Thom Paine

Thom Paine started the topic The Big Pharma Lie Brought to You By Your Elected Representative in the forum General Discussion 2 months ago

One big lie brought to you by Big Pharma is that they have to have high prices to cover their research and development expenses. This lie isn’t often attacked by CNN, MSNBC or the NYT that get lots of their income from Big Pharma ads. But it is a lie. The hundreds of millions that the corp execs scrape off for themselves isn’t paying for R&D and…[Read more]
Thom Paine posted an update in the group Computers and Technology 2 months ago

I am looking at using a password manager. I understand how it works but want to know how it works. Sorry. I understand the concept but want to know what happens when I go to log into one of my accounts. Do I enter a user name and then the master password? How does the login get the real password from my p/w manager?
Thom Paine joined the group Computers and Technology 2 months ago
Thom Paine started the topic Yes Big Pharma is Run By the Heartless, Our Vitriol Should Be Aimed At Our Elected Officials in the forum General Discussion 2 months ago

Just how far will we allow Big Pharma go before we stand up to them? How many have to suffer and die to feed the greed of Big Pharma and the elected officials that are supposed to represent us. Why are so many ambivalent to these horror stories? Are Americans empathy-less? I believe that a good share of our population is in fact empathy-less, but…[Read more]
Thom Paine started the topic DNC Won’t Create Oversight Panel to Review the Millions It Spends in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

This is huge. The DNC is not transparent. They want to cover up their corruption.

We need to tell the state Dem Parties and candidates not to work with the DNC as they are neither democratic nor…[Read more]
Thom Paine replied to the topic WA to try the first “Public Option” health care system in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

Thanks for the info.

How can we put pressure on to get new committee chairs assigned for the health care committees?

It appears that Cascade Care (CC) is not a true public option as it will not have a government insurance (like Medicare) to compete with private insurance. Instead it will contract out with private insurers for coverage more…[Read more]
Thom Paine started the topic WA to try the first “Public Option” health care system in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

WA Dems rejected a bill to implement a single payer health care system but passed a law that Gov Inslee calls his “Public Option”.
The state also allotted $500,000 to “study” how to work towards a single payer system.
I have some questions.
Will Cascade Care (CC) only apply to those in WA that are not covered by employer coverage, Medicar…[Read more]
Thom Paine replied to the topic When is a Conspiracy Theory not a Conspiracy Theory? in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

I think this quote from the article is very telling:

“The evolution of public discourse in the year since is worthy of scholarly study: Possibilities became allegations, and these became probabilities. Then the probabilities turned into certainties, and these evolved into what are now taken to be established truths.” “This was accomplished via t…[Read more]
Thom Paine replied to the topic When is a Conspiracy Theory not a Conspiracy Theory? in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

The Dem Leadership lost the 2016 election IMO because of their gia-normous hubris. Clinton bought the DNC (actually rented it) and they thought they couldn’t lose. They didn’t need to pretend to support progressive issues, they had their “pied piper strategy” to help Trump because they knew they could defeat him. Their hubris lead them to sn…[Read more]
Thom Paine replied to the topic When is a Conspiracy Theory not a Conspiracy Theory? in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

I believe it’s still relevant.
Thom Paine replied to the topic IN REJECTING DNC LAWSUIT AGAINST WIKILEAKS, JUDGE STRONGLY DEFENDED FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF JOURNALISTS in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

So please tell me that the current SCOTUS will uphold this ruling.
Thom Paine started the topic When is a Conspiracy Theory not a Conspiracy Theory? in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

“There was no hack of the Democratic National Committee’s system on July 5 last year—not by the Russians, not by anyone else.”
So is the RussiaGate theory CT?
When Bush, Cheney, Gen Powell and the CIA said that Iraq had WMD and the NYT ran with it, it was considered by most of the media to be the truth and not CT. And when Michael Hastings,…[Read more]
Thom Paine replied to the topic The New Democrat (not Democratic) Coalition in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

I won’t argue that it’s possible to change the Dem Party leadership but I see no other choice. Personally, I believe we are toast. Capitalism end game ends with a dead goose.
Thom Paine replied to the topic The New Democrat (not Democratic) Coalition in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

Mr. New Democrat Derek Kilmer is from my Cong District. He supports the various trade agreements and I have pressured him as to what is the plan for those that will lose jobs here. He responded that the New Democrat Coal worked “hand in hand”, “Tongue in mouth” with their friends across the aisle and came up with a plan where employees would b…[Read more]
Thom Paine replied to the topic Estab Dems say we should work on converting Repubs and I say nonsense. in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

The Oligarchy will do anything to keep Sen Sanders out. They might let Sen Warren win and I think she, with the support of Sanders followers could defeat Trump. While I am not sold on Sen Warren I think she would try to get some progressive legislation passed which is better than Obama.
Thom Paine started the topic The New Democrat (not Democratic) Coalition in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

Kilmer and the New Democrat Coalition say that they support working across the aisle. This concerns me because how can anyone work with those that 100% back Trump’s craziness? That take children away from their parents, put them in cages and abuse them? Recently the New Democratic Coal. supported the Rebublicans and passed a massive funding bill…[Read more]
Thom Paine started the topic Estab Dems say we should work on converting Repubs and I say nonsense. in the forum General Discussion 3 months ago

I came in on the middle of an interview on NPR about what the Dems need to do to defeat Trump. Of course “unity” was the key word but never any explanation of what exactly “unity” specifically means. Then the person being interviewed explained how we needed to win over the Republicans to our side and I immediately knew what was happening. Sure…[Read more]
Thom Paine replied to the topic San Francisco school board votes to destroy controversial Washington High mural – PC gone bad? in the forum General Discussion 4 months ago

Now that you mention it, I am going to start a “go fund me” page to collect enough to paint-over Picasso’s Guernica. That painting is very traumatizing.
Thom Paine replied to the topic San Francisco school board votes to destroy controversial Washington High mural – PC gone bad? in the forum General Discussion 4 months ago

I completely agree with your post. Who does the school board think they are protecting by destroying this art? It doesn’t make sense to say that they are trying to protect the feeling of Native Americans and African Americans to show how they were treated. That’s like saying they don’t allow any books about the holocaust in the school be…[Read more]
Thom Paine started the topic San Francisco school board votes to destroy controversial Washington High mural – PC gone bad? in the forum General Discussion 4 months ago

“The San Francisco school board voted Tuesday to destroy a controversial school mural featuring slaves and a dead Native American, saying the removal equates to necessary reparations for historic wrongs.”

PC is always a hot button topic. I want to know who is being protected by destroying this piece of…[Read more]
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