I honestly don’t know where to post this.

Legume

I can't imagine why people hate insurance companies.

Botch

Legume said:

I can't imagine why people hate insurance companies.

I was toying with the idea of posting a sort of "Oligarch Defense Panic" thread; since the targeted murder of United HealthCare's CEO I've been fascinated by the articles in the MSM like this one
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/06/unitedhealth-brian-thompson-shooting-executive-security-measures/
...and the extreme hatred in memes I've seen on FB*
...and the fact that the gun shells seem to have "Delay, Deny, Defend" written on them.  
 
I was thinking the police could narrow down their Suspect List by looking at just those people who've been screwed over by profit-driven health care; but then I realized that won't narrow down anything.  I've been cheated badly by this "industry", and I'm sure 98% of the folks here have been also.    

Botch

*Like this:
 

Legume

JohnInCarolina

Botch

Some interesting tidbits from my Sunday morning shows; some of the news was actually good.  
 
1.  Biden's "Chips Act" and the Inflation Reduction Act have resulted in over 900 factory groundbreakings throughout the US, but the vast majority of these projects are in red states; congressmen from those states may not be so anxious for cuts to these programs.
 
2.  98% of customers who currently have an all-electric vehicle have no plans of going back to an ICE.
 
3.  Russia's economy is near-collapse, their banks haven't allowed any withdrawals as of two weeks ago.  Youngest troops in Russia's army have been given a $21,000 re-enlistment bonus (although I could've sworn service was compulsory...).    
 
4.  The combined net worth of all of President Biden's current  department heads is $181 million.  The combined net worth of all of trump's department heads (if confirmed) is $244 billion.  
 
5.  The advisory committee "Doge" is recommending elimination of Daylight Savings Time (told you some of the news is good).
 
6.  They've also proposed eliminating the US Postal Service (as current owner of 2 1/2 rolls of "Forever" stamps, yeah some of the news is not good).  

JohnInCarolina

Legume

@Botch

Gulfcoastguy

The current government is evacuating to the home planet.

Botch

Legume said:

@Botch

 

fishlessman

Botch said:

Legume said:

@Botch

 

dont worry @Botch, have my  Neptune JT-8 backpack, heading down to jersey to take out the  Jupiter drone

JohnInCarolina

Botch

Note that the extension of the 2017 billionaire tax cuts were nowhere near the table.  

Botch

… and it also bothers me, a lot, that a president-elect who is not in office, and a multi-billionaire who is not approved by the electorate in any way, are having such an effect on our future.  
 
Welcome to the US Oligarchy.  I didn’t think it’d come in until next month, but I was wrong.  

JohnInCarolina

Legume