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I tried it and it just wasn't the same without some crispiness in the crust. YMMV
My mum and I were discussing food (as one does while making dinner) and I brought up how much I miss pizza. The last time I had it my stomach went really bad, so as amazing as it is, it's not worth it. I've also been eating a lot of pepperoni over the last few days. I was in the middle of making an omlette, and mum suggested making a pizza using an omlette as the base. It seems so simple, I can't believe we didn't think of it before!
Has anyone tried this? What's your verdict? I'm getting more pepperoni tomorrow and when I come back from horseriding, I. Am. So. Having. Pizza. Omlette!!
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I tried it and it just wasn't the same without some crispiness in the crust. YMMV
Sounds delightful!
I've had good luck taming my pizza cravings by putting pizza sauce and mozzarella on a piece of chicken, also.
have you tried having meatza?
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Personally I don't think meatza cuts the desire for pizza..even though I really like meatza... I've done pizza on oopsie roll and that is 'all right' but a bit of work... I'm thinking about doing something here with the eggs... maybe mixing in some shredded coconut to make it have a matt-ier consistency.... hrm... ....
It does work well, doesn't it? Before I even knew there was something called a Frittata, I was making them and some of my first were literally omelette pizzas.
Here's one I made a few years ago:
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Oh wow, that looks amazing o_o I'm so gutted though, there wasn't any pepperoni in the sho so I'm had to settle wit a good old bacon and cheese omlette. I'm going to town tomorrow though so I'll stock up and have me a pizza then!!
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I've make scrambled eggs with diced pepperoni and parmesean cheese mixed in the eggs. It's good!
I'm sure PixieKitten will confirm, but for me, the key is to get a hardened base without burning. Make an omelette and just before it fully sets, drop in some ingredients that you want to sink in and will hold the structure. Turn the heat down and that will harden the base which is the stuff you just dropped in will help hold the structure. Top with whatever you like. Cheese, if you like and under a grill (broiler?) for the top to cook through.
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One of the things I've learned in my brief career writing things on the Internet: posts about Allen Iverson are sure to bring out the brain morons.
The ego, the tattoos, the braids, the attitude, the sass-back ... there is a certain segment of sports fans who wants, and damn near demands, that their sports stars conform to what is appropriate to say and do, how an athlete should dress, how an athlete should act off the court. Well, Iverson doesn't conform to anything, and that brings out the hatred. Sometimes the comments are legit criticisms, other times they're just stupid. Iverson was just released by the Grizzlies, and someone had to break out the same joke that has been made for about seven years or so now. You're doing the lord's work, handler:
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Ummm... I'll tell you I won't watch that movie - I do my best to NOT contribute to "thug life."Yes, watching a documentary about a weird athlete makes you a supporter of thug life, you heard it from spartire first. You will probably see the movie and it will make you go malnourish your great dane or something. I bet spartanire commented on that Iverson story too. Yep, he did:
In a gesture of good faith the team should reimburse the money that any fan shelled out for his jerseyThe Grizzlies gave up an expiring contract for Zach Randolph. I think all good-faith with fans was thrown out the window long ago.
Let's move on to Lions fan tjdog21, who wants to make a small, stupid incident into the game into a sign that Matt Stafford's teammates don't like him.
If he earned the respect of his teammates..then why in the hell didn't his teammates fix his shoulder pads int he huddle before their last Offensive play....makes me wonder...And let's close off this week's edition with about the worst case of overvaluing talent you will ever see, courtesy of pointedarrow:
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Thanks for this! I have saved it to my "watch later" folder. I can't wait to take the time to see it.
Here is a video someone posted up in another thread that I think everyone should see. It is Doug McGuff M.D. speaking at a "The 21 convention" which is oriented towards helping young men be successful. This presentation actually followed one by Mark, and builds upon it. So if you want to know why Primal works, give this longish video a watch. It was well worth it in my opinion!
