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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: Today at 02:16:02 am »
Today I discovered this gem at my local Joann's.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: Yesterday at 06:42:53 pm »It occurs to me that we now dump on each other in HORRIBLY RECURSIVE THREADS (see drug thread, cut/uncut thread), etc, when we used to make the rest of the world angry instead.
Yeah, I feel like there's a whole world of forums to annoy. I posted one that looked promising a few days ago.
hxxp://forums.hipinion.com/
I'm still waiting for approval, though.
Oh MAN.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: Yesterday at 05:17:38 pm »Ok, I got you. Not what you want to hear, but your environment seems to be bringing you down. OUTSIDE doesn't look like an option.
Snow in May? Damn.
Hey, it happens here, too. Though not like Alaska.
Damn Alty, why you gotta be so far away? We'd come and rescue you!
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Apple Zone / Re: Angelina Jolie cuts her boobs off to save her life; douchebags unite to lament.
« on: Yesterday at 05:14:21 pm »
People suck.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: Yesterday at 03:06:09 pm »
3 A's and a C. 
Cumulative GPA is still 3.5, so I need to relax the fuck out. GREs in 1 month.
Fight practice for the first time in months in Boston last night, did good...then I got gassed and got gacked, so I have a few good welts. All was good though, we went out for food and watched the Bruins win, much to mine and my compadre's chagrin. Now we need to start regular practices back here in Providence for the summer and hopefully find a site in the fall.
Cumulative GPA is still 3.5, so I need to relax the fuck out. GREs in 1 month.Fight practice for the first time in months in Boston last night, did good...then I got gassed and got gacked, so I have a few good welts. All was good though, we went out for food and watched the Bruins win, much to mine and my compadre's chagrin. Now we need to start regular practices back here in Providence for the summer and hopefully find a site in the fall.
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Apple Zone / Re: Quotes of the Moment II
« on: May 16, 2013, 06:45:45 pm »
"I've been wearing my sports bra for over 24 hours!" - text from my sister.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: May 16, 2013, 03:47:37 pm »
In other completely different and happy news, a friend of mine visiting Ukraine right now just bought me 3 meters of traditional Kievan linen. 
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Apple Zone / Re: Angelina Jolie cuts her boobs off to save her life; douchebags unite to lament.
« on: May 16, 2013, 03:46:30 pm »http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/high-cost-angelina-jolies-cancer-testingQuoteAngelina Jolie wrote an Op-Ed in today's New York Times about her decision to have a double mastectomy. The actress didn't have breast cancer, but tests showed she had almost a 90 percent chance of developing it. The key was finding a mutation in a gene known as BRCA-1, and Jolie appealed for the test to be made more accessible to women around the world.
At the moment, if you want to get tested for a mutation on your BRCA-1 or BRCA-2 genes, you will have to turn to Myriad Genetics. That's the company that discovered the link between those mutations and an elevated risk cancer -- and it patented the BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 genes.
The price tag on a BRCA-1 and BRCA -2 test? More than $4,000.
"Because Myriad has a monopoly on the genetic testing, they determine the cost of that test," says Sandra Park, senior staff attorney at the ACLU's Women's Rights Project. Park argued before the Supreme Court last month that Myriad shouldn’t be able to patent a gene and control research.
One of the main arguments against gene patents is that they hamper scientific progress.
Now this seems like a conversation worth having. I doubt change is likely but it has always pissed me off that you can patent genes like this.
It's bullshit, and apparently she thinks so too. Sure, she has the 4k to shell out for a test, but the monopoly isn't fair to anyone, really. Not even celebs. Breast cancer is life or death, people, not a cash cow...never mind. America.
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Apple Zone / Re: BREAKING: TEXAS SECESSION UPRISING, MARTIAL LAW
« on: May 16, 2013, 03:12:04 pm »
Especially since that link is a hoax. 
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: May 16, 2013, 03:11:32 pm »
He still won't go for it, and I got called a godless socialist moocher because I used Planned Parenthood to help me pay for my own procedures.
I'm done. Let him die.
I'm done. Let him die.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: May 16, 2013, 02:38:00 pm »Tell him when his condition goes critical, gets hospitalized, and doesn't have the insurance to cover it, the cost of his care will land on the rest of us; which means he'll be both dead and selfish.
Apparently, he HAS insurance, but because of the stage of his cancer, they JACKED UP THE CO-PAY FOR CHEMOTHERAPY TO $500 A POP.
So it's not like he has no insurance and is being stubborn, he HAS coverage, and he can't afford the fucking co-pay, and apparently his doctor is denying treatment to him if he does not pay the co-pay (illegal much?) So I guess they found a loophole and are able to go to the hospital outpatient wing for treatment and not have to pay that much up front, but they'll still get billed by the insurance company. Enter Masshealth, which offered to pick up the co-pays to help them catch up on standing bills, and he said NO.
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Apple Zone / Re: Open Bar VII: written by George Lucas!
« on: May 16, 2013, 02:18:08 pm »So this guy I know...would rather die of cancer that accept state aid to help pay for his outrageous copay for chemotherapy. He hasn't had a session in 7 weeks, because he flat out refuses for MassHealth to foot the bill, because "he's worked to hard to avoid having to rely on state aid his whole life."
Dude. You're going to die. Jesus is not going to pay the fucking bill, let the state help you. For the sake of your family, seriously.
Well, at least he's consistent, unlike the people who are against social safety nets until they need them.
There's a certain amount of respectable there, sure.
Still, Suu, very sad.
He's a tough guy, and we do not get along but that doesn't mean I want the man to die like this. However, his wife has pretty much had it, and with the help of myself and another friend, we managed to get him off of his high horse, reminding him that it's okay to use systems that are put in place FOR THIS REASON. He's not abusing it, he's using it for what it was designed to do: help people who need a little aid to get back on their feet.