Joe Ferguson forever

except the bill doesn't cut the deficit. It makes it much worse.

I think we can "cut" medicare and medicaid by going to single payer and insuring everyone at a lower level with more out of pocket costs based on income. Have businesses pay premiums to single payer program for each employee which is what most do now. Allow a tiered system where individuals can pay more to get more. As it is now, Medicaid is a platinum program now that pays 100% of just about everything. Putting Algorithms in place and strict formularies for meds and procedures/surgery would save billions. Have a national formulary that negotiates on behalf of the entire system for drugs. I think cutting defense spending would also make sense. Seems like we are building up excess capability perhaps to fight with our creditors if put comes to shove. It's really anti theatrical of the non engagement philosophy of maga to spend so much for offensive capability rather than defense.

what if you were are retired doc who needs back surgery? Getting old is not for wimps. But I'm improving my bridge game, my putting and owning the maga's here.

I'm not, nor ever will be president. Important distinction, dumbass.

they're worse in that D's would not give huge tax breaks to the rich nor would they cut programs like medicaid for the poor.

to be fair, trump thinks "grabbing by the pu$$y" is funny...

maga humor. a double entendre ruined by vulgarity

they will hurt consumers: building materials, cars, appliances, machinery, even cans for food. winning!

Maybe you should be concerned about the rapid decline in your level of freedom. But keep focusing on a vaccine that saved countless lives.

Well no. We find very different things to be humorous. People getting hurt or racist jokes are not funny to most of us. Monty python and many SNL skits are. We like plays on words and double entendres. Cartoons not so much. That being said, trump as a taco is funny because it annoys him so much.

I always admired the ballroom.

Should never have happened....trump was supposed to end it day one.

Saw this and thought “ the richest man in the world is a miserable junkie”. Reminds me of seeing the Eastman mansion in Rochester as a kid. My dad told me he committed suicide and I just couldn’t understand why.

Wake Forest will now be in the crosshairs. Never been on campus but Winston Salem is very nice. And not overly liberal.

this is interesting. I've heard horror stories for Real ID, especially married female friends. One needed to get a marriage license from the clerk where she was married. hmmm, making difficult to prove identity and simultaneously making at hard to vote

my picture was rejected 4 times - uneven background, too much shadow etc. Never had a Nelson in my foursome as far as I can remember.

guess you've never applied for a passport, at least recently. The post office isn't involved. It's all done online, even the photograph. They have a program to approve or disapprove it. Took about 5 tries. It's been raining steadily the last 10 days so no golf. The pool and pickleball courts are open but not used. So it's sad. Cool that you have a greater generational legacy than I do. Isn't it a shame that so many trump administration officials that are recent citizens are making decisions about who can be American?

yup, the TACO trade.

It's all about breaking lines. For instance, unqualified, useless "journalists" who have no idea how to access and divulge crucial info even if they knew where to find it vs those trained to do just that, equalizing inferior intellect's superior ones. In the same way, the public has begun to respect the opinions of midlevel medical practitioners with those of well established quality . We are being trained to accept less for the same cost. This is R mantra these days. ,

I just got my passport renewal approved. was concerned as I'm a registered D and not ashamed of it. they're looking at social media posts for foreign higher education visas. But was any R ever concerned in the same way? I think not. Not for any good reason. When a fifth gen American is worried about the guarantee of his citizenship, there's a problem. No obvious litmus test for citizenry now, but it's not far off.

this is what happens when you give morons power... you need a new phrase. I dare you to come up with one. try a thesaurus.

It's about disengaging the average brain from serious thought. If they can break up a formulating argument in its genesis, it's unlikely going to reinsert itself into the public conscienceness. they're well studied on human declining independent thought.

splain your vomit, jersey *****. too much rotgut bourbon? or your just a pathetic loser who feels the need to act out to validate his perceived grievances?

dude, how many million morons voted for a felon, con man. Consensus in America now means dumb, stupid, uninformed...

Glad you’re still here, conservative and all. Good sense isn’t ideologically limited. Nor good taste. Both are sorely lacking today. And it seems many of the progressives here have given up. But ya know, one of these years the Leafs will win the cup. I had this conversation with some Toronto folks I met on vacation. They came to me later and said “wtf, you’re right. Why are we so bad?” It’s like bills fans til the last 10 years: Whaley is awesome. Marrone is the best. EJ was a great pick. Bledsoe was a great pick up. People believe what’s convenient. You just gotta be willing to trust your nose.