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Discussion: The Rose Garden and White House happenings: What does 2024 portend?

That’s not universal health care. 
Universal health care is when everyone in a particular nation is covered by public health policy and care - free or low cost if necessary - especially in order to keep population health costs down. Because this encourages the practice of preventive health care, rather than ‘just in time’ or (even worse) the treating of adverse health events only and only when citizens can afford it.

I’m proud to point out that, depending on circumstances, UK and US citizens visiting Australia can access our universal health programs as visitors to the country. Not in all cases, but some. And you don’t have to attend a hospital for most things; a friendly neighbourhood general practice should be able to assist you. 
For my cancer treatment, I just paid busfares. 
With my current broken arm, which required ambulances, surgery, 24 hours in hospital, multiple scans and X-rays, and physical therapy, I’m just paying busfares. 
What’s wrong with universal health????

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Discussion: The Rose Garden and White House happenings: What does 2024 portend?

mtierney said:

story has it that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned…

Fetterman-friendly Senate dress code in Nero’s day.

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Discussion: How to open locked iPhone

Or you can just wait for the next spam call…

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Discussion: The Rose Garden and White House happenings: What does 2024 portend?

mtierney said:

Try to really imagine a universe in which each and every individual receives medical care —  free, mostly, but those who can pay in,  I imagine, will be complaining. 

Why should it not be an aspiration for every person to have access to health care? 

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Discussion: Twitter is a Private Company

nohero said:

One of the guys in the background told him to wear it that way.

A mixed-up hat is the trademark of the Elon Ranger.

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Discussion: Twitter is a Private Company

terp said:

Word

Text Editor, actually.

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Discussion: Bring Out Your Dead! The celebrity death thread....

Less well-known fact about McCallum was that he recorded a few albums in the 60s, too (not usually as a vocalist, but as a musician and conductor. On one of those albums, titled Music: A Bit More of Me, the second from last track is called The Edge.

It was sampled by Dr. Dre for his collab with Snoop Dogg "The Next Episode"

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Discussion: The Rose Garden and White House happenings: What does 2024 portend?

joanne said:

Yep, bedsheets for the very late- night sessions 

DaveSchmidt said:

mtierney said:

story has it that Nero played the fiddle while Rome burned…

Fetterman-friendly Senate dress code in Nero’s day.

Mtierney, I can’t read the article cited as it’s behind a paywall. 

It's a WSJ op-ed, therefore not worth anyone's time.

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Discussion: see thread, "Our next weekend event" started by WxNut for updates

Thurs Sept 28th

Frankly, the models are just a mess for tomorrow.

What I am confident in is rain, possibly heavy at times.

How much? From 1 - 3.5 inches, depending on which model and when you run it. The trend is towards the 2" range but with low confidence. Oh, and thunderstorms are possible, too.

So all I can recommend is continue paying attention to the NWS, prepare for a nasty day, and hope for the best.

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Discussion: How to open locked iPhone

i use an address book from dollar tree to write down passwords.  i don't write the actual password.  I have a code to jog my memory.  i have a bank of standard words and numbers I use ....i put 3 together in various combinations....and use a unique initial/s to start.  for example...if i had an account at ducktape dot com...I would start the password DT, then use my code words..

if you have some place to hide the book, you can write the actual passwords.

some times i would write a 'fake' name.  if i had an iphone 14.  I would write Ida Paine, 14 Appletree lane Marthas Vineyard...

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