The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:27 am

Just wait til the SJWs find out that in Risk you only get 2 armies for South America and 3 for Africa, but 5 for North America and Europe. ;D
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Libertarian666 » Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:54 am

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:27 am
Just wait til the SJWs find out that in Risk you only get 2 armies for South America and 3 for Africa, but 5 for North America and Europe. ;D
I'm sure that will be their next target.
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by shekels » Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:44 am

Libertarian666 wrote:
Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:54 am
Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:27 am
Just wait til the SJWs find out that in Risk you only get 2 armies for South America and 3 for Africa, but 5 for North America and Europe. ;D
I'm sure that will be their next target.
It is like stacking the deck in Solitaire. Where everyone is a Winner. ;)
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by dualstow » Thu Sep 12, 2019 10:31 am

Another Titania McGrath tweet:
In the event of a house fire:
1) Raise an alarm.
2) Close all the doors.
3) Call the emergency services.
4) Explain to the operator that you only consent to be rescued by a queer woman of colour.
5) Wait.
https://t.co/G9mCtYFcsz?amp=1
Link is to Sun article: "FIRED MAN SAM /PC fire chiefs BAN mascot Fireman Sam because he’s too male and puts women off joining"
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by dualstow » Fri Sep 13, 2019 2:07 pm

This one's kind of scary.
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At ‘woke’ medical schools, curricula are increasingly focused on social justice rather than treating illness.
There's a paywall (WSJ), but here are some excerpts:
During my term as associate dean of curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania’s medical school, I was chastised by a faculty member for not including a program on climate change in the course of study.
(I accept climate change but, good lord).
A new wave of educational specialists is increasingly influencing medical education. They emphasize “social justice” that relates to health care only tangentially. This approach is the result of a progressive mind-set that abhors hierarchy of any kind and the social elitism associated with the medical profession in particular.
As concerns about social justice have taken over undergraduate education, graduate schools have raced to develop curricula that will steep future educators in the same ideology. Today a master’s degree in education is often what it takes to qualify for key administrative roles on medical-school faculties. The zeitgeist of sociology and social work have become the driving force in medical education. The goal of today’s educators is to produce legions of primary care physicians who engage in what is termed “population health.”
Meanwhile, oncologists, cardiologists, surgeons and other medical specialists are in short supply.
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Post by ochotona » Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:44 pm

Biden proved his total cluelessness about healthcare. His implicit assumption is that the cost of HC in the US is somehow a universal constant like the speed of light, and he can't seem to entertain the idea that the entire system is screwed up, which is why we overpay for worse service in this country as compared to other developed countries. In other words, he'd be Aquarius for big pharma, insurance co., hospital chains and defend them as if they were Apple Pie and Motherhood.
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:51 pm

Clottin' Eye Joe's dentures fell out when he started to answer a question at some point too. I'll bet he's just kicking himself for not running in 2016.
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Kriegsspiel » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:04 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Fri Sep 13, 2019 6:56 pm
1. There a lot of complicated reasons healthcare in the US is more expensive than elsewhere, and fixing it is going to be no easy task if not impossible. Having the government take it over might 'fix' it if you consider making it worse a fix.
Bernie talked again about importing drugs from Canada. A quick search doesn't show many drugs being manufactured in Canada. Seems pretty fucking fishy, as we discussed in the other thread.
2. The other Dem candidates want Medicare for all with no clue how to pay for it, so Biden is the only one that is realistic on the topic in many ways.
Warren, in particular, really seemed to dodge that when Biden kid-punched her personally.
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by ochotona » Fri Sep 13, 2019 9:16 pm

Importation from Canada really means from India. But I've done it for years (Uloric) and it has worked out fine. I have saved tens of thousands of dollars on this one compound.

My Pravachol from Costco was made in India. Big whooping deal
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Post by dualstow » Sat Sep 14, 2019 5:42 pm

Maybe we need a Healthcare News and Views thread.
I woke up from a nap to hear a story about ants feeding on a Vietnam veteran in a V.A. hospital.
wtf

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pent ... al-for-va/
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Post by dualstow » Sun Sep 15, 2019 10:36 am

This is a few days old now, but it’s just good.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lim33dV_jfc
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Post by sophie » Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:20 am

For people buying drugs from India...here's a pretty scary article to gulp down with your Valsartan:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features ... st-the-fda

Importing drugs from Canada is a crazy idea. The reason Bernie wants to do it is that Canada's government negotiates prices with the pharmaceuticals, which means they don't pay the market rates charged in the US. Removing the gag order that prevents CMS from doing the same here would be a much more direct and logical approach. The effort currently underway to limit the ability to artificially extend drug patents by tweaking formulations (e.g. the "extended release" dodge) is also quite sensible.
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by Kriegsspiel » Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:13 pm

You there, Ephialtes. May you live forever.
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by dualstow » Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:26 pm

