The Beto Effect - How To Lose Elections and Influence Nothing

[Bozo_Casanova 26472]

9 hours ago, Poe It Up said:

I don’t want them to be burdened with school loans or any unforeseen medical issues either. That sort of comfort is priceless. 

 

8 hours ago, Poe It Up said:

Hmm, I wonder if other nations have tried to make everything free. I need to read up and see how they fared. 

These are dumb posts and you should feel bad. We have had socialized higher Ed and medicine in this country for decades, just the dumbest and most expensive and unfair version in the world.  Travel some. Switzerland’s system is more private than ours is. Also cheaper. Also better. They just don’t pay as much rent to parasites. 
What you and @fattyflattie vote for is regulatory capture, not capitalism. It’s one step away from Soviet oligarchy as far as I’m concerned and as a dedicated free marketeer and price discovery absolutist people like you are a greater risk to capitalism than the likes of AOC.

Edited September 25, 2022 by Bozo_Casanova

[Bozo_Casanova 26472]

8 hours ago, Poe It Up said:

Work hard and get your own. You won’t need to take from others. 

How much did the gas in your tank actually cost, chief?

[Bullneck 19107]

7 hours ago, Poe It Up said:

The next time you add anything to the conversation will be the first. 

You've added plenty. The only problem is it's all stupid.

[Poe It Up 126]

16 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

 

These are dumb posts and you should feel bad. We have had socialized higher Ed and medicine in this country for decades, just the dumbest and most expensive and unfair version in the world.  Travel some. Switzerland’s system is more private than ours is. Also cheaper. Also better. They just don’t pay as much rent to parasites. 
What you and @fattyflattie vote for is regulatory capture, not capitalism. It’s one step away from Soviet oligarchy as far as I’m concerned and as a dedicated free marketeer and price discovery absolutist people like you are a greater risk to capitalism than the likes of AOC.

Switzerland is more private but it isn’t free, they still pay out the ass compared to the rest of Europe. It’s also compulsory. It’s much easier to manage, though, due to the fact that hardly anyone lives there. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26472]

1 hour ago, Poe It Up said:

Switzerland is more private but it isn’t free, they still pay out the ass compared to the rest of Europe. It’s also compulsory. It’s much easier to manage, though, due to the fact that hardly anyone lives there. 

Yes. They pay less than us, but more than people in the state payer systems, who also pay less than us. Both have better outcomes than we do, even the poor countries like Slovenia. 
 

It IS compulsory. People in our system who aren’t covered get care anyway. They also get billed at the full price. Then the unpaid portion gets charged off. Who pays for that? Society. Thats why Americans are 6X as likely to go to Mexico for care as Canadians are to come here. Our system is highly socialized, super expensive and really terrible.

if you were trying to make my point stronger, you did. Congrats, Comrade Poe! 

Edited September 25, 2022 by Bozo_Casanova

[Poe It Up 126]

17 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Yes. They pay less than us, but more than people in the state payer systems, who also pay less than us. Both have better outcomes than we do, even the poor countries like Slovenia. 
 

It IS compulsory. People in our system who aren’t covered get care anyway. They also get billed at the full price. Then the unpaid portion gets charged off. Who pays for that? Society. Thats why Americans are 6X as likely to go to Mexico for care as Canadians are to come here. Our system is highly socialized, super expensive and really terrible.

if you were trying to make my point stronger, you did. Congrats, Comrade Poe! 

Countries with 2 million people find it easier to navigate their healthcare system, news at 11. It’s almost as if undocumented immigrants are a strain on our medical system. Naw, can’t be that. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26472]

55 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Countries with 2 million people find it easier to navigate their healthcare system, news at 11. It’s almost as if undocumented immigrants are a strain on our medical system. Naw, can’t be that. 

Handwaving, eh? How sad. It’s almost like you want me to see the white flag without you showing it to me. 

let me let you in on two secrets:

1) Immigrants are not a proportionately greater strain on our system than many that have both lower costs and better outcomes. 
 

2) Directionally, costs decline as population  grows because non-care as a % of spend goes down. Because, and this is going to blow your mind, those of us who actually understand markets know about this thing called “economies of scale.” 
 

Hopefully these kids of yours will learn more about the world than you did, and when you are long gone they’ll chuckle about how their old man had to be told about gravity by strangers on the internet.

[Poe It Up 126]

5 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Handwaving, eh? How sad. It’s almost like you want me to see the white flag without you showing it to me. 

let me let you in on two secrets:

1) Immigrants are not a proportionately greater strain on our system than many that have both lower costs and better outcomes. 
 

