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On the first anniversary of the Senate defeat of Trump’s health care repeal,and just three months before the crucial midterm elections, a new Public Policy Polling survey finds a majority of voters want to support candidates for Congress who oppose repealing the Affordable Care Act. This was brought in under Obama in 2010 and has provided health provision for millions of Americans.
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I thought every party was in favour of a new national health service, they just differed on the specifics.
There was a very interesting series of interviews by Sarah Kliffe on this very topic in Kentucky.
Basically Trump voters did not believe him when he said he would repeal the law.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2016/12/13/13848794/kentucky-obamacare-trump
O/T The rape field behind our house is being combine harvested right now.
https://twitter.com/dcbmep/status/1022031122165915648?s=21
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This conversation reminds me of the LA Speed Check story. For those of you who have never heard it, well worth the five minutes:
https://twistedsifter.com/videos/an-sr-71-blackbird-pilot-recounts-his-infamous-la-speed-check-story/
Thanks for that - that guy can tell a story! A master class for dialogue coaches....
At least he doesn’t imply the death penalty should be brought back for his political opponents.
This is proto- or even full on fascist stuff.
https://twitter.com/TheAlexSW19/status/1022013754198958080
There were some controversies around Nuremberg as well of course, particularly over Hess and some of the military officers - I seem to remember Airey Neave believed Jodl would have been acquitted or at least, not executed had the trials been held a year later. He also criticised the judges for executing Sauckel while imprisoning Speer (who was ultimately in charge of the forced labour programme).
I kept my sense of perspective.
Withdrawal of entitlements is indeed causing problems. See this tweet.
https://twitter.com/DoreenRudolph3/status/1020637950328098821?s=19
It seems quite absurd in Britain, but if you look at the hashtag #insulin4all it does give some perspective on what life is like in the USA for those with pre existing conditions such as diabetes. That said, I do wonder if her MD should have prescribed an older generic insulin.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_Kingdom
For instance, in 2016 there were 104 incidents and 9 deaths; as recently as 1994 there were 256 incidents and 66 deaths. In fact, in terms of number of incidents we seem to be back at the pre-1994 'norm', and fatalities are not there yet (and I hope they do not get there).
The Blair years appear to have been 'good' for lack of terrorism ...
Those who want to ignore that for the sake of Brexit are playing with fire.
Part of it seems to be “improved” insulin that you need to take less often but which is multiples of the price of the older generic. What does the NHS use?
This is in marked contrast to Jihadi terrorism.
This makes me suspect that there is an inconsistency in the way that incidents have been counted (as you would expect the counting of fatalities to be easier to get right).
1. Does it ensure a strong and collaborative future relationship with the EU?
2. Does it deliver the “exact same benefits” as we currently have as members of the Single Market and Customs Union?
3. Does it ensure the fair management of migration in the interests of the economy and communities?
4. Does it defend rights and protections and prevent a race to the bottom?
5. Does it protect national security and our capacity to tackle cross-border crime?
6. Does it deliver for all regions and nations of the UK?
As currently proposed, Chequers meets (arguably) 0/6 of those tests.
And, practically, it gives Labour room to reject any deal that's not full EEA+CU.
And if anyone hands me my coat in this heat, there will be an extreme terrorist incident involving cattle prods.
For instance, I've heard three IRA bombs go off: one in Derby, the Bishopsgate bomb, and the Baltic Exchange (the later two whilst living in the East End).
https://twitter.com/Raphael_Hogarth/status/1022054723237699584
https://www.irishnews.com/news/2018/02/15/news/eye-witness-says-murder-scene-was-a-bloodbath-1256176/
I note as well he can count up to six, which means unlike the Treasury in the heady days of 1997 he doesn't rely on his fingers.
I am fed up with this dishonesty. If people want to argue we should have voted remain fair enough, they are of course entitled to their opinion. But setting criteria by which Brexit must fail whilst pretending to accept the result is dishonest and morally odious.
And is anyway inconsistent with what Corbyn said yesterday about the benefits of Brexit.
If it's not people counting incidents differently, is it the police intercepting people at an earlier stage than they were able to in the 80s and 90s (and a raid that breaks up a plot being counted as an incident)? An example might be that person they picked up in Whitehall with the knives who they had been watching.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19009344
Or to put it another way, if Labour are serious about these six tests, which anyone with half a brain can see are simply not plausible, they will have to vote for No Deal give that is the alternative.
According to him, the problems occur when clever criminals come into existence.
One of the privileges of opposition is that one does not need to be coherent. All one needs to do is oppose.
That does not extend to the government or to those positively advocating a course of action. Leavers have failed to come up with a coherent programme, hence the mess we are currently in.
The newer insulins do have better pharmacodynamics, and are more expensive, but probably the economics favour them as long term complications of poor control are expensive.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-corbyn-nigel-farage-scottish-labour-foreign-worker-attack-kezia-dugdale-a8249691.html
However, it is a little worrying if an opposition that may be jockeying for power has no clue what to do with it once it gets there, apart from a load of uncosted ideas on spending and some oxymoronic platitudes on foreign affairs, don't you think?
There may be an element of liability insurance but mostly US drug costs are profiteering. In the USA medicine is a business, not a social service. The point of a business is to extract as much profit as sustainably possible, and US medicine succeeds very well on that measure.
Obviously if economic chaos can be avoided that's great, but Labour are not going to not cause chaos if they have a chance to bring down the government.
As we have now established beyond doubt it has been the remainers in government who have determined policy, or more accurately, the lack of policy over the last 2 years. I fear that this has been driven by weakness, ineptitude and a lack of decisiveness but just maybe May has a cunning plan. We had all better hope so.
I come back to near universal reporting that it’s shite.
Neave's account of Nuremburg was fascinating.
Theresa May may find herself relying on the abstentions (or even active votes) of several dozen Labour MP rebels at the end who want to avoid no deal.