Comments by "Xyz Same" (@xyzsame4081) on "NowThis Impact" channel.

  1.  @healthyamerican  Is that you Aipac ?
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  2. UK comedian: Rudy shushed her at some point. He is a patient man, but he will not be outcrazied.
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  3. They do not get overtime paid ;) - and it can be for a noble stance. Sanders in 2010 the Bush era tax cuts. Remember this was during the Great Financial Crisis.
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  4. 3:00 "I could cite you for driving" No he can't, doctor drove in a normal manner. Doctor called his bluff: "I will make no deals, go ahead and cite me." Cop: "I will not cite you because I do not want you to take that as contempt of cop." - Oh no, cop had no legal base, and there is evidence to the contrary, and he knew that doctors is going to fight that citation, and he will win. Dude tried to hide, and he wasn't writing a report. But even if, the doctor likely would not have minded (despite it being private property) if he had not annoyed the doctor and hindered him unloading his car, and going ballistic on him. "Can I stay here, I have a report to write, I'll move the car, so you are not hindered ?" Doctor for sure would not have minded. But of course then the cop can't hang out there all night. Or use that parking spot on a regular base for playing video games or whatever he waned to do.
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  5. The comment of the day !
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  6.  libra8a  there was the video of a man in the UK swinging around a machete. It lasted 15 minutes a group of coups (5 - 6) surrounded him, if he "lunged"at them, they retreated, then they advanced again. it was outside they hid behind garbage cans sometimes when he was more erratic, or showed he felt threatened by police. (Neighbours had been told to stay inside, one filmed from the first floor). Dude was likely in a psychotic state. his lunges were not very purposeful. U.S. police would have shot him. U.S. police HAS shot people like him in the past. U.K. police talked to him, wore him out, when he was not attentive they hopped at thim and brought him to the ground (not sure if the had laid down the machete or not). I think they stopped manhandling him the moment he was secured (on the ground, handcuffed). Then he was taken away - I assume to get medical treatment. There is a good chance that man had mental illness. (that or drugs). Sure it took 5 - 6 officers to solve the situation. But on the other hand they saved time on the police reports, the press conferences, .... No one got hurt.
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  7. Tories have defunded the NHS for the last 10 years. the U.S. spent 10,260 USD per person in 2017 (all ages, healthy or not, with or w/o insurance or adequate care). Most wealthy nations spend 49 - 54 % of that, only a few outliers. Like Germany with 56 %. Or the U.K. with only 42 %. Of course most of that spending is done via the NHS. The private insurance / doctor visits that are meanwhile more common / necessary drive the "national per capita healthcare spending" up. If the NHS would be properly funded they could provide better services and the non-profits are always more cost efficients than the for-profits when it comes to healthcare (globally - because "free market" and "competition" does not work for healthcare). France, Australia, are around 49 %, Sweden, Austria, Netherlands 54 % ... you get the idea. With proper funding the NHS could run like a charm, and many middle / upper class people would drop their private insurance - why pay extra, when "free at the point of service" is good and there are no long wait times. Wages are the most important cost factor, the underfunding means understaffing. The stress drives the nurses and doctors away. Good luck if the U.S. would need more staff under Medicare for All and would start hiring and giving out visas. (there is no language barrier, and adusting them to the U.S. specifics of delivering care would not take long). The NHS loses 10 % of nurses every year, that explains the promises of the Tories before the Dec. 2019 election (of course with misleading numbers: they promised to incentivize many nurses to not leave - I think the number was 19,000 - and those were then counted as ADDITIONAL nurses. They were asked on TV about it, it was absurd). If after 70 years all wealthy nations land within a range of spending (and there are legitimate reasons for having higher spending, the most important is AGE of the population) - one can assume that a first world country that spends half of what the U.S. spends per person should be able to have a good system. USD 5,500 - Take or leave 400 - 500 dollars (the international comparsions are made in USD). And that 42 % is just not enough. (data Kaiser Foundation 2017 - also see World Bank).
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  8.  @melaniedsouza2557  SHE and the people SHE knows are on the more affluent side, no one ever delayed getting healthcare because they were afraid of the costs - (or they want to give the impression of still being middle class and do not want to admit it).
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  9. Rand Paul is a doctor of medicine, he clearly panders to the right wing base. Up for reelection in 2022.
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  10.  @pummyy  That woman is likely to also come out in opposition of feminism, so that is a losing strategy.
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  11. Imagine how much work it is to process that complexity. for measly food stamps. That must be a Republican scheme - the party of small government at it again.
