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- Thu Nov 10, 2016 12:22 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Concrete Ways to Help Suggestion Thread
- Replies: 47
- Views: 30119
Re: Concrete Ways to Help Suggestion Thread
I'm with Jude.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 6:25 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
Not to mention civil rights for anyone who isn't three out of four on white, male, straight and Christian.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:30 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
Looking for people to blame right now--beyond the actual voters with the smoking gun in hand--feels like discussing iceberg formation and boat design while the chairs slide off the deck.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:14 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
There is always the hope Shagrat's orcs and Gorbag's orcs fight over the spoils, yes.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 4:20 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
Bridges are so, you know, modern. Drawbridges are back.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 2:41 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
At least the Canadian immigration site is back up...http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/
eta -- although it's really slow
eta -- although it's really slow
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:37 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
So, possibilities for emigration: Canada (when their site comes back up), Ireland (if I can figure their site out), NZ (if I win the lottery), Scotland (if they get out from under the whole UK Brexit BS). Australia if I can overcome my phobia of venomous things.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:26 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
He may not have any strong beliefs, but the "people" around him do.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 5:03 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
They probably said that about Hitler too. I'm not waiting.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 4:58 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
Looks like failed state time to me.
- Wed Nov 09, 2016 4:55 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
That would be my cue to leave. I won't stay in a fascist country. The only question is where.
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: The Expanse
- Replies: 166
- Views: 126528
Re: The Expanse
It's on Netflix now? Woot! There goes my binge time for the week.
- Thu Nov 03, 2016 3:02 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
I'm not as worried about NC and NV after seeing how early voting is going there.
- Mon Oct 31, 2016 4:18 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 767198
Re: Health Care Reform
The number of doctors in individual practice has been dropping for some time--the mountain of med school debt (another topic for discussion) means new doctors gravitate toward become junior "partners" with existing practices or joining larger "medical firms" to avoid taking on e...
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:49 pm
- Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
- Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
- Replies: 1005
- Views: 428362
Re: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Watched the first episode of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency last night, which managed to carry the tone and manner of Douglas Adam's story into a new setting rather well, I thought. Wisely, they kept Dirk English, though the story is set in Seattle and the other main players are American (...
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 8:42 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 767198
Re: Health Care Reform
ax, as someone with a bit of an inside view, do you have an insight as to why insurance has such high, consistent cost inflation? More than anything that seems to be the biggest problem and I don't think I've ever seen a good explanation for it. Here's the part that messes with people's heads: heal...
- Sun Oct 30, 2016 4:23 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 767198
Re: Health Care Reform
As someone who documents health insurance administration software, I can say with some authority we should just burn that shit down. The amount of monkey motion used in determining pricing of services is so great that companies literally lose track of how they calculate it. Turnover at big claims p...
- Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:28 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Health Care Reform
- Replies: 3516
- Views: 767198
Re: Health Care Reform
Just took a pill that cost nine cents a piece until the FDA shoved through the Unapproved Drugs Initiative under GWB. Now it's $2 each. It's the little things in life that count.
- Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:25 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: 2016 United States Election
- Replies: 2864
- Views: 593049
Re: 2016 United States Election
Even the guy who runs Judicial Watch thinks Comey's timing was awful, according to the NYT. ETA: Though I tend to agree with yov. If there were an email in there that pinned something heinous on HRC, that would make a difference. But the whole email thing has become background noise for everyone on...
- Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:22 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: So there's this riot going on right now
- Replies: 230
- Views: 100889
Re: So there's this riot going on right now
I've been sharing that skit with people from You Tube. Tom Hanks is one of the few actors that could pull that off. That he brought his A game to a SNL skit (to several of them this time around) is pretty damn impressive. And the skit itself... is really, really interesting. Funny but not light, wi...