@aadam101: All of your views on healthcare lead me to believe you really want single payer. I agree, it does seem like they want a single payer system.

@aadam101: You have to admit.  This is pretty creepy. There are some incredible connections to be made to the first family of the United States and Lockwood’s novels from the turn of the 19th century. For starters, the main character’s name is the same as President Donald Trump’s son, albeit spelt differently. Trump’s adventures begin in Russia, and are guided thanks to directions provided by "the master of all masters," a man named "Don."….... ......But by Lockwood’s third novel, The Last President, things become even more eerily linked to the present day. The story begins with a scene from a panicked New York City in early November, describing a "state of uproar" after the election of an enormously opposed outsider candidate. "The entire East Side is in a state of uproar," police officers shouted through the streets, warning city folk to stay indoors for the night. "Mobs of vast size are organizing under the lead of anarchists and socialists, and threaten to plunder and despoil the houses of the rich who have wronged and oppressed them for so many years." "The Fifth Avenue Hotel will be the first to feel the fury of the mob," the novel continues, citing an address in New York City where Trump Tower now stands. "Would the troops be in time to save it?" http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-predicted-ingersoll-lockwood-adventures-barron-melania-last-644284 It looks like Trump may have been inspired by those books, and perhaps picked his boy's name from it. I wouldn't make too much of it though.  For instance.. people in NYC are hardly oppressed. It is interesting, and that third book is only 68 pages long.  Too boring for me to read though.  Not once in that book do they use the word "cock" or "twink".  There are also some Nostradamus passages that indicate that Trump would defeat Hillary.

@flozen: Washington DC was, indeed, built on reclaimed swamp, but it does have the distinction of a city street plan created by the renowned Pierre L'Enfant, and the National Mall in particular, benefits from his vision: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_Plan Trump certainly appreciates the Mall – so much so, that he imagined it full of a record-setting crowd for his Inauguration! http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/20/politics/donald-trump-barack-obama-inauguration-crowd-size/index.html The real shame here is that we have a President who is such an unqualified vulgarian, that he would call our country's most revered residence a "dump." Anyone with discernment who has seen a garish, gold-plated, Trump-designed business property – and I passed the Trump Building at 40 Wall Street for many years getting to work at 72 -- knows the brutal, self-absorbed excess that he considers good taste. Gold is part of how Trump branded his multi-billion dollar empire.  I guess gold offends you.  You must be racist  The favorite colors of black people are gold and black.  Shame on you, RACIST!

@Frederick: @aadam101: The Dow rose from 6500 to a record 19500 under Obama. Also according to Breitbart, Obama lowered food stamp usage dramatically.  By the end of his administration it was at a 7 year low. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/20/food-stamp-use-falls-lowest-level-seven-years/ You consistently misrepresent the articles you refer to.  You seem to forget that Sheik Obama was occupying the White House for EIGHT years..  and during his regime, Food Stamp Enrollment hit a record high peak of 47.6 million people  (it was 28 million when Bush left office).  Also, the amount of $$$ per recipient has dropped considerably… which is horrible.  So, the people who do need benefits are getting LESS.  I know of people who used to get $200 a month that Obama cut to $15 a month.    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/03/02/19-million-more-americans-on-food-stamps-despite-low-unemployment-rate/ You've also lied about the DOW.  The DOW has gone from 18,500 on election day - when Trump was elected.. to a record 21,891.. an increase of 3,391 just since Trumps election.. and a staggering 18% increase in just the 9 months since Trump's election! You should look at the chart in the link in the article that I posted where it clearly shows the number of people on food stamps going down under Obama.

The contractors I am referring to are the insurers that Trump is threatening to take away CSR payments to next year.  This will ensure that premiums skyrocket and the sickest Americans will not be able to get healthcare.  Many will die. BTW, if ObamaCare is imploding why does he need to smash it's head?  I thought it was going to implode all on it's own?  Perhaps that was another lie…... Everybody know Trump knows absolutely nothing about healthcare.  Just last week he was telling us that a young person could get health insurance for $12 per month.  Like most issues, he is clueless.

