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I think that the people should pay for their own health insurance so they would make more rational decisions and stop volunteering to be fleeced by insurance companies. Yes your employer would pay you more if they didn't have to cover your insurance. There is no reason that they wouldn't.

Saw this last night and it was great. Tarantino's cameo in which he tries to do an Australian accent was extremely painful, but I liked how it ended. I loved the scene where Waltz and DiCaprio are arguing over the handshake. They are both such great actors.

Even so, he will keep picking wins based on which team he is the least butt-hurt about.

They can negotiate better prices for moderate insurance as well. The "better" your insurance plan is, the more money goes into the pockets of the insurance company. That is a fact. Insurance companies aren't trying to sell you on the bare bones policy because it won't make them as much money...

I'm a Redskins fan for the week. Fuck Seattle.

And why not? Maybe there's some tax benefits and such for the employers but it's just a cost of employing you exactly like your salary is. You keep stating this belief that for some reason an employer is willing to spend money on health care that they would not be willing to spend on salary as...

I love how the idea that employer provided health care is part of your pay and thus not "free" is completely incomprehensible to you guys.

Considering the fact that Kat Williams standup is 98% him just saying the N-word over and over, I can see where he sees this film as a threat to his livelihood.

Yeah, and the guy that won the lottery thinks that lottery tickets are a great investment. I'm not saying don't have insurance, and with a lesser plan you might have been out of pocket 10-20 grand but the odds of something like that happening don't match the difference in price for the no...

Hasn't it been shown that pretty much nothing beats index funds over the long term?

I have seen businesses that do the ipad thing. There is a restaurant here in town and their "cash register" is just an ipad on a stand. I don't know what app they use but it's kind of interesting. Not taking credit cards isn't really an option for a retail store.

The Pats might be able to beat the Broncos. Ravens definitely can't.

That's what I meant. I guess I should have said "the pace at which her story is progressing" instead of "how fast". I can understand being impatient, but if she is going to credibly invade Westeros and have a chance at taking over she has to get some experience at some point. A 15 year old...

I really like the red panda shot. I assume that's in a zoo somewhere?

He hasn't seen the movie, so he doesn't know what he's upset about either. I think it's mostly that a white guy is making a movie about slavery and he's supposed to be the only one that gets to profit from racism.

Sounds like you guys have a problem with how fast her story is progressing more than the character.

Unless you're planning to retire in the next 6 months don't worry about it.

This isn't the book thread but Dany is my favorite character after Tyrion and Arya.

What about David Akers? He has to be one of the Rams most valuable players this year.

Yeah I would skip San Jose and go up to Napa instead. If you're in Berkeley, check out Zachary's pizza. It's California style Chicago style pizza and pretty damn good. You may have to wait for a table but it's worth it.

Why don't we all pull a number out of our ass based on nothing and then argue about who is right!

I can't recommend Dan Carlin enough. The hardcore history shows are the best thing out there. Since you like the history of Rome you should get his "Death Throes of the Republic" series from last year which is a massive 6 part podcast about the fall of Rome (the last episode alone is 5 hours...

Exactly, so the best way to evaluate the effectiveness of gun control is to look at the murder/crime rates in the same country before and after guns are banned. Of course there are still a lot of other factors, but far less than comparing two countries on different continents. I have personally...

That was pretty lame but not too shocking and not the end of the world. Having them get out to an early lead was a bad deal, the 49ers are not a come from behind team. The 49ers defense is not the same without Justin Smith. Please let him be back for the playoffs along with VD and...

Johnson is great but come on.

The stats I'm talking about are for MURDER. Murder = Fatality. Assault weapons cause like .5% of firearm fatalities. Banning them will do next to nothing.

A fair percentage. But who cares really? Murder is murder.

I think you better check your data there. Both the UK and Australia's gun bans are fairly recent (in the last 20 years or so) and neither of them have seen any decrease in violent crime since banning guns. You can't look at 2 completely different cultures and then make declarations based on a...

Would you say that an assault rifle ban would be the way to address it?

No it hasn't. Violence has been declining steadily since the 80's. It's currently about as low as it's been at any time in the history of the US.

I heard a commonwealth club lecture from a couple months ago where there was a mental health professional who said that people with mental illness are roughly twice as likely to be violent as those who are not mentally ill. Something to consider when looking at policy is that mass shootings...

It may be common and inexpensive, but if you can eat those and say "OMG this is terrible" then something is definitely wrong with you. They are very tasty.

I think it's the adapter that's $30, not the cables.

I rarely go out with the purpose of taking pictures, and when I do I usually come back with one or two decent shots if I'm lucky. I just carry my camera in the truck all the time and when I see something I whip it out and take some pictures. It helps of course that I'm out in the great...

Some 49er fans are from Oakland.

Hmm, no HFR theaters in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, or South Dakota. Guess it will be a while before I check that out.

I don't know if you would consider it meditation, but relaxation exercises cured my insomnia problem in college pretty permanently. I had a ton of trouble sleeping when I first got to college and had had some issues before that as well until one day in a psych 101 class the teacher led us on a...

My brother and his wife have my Mom on their plan and it only costs them like $9.99 for the extra line or something. At first she chewed up all their minutes, but they eventually figured out that 90% of her calls were to the same few people so they got those people on her list of 5 numbers you...

Damn those are cool. Almost makes me want to order a box for myself.