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Nice Guy Eddie

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  1. 7 hours ago, WBT said:

    It will probably hurt Texas more than any other state too

    Doesn’t a fair amount of food come from Mexico? Grocery stores won’t be able to absorb the tariffs so consumers will be footing the bill.

  2. That lineup is considered the prominent voices of the conservative movement?  Serious question - who are the intellectual conservative leaders now?  There used to be voices that even if you disagreed with them you respected their opinions and their opinions have facts and understandable logic.

    Can’t wait for trump to be silenced the day he leaves the WH. He will be resigned to appearances on hannity and f&f, which will drive him insane.  Perhaps Fox will give him an app that will post his “tweets” immediately on air 24/7.

  3. I don't get the appeal of keeping it in water since it does nothing but add to the upkeep costs.  If you want it in "water" for appearance sake only, sink the ship into land with only a pond around it with a few inches of water. you could even put a small barrier up so that the pond water isn't even touching the sides.

    If you really want it closer to where people are at, take it up the ship channel as close to downtown as possible.  It would be badass to have it in near EADO but I assume the bridges on buffalo bayou would prevent that.  Have lunch at Ninfas and walk over to the battleship.  Visitors always want to find something to do in Houston, and a old battleship close to downtown will pull visitors in.  

     

  4. I was reading a review that said that an iPod could end being a more secure device by moving away from the cell towers.  basically using a secured messaging app like Signal and a Google Voice account gives you more security than the basic iphone setup.  Almost turns the iPod into a burner phone.  

    Not to mention that the iPod is smaller and lighter and cheaper than an iPhone.

  5. The whole San Jacinto battleground location is fairly pathetic.  I had a day off with nothing to do about 2 years ago.  The USS Texas was listing to the side so visitors weren't allowed and it took me about 45 minutes to walk through the SJ monument.  I wouldn't be able to recommend anyone going there. 

    I don't have an answer on how to improve it, but I don't think taking away the USS Texas will help.

  6. From reading the OPs story, you can see that social workers helped the guy, who has been quoted in this thread, find better healthcare resources than the ER.  The result was that his ER visits dropped dramatically.

    you can never hope to fully eliminate people that abuse any service but with some work you can drastically lower it.  And putting in controls to prevent a small percentage of abusers could end up costing more than just accepting some of them will abuse it.

  7. 3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    It does appear that people that enter the system via ER never pay for medical care and are rarely if ever denied it.

    Can a person receive treatment for a chronic disease, let's say diabetes or arthritis this way?  Crohn's?  Cancer?

    Emergency depts are basically required to evaluate anyone seeking help.  If they accept Medicare at the hospital, they have to follow this rule. And all standard EDs accept Medicare.   Believe this is a law from the mid 80s.

    The hospital has to examine the patient and determine if they are experiencing an emergency medical condition.  If they are, then the hospital must resolve or stabilize the patient.   I wouldn’t think cancer itself would be an emergent event.  

    The patients ability to pay cannot be taken into consideration for any of the above. Sure the hospital is going to create a large bill for the patient, but they aren’t going to waste further resources trying to get the patient to pay the $5k bill.  Perhaps they might try to get a few bucks out the person at the time but once again it’s not worth chasing it.

    overall this is a good rule for public health but it sucks how a small minority abuse the system.  Some pointed education to some of the abusers might help.  Or maybe not. 

  8. Nick offerman in deadwood episode 2. Plays one of the highwaymen that kills the family from Minnesota and is later shot by wild Bill. Could have done without his complete nude scene after he met up with one of AL’s girls.

    i kept thinking the character looked like a young nick offerman. I was right. 

  9. What I find perplexing about the whole Brexit process is that everyone seems to agree that if the referendum was held again, it's most likely that the Remain side would win especially given the mess over the last 2 years.

    I think their original mistake was declaring that a simple majority will decide the Brexit decision.  For a country to decide on a major change, there bar should be between a 60 to 75% majority.  Similar to how we have a high bar for a constitutional amendment in the US.  Force the country to strongly align on one side before you can declare a change.  Yes it can create a scenario where a majority is denied, but this actually a good value to prevent the tyranny of the majority.

  10. 18 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

    One of the worst things in life is having your flight out of Vegas cancelled.  FML

    csb warning. 2 years ago, I was the last person in my Vegas travel group to leave from a long weekend there.  I was down about 3K for the trip.  The last United LAS-IAH trip for the day was cancelled. something like 3 or 4pm. The brake system on the plane was shot.  They claimed that basically the brake drums wouldn't disengage from the wheel. Perhaps that was a layman's description that the pilot could easily explain. No idea.

