HUMOR ahead of SOTU

This comment sums up the private v. public debate very well.

"Elon made a rocket the size of a skyscraper that goes 30 times faster than a bullet shot from a handgun. 

 AOC made a rum and Coke and she had to refer to the instructions cheat sheet."

 - YouTube comment

STARLINK doesn't see color

Am a big fan of STARLINK.   We have it in our homes in Mexico and Montana.  Never fails.  South Africa is failing South Africa.

"Starlink has committed to a R500 million investment to connect 5,000 rural schools with free, high-speed internet, benefiting more than 2.4 million learners each year.

But it is still on hold.

Why? Because South African regulations require 30% local Black ownership for telecom licenses.

South African farmers and rural communities are asking the government to approve Starlink. In many remote areas, there is no internet access at all, and people have to drive several kilometers just to get basic connectivity.

The South African government is the enemy of its own people."

Africans, building mud huts since Europeans figured out cathedrals in the 9th century! Have you ever bought something with a “Made in Africa” tag on it?

South Africa, stop with the "color" of skin and do what is needed for Africans.

X

I thought I was alone in abandonment of RED!

Little did I realize the legions who have abandoned the RED/BLUE, and the LEFT/RIGHT, and see only political loopholes, overreach, corruption, and ballooning deficits.

X is freedom.

Freedom is X. 

Thank you, Elon Musk.

LOS CABOS No Bad Days

No guarantee's except change is certain!    

1989 we started off by a chance meeting in the disco at the Hyatt in Cancun, Mexico. Thirty seven years later we have a beautiful home in Palmilla, Los Cabos, Mexico.

GRATITUDE

 

America's Valentine!

 

Unfortunately probably true............

When all is finally exposed, 98% of Washington will fall.

~Julian Assange

D.C. is a crime syndicate.

~Dean Parisian

HEALTHCARE MAFIA

American healthcare consumers think the United States probably offers decent healthcare compared to Canada and Mexico.   That is the average American.   I never tried to be average.  Stay around average thinking and complaining will become a habit.

Those who know how healthcare is provided in Canada and Mexico do not contend with the healthcare mafia.  You think the Somali fraud is bad?  It's a drop in the bucket compared to Medicaid fraud, insurance fraud, hospital fraud, physician group fraud, doctor fraud, home health fraud and of course, fraud in Big Pharma.   Is hundreds of billions of fraud dollars a big number?

Dean Parisian tries to stay away from healthcare.   He tries to stay away from pharmacies. Eats real food, takes vitamins, moves his body.  He shies away from ingesting pills. Never ingested nicotine in his life.  He thinks healthcare is his responsibility.  Eat right, drink sensible, exercise, what is so hard about that? Success is a choice in life and for you to choose.  You can make it happen or keep making excuses. Reclaim your authority over your own health.  Me, I have never regretted getting older, it is a privilege denied to many. My goal is to grow to a healthy older age.

It was estimated that last year, 2025, improper Medicaid payments alone were close to $40,000,000,000.  Inflated payments, dishonesty in paperwork, kickbacks, and collusion lead the way. 

It is thought the United States healthcare system is the most corrupt on a global scale.  I don't even know where to start it's so bad. Most important, they don't want you healed.  They want you to be a lifelong patient instead of a powerful human.  There are just so many in on it. Never forget, it is not the intent of the healthcare industry to heal people, it is their desire to have you come back for more medicine. From unnecessary procedures, overuse of pathology, kickbacks, upcoding, which is inflating costs of procedures performed on the average American, performing unnecessary treatments, yes, unnecessary surgeries, and the millions of fraudulent bills and theft from ACA reimbursements it is a morass of theft, and effects everyone in the form of higher taxes and premiums.   

I can't let Big Pharma off the hook, so lets take a look.  From 1991–2021, pharma manufacturers paid over $62 billion in penalties (per Public Citizen analysis), with unlawful promotion and drug pricing fraud as top categories.

Res Ipsa Loquiter.   The fines speak for themselves.  

If you have to go to a hospital or doctor in Mexico or Canada I wish you well.   You will be amazed at the care you receive, the price you pay for it, the ease in which you pay for it, the bill itself, most importantly, the quality of services rendered.