SaysWho?

God bless you.

That's what I was wondering. Was "first time ever" significant for MS or in general? Last year, Sony's was $18 billion for the fiscal year. And that was a big year for them (as was through April 2018 as well). Nintendo's was $9.6 billion last year. Both companies made a very healthy profit. So take that for what it's worth. Seems pretty healthy. I'm a bit surprised considering its 2017 was incredibly weak in terms of their actual games, but the division includes console sales/controllers/Gamepass/services ASAIK, and they're offering a good product in Gamepass, which takes Sega Channel and brings it to the 21st century (same as PS Now, but Gamepass is a more compelling product at the moment).

Facebook bans Infowars' Alex Jones for 30 days -- but he's still streaming

There's a pretty decent chance that campaigning for Medicare-for-All would lead to a Medicare-for-More/Most compromise; there was no guarantee the ACA was even going to pass, never mind the public option included. And there's a good chance Democrats would get crushed anyway in the midterms since Medicare-for-All would not take effect immediately. Now that the debate has shifted less, a public option could actually work, though that would be an argument in favor of arguing for Medicare-for-All since it would shift the Overton Window even more. You bring up a good point about the "more" section; some people made a bit too much to qualify for subsidies under the ACA (I qualified and benefited tremendously). I just don't think simply looking at how many want Medicare-for-All is how to administer it, because with the potential pitfalls, we should be very careful so people see real, positive results.

And yet taking away pre-existing condition coverage, or taking away the ability for people to stay on their parents' insurance, or taking away Medicaid after its expansion, are proving to be extremely unpopular. They're baked into the country now. Even some Republican governors don't want to touch any of that, and I'm not just talking about governors in deep-blue states; the discourse surrounding health care has fundamentally changed, and what's extreme and not extreme have shifted. Medicare-for-All has many potential pitfalls that need to be addressed if it is to be implemented into a significant chunk of the economy. What's the problem with a robust public option, which was a key thing progressives fought for during the ACA debate in 2009/2010? With so many options to achieve universal health care, it seems weird to make a specific solution the litmus test.

https://variety.com/2018/biz/news/21st-century-fox-disney-merger-shareholder-vote-1202888023/

Specifically and elaborately talk about why and how, especially since we're talking about something that affects a huge chunk of the economy. Did you read The Nation's link, which talked to single-payer supporters who were a bit skeptical about Medicare-for-All versus a host of other options?

You should look up BottleGuy. That was an interesting photo.

I'm glad they had co-op in the first and that they're keeping it in the second, but as someone who currently knows no one locally who played Overcooked, I'm so glad online will be a feature in the sequel. I always wanted to play the first game but didn't want to get it if it was best played with others. Now, I'm interested.

The fact that his approval ratings went down a full point this past week to 41% or the fact that his approval rating hit a "high" this year at 42.7% despite the perception that the economy is doing great (when we know it's doing great for people at the top while inflation outpaces lower to middle class wages and housing prices increase) is stunning.

Looks like the Chinese buying tons of soybeans before the tariffs hit also helped increase the percentage, which will likely be reflected during Q3. Trump tried to put kerosene on the economy for a short-term gain, but it will likely not be sustained, especially with the ongoing trade war.

I feel it would be so much easier and very beneficial to go the public option route, especially since we're expanding Medicaid via states now since that proved popular, and this would be another way to get closer to universal health care (responding to the points made in The Nation link). I think the next Democratic president should make a big push for that "Medicare-for-More turned Medicare for Most" plan. If you build it up like that, you can reach "Medicare-for-All" in a way that will encounter less resistance but, more importantly, would be easier to implement in a system that relies on private insurance as much as ours does.

Blue-state Republicans in the northeast are popular except for Vermont's governor, who is in a competitive primary likely due to a gun control law he signed.

Fired.

http://time.com/5349541/stacey-abrams-georgia/

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/25/us/michigan-gerrymandering.html? Perfect ammo going into the midterms, as well, considering how important the governor's race is to redistricting.

Dark Souls 4 confirmed.

Kind of, yeah. It was a beautiful ending and subtle if you weren't paying attention to that 30 seconds.

This isn't directed specifically at Mass since he's a pretty honest guy about what he thinks: A lot of what people say is fringe for Sanders -- universal health care, UBI, parental leave -- seem logical to me? Not complete government control of the economy, but the social programs that he pushes seem like catching us up to much of the first world. Much of what used to be called fringe on the left -- homosexuals in the military, gay marriage, marijuana legalization, the ACA, Unpaid Leave -- are considered either sensible or, at a bare minimum, not "fringe" anymore. We couldn't even get red state Democrats to vote for the ACA eight year ago; now guys like Alabama Senator Doug Jones support it whereas more progressives are more open about Medicare-for-All. I feel whenever liberals push a new idea, the tactics involve scaring people about the change, but change is eventually accepted as sensible and a no-brainer.

Reminds me of this:

And would conservative opposition (Ross Perot, Donald Trump) be more the nationalist angle rearing its head?