NotHereToPlayGames Posted February 13 Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Rod Steel said: I want for Americans to have universal healthcare and raised minimum wage and better life. I personally disagree with universal healthcare. BUT there *IS* a case to be made that it would "improve" quality of life in America. I am "biased" AGAINST universal healthcare and have seen just as many documentaries AGAINST it as I have seen for it. I *FIRMLY* support healthcare that is *RISK-BASED* !!! If you smoke, you pay a HIGHER PREMIUM - *PERIOD*. If you drink alcohol, you pay a HIGHER PREMIUM - *PERIOD*. If you are diabetic, you pay a HIGHER PREMIUM - *PERIOD*. Universal healthcare wants to treat everybody as "equals" - F Dat! If you are HIGH-RISK, then you either pay a HIGHER PREMIUM or you DIE YOUNG, the choice is yours. Unsympathetic? MAYBE. But we have PHILANTHROPISTS that can pay the way for those that cannot "afford" their HIGHER PREMIUM. We have PHILANTHROPISTS that can pay for your infant/child/toddler with life-threatening conditions. If you are a homeless drug addict and DO NOT WANT to clean yourself up for a free place to sleep at night (there are millions of them, but you must WANT to sober up to qualify as a resident!), then TO H WITH YA, the world is better off "without you". Unsympathetic? MAYBE. But I know for d#mn sure that I AM NOT A BURDEN ON THEM and neither should THEY BE A BURDEN ON ME !!! CARRY YOUR OWN WEIGHT !!! Learn from mistakes, be sympathetic and assume that a first or second strike is just that, a mistake, but there comes a point where ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, you do not throw good money after bad. Unsympatheic? NO! NOT IN THE LEAST! Not when the "money" paying for the DEADBEATS is taxes redirected from MORE NOBLE OF CAUSES. H#ll, for that matter, maybe, JUST MAYBE, the "money" spent on the DEADBEATS here in America is better served on "this thread topic" (climate change). You decide!
NotHereToPlayGames Posted February 13 Posted February 13 1 hour ago, Rod Steel said: I want for Americans to have universal healthcare and raised minimum wage and better life. I have to also disagree with raising minimum wage. Here in the States, we have a FEDERAL minimum wage - THAT NEEDS ABOLISHED. What would help is that every STATE had their OWN minimum wage !!! California and New York have a very HIGH cost-of-living. Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Iowa, N/S Dakota, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Kentucky, and Nebraska all have a very LOW cost-of-living. Having the same EXACT minimum wage in California that you have in Arkansas is just plain STUPID. I also submit that MINIMUM WAGE is a TEENAGE PROBLEM !!! Unsympathetic? No, not really! If you are in your 30s, 40s, or 50s and earning MINIMUM WAGE, then that is YOUR FAULT for working the same jobs that TEENAGERS WORK !!!
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 On 2/11/2025 at 5:41 AM, NotHereToPlayGames said: I will PM you. This is technically none of your business, but sure, I'll answer in a PM. I asked whether it changed, not the actual figure, please don't make a show out of it. For example, here we had a slight price increase when those new "ecological" Euro norms were introduced. I don't need your super secrets, no need for a PM. Just say, did go up? If so, tell the percentage, thanks. 2
NotHereToPlayGames Posted February 13 Posted February 13 1 minute ago, D.Draker said: If so, tell the percentage, thanks. NO! Not publicly! 2 minutes ago, D.Draker said: Just say, did go up? YES! THREE times in the last five years alone! Satisfied?
NotHereToPlayGames Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Your thread regarding Russian Disagreements via PM violates forum rules. Please remove. 1
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 13 hours ago, Rod Steel said: I also recommend you to watch documentary from M. Moore "Where to invade next", where he compares standards of living in EU and USA. I was under the impression M. Moore was never a friend of America, is it the same anti-capitalist Moore? Then he doesn't understand the basics. American capitalism isn't the cause of the bad climate. It's on the contrary, they moved those dirty/polluting facilities out of the country! 2
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) 11 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said: Your thread regarding Russian Disagreements via PM violates forum rules. Please remove. With what? The rule says I can't paste the message content! That's it. Where did I write "Disagreements"? And what you're referring to, was made public. A moderator, don't remember who at this time, wrote publicly, "stop the discussion". Edited February 13 by D.Draker 2
NotHereToPlayGames Posted February 13 Posted February 13 YOU POSTING TOPICS (RUSSIA) OF PMS VIOLATES FORUM RULES. PERIOD. I'M DONE HERE! You always "toe the line" and are VERY GOOD AT IT. 1
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 11 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said: YOU POSTING TOPICS (RUSSIA) OF PMS VIOLATES FORUM RULES. PERIOD. I'M DONE HERE! You always "toe the line" and are VERY GOOD AT IT. You just violated the rule by writing "Disagreements". You disclosed that I was not agree. I, on the other hand, only cited the public name of the discussion, and not private opinions. Please stop it and get back on topic. 3
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 11 hours ago, NotHereToPlayGames said: NO! Not publicly! YES! THREE times in the last five years alone! Satisfied? You wanna imply we should go to your Puritan state to rob you of your 300 bucks increase you hid under the mattress, lol? The percentage was needed to figure out was there a connection with the prices on climate introduced "taxes", as I actually agree with Tripredacus, they use climate as an excuse to jack up prices. Period. 2
Rod Steel Posted February 13 Posted February 13 1 hour ago, D.Draker said: I was under the impression M. Moore was never a friend of America, is it the same anti-capitalist Moore? Then he doesn't understand the basics. American capitalism isn't the cause of the bad climate. I don't think he is anti-american, he just have different views than many people in USA. Some views are good, some not. But i enjoyed his movies, i don't have to agree with him on everything - it's just about this movies. Remember his stance against never-ending wars on middle-east was booed in 2003. Now it's mainstream even for MAGA. They booed him 22 years ago only to took his stance in this decade. So who is Hippocratic? But i do recommend to watch 2 of his movies on links that i provided - it's legal, he himself uploaded his films on YouTube. I am really ask you both to watch them and recommend them - it's a very good movies. And remember - he shot Bowling for Columbine - one of the greatest documentary films of all time.
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 On 2/11/2025 at 6:14 AM, NotHereToPlayGames said: The "covid generation" is HURTING BIG TIME right now (those that were forced into "home-learning" and unable to attend their final year of high school). Is the "covid generation" are those between 18-21? Weill, yeah, they are hurting the planet big time, I've now finally found a female I kinda like (about 6 points out of ten, but, alas, I don't have that huge leverage over the variants I had earlier, so I consider I'm lucky). And what? She produces at least thrice amounts of waste compared to the previous GF which was born in 1996. The new one uses at least twice more cosmetics, she throws away a lot of plastic stuff, and all of that I noticed after a couple of days living together. Now she says lots in my house needs to replaced! 5
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 21 hours ago, Rod Steel said: But i do recommend to watch 2 of his movies on links that i provided - it's legal, he himself uploaded his films on YouTube. I I'm blocked on YT, they say I'm a bot. 2
D.Draker Posted February 13 Posted February 13 On 2/13/2025 at 1:26 AM, Rod Steel said: I just want to clarify that nobody here is glad that this is happening. Don't be so sure. 3
monkeylove Posted February 17 Posted February 17 The two sources to consider in light of this is NAS, which is the "gold standard" of the sciences, and BEST or Berkeley Earth, which was established to come up with an independent assessment of the issue. The first reports that CO2 ppm has a forcing and feedback factor, and the former has been kicking in. The latter came up with the same conclusions.
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