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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸

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La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera #BLM 🚲 Ret'd IT bookworm #PDX UTC-07 🌎 🚫 anon-antivax-bets-blankprofile-crypt-illum-MAGA-OF-TERF 72, div, lookin, egalitarian, cat dad EX8:2-6 LV19:33 MT5:37 6:5 LK22:36 faves bit.ly/T4CKY bit.ly/rIII bit.ly/wotsupdoc

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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#DiaperDon #DieselDeal cut 2 weeks ago
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
#Diesel Deal Done 2 Weeks Ago!
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Clearly, no. Under the Hawthorne, yes. By Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Past the 20% savings of no cost of sales, a 10% bonus of no shareholder returns to pay, & an unspecified but very real benefit of no medical-bankruptcies-due-to-ill-health, there's the absolutely splendid return on investment: 1/2 #MedicareForAll, #MedicareForAllNow, #healthcare #medicalbankruptcy
In Dining across the divide (4 October), the young participant, Ted, is quoted as expressing his "desire to abolish the NHS and replace it with a social insurance model. This would still have provision for free treatment at the point of need, but people would pay through insurance systems, and they would choose the level of cover they've got. Those models deliver far better outcomes for patients."
As a retired insurance underwriter, I must disagree profoundly with Ted's
assertion. Let's concentrate on business fundamentals. Insurance comes in two "flavours": first, events that become likelier as time goes on - eg, life assurance. The older you get, the more likely you are to die and the more premium is needed to cover the risk; and second, events whose likelihood stays essentially the same over time, eg home insurance - the likelihood of a house burning down is much the same for everyone and the cost is spread evenly between policyholders.
Clearly, medical insurance is flavour one. Premiums need to rise with age. To reduce premiums and keep customers, insurance companies apply ever-increasing "excesses" and "co-pays" and can refuse to cover pre-existing conditions. The more you need medical insurance, the more expensive and difficult it is to get.
There is also the business case. When you buy an insurance policy, premiums are calculated to include the cost of claims (about 60%); administration (about 10%); sales (about 20%); shareholder profits (about 15%); less investment returns (about 5%).
In contrast, an NHS•style system does not require either sales costs or
shareholder profits. Of course, there would be no investment return - but
nevertheless, it is still about 30% cheaper to operate than an insured healthcare system. Like most sound business ideas, it's simple arithmetic.

Susan Jones
Biggin Hill, London
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
The Parkdale station is as close as an existing rail line goe, miles away.
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#AI #artificialstupidity
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
oregonlive.com/politics/2026/10/trump-administration-offers-dog-ate-my-homework-excuses-over-newport-detention-center-settlement-lawyer-says.html
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Be prepared for the inevitable flood of ad spending, & the 'news' stories which follow ad spending from 'moderate' moneyed interests. #PDX #PortlandOR #portlandoregon #elections
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Armed Men Cross Into NATO Territory, Sabotage Border Security. Russia propagandizing against Baltic nations, using same false rhetoric it used to pave the way into its war against Ukraine. youtube.com/watch?v=fEreuS7NTGA
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Best unpaywalled source found mainedems.org/new-collins-... #Maine #susancolliins #Election #SenatorColllins
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I see the whole thing in Firefox with the Bypass Paywalls Clean extension. The ReaderView button takes out the paywall blocks at the Oregonian, too.
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Left out Duchess Gloriana of Grand Fenwick
Duchess Gloriana of Grand Fenwick from THE MOUSE THAT ROARED
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Defied the standing orders of the Evil Empire and saved the world in 1983. All hail LTC Stanislav Petrov!
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Free hair coloring by Oregon-licensed stylists Tue 9/29 & Wed 9/30 at 9620 SE 82nd on the #72 bus Write to SupercutsStudioPortland@regiscorp.com w/ name, date, time after checking picture below for what's offered. Please note I am not staff, just a happy user. #PDX #PortlandOR #PortlandOregon #hair
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Share a TV show that raised you
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The proposed change would slash reimbursements public ambulance providers receive through Medicaid & could mean a loss of hundreds of dollars per transport. More at www.jems.com/ems-manageme... & www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/06/02/s... #EMS #Ambulance #Medicaid #Oregon
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
But not #Oregon.
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
EmptyEpsilon. Free, Open Source, Windows/Linux/MacOS. daid.github.io/EmptyEpsilon
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pass this on to the out-of-towners
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Beep Beep
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Meanwhile, in Jackson Square...
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John E Bartley, III K7AAY (D) NSSAR📎▼🐸 @503bartley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Carney's comments on a closer relationship with the EU: "We are not fair-weather allies. We do not pursue zero-sum deals. Our commitment to the rule of law, and our unyielding defence of human dignity, individual freedom and democracy share the same deep roots, the same unwavering dedication.
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