Joe Ferguson forever

You’re right. Never in public.

Have seen the word here many times. I'm watching "Adolescence" which is magnificent. Lots of words from incel symbology are used. Some are explained. This has a different explanation.: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/80-20-rule-what-is-incel-adolescence-b1217386.html The show is sympathetic. Mentions Andrew Tate as an influencer. I don't believe the 80/20 rule is real. Opinions?

To be fair, the klansmen and Nazis are openly racist.

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate. The reimbursement for a moderate complexity hospital visit from major private insurer average less than $60. https://payerprice.com/rates/99231-CPT-fee-schedule You are referencing the ridiculous upcharges from hospitals that no one but the uninsured are asked to pay. It's felony robbery. The system is broken beyond repair. It needs to be scrapped. this low fees are why so many docs go with corporate medicine. It's tough to pay the bills with current reimbursements. big med subsidizes you for referring to services within their system. They can't demand it but they expect it.

problem solved https://www.healthline.com/health/concierge-medicine#should-you-try-it

please don't. But you could try Gill Creek in Hyde Park in NF. I once waded in it for golf balls.. My dad said he'd buy me a dozen Titleists if I promised to never do that again and he wasn't even a health secretary.. Looks like the EPA cleaned it up down to bedrock. Good work EPA! A. Sediment Contamination The likely source of sediment contamination in the Creek is 1 ) manufacturing process wastes and 2) material handling losses over the 100 years of chemical processing at the plant sites. A number of organic and inorganic compounds are present in Gill Creek sediments (Tab1 e 1 ) . Among the i norgani cs, mercury contamination in sediment ranges from non-detect to 274 parts per million (ppm). The list for organic compounds present in sediments includes 1,2 dichl oroethene, tetrachl oroethene, vinyl chloride, and tri chl oroethene. Among the organics, PCB-1 248 (1 0,700 ppm) is present in the mouth area (Area 1). In general, heavy contamination is present in and around the mouth area and in an area around the Adam Avenue bridge (Area 3). There is also a veneer of contaminated sediment between Adams Avenue and Staub Road (Area 2D).

i think you should join RFK jr swimming in shite. He did it in DC but I'll bet there are shite filled creeks in WNY.

from Market Watch Rob Smith, a healthcare analyst and managing partner at Capital Alpha Partners, said the Trump administration’s new order is “kind of lacking in any sort of policy detail,” making it hard to evaluate. Trump mentioned using higher tariffs on non-pharma products, including cars, to force deals with other countries, but “it’s really unclear to me exactly how that would play out,” Smith told MarketWatch. “If you really wanted to scare pharma, you would say, ‘In the next 90 days I’m directing CMS to issue a most-favored-nation program that will apply to Medicare drug prices, if the following conditions aren’t met,’” Smith said. “But here it’s sort of directing them to come up with a baseline of prices, and then you have these kind of vague threats to other countries to look to meet those prices and to pharma to try to meet those prices, but there’s no real timeline for when those threats might come to pass or what exactly they would do.” Chris Meekins, a Raymond James analyst, also sounded skeptical before the signing event at the White House. “Trump has a long history in his first term of talking bigger on drug pricing than what his policies would actually do,” Meekins said in a Monday note. “The more grandiose Trump’s proposed executive actions, the less likely they are to be implemented as successful court challenges will be much more likely,” Meekins also wrote.

nope. up to date on all recommended immunizations. I wonder if RFK jr is UTD on typhoid immunizations. you don't find his foolishness a bit disturbing?

A guy that swims in shite shouldn't be deciding food policy.

That’s almost certainly fecal flora. How fitting! What an idiot. Perhaps his brain worm came from a similar event. https://www.yahoo.com/news/rfk-jr-posts-photos-swimming-125834642.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

You and your comrade are verbose. You could have made your point in these few words. Do you know what it costs for the bank to recoup its losses in such a transaction? Let’s say the overdraft grace is $50. 10% is $5 and presumably the bank would apply the fee immediately. Then they would charge a late fee if it remain unpaid and likely a high monthly interest rate on the balance. Do you believe the bank loses money in this scenario?

