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Thursday, April 14, 2022
Seems like COVID is now almost a non-issue
Because of my family situation, I still feel the need to be careful.
Sunday, April 10, 2022
The Simpsons And The American Man: Bart Simpson Is The American Man
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a29895/simpsons-and-the-american-man-bart/
Some episodes of the Simpsons are more entertaining than others. It is a series that I sort of liked, but never went out of my way to watch.
These days, I'm not sure how to define "The American Man". We are a divided culture. We are a mix of old and new, but the culture as a whole feels aimless.
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Saturday, March 26, 2022
Fwd: New Rule: Make America Grind Again | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
This is so crude I am limiting whom I share it with, but it is an interesting commentary on masculinity.
Friday, March 25, 2022
Fwd: Ice-T was robbed!
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Larry
I was robbed at a gas station in NJ last night. After my hands stopped trembling..I managed to call the cops and they were quick to respond and calmed me down..... My money is gone.. the police asked me if I knew who did it..I said yes.. it was pump number 9…
Sunday, March 20, 2022
Saturday, March 19, 2022
COVID update
It is helpful to see where we are at.
We have gone from 1 out of 11 people being infected to roughly 1 out of 15. Still, that seems high to me. The number of new cases is surprisingly low. The number of deaths is approaching a million, but the daily deaths have dropped quite a bit.
I think that we got lucky with the Omicron variant. I've been saying that it is like a different disease because it has slightly different symptoms. Reportedly it is ten times more infectious but ten times less deadly. It is like comparing cowpox to smallpox, where cowpox acts as a natural vaccine to smallpox.
This video is predicting a surge of the BA 2 variant...
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Monday, March 14, 2022
Fwd: Watch "Biden’s 17 GREATEST Achievements So Far!" on YouTube
I mostly agree, but I don't want to spread COVID misinformation. It is far from clear that COVID-19 was created in a lab or that Fauci was responsible. The most recent evidence links COVID-19 to the wet market in Wuhan.
From what I have read, the relatively small grant to the Wuhan lab was for cataloging bat viruses. What China did on top of that isn't necessarily Fauci's fault. Maybe we shouldn't have been funding them at all, but the reasoning was to go where the bat viruses were.
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Albert
From: Albert
This would be a lot funnier if it wasn't so true.
Friday, March 11, 2022
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Medicare For All explained: Real Costs, Pros, Cons: Definitive answers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgDJ-Vl8CHA
I'm worried about the tragedy of the commons.
There is an appeal to a shared burden, but there needs to be a disincentive from overuse. Perhaps you would limit the number of services, and any extra would have to be paid for by the patient. Maybe some people would get insurance to pay for extra services.
My thinking is to get closer to a free market. Have a tax-deferred medical savings account, which could be used for insurance or medical cost directly. Allow all medical services to advertise prices, which is pretty much banned right now. Have employers contribute 5 to 10% of a person's income with an equal amount coming from the employee. Give employees the option to contribute more to the account if they feel that they need to. Allow the money in the account to be invested. If the account creates an apparent surplus, allow a portion of it to be used as taxable income in retirement. Make the account inheritable, so that it can be passed onto family members.
Such a program would need a subsidy for low-income people.
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