BringBackOrton

He got her pregnant.

So I have a little insight here: It is true it is in the name of diversity. It's not basic jobs. It is location. There is a school of thought that if you take a poor kid from a small town, or a poor kid from the inner city, he is more likely to return to those places (or types of places) and provide care. Rural and inner city areas are the ones who suffer the most from poor access. A couple of things: One: Medicine is becoming more and more formulaic as evidence grows. I believe that as an effect, the gap between bad and sufficient care is closing. Now that doesn't mean you can read a website and be a great care provider. But you can be much better than you could, say 30 years ago. And please don't mistake me as saying it's okay to be mediocre or "sufficient." Just that, like all professions, there are guys who are good, guys who are fine, and guys who suck. Two: There is little evidence that board scores/GPA/MCAT has any correlation to physician quality. Part of that is how hard that would be to study. If you have high board scores, high MCATs and pursue cardiothoracic surgery, how are we going to compare you to a person with lower relative scores who pursues family medicine? We can't make a 1:1 comparison of thoracotomies vs blood pressure management. Now, it makes sense, to me, to believe that there's somewhat of a correlation. The key to getting good scores and grades is to work really really hard and know lots of things. Both are qualities you'd like in a physician. But the evidence just ain't there. There's also a common "medical sense" component to practice, which is virtually untestable. But it's hard to judge, even if you work with someone frequently. Do you really want to talk **** about a guy who ordered a battery of tests on a really anxious patient who may have told him all kinds of things? Basically, unless you're right on top of somebody as they practice, you can't know if their reasoning is reasonable or not. You can assume, and you can have a good idea if it's particularly egregious, but that's rare. Three: Pleasant bedside manner is linked to reduced malpractice lawsuits, and that's supported by strong evidence. In fact, the data suggests that most Americans polled, would rather have a nicer care provider than one who was colder/meaner/more analytical but knew more. I am playing devil's advocate here, mostly because I don't agree with that trending thought. And I think just because you have a nice bedside manner, doesn't give you the excuse to not know. But that's just me. I will end with this thought. In my experience, it always sounds nice to diversify. Some patients want doctors who look like them. But it's super curious that everyone wants diversity at the cost of somebody else. I have posed the obvious question to many people over the years. "If you think we should give a valuable spot to someone Latino or African American or someone from a disadvantaged upbringing, why don't you give them yours? Surely, if you're advocating for such a policy, you'd put your money where your mouth is and defer acceptance so a poor African American kid can get in over you? Do you believe that no other applicant is less privileged than you?" No one has an answer. Ever. It sounds like the line of privilege always starts "after I get mine." Indians and Asians are getting crushed. But I don't know what they can do about it.

Why do you assume Tom is a girl? Sexist much?

@Buftex the wonders of the free market, eh friend? Owner and staff refused to comment. Remembers how gleeful they were just 2 weeks ago? Good things happen to good people. The restaurant racket isn't for morons.

I expected a much different thread and I'm pleasantly surprised.

So basically, because we don't live inside Kaep's brain, we can't draw any meaningful conclusion on what his priorities may or may not be. We have reports from basically co-workers, but those don't count. We have to accept, against all evidence to the contrary, that playing football was Kaep's #1 priority. I'm sure you'll manage to very consistent with this take in the upcoming season. Bookmarked.

But how did you get retweets?

Chris Long is a dweeb.

This crusade is the reason Kaep isn't here. Well played, McBeane

I used to agree that they would never touch Roe v. Wade again, but I'm reconsidering.

Locking up criminals is more important than government handouts.

By that same logic, the restaurant owner should expect to suffer the result of their actions as well. How is the Red Hen doing?

Way to take a stand bro! Don't outlaw political parties!

Moms can't commit crimes bro.

D'Souza is certainly loathsome. Probably my least favorite conservative voice in the media today.

Can't wait to watch Bron stare daggers at Lonzo as he shoots 36% with that wack stroke.

Lakers will never make a Final as long as Durant is a Warrior.

Sort of. It's actually really good business. If the Bucs are the ones who suspend Jamies, they get the negative PR associated with ANY suspension short of a season, AND they look like the bad guy to Jameis' camp. By empowering the shield to make the call, the Bucs (their owner mostly) can say, "hey, it wasn't our decision."

We started the Space Force to go after the Global Elites Moon Base. Wake up sheeple!

The NFL wouldn't have to act as a judicial body if the teams felt obligated to do their own investigations and punishments.

Justin Houston? What? When did he get traded? Ragland is not good. He'll be mediocre to average in a tailor made scheme for him. We can't tailor to that scheme, because then the rest of our guys would be mediocre too.

Ragland is a really bad example. When we chase off a good player, I'll agree with you. A rotational third string LB isn't someone I'm losing sleep over.

They do? As far as I know, not a single protester during the anthem last year was suspended or even punished by the NFL. WTF are you talking about?

Ragland IS a crappy player. HE COULD NOT PLAY ON THE BILLS. Tanner Vallejo was better than Ragland last year. That's why they traded him. He was 4th on the depth chart here. He would never play over players who had more to offer. It wasn't an "adapting the scheme," thing. He sucked.