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Euro 2012: GER / ITA spoils... - budice Jun 28, 12:26 1
- I wanted to just leave work and go to Tilted Kilt to watch the game for the rest of the day. - JaxSean Jun 28, 12:29
LIR Jack and Groiny... - colin Jun 28, 12:25
Wooooooooo!!!!!!! That man is a beast today! -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 12:23
lyc - Truman Jun 28, 12:23 4
- lyc - Spawn Jun 28, 12:24 2
  - We have to start mainlining you Vitamin C - you catch everything! -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 12:26 1
    - Hmm. I have not taken my extra vitamin C the last three nights. - Spawn Jun 28, 12:27
- Only $1.04 each this weekend. -- nm - nubby Jun 28, 12:24
Did Roberts switch his vote at the last minute? Nine times Scalia refers to Ginsburg's opinion as "dissent"... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 12:20
Wooooooooo!!!!!!! -- nm - Krusty Jun 28, 12:07
*sees a disturbance in the Olympic swimming force* - Will Hunting Jun 28, 12:07 1
- *cough* Stephanie Rice *cough* -- nm - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 28, 12:16
one of charlie's exes is texting him nude photos of herself right now. at 3:07 p.m. on some random thursday. why not? - amanda Jun 28, 12:07 23
- I don't have nearly enough crazy exes -- nm - dogbert Jun 28, 12:21 7
  - Crazy Ex Poll...What's the craziest thing you've seen/heard of/etc an ex do? - Mel Profit Jun 28, 12:27 4
    - does threatening to throw herself out of a 11th-floor window when we broke up count? -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 12:28 3
      - moreso if she had done it. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 12:29
      - that counts. -- nm - Mel Profit Jun 28, 12:28 1
        
        yeah, she was a fun one. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 12:28
  - Can I give you one of mine? - Spawn Jun 28, 12:25
  - seriously. How do the charlies of this world get all the loca ones ? -- nm - decline Jun 28, 12:25
- Her Hump Day was unsatisfying. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 12:14
- whatever happened to the tattoo guy and your friend? - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 12:10 6
  - she's due in august. it's all so gross. there are more recent pics on fb. do you want to see? -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 12:15 5
    - what? I was kidding? -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 12:18 4
      - oh no. 100% knocked up. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 12:20 3
        
        geesh - they need their own MTV show -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 12:27
        
        Way to go, Pippy. - Spawn Jun 28, 12:21 1
        
        Duly noted. -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 12:25
- PICS????? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 12:09
- full or partial?? -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 12:08 5
  - full. seven so far. not a mistake. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 12:15 4
    - not one of her exes with her phone pretending to be her? like the maxifesto? -- nm - Max Jun 28, 12:29
    - Has she lost weight or had work done in the last 4 years? -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 12:16 2
      - Or are they more, "Remember this?" in nature? -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 12:16 1
        
