I'm Eric, former streamer, audio expert, golf, cocktail enthusiast. people over party or profit. Work in science/IVD/medical. Email: [email protected]
San Diego
Joined May 2014
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How Healthcare actually should work
- remove it from employment
- everyone gets basic coverage/protection through medicare
- out of pocket is allowed
- all medicare billing is auditable, must not be for profit
- move to single billing, but make it 3 year tender
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Ding ding ding. You already pay for it. Your premium is based on your risk amongst your group agreement - typically signed by your employer.
We just also pay for yachts, denial of care, maximizing shareholder value...while dying more.
If you pay $15,000 a year in health insurance premiums but only need $3,000 worth of medical care, where do you think the rest of your money goes?
You’re already helping pay for other people’s healthcare. That’s literally how insurance works.
The argument was never really about whether we should pay for each other.
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Its crazy how recency and confirmation bias work, because had I not seen these stats, there is no world in which I'd ever assume Watson is in this convo.
Career drop rate on deep throws, per PFF:
Christian Watson - 7.7%
Randall Cobb - 9.5%
Davante Adams - 11.7%
Jordy Nelson - 12.1%
James Jones - 12.3%
One of the league’s great myths.
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Both sides are the problem. A 2 sided problem is the problem. Needs to be no sides, or 30 sides.
Example in any given house/senate control, it only takes about 5-10% hold out of any given side to stagnate any progress.
Like the worst person in a group project. No parties.
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Maybe - but if you want to change the view of the democrats you need to go in with something better.
1.) Term limits
2.) War funding
3.) Spend cuts
If you want to win/change the history, you have to change to improve your image.
The 'do nothing' dems got Trump elected
Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari has said: Top of the Democratic agenda on day 1 needs to be a pause on advanced AI development, regulation of this out of control industry, and a ban on artificial superintelligence.
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Get rid of all parties, period. You run on America, as policies and beliefs. And you represent the people you work for, objectively. You vote with your people. Get rid of the Dems/reps. This shit is stupid.
The problem with a 3rd party is that it has the same power dynamics as the Dems and Reps. Everyone wants to leverage the party for their own personal power
What is needed is a path to get candidates on a ballot, and allow them to get support based on what they commit to doing for their constituents, no party involved.
Any ideas from anyone ?
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This is still crazy. We have 100 senators total...8 were <50 years old. Average age in the USA is 39...we still only have 15 of 100 that are <50...average age is 65. The average age is retirement age. GET THEM ALL OUT.
In races called, 17 senators are being replaced, already the biggest turnover in the chamber since 1980. The departing senators average age is 70, their replacements 55. The number of senators under 50 nearly doubles, from 8 to 15.
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This tweet triggered a thought: The concept of blue/red still is the worst thing America does. This idea that a senator is "blue" changes how anyone votes for president is the stupidest way to handle things. The fear mongering, hate & blame is stupid.
People first, party never.
If Texas turns blue, there’s a real possibility we could go a very long time without seeing another Republican president in the White House.
Texas has been one of the biggest electoral strongholds for Republicans. Losing it would fundamentally change the political landscape of this country. That’s the reality.
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But guys, it'll trickle down...swear.
THE LABOR DEPARTMENT JUST DROPPED NEW WAGE DATA AND IT'S BRUTAL.
Corporate profits up 47% since 2020.
Worker wages up 12% in the same period.
Meanwhile groceries up 35%, rent up 40%, utilities up 28%.
Your paycheck grew 12%. Your bills grew 35%.
The math is simple: you're getting poorer every year even when you get a raise.
You can't budget your way out of this. The system is designed so your income can never catch up to your expenses.
That's not an accident. That's policy.
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One of the real problems we have with government in California is how Prop 40, 41, 42 are interlinked.
No Govt that serves its people should A) have them written that way B) have them as separate props C) have them independently enforcable.
Prop 42 passing is unbelievable.
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No matter if you watch the voting outcomes tonight...they'll not change the outcomes. Remember the outcome is what matters, not how the story changes.
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For every person that "doesn't follow politics" or "doesn't care" your decisions or lack thereof affect others. Your voice isn't heard, while also subsequently elevating others to be more valuable.
Its the only time we have to fight for what we most closely believe in. go vote.
It's Election Day Eve.
Nearly time to go to the polls to put some coal in the two-party system's stocking.
Here are the real gifts for voters: forwardparty.com/candidates/
GO VOTE!
Once I got to this level of understanding it made the world more amazing to witness/observe.
We were taught that Earth orbits the Sun in a closed circle. In reality, Earth has never returned to the same point in space once in 4.5 billion years.
Right now, the Sun is carrying Earth and every planet around the center of the Milky Way at 230 km/s (828,000 km/h), more than 18,000 kilometers every 80 seconds.
Because the Solar System is tilted 60.2° to the galactic plane and bobs up and down through the galactic disc roughly every 30 million years, the planets trace open 3D corkscrew helices across deep space rather than flat loops.
The last time the Sun stood where it stands today, one Galactic Year (230 million years) ago, the very first dinosaurs were only beginning to appear on Earth. Since forming 4.6 billion years ago, our Sun has completed only 20 laps.
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Lot of people trying to knock @GrantHorvatGolf for not wanting the ball, but I applaud it. If you're off your game, and your recognize it, its better to say it or be the reverse (over confident and not perform). Glad @RRuffels and the team instilled confidence and he performed.
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If this is real...holy shit, lol
The ranking members of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees have written a letter to President Trump asking whether he has been soliciting advice from Grok in order to help carry out his official duties as President of the United States.
They also demanded that he preserve any prompts sent to Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity, as well as outputs in response to those prompts, that were 'submitted to AI chatbots in carrying out your constitutional, statutory, or other official or ceremonial duties.'
The letter was provided by Politico.
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If you've ever thought - why does the government pay for this, but not for that? and you actually want to learn how things work at the federal level. Please read this book:
stephaniekelton.com/book/
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