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heh: "Amazon taking down all of EC2 just to get rid of the source of the Kindle-DRM PR debacle is pretty harsh but I applaud it in its consequence " -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:46 1
- I'm surprised Amazon has remained publicly mum about this so far. -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 22, 14:53
We believe that Mitt Romney was hatched from a snake egg and thus is unfit to hold public office. We are ... -- nm - Afterbirthers si Oct 22, 14:43 2
- wouldn't you believe he was a placenta? -- nm - ceregon Oct 22, 14:43 1
  - EMBRYOLOGY! -- nm - Mop on Mac Pro Oct 22, 14:45
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so, here is my question - most americans want (hope for) coverage through work, right? - The Andead Oct 22, 14:30 37
- honestly, i'd love to get coverage through a public market rather than work. makes changing jobs easier, among other things. - colin Oct 22, 14:39 14
  - Personally, I think it's close to immoral that you can only get affordable insurance through work. -- nm - It's the Great Pumpkin, Roger More Oct 22, 14:44 1
    - there are plenty of jobs that don't still... that's a problem as well. -- nm - colin Oct 22, 14:49
  - except, one surgery and you are effed up for YEARS. - ghouly Oct 22, 14:41 11
    - i'd still have insurance - just make sure that that max is something that i can afford, even if it kills my savings. - colin Oct 22, 14:47 4
      - Honestly, can any of us afford Max? -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:49 1
        
        Not without a gov't subsidy. -- nm - colin Oct 22, 14:50
      - I had insurance, which covered 65% of it. So I was still on the hook for a TON of $ out of pocket. nm -- nm - ghouly Oct 22, 14:49 1
        
        that's pretty rotten. insurance is supposed to be a safety net, not a pit. -- nm - colin Oct 22, 14:51
    - yep. surgery to repair my broken zygomatic arch. and I was paying that forever. -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 14:42 5
      - ack! Who kicked you in the balls?! - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:43 4
        
        was held while dude knee me in the face a couple times. - Jovian Oct 22, 14:49 3
        
        moshers these days are sissies. -- nm - colin Oct 22, 14:51
        
        ouch -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:49 1
        
        Im sure it was no where near intricate surgery like knee surgery. but the bill was still very high - Jovian Oct 22, 14:51
- My gut feeling is companies are feel they are being left to pick up the bill of a system that isn't going to be economically sustainable. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:37 3
  - Your analogy in your second to last paragraph makes no sense. There is a sound logic to making everyone carry insurance to lower costs and - pmb Oct 22, 14:44 2
    - Until we see the insurance racket being a free market, it's a bunch of money-grubbing SOBs. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:48 1
      - They seem to be happy with how it worked in MA. -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 15:00
- My hope is that when the health care exchanges are set up, there will be a more affordable option than getting coverage privately. It is not offered - Qale Oct 22, 14:37
- I can only speak for me - its been status quo and I think that will apply next year as well - my premiums go up every year - Phantom of the Pippy Oct 22, 14:34
- There's a large distrust of the Federal government in America. - spamlet Oct 22, 14:34 10
  - But we are strangely trustful of corporations -- nm - ty97 Oct 22, 14:46
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    - well, there's distrust, and then there's tila tequila. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:49
    - That makes it sound like a small minority. It's not. -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 14:47 1
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  - And every time I hear it referred to as a government take-over of healthcare it makes my head spin. It is all private insurance. - pmb Oct 22, 14:39 4
    - agreed. -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel - Standing Behind You Oct 22, 14:44
    - "I can't understand why people trust insurance companies more than the government" - Neither can I. Neither can Nate Ford. Neither can Tyler Durden. -- nm - Beryllium Oct 22, 14:40
    - It's the Federal government mandating you pay insurance companies. - spamlet Oct 22, 14:40 1
      - I get that, but for most people there is absolutely no change to what they've done in the past. It is a straw man that's been created to scare people -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 14:45
- Speaking for myself, the only change I'm going to see is lower premiums. - Kim Pine Oct 22, 14:32 3
  - "...obama..." -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel - Standing Behind You Oct 22, 14:35 1
    - heh. they also used this joke on Raising Hope last week. - Jovian Oct 22, 14:38
  - *shakes fist in anger* -- nm - The Andead Oct 22, 14:32
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Woody and Martin...WTF are you thinking?? Woody Harrelson and Martin Sheen to star in a "truther" movie -- (link) - X The Unknown Oct 22, 14:27 2
- gross -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:51
- Franco really is/was a Truther as well? -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel - Standing Behind You Oct 22, 14:30
Walmart will sell shelf dividers, right? Basically like these ones: -- (link) - The Andead Oct 22, 14:18 10
- search Walmart.com for shelf dividers. Then check the 'Available Today' box on the left hand side of the page under Store Pickup. - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 22, 14:24 8
  - yes, if i lived in america that would be awesome -- nm - The Andead Oct 22, 14:25 7
    - (yes, they have it at walmart.ca too - but i know not everything in store is online, and these don't show up online) -- nm - The Andead Oct 22, 14:26 6
      - Ah. I might try Home Depot or Lowe's (if you have those). They often surprise me with their home-storage offerings. -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 22, 14:29 4
        
        hmm, we have both, just harder to get to (they aren't really downtown-type stores) -- nm - The Andead Oct 22, 14:31 3
        
        there are a bunch of places like that down near Sherway -- nm - zork Oct 22, 14:49
        
