OOO Archived Message Posted by Stu on May 13, 2025, 19:41:34, in reply to "Dr Oz is talking Medicare on MSNBC right now, but missing the obvious cost-cutting idea." How to go paperless: Create a secure Medicare account: You can do this on Medicare.gov. Log in to your account: Once logged in, go to "My Account Settings". Change delivery preferences: Change your handbook delivery preference to "Electronically" and your MSN delivery preference to "Electronic". Double check this. We never got any paper statements. Message Thread: | This response ↓ 5/12 politics thread. Apparently a trade deal with China? 90 pause with a cooling of tariffs - VIV May 12, 2025, 5:51:46 Pope Leo ducked JD for Zelenskyy. - ATL May 18, 2025, 19:06:05 Biden has Fun Button cancer. - complainant May 18, 2025, 18:13:35 Romanians don't like him either. - larue33 May 18, 2025, 17:34:57 Math nerds are killing it this month* - timmer May 18, 2025, 18:07:17 I can’t wait until we 86 this thread and start a new one tomorrow - timmer May 18, 2025, 13:05:58 Long but excellent article about why DOGE failed - DT May 17, 2025, 18:30:23 Why the fuck are people even entertaining the idea that it was EVER about government efficiency? - longsnapper May 18, 2025, 18:11:34 They’re in a cult. * - assassin May 18, 2025, 18:35:15 Right. Millions of people think this was the long awaited draining of the swamp* - PapaDels May 18, 2025, 18:43:15 When can I stop emailing OPM about what I did last week?* - timmer May 17, 2025, 20:15:38 It’s unfortunate that over half our country thinks DOGE was a smashing success.* - voiceofreason May 17, 2025, 18:39:16 They definitely smashed.* - DT May 17, 2025, 18:49:10 I for one am enjoying the “moderate” Republicans sticking up for very rich people who pay more than - ATL May 17, 2025, 16:45:52 It should be the 400k and not the 30k that qualifies you as “very rich” in your statement. * - haighter May 17, 2025, 17:16:21 Those numbers are just the fulcrum of the disagreement not my definition of very rich * - ATL May 17, 2025, 17:31:04 how exactly is moving a million palestinians to Libya - assassin May 16, 2025, 17:47:27 Moody’s cuts US credit rating from AAA to D - Stu May 16, 2025, 15:57:18 Good news for my GLD holdings* - timmer May 17, 2025, 20:16:32 I wish I had the curve ratings agencies give when I was in college * - ATL May 16, 2025, 18:24:13 I got a 14 on a test once. It was a B-* - Stu May 16, 2025, 18:26:41 Yeah but out was out of 20* - ATL May 17, 2025, 16:46:27 I want to move to Italy. Chicago Pope and hot PM.* - Warrin'_Illini May 16, 2025, 13:53:51 Crossing streams, I am very interested in the idea of retiring to Italy - DT May 16, 2025, 15:08:15 Ciao from Torino. It's a hell of a fun time to be here* - PDO May 16, 2025, 14:01:09 This is seriously fucked up - Sounder May 16, 2025, 13:30:42 Alternate version of “The Running Man” and just saw it on TV the other day * - illini thunder May 17, 2025, 19:50:47 I mean reality TV gave us our president, why should we be clutching our pearls over this* - Herman Blume May 16, 2025, 13:52:00 Because it's goulish, cruel, and morally reprehensible?* - IlliniRunner May 16, 2025, 13:59:38 because it's basically the hunger games?* - Sounder May 16, 2025, 13:54:31 She’s disgusting. * - doubledown May 16, 2025, 13:43:16 Just a fucking monster - Sounder May 16, 2025, 13:45:39 ICE is hurting MLS crowds. So she's not all about entertainment dollars. - complainant May 16, 2025, 13:51:37 Can you explain the Nashville situation to me? - Sounder May 16, 2025, 13:54:03 ICE has been very active in Nashville last few weeks. - nash May 16, 2025, 14:00:50 That's pretty messed up* - Sounder May 16, 2025, 14:36:10 Try to make sense of this, I dare you - Sounder May 16, 2025, 13:07:55 kind of reminds me of conversations with my grandma in her later years. one thing to the next* - lcubed May 16, 2025, 13:54:47 He's always been a mush brained marble head, it's just gotten noticeably worse* - Sounder May 16, 2025, 15:13:30 I love when Trump goes after people based on their appearance while looking like that. * - doubledown May 16, 2025, 13:02:01 It's all projection - Sounder May 16, 2025, 13:08:49 10/10 No notes. Adults could learn a lot from this 14 year old kid. - ATL May 16, 2025, 8:35:58 too lazy; is this alabama?