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Thanks for this! I have saved it to my "watch later" folder. I can't wait to take the time to see it.
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That was pretty awesome, thanks! I wish Mark's vid was on there...
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Apr 01, 2003, 07:37 AM
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Apr 01, 2003, 07:37 AM
Read the current turn thread (2450bc) and then vote.
Apr 01, 2003, 08:05 AM
IMO, there are too much small disagrements or misunderstanding : we need to replay these few turns, in the same spirit...
There are not so much discoveries and knowledgment during the last 5 turns, so in that only case, I will not consider this as 'cheating', for me....
Apr 01, 2003, 10:30 AM
I don't think the turns should be replayed.
The new spot only needs to have the city square irrigated to grassland and then it will be more or less the same.
Also, mistakes happen sometimes, I say live with them.
Apr 01, 2003, 10:47 AM
The beginning of a Deity game is crucial, every movement and action. We got into this problem because the cities were planned two weeks ago.
I hope Jayne will soon replay the turns.
Apr 01, 2003, 12:08 PM
This is much too small of a disagreement to replay the turns. If we run into problems we can relocate the city. We have done that once before in the Civ 3 DG and it worked fine.
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Apr 01, 2003, 12:11 PM
At first it appeared to me that it just may have been a miscommunication (or lack of communication) between the Advisors and the President. But, the more I looked at it, the ulk of the discussions that were made about the SSC location was done in the revious turn thread and, for the most part, in reference to an image in the thread. Given that the upload server has been down for the most part during the last week, it is possible that Jayne was simply never able to see the picture and notice the change to the site.
Even given all that, it can be considered part of the game. A large part of the game is the cooperation and communication between Advisors and the President. It is hoped that with something as major as the SSC location the Domestic Advisor would have been sure to communicate the goals to the President, especially since the President never acknowledged the updated site.
So, we can look at it as an issue that occured because of the upload server issues and replay, or consider it part of the game and continue playing.
Apr 01, 2003, 12:45 PM
I do not think this issue is big enough to necessitate reply. The SSC location is good, in some ways worse than the (probably) originally intended location but also better in that it has access to more ocean squares. Things would possibly have been different had we lost RF to barbarians because of miscommunications or some stupid mistake.
I do not think this has any major long term impact. The fact that the LP settler didn't head for the 'filler' site is probably a bigger issue.
Apr 01, 2003, 01:17 PM
In the course of that session we battled barbs without getting the leader, had a settler go astray, and got a city put where it wasn't supposed to be. The city placement is possibly the least of these 3 items. It's unfortunate that they happened, but they are all just inconvenience that can be overcome.
We wanted a challenge this game, right?
Apr 01, 2003, 01:52 PM
It the "Democracy Game" not the "Perfect Democracy Game".
I actually think we should make more mistakes and have some fun with it. :)
Let's face it, even with the level at Deity and whatever stipulations we put upon ourselves, we won't see a serious challenge from the AI. More to the point, we should find the best way to recover from whatever errors might occur and use them to sharpen our own play.
Bottom line, city laid is a city played. Doesn't quite sound right, but you all get the gist I'm sure.
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Apr 01, 2003, 05:13 PM
I agree with Kev - we wanted a challenge, right?
If we wanna move the city, start building a settler and starving.
Apr 02, 2003, 04:19 PM
Mistakes will be made and is a risk every civ player should have to take into account when playing, even in demogames. And it's not like the AI have the chance to replay if they make a mistake ;)
Apr 03, 2003, 01:31 PM
Mistakes happen. So do unintened consequences. If we start doing replays everytime things don't go right we might as well toggle the cheat mode to save the time spent on replays.
Of course if there was a replay option in real life I can think of a few years that I would have used it!
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Apr 03, 2003, 08:31 PM
Dont replay. Mistakes happen. We need a challenge.