        (good tip though) -- nm - The Andead Oct 22, 14:31 1
        
        why not buy them online? -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:47
      - if I don't see it online, I don't make the trip, unless it's the Walmart right next to work. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:27
- my local one did not have them. can you check local store inventory? -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:22
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Florida Restaurant Owner Tries to Shoot Unhappy Customers -- (link) - ty97 Oct 22, 14:12
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- where's the section on our #1 Geopolitical Foe? -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel - Standing Behind You Oct 22, 14:12 1
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grits ain't groceries, eggs ain't poultry, and mona lisa was a man -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:09 2
- I had grits, eggs and bacon last night. It was yummy. -- nm - sycor Oct 22, 14:14 1
  - hmmm...grits... -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:16
I just typed up the memo I received with my check this week and posted it on FB. It's included inside this post as well for you to have fun with. - Qale Oct 22, 14:06 43
- Damn pizza cartel! -- nm - colin Oct 22, 14:19 5
  - Let's ignore the main point that Georgia isn't even in play! -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:27 4
    - Georgia gets no play. - colin Oct 22, 14:28 3
      - Stupid sexy Carter, had to go and ruin it for the rest of us. *kicks peanut shell covered dirt* -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:31 2
        
        Here son, have a Jelly Belly. - Pres. Carter Oct 22, 14:32 1
        
        and a beer! -- nm - Billy Oct 22, 14:49
- the comp will cut back hours on most workers thereby making it so the worker can afford the coverage and will pay even more for less? - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:13 14
  - If they cut back hours, they'll have to hire more employees which, if I'm not mistaken, costs the company more. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:15 13
    - Not if 50 employees at 30 hours plus Obamacare costs more than 100 employees at 15 hours without Obamacare. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 14:23 11
      - To the extent that these companies already provided healthcare, the cost is really not dramatic. There are also costs to maintaining additional - pmb Oct 22, 14:28 6
        
        I didn't even really understand Ender's post. I guess he was saying that 50 people working 30 hours is more expensive than 100 employees working at 15 - Qale Oct 22, 14:31 5
        
        Correct (and I assume that there would be a tremendous amount of turnover for those 15-hour employees as well, which is also costly) -- nm - Kim Pine Oct 22, 14:33 4
        
        The guy from Papa John's pizza is out there railing against Obamacare saying it will force him to raise the price of pizzas 14 to 15 cents a pizza. - pmb Oct 22, 14:35 3
        
        I'd rather pay the 15 cents. you know, if I liked pizza. -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:37 2
        
        I'd pay an extra 2 or 3 bucks if the pizza was actually good! -- nm - colin Oct 22, 14:38 1
        
        this -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:40
      - what is the mininum hours to require healthcoverage? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:25 2
        
        also, is there a mininum number of employees before the law requires, which pretty much removes independently op pizza place so that memo is total bs -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:27
        
        ...30. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:25
      - Run-on sentence for the lose? -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:24
    - health plans are 500 or so, families 2,000? for a single that's a week's pay -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:18
- Putting aside the misinformation in that memo, the pressure that businesses are bringing to bear on employees is incredible. - pmb Oct 22, 14:12 20
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    - When I visited St. Petersburg Russia I was struck by how clear it was why the Russian revolution happened. A small number of families living in huge - pmb Oct 22, 14:25 11
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        I get some borderline similar feelings from my in-laws. To me it's because of Fox News. That's where they get their information. - pmb Oct 22, 14:47 3
        
        I get the impression Fox News fosters a feeling of community (and us v. them) among its viewers. - loosilu Oct 22, 14:51 2
        
        They use fear. They make them feel constantly under attack. And they're mostly phantoms. -- nm - pmb Oct 22, 14:58 1
        
        Ben Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms, yo. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 22, 15:04
        
        yep. my aunt thinks Obama will be finally unleashing his communist agenda for real once re-elected. - Jovian Oct 22, 14:33
        
        What is that born out of? The idea that the UN will restrict attacks on Islam and will eventually be the rule of law in America? -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:32 2
        