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  12. That hoarder followed the principle around which our society and economy is organized. - But with individuals "like us" we do not accept it. Politicians, the CEOs of large companies, corporate world, .... they get hardly any criticism. I am pleased like the next person that this hoarder got owned. he can now either donate or has to sell trying to recoup at least his costs, while getting some shaming as well.
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  13. A pop up ? she was not supposed to do anything on her computer she is supposed to listen. There is a word for it: "hearings" - so that you can hear the grievances, concerns, small organizational tasks ... - If she was going to vote for something minor anyway and she treated some generic contribution of a speaker as "same old, same old" - I could give her a pass. But not if this is about the name of the school, when she knows this - sadly - has the potential to be controversial (shouldn't be like that but it is). And when it is tied to an ugly part of American history, never mind most students are black. Why don't they have mainly black board members ? (likely to accomodate some donors !)
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  14. Not as much as the lawsuits that Dominion slapped on Ridiculous Rudy (over 1 billion. Or two ?)
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  15. That hoarder followed the principle around which our society and economy is organized. - But with individuals "like us" we do not accept it (evolution made us very social animals, ALL human societies value generosity in INTERPESONAL relationships). A CEO can devastate a developping country, but if he is a bad tipper or "cheap" when it comes to birthday presents for the children - THAT would be shameful. Politicians, the CEOs of large companies, corporate world, .... they get hardly any criticism. I am pleased like the next person that this hoarder got owned. he can now either donate or has to sell trying to recoup at least his costs, while getting some shaming as well.
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  16. She does not take precautions, so she is more likely to contract it. She may not be able to vote in Nov. And the vaccine will not come that soon. Never mind, she looks like a anti vaccer, too.
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  17.  @coolbeans6148  The EU is an association of MANY countries, but yes all have a form of single payer. Thanks for asking. Italy isn't doing great, they did what the U.S. is doing now, kicking the can down the road, they did not want to shut down businesses and public life, now they pay the price. They act as warning example and most countries - but not the U.S. learned from it. I do not wan to diss Italy, they had the bad luck to be the first with more cases that spread. So THEIR fate now makes it easier for the other governments to explain the citizens WHY they have to practice social distancing, why the restaurants have to close after midday (early afternoone), etc. Schools are closed down. Parents can have the little ones at home, and there are offers to care for them if they have to work. Teenager do not have school. I think even Italy snapped out of "denial" earlier than the U.S. At some point they did start testing for real, and it is free of course, plus all the other measures - the other governments have all taken action, are on alert, businesses slowed down, relief measures, masks etc. ready, many people telework, if that is possible. And they have MORE hospital beds per 1000 people than the U.S. that's the good news.
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  18.  @BOC-kr2il  that woman could have said: Leave me alone when asked to wear the mask. Or: I just took it off, I will use it again. - it is not harmless, in closed rooms there is a higher chance air ventilation will spread it. - No one forced her to talk about white power, or to be unreasonable regaring the mask. Or to hit the customer that filmed her.
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  19.  @BOC-kr2il  Yes she should lose her job, she does not mind that someone else loses their life. And it sets a bad example. If the masks prevent only 30 % of infections (allegedly it is 85 % - but that seems to be high) that can be the difference between restricting the infections or not getting a grip on it.
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  20. The famous bridge in Selma ? KKK Edmund Pettus, and it was named after him in the 1940s. (he was a Senator, he died around 1900). - you could see it when they remembered John Lewis - it is still named after that fierce racist.
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  21.  @familybroich3073  Selfish right wing American - in unprecendented crisis: "Get a better job." Are you sure now is a good time to search for a better job ? Also: they had the money for what they needed (incl. diapers), they just can't invest to shop for one month in advance. Likely husband get's his cheque every 2 weeks. - So they live in a first world country and by and large built their life on the expectation that they can buy what they need when they need it - because that is how it always worked. Of course families with older or no children do not have diaper problems. How irresponsible of her ot have children at any point in her life - after all there could always be a pandemic, she should have foreseen the pandemic (and that other people clear the shelves so they have much more than they need).
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  22. 1:40 According to a 2019 study by the Federal Reserve, approx. 40 % of Americans do not have $400 on hand in case of emergencies
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  23.  @walkingman8943  how does a tax cut make the companies more competitive ? Taxes are owned on PROFIT. But then you have already been competitive and also set money aside for future research and developement. - You can't just repeat the soundbites, you have to think the propaganda through. Management did massive stock buy backs, which is a way to increase their bonuses. Shareholders like the short term boost of stock prices. Of course it is going to come down. Trump influenced the Fed to not raise interests and it is not as if the rate would have been high. in an allegedly BOOMING economy. The gift was also not used to secure jobs - the companies continued to outsource. After they had gotten the tax breaks (which cost over 1 trillion so far). Multinationals have loads of cash which they do not invest - there are overcapacities for industrial manufacturing globally (because the masses lack purchasing power and exploited or underpaid workers in developing countries are not a great market either).