* - torinese May 16, 2025, 9:03:40 Maine* - Sammich May 16, 2025, 9:08:04 i should have guessed NE based on the school name* - torinese May 16, 2025, 9:11:07 Oh boy* - illini21 May 16, 2025, 8:54:16 bunch of Harvard profs all posting today about their NSF/NIH grants getting terminated - ECEIllinois May 15, 2025, 20:47:56 Trump's proposed budget has a 40% cut in NIH funding and 60% cut in NSF funding* - CoronaTheirAss May 16, 2025, 9:25:13 and somehow still adds $4 trillion to the deficit* - Sounder May 16, 2025, 13:09:23 Don’t need any new scientific discoveries or patents to bring back garment factories - DT May 16, 2025, 10:28:12 The big beautiful bill is having trouble. - CanHartlebHireSnider May 15, 2025, 17:02:52 As expected voted down 16-21 in the budget committee - CanHartlebHireSnider May 16, 2025, 11:39:22 Have to figure out a way to hurt more people more cruelly* - Stu May 16, 2025, 13:17:58 They better take out my pension contribution hikes the GOP wants to do - timmer May 15, 2025, 17:15:36 they're all going to fold after Trump calls them up and yells at them* - ECEIllinois May 15, 2025, 17:08:15 I assume some form will eventually pass - CanHartlebHireSnider May 15, 2025, 17:15:06 Govt lawyer arguing birthright citizenship admits admin follows rulings they agree with and won’t - illini thunder May 15, 2025, 16:10:52 Once the court overturned Roe v Wade, why wouldn't you pick and choose?* - CoronaTheirAss May 15, 2025, 16:13:52 ACB made clear she wasn’t talking about old precedent that was wrong. - gvibes May 15, 2025, 23:08:39 She and potentially Roberts might be ready to dispense with the presumption of regularity - ATL May 16, 2025, 5:31:16 Or Plessy v Ferguson for that matter!* - complainant May 15, 2025, 17:19:10 There was an ATC outage in Denver too apparently - ATL May 15, 2025, 14:32:50 There are several redundant systems in place, including John McClain starting a bonfire on a runway* - DT May 15, 2025, 16:56:51 ex-FBI agent sues James O'Keefe - complainant May 15, 2025, 13:06:10 Walmart announced they are raising prices bc of tariffs* - Mrap24 May 15, 2025, 7:18:00 Keep an eye on their margins* - Chilango May 15, 2025, 10:29:29 Today in “imagine if a democrat president did this?” - VIV May 14, 2025, 22:51:06 In this hour's example of what if a Democratic President did this - ATL May 15, 2025, 10:35:01 how about we stop the inane thought experiments and start doing something useful about it?* - Sammich May 15, 2025, 10:47:37 I'm ready for the civil war. Let's just get it over with* - Desert May 15, 2025, 16:50:03 Chants?* - complainant May 15, 2025, 10:54:50 strongly-worded letters?* - VIV May 15, 2025, 11:25:53 Impeachments* - CoronaTheirAss May 15, 2025, 11:41:58 to what end? it won't pass the house, let alone the senate. * - VIV May 15, 2025, 12:58:51 i think the joke was they're just as useless as the other 2 things* - assassin May 15, 2025, 13:51:08 im dumb* - VIV May 16, 2025, 8:41:06 strongly-worded chants?* - complainant May 15, 2025, 11:47:53 strongly-painted pictures* - VIV May 15, 2025, 12:59:06 Triple-Dog chants?* - complainant May 15, 2025, 13:03:24 Tik Tok clips of Cabinet secretaries getting clowned by routine questions.