BashfulBob

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[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

I mean, he's also a snacc.

But I agree, there's very little point pretending he was a model human being, just because he did a good thing.

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

An Insurance Company Culture of Violence has no place on our streets or in our schools.

We need to shut this whole thing down until we can figure out what's going on.

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Posting in a Troll Sub on a Troll Website that's all just a CIA sponsored psyop?

Not today, Satan.

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 24 points 7 months ago

It's The Aristocrats!

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 72 points 7 months ago (2 children)

See, I'm reading this as "Class Traitors are the greatest threat to their respective cohorts".

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

who cares if food costs a lot more

Food Line Go Up! Economy Get Better!

the journalist points out when recalling that “only 76 percent of the electoral roll voted, thus being one of the lowest records of all our democratic life”.

I don't think I could point to a US election with better than 76% turnout.

The announcement which is considered to be the most cruel is the suspension of the delivery of free medicines to retirees, who receive minimum pensions. It is impossible for millions of Argentines to make ends meet with the ever-rising increases in foodstuffs and rates for essential services. This is happening for the first time in the history of the period of “democratic recovery”, and it means the death sentence for millions of retirees, who are also beaten and mistreated in their peaceful marches every Wednesday.

Christ. Hard to make a better argument for Juche than this. If a single election can strip millions of their access to industrial produced medication, it is that much more urgent for the people to have the capacity to manufacture the goods that keep them alive.

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago

Its just crazy to see people defend paper-pushing jobs one minute, then whining about how we have a nursing shortage the next.

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I gotta wonder what happens, in another five or ten years, when all those mid-level claims denial jobs are just done by the big Insurance AI that spits out a thousand pages of legalese under the heading "No Coverage For You".

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

Greeted As Liberators

[–] BashfulBob@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You could have 1 truck for 50 houses and it would sit unused most of the time.

My local Uhaul does a pretty brisk business in a neighborhood of 150 houses, and they've got way more than three trucks.

Most people need their trucks to move and maybe a few times a year to haul stuff from home depot.

There's definitely peaks and troughs. Everyone likes having a truck when its time to pick up a Christmas Tree or re-sod the yard. So you run into a problem of people having one week where nobody needs the truck and one week where everyone needs it.

But also, having a "community truck" opens the opportunity for other community projects. Would be nice if the truck came paired with a few professional construction workers who could direct a community effort to update the local playground or fill potholes or do more advanced home repairs (roofing / re-siding, etc). Then we start talking more broadly about a Citizen Conservation Corps or similar public works department that exists to create/upgrade/maintain amenities across town without getting price-gouged by for-profit contractors for the privilege.

 

The shooting is being investigated as a possibly targeted hit, sources said.

officer-down econony walter-breakdown

 

My father in law is currently visiting extended family overseas in China. He flew in through Hong Kong, then spent three weeks traveling up the mainland by rail to Beijing and back again.

I'll preface this review of his visit by noting that he is a dyed-in-the-wool big-L Libertarian. He was part of Gary Johnson's Texas campaign staff in 2012 and personally introduced me to him that same year. He recommended "Road to Serfdom" to me in one of our first meetings. And he generally dismisses anything"socialist" as a trick to make people miserable.

Anyway, this is his take:

I’ve spent extensive time in the 3 largest cities in China and you can walk their streets freely without the slightest concern for violence.

I’m staying at my friend’s flat on the 4th floor of a 45 story high rise. It costs her $1000/mth. It’s nice but not opulent. My sister-in-law's less affluent uncle, who lives in Zhuhai had a much more modest apartment than this, yet he was happy, a wonderful host and you could walk his neighborhood without concern for your safety.

Shenzhen has the advantage of having been purpose built 60 years ago to be an extremely large city. Therefore the avenues are wide, with plenty of parks and common areas. Cab rides are super cheap in these very nice Chinese made electric cars. Everything is super clean.

Zhuhai too, is a beautiful attractive city but has a population of “only” 2.2 million, about the same as Houston.

The Chinese cities are superior to the US in a number of ways. If Trump were to actually visit, it would eat his heart out.

He's absolutely in love with China. We've heard similar praise of the mass transit system - speed, cleanliness, accessibility. He marveled at the effectively of civic planning - short, efficient commutes achieved by putting high ride housing right beside commercial and industrial sites. He repeatedly gawked at the absence of homelessness and poverty. He was thrilled with the museums in Beijing and Hong Kong. And, of course, had nothing but good things to say about the food.

Probably his biggest gripe is the cashless currency system (virtually everything is paid for with debit cards that are very difficult for a visitor to access). But otherwise, it has been something to see him come around so hard on a country he was deeply cynical towards for so long.

Just thought I'd share the virtues of a little cultural exchange.

 

I swear to fucking god, HR exists to stand between me and my money.

Placed with my son for adoption, and I need to put him on my insurance rolls since he's no longer eligible for Medicaid. But he's not officially adopted yet, so my company won't put him on my plan. Meanwhile, I'm being told he's not covered by Medicaid anymore either.

And when I've got a dozen doctor's visits a month for all his preemie care, these bills are going to pile up fast.

Fuck this stupid backwards broken system and its iron curtain of bureaucracy keeping me from what I'm due.

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