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  24. "Low income people will show up where I get care." I think that is the quiet part. - That is not good thinking, because the underclass (a large and growing share of the U.S. population) do show up, only not in full numbers (some die prematurely), or too late. Of course there is a wealth segregation going on, the "private specialists (OBI-GYN, eye doctors, pediatricians, ....) have only middle class and above patients. The underclass has make do with other doctors, public walk in clinics, the ER, or they get no care. The larger cities have hospitals for the underclass as well. Even if the wealthy with the good plans show up in the same location, they have a different experience.
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  25.  @nadiaw978  2 of my younger sisters used new types of cloth diapers (to spare the landfill, and local government gives subsidies to buy the initial sets. They exchanged them, one was lucky and got a set secondhand (they are sold online, they do not offer them in retail it is a NICHE product). I doubt they sell what they used to have back in the day, when many still used cloth diapers. and it must be GOOD cotton quality to absorb liquid. Plus at the minimum a plastic cover panty to hold the cloth in place. And let's face it: they are not as good as the single use throw away. Which is less important if you are at home with the child - but not if the little one is in childcare where they expect diapers that LAST. Plus they make a fuller "figure" so the usual garments may not fit anymore (read more costs - well she might have garments from the siblings). When my sisters had a long day and were out of the house with the little ones - both were stay at home mums in the first years - they used the throw away diapers because they protected better. So at family meetings the toddlers had the elegant and slim "single use diaper silhouette" ;) It am all for using the sets with the washable diapers because the throw away produce so much waste - but now it is not a good time to change mid-race. If that woman has a lot going on (mum of four, now the kids may be at home, maybe a job, or other duties for elderly relatives ...) You should wash them hot, so you need a supply. Then there are the more convient SETS they have now, but you must invest in those. And of course all the washing.
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  26. She is a leader, that's for sure.
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  27. And he likely made a good living of it.
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  28. AOC does not need the exposure - but it is excellent for the women that did not win (yet). Hope they will try again. Name recognition and air time is a big issue for grassroots campaigns.
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  29. Mr. and Mrs. I-got-mine accept that some people do not get good healthcare (like the establishment of both parties btw who are utterly comfortable with that situation). They may or may not realize that they pay too much but at least they and their family get good care. They have come to accept good care as "scarce" resource and with universal coverage everyone would go to the same doctor, hospital.
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  30. A just cause - helped by a great orator !
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  31. Plus let's not forget the hard work of the progressive grassroots (Abrams is no progressive, but never mind it was a collaborative effort). Now for the govenor of GA and the state legislature, while they have warmed up.
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  32.  @scorpogee6280  Doctors and nurses go into the profession under the assumption that they will occasionally encounter higher risks because of infection. And that they will have the medical equipment to protect themselves.
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  33.  @scorpogee6280  We do know for sure that pastor increased his risks, while being in a hihger risk group (age). And of course a place like a church is a hub. But if he was cavalier there (where his congregation was) he was cavalier in everyday life. - he also did not mind to give his congregation information that talked down the risks. It is one thing to say (if you are defiant, this is about defiance) - yeah, oh well, if my time has come to go. but they also put others in danger (medical staff), and no one, not even a faithful person wants to die if they have a good life (he had an income and likely was healthy so far).
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  34. One person made relevante and passionate rmarks, the other utter platitudes.
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  35.  @OnThis_Journey45  This is in Canada - I thought they were more reasonable !
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  36.  @nepadron  in Europe they have a kind of UBI (at least in the wealthier nations) for the parents of children. Austria: 150 USD per child (it gets a little more as they get older, and from the 3rd child on there is a little extra). And in September it is double for school start (if they are old enough). It is not means tested, needless to say it is VERY easy to apply for it. but if a teenager would start working in a regular job they lose it (most have an apprenticeship, which is like a paid internship for 2 - 4 years) and then they do not earn enough to get over the threshold. But if they work as unskilled worker they must get at least minimum wage and will not get that benefit. Same with young adults, they get it directly when they are of age but in that case only if they are in professional training or enrolled in university. Again not means tested (the parents) but they must prove their enrollment, must do their courses and pass exams. If they earn too much they will lose it, but most have only a side job so they get it. It stops at age 26 though. it is paid out by the IRS, but it is not tied to a job. for instance a single mom that takes maternity leave. or unemployed parents get it as well.
