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  • 26
    Posted by $ Thoritsu 1 day, 12 hours ago to Whose life is it anyway?
    I like this article. A couple of issues:
    1. The nanny government is necessary if the government is also responsible to cover the outcomes. If we are required to pay, we should demand control of the risk. This is the philosophical issue. We are halfway, and it destroys the ability to properly institute the philosophy. It also impedes lay/nominal people's ability to grasp the philosophy itself. Almost like communism requires a society devoid of need to succeed (so asserted by the scum, Marx), our philosophy requires a society devoid of government-instituted altruism (individuals can do as they please).

    2. I am not sure where vaccines like polio stand. Polio is gone. Smallpox and measles are gone. This is not possible without unilateral vaccination. Not sure "Darwinism" will solve this. I think Milton Friedman's Compelled Servitude applies here, and a fine proportional to the imposed risk, could be in order, much like he proposed for pollution. COVID vaccination excluded because it is not an actual vaccination at all.

    There is a role of government. We are not anarchists. In my view the test is: "Government's role is where capitalism will not offer a maxima/minima, due to relevant local optimums in a non-monotanic system". The military is an example of where government is required. I think highways are as well, but opinions vary there.

  • 27
    Posted by $ allosaur 1 day, 12 hours ago to Whose life is it anyway?
    Me dino will "different lizard" call myself anything I want.
    And I don't care who does not like it.

  • 28
    Posted by $ gharkness 1 day, 12 hours ago to Whose life is it anyway?
    The value in this (to me) is a reminder that while it was easy to object to untested vaccines, we so often don't even think twice that the SAME thing happens with seat belt and helmet laws.

    Excellent reminder.

  • 29
    Posted by $ rainman0720 1 day, 12 hours ago to Swamp draining despite Lawfare
    That would certainly qualify as sedition, would it not? Wouldn't it be fun to see these people called out and added to the list of those told not to let the door hit them in their collective asses on the way out?

  • 30
    Posted by $ rainman0720 1 day, 12 hours ago to Whose life is it anyway?
    Great post. Very well stated.

  • 31
    Posted by Dobrien 1 day, 13 hours ago to Swamp draining despite Lawfare
    I like how you are thinking!

  • 32
    Posted by mccannon01 1 day, 15 hours ago to Swamp draining despite Lawfare
    Yes, I've been hearing the same news. They are about to demonstrate why they should have been fired in the first place and now may place a spotlight on their comrades that need to be fired in the future.

  • 33
    Posted by $ Olduglycarl 1 day, 23 hours ago to Is it "art" if AI chose what to portray and portrayed it?
    Sorry, I still can't get past, "Choose". More like a "Random" electrical anomaly? Can't get past Digital Awareness . . . All of that could be program dependent . . . for some humans too!

  • 34
    Posted by $ Olduglycarl 1 day, 23 hours ago to Swamp draining despite Lawfare
    Read an article yesterday that EX USAID employees planning to gin up the employees in other agencies to screw things up and continue as they had in the past.
    A "Take Back Over" you might say.

  • 35
    Posted by $ Olduglycarl 2 days ago to The Intelligence Trap
    We all wonder about if there is anyone without ties to anyone but the truth . . .

  • 36
    Posted by $ rainman0720 2 days ago to The Intelligence Trap
    If I offended anyone with that, I apologize. I was being sarcastic, not serious. Sometimes I forget that I can't put a voice inflection on written words.

  • 37
    Posted by $ Olduglycarl 2 days ago to The Intelligence Trap
    Hope so . . .

  • 38
    Posted by $ rainman0720 2 days, 2 hours ago to The Intelligence Trap
    I like the idea of an independent prosecutor with no ties to anyone. Just one question: Does one of those even exist?

  • 39
    Posted by $ kddr22 2 days, 3 hours ago to RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets on Tucker—And Surprises Everyone on Trump
    In Illinois , for well child checks , we are being pd the same from medicaid since 2004.

