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All truth. Ben Shapiro had a good bit of LA history on it his last Rogan podcast appearance. I've got family in Portland who're outraged at how the city is handling the situation. "Just give them homes and out patient treatment, problem solved maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan." I've had to protect my family from some of the crazies when we go to visit. It's a fucking trip to be in a Burgerville with my young son, having to decide how close is "too close" with a stinky homeless fellow human being dancing in a circle blasted out of their cranuim. Or having to tell people "No" they can't use our bathroom at church because we're scared they're going to use in there. Liberal head's in the sand about "wanting freedom" fall on my deaf ears when they clean out these tents and there's shit and needles...everywhere. These people have zero freedom while they're broken humans. But it costs money, and it costs time and it costs compassion. Something I've found in shorter supply from my conservative brothers/sisters, which is interesting with how much the Evangelical movement claims it. Not throwing stones, don't want to get into the political side, just musing I've had for years on this subject. I'm in UT now, and just last week they were a big push to get out one of the camps in SLC. Reading the headlines about it...so many are mentally broken AND addicted to drugs. There are a lot of shelters here, there's a lot the government does here. But people don't want to go to a prison like place (they lock the doors at night) and "told what to do" (can't shoot up). Can't say which came first the mental illness/drugs, but they need forceful help or life in a mental health care facility until they can rejoin us in society. I'm happy to pay taxes towards that end, and donate (and will continue to) to the services that provide those ends. This is a needs a concerted effort by both government (local/state/federal) and communities (individuals/organizations/churches) to solve. I say all this having had a homeless scare earlier in my life, and later becoming physically dependent on opiates during some prolonged extreme pain. I was never addicted, but the thought of being dependent on a pill to get through the day was, and is, terrifying.

They make perfect sense...again, you're just not willing to see it.

Who's the troll now?

How dare you leave of Tim Dillon!

Yeah...so...who cares? This is very much what have you done for me lately. The R's...nothing. Good!

Yep, not continued but my ADSC was up in Nov '19. Everyday past that was because I wanted to be there. Felt like a weight off my shoulders (doubly so since I hit 20yrs in Jun '19). Come PCS time got Stratcom as LNO (basically) from 16AF...hard pass.

I'd rather watch something Sim posts here.

Laughed more at Trump too, but I think that's tied into the "Trump style" of delivery being even more exaggerated. Dude's an entertaining, never said he wasn't. Building on that for the video I think is easier. I thought Biden's were "harder hitting" for whatever a fake rap battle is.

I wonder if this is one of those things where I'd watch it and come to a completely different interpretation.

Congresswoman Duckworth lighting up that dude claiming to be a veteran is one of my fav government hearing moments.

Government does these things because they're seen as valuable to continuing society/culture or government itself if you're cynical. That's why there's tax breaks for kids, marriage and other things deemed "good" by the legislature.

Good video of Kimi's first lap. Got my heart rate up. Hope it doesn't get taken down - https://streamable.com/o2513i

So if that's the same way his constituencies wanted him to vote at that time...still "pushing his religious values?" Please note, I'm not talking about now. I really hate this looking back, 10, 20, 100 years to denigrate what people believed/did that was the norm at the time. As someone else said, a lot has changed for the better. I have friends and family members that can now enjoy family life similar to mine. However, I am waiting for the "LGBTQA+ community" to start coming after Churches for denying them the access to use the facilities. The lawsuits will start at some point and while protections are currently present...they may fall in the future as more and more citizens find less value in existential belief.

Almost same. Been w/ USAA for...14 years, maybe 18. Called up a few places State Farm was the best and giving it a shot. I will say I've had 0 issues with USAA, and their comms were always excellent. But I'm saving almost $100 a month with full coverage.

Have you watched the doc series on F1? Has a good breakdown of the "sponser" issues when it came to Perez and...Sainz? Or was it Ocon? I can't remember.

That dude was the most frustrating driver for me. Albon coming in #2. Haas is out right? Seen rumors they're selling.

Can't believe this one hasn't been on here. There's some NSFW pics too that the account replied to:

I will say at this time both Foxnews and CNN have healthcare as the number 1 topic from the debate.

I'll get the recap from John Oliver so I can avoid bias. 🤣

Very much agreed. With his current presentation a lot of nations/people just roll their eyes at "Crazy Uncle Donny" when he deviates (and he always deviates) from the fact we carry the western world on our back. Someone on here mentioned innovation not happening elsewhere like in the US. I can't say this is the case for my field (Cyber/IT). There are tons of new innovations coming out of other countries because the barriers to entry are extremely low. There's so much talent out there the H1B visa situation is something I used to watch more closely. Where those barrier to entry are high (manufacturing of equip) those companies (ex. CISCO) are picking up tons of foreigners.

This is legit the question I was going to ask. Is it good training...seems so from your statement.

Is it harder for you on here because there's no "Share" button like on Facebook/Twitter for your echo chamber bullshit to spread? Story isn't even on https://www.drudgereport.com/ for coverage right now.

Thanks to DosXX and JazzDude, those are really interesting ideas and along the lines of what I was thinking. There are real, tangible things we can do within out current system before we blow it all away. That being said, a lot of the cost for care comes as early detection and follow-up weren't done as a part of routine care...because of a lack of insurance. Said the same thing about a lot of programs by the government (ex. Social Security, Workers comp, etc.) yet here we are. It's amazing to me we're one of the few Western nations that has this debate, and the fall back is, "It costs money, my freedom is being taken." I lived in a lot of places during my active years all of them Western (except for a horrible stint in Korea) and I asked a lot of people about their health care, because like I said...family issues, and none of them bitched about it. Canadians, Australians, UK'ers, Germans. Anecdotal, I know. (From that group Ozzies partied the hardest...by far.) I read all your comments Guardian, a lot of it seems to boil down to, "I got mine, don't get sick, stop being poor." I guess we'll keep helping each other with medical costs via GoFundMe.

This is one of the reasons I ask this question here. I'm the only member of my current family generation that did the military thing. My Dad retired, got that Tricare, but emphatically urged us not to join. Watching my brothers struggle through the financial crisis, and then medical issues really opened my eyes up to what it was costing for healthcare. Then I married into a family w/Hemophilia. From having eyes being open, to getting lemon juice squeezed in them. There are competing opinions on here, but they're usually thought provoking enough and good conversation to make me think about what I want vs. what I think is right outside my little sphere. Thanks Dudes and Dudettes.