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This is part of the reason that I am skeptical of putting the government in charge of a greater amount of health care. The VA is a fucking mess and it's our version of socialized medicine. One of my neighbors who is a navy vet broke his leg a couple years ago and he had to sit around for hours...

I was thinking of the one in North Beach. The Tenderloin is a little more on the scary side than just "gritty".

Population density is helpful, not a a downside. In the US we have thousands and thousands of little podunk towns that still need a hospital. The prices quoted above are skewed by the fact that employers pay for insurance. As a 36 year old man with no notable health problems, I pay $275 a...

Oh I see, very simple. Go ahead and implement campaign finance reform as your first step and maybe you will have a chance.

The one I know of in San Francisco has very convenient access to multiple strip clubs, peep shows, and sex shops.

I am a big fan of photography, but I have to agree that that would be a better thread.

All you really need is a set of dumbells.

I honestly have no idea what I want for health care in the US. There is zero chance of single payer or socialized health care because as Kreugen mentioned, it destroys the health insurance industry and whether or not that is a good thing, the health insurance industry has way too much juice in...

If google is going to build robots to run fiber optic cable to everyone in the US then I welcome our new Google overlords and I will be putting a framed photo of Larry Page up in my living room.

Wherever they're going, it's good news that they are still talking about expanding. Google has a tendency to be a bit ADD on some of this stuff and I wouldn't have been surprised if they just sort of did this half assed and then sold it off to someone so they could go build robots or some shit...

FWIW, the US actually has 3 systems in place for health care. A fully socialized system (the VA for military veterans), a single-payer system (Medicare/Medicaid for the elderly and very poor), and a fully private system (everyone else).

Just trying to help the OP get the info that he's looking for without getting caught up in the whole debate. The Obamacare thread is filled with goodness if you're looking for that sort of thing.

I am rewatching all three seasons leading up to the new season. The books are already fading in my mind and I'm not taking the time to reread all 5000 pages of that so I'm just rewatching and hopefully that will keep me straight on everything.

I think it just makes us non-retards but it's still something to be proud of!

Kreugen is spinning pretty hard here. Just keep in mind that he is pushing a political stance and exaggerating for that purpose. US health care has a lot of serious issues, but I live in one of those states that he is referring to and under no circumstances is anyone told "fuck you, go die in...

That sounds absolutely terrible. I have always been paranoid about blood in my stool. It's all I can do to keep from rushing off to the emergency room every time I eat beets or pomegranates.

Something like pulled pork or green chile is good because you can have it over rice, in tortillas, as a sandwich, straight from a bowl, etc. You can also cook a big ass ham or pot roast and that can make various leftovers.

I retract my previous complaint. Got an email today that I was being refunded $5 on each of the two sets I ordered (one for me, one for my sister). My love affair with Amazon is back on. I did not contact them to complain, they just did it.

My dog being a ranch dog, the toilet is like the 7th grossest thing he drinks out of on a regular basis and of course he eats cow shit daily. I don't make out with him.

I used to have one of those but the dog always ignored it for the fresher water in the toilet. Since the toilet is easier to refill and has to be cleaned anyway, I let him go with his preference and gave the waterer to my Mom for her cats.

If you are doing fine then why all the whining about usage "crippling" profits? And it's 26 quarters of losses in TV subscribers, not losing money. [/url]

Just because you aren't making money doesn't mean that Comcast isn't. Comcast Profits Up Sharply, Along With TV Subscribers - New York Times $1.9B in profit in Q4 of 2013. What do they do with it? Stock buybacks and increase dividends to stockholders (and now trying to buy TWC)...

To be fair, they are on a show for kids on Cartoon Network. Somebody probably put them in those clothes.

This is a grill recipe for leg of lamb but I would bet that it would also work with a shoulder roast. Silence of the Leg O' Lamb Recipe : Alton Brown : Food Network!

You don't have to be a member to eat at Costco. They really are the best place you can eat for under $5 and get a shit load of mediocre food.

Well yeah, that's what I'm saying. They sell it to you at 1mBit but you don't really get that consistently, hence the shitty experience.

Have you tried it? What is theoretically possible and what is reality are very different. I have a lot of experience with 1 MBit and more recently 3 MBit internet.

I'm going to have to start doing this. It's sort of a tradition for me going back to Deadwood that when I'm watching a great drama on Sunday night the experience is enhanced by having some wine or bourbon while I watch it. This works for Mad Men, Game of Thrones, even Homeland, but this show...

I don't think you realize how bad 1Mbit is now. It's not that you won't be able to stream HD, you will be pausing for loading multiple times in a 3 minute low-res youtube video. Forget Netflix at 1Mbit. It's too painful to be worth using. You need to have at least 3 Mbit to have a remotely...

Dude takes a gigantic conclusion that is not in evidence and cherry picks a few things that may or may not be consistent with that conclusion. It's interesting to think about, but my mind remains unblown.

I'm going to file this one under "who gives a fuck?".

It's interesting that someone has speculated every shitty soap opera plot twist imaginable. I hope none of them are what's going to happen. The show has been so well written so far, I can't really imagine that they will end it like that.

If it wasn't dry then leaving it longer will make it more tender. It will eventually just fall apart on it's own.

I too have the hardbound books with all the cartoons. One of the best gifts my brother has ever gotten me. Best comic strip ever. This is one of my favorites.

Nice of them to lower the price the day after they shipped the pre-orders :P. I still just paid $34.99 but that is kind of cheesy of them to punish you for pre-ordering.

They're not going to sue. Ignore them.

Yeah, you're not supposed to cook a pot roast medium rare and you better have some strong teeth if you do. Don't worry about the internal temp, you're good as long as it doesn't dry out.

Winning percentage of opponents for all teams in 2014: Team - Opponent Winning Percentage in 2013 1. Oakland Raiders - .578 2. Denver Broncos - .570 3. St. Louis Rams - .564 4. San Diego Chargers - .563 4. San Francisco 49ers - .563 6. Seattle Seahawks - .561 7. Kansas City Chiefs -...