tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post8660745269893751941..comments2023-05-13T08:06:53.033-04:00Comments on Prettier Than Napoleon: Useful for online datersAmberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11792206117772893217noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-24646630576718315302010-02-08T19:57:58.938-05:002010-02-08T19:57:58.938-05:00I consider this to be the essential problem:
&quo...I consider this to be the essential <a href="http://www.healthcouncilcanada.ca/docs/rpts/2007/outcomes2/Outcomes2FINAL.pdf" rel="nofollow">problem</a>:<br /><br />"The one-third of Canadians with one or more of seven high-impact, high-prevalence chronic conditions use 67% of all visits to community nurses, 51% of all visits to family doctors, 55% of all visits to specialists, and 72% of Nick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099375758289859323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-44370169792389143702010-02-08T19:55:10.168-05:002010-02-08T19:55:10.168-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099375758289859323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-33142312991479004822010-02-08T19:41:33.063-05:002010-02-08T19:41:33.063-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Nick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099375758289859323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-33391022386549252422010-02-08T00:06:13.240-05:002010-02-08T00:06:13.240-05:00Even single-payer for all the unforeseeable aspect...Even single-payer for all the unforeseeable aspects of health care (tripping on the curb and breaking your arm; getting colon cancer; being assaulted by a mugger who strikes you repeatedly in the head, necessitating a CAT scan as well as stitches), as opposed to the routine ones (pap smears, flu shots, twice-yearly dental cleaning), is beyond anything I've seen suggested by Republicans in PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-13321087408733895542010-02-07T01:53:33.774-05:002010-02-07T01:53:33.774-05:00At the risk of entering political shark-infested w...At the risk of entering political shark-infested waters, I always thought the whole point of insurance was making provisions for the (un) predictable uncertainties of life.Nick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099375758289859323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-37874340406012932822010-02-06T15:03:30.857-05:002010-02-06T15:03:30.857-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.PG-13noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-58277023509424390102010-02-06T14:43:03.285-05:002010-02-06T14:43:03.285-05:00Mises could work as the grown-up's substitute ...Mises could work as the grown-up's substitute for Rand. I think Hayek and Friedman are too accepting of state action to work well in that role. Heck, Hayek is to the left of the modern GOP on the question of single-payer:<br /><br /><i>Nor is there any reason why the state should not assist the individuals in providing for those common hazards of life which, because of their uncertainty, few PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-57652390137681794232010-02-05T23:25:47.292-05:002010-02-05T23:25:47.292-05:00Hm. I'm not much of a Rand fan anymore, at lea...Hm. I'm not much of a Rand fan anymore, at least not compared to what I was as a teenager. But "workaholic seeking validation" is probably about right. (Looks at shoes.) I also propose an entry for Hayek, Mises and/ or Friedman as choices for "libertarians who used to like Rand, but want others to think they are sane and/or socially adept." <br /><br />George Eliot's Isabel Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338591033415985750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-8423488949104837322010-02-04T23:16:43.277-05:002010-02-04T23:16:43.277-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Stevehttp://tedfrank.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-65322154535078139952010-02-04T09:27:12.315-05:002010-02-04T09:27:12.315-05:00Yes, but I'm not entirely sure the same part o...Yes, but I'm not entirely sure the same part of my brain that likes monkeys like Pratchett. <br /><br />Oh Hell, who am I kidding?Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876827945692463786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-5217157346054780762010-02-04T02:32:44.629-05:002010-02-04T02:32:44.629-05:00I used to think this kind of thing was the height ...I used to think this kind of thing was the height of sophisticated wit once, but only because I had a crush on the English teacher :)Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-15496853221328925712010-02-03T19:09:33.970-05:002010-02-03T19:09:33.970-05:00I know, right? All the way to hilarious.I know, right? All the way to hilarious.Ben Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06887096661154495898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-81819072294150808252010-02-03T18:57:26.742-05:002010-02-03T18:57:26.742-05:00That goes beyond "not very amusing."That goes beyond "not very amusing."Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792206117772893217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-49430242554088942982010-02-03T18:41:43.049-05:002010-02-03T18:41:43.049-05:00Rare bilabiality humor!
However, you may not find...<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwnL1HG6wcQ" rel="nofollow">Rare bilabiality humor</a>!<br /><br />However, you may not find that very amusing, and I would be ok with that. But this list is such a <em>central case</em> of humor-related failure that it gets my dander up like nobody's business. I mean I really do not understand why or that people like it (while I think I do understand Ben Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06887096661154495898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-85449519036969874422010-02-03T18:25:21.077-05:002010-02-03T18:25:21.077-05:00BTW, Geoffrey, you do really like monkeys.BTW, Geoffrey, you do really like monkeys.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792206117772893217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-22223385260722424642010-02-03T18:24:35.505-05:002010-02-03T18:24:35.505-05:00Okay, Ben, link to something funny.Okay, Ben, link to something funny.Amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11792206117772893217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-62806268508684383372010-02-03T18:17:28.140-05:002010-02-03T18:17:28.140-05:00That the list is worse than kind of meh is an opin...That the list is worse than kind of meh is an opinion I have no choice but to express in as many venues as possible.Ben Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06887096661154495898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-66981098243036818282010-02-03T17:10:28.230-05:002010-02-03T17:10:28.230-05:00awesome. the stereotype for dostoevsky is "gu...awesome. the stereotype for dostoevsky is "guys i want to sleep with."David Ziemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963858481306419218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-42868948600181543982010-02-03T14:27:47.249-05:002010-02-03T14:27:47.249-05:00The fact that she would love to hang out with the ...The fact that she would love to hang out with the kind of person for whom Christopher Hitchens is a favorite author, indicates she's the kind of person I wouldn't want to hang out with. The Richard Dawkins is spot on, though.PGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09381347581328622706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-64386214066574787412010-02-03T11:00:19.813-05:002010-02-03T11:00:19.813-05:00Some of those were ok, but there's a sweet spo...Some of those were ok, but there's a sweet spot for these kinds of things between "too easy" and "too tenuous a connection"/"based on a small sample size and puzzling to everyone outside of the author's in-group." That's such a small target that I can't really fault the author for the list being kind of meh. That said, the list is kind of men.Geoffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876827945692463786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574772.post-419762894015163812010-02-03T10:33:35.408-05:002010-02-03T10:33:35.408-05:00I thought Salinger was the favorite author of the ...I thought Salinger was the favorite author of the guy who's only read one book ever, when a certain classic with a reputation for readability was assigned in high school English class.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.com