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By now you should know the forum rules about making claims without supporting evidence. So we either put up or...

Clearly you didn't need the article or maybe you're one of those individuals who think that captive labor is the thing of the past in Asia.

thaibeachlover claimed the odds were low I showed him otherwise. You got a problem with that?

For being an imaginary agent provocateur for the FBI he received an imaginary sentence.

Experts do. Most Likely President Joe Biden Will Live Through A Second Term, Life Expectancy Data Show Nikki Haley, a Republican candidate for president, recently stated on Fox News that, ‘‘if you vote for Joe Biden, you really are counting on a President Harris because the idea that he would make it until 86 years old is not something that I think is likely.” While that might make a catchy political sound bite, it completely ignores the current science about demography and longevity. It also ignores Joe Biden’s current state of health. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevevernon/2023/04/30/most-likely-president-joe-biden-will-live-through-a-second-term/?sh=25b41dbd490e

According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, administrative costs in Medicare are only about 2 percent of operating expenditures. Defenders of the insurance industry estimate administrative costs as 17 percent of revenue. https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20110920.013390/ Wherever did you come up with that cockamamie nonsense about the Medicare machine? The article says the drugs are from the three main companies. It also notes that the move went further than expected since it also includes fast-acting insulin. I can see that you're trying to find some desperate way to shoot holes in this. The fact is that Republicans are overwhelmingly opposed to this. Remember that it took Trump only about 10 days after he was elected to break his promise to negotiate drug prices with Big Pharma.

What has that got to do with Hillary Clinton's defeat?

As I posted earlier The Times which published the original so-called expose had to make a retraction. And since then the ,"hockey stick" has been confirmed multiple times by different methods. That you still believe in this so-called scandal just shows the dodgy sources you get your information from.

Do you think we're still living in an age of crystal balls? I've got exciting news for you. Climate models have already predicted the future successfully. It's the denialists whose predictions have failed.

I don't know for a fact that it was nor do you know for a fact that it wasn't. Which runs counter to this: "And NOW it's fine for non-climate scientists to comment on climate change?"

ANd you know what percentage is excessive? Care to share that number with us. In the 50's and 60's taxation was much higher and the economy grew faster. When Bill Clinton raised taxes there were cries from right wingers how that was going to damage the economy. Instead there was rapid growth. What's more when taxes are too low, then there is excessive liquidity. We know there has been massive excessive liquidity because before Covid, the wealthy were actually agreeing to store their cash with banks at negative interest rates or buy govt. bonds at negative interest rates.

You don't know for a fact that it was a non science experts. There are epidemiologists who work in the field of climatology to study how climate change affects habitat.

What don't you understand about the fact the personal claims here are unverifiable and therefore useless.

If you can prove that the article is lying, share that proof with More confused thinking from you. It's one thing to hypothesize that the spread of these insects is due to climate change. That says nothing about the validity of ACC. Please, share with us a model of the climate that has better predicted its course than the current model.

That is your idea of scientific evidence? And Bkk Brian didn't answer it to your satisfaction? I answered it too. And I pointed out that it's ridiculous. What counts is where the scientific evidence stands. At this point there are thousands and thousands of highly technical studies. These studies progressively build on earlier work. If these were false, there would have to be a gigantic conspiracy at work. I wouldn't put it past you to allege that. What you don't seem to understand is that for the current model to be overthrown, someone has to offer a better predictive one. So far, the models offered by denialists have failed.

There can be 2 reasons why Joe Biden's tax returns made no mention of those millions. Either he's lying or he never got any of them. The publicly released information from his tax returns easily accounts for present standard of living. There is no reason to think that he is hiding anything. Except that his last name is Biden. Which apparently among right wingers is proof enough of guilt.

I failed to address anything in your post because you just offered accusations, not evidence. Without specific evidence, accusations are empty.

It wasn't specific at all. If it was specific it would predictions or evidence from climatologists that would justify the accusations you made about tactics. Anybody can accuse anyone of anything. But you know that they're offering nothing when they don't back it up with specific examples.

Just like 0James0, when confronted with hard facts you resort to generalizations.

Thanks for the ridiculous criterion. Clearly you don't understand how capitalism and the free market economy work.

Actually, the Democrats did exactly that in the previous Congress and would have imposed a lot more but for Dinos Sinema and Manchin. And Biden wants to impose further increases on the wealthy to financially secure Social Security. Republicans want to reduce benefits instead.

Right. The invade Mexico guy. There's someone who has learned absolutely nothing from the recent history of America's military adventures.

And, as I pointed out, it can also be a question of opportunity cost. The money that they don't spend on repaying the loan can be used to fuel investments that will more than pay for the greater overall lifetime cost of the mortgage.

And who was counting chickens?

Is there any independent country that shares a land border with Russia or the Ukraine that doesn't feel threatened by Russian aggression? You think such a big slice of Europe isn't of vital importance to world peace and the USA?