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Just can’t close the deal. Should be 20+

Nice

Why do we always do this crap

Dave is big
Official, “CANT DO THAT”

Ochai got fouled

Dave ily

That looked unpleasant

Dave passed and Marcus hit a 3 wut

Microwave

How many times have we hit 80 in league play? Once?

@BeddieKU23 said in Boomer Auto Salvage/PC Repair/Plumbing/Bail Bonds Game Thread:

The weakest 3 second call

Think he’s rounding up

LARCENY

Dang it Dot.

That would’ve brought the house down

Zoooooom

Marcus Grand Theft Garrett

We good

Weird lob but ok

That’s the UPS we know and love

Woooow

That possession made me want to drink bleach

Zooooom

We’re gonna blow their doors off

@Kcmatt7 said in The democratic nominee:

How everyone isn’t on the healthcare train yet I do not understand. It’s works. The proof is all over the world.

The proof is you can, as a non citizen go up to Canada and buy insulin for a quarter of the cost without insurance as here in the U.S.

I had a friend who’s appendix had to be removed while he was in Denmark. It wasn’t even $5k for a non citizen to have emergency surgery.

It’s not like we would be the first to do this and it’s some loony toon idea.

There are very significant trade offs to consider. First, most major innovations in health happen in the US because there’s competition and profits to be made from inventing things that really improve health outcomes. Moving to single payer at best slows this down significantly.

Next, quality of care. Doctors are paid significantly less in Europe than the US. Why? Government payment rates are much lower than private insurance here. If you talk to hospital admin, they’ll all tell you they make money from private insurance, maybe break even from Medicare depending on the size of the hospital, and lose money from Medicaid which is shy about half of providers don’t take it. In the medium to long term moving everyone to Medicare rates will lower salaries for doctors, nurses, PA’s, etc. and will push some great folks into other fields. The last thing we want is a supply shock when demand will rise due to aging population and dumping millions into Medicare.

We also know just covering people doesn’t have a massive effect on health outcomes if that coverage doesn’t get you care. Wait times for most procedures overseas are much longer than here (more demand, less supply, no prices). In Oregon they did a Medicaid expansion RCT a few years ago and essentially found bulls in all but a few health outcomes.

Next, how do you pay for it all? BernieCare would push public spending as a % of GDP above 50. Which translates to the average person’s effective tax rate is also 50%. A couple ways to get there: a regressive VAT (Europe style), a wealth tax (I also love fairytales) or just say screw it and print the money all Veimar style. All are really bad for growth, making it more difficulty to pay for everything else government does.

All trade offs to consider. You can have 2 of these 3 in health: affordability, accessibility, and quality. Which 2 should we prioritize?

@Kcmatt7 said in The democratic nominee:

@kjayhawks said in The democratic nominee:

@Kcmatt7 interesting, I think trump has been hard on his negative press outlets but Obama scolded Fox News when he was in office multiple times. A Democrat senator that said he doesnt believe people should be able to criticize them even when they are wrong. Politics have a ton hypocrites these days for sure. I’m in the middle on a ton of issues.

Trump has revoked several Press Passes and hasn’t had his press secretary hold a press briefing ever since she got the job. He literally calls every single mainstream media fake news but Fox and the second they criticize him he tweets about it. He basically ran Shep out.

Nunes is suing people on Twitter for saying mean things about him.

Huckabee is trying to get a lawyer on twitter disbarred for tweeting mean things about him.

Senators are now walking down the hallways calling reporters “liberal hacks” like its normal.

Other Congressman will “only go on OAN and Foxnews”

To compare Obama not treating Foxnews like an actual News outlet is fair. Providing it still is a news outlet and does not existing solely to drum up or magnify propaganda. Like the Obama “birther” story for example.

What Obama did was wrong. I’ll agree somewhat. But it’s not even in the realm of what is happening right now. Across the board, Republicans in office have felt emboldened to attack any and all press. It’s a big hit with the MAGA crowd to just call everyone “Fake News” and get a little sound bite of that.

To be fair Pres. Obama illegally spied on Fox and AP reporters. We’ve known the administration was doing some of this but we’re just now getting to the bottom of their attack on the press. https://issuesinsights.com/2019/05/25/report-obamas-spying-on-the-press-was-far-more-extensive-than-previously-thought/ ↗

Both Trump and Obama were bad on civil liberties but I’ll let partisans argue to what degree.