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        Oh yeah, you know I completely forgot that whole thing. Being agnostic and gay sometimes does come in handy. -- nm - Qale Oct 22, 14:44
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      - yes. minus the time-travel, this is why I see the future shown in Looper to be quite a possibility. -- nm - Jovian Oct 22, 14:27
    - remember mexicans and gays vote on wednesday this year -- nm - billboard Oct 22, 14:23
  - The only American value left is businesses maximizing profits. - ty97 Oct 22, 14:16
  - I know others were talking about how Unions do it. Okay, but this isn't that situation. And I never was "informed" during any other Pres. election by - Qale Oct 22, 14:16 4
    - That's because *this* election is a historic one! -- nm - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 22, 14:17 1
      - Screw you, buddy. -- nm - 2000 U.S. Presidental Election Oct 22, 14:20
    - I belong to 3 unions. None of them *ever* tried to tell me how to vote. -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:17 1
      - but did they ever sing to you to tell you how to vote? -- nm - Nekkid Crazy Mel - Standing Behind You Oct 22, 14:22
- wow -- nm - The Andead Oct 22, 14:08
what I do'nt get is paying $44K used. that should be the MSRP. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:05 42
- depends on the model. An A6, yes. An A8, not even close. -- nm - sycor Oct 22, 14:10 25
  - I thought he had a 4. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:11 24
    - *opens mouth* *closes mouth* -- nm - spamlet Oct 22, 14:15 3
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        Ahhh, Sparkle Ponies love Gronk too. - spamlet Oct 22, 14:22 1
        
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    - I think so, but don't really remember and my quick search didn't pull it up and I don't care enough to look anymore. -- nm - sycor Oct 22, 14:13 19
      - here it is, A6. -- (link) - loosilu Oct 22, 14:16 [Backboard] 18
        
        I feel bad. In that thread: "My Audi is maintained like the manual says will run more or less forever. Quattro transmissions are awesome." - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:19 1
        
        ugh. -- nm - Remlik Oct 22, 14:20
        
        lmao!!!!! -- (link) - ghouly Oct 22, 14:18 [Backboard] 15
        
        it's a 2005. - The Andead Oct 22, 14:20 13
        
        some things I'd just be keeping off FB, ffs. -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:35 1
        
        well, there is that. -- nm - The Andead Oct 22, 14:36
        
        Hell, a 2013 A6 is $42K. Even with bells and whistles I don't see it going for more than $50K (maybe I'm wrong). - sycor Oct 22, 14:22
        
        and that's not even money owed. that's the underwater part. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:21
        
        it is a good thing he handles his new lady's money, since he is so good at it! nm -- nm - ghouly Oct 22, 14:21
        
        8 years old -- they come out the year before. - loosilu Oct 22, 14:20 7
        
        Either way, 7/8 years....that's just... ugh. I feel bad for him. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:22 6
        
        I quit feeling bad long ago. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:22 5
        
        Remember when you had a run of bad things? Just keep that feeling in mind when a series of bad things happen - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:28 4
        
        There is bad luck, and then there are stupid decisions. - loosilu Oct 22, 14:30 3
        
        in this case, you are likely correct. - ghouly Oct 22, 14:32 1
        
        and it's a long term pattern with many purchases. - loosilu Oct 22, 14:35
        
        Be at one with the ha!ness. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:31
        
        *bangs head on desk* -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:19
- what's going on? -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:07 13
  - Cappie posted on FB - loosilu Oct 22, 14:08 12
    - I don't think gap would have helped - it's a maintenance thing - not accident damage. -- nm - ZomBro Oct 22, 14:10 8
      - That's when you run into a ditch. - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:10 6
        
        the insurance company would never believe it! the audi has special tires. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:11 5
        
        I read this in the voice of the lady from the 1-800-CONTACTS commercial. "Drive. Drive with your special tires." - The Devil and Daniel Vermin Oct 22, 14:19 3
        
        LOL -- nm - ZomBro Oct 22, 14:29 1
        
        that TV commercial is so silly - the way that man rests his head on this wife's shoulder when he see's his "special eyes" brand - it's silly/stupid - ZomBro Oct 22, 14:38
        
        that still cracks me up. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:19
        
        *puts a railroad spike through one of those too* - Will Hunting Oct 22, 14:12
      - oh, good point. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:10
    - I dropped a K after that $ amount. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:09 1
      - yep. got it. -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:10
    - dang. -- nm - Sidney Appelbaum Oct 22, 14:09
- not if it had all the bells and whistles....... - ghouly Oct 22, 14:07 1
  - it better come with a hot blonde at that price. -- nm - loosilu Oct 22, 14:07
I guess this is what happens when I knock out drama from my FB account. - spamlet Oct 22, 14:04
ST writes the jokes: RyanAir applies to fly to Russia -- (link) - ty97 Oct 22, 14:03 3
- no more aborted takeoffs, even if the lives of the passengers are endangered -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 22, 14:15
- "We have something we can fly in your direction, too." -- nm - The Cardinal in the Kremlin si Oct 22, 14:08
- Whereupon even people who stood in line for toilet paper in -20 degree weather will find the customer experience appalling. -- nm - Ender Oct 22, 14:06
look out of any window, any evening, any day. -- nm - peglegpete Oct 22, 14:00

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