Apr 03, 2003, 11:25 PM
No Democracy is perfect, and we can use this as a learning experience. Even with few posters, clear communication needs to be made to the President, with all government officials posting Official reports in the turn thread or wherever designated by the President. In the meantime, mistakes happen--play on!!
Apr 04, 2003, 02:07 AM
Thank you, Leowind! I couldn't have put it better myself. Have a knighthood! ;)
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Apr 04, 2003, 02:13 AM
Play on! :D
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Test of Will
From His Grave, Millionaire Jack Kent Cooke Strikes Back at Wife Marlene
He saved the biggest one for last. Just 13 weeks before he died of congestive heart failure on April 6, Cooke, 84, amended his will to shut out his 44-year-old wife altogether. True to form, Marlene (who got the bad news after he died) isn't conceding defeat. Launching one of the juiciest legal tussles of the year, she has filed suit in Virginia (where she lived), demanding a full third of her husband's estimated $825 million estate, the usual percentage Virginia law accords widows. Cooke's estate—his 55-year-old son, Redskins president John Kent Cooke, is an executor—has responded by canceling both Marlene's Visa card and her account at her local Giant supermarket. The estate also dismissed the four servants at Cooke's $2 million Washington mansion, Marbella, where Marlene now resides.
Though a prenuptial agreement specified that she would be eligible to receive a little over $5.2 million and a portion of Cooke's properties, both Marlene's and Cooke's lawyers hope to discount that—for very different reasons. Marlene claims she signed under duress, making the contract invalid; the Cooke camp insists that Marlene, who lived in her own three-bedroom Alexandria, Va., apartment, abandoned and deserted Cooke by violating the prenup's stipulation that they live as "man and wife."
With an initial court date set for Aug. 13, neither side is talking. But those who know Marlene say she's as carefree as ever. "She's in great shape—she's pretty cheerful," says Franco Nuschese, owner of one of Marlene's favorite D.C. nightspots, the chic Cafe Milano. After Cooke's death, Nuschese adds, "She didn't go out for a long time." But on July 10, she was with friends at her usual Cafe Milano table, having replaced her Chanel suits and careful coiffure with a halter top and tousled tresses. Though the $10,000 a month she requested to tide her over until the legal battle is resolved has not come through, a lack of income does not seem to cramp her style; since Cooke's death she has thrown at least two parties at Marbella.
Neither adversity nor overcoming it is new to Marlene. Though evasive about her past, she has said that she and her son Rodrigo, now 25, the product of an early relationship, first came to the U.S. from Bolivia in 1972. She worked as a cocktail waitress at Washington's Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel and fell in with drug traffickers (one of whom fathered her younger son, Alejandro, now 18). In 1985 she married Houston oil magnate David Chalmers, who, alas, bowed out of the union the next year when his bride pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to import cocaine. She spent almost five months in a federal correctional institute in West Virginia.
Cooke too was born for drama. The son of an Ontario picture-frame salesman, he was a self-made magnate—the owner not only of the Redskins but of New York City's Chrysler building and the Los Angeles Daily News. His 1979 divorce from Jean, his wife of 42 years and the mother of his sons Ralph (who died in 1995 at 58) and John, cost him $42 million (the Guinness Book of World Records called it the largest divorce settlement at the time). And neither his second marriage, to sculptor Jean Wilson, nor his subsequent dalliances lasted. In 1987 he headed off the threat of a $2 million lawsuit by marrying Suzanne Martin, a then 31-year-old socialite who claimed that he had coerced her into getting two abortions.
Enter the Bolivian bombshell. Fresh out of prison, Marlene, an old pal of Suzanne's (Suzanne claims Marlene had even borrowed almost $6,000 from her for a tummy tuck and buttocks lift), was back in town and dealing with Immigration and Naturalization Service officials out to deport her for her felony conviction. She was also, she told friends, "shopping for a rich husband." So when Jack filed for divorce in 1987 after Suzanne refused a third abortion (their daughter Jacqueline is now 9), Marlene called him to offer more than sympathy. "She often called up old rich married men and said, 'Poor baby, I'll come over,' " says one of her former neighbors. "A lot of women were relieved when she married Cooke." Says Suzanne, who, with Jacqueline, now lives in Middleburg, Va.: "I felt like a fool. I warned Jack she was trouble."
