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Interesting ....would you consider Austria Communist? You can't get much more Socially Democratic than Austria. Rob

No, not at all. Democrats bastardized the term liberal some time ago by rejecting the classical liberal qualities of tolerance of opinion, free trade...

Dude, Muslims will never be liberal. You would actually vote for someone who is a practicing member of a religion that believes your kind should be...

You have me annoyed but yet fascinated in a way. You don't find Mamdani liberal? Do you agree with Herr Dictator and categorize him as Communist,...

Though I believe that Iran is far from innocent, so are all the other players here and I include Israel in this - parts of Tehran are beautiful and...

There's nothing liberal about Mamdani, nor any state or collection of citizens which may want to become part of your coveted 'Homeland'. The 'New...

Mmmmm.....I didn't get the comment but it by itself does sound a tad snarky. Rob

I think he's absolutely wonderful. I'd love to see him on a ticket with Buttigieg as President, Mamdani as VP, or should the US split as I believe...

Stupid thing to say

I worry too in regards to rural Arizona hospitals. I wouldn't be surprised to see some Northland hospitals cloding, say along the Mogollon Rim...

Do you mean in regards to accessing health care given that you are aways away from Seattle? Rob

I am SO glad that someone other than myself started this. I live in an area (won't mention the zip lol) with many Medicaid recipients - there is a...

I’ll keep my eyes open for wheelchairs by the side of the road.

Thanks, Tradd. Working my way through Catherine's life energy test. One of the things I have loved about the job is no commute, no work outfits. ...

Welp, here we go down the rabbithole of this pile 'o crap bill. I wonder how soon the first effects will really be felt, as I am currently trying to...

Sorry to hear this. That stinks.

okay---so sad about your friend Ellie. That said, she must've been very naive. Yup. Too bad.

I agree!

I don't know. I have been doing it in a rut. I've told myself it's easy but it isn't always easy, andI think it's more that it's less for doing...

Bought a new MacBool Air yesteryear on sale for $150 at Best Buy. My previous MacBook Air was a 2015 model that died around 2022, and then I got a...

How many hours does that 10-16k mean for you? Is it worth your life energy for that amount?

Many arguments about big bills produce such claims. True or false it’s become something of a trope. Not that I think this bill isn’t pretty...

Yeah, this could be. I could just sit it out and take the jobs if they come up and also decline, without doing anything dramatic. There would not...

So sorry this is happening to you. The question I have is do you think they will start firing some of the part-timers? I ask because it seems that...

Youngest got into the act and went through his closet. He doesn't have nearly as many clothes as his brother but he did find that he had 3 grey...

I've been keeping a list of books I've read for a long time. Just finished The Lost Man by Jane Harper. I had read The Dry by her a long time ago and...

Catherine, I don't think I expressed myself correctly. I had added 56 books to my list in 2024, and I read 51 books in 2024. So far this year, I've...

That's a good start, EJ. 84 to go!

okay----as you kids know by now, traffic is VERY(xxx4444) hazardous here, aqnd of course----Zurra trees are a definite menace to society. But...

Not to diminish the health care issue, but the bill has a lot more than just that. I'm not sure where the green energy credits ended up since it's...

Hello, I'm setting a goal of getting 100 things out of my house by July 22 (we'll be on vacation after that). I have gifts I've bought for people...

To be fair, the last draft of the bill I looked at will benefit me quite a bit financially. If I were only concerned with my own wallet, well, …

okay----lord o' mercy---traffic is murder, here! Cauze, yeah---the other day, a guy was running from a traffic stop, and hit an off-duty cop and his...

There is no pension but there is a 401k. I have a regular 401k and a Roth so it would be a way to shield money from taxes. The other school does...

Are there pension implication? I mean, do you have TIAFF Cref or whatever it’s called? is income the ONLY financial consideration?

That's a good question--at least 1-5 more years.

How long were you planning to work? I mean, until what age?

You mean like the children who are American citizens who need life-saving cancer treatment? Like the one he deported?

There’s always a degree of arm-twisting on both sides for a bill of this magnitude, but I’m not yet prepared to drink the kool aid regarding Trump as...

Yes, you can have your brains or your signature on the bill, your choice.

Yes, but what happens when "Don"ald Trump makes the dissenters an offer they can't refuse?

It doesn’t look like passage through the House is a foregone conclusion. Some GOP moderates have issues with various parts of the entitlement...

It will be disastrous for my community.

They are already closing hospitals in Maine. Like gone. Like now people have to go 2-3 hours. People will die, and I am with Siouz, I can't...

Yes, despite the claims that most Medicaid recipients are lazy bastards, I have read that the number of people who would fit the criteria of "could...

Currently I am worried about the viability of our little county hospital just half a mile from me. It already struggles financially. It’s a great...

Whoa! I think that's good for at least 4 books. But what a great way to spend your time! One of my all time favorite stories.

I need to pump up my reading. Still trying to get through Les Miserables.

Kudos to you both for jumping on all this a getting it worked out.

Wow! So at your current rate, you should be able to finish your list of 40 by year-end! Good work! I just saw a graphic on FB yesterday that...

So far this year, I have read 33 books and added 40 to my list, lol.

Here's my full June reading list: Midnight Blue by Simone Van Der Vlugt - really good historical fiction set in the Netherlands in the 1600s,...

Hahaha!! Correct!!

I'm reading The Ecology of Wisdom--writings by Arne Naess, the founder of the Deep Ecology movement. A lot of simple living messages in there,...

Just started Saving a Continent: The Untold Story of the Marshall Plan.