        "Captain Walker!" "Mrs. Walker!!" -- nm - Max Jun 28, 12:35
NASA spacecraft detects sign of an ocean below the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 12:01 4
- don't pop it. -- nm - Max Jun 28, 12:35
- Sounds like we need to send a crew up to check it out. Someone fire up the Astraeus -- nm - Jim Jun 28, 12:05
- �Titan is quite squishy,� -- nm - amoxy Jun 28, 12:03 1
  - "I think it's made of cheese." -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 12:03
LIR for JaxSean and Groiny.... - miffed67 Jun 28, 11:59 1
- me? -- nm - JaxSean Jun 28, 12:27
Roberts may have tipped his hand re: the tax angle during the oral arguments... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 11:53 1
- I always thought that was the strongest argument. At that point, it is just semantics. -- nm - GregW Jun 28, 12:22
I'm a Mike Trout in a Dewayne Wise world -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 11:50 1
- sadly for my Dingers Team he doesn't really seem to be a home run hitter -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:52
Lena Dunham and Nora Ephron -- (link) - ty97 Jun 28, 11:49 1
- Thanks for posting this! Very good read. -- nm - JenBro Jun 29, 02:43
Obama initially heard that the mandate had been overturned... -- (link) - Don Homer Jun 28, 11:49 10
- CNN lost a lot of respect over this. -- nm - David Jun 28, 12:19
- NPR did that as well. I think it's people skimming the ruling just to have the news out faster. - con_carne Jun 28, 11:54 3
  - Name that movie where a bunch of reporters rush out of the courtroom to run into a bank of pay phones that promptly falls over. - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 28, 11:56 2
    - yup. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 11:56 1
      - might have been... - znufrii Jun 28, 11:57
- Fargin actiivst judges!!! -- nm - Obama Jun 28, 11:53
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  - They jumped the gun and started running when they heard the part about the commerce clause and didn't wait to hear the whole thing. -- nm - pmb Jun 28, 11:59
  - I think they all just got excited with the commerce clause stuff, they forgot about the other rationale. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:56
- That's it, block CNN from all White House tvs! -- nm - Obama Jun 28, 11:50
Go Germans Go! -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:48 3
- ah, the Land of Chocolate -- nm - prayformojo Jun 28, 11:50 2
  - I thought it was the Land of Beer? -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 12:24
  - vs the Land of Pizza and Pasta....tough choice. -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:51
i wish i had an iPhone just because i want this case - Andie Jun 28, 11:39 6
- There is a similar one I would already own, if I had an iPhone 4. -- (link) - ty97 Jun 28, 11:51 1
  - Ooh, I've got that one too. But the silicone is too stretchy and the corners slip off after awhile. People, these are made for all phone models. -- nm - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 28, 11:58
- I have a very similar camera one on my phone. -- nm - spamlet Jun 28, 11:49
- I used to have that one. -- nm - amanda Jun 28, 11:48
- I have this on my Galaxy S2. -- (link) - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 28, 11:47
- very cool -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 11:40
I never saw the bills for my mom's hospital stays during the 2 brain surgeries, but I can just imagine how huge they were. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:38 15
- i can't imagine what the bill would have been for my dad - 3 months in ICU. surgeries, chemo, a medical helicopter from my hometown to Toronto (a two - Andie Jun 28, 11:45
- do those huge bills ever get paid? I'm asking not specifically but it must happen daily all over the place - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 11:41 11
  - There's generally a cap on the patient's out of pocket and then the rest is covered by insurance up to a pretty large number (now I don't know if - pmb Jun 28, 12:01 1
    - I don't know about annual, but there used to be lifetime limits actually. That's one of the things the law fixed. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 12:03
  - The patient is only responsible for their regular co-pay. Any difference between full charge and the carrier's contracted rate is written off. -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 11:54
  - It depends. - spamlet Jun 28, 11:51
  - If people have the money, they pay it off. If not...they end up getting written off to bad debt. Agencies will try to collect the money...worst case - Jim Jun 28, 11:46
  - Colin pays for us out of pocket. - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:42
  - people file for bankruptcy -- nm - Don Homer Jun 28, 11:42 4
    - in fact, I think it's the most frequent cause of bankruptcy. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:45 3
      - Over 60% of bankruptcies - from 2007 data -- (link) - Roger More Jun 28, 11:48 1
        
        (compared to 8% of bankruptcies in 1981) -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:49
      - yes, it is. -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:47
- my mon's husband was in a coma for a week, in hospital for a month. - groiny Jun 28, 11:39 1
  - oh yeah? well my mom's husband had Guillain�Barré syndrome and will in the hospital for over 2 months - decline Jun 28, 11:43
now, we can debate whether the cost of things at a hospital being WAY overpriced. nm -- nm - groiny Jun 28, 11:37 29
- Sorry, the sponge baths were well worth it. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 11:58
- When I saw Steve Forbes speak up here earlier this year, he talked about this. - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 28, 11:52 17
  - Having a direct relationship between doctor and patient won't fix this problem though. There will always be information assymetry between the two. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:59
  - Yes, but this is difficult. If people have to choose which tests they can get based on some limited dollars, we're back to the drawing board. LASIK - pmb Jun 28, 11:58 12
    - [shrug] Hospitals compete for business. Insurance companies have preferred providers. There's *some* competition built into the system already. - Dr.Vermin is jejune and vituperative. Jun 28, 12:00 10
      - I don't think it's a matter of increasing competition. It's about moving from fee-for-service to fee-for-outcome. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 12:06 8
        
        Well, I certainly defer to the actual doctor. :) -- nm - Dr.Vermin just plays one on ST Jun 28, 12:18 1
        
        Are you replying to my post above? That's sort of my point. - Roger More Jun 28, 12:28
        
        And this is an area to look at but also difficult. I had a long conversation with a hospital administrator/doctor who is now getting an mba and - pmb Jun 28, 12:08 5
        
        Oh, it's hugely difficult. How do you change the business model of an entire industry? Particularly the healthcare industry? - Roger More Jun 28, 12:13 4
        
        One thing that is massive that would help is to do better at catching fraud. The False Claims Act is creating some good incentives to go after that. -- nm - pmb Jun 28, 12:16 3
        
        Good - though from the study I've been looking at, fraud is "only" about 20% of the problem. -- (link) - Roger More Jun 28, 12:31 2
        