* - DT May 15, 2025, 16:58:21 It’s true that Republicans would go crazy and there would be endless Fox News features… - DT May 15, 2025, 5:50:55 I love how Twitters' grok bot got forced to believe white genocide is real, - gvibes May 14, 2025, 16:14:54 Elon's definitely trying to futz with it* - ECEIllinois May 14, 2025, 17:06:42 Lol - gvibes May 14, 2025, 21:01:09 maximally truth-seeking my ass* - ECEIllinois May 15, 2025, 0:14:10 Are these deals with SA, Qatar actually useful? * - MC May 14, 2025, 15:03:02 They’re not even real * - ATL May 14, 2025, 15:46:52 Number 1: They won't do 10% of the deals they are agreeing to. - Stu May 14, 2025, 15:12:33 If they're leveraged to achieve US foreign policy goals and middle east stability sure - CanHartlebHireSnider May 14, 2025, 15:07:39 Duplicate * - ATL May 14, 2025, 17:23:00 Just to be clear, the Saudis, who also bankroll terror, led that effort - ATL May 14, 2025, 17:21:43 Yes the Saudis are the preeminent player amongst the aforementioned gulf states - CanHartlebHireSnider May 14, 2025, 18:20:59 and the People’s Judean Front* - memyselfandillini May 14, 2025, 17:44:17 Fringe religious zealot introduces bill allowing federal government to regulate speech. - doubledown May 14, 2025, 15:02:38 Ugh, of course Mary Miller* - Jackie May 14, 2025, 17:10:52 Watching Einhorn on CNBC; a highly respected financial guy. He hates pretty much everything Trump.* - Stu May 14, 2025, 14:46:27 makes sense. Finkle on Fox Business loves trump* - John Coctostan May 14, 2025, 14:58:08 The grifting is OK because it's being done in open and plain sight - Sounder May 14, 2025, 13:16:53 There's few better examples of why the worst part of Christianity is Christians... - KingTalkyTiki May 14, 2025, 14:38:21 Eventually it will come out - TarheelIllini May 14, 2025, 15:08:30 1,000%* - KingTalkyTiki May 14, 2025, 15:43:31 The Biden Crime Family obviously knew what they were doing was wrong because they left no evidence. - doubledown May 14, 2025, 14:27:54 "Look, the corruption is right there and we're willing to let him get away with it... - KingTalkyTiki May 14, 2025, 14:39:37 “It’s not the crime, it’s the coverup!!!!” - memyselfandillini May 14, 2025, 17:42:46 Trans baiting, previously moderate R mayor of Omaha loses seat to Democrat. - ATL May 14, 2025, 5:39:59 WTG Omaha! - KingTalkyTiki May 14, 2025, 14:11:53 Dr Oz is talking Medicare on MSNBC right now, but missing the obvious cost-cutting idea. - complainant May 13, 2025, 17:41:07 OOO - Stu May 13, 2025, 19:41:34 What if they just took the “This is not a bill” legend off of the papers and pocketed whatever the - ATL May 13, 2025, 19:30:29 You must be special. I don't get any official Medicare mail.* - Memlie May 13, 2025, 18:58:55 Can't tell if the Saudis are trolling Trump or just really great hosts - ATL May 13, 2025, 11:54:21 They love him over there. Trump is going to have Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer chasing their - Warrin'_Illini May 13, 2025, 14:01:35 He redecorated the White House like it's the Presidential Palace of an Arab despot* - ECEIllinois May 13, 2025, 18:12:17 do you love that they love him? Because they don’t love you - memyselfandillini May 13, 2025, 16:06:56 When Trump is done as potus I think he'll spend a lot of time over there. He will get - Warrin'_Illini May 13, 2025, 16:12:38 Or he croaks and is completely forgotten by them.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 13, 2025, 16:19:18 WGAF?* - memyselfandillini May 13, 2025, 16:13:44 over 2977 served* - Sammich May 13, 2025, 11:59:39 Too soon. * - doubledown May 14, 2025, 10:29:50 Wow, Trump is getting fat* - Stu May 13, 2025, 13:04:34 Mobile McDonald’s Unit-Jack: The Burger King near me has a food truck - DT May 13, 2025, 11:56:32 When we visited Tahiti, they had just opened the first BK in French Polynesia that weekend - ATL May 13, 2025, 12:01:55 The last pic I took when leaving Tahiti last year.. - DocWalk20 May 13, 2025, 12:16:14 I'd rather have BK than some jerkoff artisanal smashburger bullshit - Sammich May 13, 2025, 12:00:22 Nosign. The local artisanal smashburger outfit by my office is amazing. - ATL May 13, 2025, 12:33:56 it’s $8 which seems quite reasonable given the mediocre $14 food truck options here* - memyselfandillini May 13, 2025, 16:11:49 TIL: there's some issue with Tuberville living in FL and not AL. But the AL GOP chair has a TN DL. - ATL May 13, 2025, 9:09:42 Just in case any of you think China will just be happy with Taiwan and go back to trading with us... - LeatherneckIllini May 13, 2025, 8:52:02 Thoughtful of them to publish in English.