Please let it be so.
Still, I think this brushfire has a ways to burn.
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Post by Maddy » Sat Sep 28, 2019 3:48 pm

sophie wrote:
Mon Sep 16, 2019 8:20 am
For people buying drugs from India...here's a pretty scary article to gulp down with your Valsartan:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features ... st-the-fda

Importing drugs from Canada is a crazy idea. The reason Bernie wants to do it is that Canada's government negotiates prices with the pharmaceuticals, which means they don't pay the market rates charged in the US. Removing the gag order that prevents CMS from doing the same here would be a much more direct and logical approach. The effort currently underway to limit the ability to artificially extend drug patents by tweaking formulations (e.g. the "extended release" dodge) is also quite sensible.
Looks like the problem was with China. (Big surprise.) To the best of my knowledge, India is the source of the lion's share of generics we see here in the U.S.
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Post by dualstow » Tue Oct 01, 2019 4:58 pm

Two For Tuesday

French teacher fired for not using trans student’s preferred pronouns (He called the student by his/her name)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out ... r-n1060876

Remember Smollett, or as Dave Chappelle refers to him, Juicy Smolliér?
Smollett case special prosecutor donated $1,000 to Kim Foxx’s campaign, co-hosted fundraiser
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Post by dualstow » Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:13 pm

MangoMan wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2019 5:41 pm
dualstow wrote:Breaking: Schwab to end trading commissions

Great news for everyone except people who own Schwab stock.
O0 true! Or stock in similar firms. They fell, broadly.
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Post by sophie » Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:30 am

dualstow wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2019 7:13 pm
MangoMan wrote:
Tue Oct 01, 2019 5:41 pm
dualstow wrote:Breaking: Schwab to end trading commissions

Great news for everyone except people who own Schwab stock.
O0 true! Or stock in similar firms. They fell, broadly.
Just got an email that TD Ameritrade is also eliminating all commissions on stocks and ETFs.

C'mon Fidelity...give!!!!!!
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Post by Kriegsspiel » Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:46 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4AbJrsZwU

Some family & USA Today got some kid fired for playing the circle game:

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By saying he was flashing a white power hand sign. That the ADL decided was a hate symbol. Months after the picture was taken. The ADL's website actually uses the diagram from 4chan to explain how it means white power. Also the kid wasn't even doing the hand gesture. ::) ;D

I saw that headline and had to chuckle a bit. I figured Tim was going to get after it. Poor guy could probably sue for wrongful termination and defamation or whatever.
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Post by jacksonm2 » Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:29 pm

Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:46 pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU4AbJrsZwU

Some family & USA Today got some kid fired for playing the circle game:

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By saying he was flashing a white power hand sign. That the ADL decided was a hate symbol. Months after the picture was taken. The ADL's website actually uses the diagram from 4chan to explain how it means white power. Also the kid wasn't even doing the hand gesture. ::) ;D

I saw that headline and had to chuckle a bit. I figured Tim was going to get after it. Poor guy could probably sue for wrongful termination and defamation or whatever.
I think we're reaching a point where the strategy of the far left should start to become apparent to all thinking people. It's defame, destroy, and silence anyone who disagrees with them and truth be damned.

I'm hoping this mindset will turn out to be nothing more than a passing phase but I am not hopeful about it.
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Post by dualstow » Thu Oct 03, 2019 8:40 pm

I saw that, too, and I thought that was just bizarre. Can’t even blame 4chan if the ADL and others are going to be so stupid and fall for this.

4chan comes up with some crazy stuff. They had a campaign to answer CAPTCHA or some similar test with the N-word as their “guess”, on a mass scale, until machine learning decided that the N-word would be part of the test.

i can’t blame rudimentary software for being so easily duped but I can certainly blame the ADL. Ugh.

Let’s hope someone talks some sense into them and they reverse their decision.
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Post by Tyler » Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:43 am

When someone takes this thread a little too seriously: #EatTheBabies

(I know it's likely a political stunt, but I admire the originality.)
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Post by flyingpylon » Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:47 am

jacksonm2 wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:29 pm
I think we're reaching a point where the strategy of the far left should start to become apparent to all thinking people. It's defame, destroy, and silence anyone who disagrees with them and truth be damned.
It's often referred to as "Cancel Culture".
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Post by dualstow » Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:57 am

Tyler wrote:
Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:43 am
When someone takes this thread a little too seriously: #EatTheBabies

(I know it's likely a political stunt, but I admire the originality.)
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Re: The Left is Eating Itself Pt. II

Post by t-bear52 » Fri Oct 04, 2019 4:16 pm

flyingpylon wrote:
Fri Oct 04, 2019 11:47 am
jacksonm2 wrote:
Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:29 pm
I think we're reaching a point where the strategy of the far left should start to become apparent to all thinking people. It's defame, destroy, and silence anyone who disagrees with them and truth be damned.
It's often referred to as "Cancel Culture".
The key words are "thinking people". I don't have much faith in the majority being "thinking people" these days. It's Sad!
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