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[Animeniax]

No and no. I don't like Total Recall at all and if you know the general plot of The Day The Earth Stood Still then there is absolutely no reason to watch the movie, it adds nothing. That said if you know nothing about the plot then watch the movie. The plot itself is great and I thought it was good that the movie got a modern remake but an update is all it was. It is just like when a great, old video game, gets an HD re-release.

I just watched The Abyss (in full for the first time) which I think has a similar premise as TDTESS: aliens threaten to destroy us because we hurt ourselves. It's also one of the premises of Robert Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land. I guess we'll never learn, and aliens care too much.

[Animeniax]

Celebrities that most people don't know are part black

The biggest surprise to me is Wentworth Miller.

[Archangel]

http://www.nowykurier.com/toys/gravity/gravity.html

[Ryllharu]

http://ninjasindoorthrowingstarrange.com/

That's right. Sometimes...America gets it right.

[Animeniax]

http://ninjasindoorthrowingstarrange.com/

That's right. Sometimes...America gets it right.

And in Kentucky of all places! Well that's pretty obviously a troll job, but pretty well done. A buddy of mine told me how they had archery classes (instead of standard PE) back in high school in NC. I went to a high school that let you sit around for an hour.

[Ryllharu]

I take it you've never been to Louisville, just an hour from Lexington. Eastern Kentucky is weirder, more artsy, and contemporary than you think.

Louisville is a lot like Austin, TX, just without all the holier-than-TheRestofTexas attitude...and you know, being in Kentucky.

[TwisT]

You cannot afford to be sick in america

I knew it was expensive with hospitals in the US (specially without insurance), but this is just ridiculous. I have to ask. How much income tax do you pay over there?

[David75]

Well, if you survive, they just make sure you won't engjoy your life anymore...

[Ryllharu]

You cannot afford to be sick in america

I knew it was expensive with hospitals in the US (specially without insurance), but this is just ridiculous. I have to ask. How much income tax do you pay over there?

It's like 25%. At least my tax bracket. For the majority of Americans, it ranges between 15% and 33%. Also for those majority of Americans, not a dime of it goes to healthcare they will use because they don't qualify for Medicare (old people) or Medicaid (disabled or poor children).

But it is important to know how insurance works in the US. Look at that third image from Cedars-Sainai. "Pre-discount" charges is written all over it. That's the bill they send to the insurance company. If you have insurance. Following that, the hospital (or any other facility) will "negotiate" over the actual price. You can see that by the end of the bill, it is already cut in half. The insurance company ultimately pays a lot less, and you pay your deductible for a calendar year.

If you don't have insurance, your bill is a lot lower in the first place, because they know it would be impossible for you to pay. It won't be cheap, and it won't be anything close to someone with a deductible, but it won't instantly bankrupt a person. They'll make a repayment plan.

It's also important to note that in US emergency rooms, they will treat you. Even if they know you can't ever pay.

[Xelbair]

It's like 25%. At least my tax bracket. For the majority of Americans, it ranges between 15% and 33%. Also for those majority of Americans, not a dime of it goes to healthcare they will use because they don't qualify for Medicare (old people) or Medicaid (disabled or poor children).

But it is important to know how insurance works in the US. Look at that third image from Cedars-Sainai. "Pre-discount" charges is written all over it. That's the bill they send to the insurance company. If you have insurance. Following that, the hospital (or any other facility) will "negotiate" over the actual price. You can see that by the end of the bill, it is already cut in half. The insurance company ultimately pays a lot less, and you pay your deductible for a calendar year.

If you don't have insurance, your bill is a lot lower in the first place, because they know it would be impossible for you to pay. It won't be cheap, and it won't be anything close to someone with a deductible, but it won't instantly bankrupt a person. They'll make a repayment plan.

It's also important to note that in US emergency rooms, they will treat you. Even if they know you can't ever pay.

Isn't that the whole goddamn point of emergency rooms?

[Uchiha Barles]

This seems somewhat relevant to the discussion:

He does speak about negotiating prices with care providers but says that there's a lack of leverage compared to other countries on account of the fact that our government isn't in charge of negotiating those prices (save for medicaid and medicare).

[Animeniax]

Awesome site, though it used to be more fun searching for the answer: http://whoisthathotadgirl.tumblr.com/

[Animeniax]

The Push Up Muscle Shirt helps hide your flab and look like you work out.

http://theflatteringman.com

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[Buffalobiian]

I just suck my tummy in and puff my chest out.

[Ryllharu]

It's a pretty clever political ad. I honestly don't care who created it (though it's apparently an arm of the Koch political machine), because it is well done and damn entertaining.

I want more political ads like this, and less of the overt mudslinging variety. Legitimately clever satire is what we need more of, it became a dying art in the US.

[Animeniax]

I just suck my tummy in and puff my chest out.

Yeah but that requires constant attention and effort. The shirt makes it passive and therefore more likely to succeed.

It's a pretty clever political ad. I honestly don't care who created it (though it's apparently an arm of the Koch political machine), because it is well done and damn entertaining.

Unless you're talking about another Koch, the Koch bros are conservative big business types who fund Republican political campaigns. That'd be strange that one of their subsidiaries made this, unless in jest. Though Colbert regularly lambastes big business and his channel is owned by Viacom.

[Ryllharu]

Unless you're talking about another Koch, the Koch bros are conservative big business types who fund Republican political campaigns. That'd be strange that one of their subsidiaries made this, unless in jest. Though Colbert regularly lambastes big business and his channel is owned by Viacom.

I'm actually not talking about different Kochs. Politics isn't as black and white as mainstream media and the DNC/RNC would like people to believe. The carefully crafted message is that each of the action figures represent big government, subsidies, unions, and pork.

Not to mention the Republican Party stratagem de jour is to pretend to be libertarians. Smaller gov't is great, less regulation, etc.

You'll also notice that Big G is both blue and red.

The Koch Brothers are very diversified.

edit:
Full story about it here.

[Archangel]

http://donottouch.org/

[Animeniax]

http://donottouch.org/

That is pretty cool. I like all the "rebels" who didn't follow directions.

[Animeniax]

Oh shit, Australia is a nightmare land filled with beasts and terrible monsters:

http://diply.com/just-a-dream/30-pho...ne-place/33811