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PeterL: there is also
the stupid US practice of
tying health insurance
to your employment, instead of having an open market
trinque: because
they launder it
through an "insurance company"
mircea_popescu: PeterL right, because if i put more people
through
the clothes shredder i'll get more supermodels right ?
trinque: but it is not a
tax y'see!
mircea_popescu: the only way out is
to separate medical care from social security ; and
to shoot anyone found
to have engaged in fraud for
the past decade.
PeterL: they could pay
to put more people
through doctor school, or something
trinque: speaking of
the motherfucking health care, my premium for
the shittiest plan
that's available just went up by 32%
mircea_popescu: they can't hire more doctors, because
they're already hiring all
the doctors
that exist.
PeterL: suprise suprise,
the cost went up
PeterL: basic economics: if
they wanted prices
to go down
they should have increased supply (hire more doctors), instead
they increased demand (forced everybody
to buy
the "insurance")
mircea_popescu: the business of squandering
the
tax receipts, but w/e.
mircea_popescu: it all balances out, so
that
the usg can pretend it has a gdp and
the oligarchy can pretend it's in business.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo
they raped him more last
time because "not in electorally sensitive locale".
the people who got it easy
then for
that reason are getting shafted now
PeterL: well,
there was a visible change in
the reported polls over
the last couple weeks,
that is what I am referring
to
mircea_popescu: the idiots may
think
that unreported crime/fires/rapes/whatever never happened, but it's not how it works.
BingoBoingo: PeterL: 25% is
the least it is going up depending on your ZIP code
PeterL: and reports are
that it will go up ~25%
this year, I
think
that may have been one of
the
things
tipping
the polls away from clinton at
the last moment
mircea_popescu: the result of letting
the kids on reddit instead of keeping
them chained
to a pole half
the day with water and quarterly whippings.
mircea_popescu: basically
the whole
thing was about govt corps needing a new prop for
their feltering bezzle fortune. and he acquiesced. and
the idiots
think he's a democrat.
PeterL: the year obamacare came into effect my health insurance cost went up 300%, with
the same coverage
mircea_popescu: it's always
tempting
to say
that "this dish is shit, but let me add some sauce", as if
the superset of shit somehow redeems
the individual
turds.
mircea_popescu: it was badly
thought out, badly written, bad all
through.
a111: Logged on 2016-09-15 14:47 Framedragger: mein gott. decided
to deploy one of
the newer 'productivity web apps' for work, official install is
through docker, and *obviously* official docker install is `wget -qO-
https://get.docker.com/ | sh`. BUT LOOK at
the end of
that legit2000.sh is:
mircea_popescu: somehow
they ALSO all omit
to point out
that a)
they were wrong and b)
the others were right ; or propose any sort of penitence, such as you know, hanging
themselves.
Framedragger: (re. putin, can't see how one could disagree
there)
mircea_popescu: incidentally,
they all AGREE
today
that he fucked it up. and it "needs
to be fixed".
mircea_popescu: lol. and what else, putin just didn't understand how
the world works ?
mircea_popescu: unless you want
to put it on
the same sex marriage idiocy, but
this is bestowing unwarranted importance on
the faggot party.
Framedragger: but i
thought it was just a negotiating
tactic by
the republicans - had happened before
mircea_popescu: no, i mean obama fucking up with his healthcare bill and nearly sending
the country into insolvency
thereby.
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: oh,
that. budget not getting approved, you mean
Framedragger: not particularly. states were able
to opt out of ACA which was not in
the original plan; but
the shutdown?
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: curious, if you're referring
to obamacare re. healthcare bill, what did you mean re insolvency? or was
that more in jest? ACA reduced budget deficit; but my knowledge is very superficial, so..
mircea_popescu: so a) all
their friends will
think
they're fucking a submarine AND b)
they won't actually get
torn cunts.
mircea_popescu: the girls just
think he's a
tall black man with a small dick.
PeterL: and
the girls
think he has a sexy speaking voice
mircea_popescu: PeterL yeah, up until
the vote
turns out +20
trump rather
than +4 as
the polls showed.
mircea_popescu: PeterL and
the fundamental reason is
that he's black and
they're racist. in
their minds, he's subhuman, and consequently incapable of action, intent, responsibility etc.
