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"Is that because the ACA was in fact the Republican proposal put forward during the Clinton administration for healthcare reform, and a copy of the Republican Romneycare program adopted in Massachusetts?"
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Summary Of A 1993 Republican Health Reform Plan - KFF Health News
In November, 1993, Sen. John Chafee, R-R.I., introduced what was considered to be one of the main Republican health overhaul proposals: “A bill to provide comprehensive reform of the health care syste...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Is that because the ACA was in fact the Republican proposal put forward during the Clinton administration for healthcare reform, and a copy of the Republican Romneycare program adopted in Massachusetts?"
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kffhealthnews.org/news/gop-199...
"Being informed" means telling people "wear the best mask you can find, but anything is better than nothing"
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Being informed" means telling people "wear the best mask you can find, but anything is better than nothing"
There isn't any mask that makes you "fully protected"
It's all a "swiss cheese model" of safety where you want as many layers of protection as possible (mask, distancing, vaccination, cleanliness, etc...)
None of them are 100%, but any amount of them is better than nothing.
It's all a "swiss cheese model" of safety where you want as many layers of protection as possible (mask, distancing, vaccination, cleanliness, etc...)
None of them are 100%, but any amount of them is better than nothing.
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
There isn't any mask that makes you "fully protected"
It's all a "swiss cheese model" of safety where you want as many layers of protection as possible (mask, distancing, vaccination, cleanliness, etc...)
None of them are 100%, but any amount of them is better than nothing.
It's all a "swiss cheese model" of safety where you want as many layers of protection as possible (mask, distancing, vaccination, cleanliness, etc...)
None of them are 100%, but any amount of them is better than nothing.
"Also I want every photo to have a weird half-second of movement when you open it - not enough for a whole video, just enough to think your pictures are haunted."
December 9, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Also I want every photo to have a weird half-second of movement when you open it - not enough for a whole video, just enough to think your pictures are haunted."
Any kind of mask is better than none - better masks are ideal, but someone wearing a surgical mask is still better protected/protecting others than someone without.
See: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
See: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
Can face masks protect against COVID-19?
Face masks can help slow the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Learn about mask types, which masks to use and how to use them.
www.mayoclinic.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Any kind of mask is better than none - better masks are ideal, but someone wearing a surgical mask is still better protected/protecting others than someone without.
See: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
See: www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-con...
If people were capable of being "customers" in education, they wouldn't need education.
A customer has to know what they're buying, which someone who hasn't gotten an education yet, by definition, does not.
Having the humility to admit not knowing stuff is an under-developed skill.
A customer has to know what they're buying, which someone who hasn't gotten an education yet, by definition, does not.
Having the humility to admit not knowing stuff is an under-developed skill.
December 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If people were capable of being "customers" in education, they wouldn't need education.
A customer has to know what they're buying, which someone who hasn't gotten an education yet, by definition, does not.
Having the humility to admit not knowing stuff is an under-developed skill.
A customer has to know what they're buying, which someone who hasn't gotten an education yet, by definition, does not.
Having the humility to admit not knowing stuff is an under-developed skill.
Technically the "FIFA Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences", and not a true FIFA prize.
December 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Technically the "FIFA Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences", and not a true FIFA prize.
As if they would ever risk letting kids make up their own minds about anything.
Remember that this is a state where it's legal to physically beat children in schools for disobedience (or any reason, really).
Remember that this is a state where it's legal to physically beat children in schools for disobedience (or any reason, really).
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
As if they would ever risk letting kids make up their own minds about anything.
Remember that this is a state where it's legal to physically beat children in schools for disobedience (or any reason, really).
Remember that this is a state where it's legal to physically beat children in schools for disobedience (or any reason, really).
Toddler in chief - "I can do anything I want and when anything goes wrong it's YOUR fault"
December 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Toddler in chief - "I can do anything I want and when anything goes wrong it's YOUR fault"
"FIFA ethics code:
1. Make sure everyone gets a cut of the bribes before you sell out to a bloody murderous dictator
2. That is all"
1. Make sure everyone gets a cut of the bribes before you sell out to a bloody murderous dictator
2. That is all"
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"FIFA ethics code:
1. Make sure everyone gets a cut of the bribes before you sell out to a bloody murderous dictator
2. That is all"
1. Make sure everyone gets a cut of the bribes before you sell out to a bloody murderous dictator
2. That is all"
Not really "agrarian, artisanal and poor" so much as laboring at starvation wages, urban and crammed into slums.
AI will never get rid of human workers - it's not supposed to - it only takes away their bargaining power so they can be made to work for pennies a day.
AI will never get rid of human workers - it's not supposed to - it only takes away their bargaining power so they can be made to work for pennies a day.
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Not really "agrarian, artisanal and poor" so much as laboring at starvation wages, urban and crammed into slums.
AI will never get rid of human workers - it's not supposed to - it only takes away their bargaining power so they can be made to work for pennies a day.
AI will never get rid of human workers - it's not supposed to - it only takes away their bargaining power so they can be made to work for pennies a day.
Sinners continues to be the best movie I've seen this year
December 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Sinners continues to be the best movie I've seen this year
The origin of that punishment in the US was as a way of torturing slaves in the American South.
That isn't a coincidence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_(to...
That isn't a coincidence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_(to...
Box (torture) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The origin of that punishment in the US was as a way of torturing slaves in the American South.
That isn't a coincidence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_(to...
That isn't a coincidence.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_(to...