@BShark said in The democratic nominee:

@FarmerJayhawk look I'm just saying Obama was a very good capitalist lap dog. He had time to even try to increase minimum wage. If you want to some time though, down the line, then sure.

I find it silly that Bloomberg can be a Republican so long and then declare himself a Democrat. That still just slays me so I have to bring it up again. And yes he is a total asshole. Really hope he doesn't buy the nomination.

We might disagree on some stuff like I don't think Bernie is Marx but I usually find you reasonable. To me Marx is insane as is Laffer. There is a sane middle ground. Bernie will not win the nomination though, I'd bet farms on that.

@kjayhawks both sides weaponize social issues while otherwise maintaining the status quo lol.

Again, longer discussion but Obama torched all his political capital getting the stimulus and ACA done. D’s in Congress were much more centrist than they are now so it took some serious effort (and really wild deal making) to get Lincoln, Nelson, et al. on board with a huge expansion of social programs.

I don’t think Bernie is Marx at all. He’s not a rabid anti-Semite (yay!), respects democracy (yay!), and believes we actually need a state (big yay!). I just don’t agree with him on anything and think he’s a prick. Which tbf is how I feel about most of the D candidates at this point.

Bryce was a major snub for the Jordan Brand game. Shocked (except not)

@BShark said in The democratic nominee:

There is a reason the establishment including the DNC is so afraid of Bernie. I can't see him getting the nomination despite winning primaries.

He would be the first actual liberal president since...well in a long damn time? Obama was basically a Republican if you really think about it. On material grounds, he's as pro-capitalist right wing as they come. His niche exists solely to placate the working class into feeling like they're not losing as much ground as they could be. (So the bottom 80% of households can feel grateful they've only lost like 20% to 40% of their net worth instead of more.) On empty symbolic grounds he's cosmetically different, but that only matters if one is a race-brain justice lord that cares about platitudes and cliches more than who gets a pay raise and who gets a pay cut.

I could go on about Obama with more examples, but I think the point is made. I kinda wonder what Bernie would really be able to do. God forbid there be less profit off of human suffering and basic human rights.

The worst candidate is Bloomberg. He was a long term Republican and now since he put the D next to his name we are supposed to believe he is a liberal? Lol...

Ultimately it doesn't matter who is president*, but I'm still voting and encourage others to do the same.

*in name, since the real presidents are Microsoft, Amazon, Google and Lockheed Martin.

Well, he is disruptive. Also a royal asshole to most people. Not some grand conspiracy, most people just don't like him very much. Part of the reason nobody who really knows him well endorsed him. Pat Leahy kind of had to because they live like 10 miles apart. Bernie also has a women problem. Oppo about to drop on that.

Obama basically a Republican? Man... that's a new one. This isn't the thread to go into that but we can have that out at some point ;)

We do agree Bloomberg is awful. Worst candidate on civil liberties by far. Only other that was close was Harris. Some of his anti-religious liberty stuff was so bad Bill deBlasio thought they were overboard. For example, Bloomberg banned organizations affiliated with public schools to meet in churches (think PTA's). Just bonkers kind of stuff. Not to mention stop and frisk. It does crack me up how his actual accomplishment of getting NYC's finances in order doesn't appear on any of his ads or campaign site. Like dude, your the classic technocrat. Just own it.

Also, your last sentence struck a chord. BUH GAWD WE PUT WAY TOO MUCH F'ING EMPHASIS ON WHO THE FORKING POTUS IS. The Article I branch is superior to the others yet midterm elections when 468 of the 535 members of Congress get elected. If you really want change, get out and campaign for candidates in Congressional primary and general elections. For example, Bernie wants a single payer health plan more generous than any exists on the planet. He needs 60 Senators and 218 House members to agree. There might be 40 Senators (at most) and 150 House members that would vote for BernieCare and most importantly, the enormous taxes necessary to double the size of the federal government. President Bernie shudders can't just do that. We're not a dictatorship, no matter what CNN says. The Constitution puts these responsibilities on Congress (thank mercy!) so if you really want the Bernie (or any candidate!) agenda, get out and work/vote in primary and midterm elections.

