Re: Market-Based, Deeply-Discounted Surgery for Cash, Payable in Advance

2012-04-07 Thread Jerry Barnes
Here's another interesting entry in Dr. Smith's blog. Another “not making a profit” story A nurse with whom I am acquainted told me the following story this morning. A relative of hers was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and a course of chemotherapy was advised. She has a high deductible

Re: Market-Based, Deeply-Discounted Surgery for Cash, Payable in Advance

2012-04-07 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Free the healthcare industry from government over site and you see an escalation in deaths from poor medical care that would match or exceed any war we have ever fought." In the United States, was it like that before the government got involved in healthcare? J - Ninety percent of politicians

Re: Market-Based, Deeply-Discounted Surgery for Cash, Payable in Advance

2012-04-07 Thread Maureen
Free the healthcare industry from government over site and you see an escalation in deaths from poor medical care that would match or exceed any war we have ever fought. On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > Free the healthcare industry from government red tape and we would see f

Market-Based, Deeply-Discounted Surgery for Cash, Payable in Advance

2012-04-07 Thread Jerry Barnes
I came across this write up today about the Oklahoma Surgery Center. Market-Based, Deeply-Discounted Surgery for Cash, Payable in Advance Below is a price schedule from the heroic Surgery Center of Oaklahoma. It's what an Obamacare free, non-government intrusive medical care industry would star

Re: Old School PC RPG Alert

2012-04-07 Thread LRS Scout
HP Envy 17 3D On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Could not play Fallout, many big pixels and weird controls." > > That sucks. > > GOG games are usually usually compatible with about any newer windows based > system. > > What kind of system? > > J > > - > > Ninety percent o

Re: Obama: It’s time for Augusta golf club to admi t wo

2012-04-07 Thread Scott Stroz
Getting tickets to the event is quite difficult as well. As far as I know, only practice round tickets are sold to the public, and even then, its a lottery system. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 10:33 PM, Maureen wrote: > > Augusta National has never been used as public space.  Even visiting > when the

Re: Help me understand this math...

2012-04-07 Thread Jerry Barnes
"the 'unemployment rate' is the number of people receiving unemployment benefits and does not count the people who are no longer eligible or who have stopped looking for work" This number is at 88 million, an all time US high. If the labor-participation number were the same as the pre-recession

Re: Old School PC RPG Alert

2012-04-07 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Could not play Fallout, many big pixels and weird controls." That sucks. GOG games are usually usually compatible with about any newer windows based system. What kind of system? J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are

Re: Help me understand this math...

2012-04-07 Thread Dana
the "unemployment rate" is the number of people receiving unemployment benefits and does not count the people who are no longer eligible or who have stopped looking for work On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 6:19 AM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote: > > So they released the unemployment numbers today: > > http://

Re: What should be illegal strip searches...

2012-04-07 Thread Dana
I disagree. I have talked to ignorant policemen and I have talked to policemen who were assholes. I have talked to cynical policemen and policemen who were honorable and had a sense of humor and proportion. Almost all of them were in the job because they were trying to make their communities safe