* - complainant May 13, 2025, 10:49:34 luckily for them, the US is no longer interested in any of those things* - Sammich May 13, 2025, 8:54:51 *dingdingding** - KingTalkyTiki May 13, 2025, 10:54:37 I’m not sure there’s much daylight between the powers the Trump admin has asserted and the CCP - DT May 13, 2025, 9:32:43 The TikTok negotiations showed China that Trump is a spineless coward, so the tariffs - longsnapper May 13, 2025, 6:57:11 withholding judgment until we find out how the negotiations went with the Heard & McDonald Islands* - Sammich May 13, 2025, 8:56:45 Donnie is pretty terrible negotiating vs real people - Mrap24 May 13, 2025, 7:42:25 Tariffs on Chinese products were not 0 prior to this - CanHartlebHireSnider May 13, 2025, 8:11:40 Current tariffs are in addition to existing tariffs before Liberation Day. - Tuscy May 13, 2025, 8:33:45 Right. I read mraps post as saying there were 0 tariffs on China - CanHartlebHireSnider May 13, 2025, 14:08:16 Also, seems like tariffs on cars, steel and aluminum are not part of the deal. - Tuscy May 13, 2025, 8:39:42 i think steel is still 25% plus whatever else (fentanyl tariff + 10%). - VIV May 13, 2025, 9:50:04 HTS sounds like some Eberflus shit.* - Warrin'_Illini May 13, 2025, 10:00:24 What's frustrating yesterday's breathless coverage from CNBC, the NYT, calling it a "breakthrough" - ATL May 13, 2025, 8:48:13 JP Morgan: even now, the tariff shock is a $475 billion tax on Americans. - ATL May 13, 2025, 6:41:28 Worst person in the world makes a good point meme - ATL May 13, 2025, 5:59:47 Rand Paul has been on top of this the whole time. * - VIV May 13, 2025, 9:39:22 At least you're self aware* - HamptonSki May 13, 2025, 8:01:13 Sean Duffy switched his wife's flight from EWR to LGA. - complainant May 12, 2025, 17:45:29 Fixing problems and instilling confidence.* - SurfTheBoneyard May 13, 2025, 8:13:29 ATC now has the chance to do the funniest thing* - ATL May 12, 2025, 17:55:18 Only the best deal maker - Mrap24 May 12, 2025, 16:32:12 Art of the deal* - Sounder May 12, 2025, 16:34:23 I am so happy Trump is saving those 5 dozen white South Africans from certain genocide - timmer May 12, 2025, 16:05:59 Chip deal with KSA tomorrow. Winning is back on the menu folks * - MC May 12, 2025, 15:32:01 Are they going to sign a deal for our pork products too?* - ATL May 12, 2025, 15:35:21 So Trump is just going to jump on his new Qatari AF1 and head to the middle east? - Sounder May 12, 2025, 15:17:17 So what’s the problems with the two existing Air Force One planes that we are gifted one… - timmer May 12, 2025, 14:34:34 Boeing?* - complainant May 12, 2025, 17:41:38 Rode past the port of Seattle on Saturday. There were no big ships docked at the port. None (pic) - IlliniRunner May 12, 2025, 13:45:04 give it about 4 weeks* - VIV May 12, 2025, 14:07:38 I don't have 4 weeks of treats stocked up.* - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 14:20:49 I guess everyone's figuring out the best way to deal with Trump is just to bribe him - ECEIllinois May 12, 2025, 12:31:59 al Sharaa is a wild dude - CanHartlebHireSnider May 12, 2025, 13:49:22 If the GOP keeps both houses in the midterms - Sounder May 12, 2025, 13:23:04 I don't think it matters. Dems will try to impeach him for something but the Senate will never - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 13:32:04 That reminds me, Cocaine Mitch was on my flight yesterday (/Wisch). I should have - Tortillini May 12, 2025, 13:56:41 I would've given you a dollar* - Stu May 12, 2025, 14:37:02 I'm talking actual removal from office - Sounder May 12, 2025, 13:38:25 In that case it doesn't matter who controls the House in 2026.* - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 13:47:03 If there's no world where Trump could get impeached, then they are all cowards* - Sounder May 12, 2025, 13:51:04 There is a zero chance Trump ever gets removed by senate. - CanHartlebHireSnider May 12, 2025, 13:57:29 A GOP Senator is no way voting for removal in Trump's last 2 years. It doesn't matter what - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 13:54:26 I could see a couple breaking rank - Sounder May 12, 2025, 14:22:04 Impeachment isn't a realistic tool anymore. IMO. The political realities of the country... - haighter May 12, 2025, 13:41:02 Even that is just kicking the can - Sammich May 12, 2025, 13:12:33 The Qataris showed the way gifting him a new Air Force one. * - VIV May 12, 2025, 12:55:39 Well, they definitely big timed everybody. But the tech cos paying $1 M to the innauguration showed - ATL May 12, 2025, 13:04:39 TPS ended for Afghan folks who helped us v. Taliban. Racist South Africans welcome. Episcopal Church - ATL May 12, 2025, 12:08:02 I think the Afghans who worked with US troops are on special immigrant visas* - ECEIllinois May 12, 2025, 12:17:55 They had to apply for it and get it. People who are applying for it but made it to the US already - ATL May 12, 2025, 12:19:18 We should probably revoke their tax exempt status for not being racist.* - DT May 12, 2025, 12:16:53 This shitheel administration is delighted with that collateral damage - RVA May 12, 2025, 12:16:03 so we're not going to be making iPhones in the US again or replacing the income tax with tariffs?* - ECEIllinois May 12, 2025, 12:01:30 shocking, isn't it? we're all just gonna pay more as consumers for the same shit - VIV May 12, 2025, 13:24:58 This is just incredible stuff, he is not well - Sounder May 12, 2025, 11:37:35 Any time he goes to the, sir, you know it’s a lie* - Mrap24 May 12, 2025, 12:08:13 This admin is an absolute joke. Clown car incompetence all the way down* - gvibes May 12, 2025, 9:53:26 More competent than the media - look at this headline - ATL May 12, 2025, 9:57:56 NBCNews trying to both sides the rising use of disability slurs - RVA May 12, 2025, 12:07:30 The MAGA ass kissing is going to be brutal today. - Mrap24 May 12, 2025, 8:38:39 Get Nutlick on TV* - Drippy May 12, 2025, 9:03:41 It's a good day to unload some garbage from my portfolio.* - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 8:46:43 I have garbage in my portfolio - Stu May 12, 2025, 9:54:52 Line go up.* - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 10:10:56 just buy what nancy pelosi buys and you'll always win big. - VIV May 12, 2025, 10:02:32 I actually am putting together a PLSI ETF if anybody's interested - ATL May 12, 2025, 12:17:39 NANC and KRUZ exist* - Dilbert May 12, 2025, 13:50:19 WTF is a wizard?* - Stu May 12, 2025, 10:03:20 WNBA stock?* - Poldark May 12, 2025, 8:59:10 Worse, Ethereum.* - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 9:00:12 Actually I take this back. Right now seems like an awesome time to buy WNBA stock. - Warrin'_Illini May 12, 2025, 13:09:50 Donnie backdown at it again* - Mrap24 May 12, 2025, 7:37:21 Stop this 90 day pause bullshit, please. I’m trying to make decisions.* - Carl Spackler May 12, 2025, 6:23:44 my job has been one giant shrug emoji since the election. * - VIV May 12, 2025, 7:49:08 same here. multiple projects that we've got no idea how to proceed with - IlliniSax05 May 12, 2025, 8:53:15 I have run out of roller coaster GIFs to use in my Teams chats.* - Carl Spackler May 12, 2025, 8:50:58 my job has been one giant shrug emoji since I took it. * - ATL May 12, 2025, 7:51:28 This is not a trade deal. This is just unwinding Liberation Day - Stu May 12, 2025, 5:57:35 the lead up was so embarrassing. - VIV May 12, 2025, 7:52:38 Trump just wants headlines, not results. Everyone knows this.* - Stu May 12, 2025, 7:55:49 Idiots at cnn touting it as a “major trade breakthrough” - ATL May 12, 2025, 6:08:04   Searching