does it concern you at all that after DT hung banks and investors out to dry when he screwed the pooch with his casino boondoggles, he can't get financing from any major bank except the severely ethically challenged Deutsche Bank? Isn't it  prudent and reasonable to question where he's getting all his financing just to make sure it's aboveboard? Do you think it's possible that someone can ask about that without hating America?
#122
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 12, 2017, 12:44:00 PM
Quote from: Yorkshire Pud on March 12, 2017, 12:15:24 PM
Its refreshing that you're comfortable in your skin with such a name. Bravo.

That's high praise indeed from someone who answers to Perky Peaches.

#123
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 12, 2017, 12:08:09 PM
Quote from: K_Dubb on March 12, 2017, 11:46:20 AM
Ha pointing out, as you no doubt intended, that orange is the same in English and French reminds me of various assertions I've read that, prior to importing the word, orange was considered a species of red (one still occasionally encounters ruddy pumpkins in poetry) or, alternatively, that we called it "crog".  As much as I would like the latter to be true, I'm unable to find the source.

Incidentally, Norwegian imported the color orange, but the fruit under another name altogether.

"Ruddy pumpkins" also sounds like a euphemism one might occasionally encounter in vintage erotic literature. It also would be a superb name for a band!
#124
I'm also intrigued by the CA's advice for turning my back yard into an aerial combat zone for different varieties of hummingbirds by planting clumps of mother-in-law's fist, poor man's cornucopia, flowering hacksaw, and Schrodinger's cattail.
#125
Radio and Podcasts / Re: Richard Syrett
March 12, 2017, 12:52:17 AM
Quote from: TigerLily on March 12, 2017, 12:37:05 AM
Vertical pupils are a dead giveaway. Difficult to check on radio though

Yeah, although the horizontal rectangular ones creep me out even more, especially when accompanied by a disturbingly enigmatic, yet cheesy, grin.

#126
Radio and Podcasts / Re: Richard Syrett
March 12, 2017, 12:35:50 AM
Quote from: Zetaspeak on March 12, 2017, 12:29:08 AM
He just tweeted "Tech problem. Working on it. Hope to be back on air in a few minutes "

I like your reptilian  apocalypse  theory  better.

If he really is the one, and not a reptilian replacement, who returns. They only needed a few minutes to make the switch.
#127
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 11, 2017, 11:58:08 PM
Quote from: K_Dubb on March 11, 2017, 11:35:49 PM
You seem to have a thing for Mr. Pot.  Here, have a poem:

There once was a man named Pol Pot
Who thought what he shouldn't have thought.
He marched all the daddies
Into the rice paddies,
And when they no work they was shot.

;D

Actually, he's PB's hobby horse. Although I can imagine what PP's tweets might have been like:

@KillingFields

"Discovered another two million enemies of the glorious People's State and had to eliminate them. Sad."

"I think it's safe to say I've killed a larger percentage of a country's population than anyone in history! Suck it, Stalin!"

"Don't believe the fake news the lying media is feeding you! We still have plenty of landfill space for traitors!"
#128
Quote from: Camazotz Automat on March 11, 2017, 06:10:10 PM
Done.  Thanks. 

The secret is out.  I'm a bit of a plant freak.  And most definitely a bee freak.


I noticed that the Camelsocks Almanac recommends planting native prairie species like jaunty martyr, edible rapscallion, and fragrant lummox in order to attract bees and butterflies, so I'm going to do that this year. I wish I could grow cascading strumpet, because that's like a hot fudge heroin sundae to a pollen head, but unfortunately it doesn't do well in my climate zone.
#129
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 11, 2017, 11:10:22 PM
Quote from: PB the Deplorable on March 11, 2017, 10:31:50 PM
An Obama Chart.  I ran out of room. And it would have been too messy to put in all the connections.

That explains why Pol Pot isn't there. I was wondering about that. 
#130
"Look, man, President Johnson's dead."

"Shit. That ain't gonna stop him."


#131
Politics / Re: Fake News...
March 11, 2017, 12:55:08 PM
"BREAKING: Satire Makes Fools of Gullible Trump Supporters"

Looks like DT's critics aren't the only ones with a voracious and indiscriminate appetite for fake news.

http://undergroundnewsreport.com/the-truth/breaking-satire-makes-fools-gullible-trump-supporters/
#132
Quote from: ItsOver on March 10, 2017, 07:05:15 PM
So that's what this weird movie is.  I just tuned in by chance.  Thanks, RGG!