2) Directionally, costs decline as population  grows because non-care as a % of spend goes down. Because, and this is going to blow your mind, those of us who actually understand markets know about this thing called “economies of scale.” 
 

Hopefully these kids of yours will learn more about the world than you did, and when you are long gone they’ll chuckle about how their old man had to be told about gravity by strangers on the internet.

Yeah, 20 bill a year is a a drop in the bucket. Although, I don’t mind because my paying for these illegals put me on Mother Teresa’s level. Every generation knows more than their parents thankfully. I also hope that they assume I was discussing the awesomeness of tiny nations in Europe on the internet and not porn. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33872]

7 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Yeah, 20 bill a year is a a drop in the bucket. Although, I don’t mind because my paying for these illegals put me on Mother Teresa’s level. Every generation knows more than their parents thankfully. I also hope that they assume I was discussing the awesomeness of tiny nations in Europe on the internet and not porn. 

you talk shit about Switzerland like you have never been there. if you had, you'd stfu. never mind, no you wouldn't

[hobbes2702 13045]

23 minutes ago, Poe It Up said:

Yeah, 20 bill a year is a a drop in the bucket. Although, I don’t mind because my paying for these illegals put me on Mother Teresa’s level. Every generation knows more than their parents thankfully. I also hope that they assume I was discussing the awesomeness of tiny nations in Europe on the internet and not porn. 

It’s half a percent of total healthcare spending so yea it’s sorta a drop in the bucket

[Biff Tannen 45691]

And there's the fentanyl angle.  Just saw the ad on Fox 7.  "The illegals are bringing in fentanyl through the border to kill our kids and Beto wants open borders!!!11!!"

Guess our resident trumpkins had the talking points a week early.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33872]

except there have been a record number of seizures. which is it?

[Js1 85353]

At this point, I don't think anyone knows what's going to happen.  

Emerson has Abbott winning Hispanics by 4 and the race by 8. 

This poll has Beto winning Hispanics by a similar margin to 2018 (27 vs 23) 

 

 

[StassneyHorn 6581]

“These terrible things are happening under my watch. They’ll be even worse under someone else. Also they’re not that bad. I think we’re doing well.”

-Abbott

[Js1 85353]

Anyone see the new billboard on 45 between 10 and 610?  Something about weak men with a picture of Beto doing the L sign on his head. 

[tx 3 putt 76980]

This needs to be a huge campaign message ….

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33872]

he got that applause at aggy, of all places

someone else fall on the grenade and see if texags is melting down.

[Beau Vine 54241]

20 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

someone else fall on the grenade and see if texags is melting down.

Nothing there, but I did find this:

[Longhorn_Fan68 33872]

man, I wonder what the bot : legit poster ratio is over there (and in comparison to here)

Edited September 28, 2022 by Longhorn_Fan68

[safe sex 11735]

40 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

Nothing there, but I did find this:

What a dumbass TERF

[Sawbonz 27565]

1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

he got that applause at aggy, of all places

someone else fall on the grenade and see if texags is melting down.

A&M is aggressively pursuing academic talent. A lot of kids who meet the auto acceptance at UT are going there because they are getting money thrown at them. This isn’t surprising 

[freyguy 4277]

28 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

A&M is aggressively pursuing academic talent. A lot of kids who meet the auto acceptance at UT are going there because they are getting money thrown at them. This isn’t surprising 

This.  70k undergrads ain't all inbred farmers.  I could go on, but it will derail into my critique of our university's current academic strategy, which is pissing off alot of exes.  And rightly belongs in the college acceptance thread.

[Walser 1109]

1 hour ago, trauma babe said:

What a dumbass TERF

TIL what that acronym meant.

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

On 9/27/2022 at 5:02 PM, Js1 said:

Anyone see the new billboard on 45 between 10 and 610?  Something about weak men with a picture of Beto doing the L sign on his head. 

There's one on 290 between Brenham and Giddings that says "Take our guns? You Beto not try!" with an unflattering picture of Beto on it. 

[F250 28777]

4 hours ago, Sawbonz said:

A&M is aggressively pursuing academic talent. A lot of kids who meet the auto acceptance at UT are going there because they are getting money thrown at them. This isn’t surprising 

 

[tx 3 putt 76980]

 

[Voldemort86 2259]

13 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

This needs to be a huge campaign message ….