  • 40
    Posted by $ kddr22 2 days, 3 hours ago to RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets on Tucker—And Surprises Everyone on Trump
    That kind of bonus is insanely wrong. If I complete immun combos from medicaid I will get a 25 $ / pt bonus that comes 12 to 18 mo later. Most of my medicaid bonus is actually doing well child exams, lead screens, dev screens etc. If those numbers were correct I would not be struggling to stay open

  • 41
    Posted by Abaco 2 days, 5 hours ago to Whose life is it anyway?
    Common sense, huh? With a deficit of “common”…

  • 42
    Posted by term2 2 days, 5 hours ago to AI Was Honest - But not for long...
    definitely NOT allowed in work world. Hewever, we breed dogs to get certain characterists, so apart from the practical and ethical difficulties of breeding people, I think that selective breeding would work to emphasize various characteristics just as it works with other biological living things.

    Therefore, mental actuity, brain size, speed of neuron connections, etc. could theoretically be different among various humans and human races. And that doesnt mean certain people should be tortured or killed or treated differently because of these differences.
    Note that certain people are picked out to play basketball or track and field for physical characteristic, why shouldnt people be picked out for intellectually based things.

  • 43
    Posted by term2 2 days, 5 hours ago to AI Was Honest - But not for long...
    if we dont adopt AI, others will and some of them will be people like north koreaq, Putin, and Xi and they will conduct military operations with AI while we cant. We need AI to combat what they will do. AI will be the next way to prevent war. everyone will the want the best AI will scare off the countries that dont have AI . Nuclear bombs will be rendered essentially useless.

  • 44
    Posted by ovibugler 2 days, 8 hours ago to IN THE MEME TYME SUNDAY EDITION['s]
    Big beautiful Bill is a hoot!!

  • 45
    Posted by ovibugler 2 days, 8 hours ago to IN THE MEME TYME 7/14/25 EDITION: See You Later Alligator!
    Wow! These are funny! Not a bad one in the lot!

  • 46
    Posted by AmericanWoman 2 days, 9 hours ago to IN THE MEME TYME 7/14/25 EDITION: See You Later Alligator!
    Finding with many businesses now no need to press anything they start with English and slide right into gibberish.

  • 47
    Posted by AmericanWoman 2 days, 9 hours ago to IN THE MEME TYME 7/14/25 EDITION: See You Later Alligator!
    Yeah, they have to brush their teeth by a toilet...how many homes still have just one bathroom and its configured that way....LOTS

  • 48
    Posted by freedomforall 2 days, 9 hours ago to Whose life is it anyway?
    Thank you, LibertyPen! 👍

  • 49
    Posted by Kittyhawk 2 days, 10 hours ago to RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets on Tucker—And Surprises Everyone on Trump
    So you've never been offered, and never received, any kind of financial incentive (including better reimbursement rates) for giving more vaccines, or vaccinating a higher percentage of your patients? If not, are you also claiming that no other pediatricians are offered such incentives?

    This article seems to offer very good evidence that insurers and governments have provided financial incentives to doctors who give more vaccines. https://reformpharmanow.substack.com/...

    From the article:

    BCBS Michigan has also offered incentives to providers to vaccinate children. The company in 2016 paid pediatricians $400 for each fully vaccinated child under the age of two if at least 63% of that physician’s patient population was up-to-date on vaccinations.

    Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Care Network of Michigan told Reuters that it “periodically provides financial incentives for physicians for administering the recommended vaccines for children under the age of two.”

    In a typical pediatric practice, a pediatrician might see anywhere from 100 to 200 children under age two. This number can be higher in larger practices or areas with higher birth rates. If 63% of 100 two-year-olds are fully vaccinated each year, that’s a $604,800 yearly bonus. If 100% of the physician’s two-year-old patients are fully vaccinated, that’s a $960,000 bonus.

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    Posted by $ Thoritsu 2 days, 11 hours ago to IN THE MEME TYME 7/14/25 EDITION: See You Later Alligator!
    LOVE the last one!