Cheers! It's great fun. The DVD commentary by BC as Elvis is hilarious if you ever get a chance to see it. And the actor playing the Lone Ranger was Dash Riprock on The Beverly Hillbillies.
#134
Just a heads up that Bubba Ho-Tep is on in ten minutes of Comet TV. Bruce Campbell as Elvis and Ossie Davis as JFK do battle with an evil Eqyptian mummy that's draining the life forces of theother residents of a run down nursing home.

#135
Quote from: Camazotz Automat on March 10, 2017, 04:46:06 PM
The Pool of Death (1942) by Walter Karig (writing as Keats "Zotz" Patrick)
#136
Quote from: Jackstar ℗ on March 10, 2017, 01:51:51 AM

Astute, attentive viewers will note that this woman is The Keymaster.


#137
Quote from: zeebo on March 10, 2017, 01:31:40 AM
A replay of something which hasn't happened yet? 

I think that's still the generally accepted definition of remote viewing.

#138
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 10, 2017, 01:26:47 AM
There's no point speculating wildly about the flapdoodle over the alleged connections between DT and members of his administration and Russia until something has been proven conclusively one way or another. In the meantime, it would behoove all of us to shut our big bazoos, because none of us knows any more about it than what we choose to believe from whatever news sources give us the most comfort.

#140
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 09, 2017, 10:57:39 PM
Quote from: PB the Deplorable on March 09, 2017, 09:53:24 PM
One was president for the past eight years, and was a candidate for a year before that. 

The other was a very prominent, corrupt, dishonest, Senator, then candidate for the presidency (2008), then Secretary of State, then the candidate for one of the two major parties.  She was taking money from foreign governments, foreign corporations, and fortune 500 US corporations, Wall St banks, and running it through her phony ''foundation'' as a way to abuse the campaign financing and disclosure laws while in office.  This is fact.  Yet... nothing.


This on the other hand is speculation, and phony reporting by dishonest advocates, as I outlined above. 

It's a small world Pud, it's not really a surprise ambitious businessmen and people in political circles have contacts with similar people outside the country.  What do you think goes on at the UN or in Brussels, institutions so beloved by the Left?

This is precisely what I described above - twisting and amplifying information that forwards their narrative, and downplaying and ignoring information that doesn't.

I've pointed out exactly what Mrs Clinton's illegal greedy game was.  Please specify what laws anyone connected with Trump broke, or what unethical behavior they engaged in.

In other words, doing nothing any other savvy, ambitious, ethically fluid person in the same position wouldn't have done. I'm by no means defending the Clintons, because they make Pol Pot look almost as warm and fuzzy as Robert Mugabe, but if they committed all the felonies you allege they have, it's surprising they haven't been indicted for any of them.

They've been the subjects of more opposition research than probably any other politicians in the past thirty years, and while they undeniably take advantage of the gaping loopholes in the ethics laws that cover such things, they're just following a long, dishonorable political tradition. Again, I'm not a fan, but even though a noisome smoke cloud seems to hover over them most of the time, they would have been charged with something by now if there was enough evidence to show they broke the law.
#141
Life of Pi

WARNING! SPOILER ALERT!











I was on board, so to speak, until the Island of Misfit Meerkats, and the subsequent revelation that there was no tiger, and that the hyena was really Gerard Depardieu. Although the last one doesn't strain credulity too much.
#142
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 09, 2017, 12:00:38 AM
Quote from: GravitySucks on March 08, 2017, 11:17:39 PM
I am sorry to hear you had that situation.

You seem to stress the part about takes on medical device providers... if you honestly think that medical device manufacturers pay the tax, you are tragically misguided. Any tax paid by any industry is paid for by the consumers. That much is fact.

Any profits made by any insurance company or medical device manufacturer is also taxed at 35%. If they pay dividends out of what profits are remaining after taxes, those are then taxed when the recipients file their taxes. The government makes a killing off of health insurance.

I actually tried to do some out of the box thinking and the best I could come up with is to have insurance companies be treated like public utilities.

Some things are similar. One could say everyone needs electricity. Being in Texas, it can be viewed as more of a necessity  than health insurance. While I need to buy it, there is competition, at least in the metropolitan areas. In rural areas, like where my land is, I only have one option, and that is theough a co-op. But in either case, I control a large part of my spending for that electric service.

