Abandoned key issues? For American people maybe, however I’m sure more financial goodies for himself and his family were confirmed. That was the only part that would matter to him.

CI Armand Gamache. Louise Penny books’ main character. TV show Three Pines.

Funny thing I figured out over the years: widows do not date after their spouse dies for 2 reasons: 1) they were, and still are, madly in love with their spouse, or 2) their spouse/marriage absolutely sucked and they will never ever do that again. The latter is more common.

Sounds like the marketing department for energy drinks is your real problem, not the govt.

I don’t know that I only blame leaders for that though. Voters can be idiots. If something that takes more than 2 or 4 years to make, they will vote against. Like they think everything could be done in a month or a year.

Ironically that was the cause of the first worst scam calls. The govt had a do not call list that you could put your number on which then became THE phone book for scam calls instead of stopping them. If you’ve ever signed up for anything or paid for anything online and had to give your phone number, it went into a list that was sold on. With auto dialers, they just go through every permeation of possible numbers. I don’t get many calls on my cell because I keep that number private and use my already compromised land line for everything.

I don’t answer anything that isn’t identified and that I recognize. If they leave a message I will check it. It’s a pain that so many in the medical and service industries use unidentified numbers forcing telephone tag and they don’t use email or text only phone calls.

If you really think your life should be over, try to do something valuable first. I just read a good long description of anarchy on another post. Could be a good place to start.

Well, he could be right. Not something people who believe in religion want to hear however religion’s purpose is to control the masses and Trump and his ilk are all about controlling the masses. God is just the manipulating tool.

Quelle surprise. Our media is mostly owned by American billionaire interests.

I don’t think his home was invaded and he was raped when he was 30, like she was for “being a successful, beautiful woman”. Nor did he have the drug and alcohol addiction problems as a coping mechanism from that incident. Add in he doesn’t have a genetic condition that impairs his health. All in all, I think she is doing fantastic for all that life has thrown at her. All we see of him is Scientology propaganda photos.

I used to feel this was a tragedy. Now I feel that those parents aren’t intelligent enough to have children. They deserve what they got. The child died but it was probably going to of something else stupid at some point anyway. A century ago, before we had all the modern medical procedures, a large percentage of children didn’t make it to adulthood. That is going to be the new norm for the parents who know better than “the elites”.

When I read studies like this, I wonder what variables they aren’t including. What else causes impaired blood flow in the brain? Anything? If anything else does, it is affected by consuming alcohol? Does alcohol impare flow more or less than the other thing(s)? For example if extreme stress impared blood flow but alcohol decreased the stress and then impared blood flow but impared it less than the stress did, alcohol would be a positive, but if it aded to the impairment, it would be a negative. Ancedotally I know plenty of people, now in their late 80s and 90s who have drank moderately and it doesn’t seem to have caused them any significant issues. I also know teatotallers that haven’t made it to age 65 without the beginning of dementia type deficits.

Unfortunately it seems that 8 in 10 Americans also think the Democrats are “just as bad”.

Canadian. I have a chronic issue that I wait long times to see a specialist. Mainly because after seeing them for a few visits to update treatment, I don’t see them for a couple years but can’t immediately go back because I need to be re-referred which can take awhile due to waitlists. But I can see my GP (in person or phone call) very quickly if needed and all free. I had a serious issue not long ago and got seen in Urgent Care in a couple hours (avoided ER), sent to specialist next day, and got all the testing done quite quickly and then treated - less than a week. No cost. Might have been a bit quicker in a pay system but my life wasn’t threatened and I didn’t have to worry about whether or not it would be covered by my insurance or what the copay would be. I know people who complain about the slowness of non life threating issues but they always have the option of paying for care - they just need to leave Canada, and some do. I have a relative who was ticked that the surgeon he saw wouldn’t recommend an operation so he went to the US and paid to have it done only to find that it didn’t really solve his problem (just like his ‘idiot’ Canadian doc had said) and he was now out a load of money and still had a chronic issue. For life threatening issues, all my family and friends have had timely & free service. An aunt went into ER 2 weeks ago for severe stomach pain. Got a CT and was into surgery a day later. Five days in hosptial and she’s now recovering at home with occassional health nurse visits. No charge. Didn’t even have to pay for most of her medication costs because they were mostly covered under Pharmacare.

If there is any rationale other than the “we are the USA, we can do whatever we want, whenever we want, for no reason at all”, I would be surprised.

I don’t think that will work. The comparison has been made but doesn’t seem to phase people. I think IED might be only the solution, since the people who drive these don’t seem to care in the least that they are a lethal danger to everyone in a smaller vehicle/on a bike/pedestrian.

Yeah where I grew up if a kid did that, they’d be kicked out. If old enough to have a car, old enough to live on their own.

Did we do that after the 1970s?

Or, seriously, demand better. It is amazing how Americans are willing to say “that’s not how we do it here” instead of demanding more. Quit spending your down time playing games and hiding from life on social media and protest. Join political groups. Run for office. Put some skin in the game instead of complaining from the sidelines about how it isn’t working.