    United put everyone up for the night and on a new flight the next day.  Instead of staying at whatever hotel United would stick all of us, I called Delano and asked for a comped 1-night stay. They agreed.  Went on a hot streak at the craps table early the next morning and won 5K for that session, netting a 2K gain for the trip.  

    I was ok with the flight cancellation.

  11. 10 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

    They don't and won't as they don't give a fuck about reporting what happened, it's about drama, clicks and views. Reality and truth be dammed, a female "survival' story pays the fucking bills.

    Your statements contradict each other. the media loves it when someone is found to be lying. Take the Jussie Smollet story. At first, it was a black actor attacked by MAGA loving thugs. Great story.  Then the evidence shows that he was lying.  Even greater story. The media always wants to take a hero or victim down because they lied.  Always.

     

  12. 58 minutes ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

    It's somewhat puzzling and entirely frustrating that nobody in the mainstream news seems to be challenging or questioning this lady's story. 

    You want a world where the mainstream media calls someone a liar without any evidence? I would guess that some are questioning her story but they're not going to report their hourly progress.

    "Today a woman was found after an extensive search after missing for 17 days. She's been brought to the hospital. She's obviously lying so hopefully we get to the bottom of this story so we can shame her ASAP. back to you, Ken"

  13. 1 hour ago, DanRydell said:

     


    Resigning immediately before adjournment sine die allows Abbott to re-appoint him until the next session in 2021. Abbott can’t appoint someone whose nomination was rejected by the Senate and if the Senate adjourns without confirming the nomination, the appointee is deemed to have been rejected. Since the Senate never actually voted on his nomination and because his nomination was not still pending at adjournment, he was not technically rejected.

     

    This would seem to go beyond the spirit of a law/rule but rather a violation.  Why worry about confirming nominees if they can exist perpetually in an acting capacity with the exception of a couple of days during a resignation.

    Abbott doesn't even have the ability to whine about an obstructionist legislature body as I don't think the leadership (Abbott's own party) put up the nomination for a vote.  Unless this guy has something on Abbott, I can't see why Abbott would continue to keep him around.

  14. 14 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

    "You can't fire me! I quit!"

    https://www.texastribune.org/2019/05/27/texas-secretary-state-david-whitley-forced-leave-office/

    The Texas Senate gaveled out Monday without confirming the state’s top election official, who served for less than half a year and whose tenure was mired in controversy over a failed attempt to scour the voter rolls for noncitizens — a review that questioned the citizenship of thousands of legitimate voters.

    But minutes before that happened, the Austin American-Statesman reported that Whitley had submitted his resignation. The secretary of state is constitutionally required to leave office immediately if the Senate goes through an entire legislative session without confirming him.

    Probably some crazy rule about receiving a benefit as long as you quit as opposed to be unconfirmed. Like $10k/month for the rest of your life or something similar.

  15. 9 hours ago, MaybeACoordinator said:

    A buddy of mine did 20 years in the Navy. One of his duties was to oversee firearms practice. Yes, the Navy makes every sailor shoot a pistol once a year or so, often when they are at sea. This is not a marksmanship competition. They just want to see if you can shoot a gun, period -- they just hand it to you loaded, and you flip the safety and fire a clip into the sea and then hand it over. My buddy says every single dang year at least one of the sailors would manage to miss the fucking ocean. That was their target. The fucking ocean. Nope, every single year one of these geniuses would let one or more of our taxpayer-bought rounds fly in the air or into the deck.

    While at sea, isn’t firing into the air the same as firing into the ocean?  It’s basically maximizing hang time.

  16. 53 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

    Bob Stanley fucked up that inning worse than he did.

    Didn't the Sox have a 2 run lead and down to 1 out to win the WS.  a couple of hits later and a wild pitch (or passed ball, can't recall) it was tied.  Then Buckner had his error to lose Game 6.  Even if Buckner had made the out, there's nothing to say that Mets still wouldn't have won that game and then Game 7.  

  17. Are the pants photos real?  Even if someone forgot to pack pants for his trip and they just bought them, I can’t believe they couldn’t be tailored to fit.

    That isn’t even someone who wears there pants long, that is a 12 year trying on his dads clothes long.

  18. Wasn’t aware of Ian bremmer or this controversy but just looked into it.  He looks to be as much of a journalist as hannity. In other words, he isn’t a journalist and therefore he isn’t reporting news but rather reports his opinions.  

    However I do agree that someone on the public stage should be a bit more clear when paraphrasing.

    regardless I bet trump would agree that Kim or Putin would make a better president than Bidan.

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