 

I’m glad this is fresh on Beto’s mind. I really hope he hammers hot wheels during the debate on the lack of progress in marijuana reform statewide. Having governor cripple just sit by and pretend it’s not an important issue while bathroom Dan single handedly chokes out all efforts to improve our laws is unacceptable.

[chainsaw 9869]

15 hours ago, freyguy said:

This.  70k undergrads ain't all inbred farmers.  I could go on, but it will derail into my critique of our university's current academic strategy, which is pissing off alot of exes.  And rightly belongs in the college acceptance thread.

"anything that makes me feel bad is CR. negged."

[tx 3 putt 76980]

Bwahahahahahahaha

 

no audience for the debate tonight, per Abbott’s conditions

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

On 9/29/2022 at 2:25 AM, tx 3 putt said:

 

Dems need to avoid equating rally size with expected vote count. Basically this is what Trump does and anything Trump supports should be dismissed.

Many times the candidate, with the highest supporter passion, is looking for a new job the day after the election.

Edited September 30, 2022 by Nice Guy Eddie

[Poe It Up 126]

5 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Dems need to avoid equating rally size with expected vote count. Basically this is what Trump does and anything Trump supports should be dismissed.

Well that, and those two candidates aren’t even running against each other… what a strange tweet. 

[bolverk 29683]

 

[HRSchenker 2268]

Will there be a livestream of the debate tonight? I'm looking at YTTV and it's nowhere to be found 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

1 minute ago, HRSchenker said:

Will there be a livestream of the debate tonight? I'm looking at YTTV and it's nowhere to be found 

Texas tribune says they will livestream it.

[YGIFS 19450]

$50 and my left nut says we can start a twitter rumor that Abbott refused an audience, not out of fear of embarrassment, but to have all the empty seats represent all the children of Texas that were aborted under Beto's administration.  And add a "click here to donate to show your support of Greg Abbott's nobody-in-seats decision to save Texas babies" and we'd by this time tomorrow, we'd all have club level seats, an 8-ball, 2 strippers each, and a private party on a jet.

[tx 3 putt 76980]

 

[brakeman 28371]

Vote Beto! Also, visit https://iwillvote.com
Make damn sure you are registered to vote in November.

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

12 minutes ago, brakeman said:

Vote Beto! Also, visit https://iwillvote.com
Make damn sure you are registered to vote in November.

@Bama Chick just swooned

[tx 3 putt 76980]

3 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

@Bama Chick just swooned

 

someone needs to go check on her. she's passed out, laying in a puddle 

[Pato del Muerto 52507]

10 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

someone needs to go check on her. she's passed out, laying in a puddle 

Tough luck, all the water damage restoration services are in sw Florida for a good while. 

[Bama Chick 28596]

I AM DEADFFDCBSJDMNSK

[RPM 26322]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

someone needs to go check on her. she's passed out, laying in a puddle 

We need a signed Harry Stiles poster, a Beto shirt and a 4 pack of White Claw, STAT!

[Bama Chick 28596]

[YChang 3450]

Hopefully that motivates all the voting age eligible participants to actually... vote for Beto and other dems this Nov and beyond. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33872]

11 minutes ago, YChang said:

Hopefully that motivates all the voting age eligible participants to actually... vote for Beto and other dems this Nov and beyond. 

can't see how it will hurt

[Pato del Muerto 52507]

I have to get my ass into gear and her registered this week.  
 

predictably Texas to not have online registration, should have just said yes when I got my Texas license back. 

[B00M 6416]

12 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

someone needs to go check on her. she's passed out, laying in a puddle 

Mandatory:  It's piss

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

38 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

 

She's probably voting for Beto, too. 

[Chewbacca 7780]

On 9/22/2022 at 7:39 AM, DigglerontheHoof said:

Yup.  the (R) by their name is all that is required.

MIL is visiting us in CO right now (she lives in TX).  Had a conversation with her this morning where she tried to 'both sides' the election deniers and J6 violence.  When I shot that down, she pivoted to Hunter Biden.  Their arguments don't even make sense.  They vote R because they've always voted R and that's about all the thought that goes into it for so many people.  So guys like Abbott and Paxton can keep doing their thing forever because TX voters will never hold them accountable.

[Chewbacca 7780]

On 9/28/2022 at 2:59 PM, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

he got that applause at aggy, of all places

someone else fall on the grenade and see if texags is melting down.

As someone who lives in CO, let me assure you that Aggy loves weed just as much as you guys do.