My favorite part of Mister Rogers was the Speedy Delivery Man who short-stopped the videos he was supposed to be taking to other people so Mr. Rogers could watch them...
And it was President Obama - you know, the guy who hates Israel so much - who made sure they had the Iron Dome system in place. Maybe that's the reason the President and Defense Minister had so many nice things to say about him.
Not that you would ever hear them on the FoxPAC...
I'm old enough to have had my Mom serve me many Hostess CupCakes when I was a lad. And after reading about the BK I did go to the grocery store and get a couple of packages along with some Twinkies.
BUZZKILL Warning:
We were explaining to the Italian exchange student staying with us what the big deal was. And, being an adult by now (at least in years) I read the ingredients.
A single Hostess CupCake contains: 12 grams of fat (half saturated) - 320 calories, 110 from fat; 440 mg sodium (18% of the recommended daily maximum); and 36 grams of sugar (well over a can of soda, which typically comes in at about 28 grams or 1 ounce).
Styrofoam peanuts have 1,000 times the structural strength. I think you&#039;re better off saving them for <strike>nutrition</strike> consumption.
Ha! Us socialists up north of the border get to keep our Twinkies! Also, the people that make our Twinkies are probably paid better than the people that maid your Twinkies, because socialism is evil!
Social Security is, as you know, a no-brainer. Medicare is much tougher (and I say this having just become eligible on 1 Nov). The inflation of medical service costs is driven, in large part by great and continuing <i> and expensive</i> advances in medical technology. And by patent abuse by pharmaceutical companies, of course.
An amazingly large percentage of medical spending goes to prolong the lives of elderly people who are near death. I&#039;ll go look it up, and maybe post something later, but it&#039;s along the lines of &lt;significant percentage, maybe 25%&gt; of all medical expenses are incurred in the last two weeks of a person&#039;s life. It&#039;s the modern medical-dollar-factory equivalent of tonsillectomies for all when I was a kid, except a couple orders of magnitude more expensive.
The problem is, trying to do anything about this situation is gonna provoke &quot;DEATH PANELS!!!&quot; up the wazoo.
A similar, although (so far) less expensive, issue is diagnostic screening, and the benefits versus the costs of follow-up on false positives.
And there&#039;&#039;s more.
It&#039;&#039;s a really complicated problem, and I&#039;m almost certain that we&#039;re gonna fuck it up. I&#039;m just hoping the Democrats will fuck it up more equitably than the Republicans would.
Surrounding?
My favorite part of Mister Rogers was the Speedy Delivery Man who short-stopped the videos he was supposed to be taking to other people so Mr. Rogers could watch them...
And it was President Obama - you know, the guy who hates Israel so much - who made sure they had the Iron Dome system in place. Maybe that&#039;s the reason the President and Defense Minister had so many nice things to say about him.
Not that you would ever hear them on the FoxPAC...
I&#039;m old enough to have had my Mom serve me many Hostess CupCakes when I was a lad. And after reading about the BK I did go to the grocery store and get a couple of packages along with some Twinkies.
BUZZKILL Warning:
We were explaining to the Italian exchange student staying with us what the big deal was. And, being an adult by now (at least in years) I read the ingredients.
A single Hostess CupCake contains: 12 grams of fat (half saturated) - 320 calories, 110 from fat; 440 mg sodium (18% of the recommended daily maximum); and 36 grams of sugar (well over a can of soda, which typically comes in at about 28 grams or 1 ounce).
Is it any wonder this company is in trouble?
Styrofoam peanuts have 1,000 times the structural strength. I think you&#039;re better off saving them for <strike>nutrition</strike> consumption.
Oh, to hell with Twinkies. We&#039;ve got Jos Louis and Flakies!
Are we sure that&#039;s Ken? Seems lacking in the death, despair, and Destroyer of Happiness departments.
&quot;Assume Dallas Done&quot;.
Oops. Sorry.
Ha! Us socialists up north of the border get to keep our Twinkies! Also, the people that make our Twinkies are probably paid better than the people that maid your Twinkies, because socialism is evil!
&quot;have you ever dipped your Twinkie in Hersey&#039;s chocolate syrup?&quot;
Is that what the kids are calling it now?
In a pinch, you can use them to fill holes in the shelter wall.
May Dan White rot in the hell I don&#039;t believe exists.
The owner will start a petition to secede.
The fuck is that?
Social Security is, as you know, a no-brainer. Medicare is much tougher (and I say this having just become eligible on 1 Nov). The inflation of medical service costs is driven, in large part by great and continuing <i> and expensive</i> advances in medical technology. And by patent abuse by pharmaceutical companies, of course.
An amazingly large percentage of medical spending goes to prolong the lives of elderly people who are near death. I&#039;ll go look it up, and maybe post something later, but it&#039;s along the lines of &lt;significant percentage, maybe 25%&gt; of all medical expenses are incurred in the last two weeks of a person&#039;s life. It&#039;s the modern medical-dollar-factory equivalent of tonsillectomies for all when I was a kid, except a couple orders of magnitude more expensive.
The problem is, trying to do anything about this situation is gonna provoke &quot;DEATH PANELS!!!&quot; up the wazoo.
A similar, although (so far) less expensive, issue is diagnostic screening, and the benefits versus the costs of follow-up on false positives.
And there&#039;&#039;s more.
It&#039;&#039;s a really complicated problem, and I&#039;m almost certain that we&#039;re gonna fuck it up. I&#039;m just hoping the Democrats will fuck it up more equitably than the Republicans would.