tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post1496112276131270048..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: 'Cause how could anything ever go wrong?Avedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-18734596802831727262013-10-07T18:15:28.598+01:002013-10-07T18:15:28.598+01:00It's an outrage that it's happening, but i...<i> It's an outrage that it's happening, but it's an outrage that Obama could put a stop to if he wanted to. He doesn't want to.</i><br /><br />It's another opportunity to push his fucking "Grand Bargain".<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-42553476631029176872013-10-07T07:03:28.719+01:002013-10-07T07:03:28.719+01:00Since tipping was mentioned:
http://boingboing.ne...Since tipping was mentioned:<br /><br />http://boingboing.net/2013/10/01/lessons-learned-from-a-flat-ra.htmlMr Sideshowhttp://www.fiawol.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-35405806171817556302013-10-07T02:59:03.824+01:002013-10-07T02:59:03.824+01:00Rand: "our estimates do not include increased...Rand: "our estimates do not include increased costs incurred if, due to hassle or delayed approval processes, individuals choose to pay entirely out of pocket for goods or services that would otherwise be covered by insurance."<br /><br />In other words, their estimates do not include the real-world experience of consumers at the mercy of the carrier oligopolies.<br /><br />There's more that's hilariously "synthetic" (as the authors refer to entities or numbers that they've decided to imagine into existence) in that study, if anyone cares to read it: http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR300/RR383/RAND_RR383.pdfstuart_zechmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14817215761981204304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-31647321539950397672013-10-06T21:13:53.534+01:002013-10-06T21:13:53.534+01:00Just five days after #94 came screaming out of Lef...Just five days after #94 came screaming out of Left Blogtopia, <a href="http://welcomebacktopottersville.blogspot.com/2013/10/assclowns-of-week-95-monumental.html" rel="nofollow">Assclowns of the Week #95</a>: Monumental Stupidity double-sized edition is hot off the presses. You read that right, a <i>double-sized edition</i>. Out of the 20 spots and dishonorable mention this week, the assclowns on this week’s spit are: Half-term half-wit Sarah Palin; Pat Robertson; Faux News; Darrell Issa and yours truly (17). All this and much, <i>much</i> more!jurassicporkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673461210301442978noreply@blogger.com