Thanks, Hello, A — this was a number of years ago right before the ACA; she likely would have died no matter what, it was a particularly bad form of BC, but I will never forgive many folks’ callousness towards their fellow citizens for the extra unnecessary pain and sacrifice her family had to endure on top of the…

I am replying and thus ungraying you just to show other readers the kind of thing Americans are capable of saying to others who are injured by our current system. I grew up in Europe and I must confess it’s still a revelation to me that otherwise seemingly intelligent citizens are capable of believing horseshit like

My elderly dad, Air Force, same. The difference being that I suspect his objection is rooted in an unarticulated racist understanding of these black football players “owing us” for their career success. Ugh.

It’s a myth perpetuated by the right-wing and right-leaning media, because they really only recognize fear as a salient emotional motivator, and the post 9/11 period was the only time in their lives when actual fear united most of their fellow citizens.

And consumption! Don’t forget all those incredible post-9/11 tv ads demanding that you buy a new Chevy truck to Keep ‘Merka Safe!

People simply don’t understand that when you get really sick, it doesn’t matter what your employer healthcare policy covers because you will no longer be employed when you can no longer work.

From people in the UK, they felt too many decisions were being taken out of the UK people’s hands and placed into the hands of the EU. They have repeatedly said that they feel that they were less a part of the EU than other nations,

Isnt that exactly what the EU was doing with the UK? Deciding what they want and then they are stuck with it?

You forgot Khaleesi.

Even money says that woman has an Obamacare policy.

Also, if they really do cancel R primaries in most states as they are aiming to do, doesn’t that just mean that any challengers who stick it out will take away actual votes from Trump in the general?

My personal fave was when his candidate for the UN praised D-Day as an example of our great historical relationship with Germany.

Personality-disordered. Senile. Demented. Toxic. Narcissistic. Cruel. Selfish. Egotistical. Uncaring. Oblivious. Sun-downing. Self-absorbed. Indifferent. Callous. Ignorant. Criminally superficial. Intellectually deficient. Racist. Dumb.

LOL oh christ that’s rich. *weakly fans self*

I’ve been in Germany recently and coming back to this kind of thing is a little surreal after European tv — it’s like a pageant show, not actual news. Look at how naked those women are compared to the fully-clothed man — makes me shiver just looking at all those sleeveless dresses in what is likely an ungodly cold US…

One problem tends to be the increasing reliance of small communities on basically mercenary for0-hire EMT companies rather than a standing funded department, isn’t it? In our neck of the woods we all know which service to call directly and which NOT to call because they are far less trained and prepared; if you just…

Living in Portland, Maine, I’ve gotten used to people downeast calling me “from away” for living in the state’s only halfway-urban city.

Since when is the Washington Post a “foreign intel source”? ??

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You got an issue with bland fish stew twice a day or something?