Apparently bored with Far Acres, the 641-acre estate in northern Virginia that was Cooke's primary home, Marlene was soon partying hard among Washington's glitterati. She was reportedly linked to man-about-town Christopher van Roijen (he denies any affair) and, in 1993, she made headlines after she was arrested for driving drunk with a dashing young waiter clinging to the hood of her Jaguar.
Her ailing millionaire husband, meanwhile, could usually be found at home nursing his degenerative arthritis. "Mr. Cooke was so lonely," says Barbara Anderson, a former house-keeper who, at her boss's insistence, kept a log of Marlene's comings and goings. "If she came during the day, Mrs. Cooke always had an excuse to leave for the night." Even when Marlene was on hand, tempers flared. Restaurateur Jacomo, who'd hung her picture in the Palm dining room, remembers that when the couple fought, Cooke "would call me and shout into the phone, 'Take down that portrait!' [Later] he'd call and ask me to hang it up again."
Jack was no less capricious about his will. Worried for his life after he was rushed to Georgetown University Hospital with a racing heart last November, he wrote codicil No. 7 from his bed, ensuring that Marlene would get $5 million over four years and a $10 million trust. (Then, as now, an additional $42.7 million went to various family members and friends; the rest went to a youth charity.) But he recovered, and when Marlene jetted to their $1.5 million Acapulco estate after Christmas, Jack secretly called in the lawyers for what turned out to be a final revision. Oblivious of the change, Marlene danced into the wee hours at the splashy Bachelors and Spinsters Ball at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington the night before he died.
Suzanne Martin Cooke, for one, is counting on the battle of wills to be Marlene's downfall. "I think she should be deported back to Bolivia," says Suzanne, who claims that her successor has seized $1 million worth of jewels bequeathed to daughter Jacqueline (who was also left a $5 million trust). However it turns out, the story's denouement promises to be as gaudy as the personalities involved. "When this finally goes to trial," sighs an attorney familiar with the case, "it's going to be a zoo."
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Ford Motor Co.'s Ford Friendship Express charity program will be available to Erie-area nonprofits in 2013.
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PHILADELPHIA — This is just what a team, who is in such transition it still doesn't know who its starting quarterback is, needed.
The Riley Cooper Saga reached Day 3 Friday, and as it refuses to go away, the player himself did just that.
Friday morning the Eagles excused Cooper from practice and all other team activities after the wide receiver was caught on video making a racial slur at a Kenny Chesney concert this past June.
Cooper has been sent away from the team to an undisclosed location to get help with his issues, something the player and the team agreed upon. Head coach Chip Kelly made it clear after Friday's practice, however, that Cooper would be back with the team when he's ready.
"There has never been any question of cutting Riley," Kelly said. "His status with us is not in question."
Kelly, in his first year as head coach, is in the midst of installing a new offense, a new defense, and still has a three-way battle (although rookie Matt Barkley seems to be settling into third place) for the starting quarterback spot.
What he didn't need was his new starting wide receiver, after Jeremy Maclin's season-ending torn ACL, being caught on tape yelling the n-word toward an African-American security guard.
Kelly said all the right things, making it clear that Cooper is getting the help he needs and re-iterating time and again that this isn't a football decision.
But in some ways it is.
With Maclin out for the year and newly-acquired Arrelious Benn still out of practice with a knee injury, the Eagles are ridiculously thin at wide receiver. When veteran Jason Avant went down early in practice and walked off the field with the help of a trainer, it left DeSean Jackson and a bunch of guys you never heard of before to catch passes from Mike Vick, Nick Foles, and Barkley.
