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Ah, I see you subscribe to our residential clown alley school of thought processes and conclusions. I would be fascinated to see where I posted that the "US system is alright". And for the cheap seats, it cracks me up that Europeans are so invested in various US problems that they decide to rally in "solidarity". Maybe they can help solve the problems of the common North American street bum?

Maybe after the Europeans are done rallyin' over US police abuses they can rally about the plight of US healthcare costs.

Emergency room! Well look at Mr. Fancypants. I exclusively use "Emergacare's" which offer a copay under 100 US Dollars.

I think weve discussed it on the forums before, but isnt your "free" UHC financed by VAT's, and in your case 57.1% income tax? How much tax did your spiffy new PC cost (Im curious)?

Ooooooh, so the discussion is really about insurance premiums! Yes, the insurance companies are rat bastards and I would like to see all their headquarters burned down in protest (sans employees nats). But even for a poor person like me, 5k isnt going to bankrupt me. But I could see it happening if a Amish family of 20 has their barn collapse on them.

I should add, thats an annual deductible. It resets every year. Its not as sexy and shocking as the total bill our valiant press reports, but thats how you get people OUTRAGED. Also, in my case, my car insurance, and homeowners insurance, and every other insurance Ive ever had, also has a deductible. Kooky.

Im not 100% sure because Ive never had to use it, but I think the deductible maxes out at 5000 US Dollars (maybe 2500, but I would have to look it up) per person on the policy.

Weirdly, my health insurance has a deductible, after which is met, the rest is covered. But if you dont have insurance (which is also weird because its the law of the land now), then youre screwed.

New Calculations Hint There Could Be at Least 36 Alien Civilisations in Our Galaxy.

I like the prototype better.

Here in the US, we even have to warn people that hot coffee is hot.

We adopted two calico kittens yesterday and they are lil rascals! Already playing and chasing each other around the house and Ive had to institute countermeasures to keep them from gnawing the mouse and power cord cables of my laptop. Also became litter box trained in one day, which is something I really appreciate about cats in general. Just drop them in the litter box and...BOOM...they are trained. I humored myself by making a "cat trap" (empty cardboard box) and theyre both in it right now wrastling with each other. Its freaking adorable.

Collapsed star proves another of Einstein's theories.

I was thinking about the song from Inner Circle. The may also cancel Live PD! I leave that on as background noise around here.

The only reasonable next step is to destroy the master recording of Bad Boys.

Did Facebook Shut Down an AI Experiment Because Chatbots Developed Their Own Language?

And 2-6x the crime rate. Crime in Finland. Crime in Los Angeles.

I love watching poorly thought out, knee-jerk reactions, play out. Weapons, equipment, buildings...those are already sunk costs. "Defunding" will only result in losing the boots on the ground. Just wait for the cacophonic qq-ing the next time tings go sideways and nobody comes to the rescue. "Waaaa, why didnt the police come save us!"

Protests could spur coronavirus outbreaks, and protesters should get tested, the CDC chief says.

1,250 Ton Base of the Cryostat Installed, Fusion Reactor Reaches Major Milestone.

Combat drone to compete against piloted plane. Yas!

LA Mayor Slashes LAPD Budget As Calls To ‘Defund Police’ Slowly Pick Up Steam.

We'll have to ask Canada and France.

Scientists Gene-Hack Human Cells to Turn Invisible.

Holy moly, this guy is going to have a higher body count than Harold Shipman before this is over!