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LMU93

But I do think people can also forget or dismiss what this team has- which is a lot…

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I just dont agree with that. They were 9-7. And I think that record reflects exactly what they were. I wont quibble over what “a Lot” means, but they were not serious challengers for a Title. They were not a top eight team in the NFL.

They had “a Lot” when Gurley was healthy. Now, they look like a borderline wildcard team.

Whitworth is a very old man. Gurley is average now. Cooks will be gone. Three solid starters on D are gone. The Cap is tight. The OLine was a mess. What is it now?

This does not look like a team with “a lot” of talent to me.

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waterfield wrote:

wv wrote:

Oh, by the way, the man who is against National Health Care, continues to beat the man who is for National Health Care. Meanwhile a majority of the actual voters SAY they support National Health Care. Its a Madhouse.

Election Results:https://apps.npr.org/liveblogs/20200317-primaries/

No-he is NOT against everyone having health care-as your headline implies. What he’s against is a total government control of healthcare-medicare for all. He does not believe that would ever pass given the public’s reluctance to lose whatever private insurance they now have and their distrust of a government controlled management of their health. What he wants is to build on the ACA so that

all

people can obtain needed health care from whatever options they choose. We may well be in a madhouse but your description of the candidates position is patently false.

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I know you believe that Biden would fight for some sort of expanded Health Care, Waterfield. And he might. But it would be some sort of Insurance-Corporation-Friendly type of deal. In my view that is so far from ethical that we cant even discuss it. The Biden System is UnEthical. In my view. Its putting Profit over People.

Some progressives will hold their noses and vote for him. Some wont. I wont.
He might still win. He might not.

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Zooey wrote:

I am spending all day at school every day, trying to make the best of this situation. Mostly I am struggling with a never-ending parade of technical difficulties, and learning to do new things with tech toys.

I have been too busy doing that to actually figure out how to change the format of various assignments, and because I teach multiple classes that are completely different, I have to do all that for each class, unlike a teacher who may have 3 sections of the same thing, so they convert their stuff once for the entire lot of kids.

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So schools are not cancelled in Calif?

Schools are closed here.

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InvaderRam wrote:

haha. well. i will say that my father in law who was a republican (i’m pretty sure he voted for w bush). he’s now a democrat. he’s for medicare for all.

my own father and mother. both republicans who later switched over to the democrats. they are in favor of medicare for all.

i also talked to my father in law’s friend. he’s a pediatrician. he is for medicare for all.

they’re all pretty much centrists i would argue.

BUT. i should also add that my parents came from korea. my father in law is from japan. the pediatrician is also from korea. both countries have a national healthcare system. so they come from a totally different perspective than most americans i would say.

so yeah. there’s definitely a huge hill to climb.

i will say that most young americans i talk to. are for a national healthcare system. that’s the feeling i get. meaning people under the age of 30. just the hunch i get from casual conversation.

so maybe people don’t change… but generations do???

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Well, i got no answers, but i do know that surveys and polls and anecdotal stuff always points to many people SAYING the want this or that — but none of that means squat if they go into the voting booth and vote for Bushes, Trumps, Bidens, Obamas, Gores, Edwards, Reagans, etc.

People say all kinds of stuff. And then they vote for imperialist-corporatists, over, and over and over. And over. And over.

I’m hoping at the end of all things, God explains this to me.

This guy is funny at times, btw:

InvaderRam wrote:

wv wrote:

The warning from the nation’s largest university, with some 40,000 students, applies “especially” to students staying in nations with “poorly developed health services,” as well as countries, “for example the USA,” with a “poorly developed collective infrastructure.”

maybe this will be the wake up call this country needs?

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Well, let me know if you meet any centrists or Rightwingers who change their views. 🙂

This health-care system is based on Centrist and Rightwing policies. Decades of ‘that’.

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link:https://www.huffpost.com/entry/norway-students-us-collective-infrastructure_n_5e6ec485c5b6dda30fcbba2a?utm_source=main_fb&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&fbclid=IwAR2eYr94VXwJaQQT3-ruioBzyP3zBKGJGAFv3bMN_UClnmerS9bcrKFZGCY

Norway College Urges Students To Return From ‘Poorly Developed’ U.S. Amid Pandemic
Students studying abroad are called home because of the spread of the coronavirus, “especially” from the U.S.

Norway’s renowned University of Science and Technology has issued an alert urging students studying abroad to return home as a response to the coronavirus pandemic — specifically singling out the U.S.

The warning from the nation’s largest university, with some 40,000 students, applies “especially” to students staying in nations with “poorly developed health services,” as well as countries, “for example the USA,” with a “poorly developed collective infrastructure.”

The alert notes it can be difficult in the U.S. to “get transport to the airport if you don’t have a car.” It added, apparently referring to “poorly developed health services,” that, “The same applies if you don’t have health insurance.”

“In line with the advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I, as NTNU’s Rector, strongly recommend that all NTNU students who are outside Norway return home.

This applies especially if you are staying in a country with poorly developed health services. This also applies for countries with poorly developed collective infrastructure, for example the USA, where it can be difficult to get transport to the airport if you don’t have a car. The same applies if you don’t have health insurance.”

The university’s alert came as Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement Saturday advising all Norwegian citizens abroad to return home.

Norway is shutting down its airports and harbors to foreign travelers on Monday. Norwegians will be allowed to return home — though they’ll have to be quarantined for 14 days.

In 2018 private meeting with lawmakers, President Donald Trump reportedly expressed a desire for more immigrants from Norway after complaining about people moving to the U.S. from “shithole countries,” and naming Africa and Haiti, according to one of those present. Responses from Norwegians at the time indicated they were quite happy where they were.

Here’s how some Twitter users responded to the Norwegian university’s directive:

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