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It’s monkeys throwing poop. They don’t care who they hit, they just want attention.
I am unabashedly stealing this line. Thanks.
I am US based so any and all comments, criticisms, jokes, opinions, etc. will be colored (SEE NO U) with that as my lived perspective.
That said, I really and truly wish you have had an at least OK day today. If not, maybe tomorrow will be better eh?
It’s monkeys throwing poop. They don’t care who they hit, they just want attention.
I am unabashedly stealing this line. Thanks.
This is disingenuous at best. While insurance companies may not offer to pay for "unnecessary" services, they also do not actively prevent doctors from doing them. Sure, someone might go bankrupt because of medical debt, but they aren't dying and no doctors are going to prison for doing what they think is in the best interest of the patient.
So what the government is doing here is more malicious than what insurance companies routinely do.
(I am US based and this is my US based argument - please do not EuroTroll me)
But herein lies the problem. “Progressive” often means new or novel. Conservative mostly means “preserve the status quo.” (I’m over simplifying for the sake of making a point, I know).
Conservatives are willing to sit on the status quo and work against change as they can. Progressives want to right wrongs NOW and make effective changes for the future. Unfortunately, because our society grows and changes quickly, and what is right today can be wrong tomorrow and the target moves, so progressive goals also move. Meanwhile conservatives are still plugging away at keeping the status quo.
I’m trying to say that the nature of progressives is to change goals and make things better, which makes it harder to coalesce around one goal for 10, 20, 40+ years. When your target is the past, its easy to keep that in sight as you go forward.
There’s so much to keep track of, wasn’t he doing shady shit on Jan 6th?
Not that he can recall.
The worst part is Republicans are the first ones to trot out “mandate from the people” whenever they get elected…
If you have kids, the PBS Kids video app is pretty alright. And free (in the US of course)
charisma
kə-rĭz′mə
noun
- A rare personal quality attributed to leaders who arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm.
- Personal magnetism or charm.
Is he charming? Depends on preference I think. Does he “arouse fervent popular devotion and enthusiasm”? Absolutely. Why? Hard to say exactly (again, personal preference) but he fits the dictionary definition of “charismatic” to a T.
definitely can’t sway crowds like Trump can
I think this is the biggest issue. He doesn’t have the charisma that Trump does. While I’ve found most of Trump’s nicknames for people pretty stupid, “Meatball Ron” is on point.
This just looks like … regular Ric Flair?
This story is from April, 2021… so yeah nothing new here.