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  1. Mike Sixel
    interesting, my trump friends post almost exclusively about how bad and evil hillary is, and about email and bengazi and clinton foundation and wikleaks. Almost nothing about actual issues. And, yes, I have heard from more than 1 racist...but I never actually said they were racists, I said they were classists, against minorities and immigrants (all of what, how many, and what a TINY part of spending) (ignoring that whites get more welfare) getting government aid, as if farm aid didn't exist....so, I guess that says "racist" w/o saying it, maybe. I'm tired of intelligent, nuanced, discussions to make the world a better place being replaced by BS and glorification of belief in the face of facts. There must be an intelligent nation someplace I can go.
  2. Mike Sixel
    No actual alternative has been put forth. can't wait for all those 23-26 year olds to lose their insurance, anyone really sick just getting thrown out of the pool, poor people being cut off from access. it's going to be so much better for all of them....
  3. Mike Sixel
    Who largely also blame lazy minorities for taking their tax dollars, ignoring they pay less than city people do in taxes.....or am I wrong about that? Because that's what my relatives say...
  4. Mike Sixel
    I wish I could disagree with this.
  5. Mike Sixel
    I'm with Brock, I'm tired. Maybe I should stay and FIGHT....but I'm tired of climate deniers (and the disdain for education and science and math), and racists (of which I know there are plenty in other countries) and people not funding schools, and people wanting less restrictions on polluters, and a huge number of people wanting "freedom" to be white, straight, and certain type of Christian. That's not freedom. Odds are, I wouldn't like most other countries either. Maybe iceland....
  6. Mike Sixel
    We have discussed doing it when we retire...but, you know, it's possible we have grandkids some day. that greatly impacts that plan, imo. Among many other things to consider also.
  7. Mike Sixel
    One more.....it is possible that companies went in with lower costs than maybe they should have, to buy market share, and are now increasing costs to the "real" cost. Possible. Just a hunch. Can't prove that.... ****this is my opinion, not necessarily my company's*******
  8. Mike Sixel
    On the health insurance side, it is simple. Drugs Expensive equipment Mergers in suppliers Basically, insurance companies do their best to negotiate lower costs from suppliers of all kinds, but ultimately, we just pass those costs on. Costs are not going up because of Obamacare, not enough to justify these increases. There are issues with the exchanges, and our willingness to actually require people to have and pay for insurance (free market won't fix that, btw....the free market will just mean lots of people don't have insurance again at all), but the number of insured and any cost increases there PALE compared to other reasons. ****this is my opinion, not necessarily my company's******* As a guess, on the P&C and auto side......hurricanes, floods, and other things are on the rise. That makes us all pay more for homeowner's insurance. On the car side, I don't know.
  9. Mike Sixel
    Dude, I work for a VERY LARGE insurance company....Obamacare isn't causing the price increases. It just isn't.
  10. Mike Sixel
    Yes. And, yes, I am considering leaving the country. For real.
  11. Mike Sixel
    Welcome to the board. It is tempting, but I'm not sure he has the UPSIDE that I'd want to take a risk on. If signing him does cost him a pick, I am 100% opposed.
  12. Mike Sixel
    Another boring game. It would be nice if one of these was worth spending more than 15 minutes watching....
  13. Mike Sixel
    Good stuff. I like these.
  14. Mike Sixel
    So.....OF defense matters, I guess...
  15. Mike Sixel
    Catchers come up slower. College seniors come up when they are 25 or 6, unless they are elite prospects. We should be very happy he looks this competent/good.
  16. Mike Sixel
    That's not KLAW's point, as I posted above............ Do people just take surface comments, or REALLY think about what he's saying here? 1. Mostly rich people go to expensive schools. 2. Mostly rich people can take unpaid internships, or awful paying jobs, after going to an expensive school 3. Mostly these are white males 4. there is no real evidence Ivy League schools crank out smarter, more prepared, people 5. Restricting your POOL for hiring leads to a lot of group think, and stunts long term innovation 6.........really, give it some thought.
  17. Mike Sixel
    Or heroes....
  18. Mike Sixel
    That would be sweet. He's not.
  19. Mike Sixel
    It's clear that athletes today are generally, nearly always, better than back in the day......but I guess I was comparing Winfield to his peers, relative to Sano to his peers......and that's no contest. I'm not sure Sano is better even w/o taking into account 40 years of genetics and training and whatnot...what was this thread about, again?
  20. Mike Sixel
    I thought I would be rooting for the Cubs, but when the games come on, I keep rooting for CLE. Makes no sense, but I guess caring about sports at all makes no sense.
  21. Mike Sixel
    Another FG writer going to a FO.....unreal. I really like August's work, and his first two pieces were about Dozier and Suzuki!
  22. Mike Sixel
    Three leagues, also the NBA, sir.
  23. Mike Sixel
    No one is saying his defense is bad. I am saying that a team that loves it's second baseman, but not 1B, might want him at first. Sometimes people read stuff that just isn't typed at all.
  24. Mike Sixel
    I have these books teed up right now: Finishing The Long Mars, which I started in MN, but didn't finish. Finally went to the library.... The Arm Red Rising Several D&D rule books Gardens of the Moon The Light Fantastic I bet I do about 3 of those......sigh.
  25. Mike Sixel
    Wait, Dave Winfield, drafted by the NBA, NFL and MLB was a worse athlete than Sano, for the era? We will just disagree on that, I guess.
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