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What a fantastic debacle. These guys are true morons

Where were Varys's birds on letting them know where the Lannisters army was going?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 11:36 AM) They could be depicting the Iron Bank similar to how things worked here during slavery. Slavery wasn't legal in NYC or Britain, but both places sure got wealthy off of all the trade generated by it. I'm not sure they really established a large global trade economy from Slaver's Bay that would involve Braavos, but that could potentially be how that would work. Or it's just more sloppy writing and plot holes. Definitely agree on it not making sense for Cersei to be gaining power again right now, which is part of the reason I'm pretty bored with her story line. If her dumb "secret weapon" ballistas actually manage to kill a dragon I'll be entirely done with that part of the story and ready for The Night King stuff. Braavos generally doesnt care much for Kings Landing, so I still think there is going to be some disloyalty there that she may not see coming.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 09:36 AM) LoL Tomi. There are some political commentators that I disagree with but can have a conversation and have points. But her, she is obviously only a voice because of her looks. Its not her brains...

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 09:55 AM) Seriously on the bolded. I agree with the last point as well. Last season, the Lannister's forces were spread so thin that they couldn't deal with a couple Faith's Militant with clubs. This season, they are an unstoppable force keeping peace in the Riverlands, garrisoning Casterly Rock, protecting KL, and apparently are strong enough that LF and Sansa are worried about them invading the North in winter? Not enough character development going on here. After blowing up her allies and the Pope of Westeros last season, Cersei has seen no political consequences for that act. At all. It's jarring to me. There has to be more to the story. I'm hoping next episode we still if they put all of their eggs in the HG basket. Cersei is going to get hers eventually I assume.

Nice!! The auto cruise is my favorite thing ever/.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jul 31, 2017 -> 09:13 AM) We've also hit the point where a strange phenomenon in TV occurs. People start to watch the show just to find inconsistencies. It happened with The Sopranos too. This show is even more subject to it because of its incredibly massive scale. These were pretty bad. Euron would have had to find a worm hole.

No offense to these people, but the stories out of Mexico that people are being drugged sound exactly like they had too much to drink. Fruity drinks will get ya.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) "I don't mind Obamacare but I don't want to lose voters." Exactly. But to be real. They could fix the ACA if they wanted. Just do it

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 11:30 AM) "I don't mind Obamacare but I don't want to lose voters." Exactly. But to be real. They could fix the ACA if they wanted. Just do it

My 16 year old is on her last days. Just awful. Im heartbroken

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 04:07 PM) Reince out General Kelly is new chief of staff, placing yet another military man in a civilian position Real question, have we ever had this much turmoil 7 months into a presidency?

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 10:11 AM) Not sure what that solves and i'm not sure why you would want that. A progressive agenda would take longer to implement as the people are generally years or decades behind on the various social issues. Because i fully believe that the people should be represented fully. Right now they arent, at all.

Every representative should be required to have a way for their constituents to vote online on every issue. And they should be required to comply. The only reason this system was put in place was to give representation to the folks who couldn't ride horses to the capital to vote. They shouldnt be able to act independently.

The GOP has their chance for a legacy and perhaps pure domination for the next several elections. Just fix the ACA, make it single payer and make it work. You are then heroes.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 09:18 AM) So time travel back to 2009. Health costs are skyrocketing and employer provided insurance is starting to splinter. Looking at 1980 rates of employer coverage showed deep declines. One prevailing thought was to bend the health care cost curve by making people have "skin in the game" (high deductibles). Make it more of a market where people felt need to choose generic medication since it wasn't all "Free". It's possible this bent the cost curve, but it was stupid then and stupid now. But hey , it has to be clear as day now that health insurance and health care are not a rational market. People intuitively cannot make cost decisions when health is at stake. Making it more expensive for people was stupid. But they really, really need to just pool everyone together. ACA can be dramatically improved with some state to state reinsurance smoothing but it isn't going to become dramatically better until there all 330 million are a single group, at least in some capacity. In the last several years the high deductible "consumer" plan has taken off coupled with an HSA. For some its cheaper than a PPO if you visit the doctor often or go through things like surgery or a birth. But its overall a sign of where the HC system is trying to go. And it's not positive IMO.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 08:51 AM) Mitch McConnell just standing there completely shocked and defeated is great. Sad. Loser. He is the Mike Madigan of the GOP party. A real piece of s***.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 08:20 AM) You know exactly what crow. Liberals always gotta be pissed about something. Why not celebrate a win for 30 seconds, lord. I think thats a misconception. Although its good news this was defeated, its not a "win" in any sense. This is only going to make s*** worse and make the already moronic president even more unhinged. The ACA was a good start but a win would be these spineless reps finally sitting down and working with each other.

60 percent want single payer, but we will NEVER get that.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 08:21 AM) Iirc it sucks by Republican design, they boobytrapped it to get to this point where they theoretically could pass something better. But they didn't I dont think passing something better was ever in the cards. They want free market where the wealthy can have healthcare that works and they can continue to get contributions from those people and their companies.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 28, 2017 -> 06:59 AM) I was snoozing like a baby when this vote came down (GOP intention) and had lost hope. McCain's post-vote speech was s***, but the result works. Hopefully this is the end of repeal, but it's come back from the grave countless times so who the hell really knows. Now onto defending ACA funding which is a whole new battle. I was too. Maybe now everyone will work together to make health care succeed. Not holding my breath.

The right wing folks truly believe being LBGTQ is a mental disorder, and that it can be fixed.

QUOTE (illinilaw08 @ Jul 27, 2017 -> 01:20 PM) Since the election, I have waffled between whether I prefer Trump or Pence as POTUS. I consider Pence to be extremely dangerous in basically any area of social policy, but with the governing experience to actually get stuff done. But then I read articles like this - and I have to imagine that a Pence led administration wouldn't have let the Department of Energy get to where that article depicts it. This stuff shouldn't be partisan. The Department of Energy's role internationally in training inspectors, and finding loose plutonium and uranium, shouldn't be controversial. This is pretty terrifying... Trump is a moron, and Pence is mostly just a religious zealot that dabbles in bigotry. I think Pence is a slightly better choice, if only because of his experience in politics.

QUOTE (KagakuOtoko @ Jul 27, 2017 -> 11:16 AM) We can all admit Republicans dropped the ball with this... They had plenty of time to make something greater than OCare and they have collectively shat the bed. 17 years to build a bill

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 26, 2017 -> 01:21 PM) The last two years I've done solo Vegas vacations, and I love it! I miss my wife and daughter, no doubt, but it is so great to not worry about anyone else's schedule or being ready or being tired (or if I get tired or want to cancel something). There are pluses and minuses to traveling solo, but for me there were more pluses. Totally agree.