@DanR said in The democratic nominee:

@approxinfinity

I get at least 2 phone calls per day from "re-elect Trump" with a recording of him screaming about something and begging for money. Have no idea how my phone number ended up on their call list... could be they just robo call every land line in red states. Hope it costs him a dime every time. LOL

All that info is in your voter file so any campaign can scrape the Sec. of State for that info and call! We used to make all the calls by hand (later on VoIP phones thank God) and it was super easy to hit a button and leave a pre-recorded voicemail if there was no answer.

@BShark said in RIP Jalen Wilson:

@Crimsonorblue22 What were you thinking about it?

Next year will be very interesting. Losing our two best players from a team that already struggles to score.

I like next year's squad more from a pure scoring standpoint:

Dotson -> Garrett (downgrade)

Garrett -> Thompson (upgrade)

Ochai -> Also Ochai (upgrade)

Braun -> Braun/Wilson/G-F/Enaruna (upgrade)

Doke -> McCormack (downgrade)

19/20 bench -> 20/21 bench (upgrade) depth! Yay!

Huh. Looks like JT Thor might go back to 2021, take a prep year, and explore the draft or go pro overseas.

I was 12 during that game and cried and cried and cried. Was inconsolable. Didn’t help that I handled as well or better than my family

@approxinfinity said in THROWBACKS:

@FarmerJayhawk werent those Nike uniforms? How does that work?

Nike doesn’t own the trademark to the design. Just slap an Adidas logo on it and we’re good to go. Universities always keep their branding close to the vest

SO HYPE https://www.instagram.com/p/B8h763Rnl48/?igshid=m58r5bob19wk ↗

@jayballer73 said in Changes to coaching staff.:

@Kcmatt7 said in Changes to coaching staff.:

Hull was a HS coach with some ties. Nothing more.

Whether he was just a high School coach or not which I know he was, I think this move your gonna see repercussions . YA , YA, I know you say he was landing recruits. - - Well until we as a WHOLE COACHING STAFF, not just Tony - - until this Staff can get us MORE WINS on the filed then it isn't going to make a dam bit of difference. - We can Thank Tony for getting us ONE of our very few bright spots - that we DO have on the field. - -You think things were slim in the La area before? - we sure didn't do ourselves any favors by firing Tony - -word gets around. Tony is the one who brought us the LA connection - you best be finding some stud that all players have that Connection with in that area now - - Don't say Les, if that was the case why hadn't they commit even without Tony.

Stupid move - - P - - -= poor move Moronic move - -just shows how sad this program is - another BAD - - BAD - - BAD decision this dept and Staff made

We didn’t fire him. No hard feelings. His contract expires at the end of the month and he didn’t want to come back.

Braun has a high floor as a starter, much higher than Moss. If his shot isn't falling, Moss tends to get frustrated and pick up some dumb fouls. Braun, even when not shooting, can handle, pass, and is a scrappy defender. If the shot is falling he's easily one of our best 5. Moss might as well grab some Salty Iguana and hang out on the end of the bench if he's cold from the outside.

Hull is out. Classic case of what have you done for me lately. Recruiting fell off, he isn't a great on-field coach, and was making a lot of money. Deal was up so we mutually parted ways

@wissox said in Other Games:

@FarmerJayhawk Were you there for the game with Duke the other night? I assume you've been in the Dean Dome. Do you like it?

I was at my local watering hole racking up a ridiculous tab after that ending. I've been a couple times. Really don't care for it. It feels like a NBA arena in that it has a MASSIVE footprint. Holds 21,500 people and most seats are chair backs. So it almost never gets loud and the upper deck seats are generally garbage. I watched a game from the very highest place to watch a game at Allen (the top of the stairs to the top level, a level above the highest concourse, and was much closer than fairly low part of the upper deck at the Dean Dome.

@BShark said in In the Middle of Nowhere Game Thread:

@FarmerJayhawk Germans

Bears repeating

8 points for WVU the last 13:31. Bananas.

@wissox said in In the Middle of Nowhere Game Thread:

@FarmerJayhawk Basically when you said this game was over at the 13 minute mark everyone thought you were calling it for WVU. But I knew you had the utmost confidence that the team just needed a little adversity to wake them up.

Exactly!!

Closed it 13-1. Hell yeah

Doke just ended the state of West Virginia

Doke playing volleyball

Wut

Gawd I love Doke

3 possessions. Huge

PHEW

Time to put this one on ice

Microwave works