Re: Foxes in the Henhouse
 

If all that happened was coordinating on leaks, maybe they can have Stone or Manafort be the fall guy.

But the biggest allegation in the dossier is that Putin offered Trump a stake in Rosneft in exchange for lifting sanctions. There's no fall guy for that, if true.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

Civility's overrated. - Hitchens, 2008

Everything's funny. - Carlin

Let's get ice cream. - Kaufman

Re: Foxes in the Henhouse
 

If Trump took that deal he deserves to be jailed on the simple proposition no being that stupid should be seen outside a zoo.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

We didn't you imbecile.

But I would point out the tax change that Hank is upset by is the main component of the ACA bill that is a sop to folks with an approach that I think you have advocated: letting individual consumers bear the full costs of care and counting on them to then negotiate a better deal. Now, it only exposes the high-end plans to that rule, assuming that if it works those are the people with the most negotiating leverage able to fend for themselves.

You can argue with Hank over its pros and cons, but the fact is, even with a substantial number of Dems willing to ride on this one, the Republicans can't muster the votes to take that tax subsidy out of the system.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

That's not what Carlyle says.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

Focus on small bills, single points, little fixes.

Everyone wants to go big on healthcare, but there is a lot that can be done by fiddling around the edges and making little changes, and that's likely the only way to do anything positive in healthcare for the next couple years.

That said, if Bernie can get any traction with his Medicare for all approach, he'll be hailed as a genius. He doesn't have a great history of finding folks across the aisle to work with him, but maybe with his newfound clout...

Re: Foxes in the Henhouse
 

The man is not bright.

Re: Foxes in the Henhouse
 

The FBI knows how to flip infantry to get them to turn on the officers. BTW, CNN reported this weekend that Flynn is cooperating with the FBI.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

Why do you think it's exploding?

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

It's exploding and imploding at the same time.

Re: Foxes in the Henhouse
 

The source for that was an interview with Juliette Kayyem, who walked it back afterwards. Still speculative - she isn't alone in speculating, but still speculative.

Of course, if there were a lefty equivalent of Fox, we'd be ignoring the walk-back and be demanding the immediate impeachment of Trump based on the information Flynn would be about to reveal.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

Too many insurers are leaving. Here's one of a thousand articles: http://money.cnn.com/2017/03/24/inve...-act-insurers/

Also, Trump's going to simply let it languish. I could cite a thousand more articles about why doing nothing is worse than repealing and replacing.

The law was designed like a commercial loan. Needed to be extended or taken out with different financing. Nobody assumed a lender demanding the balloon, with no refi options available.

Re: Blood from a stone
 

If the infantry has nothing to trade, those agents might as well flip flapjacks.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

From a Republican perspective, that has all of the advantages of opening yourself up to primary attacks from the right, while also not accomplishing anything big.

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

It's obviously not perfect, but it's not exploding. See this, for example:

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/27/521441...loding-its-not

I'm sure you can cite lots of article. There is a whole press-like industry built up to satisfy the need that conservatives have to believe and hear what you're saying.