        20% is still a huge number. -- nm - pmb Jun 28, 12:51 1
        
        (I'll stay on B2) Agreed - that's why I put the only in quotation marks. It's a big number and it needs to be tackled, but it's not the only part of - Roger More Jun 28, 13:09
      - Sure, but that's exactly why healthcare is so difficult. The market incentives don't really work. - pmb Jun 28, 12:05
    - Exactly. And the reason there's the drastic difference in pricing is that if United Healthcare come to your organization and says... - Jim Jun 28, 11:59
  - Yes. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 11:55
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  - very true. the MS procedure is another good example of this. -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:53
- And that sort of points to the other thing. If you're uninsured it literally costs more. Insurance companies have negotiated discounts that you - pmb Jun 28, 11:44 1
  - yep. The procedures for my foot that I've been having would have cost $1,905 without insurance. With it, the price is knocked down to $1,342. - Kim Pine Jun 28, 11:52
- $ 18 for a tylenol leads me to believe - " yeah, yeah it is". -- nm - Epiphany ( Lawbreaker) Jun 28, 11:42
- The extra money goes to disinfecting ... - Beryllium Jun 28, 11:41
- Somehow I made money on my visit to the ER years ago. - znufrii Jun 28, 11:40
- Shortest ST debate ever. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:39 4
  - maybe even unanimous -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:39 3
    - I'll recuse, because on the whole I don't see healthcare professionals as fabulously wealthy. But for me, ER billed $5k and insurance said, no, $1k. - Max Jun 28, 11:42
    - I'm sure Vermin would mess up a beautiful thing... :) -- nm - Guigue Jun 28, 11:41
    - C'mon...we'd have 3 boards of discussion on what "WAY" means relative to "OBSCENELY" and "SLIGHTLY" -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:41
Pop quiz. Let's pretend I'm going to drive from DC to visit pix in LA. According to Google maps, how many states will I drive through on the way? -- nm - bonus points for naming the states. no peeking Jun 28, 11:34 22
- I love this sign out of Barstow. -- (link) - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 12:07
- Google has me going 1,343 miles on I-40 West. Nice. -- nm - Strongbad Jun 28, 12:00
- too many to visit pixie. -- nm - spamlet Jun 28, 11:52
- DC - VA - TN - AR - OK - TX - NM - AZ - NV - CA -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:45 4
  - -NV (unless Google insists) -- nm - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 11:49 3
    - correct - Max Jun 28, 11:54 1
      - I know that stretch from SoCal to Albuquerque about as well as I know my own street :) - MojaveMeg Jun 28, 11:59
    - If i"m going, I'm swinging through Vegas and catching 15 into LA -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 28, 11:53
- 9? - CA, AZ, NM, TX, OK, AR, TN, NC, VA. (I have no idea whether there are highways that allow this route) -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:38
- 10 -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:38
- 9 - znufrii Jun 28, 11:38 5
  - *looks it up* - znufrii Jun 28, 11:41 4
    - spoils - Roger More Jun 28, 11:42 3
      - yup. -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 11:44 2
        
        Huh... (spoils) - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:47 1
        
        strangely, that's actually shorter distance, but takes an hour longer -- nm - znufriistan Jun 28, 11:48
- 48 -- nm - decline Jun 28, 11:36
- All of them. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 11:36 1
  - Yes, even Hawaii. -- nm - Spawn Jun 28, 11:36
- When did JenBro move to DC? -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:36
- oof. I did this but from NYC. so this must be a routing via I40? - loosilu Jun 28, 11:36
- according to Google maps? - groiny Jun 28, 11:36
Fuzzidonia shall be free!! -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:33 15
- It's all fun and games until a meteorite breaks your leg. -- nm - Roger More Jun 28, 11:39 1
  - Meteorites are illegal in Fuzzidonia. However, they are also tax free. -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:42
- *founds the city-state of znufriistan* -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 11:35 12
  - Beakistan is the place to be! -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:43 11
    - So, a Bhuddist state, then -- nm - con_carne Jun 28, 11:50 1
      - if by Bhddist you mean crime free and nuclear ready! -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:50
    - Maratopia is currently giving away homesteads to qualified immigrants! -- nm - mara Jun 28, 11:45 1
      - *claims them all for znufriistan* -- nm - znufriistan Jun 28, 11:47
    - *declares war on Beakistan for this grievous insult* -- nm - znufriistan Jun 28, 11:45 6
      - rainbows aren't really a good weapon to come to a nuke fight with... -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:45 5
        
        Yeah, but these are Znu's rainbows and unicorns -- (link) - Fuzzy Jun 28, 11:50 [youtube] 1
        
        yup. :) -- nm - znufrii Jun 28, 12:03
        
        no, but ninja unicorns are... -- nm - znufriistan Jun 28, 11:46 2
        
        sadly for them their only weapon is verbage...and that won't work on my brainwashed kill squads -- nm - Beaker Jun 28, 11:49 1
        
        *waits until your eyes glaze over and then stabs you through the chest* -- nm - znufriistani ninja unicorn Jun 28, 11:55
GO TO THE ER! -- nm - oblique Jun 28, 11:33 5
- NOW I DON'T HAVE TO BECAUSE I HAVE A REASONABLY PRICED INSURANCE PLAN AND AM NO LONGER A BURDEN ON SOCIETY! -- nm - Americans in 2014 Jun 28, 11:35
- OPEN THE BOX! -- nm - ty97 Jun 28, 11:33
- I CAN'T!!!! I HAVE NO WAY TO GET THERE!!!!!! nm -- nm - colin si Jun 28, 11:33 2
  - good thing there are publicly funded EMTs! oh, wait. -- nm - loosilu Jun 28, 11:35
  - NO LEGS???? -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 28, 11:34

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