Fortunately, Avant returned, but the picture is still clear the Eagles are not very deep at the position that Cooper happens to play. With him away from the team for an undetermined amount of time, it's not going to get much better.
"We could have used another receiver taking some reps, that's for sure,'' wide receiver DeSean Jackson said after practice.
Then there is the issue of the locker room. If you thought the team, like any team, could be split over the quarterback battle. Imagine what Cooper's video could do?
Already several players, including Vick, have accepted Cooper's apology and are ready to accept him back. Others haven't been so forgiving.
The quarterback said yesterday that there is a plan in place for his return.
"This is a good thing for Coop to get away for a while and reflect," Vick said. "We've already put the plan in place to help him come back full form and become one of the guys again."
Jackson said the most important thing is for the team to try to not let the Cooper incident take away from the team's goals.
"He's our teammate," Jackson said. "He hasn't been released from our team, so whatever he has to handle, he has to handle. ... As far as the rest of the team, we have to focus on what we want to accomplish this season and not let this be a burden."
Cornerback Cary Williams, a free agent addition this offseason from Baltimore, tried to put the entire situation in perspective.
"This is about history," Williams said.
"Some of us have had ancestors killed over that word. There is a lot of history behind it. That history needs to be addressed. I remember my grandmother telling me stories how she was called the n-word, while being bitten by dogs and hosed.
"Why did Riley say this? That's a question that needs to be asked. I still think it is the elephant in the room."
Williams also said it doesn't matter who you are or what color you are the word should never be used.
"Nobody should say it," he said. "I don't care if you white, black, blue, green or purple. The hip-hop culture uses the word and has de-emphasized it. You need to go back and see what our ancestors did to try and rid themselves of that word."
• Cooper, in a statement, said the last few days have been incredibly difficult for him, as he seeks counseling.
"My actions were inexcusable," he said. "The more I think about what I did, the more disgusted I get. I keep trying to figure out how I could have said something so repulsive, and what I can do to make things better. ... Right now, I think it's important for me to take some time to reflect on this situation. The organization and my teammates have been extremely supportive, but I also realize that there are people who will have a tough time forgiving me for what I've done. The best thing for me, and for the team, is to step away for a period of time."
• Eight other players missed practice with injuries yesterday. Cornerback Bradley Fletcher (groin), Benn (knee), Derek Carrier (shoulder), defensive tackle Antonio Dixon (hamstring), tackle Jason Peters (hamstring), cornerback Brandon Hughes (hamstring), tackle Dennis Kelly (back), and tackle Ed Wang (knee).
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Obama at fault for 'shutdown'
October 3, 2013
Americans ought to be very clear on why some sectors of the federal government "shut down" Tuesday morning....
Lol. yes OldBlue actually said this:"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you know nothing about"....Wayne Dyer
Well OldBlue...it's also pure ignorance mixed with stupidity when you believe something you know nothing about, which is what the left does all the time just because they were told to believe it.
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Whatmeworry......please change YOUR screen name. You say you're not worried; yet all you and Nellie do is worry. Worry about us telling the TRUTH; the tea party; Sarah Palin; Fox news; the climate; the planet; your pathetic party of progressive nuts...what DON'T you lefties worry about? lol.
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Whatmeworry is actually 'worried.' Obviously worried about folks like me telling the TRUTH about the democrats and Obama and all their destructive policies. Get used to it What.....you little liberal tactics don't bother me one bit. Go scare some little kids or something.....if you can. Wimp!
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What...IS going to be worried. Get ready. You aren't going to like the climate change crap either. Just like the two Clarksburg democrats who have changed over to the GOP because of Obama and his ignorant job and coal mines killing agendas. Dems are RUNNING from this president in droves and leaving their party behind. At least SOME of them are wising up.
