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Elephants and Jackasses...

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. Juice

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    I wouldn’t put too much stock in the WHO reporting for just about anything. A lot of their listings are well-known to have dubious data points that are in consistently applied across the different samples. And neither of these two links are really drawing any comparisons for quality of care. The 37th in results that you’re citing from the link above is more due to expediency of service rather than quality.
     
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    Well, for overall quality we rank behind Mexico. In the Commonwealth's study of 11 countries we were dead last in quality, equity, and outcomes.

    You can pick any study or source you want because they all say the same thing, which is that our healthcare is fucking terrible compared to the rest of the first world. So bad it's actually shit compared to some of the third world. Find me one legitimate source that says otherwise.
     
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    I’m not arguing that the US healthcare is at the top, I’m arguing that the WHO is a poor source to cite.
     
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    So I offered others...

    I'm telling you that's pretty much what they they all say.
     
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    Stone guilty on all charges.
     
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    For what? I thought none of them did anything. I’m surprised Trump hasn’t pardoned and rehired him yet.
     
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    Transferring nuclear launch codes to Russia. Duh.

    I'm told it has "revived" the "saga".
     
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    Chris Wallace of Fox News just broke twitter with one sentence.
     
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    Had to look the reference because my life isn't on live tv yet.

    ... yeah this isn't good for trump. When Fox News starts shaking their heads with disappointment at him, you know some shit is about to go down.

    Here's info about the Stone verdict. Dude is properly fucked. Good riddance.
     
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    Yeah, yeah, that's what they've been saying since he took the oath of office.

    My money is on jack-shit happening to him, and he gets reelected.

    I don't want that to happen, but I think that's what's going to happen.
     
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    I agree with you. Trump has pulled so much shit in his first term, the only way he’ll go under is if the left can gain enough traction to beat him in the election.

    It’s not about right or wrong, it’s about who has the most votes. Sad but true.
     
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    Nothing will happen because nobody even cares. It's just stupid drama reality tv at this point. Some money was briefly held up, and then released (before Ukraine even knew it was being held up???), as one corrupt politician tried to investigate another and now is being investigated. Nobody gives a fuck other than as a drama to follow. Nobody cares about what actually happened. Really.

    In what way was our national security so severely threatened? In what way did our society almost collapse? In what way are future generations gravely threatened? Enlighten me.

    What Trump did is wrong. What both Biden and Trump have done their entire careers is wrong, but goddamn am I sick of the hyperbolic melodramatic bullshit.

    So Schiff talked to the whistleblower before the complaint. Now, he doesn't want the whistleblower to testify (to protect him, durrr I totally believe that!). Now Schiff won't testify after he lied about his contacts with the whistleblower. So Trump made up another conspiracy. So the democrats start pushing more conspiracy theories. Oh right, they're investigating Trump for something they already did anyway. So Trump lies about defrauding his charity. And so on. Then they all slobber in front of the public about the grave, oh so grave injustices being inflicted.

    This whole thing is like watching rats claw at each other. Sorry, I can't sift through the pile of shit to find the team I'm supposed to cheerlead for. Fuck all of them.
     
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    You can’t help but wonder if Biden were president that he’d be going thru impeachment proceedings right now.
     
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    I believe that from now on, impeachment will be sought by the republicans as long as they have the power to do so. For instance, if Dems take the White House but somehow lose the house of reps(unlikely) the gop will try to ruin the next presidency. Or any presidencies where they aren’t in power.
     
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    After Russia? Yeah, no shit. The dems really set the precedent there.
     
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    I already thought that’s how this worked.

    Impeach at every possible angle.
     
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    The Republicans are going to start investigating Democratic presidents for anything and everything until they find something they can justify impeaching on? Did I time travel to 1992 all of a sudden?
     
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    Don’t forget the multiple attempts to impeach Obama.
     
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    Wasn’t that the point of the Tea Party’s eight year existence? Fear of a black president?
     
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    Impeachment at all costs, fear based rhetoric... gee, what WOULD that look like?

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