Comments by "Stephen Villano" (@spvillano) on "MSNBC"
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@davidreed3357 yeah, insurance companies really profit big by paying for immense claims.
In Trump math.
The insurance companies will do what insurance companies do - do their level best to avoid the loss of paying out a claim, tying things up in court for a generation - literally.
The big bucks will go where they always go, the lawyers involved.
My wife asked me after jury duty once, "So, who won the case you were on?". I replied, "The lawyers".
They made their fees, properly so, either way. In one trial, we decided for the plaintiff in a symbolic action where the widow received a token amount for her husband's loss (heavy smoker that had advanced emphysema and asbestos related complications on top of that, the case revolving around an asbestos claim), which was calculated to be around 10% of the attorney fees involved in the defense. After the case was closed, the judge asked for volunteers to remain to discuss our decision in an unofficial, information panel discussion. We explained the reasoning for the award amount, preventing a deadlocked jury and one defense attorney laughed aloud and exclaimed, "You got that right!" in regards to the percentage and fees.
The lawyers won, as they inevitably do.
Insurance is a form of gambling. You're betting the insured event will occur, the insurance company is betting that it won't. When faced with a claim, the company will do what is required by statute and try to limit or eliminate a payout due to responsibilities that are codified in law requiring they look out for stockholder interests. That's the law and how it works out. It ain't pretty, but then making sausage ain't pretty, but many of us enjoy eating it.
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Unfortunately for some's sensitivities, no matter how rightful their concerns, it is not the place of the IC to determine suitability and fitness for office. Our military and IC does not have the civilian populace under their command, the converse is true.
Fitness for office is a political decision and out of the purview of the IC entirely, rightfully so. Just as, when he was the CIC, it wasn't up to the IC or military whether or not to regularly replace his biscuit and codes, he received them regardless, as he was their commander, not the converse.
Concerns are present, they were raised, that's the end of their duties. Going beyond that, such as going to the press is a violation of the Hatch Act.
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@MadFox-jr6by I know that words are complicated things, just barely within the mental grasp of most conservatives, but climate is long term, weather is extremely short term.
Oddly, conservatives here in Harrisburg, PA know that quite intimately, as here, if you don't like the weather, one just waits for ten minutes and it'll change. Climate, that changes somewhat slowly.
As a kid, I'd have been able to skate on the Susquehanna River, haven't seen that frozen over in decades. But, that's because ice now freezes at lower temperatures or ice is illegal now or something equally insane, right? Snows aren't deep enough to have a proper snowball fight, whereas as a kid, we had pitched snowball battles. Totally normal, right? Droughts are normal, continental dustbowls are what God intended, right?
Folks, this is why we have lead paint abatement programs, to avoid kids getting brain damage!
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