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re: I have some questions about the military action taken against Venezuela
Posted by DRMPHD on 1/3/26 at 8:24 am to EphesianArmor
You’re not going to get any argument from me on Chinese influence in the US. I agree that we have been too naive about Chinese students in our universities and elsewhere. Keeping china out of Venezuela is still a positive development.
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re: I have some questions about the military action taken against Venezuela
Posted by DRMPHD on 1/3/26 at 7:56 am to TulsaSooner78
The real positive to me as I’ve thought about Venezuela recently is that toppling that government sets back China’s plans to increase its influence in the western hemisphere. China has announced that causing the US to defend its interests in the west is part of its plan to take over Taiwan. Venezuela’s largest oil buyer is China. Moving Venezuela into the US orbit hurts china.
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Arnold may have actually been Washington’s best general.
Nope. That's Nathaniel Greene.
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What you’re basically saying is I don’t want it to be better than mediocre.
At this point, LSU is mediocre and sinking fast. For LSUNO to achieve mediocrity is probably too much to ask!!
I agree on the lack of competition, but I think it arises from the very particular structure of US health care. Because of insurance, few people actually pay the full price, or are even aware of the full price, for health care and pharmaceuticals. As a result, they have no incentive to shop around. Indeed, in many cases, the copayment is the same for the patient, regardless of whether they go to Doctor A or Doctor B (as long as both are in network). So, nobody shops on the basis of price and medical providers have no incentive to compete on the basis of price, but instead, they compete on non-price aspects of care--better offices, better food or rooms in hospitals, which further drives up costs and prices. There needs to be a way to motivate patients to care about price and shop based on price. That would help competition and drive down costs.
Do the drug users have no responsibility here? Its not like the cartels came into America and forced deadly illegal drugs on them. This is very different from,, say Hamas crossing the border and attacking innocent Israelis. I'm all for putting pressure on Maduro and forcing him out through economic means or helping the Venezuelan opposition. I'm all for helping any legitimate efforts by foreign governments to rein in the cartels and their violence and political influence in those countries. I'm not for putting US troops in harm's way because some addicts could not resist poisoning themselves with illegal drugs. We need our military to be laser focused on bigger threats to the country--i.e., China. This Venezuela stuff is a dangerous distraction.
re: What shotgun shells for pigs?
Posted by DRMPHD on 10/7/25 at 5:57 pm to Carlos the Tiger
Bait, a .270 and tannerite.
Nuss always had a tendency to throw off his back foot at times, often even when he has time and space to step into throws. It's one of the things I never liked about him. And his failure to fix these poor mechanics by this point in his career does not bode well for any future NFL aspirations.
re: What’s your favorite television series of all time?
Posted by DRMPHD on 9/30/25 at 12:59 pm to Allthatfades
Magnum PI (the original, not the reboot)
House
The Mentalist
Arrested Development
Seinfeld
House
The Mentalist
Arrested Development
Seinfeld
re: If Nuss is injured why would he play vs SLU?
Posted by DRMPHD on 9/29/25 at 4:20 pm to lsupride87
Maybe he's injured. Maybe he's not. Even if he is, an injury does not explain bad decision making and poor mechanics (repeatedly throwing off his back foot) that have been evident throughout his time at LSU. I am honestly ready to move on to Van Buren. At least his ability to scramble can help with our pathetic OL.
Disney caved to pressure from the left. Never watched Kimmel. Don't care. Kimmel will be gone again soon anyway. The economics of late night TV are bad. Networks don't make money on them That's why Colbert is gone (in addition to just being a deranged leftist and just plain not funny).
Another Skenes is Really Good Article
Posted by DRMPHD on 9/19/25 at 2:20 pm
Interesting article on how Skenes' physical talents and his preparation and work ethic make him so good.
Yahoo Sports
Yahoo Sports
re: Dean and Department head both removed at Texas A&M for teaching Trans studies
Posted by DRMPHD on 9/9/25 at 9:46 am to the808bass
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Doesn’t look like they’re fired. They just lost their extra two months of salary for administrative duties, probs.
The dean and the department head are almost certainly tenured, so they can easily be removed from their administrative duties, but firing a tenured professor is more difficult. Not saying they shouldn't be fired, just that it would be more difficult than removing them from administrative duties now and pursuing the process of removing tenure and firing them.
re: JD Vance from the top rope…
Posted by DRMPHD on 9/6/25 at 4:07 pm to Darth_Vader
Screw that! Complete waste of military resources. I’m not on board with risking my kid who’s in the navy to make it harder for some drug addicted loser to kill themselves with an overdose!!
re: *US conducted strike against drug vessel from Venezuela
Posted by DRMPHD on 9/2/25 at 4:09 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
You know Hitler actually declared war on us after Pearl Harbor, not the other way around?
USS New Orleans On Fire
Posted by DRMPHD on 8/20/25 at 12:26 pm
Skenes Really is Different!
Posted by DRMPHD on 8/19/25 at 10:00 am
MLB.com: Skenes Uses Realtime metrics to decide pitches
So, Skenes uses realtime pitch metrics displayed on the stadium scoreboard to get feedback on which pitches are working. All that physical talent and still using every tool to get an edge. Guy is just different!
So, Skenes uses realtime pitch metrics displayed on the stadium scoreboard to get feedback on which pitches are working. All that physical talent and still using every tool to get an edge. Guy is just different!
Phil Gramm-The Myth of American Inequality
I highly recommend this book by Phil Gramm and some other economists on flaws in the way the Census Bureau measures incomes and its impact on measures of inequality. Adjusting for those flaws, they conclude that income inequality in the U.S. is at a post-WW2 low. (ie, because of government transfers, income inequality has decreased, not increased).
I highly recommend this book by Phil Gramm and some other economists on flaws in the way the Census Bureau measures incomes and its impact on measures of inequality. Adjusting for those flaws, they conclude that income inequality in the U.S. is at a post-WW2 low. (ie, because of government transfers, income inequality has decreased, not increased).
re: English Assignment regarding wealth disparity
Posted by DRMPHD on 8/15/25 at 1:43 pm to SallysHuman
Heck, the question isn't even internally consistent. "The number of millionaires and billionaires is growing"? Obviously a good thing, and if true, may result in wealth being more evenly distributed (i.e, less concentrated in the hands of a relative few people).
re: Dude causes chaos in Bass Pro
Posted by DRMPHD on 8/10/25 at 1:18 pm to Jim bean xxx
Not funny. Stupid and dangerous!
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