PeterL: right,
those lean republican so
they don't matter because
they were already baked into
the polls
that
they would swing
trump
PeterL: Obama remais a clean slate, everything just slides off him, and
the progs still project all
their pet policies onto him despite his actual actions
to
the contrary
mircea_popescu: right.
there were no scandals because he's dumb and deaf.
BingoBoingo: Also Obola had scandals "Fast and Furious", "Malia
Twerking", etc
mircea_popescu: or
the
time he destroyed
the last shreds of respectability for
the supreme court, what with
the
tax
that's not a
tax.
PeterL: but at least he hasn't had any sexual scandals come
to light! (yet)
mircea_popescu: or
the
time his inept healthcare bill nearly sent
the country into insolvency.
mircea_popescu: they also seem
to forget
the five or so
times putin pulled his pants down and fucked him like a little bitch in front of intl orgs.
PeterL: I have seen a bunch of memes popping up on arsebook praising Obummer for having "8 years with no scandals",
they seem
to forget
that
the scandals plaguing Hillary stem from her
time as part of
the Obummer administration
mircea_popescu: who
the fuck even knew someone actually ran against reagan 2.
mircea_popescu: ima man up and admit i have nfi what i'm
talking about
then!
mircea_popescu: PeterL ima cop out and say
the empire only begins post ww2.
mircea_popescu: she lost fucking nh, she's going
to carry california and
thaqt's it. first presidential candidate with <10% of electoral votes in
the history of
that empire.
mircea_popescu: generally in bipartisan systems a vote downlist has principally
the effect of hurting
the favorite.
that much is correct. nevertheless,
the notion
that hillary's a favourite is ludicrous.
mircea_popescu: PeterL
those people read way
too much myspace, which is how
they ended up with
the notion
that hillary has a chance or something.
BingoBoingo: mircea_popescu: Nah,
they'll just have more undeaded ballots next door in St Clair County
to balance it out.
mircea_popescu: BingoBoingo dun worry about it,
they'll fix it later if
the counts don't come out right
BingoBoingo: PeterL: Doing
the math for myself and seeing how empty
the box of registered voter cards was it appeared
that in my jurisdiction voting Johnson would have been stealing from
Trump
to help Hillary. #MakeIllinoisASwingState
PeterL: people keep
telling me
that a vote for Johnson is a vote for
Trump (because it is somehow stealing a vote from Hillary, who we only want
to vote for
to stop
the monster
Trump), so I guess I voted for
TrumpReich
too
BingoBoingo woke up
today an undecided voter. It was weird. I had every intention of voting for my boy Gary Johnson, but on
the drive
to
the polling place uncertainty hit me. And
this
the 124th ballot in
the 5th precinct of Helvitia
township in Madison County, Illinois was submitted for
the
TrumpenReich
hanbot would like
to
thank her fellow contestants for
their literary companionship, and
the congratulators for
their congratulations,
the republic for its independence, and reserva san juan.
shinohai blows vuvuzela behind
the woman sitting next
to mod6
mod6: Mr. Popescu, Lords, and General Assembly:
Today, I'd like
to
take a moment
to observe and congratulate
The Most Serene Republic on it's Second Independence Day!
PeterL voted
this morning, was number 53 in
the precinct
mircea_popescu: new hampshire
traditionally has
the early closed ballots because all
the small
towns can close as soon as all ballots are cast and
the residents usually show up at midnight and vote.
adlai has been in polling stations, more
than 100 people vote in 'cities'
mircea_popescu: what, "i make a loss on every sale but i hope
to make it up on volume" ?
Framedragger: yeah i
thought it was leftist weed central or sth
mircea_popescu: i guess
these must be
the ones without diebolix machines ?
Framedragger: i see
the point. yah, it's more funky
that way
Framedragger: mircea_popescu: i can't bridge
the parallel in my mind.
mircea_popescu: the strength of feeling is what matters, not its "direction", esp not as self-reported by
the feeler.
Framedragger: the latter appears more rational and
therefore
to a degree more sexy, but
the former may be into s/m