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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 2h
The biggest problem with "market-based" is that the costs of medical care are difficult to determine up front, and it's very hard to shop around because the average person is not competent to evaluate what they need and what they don't and what's a 'good price' for it.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 7h
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 7h
I'm a white guy, and I'm sorry that we need you guys at over 90% to save the country again. Wish it weren't so, but here we are.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
But what about the Musk supporters who subscribe to The Times? It wouldn't be prudent to offend the readership.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Translation: The average Russian is saying "MAKE IT STOP" -But they are not allowed to say what "IT" is.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I could not agree more. Trump is the highest expression of Reaganism. Look no further than Anne Gorsuch or James Watt. Or the constant fantasies that Reagan painted in his speech. Reagan broke the association between GOP Politics and GOP Policy - They need not be connected, thanks to Ronnie.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
People have learned that all Trump wants from them is a headline. They don't have to produce much, because Trump doesn't actually care - He just wants a headline so he can do a thing on-camera about the amazing deal. Trump will be on to something else the next day.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Wishin' and hopin', he is.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
It's like that classic Michael Kinsey definition of a "gaffe" as being when someone makes the mistake of being truthful on camera.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
They're ALL smarter in person; that is actually the whole problem. They put it away when they 'do their thing', and revert to a coverage style that wouldn't want to offend any of the national socialists who might be enjoying the evening's programming.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
My only problem with that writing is that it is written in a style of prose that is not digestible for the mass audience most in need of a better understanding of what's happening. People like Trump don't make that mistake, the con man always knows his marks.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I see nothing. Nothing is happening here at all.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The American Economy has been entirely financialized and has been running on investment bubbles for at least 30 years.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"If you get a benevolent dictator" That's a big if, and that's the entire problem with the whole thesis.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
These 2 toxic guys could really even more toxify each other, and a 3rd man could run up the middle through the opening.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I know, I know. The white folks have issues with the black folks. But the point is, if it's going to be team guy vs. team girl, the girls need to show up. Needless to say, black women know what they see, when they see a guy like Trump: A double-hater.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's hard to predict - But if they do get blown out, Trump will certainly go crazy in lots of ways.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Let's talk about Republican women for a moment. --> White Women voted for Trump over Harris in 2024.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Indeed.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
All I know is I've lost track of the times I thought Trump was done, that he'd jumped the shark, etc. But he's Jason Voorhees, he never fucking goes away.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's surprising how long people can be kept going if you have the money and will to keep the ball rolling. It's also true he could kick the bucket at any moment, that's also a fact of people of his age and health.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fetterman, Manchin, What are you smoking? Don't tell me those guys are putting out feelers. And I also think Newsom is toast - He's all over the map, completely situational.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
There are essentially unlimited resources available to keep that dumb fuck alive. Unless he suffers a massive event, they'll keep him going for 2 more years is my guess.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
OTOH, Hillary and Kamala ran and lost to Donald Trump of all people, a rapist himself. There are more women than men in the USA and women are thought to vote at higher rates than men. And yet... If ever there was a moment for women to step up and vote the future, we've had 2 of them recently.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Here's one I found in Malibu, from the W Bush days. As they say, history does not repeat, but it rhymes.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
That just makes it weirder.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I'm sure Shivon Zillis was fully compensated for her labors. I made a pun.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Maybe they aren't getting any of the top kids out of the Ivys any more anyway - because they are Mordor. --> And you'll see them screening the little kids for the ones with the hightest PSATs you can be sure.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don't leave out racial AND religious homogeneity. It's two peas in the same pod for these people.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
But to be fair, they never had the chance to...
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Elephants Never Forget 🐘
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He knows his voters are morons. The con man always knows his marks.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can assure you, the USA is up near the top because of Pizza.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Olbermann DID date Laura Ingraham for a time. Must have been spicy.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
He's a Ted Cruz sort of guy. People on all sides of the issues agree they don't like him.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In the first moment, when I saw your post: I immediately assumed --> That you were talking about the reflecting pool.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is very true, Trump is the moron in this story. But it doesn't mean we shouldn't point out what a ruinous person Bibi is and that he's got a lot of blood on his hands.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nostalgia is a helluva drug.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Remember the Trump election track record, because it's weak: -He won against 2 women, one black (mixed) and one with a long, tired resume. -He lost to an older, rather tired white guy. Yeah, what a Trump realignment for a permanent conservative wet dream revamp of our whole society.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
She's good at a few things.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Game knows good game.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No he's not buiding a missile bunker. It's all fucking bullshit, it's a scam, it's a con. He's just making it up as he goes, like a 5-year old. There's no strategy, he just pulls it out of his ass every day is a new day.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm starting to wonder, how many lives have you led anyway?
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Amazon getting closer to Microsoft? All big corps eventually move the outfit closer to where the C-suite guys live. A pity about Boeing. McDonnell Douglas really wrecked them.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Maybe so. I once lived in Berkeley, and I DO understand that nutty leftists can be just as poor at running things as right-wing fascists are. But I'd still pick the nutty leftist over Adolf Hitler. Which often seems to be the choice these days.
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bt1138.bsky.social @bt1138.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'll reply to this one too. My observation, as an atheist, is that the Jews have been borne by the Romans & then the Christians for 2000+ years. Not victims, travelers. If Jesus were not a Jew, the Jews would have gone the way of the Canaanites, Philistines and Edomites.
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