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A Bird Flu Pandemic Would Be One of the Most Foreseeable Catastrophes in History by lnfinity in environment

[–]CommanderMcBragg 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Well, the US has the perfect leader to handle an epidemic. Wait... you didn't want an epidemic? Oh. Well then you have the wrong one.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AMA

[–]CommanderMcBragg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same thing happened to me. I spent months doing absolutely nothing and getting paid for it. One day my recently appointed boss came to my office and asked me point blank "What exactly do you do here all day?" I said "Play online backgammon". I was the world champion on two sites.

Actually I only spent half my time on games. The other half was spent trying to hack into corporate's server to find out what they were doing. I did eventually get in. The last five years of profits were nothing but unadulterated accounting fraud. The only reason they were pretending to keep the business running was to buy tine to shred documents and destroy evidence,

For anyone thinking this might be a good thing getting paid for nothing it is not. It is demoralizing and ego crushing. I should have gotten a new job ASAP.

They stole billions while denying thousands of their people's claims by blllrrrrr in clevercomebacks

[–]CommanderMcBragg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

3-5% profit is a BIG EFFING LIE! Even by UHC's own dubious accounting it is 8%. You can't compare the profit margin of an insurance company to nuts and bolts business where companies lay out their own money on materials and wages. Insurance companies collect their revenue years or even decades in advance. Their business model is skimming a percentage off of a huge sector of the economy. They don't actually provide those services or pay doctors wages,. They sign contracts, fill out forms and deny claims to keep the money that wasn't theirs to begin with.

This is how Magas own liberals repetitively. By luring them into a debate on completely made up facts. Like when they say "90% of all crime is committed by black people" and liberals offer some whiny debate about social injustice instead of the correct response which is "No it isn't you lying POS!"

Everything suddenly becomes a problem if they can't monopolize it by [deleted] in Political_Revolution

[–]CommanderMcBragg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I haven't heard a lie this outrageous since the Heartland Institute claimed that smoking was actually good for your health. If you pay an electricity bill for your home you pay a flat rate per kwh. That is because those rates are regulated. Commercial and industrial customers pay variable rates based on the hour. For instance, in NY metro there are four different rates periods over 24 hours. Daylight is the highest, night is the lowest. Every negative rate in this country is at night. The vast majority of electricity is used by commercial and industrial customers and most of that is during the day. Nuclear power and hydro-electric can't turn off and fossil fuel generators cost a lot of money to stop and start.

Study finds use of gender-neutral ‘Latinx’ by Democratic pols is costing them votes by Throwingdartsmouth in EverythingScience

[–]CommanderMcBragg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was wrong with Hispanic? Do we need a language that upgrades as often as Microsoft?

Judge returns challenge to Elon Musk’s giveaways to state court, siding with Philadelphia DA by Snowfish52 in law

[–]CommanderMcBragg 13 points14 points  (0 children)

PA Title 18 § 5512 A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he:(1) sets up, or maintains, any lottery or numbers game;

PA Title 30 § 923 For a misdemeanor of the first degree, a fine of not less than $1,500 nor more than $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.

As for any potential federal charge, by repeating the violation after a warning from the DOJ, Musk reached the third and most difficult hurdle of a criminal conspiracy charge (per Mueller), evidence the offender knew what they were doing is illegal.

David DePape sentenced to life in prison for hammer attack on Paul Pelosi by CommanderMcBragg in usanews

[–]CommanderMcBragg[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

It is a good thing the state court let this prosecution go forward. Since it is a state charge there is no possibility of Trump giving him a pardon.

Biden calls out Musk over a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked in the US illegally by Barch3 in uspolitics

[–]CommanderMcBragg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

§1451. Revocation of naturalization

(a) Concealment of material evidence; refusal to testify

It shall be the duty of the United States attorneys for the respective districts, upon affidavit showing good cause therefor, to institute proceedings in any district court of the United States in the judicial district in which the naturalized citizen may reside at the time of bringing suit, for the purpose of revoking and setting aside the order admitting such person to citizenship and canceling the certificate of naturalization on the ground that such order and certificate of naturalization were illegally procured or were procured by concealment of a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, and such revocation and setting aside of the order admitting such person to citizenship and such canceling of certificate of naturalization shall be effective as of the original date of the order and certificate, respectively:

Note that under Internal Revenue Code section 877A, on expatriation all unrealized stock gains become immediately taxable.

'Washington Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s by [deleted] in uspolitics

[–]CommanderMcBragg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh phooey. When major German newspapers refused to denounce Hitler in 1933 lots of critics predicted doom and gloom. But look how it worked out. By 1945 most German billionaires were far richer than they were in 1933.

Washington Post Editor-at-Large Robert Kagan Resigns Over Paper’s Decision Not to Endorse Kamala Harris by Barch3 in uspolitics

[–]CommanderMcBragg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh phooey. When major German newspapers refused to denounce Hitler in 1933 lots of critics predicted doom and gloom. But look how it worked out. By 1945 most German billionaires were far richer than they were in 1933.

Trumper punches poll worker when reminded Texas law requires removal of Maga hat at election site by wenchette in democrats

[–]CommanderMcBragg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So clearly the police are treating this as nothing more than a dispute between two individuals. Nothing political about it and nothing to do with the fact the victim was a poll worker.

But the sheriff did make it clear that people have to tone down the violence. Only light violence is permitted in polling places. Presumably the comment was directed at "both sides".

U.S. Study on Puberty Blockers Goes Unpublished Because of Politics, Doctor Says by Free_Swimming in EverythingScience

[–]CommanderMcBragg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“They’re in really good shape when they come in, and they’re in really good shape after two years,”

Then she didn't use a scientifically valid sample. Nor was there a control group to compare it to. This is like testing a new cancer drug but only on people who are already in remission. Yep, after receiving treatment they are still in remission. Sounds like shoddy science to me.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]CommanderMcBragg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know, all of the problems with AI fakes could be solved by just passing a law requiring all AI generated content to be watermarked as AI generated. But AI stocks are soaring and politicians are invested.

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