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2019-07-06 at 9:08 PM UTC in Healthcare should be completely and utterly paid for by the governmenti actually find it hard to get my head around having to pay a doctor or hospital everytime you need to get treatment and shit.
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2019-07-06 at 5:25 PM UTC in Don't tell 'em has never created a thread...Don't make threads for me nigger.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-06 at 8:56 AM UTC in anyone remember starwars fan?gotta give the guy credit, he was autistic as fuck and had some bizarre ideas but he was always willing to discuss and change themThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-06 at 3:11 AM UTC in stand up comedy is absolute trashYeah we're not falling for that one falcoThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-05 at 4:56 PM UTC in Can somebody please help me"it's cool that you can drive between completely different countries in a matter of hours in Europe"
"TEXAS IS BIGGER"The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-07-05 at 10:31 AM UTC in stand up comedy is absolute trash
Originally posted by NARCassist sucks for yall that you don't get good intelligent comedy over there
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retarded. only a few minutes in and he's just describing a fart. seriously? how do you find this entertaining? like if i thought farts were entertaining i could think or talk about them all day. i don't though because i'm not an absolutey retardThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-07-05 at 7:40 AM UTC in What are you doing for the 4th of july?
Originally posted by Jυiceuobox Laughing at the normies here because their fireworks show got cancelled by rain
Mine didn't and it was fucking awesome. It was a long show and just perfect.
Afterwards, traffic was bad, people were walking everywhere, and I made the mistake of staying in a line of traffic while on railroad tracks. As soon as I thought a train wouldn't come I hear "DING DING DING. .." and hear people saying "oh shit a train". I could see the guard rails coming down as backed out while manoeuvring pass the car behind me and I barely made. People actually cheered after. LOL
Don't fuck with trains.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-07-05 at 3:10 AM UTC in What are you doing for the 4th of july?The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-05 at 1:01 AM UTC in Apparently Trump used funds allocated for the national parks and forests for his 4th of July military extravaganza...Who needs plants you dumb piece of shit?The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-04 at 12:44 PM UTC in Trianglist MarriageI found a new career path. I figured out today that I can become a registered ordained minister with the province of Ontario which would let me legally marry people.
I'm gonna offer cheap LGBTQ weddings in the gay village of Toronto and get money while recruiting more people.
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2019-07-04 at 11:38 AM UTC in Who are the enemy?suspected major control freaks
The Koch brothers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Koch dynasty.
See also: Koch Industries
The Koch family (/koʊk/ KOHK) is an American family engaged in business, most noted for their political activities (donating to libertarian, criminal justice reform, and Republican Party causes), and control of Koch Industries, the second-largest privately owned company in the United States (with 2017 revenues of $100 billion).[1] The family business was started by Fred C. Koch, who developed a new cracking method for the refinement of heavy crude oil into gasoline.[2][3] Fred's four sons litigated against each other over their interests in the business during the 1980s and 1990s.[4]
Charles G. Koch and David H. Koch, today commonly referred to as the Koch brothers – and the only two of Fred Koch's four sons still with Koch Industries – are affiliated with the Koch family foundations.[5] Charles and David Koch have built a political network of conservative donors and the brothers funnel financial revenue into television and multi-media advertising.[6]
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1 Family members
2 Non-profit organizations
3 Political activities
4 Public policy
5 See also
6 References
Family members
Fred C. Koch (1900–1967), American chemical engineer and entrepreneur who founded the oil refinery firm that later became Koch Industries and was one of the founding members of the John Birch Society[7][8][9][10]
Mary Robinson Koch (1907–1990),[11] wife of Fred C. and eponym of the company's namesake tanker vessel Mary R. Koch
Four sons of Fred C. and Mary Robinson Koch:[11]
Frederick R. Koch (born 1933), collector
Charles G. Koch (born 1935), chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries
David H. Koch (born 1940), executive vice president of Koch Industries
William Koch (born 1940), businessman, sailor, and collector
Non-profit organizations
Main article: Koch family foundations
The Koch family foundations are a related group of non-profit organizations that began with the establishment of the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation in 1953, and now includes the Charles Koch Foundation, the David H. Koch Charitable Foundation and the Koch Cultural Trust. The organizations collectively have a stated goal of "advancing liberty and freedom" through the support of various causes which "further social progress and sustainable prosperity."[12] In addition to the direct action of the non-profits, the groups have also contributed financially to other philanthropic organizations in the fields of research, public well-being, arts, and education, including contributions to scholarship programs, university support, and loan assistance through organizations like the United Negro College Fund.[13]
Political activities
Main article: Political activities of the Koch brothers
Charles and David Koch have been active in American politics since at least 1980, when David Koch was the Libertarian Party's vice-presidential nominee. Their political contributions began to attract widespread attention from media outlets in 2008, when, through their family foundations, the brothers contributed to 34 political and policy organizations, three of which they founded, and several of which they directed.[14] They have since organized a network of an estimated 500 libertarian and conservative donors,[15] candidates, think tanks, and other groups. As an example of their influence, Jane Mayer noted House Speaker John Boehner's appeal to David Koch in 2011 when Boehner needed votes to prevent a government shutdown.[16]
The Koch brothers indicated that they intended to raise almost $880 million in support of candidates in the 2016 elections,[17] and have given more than $100 million[18] to conservative and libertarian policy and advocacy groups in the United States,[19] including the Heritage Foundation and the Cato Institute, and more recently Americans for Prosperity.[20]