Ergo, we should be accepting black South African immigrants too.

cry me a river A 2017 land audit report found that White South Africans own 72% of all farm and agricultural land, while Black South Africans owned 15%. As of 2022, White South Africans account for less than 8% of its population of more than 63 million. Scores of South African civilians, meanwhile, took to social media to post comedic memes and videos expressing doubt over the plight of the Afrikaners, joking how they will miss "privileged lives, domestic workers and beach holidays." Max du Preez, a white Afrikaner author, told BBC that the claims of persecution of white South Africans were a "total absurdity" and "based on nothing."

pretty sure I treated a couple mobsters. all comers don't you know. good thing you didn't need a payday loan. I hear they're prevalent near military bases. not good. capped at 36%. bless their little hearts https://www.consumerfinance.gov/ask-cfpb/what-is-covered-under-the-military-lending-act-en-1785/

have you ever bought tix on ticketmaster? gotten a payday loan (usury)? had unannounced fees added to your bill? look at the outcomes. Those are what ultimately matter most. big news day https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/12/china/china-mao-trump-cultural-revolution-intl-hnk And in the US president, Ding noticed what he said were striking similarities with the late Chinese chairman whom he once worshiped as a young Red Guard: despite their vast differences, they both share a deep contempt for intellectual elites, a strong mistrust of the bureaucratic apparatus, and a populist appeal aimed at farmers and blue-collar workers.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5296015-gop-tax-bill-salt-trump-priorities/ Critics of the GOP tax framework say it’s another example of trickle-down economics, meaning tax advantages for businesses, investors and managers, the benefits of which may or may not “trickle down” to workers and consumers. “So far this costly bill appears to double down on trickle down, with huge tax cuts that will further enrich the rich and not much for the rest of us,” Amy Hanauer, director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, said in a statement in response to Friday’s version of the bill. The Republican tax bill reinstates a number of business provisions from the 2017 Trump tax cuts that had already expired and that businesses had been hoping would be renewed in previous years. These include immediate research and development expensing, bonus depreciation, and interest deductibility, along with the amped pass-through deduction and key elements of the international tax regime, which has competing initiatives at both the United Nations and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The Republican tax plan leaves in place the so-called carried interest loophole that allows the incomes of hedge fund and private equity manager to be taxed at preferential capital gains rates as opposed to regular income tax rates. Trump has criticized the loophole in the past but appears to have left it alone.

great article from a neutral perspective https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93l7k3x5dpo The wording directs US officials to make sure that deals over drug costs made by foreign countries do not result in "unreasonable or discriminatory" price hikes for Americans. But what exactly is covered by those terms is unclear – as is the question of what measures the White House would take if "unreasonable" practices are discovered. The White House also wants drug companies to sell more products directly to consumers - cutting out insurance companies and pharmaceutical benefit managers - and look into importing drugs from foreign countries where they are sold at lower prices. That idea has previously hit stumbling blocks over safety and trade rules. An official said that Monday's order was the start of negotiations between the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and industry.

it's more funny reading totally uninformed opinions.

Agree re abortion. but we can stop picking "winners" in politics based on that one issue. There are many more like feeding all those unwanted babies.

true. but as you've repeatedly pointed out, much of our practices are based on tradition and not doctrine. Women priests, for example. because I know that hermaphrodites exist and so do people who believe they're in the wrong body. I personally know what I like but who am I to judge, as Pope Francis said about gays.

you do understand that to many D's this is a women's rights issue, right? You do like women, right?

Many docs, including me, saying this to corporate medicine. It doesn't work. For anyone...

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2801918/ Results We identified 38 studies comparing populations of patients in Canada and the United States. Studies addressed diverse problems, including cancer, coronary artery disease, chronic medical illnesses and surgical procedures. Of 10 studies that included extensive statistical adjustment and enrolled broad populations, 5 favoured Canada, 2 favoured the United States, and 3 showed equivalent or mixed results. Of 28 studies that failed one of these criteria, 9 favoured Canada, 3 favoured the United States, and 16 showed equivalent or mixed results. Overall, results for mortality favoured Canada (relative risk 0.95, 95% confidence interval 0.92-0.98, p= 0.002) but were very heterogeneous, and we failed to find convincing explanations for this heterogeneity. The only condition in which results consistently favoured one country was end-stage renal .disease, in which Canadian patients fared better. Results We identified 38 studies comparing populations of patients in Canada and the United States. Studies addressed diverse problems, including cancer, coronary artery disease, chronic medical illnesses and surgical procedures. Of 10 studies that included extensive statistical adjustment and enrolled broad populations, 5 favoured Canada, 2 favoured the United States, and 3 showed equivalent or mixed results. Of 28 studies that failed one of these criteria, 9 favoured Canada, 3 favoured the United States, and 16 showed equivalent or mixed results. Overall, results for mortality favoured Canada (relative risk 0.95, 95% confidence interval 0.92-0.98, p= 0.002) but were very heterogeneous, and we failed to find convincing explanations for this heterogeneity. The only condition in which results consistently favoured one country was end-stage renal disease, in which Canadian patients fared better. Yes, doctors make more in the US but I was on the single payer bandwagon long before retiring. Many active docs are.

Maybe. We need to see the details...just like the UK tariff deal and the China deal.