The Political Satire/Meme Thread

[UKMikey]

 

[Liquid]

Sounds like American "healthcare" alright.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[Joey D]

Behavioral assessments are way more than just crying. It's a series of questions about different thoughts and feelings you're having and then the score goes into a algorithm. It also involves looking at non verbal cues from the patient as well. I've built them out before and they're pretty involved.

If it was a full assessment it would be a whole series of tests. I had to do it after having long COVID for months and it was about 3 hours.

 

[UKMikey]

Sounds like the patient either lied to her big sister about what it involved or the hospital didn't keep her informed about what was happening if she came away with that impression then. Perhaps she was too distraught to understand what exactly she was being charged for.

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[Darla Starch]

 

[Liquid]

From the archives:

 

[Touring Mars]

Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’

Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detained

www.theguardian.com

A man has been arrested in London for wearing a 'Plasticine Action' T-shirt, after he arrived at a protest against the banning of Palestinian Action.

For reference, the plasticine figure in the picture is Morph, a character created by Oscar-winning stop motion animator Nick Park (of Aardman Animations).

 

[TexRex]

Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’

Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detained

www.theguardian.com

A man has been arrested in London for wearing a 'Plasticine Action' T-shirt, after he arrived at a protest against the banning of Palestinian Action.

For reference, the plasticine figure in the picture is Morph, a character created by Oscar-winning stop motion animator Nick Park (of Aardman Animations).

It's a bad law. It's also a stupid law and it seems like his aim was to highlight that. Good for him.

 

[GBO Possum]

Protester arrested over ‘Plasticine Action’ T-shirt: ‘How ridiculous is this?’

Miles Pickering says crowd at protest over Palestine Action ban was laughing at ‘silliness’ of scene as he was detained

www.theguardian.com

A man has been arrested in London for wearing a 'Plasticine Action' T-shirt, after he arrived at a protest against the banning of Palestinian Action.

For reference, the plasticine figure in the picture is Morph, a character created by Oscar-winning stop motion animator Nick Park (of Aardman Animations).

 

[Darla Starch]

Gavin "wtf when did he grow a spine" Newsom's latest trolling

Donny and Friends response:

 

[Dennisch]

 

[UKMikey]

You can't argue with stupid.

 

[UKMikey]

 

[Liquid]

I know at least one place that hires 80-year old Alzheimer patients with assisted living - the White House.

 

[Danoff]

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Ugh... I hate to be the one to do this.

Kelly is the one who is right. Medicaid is "aid" for poor people. Medicare is "care" for old people.

The easy way to remember this is that right wingers don't care about poor people, they care about old people. Old people are entitled to care, whereas poor people need aid. At least that's the way the naming comes across to me.

 

[TheCracker]

70% of those on Medicaid are already working full time. But still require 'aid' due to low wages. Perhaps minimum wages need to rise if people are going to start getting kicked off these benefits?

Unless i'm reading the stats wrong.

 

[Danoff]

70% of those on Medicaid are already working full time. But still require 'aid' due to low wages. Perhaps minimum wages need to rise if people are going to start getting kicked off these benefits?

Unless i'm reading the stats wrong.

Sure. But try to put yourself in the shoes of a complete jerk for a moment. If people are working full time and still need help, they're doing it wrong and are dumb and should be blamed for their own poverty. They should just stop being poor. Get a job poor people!

The comeback about an 80 year old is misplaced though. That's medicare, which isn't what she was taking stupid pot shots at.

 

[eran0004]

Ugh... I hate to be the one to do this.

Kelly is the one who is right. Medicaid is "aid" for poor people. Medicare is "care" for old people.

Seniors can have both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicaid covers some expenses that Medicare doesn't.

Seniors & Medicare and Medicaid Enrollees | Medicaid

Medicaid provides health coverage to 7.2 million low-income seniors who are also enrolled in Medicare. Medicaid also provides coverage to 4.8 million people with disabilities who are enrolled in Medicare. In total, 12 million people are "dually eligible" and enrolled in both Medicaid and...

www.medicaid.gov

 

[TheCracker]

Sure. But try to put yourself in the shoes of a complete jerk for a moment. If people are working full time and still need help, they're doing it wrong and are dumb and should be blamed for their own poverty. They should just stop being poor. Get a job poor people!

Weel indeed. I hope they're prepared to cook their own post-church Sunday treats since all the hospitality staff are going to have to find work as brain surgeons and hedge fund managers.

 

[Danoff]

Seniors can have both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicaid covers some expenses that Medicare doesn't.

Seniors & Medicare and Medicaid Enrollees | Medicaid

Medicaid provides health coverage to 7.2 million low-income seniors who are also enrolled in Medicare. Medicaid also provides coverage to 4.8 million people with disabilities who are enrolled in Medicare. In total, 12 million people are "dually eligible" and enrolled in both Medicaid and...

www.medicaid.gov

Fair point, I didn't know that. Also that's incredibly stupid, and of course we do something mind boggling like that.

She's still right though, because those people aren't losing health insurance. And she explicitly calls out "who will lose health insurance". Now, you could argue that "lose health insurance" means "lose SOME health insurance BENEFITS", but I don't think that's a fair reading of her statement.

Bottom line:

Old people still have medicare, they're not losing their health insurance. If you're old and poor, ew.
If you're on medicaid and are losing your insurance, right wingers have an answer for that - stop being poor.

Weel indeed. I hope they're prepared to cook their own post-church Sunday treats since all the hospitality staff are going to have to find work as brain surgeons and hedge fund managers.

Not only are they not prepared for that, they'll throw a fit if the price goes up $1. Politicians will show up at stores and talk about products being a fraction more expensive, people will get irate, something has got to give! Let's deport everyone that was underpaid and helping us keep the prices down.

 

[UKMikey]

‘Trump Announces New Commemorative Months‘, Guerrilla Girls, 2016 | Tate

‘Trump Announces New Commemorative Months‘, Guerrilla Girls, 2016 on display at Tate Modern.

www.tate.org.uk

 

[05XR8]

 

[Jezza819]

LANGUAGE WARNING

 

[TexRex]

When you can't decide if you want to be seen.

 

[TexRex]

 

[Danoff]

Karl Marx gets a Labubu on his grave (for the uninitiated, Lububus are a super hot doll making people tons of money right now).

Apparently some genius wrote "Labubourgeoisie" in the comments.

 

[Liquid]

You have to pay to visit Karl Marx's tomb. Irony?

 

[TexRex]

[laughing, wheezing, gasping]