@aadam101: Obviously Trump will sign the bill.  He was very angry a few weeks ago that so called President Obama did nothing about Russian hacking.  I'm so glad we have a real President in charge now who will take care of these things.  He won't let Russia push us around like that pussy Obama did…...right? I am not sure yet..

@hunk7778: Resign or fire, either way its good that he's gone. Fuck him. I doubt that he will leave the office..

The same thing he wants to pardon himself for.

If socialized medicine is no better when it comes to death panels, then why demand the US switch? Umm, without private insurance, waiting times in the UK are very long.  Hospitals and clinics come up with creative ways to help meet targets, such as giving people appointments, then cancelling them and labelling the person as "socially unavailable", meaning they don't want to come it because it interferes with their lifestyle and whatnot. Umm, you are being dishonest.  Your link is about specialists, not normal GPs. Also, you ignored the bit where they said that part of the reason waiting times are getting longer is because pretty much everyone has health insurance now under Obamacare. In the UK (last month I think), the news full of articles about not having enough dermatologists to meet demand, so appointments are nearly impossible to get.  The same goes for countless other specialties. If I didn't have private insurance, I would have died a decade ago due to a mismanaged ear infection that was raging and causing extreme pain, but the NHS system wasn't designed to deal with it. I also have permanent nerve damage in both hands because it took so long to get referred when the NHS was telling GPs not to refer people unless absolutely needed.  In fact, they were giving GPs bonus payments for reducing the number of people they refer to specialists. As a bass player, it really sucks having reduced use of my hands and hearing.  All caused by the NHS. +++++ Another thing that makes the NHS suck ass, is that under the law, it's nearly impossible to sue for even the most blatant malpractice.

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People, like my father and his 2nd wife, wind up "purchasing" babies from other countries when they are designated to be UNFIT to be parents in the USA. All you need is some cunt of a social worker and you're declared unfit. We had this problem and fought it and won.  It still didn't fix anything because the city adoption agency said they couldn't work with us because they didn't feel we would trust them anymore. Lose - lose situation.

So why is Trump talking about pardoning himself?  You think he wants to pardon himself from something he didn't do?

Hey! What happened to this FAKE NEWS you posted? Nothing. Because it was FAKE, and everyone knew it, and that's why it's not even a subject being discussed anymore. You are a good propagandist, aren't you? Just like, OH CNN SAID IT! So it must be a subject to be venerated… but now we look back and see that you were just promoting fake stories. That is what you did. As we said, Trump was never looking into pardoning himself from fake stories. You said we were conspiring and all this other crap, but guess what? You dropped it and thought it would disappear. You promote fake news, bro. You don't know how to analyze information objectively, you just promote lies. Otherwise, this "story" you latched onto would be the story of the day, but it isn't, because it was stupid.

The US has a similar problem that the UK has. Welfare has created a culture of entitlement. We have Lithuanians picking our fruit and countless other jobs because Brits won't. Jaywick is supposed to be the most deprived area of the UK with 85+% unemployment.  A sandwich factory moved there specifically to help the area out.  Needless to say, only a few Brits wanted the jobs and they had to import workers from eastern Europe.

@Frederick: In fact, they cheapest health care plans (which still cost a fortune) cover virtually nothing but the most basic things that don't cost a lot anyway. Actually it's just the opposite.  Hospitals are doing much better and becoming profitable again because of the ACA.  They no longer have to provide as much uncompensated care because people have insurance and those insurers are picking up the tab. http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/finance/hospitals-see-boosted-revenue-under-aca-but-cut-spending-charity-care-report

@aadam101: Once again, Donald Trump has been defeated.  His plan to gut the EPA is dead.  He wanted to cut it by 32%.  Congress is only allowing a 6.5% cut. SAD! http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/07/trumps-big-plan-for-a-tiny-epa-is-already-dead/ Trump seems to have power and a lot of enemies!

Trump rulez.. ;D

I just don't see anyone defending him.  Even Frederick is constantly insinuating that Trump is a big fat liar.

@aadam101: Just as I suspected. Nobody here is pro Trump. They are anti-liberal. That might be ok if they elected an actual Republican. Instead they chose an incompetent fool. I've been saying it for a while, they just refuse to defend their arguments and the reason why they believe what they believe. It's really sad.