"Americans for Prosperity", founded by David Koch, has been reported by Kenneth Vogel of Politico to be one of the main nonprofit groups assisting the Tea Party movement; but in 2010, Koch spokeswoman Melissa Cohlmia distanced the Kochs from the tea parties and FreedomWorks saying that "no funding has been provided by Koch companies, the Koch foundations, Charles Koch or David Koch specifically to support the tea parties."[21] According to the Koch Family Foundations and Philanthropy website, "the foundations and the individual giving of Koch family members" have financially supported organizations "fostering entrepreneurship, education, human services, at-risk youth, arts and culture, and medical research."[22]
Former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough, co-host of MSNBC's Morning Joe, has pointed out that, although their critics are usually unaware of the fact, the Koch brothers have supported more than just what are generally considered conservative causes. They opposed George W. Bush on many issues, are pro-choice, support same sex marriage, and worked closely with the Obama White House for the Obama administration's criminal justice reform initiatives that aligned with their own.[23][24]
In early 2018, political advocacy groups linked to the Koch family pledged to spend $400 million on the 2018 midterm elections, including $20 million to promote the H.R.1 – An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018 to skeptical voters.[25]
Public policy
The Koch family funding apparatus has been funding libertarian groups through think tanks for over forty years. The Cato Institute, which Charles Koch helped create in 1974, is consistently ranked as among the top 25 U.S. think tanks overall in terms of influence on public policy in the United States.[26] In 2015, the Kochs worked with the American Civil Liberties Union on criminal justice reform, specifically in the realm of civil asset forfeiture. The Kochs have also worked to push legislation aiming to adjust federal sentencing guidelines and reduce prison populations.[27]
According to investigative reporter Jane Mayer[28] and the environmental NGO Greenpeace, the Koch brothers have played an active role in opposing climate change legislation. Anthropogenic climate change skeptic Willie Soon received $230,000 from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.[29][30] Organizations that the Koch brothers help fund, such as Americans for Prosperity, The Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, the CO2 Coalition and the Manhattan Institute, have been active in questioning global warming.[31]
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2019-07-04 at 5 AM UTC in Healthcare should be completely and utterly paid for by the government
Originally posted by aldra A single payer system is the only way to run a decent public healthcare system. Obongocare is exactly the same as the 'Heritage' healthcare plan the republicans tried to push a while back so it's odd they fought so hard against it.
When it comes down to it all it is is negotiating bulk discounts with insurance companies for bottom-rung plans and increasing taxes to pay for it. The least they could do is use the money to provide decent coverage, but that'd require cutting out the insurance companies so.,. not going to happen any time soon.
no aldra, the problem with healthcares began at the top, with the doctors and the specialists themselves.
these doctors are regular people but because they can help preserve lives they think they're gods and began to deityfy themselves and demand astronomical sallaries, sallaries that are unreallistically high compared to the masses.
essentially they are demanding to be paid with bentlies and ferraries for doing something what their counterparts in Cuba and India get paid for with loaves of breads and bags of rices.
while its true that medical schools are costly but this problem is again compounded by professors who deitified themselves and demand to be paid like gods and can be cured with a good dossage of nationalism for the greter good of the society.
the truth is getting quality healthcare doesnt have to cost more than getting a quality car wash, and it can if we start to change school syllabuses to include medical trainning and make graduating medical school mandatory for every child that were ever sent to school.
that way doktors and unterdoktors [ie-everyone who works below them] will be dirt cheap and healthcares will be almost free.
a nationalized healthcare begins with the nationalization of means of production of doctors. it should be up to state to produce doctors, and not private entities.
healthcare uberall und sig hell.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-07-04 at 1:53 AM UTC in The Retarded Thread: Malice Metro EditionI didn't think I was racist but if I was in that situation I wouldn't want to go anywhere in public
It's not the race though, it's the implicationsThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-07-03 at 12:44 PM UTC in I applied for 50 jobs and most of them want to hire meA month later and OP is still a broke unemployed fagThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-03 at 6 AM UTC in If you could choose your country's age of sexual consent, age of alcohol consent, age of military consent and age of voting consent
Originally posted by Nil bullet from a 10 year old is just as effective then one from an adult.
kids have a hard time with the strength and endurance required to carry all that equipment over long distances. they'd be much better off in teamwork-oriented and mechanically supported positions like on artillery teams or loading rounds in a tank or warship. or maybe drone operators nowThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-07-03 at 5:36 AM UTC in If you could choose your country's age of sexual consent, age of alcohol consent, age of military consent and age of voting consentThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-03 at 4:50 AM UTC in You have a time machine that only travels back to a dinner party in 1600's FranceI'm bringing HTS's fleshlightThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-03 at 1:01 AM UTC in look in desperate can anyone help ASAPThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-02 at 11:18 PM UTC in New overlooked demographic for NISIf I thought immigrants dying was funny I'd totally be a border patrolman. Just like if I thought any foreigners dying to be funny I'd join the military, or if I thought blacks dying to be funny I'd become a cop.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2019-07-02 at 9:56 PM UTC in Simulation is Consciousnessi fucking hate this kind of threadThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