Where I am currently living I have several choices for buying my electric. I pay less per kwh today than I did even 10 years ago because of competition and I keep my bills down by making my home more energy efficient and by adjusting my thermostat to fit my budget. Maybe health insurance could be set up with sone type of rebate based on going 6 months without a claim.

The health sharing network I am in has a long track record for keeping costs well below normal insurance plans but as it is set up, it is definitely not for everyone.

Downside is that it doesn't cover prescriptions. I am lucky in that I don't smoke, don't drink, had no prexisting conditions and don't take any prescriptions. They do have a discount plan for prescriptions but Walmart/sams is usaully cheaper for generics anyways.

Several aspects of these type plans may be worth investigating for a revamp of health insurance.
I have had it for 30 months. The rate has stayed at $199 for my single coverage. They must be doing something right to keep their admin costs down. When I looked into health insurance 30 months ago as my COBRA ran out, if I remember correctly, it was over $900 per month with a $5000 deductible. I could not afford that (for the Bronze plan).

I really don't have the right solution for a nationwide plan, and like I said, noone else does either. I am against a large federal government and feel that any government run plan is going to be wasteful, prone to corruption and will cost much more than a free market solution.

There should be some way to provide a basic safety net for the poor while providing free market solutions for the mainstream (which doesn't require a huge federal bureaucracy). I do agree with you that an ER should not serve as primary care.

Maybe taking lessons learned from the creation of public utilities (which are still profit-oriented) and best practices from the health sharing networks could provide some answers. You will still have insurance companies lobbying against any changes, but you must realize these same companies were lobbying the democrats when the ACA was passed.

It is hard to listen to whining from the health care industry when you take a walk through some of the hospitals in downtown Houston and they look like a combination art gallery/Palm Springs health spa. MD Anderson has common areas in the wards that have giant flat screen TVs with reclining massage chairs just in case visitors get uncomfortable while visiting actual patients. 

TL;DR Health insurance is complicated - one size does not fit all - nothing is free

I particularly like the rebate idea, because I've been paying for health insurance my entire long adult life and have been fortunate enough not to have needed it so far. That definitely should count for something.
#143
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 08, 2017, 11:04:01 PM
Quote from: Lt.Uhura on March 08, 2017, 10:30:02 PM
There was indeed a health care crisis before the ACA. In the years leading up to the ACA the Big Bank$ were orchestrating the housing crisis, leaving working class families vulnerable. As the recession unfolded, folks began losing their jobs--along with their employee health plans--right and left. Of the few jobs available, many were part-time, without benefits. Also people seem to forget that health insurance premiums were rising before the ACA. In fact I bought my own plan and had to let it go cause I could no longer afford it. While briefly without coverage and searching for another plan one of my children needed surgery. I was self-pay, and it cost me thousands of dollars. We are healthy, I thought we'd be fine for a few months...Murphy's law was an expensive lesson.

Meanwhile, the ERs were filling up with people with no health insurance, and in many cases, people who waited too long to seek medical attention because they weren't covered, requiring longer hospitalizations, or more extensive care.

We can not go back to a time when Americans had no health insurance, or even insufficient coverage. Since our economy is based on the utilization of minimum wage and low wage employees, we must offer them adequate health care coverage at rates they can afford. Ditto for the elderly and disabled on fixed incomes. If the GOP can't come up with a plan that serves everyone, they can kiss their asses (and their own primo, taxpayer-provided health care) goodbye next election.

Unfortunately, health care is going to be a mess as long as legislators aren't required to find and pay for their own insurance just like the people they're supposed to represent.

Cheers, Uhura!


#144
Politics / Re: Prologue to the Constitution
March 08, 2017, 02:22:24 AM
Quote from: Stellar on March 08, 2017, 01:44:44 AM
Prologue to the Constitution
     We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, Insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the  Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

     It only takes two drops to make a woman pregnant!  I doubt if a higher power ordains this.  Now I will explain perception through an example; If three people witness a auto accident at close proximity, the three stories they tell the sheriffs will inevitably may not be the same.  Because from where these people stand that is their own perspective.  I wonder if many people know the word perception.  I was fortunate enough to be taught a few years of Latin and Greek in a high school in the Netherlands.  This gave me a limited knowledge of those ancient languages.  This made me acquainted with the original words in those original words.  We used to know very little about how the world operates during medieval times.
     I had a Lakota Indian friend who taught me some of their language.  He explained to me what the word wakan meant.  The missionaries erroneously perceived that words as spirit while Brian Bettleyoun said that the real meaning of WAKAN was energy!
"They" (who ever has the power to do so) for to me without reason to prohibit writing next to the picture which I hope someone has explanation for.  My mind is sane so is my body according to the Doctors.  As long as I live I will pursue the truth and invite criticism.  Especially from doubters or perceived enemies.  Boy scouts taught me, Be Prepared!



