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Bush Republican (reformed). I voted for Trump. Interestingly, lots of Dems and Indies hated Bush for his supposed war crimes in Iraq, and hated his supporters as well. Now, with W being cozy with former Presidents Obama and Clinton, and almost kinda president Clinton the lesser, folks are offering up platitudes like “Bush Republicans”. Why do you let yourself be manipulated like that? Not all that long ago you all wanted hope and change. Who knew your hope and change was an establishment guy long past his best years, who actually prides himself as being subservient to a junior staffer and is proud of it. But yeah, Trump. 🤦🏼‍♂️

I'm sure there are other things that wouldn't surprise you, but in fairness I never asked for a list, mostly because I don't care. JFK Jr was an intriguing yet exceedingly reckless individual responsible for his own death and those of his wife and her sister. Tragic, yet completely avoidable and I can only imagine the pain the family of those two young ladies must suffer with. Therefore, a selfie with JFK Jr would not meet my definition of "cool", but you may be into movie stars and celebrities in general. Admittedly my wife would probably think it would be cool, especially if I was cropped out to make room for more JFK Jr. I understand and accept this.

The sleight of hand is that which you are attempt perpetrate here, now, on this issue.

You never made it obscene or “over sexualized”??? To quote Stu from The Hangover…How does that work?

I didn’t say you said that. I said that the argument is marinated in bogusness. Insurers do not possess “the liberty—then freedom”—to impose a surcharge on the unvaxxed. They have the right to consider loss experience, massive amounts of data, apply actuarial formulae, consider impacts on rate structure and submit requests for rate adjustments to the appropriate governing regulatory agency for consideration. Perhaps a better way to achieve your goal would be to have the federal government(s) mandate a surcharge equally across the board to those near and far if they choose to remain unvaxxed. Given that would hit many constituents of the current administration right in the chicken nuggets makes that highly unlikely.

The insurance industry is one of the most heavily regulated in the country, so the 'free market' argument and implication they can do whatever they wants is an argument marinated in bogusness. Surely you know this. After all, it's not all that long ago that people who didn't want to spend the money on health insurance until such time as they needed it (and then wanted it at retail) were added to the victim class.

Ah, you’re looking for emotional reparations. In 1984, a young lady in a mid-sized sedan became upset with me at a traffic light in Tarrytown, NY. I still do not know why. After jawing for a few moments, she sped off in front of me and at the next light, she was directly in front of me. As the light changed from red to green, she lobbed an ice cream cone out out her window, backwards, and as if in slow motion, it traveled the short distance to my car, entered through the sun roof and landed on my passenger seat. I can not swear to it but I’m pretty sure it was a Baskin-Robbin cone. I, too, humbly petition for an apology.

God love ya, you committed to keeping it civil for a period commencing on/before/just prior to 22 November extending to on or about 30 November and you did it. Of course, you saddled up with the PPP equivalent of the Clown from Stephen King's epic masterpiece IT on 29 November. My grandpa always told me "Don't take candy from clowns that hide in the sewer...".

Happy Thanksgiving Frankish! Thanks for sharing the links!

Thanks Bob. I may take a look at this one, I hope you’re feeling good these days!

Seems that way. My biggest issue is that as the federal government oversteps it’s authority with things like mandates, we cede ground to the inevitable creep of power. There’s never been a mandate, only highly selective manipulation of organizations with deep pockets under threat of confiscation of revenue. I was watching an interview with the CEO of United Airlines the other day. He was being praised for his company mandate that requires all customer facing employees to be vaxxed, but non-customer facing employees have no such requirement. When being soft tugged for his brilliance here, he was asked about guests on the plane and vaccination requirements. Suddenly, he’s the free will guy. Doesn’t support it. What a douche. This is about creating classes of winners and losers, about how far they can push it before people reject overreach.

Unless the co-morbids catch the eye of a comely nurse during a sponge bath, I’m suggesting you rule out Penthouse magazine as the source of this story.

Good riddance to these fools. It’s little consolation to the family who lost their son/brother/friend etc but this story is right out of the Deep South 1955 with one exception—guilty af.

I’m against this tyrannical and exclusionary policy. It violates the policy of acting in the best interest of the public. Your numbers alone document that, as a staggering 25% of the hospitalized are vaccinated. No, the better approach is to continue to educate the public, seek new remedies and alternative treatments.

Turns out those horn-dog branch reptilians will say or do anything for some action. We’re all adults here, this should surprise no one.

Ah, you wanted to take the broad view on the Rittenhouse saga, but only to the point where civil unrest rules the day and everyone chills out. Seems narrow for a broad view, but have at it.

I think we, as a society, have checked our heads at the door when we whistle past the question "Why were the good people of Kenosha abandoned and victimized by lawless rioters intent on harming people and property?". The result, clearly, was that bad sh%t happens when bad people are allowed to rage unabated, and sometimes, the bad guys lose. If everyone stays home, none of this happens.

I would, and have, advised my children to avoid silliness and stupidity at all costs. I would have told KR that while he may be thinking he's protecting a citizen's parking lot, the other guy might me trying to figure out how many times he could stab him and still get away undetected. I've followed that perspective since I was a young man hanging out in Buffalo bars, where things could get ugly fast. That said, what happened, happened. Biden and those who defamed him should answer for their actions, it's really as simple as that to me. That extends beyond being 'crazy'.

Honestly DrP, that all seemed funnier to me when I first wrote it. Now, not so much, even before you replied. Best of luck to you on your recovery. I enjoy your posts.

Yes! "Victims not innocent"? Creative! No! Biden was trained as a lawyer, graduated at the top middle bottom of his class in 19fifty and seven, has spent a career writing legislation and purposely, with malice, said what he said. In another life, he would actually reach out to a fancy Warshington lawyer like Biden to take on the powerful that defamed and besmirched him. Instead, Biden by denouncing him as a white supremacist puts his life in danger. Thankfully, the right adults found him and justice prevailed.

Thanks for the write up and advice. I have some for you... Grow the damn beard or shave the damn stubble, Doc. This hipster tweener stuff is a blight on humanity, and you're a saver of lives, not Doogie Hauser MD. Apologies, I'm still down after that Indy game, and may be lashing out.

I’m all for unity and harmony. We don’t have to agree, and i want to be agreeable where appropriate. It’s just often not appropriate.

The perpetrators of the Russia scam reside in the halls of Congress. I believe the Dems ran the Russia scam because they knew they could. They had nothing to get Trump on, and they knew it. It’s why they morphed from “collusion” —a meaningless word legally— to “obstruction”. Both, as we know, failed miserably with Mueller, but both worked to satisfy the base. People love a good spy novel, and even though they had nothing to unseat the President, there was zero fallout from the people they scammed. In this regard, moderate and hard core Dems who supported the probe and simply shrugged hair collective shoulders when the matter is ended did more to tarnish fairness and democracy than any fake Shaman in a fake fur coat could ever do. On to “Stop the steal.” as a political strategy. (To clarify here, I am not speaking of the people who entered the Capital). In the big picture, at worst, it’s marketing of a political campaign just like the Russia scam. I also believe that regardless of how the election played out, some version of Stop the Steal was coming. Key political figures including Warren and Klobucher set the stage for that in 2019.

I don’t know about that, but I think it’s fair to say they ran their race.

It may be too soon for those lamenting just what went wrong in the Kyle Rittenhouse Self Defense case, but if legit, this is ball busting at a Doctorate level. On the plus side, Grosskreutz apparently believes the Rittenhouse encounter was a one off.