- Just So Damned Curious How This All Works –
I suppose that Ramesh Ponnoru has proposed a solution to the problem of the uninsured, if you believe that the problem of the uninsured is about people not having something called insurance rather than people being unable to obtain medical care. [...]After steadfastly proving that universal health care is undesirable because of conjecture and bad logic, Ponnoru proposes the following two changes…
This is suspiciously like a massive governmental subsidy of insurance companies, and not a healthcare plan at all! What a curious mystery this all is!
(tags: none) - Can our economic collapse cause more questions about sexist traditions? –
[On engagement rings.] It’s unsurprising that Conor felt the need to couch his critique in ridiculous, insulting romantic imagery, because that reassures the audience that he’s questioning the value of the ring, not the value of romance itself. Which is to say, he wants it to be clear he’s not questioning the patriarchal implications, just the financial ones—the role of the woman is still passivity, and she still has the job of being the person who runs everything while also being way too emotional to be taken seriously as the person who makes the final decision. The whole fiction of romance is a way to claim that erotic love cannot be separated from oppressive gender norms, and therefore questioning romantic traditions that turn women into chattel feels way too much like questioning love itself, and no one wants to be that asshole. Well, except me.
(tags: none) - TAKE THOSE THINGS AWAY FROM THEM. NOW. –
So said Nez when he tweeted about this story: Police chief fired for using taser on wife (News video there).
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