Air New Zealand safety video...with body paint. (Safe for work!)
That's my girl, large and in-charge. Okay, teensy-weensy and in charge.
Gunn ,'Just Rewards (2)'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Polter-Cow - Jul 31, 2009 7:20:30 am PDT #1548 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Gudanov - Jul 31, 2009 7:26:35 am PDT #1549 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping
The conspiracy theory that is bugging me right now is that government health care for the elderly means that the elderly won't get health care and die. Ack! They almost all already have government health care. Health care reform is supported by the AARP. Geez.
megan walker - Jul 31, 2009 7:29:04 am PDT #1550 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Jon Stewart showed amazing footage last night about Obama getting asked crazy-ass questions about health care reform.
tommyrot - Jul 31, 2009 7:29:38 am PDT #1551 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The conspiracy theory that is bugging me right now is that government health care for the elderly means that the elderly won't get health care and die.
Well, then there are those who believe that government health care for the elderly means that when the elderly get sick, they will be euthanized. No, really - a lot of people think that.
Aims - Jul 31, 2009 7:44:12 am PDT #1552 of 30001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Well, then there are those who believe that government health care for the elderly means that when the elderly get sick, they will be euthanized. No, really - a lot of people think that.
*facepalm*
amych - Jul 31, 2009 7:46:16 am PDT #1553 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
What are people doing this weekend?
First tournament of the fencing season. Which is gonna suck.
msbelle - Jul 31, 2009 7:49:51 am PDT #1554 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
weekend - same stuff as normal, but with a Zipcar on Saturday so I can do a Home Depot run. I am hoping a friend and his father will take mac to the pklayground for a few hours on Sat so I can do some of the heavy work in the house.
IF that happens, then Sun mac and I will go to the movies and maybe Ethiopian food.
other possibilities: a metric ton of laundry, farmer's market, ebay listing.
brenda m - Jul 31, 2009 7:51:28 am PDT #1555 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Well, then there are those who believe that government health care for the elderly means that when the elderly get sick, they will be euthanized. No, really - a lot of people think that.
Mandatory suicide counseling. "Are you sure your family wouldn't be better off with you gone? Really?"
No, seriously, I'm not making that up. There are Congressmen claiming this is part of the draft bill.
flea - Jul 31, 2009 7:52:42 am PDT #1556 of 30001
information libertarian
Well, then there are those who believe that government health care for the elderly means that when the elderly get sick, they will be euthanized. No, really - a lot of people think that.
I like the Paul Krugman piece in the Times this morning:
At a recent town hall meeting, a man stood up and told Representative Bob Inglis to “keep your government hands off my Medicare.” The congressman, a Republican from South Carolina, tried to explain that Medicare is already a government program — but the voter, Mr. Inglis said, “wasn’t having any of it.”
Steph L. - Jul 31, 2009 7:53:48 am PDT #1557 of 30001
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
The conspiracy theory that is bugging me right now is that government health care for the elderly means that the elderly won't get health care and die.
Well, then there are those who believe that government health care for the elderly means that when the elderly get sick, they will be euthanized. No, really - a lot of people think that.
Oh, god, you guys. The Boy's parents, who are both in their v. early 70s, really believe that government health care/single-payer means that they'll be euthanized. They read and listen to all the right-wing propaganda, and swallow it wholesale.
There was a piece on All Things Considered on Wendesday, I think, about this exact thing, and they even had an AARP spokesman on to explain what part of the proposal is being spun to make it sound like elderly people are going to be euthanized.
All it is, is that Medicare would pay for elderly people to have an office visit/consultation in order to discuss end-of-life options, ahead of time. Right now, Medicare doesn't pay for that, not on its own visit. If a doctor discusses end-of-life options with a patient as part of a checkup, well, then the doctor gets paid by Medicare b/c it was a checkup. But if the patient just wants to sit down and discuss end-of-life options, without a checkup, Medicare won't pay for it right now. Under the proposed plan, it will.
And so the very necessary end-of-life planning being paid for by Medicare is being spun by vile, waste-of-oxygen jackholes to make it seem like federal agents are going to show up on elderly people's doorsteps and whack them.