All-purpose news and politics thread: Two Steps Beyond!

[heretic]

This is why we can't have nice things. People using their religion to deny the rights of others.
Yet somehow being an Atheist is bad?
Americani Christiantalibani.

Why is it that the people who rail the loudest against 'Creeping Sharia' act like the Straw!Muslims they panic about?

[heretic]

But the problem with that from my perspective as a Christian is that the Republican Party is not remotely Christian at all. Sure, you could make an argument about being pro-life and all that, but nothing else even f**king remotely lines up with Christ's ideals or what he taught.

The bolded also describes the beliefs of far too many nominal/political "Christians".

[heretic]

ICE targeted a man for speaking out against his girlfriend being arrested, hunting him down for speaking out from a newspaper story.

Gee, this smells more and more like a police state.

"But they's furrners! It don't count!"

"First, they came for the communists...."

[heretic]

GOP senator: No tax cuts for working people because they blow them on “booze or women”

"Unlike the supposed investor class, they blow such on expensive liquors and high class escorts. There is a difference!"

[Darkspellmaster]

Yeah, but beautiful and talented people win competitions like that, and Trump is neither of those things.

Not always. There were times when some singers won and they didn't have looks or talent, but because, and in most cases they were guys, they had a "charm" that a lot of people melted over. In most cases they had the whole country pop vibe going. Or look at high school councils. Usually the kids that promise bullsh** get the vote, because they either come off as the most popular, pay for votes in some way, or people just don't care who wins student council president. I think a lot of people see the president as such.

[TheInvisibleMan]

CVS is looking to purchase Aetna for $6 Billion

[Darkspellmaster]

"Unlike the supposed investor class, they blow such on expensive liquors and high class escorts. There is a difference!"

Have to wonder how many of those so called investors have a mistress or two up their sleeves.

[Darkspellmaster]

CVS is looking to purchase Aetna for $6 Billion

No, hell no. Bad enough with Amazon trying to buy walgreens, but this is BS.

[TheInvisibleMan]

Looks to be almost a done deal

http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/03/inve...ger/index.html

If approved, the $69 billion acquisition -- $77 billion including debt -- would drastically remap the health care industry. CVS Health (CVS)is a massive drugstore chain and prescription drug insurer, while Aetna (AET) is one of the nation's largest health insurers.

It would also go down as the largest health insurance deal in history, far exceeding Express Scripts (ESRX)' $29 billion acquisition of Medco in 2012, the last record-holder.
The acquisition is not a done deal. It will have to be approved by antitrust regulators, who have been skeptical of similar health care mergers.

[Kevinroc]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/u...?smid=tw-share

There's one quote in particular that stands out in this article.

“I don’t think the Lord Jesus could win as a Democrat in Alabama"

[numberthirty]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/u...?smid=tw-share

There's one quote in particular that stands out in this article.

“I don’t think the Lord Jesus could win as a Democrat in Alabama"

Someone should let them know that Jesus would probably be running to the left of The Democratic Party.

[Tendrin]

Someone should let them know that Jesus would probably be running to the left of The Democratic Party.

Don't think that'd matter either.

[TheInvisibleMan]

we are falling woefully behind on cybersecurity

[Mister Mets]

Orrin Hatch said this about CHIP during the Tax debate:

He seemed to be referring to his overall political philosophy rather than CHIP in that portion of the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=M_GoY7liUf8

He says earlier that CHIP has done a great job for those who needed the help (0:57 in) and says later that it's a good program that's going to go through.

https://www.vox.com/2017/12/3/167304...-chip-tax-bill

Anyone suggesting otherwise seemed to be careless, or willfully misinterpreting what he said, a poor source of political information.

[numberthirty]

we are falling woefully behind on cybersecurity

That's a whole other angle...

What happened to that "Great" cyber security Trump was going to get someone to come up with?