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What can't answer the questions? No shock here; neither can Obama, Pelosi, Hillary, Reid or any other democrat. Figures! Appears democrats have a 'focus' problem. And their problems just keep mounting up as Obamacare keeps becoming more clear as a total and complete LIE. And today Obama signs by EXECUTIVE ORDER once again....the thugocracy kicks in and he signs the UN scheme on climate change. Get ready for more TAXES folks. And you thought Obamacare was going to be expensive???? HA!
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Yeah Nellie.......Ben Ghazi and Hillary. What's going on there? WHere's the arrests Obama promised. WHere's the arrests of those responsible for murdering embassy workers like Hillary promised? Hillary...female version of Obama!
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Rangerover; Not only will IRS keep your refund if you do not purchase insurance.....they have authority to have your employer deduct it from your wages & send it in. There are other ways they can do this. Don't believe that keeping your refund is the only way. They WILL take it even through your bank account. Obama's progressive dems/rhinos have already suggested years ago 'forcing' everyone to have a bank account also. Obamacare is just the 'beginning' of govt 'forcing' you to do what they want. They also suggested forcing all employers to 'automatically' deposit your paychecks into your account and the bank will be "deducting" all back taxes, penalties, fees from Obamacare FIRST; what's left if any you will get to keep to try to pay your bills and eat on. Good luck with that. Progressives in both parties need voted out ASAP!
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I laugh because soon the liberals in here won't have their computers to type out their angry, misinformed, ignorant liberal rants as Obamacare kicks in and they can no longer afford groceries much less internet service. Keep believing the lies libs; the day is coming sooner than you think and you stupidly are not even slightly prepared. It's sad but you brought it on yourselves. The rest of us are ready, prepared. I feel only pity for your family; because of you your family will pay the price. Now that won't be a good feeling...watching your family go hungry because of you.
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Welcome to the Obama administration's "Thugocracy." There's your 'change' you numbskull supporters forgot to 'ask' specifics about.
Next time some idiot tells you they want 'change' you might want to check out what THEY mean by 'change.' Change into what? You are reaping what you sowed; and it's just getting started. The real pain hasn't even touched you all yet. Come January it will. Everything changes then. New fed banker is a Keneysian economic lover & isn't afraid to manipulate the markets....you think going to grocery store is expensive now? Ha!
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The shutdown
Obama is a terrorist at heart he's learned well the tactics of terrorist's. Remember Saddam Hussein moving his anti aircraft guns and other military machinery in the neighborhoods of innocent civilians using human shields. That's how Obama works using innocent civilians, the poor, the elderly, the Veterans, the disenfranchised, the infants and children who cannot visit parks and monuments to pull on your heart strings, Obama, a terrorist of the worse kind. There are other programs he could have cut, but he chooses the most vulnerable. Obama leads the world laughs
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Radical destructive lawless, riotess PROGRESSIVES in both parties are running for cover. Oops....there's no place to hide from their constituents. We cannot wait for the next election. THEY see the writing on the wall. They know they are all washed up. The PEOPLE are fed up with lawless progressives.
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Obama and democrat progressives along with the traitor 'pretend' conservative progressives are not looking too well these days. Seems their lies and deceit are catching up to them, eh nellie??? LOL. Fun to watch them squirm!
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Ah, yes the good old days, right Puremagix?
In any event, you are now advocating for single payer and for the government to regulate health care services. Single payer is what Democrats wanted instead of coverage by for-profit insurance companies which is how ACA is structured. You are opposed to government regulation - how is it that you now want the government to regulate health care services? Oh, right...because it's about you now.
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So, now you are advocating for single payer and government regulation of the health care industry, Puremagix?
"...A single payer system would work if the insurance companies were taken out of the equation. Then they'd have to keep healthcare affordable."
You continue to repeat Frank Luntz's favorite diversionary wordsmithery...the ACA law is just too long and too involved. Why do you think he believed this nonsense would convince so many republican voters that this is the reason ACA is ... just wrong?
