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The hazard with not paying is that many healthcare providers don't negotiate: they just sell your unpaid bill to a debt collector, who has the necessary legal tools and expertise to inflict legal costs, garnish wages, and ultimately drive you into bankruptcy.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The hazard with not paying is that many healthcare providers don't negotiate: they just sell your unpaid bill to a debt collector, who has the necessary legal tools and expertise to inflict legal costs, garnish wages, and ultimately drive you into bankruptcy.
Recommend extra SPF for you.
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Recommend extra SPF for you.
The technical term for this behavior is "price discrimination." Sometimes it is illegal, Where the price depends on the seller's estimate of the buyer's willingness and ability to pay. This becomes more feasible with "asymmetric information," where one party has information that the other lacks.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The technical term for this behavior is "price discrimination." Sometimes it is illegal, Where the price depends on the seller's estimate of the buyer's willingness and ability to pay. This becomes more feasible with "asymmetric information," where one party has information that the other lacks.
Anyway, "white" is largely inaccurate. Those of us fortunate enough to have well functioning lungs and heart are usually more pink.
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Anyway, "white" is largely inaccurate. Those of us fortunate enough to have well functioning lungs and heart are usually more pink.
This rocket scientist doesn't understand that the British, French, and Dutch liquidated their empires, not because their governments or publics wished, but because the cost of maintaining their empires became prohibitive, both in blood and treasure. Then think of Iraq, Afghanistan, & Vietnam....
December 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This rocket scientist doesn't understand that the British, French, and Dutch liquidated their empires, not because their governments or publics wished, but because the cost of maintaining their empires became prohibitive, both in blood and treasure. Then think of Iraq, Afghanistan, & Vietnam....
An alternative explanation posted by another commenter is that it is a reusable interceptor drone intended for use over friendly territory. it parachutes to the ground, either in the event of a communications failure or if it doesn't find a target.
December 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
An alternative explanation posted by another commenter is that it is a reusable interceptor drone intended for use over friendly territory. it parachutes to the ground, either in the event of a communications failure or if it doesn't find a target.
I think Mr. Brennan meant "letter of the law..." The "spirit" and "intent' of the law are more-or-less the same thing.
December 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I think Mr. Brennan meant "letter of the law..." The "spirit" and "intent' of the law are more-or-less the same thing.
The parachute suggests (to me) a perhaps experimental device intended to float to the ground in the event of communications failure--without damaging either the drone or people on the ground.
December 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The parachute suggests (to me) a perhaps experimental device intended to float to the ground in the event of communications failure--without damaging either the drone or people on the ground.
Sulfur, if not removed from natural gas, causes corrosion (and foul odors) on every system in which it is transported and used. Natural gas liquids, if not removed, may condense back into liquids much farther down the pipeline system and erratic system behavior.
December 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sulfur, if not removed from natural gas, causes corrosion (and foul odors) on every system in which it is transported and used. Natural gas liquids, if not removed, may condense back into liquids much farther down the pipeline system and erratic system behavior.
Sulfur is probably an incidental by-product of the gas processing plant. I know nothing about this specific facility, but the main function of a gas processing plant is to separate methane (natural gas) from more valuable light liquids (ethane, propane, butane, pentane) for separate sale.
December 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sulfur is probably an incidental by-product of the gas processing plant. I know nothing about this specific facility, but the main function of a gas processing plant is to separate methane (natural gas) from more valuable light liquids (ethane, propane, butane, pentane) for separate sale.
What ever the policy is about, it is not actually about oil. That is just another layer of deception or delusion, take your pick. Since 2020 or so, the U.S. has become a large-scale net exporter of crude oil and petroleum products, and Venezuela's role in U.S. oil markets has become negligible.
December 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
What ever the policy is about, it is not actually about oil. That is just another layer of deception or delusion, take your pick. Since 2020 or so, the U.S. has become a large-scale net exporter of crude oil and petroleum products, and Venezuela's role in U.S. oil markets has become negligible.
The Nicaraguan operation had four aircraft: two C-123s (54-0663 and 54-0679) and two DHC-4 Caribou (C-GVGX and C-GJLP). 54-0663 was shot down, while 54-0679 was abandoned in El Salvador and later converted into a Costa Rican restaurant. The two DHC-4s disappeared. Any idea of their fate?
December 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
The Nicaraguan operation had four aircraft: two C-123s (54-0663 and 54-0679) and two DHC-4 Caribou (C-GVGX and C-GJLP). 54-0663 was shot down, while 54-0679 was abandoned in El Salvador and later converted into a Costa Rican restaurant. The two DHC-4s disappeared. Any idea of their fate?
That also falls under the outcome of "health outcomes will be worse," since people will die from lack of treatment.
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
That also falls under the outcome of "health outcomes will be worse," since people will die from lack of treatment.
Here are the documents. As expected, all of these documents have been in the public domain for decades, and are well known to researchers. For those interested in the fate of Amelia Earhart, I recommend Ric Gillespie's book, "Finding Amelia."
www.archives.gov/research/ame...
www.archives.gov/research/ame...
Records Related to Amelia Earhart
On September 26, 2025, President Donald J. Trump directed “government records related to Amelia Earhart, her final trip, and everything else about her" be declassified and released. This website will ...
www.archives.gov
November 17, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Here are the documents. As expected, all of these documents have been in the public domain for decades, and are well known to researchers. For those interested in the fate of Amelia Earhart, I recommend Ric Gillespie's book, "Finding Amelia."
www.archives.gov/research/ame...
www.archives.gov/research/ame...
I fear you may be right. But then people will be thrown out of hospitals to die on the street. I am hoping that the prospect of this happening will be sufficient to deter Congress. But who knows these days?
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I fear you may be right. But then people will be thrown out of hospitals to die on the street. I am hoping that the prospect of this happening will be sufficient to deter Congress. But who knows these days?
Since the emergency room patients can't pay, and hospitals must treat, they will pass costs back through yet higher charges, leading to further shrinkage of private health insurance coverage. Costs to society will be much higher, and health outcomes much worse.
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Since the emergency room patients can't pay, and hospitals must treat, they will pass costs back through yet higher charges, leading to further shrinkage of private health insurance coverage. Costs to society will be much higher, and health outcomes much worse.
The middleman is taking a risk and taking a cut, and there may well have been some delay in the transaction. The Russians probably received somewhat less income from the cargos than before the sanctions.
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The middleman is taking a risk and taking a cut, and there may well have been some delay in the transaction. The Russians probably received somewhat less income from the cargos than before the sanctions.
Good grief. What could possibly go wrong?
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good grief. What could possibly go wrong?
One way to make cheaper gasoline is to reduce the octane rating, or go back to using tetraethyl lead in lieu of aromatics or alcohols. Straight run naphtha is maybe 73 octane.
October 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
One way to make cheaper gasoline is to reduce the octane rating, or go back to using tetraethyl lead in lieu of aromatics or alcohols. Straight run naphtha is maybe 73 octane.