Kyle

Just to confirm, you think the sheriff's office hatched a conspiracy to frame Steven Avery for murder, and he was convicted, so you consider that a "shitty" job? What would a good job be? What is their motive for framing him? Do you genuinely think a couple of cops would risk losing their jobs and possibly jail time to save the county's insurance company a million dollars? Cool if you do, but is that you really believe? And that makes more sense to you than all the evidence against Avery? Are there other example of cops framing wrongfully convicted suspects of a subsequent crime to protect an insurance company? That does not mean this could not be the unique case, but does this frequently happen?

In watching the police on the original show, nothing gave me the impression individually or collectively they offered the intellect or savvy to pull off such a complex conspiracy. Sure it is possible, but if so those guys should be hired by the CIA. Not to stereotype, but I have not encountered directly or indirectly too many small town cops super motivated to do much beyond the bare minimum to cash a check. I agree I would be really surprised they were so worried about their county's insurance company to risk their careers. Again, possible but feels less likely than reasonable alternatives.

To prove the point, apparently Brown University earlier this year removed a study questioning gender dysphoria due to pressure from snowflakes: https://www.dailywire.com/news/35119/brown-university-researcher-released-study-about-ben-shapiro. So much for #science This week, Brown University pulled down a news story on a study conducted by a Brown University researcher. That study focused in on what it described as “rapid-onset gender dysphoria”: gender dysphoria that was not present in early youth, but that manifested within days or weeks in teens and young adults. The study author, Lisa Littman, assistant professor of the practice of behavioral and social sciences at Brown’s School of Public Health, stated, “This kind of descriptive study is important because it defines a group and raises questions for more research. One of the main conclusions is that more research needs to be done. Descriptive studies aren’t randomized controlled trials – you can’t tell cause and effect, and you can’t tell prevalence. It’s going to take more studies to bring in more information, but this is a start.” More post-truth politics.

Crazy game. Did not think it would be 45-42 after halftime. Longview - West Brook at 3 p.m. at the Death Star. I believe they have played in the first round the previous two years.

I feel the ill wind blowing in from the Golden Spread.

35-14 Longview at half.

No and No.

I think it is Southlake and Allen 1A and 1B. Southlake seems like a bunch of suburban punks, and Allen has 10,000 students and recruits.

In addition to feeling like a daily PMS party of internet outrage, this board also feels like a bizarro world where you get points by making ad homs.

Doesn't count, not brown. Color me shocked that communist countries are not awesome. What will you guys discover next?

The differences lies more around the MACs and agents of CMS, but of course most of the geniuses on this board don't get much into details or nuance. Too much emoting about national socialists and some kind of -ism fed by daily social media-driven outrage and fake news.

Okay. If that makes you feel better keep telling yourself that.

"Hilariously ignorant young socialist" seems to be the best bot mat so far to describe the Bronx Sarah Palin. https://nypost.com/2018/12/15/why-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-drives-conservatives-crazy/

Yeah, um, you don't understand the details of how Medicare works.

I'm not nitpicking, but I assume (maybe incorrectly) that when people use the term "single-payer" they mean a single-payer, centrally administered, taxpayer-funded health care system like in Canada or European countries. That is not how Medicare works. And it as actually not single payer as 50% of Americans pay for it. That is nit-picking. Many snowflakes forget that.

Many services are for many veterans or at worst highly discounted. But you're right, it is not free as taxpayers pay for it.

While technically correct that taxpayers pay for it, it is not a single-administered system, which most "single-payer" systems tend to be.

Color me shocked that people like free stuff.

Loving watching Duncanville beat Allen. I hope it holds on. Crap - Allen holds inside Duncanville territory. This could be where the mojo turns. I think tonight either Longview beats Tascosa handily or Tascosa wins a close one. Longview needs to not make stupid turnovers (#captain obvious)

So, just to be clear, you do not think there were / are problems with the VA? And this is based on a three-year-poll of 5,818 veterans of which 78% were "satisfied" with their coverage, which could be explained by its cost? Dots are starting to connect.

That's a really great question and one that likely deserves another thread. I don't have some great, well formed master thesis, and I agree "activist judge" is a loaded term. Much like pornography, I know it when I see it. Simply put, I generally in favor of Congress or legislatures (the voice of the people) making laws and the judiciary interpreting those in disputes between two private parties. I think lower courts have over-stepped by making sweeping rulings that effective legislate and undermine the will of the people. Again, I am no Constitutional scholar, but I think putting so much power in un-elected individuals is undermines democracy.

Yeah, he's a genius when it comes to health care: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/opinion/krugman-vouchers-for-veterans-and-other-bad-ideas.html (https://dailycaller.com/2014/05/14/paul-krugmans-love-affair-with-the-scandal-plauged-va/)

No. I do not support activist judges regardless of the issues. I try to put principle over politics, and I think the foundations of our government are more important than any single issue. Much more worried about the war than a particular battle.

99% of this board just changed its position on “activist judges.” Now they’re racist nazis.

Yep. It is one thing to go all over social media emoting ... it is another to actually have to take personal responsibility and pay for it. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/voters-rejecting-carbon-fee-in-first-day-returns/ From November: Washington state voters on Tuesday rejected Initiative 1631, a proposed carbon fee on fossil-fuel emissions that spurred the biggest ballot-measure spending spree in state history. As of Tuesday evening, with more than 1.9 million votes tallied from all 39 counties, 56.3 percent of the voters opposed the initiative, while 43.7 percent supported the measure. There are many more votes to be counted but the lead was unlikely to be overtaken.