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WMW, I agree that postponing the mandate is a good idea but...it is the cornerstone of the Massachusetts health care reform law of 2006, aka Romneycare, and the basis for ACA. I think that the SCOTUS decision re the mandate was to protect Romneycare and not so much about how ACA is structured. As far as teaching your dog new tricks...
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TruthSeeker, let me teach you something...ACA is based on the Massachusetts health care reform law of 2006. This is also called "Romneycare" and was signed into law by...republican governor Mitt Romney. The mandate is the basis of this law and is a republican concept developed by the Heritage Foundation. ACA contains over one hundred republican amendments which include the mandate. ACA was debated publically and Congressional sessions were broadcast on C-span. ACA has been law since 2010, the mandate was determined to be Constitutional by SCOTUS and President Obama was easily re-elected. The exchanges opened October 1, 2013.
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Have any of your self-described "conservatives" heard of a guy named Frank Luntz? Or a fellow named Grover Norquist?
Do any of you know anything about Roger Ailes?
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OOPs my bad "what that really means is $1,600 including your monthly premium." should read $6,200, $1,200 for the premium plus the $5,000 out of pocket spending for your bills.
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I also feel very sorry for the poor folks who can't afford the luxury of spending thousands of dollars per year with the silver and gold plans you can buy through the exchanges. The bronze and even some siver plans as an example will cost on the average $100 per month (bronze) with a $5,000 deductible, you must spend out of pocket $5,000 before your plan pays even one $1, what that really means is $1,600 including your monthly premium. You can also choose to have just a Catastrophic plan, similar to Major Medical as an option but unless you become hospitalized, you pay all your own bills out of pocket for ER visits, and your own doctor and whatever treatment is necessary, a cast on a broken bone, X rays, cat scans, examinations,etc and physicals. Some if not most will find it cheaper to pay the penalty. The only way the IRS can collect it is by taking your penalty out of your income tax return, if not getting one they will wait until you do in the future. No other provisions to force
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One other thing important to me, maybe not some of the posters. The GOP leadership, Ted Cruz, as an example along with others you swear made this government shutdown happen were elected in their districts to carry the voice of their constituents who coincidentally oppose Obamacare and spending. Finally somebody does what the voter asked for even if it means going against the establishment. In most polls this Obamacare law is opposed by +10. Pelosi meant it when she said "we got to pass it to find out what's in it". Well they found out, even those who wrote the law and the congress who voted for the law, don't want it. That should tell you something. I do admit there are some provisions to the law that I find important such as doing away with pre existing conditions, but oppose buying birth control,******s and paying for abortions some may agree, but come back in a year or two, tell us how much better your health care is then with Obamacare. If I'm wrong I'll admit it then.
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"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." — Winston Churchill
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As Obama leads, the world is laughing
And believe it the world is laughing. All the rhetoric and innuendo's Obama accuses the GOP of and his gang every time he gets in front of a microphone with his slander like a school yard bully. Obama is so immature in his descriptive comments the world is laughing. His poor leadership qualities will go down in his history as the most failed President in US History, thought Jimmy Carter was bad, Obama can't hold a candle to Carter's administration.
Obama leads the world laughs
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"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you know nothing about"....Wayne Dyer
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I 'almost' feel sorry for liberals. THey just cannot seem to wrap their little minds around common sense issues that others have no problem understanding. Must*****to be a liberal. Being naive and gullible is not a good character asset; it's a character FLAW.
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Now let me 'teach' you something liberal ignorant folks.....Obamacare like every other liberal socialist 'entitlement' program ONLY exists because EACH president and CONGRESS budgets WHAT programs get funded and how much; and which programs do NOT get funded!
There....you liberals learned something NEW today; whether you wanted to or not!
Next CONSERVATIVE president will NOT fund this humongous TAX!! Obamacare is NOT healthcare; it's a huge taxation on YOU! Libs too stupid to see it though. Oh wait till they FEEL IT! Bwahaha.....
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