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  37. Everybody: president Sanders would look out for The People
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  38. State Senator Jim Brewster was confirmed, a judge decided the case, the petty Republicans did not get their way. I guess around Jan 15th. 2021. Next time he better win with a better margin, he was the incumbent after all. It should not come down to a few hundred votes (I think less than 200), then the Repubs can't pull their stunts.
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  39. @FlakPengu use cut up old fabric (like T-shirts) for the small business (if you are at home). (Or a wash cloth if you have a basin in your toilet). It is O.K. if you only wash these small rags with the regular wash (no hot wash needed, the urine of a healthy person is not infectious or harmful). you can throw them into a bucket with a lid. No bad thing will happen if you wash them every few days with the other laundry. (if you do not close the lid tightly then it will dry, should not even smell).
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  40.  @BrownButterflyGirl  Teri Hill - and she got charged with battery.
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  41. she may be a data typist, or another low level position. She is into the drama and the attention (maybe it dawned on her meanwhile that it was not the big occastion to launch herself). But during a job interview she may have toned it down, and maybe also have appeared sober. And have her hair done in a professional style.
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  42. You are factually incorrect, the fabric (even DIY sewn masks) do prevent the particles, the mask producers have to do testing to prove the efficacy of masks that are sold as PPE (also against dust, chemicals or other germs). And they were so kind to even test materials for DIY masks. See the website of smartairfilters(dot) com Not sure if links are allowed by this channel, so replace the dot with . in order to have a link. They have an article on materials for DIY masks, from spring or early summer 2020. I was surprised how good the (theoretical) protection is. Theoretical because gaps dramatically reduce effectiveness that is much more important than the material used. And the lawmakers and producers cannot control how the masks are worn: If you wear them in a sloppy manner to be defiant, or to avoid fogging of glasses, better fit around the nose would solve that - or to breathe more easily. A president that leads by example and that explains it to the masses and a unified message would have helped with that. So it is possible that the Asian countries get more out of mask wearing because the population is disciplined and are told to wear WELL fitting masks. Trump could have positioned himself as leader in difficult times and as someone to follow. But he ran in 2016 as "outsider" and rebel. That is harder to pull off as sitting president, so he had to find another wedge issue to get people riled up (people that are very willing to be riled up anyway). And his PERSONAL VANITY was also in the way of modeling mask wearing and mask information and messaging (Dr. Fauci could not overcome that the president was not on board. Dr. Birx said she and her aide were the only ones that wore masks IN the White House.) I mean - Trump could have worn a better fitting bandana from April 2020 on (when the masks were recommended) and look badass. (or better not: even bandana is better than no mask, but it is significantly less effective. But I am sure they could have sown cool well fitting masks for the president). One of the recommendations of smartairfilter (dot) com was to use 2 layers of cut up T-Shirt material (cotton or a blend with mainly cotton) - that was a good compromise between comfort (ease to breathe) and protection.
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  43. They exchanged the national flag with the flag for a PERSON (the viral footage, taking down the flag up at the Capitol). Like cultists would do ! And how did they have the equipment, that was not just climbing gear, they had a platform that likely was pulled up, it almost looked like equipment being used when maintaince is done on the outside of a building, and they try to get it done without a truck with a crane.
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  44.  @6-dpegasus425  Antifa for sure was not involved. THEY would have worn masks ;) they already did that before the pandemic.
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  45.  @thewildcardperson  it works in Iceland with 360,000 people and in Japan with 120 or 130 millions - so where do you think the drop off is - so that the U.S. with 330 millions could not organize it.
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  46. Stacy Abrams started something - with the help of progressive grassroots.
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  47.  @perrycrozier8805  During the Great Depression there were PLENTY of programs from the federal government (SS, unemployment, help for farmers in the dust bowl and massive employment programs, to be sure they discriminated against black people (or minorities in general). For instance when SS was introduced. domestic workers didn't get it and I think farmworkers neither (typically jobs done by non-whites). I think they also had a disadvantage when it came to loans for farmers. The Dixiecrats at it.
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  48.  @Japplesnap  Mybe she should have defended her constitutional right. Maybe she can behave like a citizen and not like a subject.
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  49. Cops that are trained in deescalation would not say that in that context. They might downplaying a really angry person to diffuse tension. But only to get the other person to voice their objections. To vent. He said that to get a reaction, he WANTED to escalate.
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  50. The U.S. better change it fast by huge turnout of younger people in the primaries and in the next election. btw: the bill of Sanders (Senate) and Pramila Jayapal (Congress) are the way to go. They distilled the crucial elements of single payer from the examples of other nations (rollout of the Sanders plan is over 4 years, else small differences).
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