Huge study about safety can be misinterpreted by SUV drivers

Fortune magazine.

Drug companies make plenty of profits. And they spend more on advertising and
lobbying than research.

So US citizens should subsidize this?

Sorry, it's not. Check out the Consumer Reports article.

And why do they do this? Just for the thrill?

 

You are lying.

Because you're quoting an urban legend.

A huge % have no insurance.

Spoken like someone who's never been poor.

You would if there's not enough money in your pocket.

Prove it. By all data, it's superior -- life expectancy, infant mortality,
etc. And it costs less.

Total, flat-out LIE.

 

Depends on how extensive the changes are, which is why the EPA sued, and which
is why a number of utilities settled with the EPA.

Yeah, sure, like the WSJ is believable on this.

If this is so bad, quote from CNN, or ABC, or NY Times, or some source not a
business cheerleader.

Did you read what the NYSE itself said? I posted it. All that was there
earlier were ADRs.

Only as ADRs.

 

There was a study last year that found no increased risk of genetic problems
when cousins marry.

 

David, David, David - you should know by now that eqaulity and respect for black
people is only for *liberal* black people. You must remember that.

Bill Putney
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How does a marriage between 2 gays differ in what it "produces" from one
between 2 senior citizens, for example?

Yes, and then there's the black agenda to normalize being black, the Jewish
agenda to normalize being Jewish, the left-handed agenda to normalize being
left-handed...

 

Right to inherit, right to have insurance coverage, right to make decisions
when partner is dying, income tax deductions, ...

So why shouldn't a gay couple have protection if the breadwinner dies? Or are
you advocating taking the protection away if the husband and wife in a
straight marriage both work?

It's a deception to pretend some civil rights don't matter.

 

You could subsidize it with tax money and ignore the cost of money over
time and pretend that those things don't represent real costs - then you
could justify it and feel like you were saving the wrold.

Bill Putney
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Because there are many rights and privileges tied to the word "marriage."

 

And if you weren't in a position to afford the treatment on your own?
--
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Definition of "Lottery":
Millions of stupid people contributing
to make one stupid person look smart.

 

When you make a turbine more efficient ( and they are called turbine
blades, turbines do not have propellers) by 15%, which is radical by
the way , DOES NOT mean that you will output 15% more power. It means
that you will output the same megawatts for 15% less fuel burned in
the boiler.
You cannot upgrade a turbine and force the generator to have a higher
output. The whole thing, turbine and generator is called a gen set.
Get it? 135 meg. gen. will only put 135 megs. out.

By the way do you know the cost to reblade a 135 megawatt turbine?
A 135 is a baby turbine think about the cost of a 1000 megawatt
reblade.
I know that the inner, high pressure shell for a 135 G.E. turbine (19
stages) was $2,000,000 and two years wait ten yrs.ago.
In order to reblade a complete turbine maybe 44-48 stages, all the
diaphragms, nozzle block, steam packings ,etc. would need to be
replaced. At this point you would have a more efficient turbine but
that old ass boiler would still puke crap into the air because it was
not made any cleaner and you would still be limited in your output by
the generator.

Power companies do not make turbines more efficient to be good guys
they do it to save FUEL costs.

Reblading a turbine is a thing not normally done.
Would you be so kind as to post where I could read this "one famous
case" as I was a turbine machinist for 15 yrs. and would like to see
what in gods' name they did to achieve this kind of gain.
Has to be more than reblading the wheel.
thanx

 

No system is ideal and some people would rather pay for service now
than have it in six months for free.

If the procedure is urgent, it gets done. Simple as that.

If you're wealthy it may be inferior, if you're not, it isn't. My
step-father in Florida pays about $800/month in insurance costs!

Yeah, they're just presented a nice whopping bill at the end of it.
--
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So view gay marriage as a marriage with one sterile member. How can
one "detract" from marriage these days? With a 50% divorce rate it
seems that hetero couples have done a pretty bang up job detracting
from it on their own. Perhaps gay couples could show us how to live
together happily for an extended period.

It's the nature of a capitalist society that you're so proud of.

What's wrong with normalizing homosexuality? Is it better that we
beat them when we find them? Have a good old round of gay bashing?

Allying noble houses?

As long as the two people involved care about each other and are
willing to tie their fortunes together that should be enough.
--
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Sorry, I went back and re-read what the original post was. I can
understand the confusion that my post generated since I was confused
by it! This is what it should have read:

That's not an explanation of why gay marriage rankles, it's an
explanation of what marriage is.
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A childless couple will contribute to society exactly the same way
that a gay couple will. I've known many childless couples that I use
as an example of how to live my life since they were some of the most
loving couples that I know. They have contributed significantly to
the families and friends that they have associated with. I know
several gay couples who fall into this same category.

Marriage isn't a benefits bonanza, that's what divorce is for! Given
the casual nature people are approaching marriage with these days it
doesn't appear to have a lot of value, does it?

What it boils down to is this: If someone wants to take marriage
seriously, they will. If they don't, they won't. Allowing gays the
right to be legally married doesn't detract at all from the ability of
those who wish to take marriage seriously to do so.
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Brandon Sommerville
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Only when he whines.

--
"The only real improvement you could make at Walmart would be to
saturate every single store with VX at the height of the Christmas
season. I fucking hate Christmas shopping. I wish the Blessed Virgin
Mary had learned to use a coathanger properly."
-EMT420

 

And if he'd had no insurance or lots of money, how far do you think he would
have gotten in trying to get a private hospital to do this?

 

Airbus receives no state subsidies, but Boeing has a hugely profitable lease
deal for tankers with the AF that Sen. McCain calls a rip-off of the
taxpayers.