It's "Preamble" not "Prologue." And I don't mean to be a wise guy, but I don't understand what that painting of a group of wealthy, middle-aged 18th Century colonial transvestites enjoying their weekly hen party has to do with anything pertaining to whatever present reality we choose to pretend to perceive in order to keep the screaming head monkeys at bay. Please explain what I'm missing there if you're so inclined and have the time. Thanks!

#145
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 08, 2017, 01:40:57 AM
Quote from: PB the Deplorable on March 08, 2017, 01:11:53 AM
Oh, I thought you might know.  These little revolutions all seems to follow a similar path I thought you may be familiar with.  It all sounds sooo good when it's being proposed to the mis-educated.  Hate for anyone resisting works up the naïve.  A country is seized.  Somewhere along the way people wake up to the reality, and at some point it's decided the revolution wasn't done right - but next time it will be grand.


Do you know if the Left-wing elites are still going back and forth between Hollywood and Caracas, DC and Caracas, New York and Caracas, bringing back reports of the joys of socialism, or has that deflated a bit recently?

I have no idea, because Danny Glover and Susan Sarandon don't return my phone calls, and the terms of various restraining orders prohibit me from contacting just about every other celebrity with the firsthand experience to adequately answer your question. Sorry.
#146
Politics / Re: Political Musak
March 08, 2017, 12:49:16 AM
Here's a little mid-seventies cultural time capsule that fans of HST and anyone who ever wondered what the cast of the original SNL was doing a year earlier should enjoy. However, for some reason it doesn't start until thirty seconds after it starts, so be patient

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86MVnqQ1wkk

It also includes this absolutely spot on, very impressive Dead parody from the Jerry impression to the chord changes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKbNkk3e4sM
#147
Quote from: Camazotz Automat on March 07, 2017, 11:24:48 PM
A better way to effect a controlled vector of a released pathogen is to use faux exhaust systems on cars/vans.

Not from planes - which have a much too wide dispersal factor for the type of poisonous application you mentioned. 

This automobile exhaust-released substance, let's call it Parji- - -, causes local human fertility levels to fall by as much as 77% in observed controlled neighborhoods.  The effect is gradual and is based on individual exposure - the females' reproductive cycle being interrupted is the first symptom, followed by failure to achieve pregnancy, despite optimal conditions.  Egg integrity and fertilization is not affected, but the uterine lining views any fertilized egg as an antigen and immediately rejects it to "protect" the mother.

Effects last twelve to fifteen years.

Chemtrail applications are called for in various radar experiments, temporary communication umbrellas, cloud seeding for short term weather modification, solar reflection/refraction experiments, and other large space operations but are always subject to unpredictable weather patterns.

See my letter to the editors of Mondo 2000 magazine.  (Nina Hagen is on the cover.  Note the Xandor Korzybski data.  Critical.)

Many people here think I am just another pretty face.  They could not be more wrong.

You're welcome.

-John Titor's Clock, aka JTC, aka Grey23 (in the AOL dumb chatroom days), aka Xandor, aka Cam, etc.

The Rabbit Hole On A Wire



I just came for the pathogens and antigens and stayed for Nina Hagen. I'll leave the rest for people who are much smarter than me to resolve.
#148
Cowboys & Aliens, which was a complete waste of an intriguing premise and a good cast. After awhile, it seemed like they were just making it up as they went along. I rarely go to a theater to watch a movie, but I made an exception for this one, and I'm just glad I didn't waste any money on popcorn or Junior mints.

#149
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 08, 2017, 12:03:12 AM
Quote from: PB the Deplorable on March 07, 2017, 10:39:39 PM
But the people in Venezuela, they wanted the disaster their guy caused?

Ask them, because I've never been there and am not privy to their thinking or decision making.
#150
Politics / Re: President Donald J. Trump
March 07, 2017, 10:31:16 PM
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