Raping and killing innocent civilians is an abhorrent crime. So we both agree that what Israel has done in Gaza (40,000 killed) and the systemic rape of Palestinian prisoners is abhorrent as well? What say you, Ben?
Whether your Al Jazeera source is true or not, Doreen was the one who suggested rape and murder is a justifiable means of resistance. What don’t you go ask her?
(alternate account for oh_sigh here, apparently posting 3 times 90 minutes ago means I can't post anymore today)
Yes, they had intel about the attack method, but not the dates, or even if it was real or aspirational.
This goes to my question about the person break into your home... What changes or adjustments could Israel have taken based on the intel? Like I said, maybe they could just place a bunch of battalions along the entire border, but then maybe Hamas would just lay low until they were gone.
No wonder, I recently installed the latest sonoma beta and couldn't for the life of me get Mullvad to work. Glad to hear Mullvad is working on a workaround. I even considered downgrading back to Ventura this morning. I feel validated!
Went to look at tailscale vpn and didn't realize it was a service entirely contained within tailscale, so I can't use my existing Mullvad account or credit tailscale with my already-purchased Mullvad credits :(
I don't think the service is so much "tailscale for mullvad users" but the other way around, it's intended for existing tailscale users to get an "exit node" of sorts in their tailscale network without having to set it up themselves.
Tailscale's business model has never been anonymity, last I used them they even required either a Google or O365 account to even use the service.
You might want to look into Headscale[1] instead, it's a server-side implementation of Tailscale that you can self-host. It comes with its own drawbacks but from what I've seen it's worth it if you want more control over the network.
I have seen a case where they substituted the credits on Mullvad to the add-on for Tailscale, but this might not be a regular thing.
Although, it is also still in Beta and issues have been reported/known, so similarly if you look for a stable solution it might be best to hold out for now.
perhaps we should sidestep the problem of profitability in healthcare entirely and create a non-profit healthcare system? which even the most free-market loving enthusiast should be in agreement with -- inelastic demand and all
The gigantic UPMC is a non profit. Actually a TON of hospitals are non profits - every religious founded hospital is a non profit (Maimonides Medical Center, or every Mercy Hospital (Wikipedia counts 33 of them)).
Non-profit insurance companies also exist. It still helps nothing.
Are you hoping for non-profit drug and equipment makers as well? How far do you need this "non-profit" thing to go before you acknowledge it doesn't help at all?
The NHS is non-profit. That's a healthcare system, not just a hospital or insurance company. I repeat that he said "system" and you continue to talk about things that are not a healthcare system.
I can acknowledge that it not just helps but that it is far more functional than the US system I've had to suffer through for many years. In addition to years of experience with the US and NHS, I also have many years of experience with Italian national healthcare which is also non-profit and better than the US system.
The US system is better for some diseases but only if you are rich. And an absolute failure if you aren't employed. Even if you can manage to stay employed with a serious illness you better have a healthy family member with a lot of energy who can fight the insurance company that really doesn't want the cost and burden of you and will make that clear in every action.
How far do you need this "for profit" thing to go before you acknowledge its very serious flaws and inadequacies?
NHS is not a combo of "hospitals, doctors, and insurance". It does not involve insurance at all. It is a comprehensive and integrated healthcare system that runs as a whole.
I'm writing this from the UK where I use the NHS. I've also used the US system extensively and the Italian healthcare system extensively.
You need to get basic facts right if you want to be a part of the debate.
If this is aimed at free-market living enthusiasts, I believe the response from them would be that the market is currently not stopping anyone from opening non-profit healthcare providers today.
Suppliers lobby to limit the amount of housing being built. Suppliers build luxury apartment buildings which are out of reach for lower-income residents, further limiting supply in the lower band of the housing market. Surely the suppliers share a large part of the blame here.
> Suppliers lobby to limit the amount of housing being built.
If "suppliers" means "existing homeowners and landlords", then sure.
If "suppliers" means "developers building new real estate", then your assertion is blatantly false. Developers have a financial incentive to build and sell as many units as possible. And in practice they are lobbying to build as much as possible, but are running into problems:
* environmental reviews a.k.a. bored busybodies' legal right to oppose anything being built anywhere and delay your project for years
* regulations limiting how many units can be built on a given lot (height limits, parking minimums, zones prohibiting multifamily buildings)
* regulations making construction unnecessarily expensive (e.g. NYC regulations making it prohibitively expensive for most projects to operate a construction crane)
* racist local politicians who fight tooth and nail against any new units in their neighborhood because then people with the wrong skin color might move in (this applies to local politicians of all skin colors; e.g. see https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2022/03/03/har...).
Really telling when a person equates low wage with providing no value in society. So much for "essential workers" being forced to work in-person during the pandemic
Funny thing is with these "free speech" advocates, allowing hate speech (antisemitism, racism, sexism, etc.) on your platform is anything but politically neutral. It's obviously capitulating to hateful groups like white supremacists/neonazis.
Then radical left speech shouldn't be allowed either, but many Mastodon instances allow communists (like, they literally call themselves communist) without any issue.
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