ScruffytheJanitor

The Angels had what was considered the top farm system in 2005 and were top 5 in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007.  Over the 2003-2007 period they had the 2nd overall farm system based on cumulative rankings per Baseball America.  

Man, I was on a roll, and you just told me the Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor.  Screw it.  Now who's with me?

He's not anti gay marriage, not anti pro-choice, not anti immigration, against expansion of the military...
 
You know ... just like Republicans. 
 
 
 

But if the goal is to usher in a single payer system it wasn't supposed to work and I'm guessing most pro-progress folks are okay with the means and methods to expedite that process.

I have a friend who entered med school in 2011, and we had very interesting conversations while Obama Care was being put into affect. He told me that most doctors didn't have time to really think about the impact of the law, and that most were just unsure of what was going to happen. There was (and still is) a LOT of anxiety about what is going to happen to healthcare. 
He leans slightly to the left (Libertarian for the most part, actually, but is one of those people who believe in the unicorn of an efficiently run government program), but after a few times going over the pros and cons, we both decided one thing: for something called the Affordable Care Act, it did almost nothing to make care more affordable for the people who are going to be paying for it. It should have been called "The Great Insurance Mandate Gamble." 
And THAT is what killed me the most. the ACA could have been great. It could have addressed the outrageous costs of medications in hospitals, it could have made it easier to make competitive drugs, they could have done something to address the rising cost of attending medical school... and a whole lot more. Instead, we get this. 

I have a friend who entered med school in 2011, and we had very interesting conversations while Obama Care was being put into affect. He told me that most doctors didn't have time to really think about the impact of the law, and that most were just unsure of what was going to happen. There was (and still is) a LOT of anxiety about what is going to happen to healthcare. 
He leans slightly to the left (Libertarian for the most part, actually, but is one of those people who believe in the unicorn of an efficiently run government program), but after a few times going over the pros and cons, we both decided one thing: for something called the Affordable Care Act, it did almost nothing to make care more affordable for the people who are going to be paying for it. It should have been called "The Great Insurance Mandate Gamble." 
And THAT is what killed me the most. the ACA could have been great. It could have addressed the outrageous costs of medications in hospitals, it could have made it easier to make competitive drugs, they could have done something to address the rising cost of attending medical school... and a whole lot more. Instead, we get this. 

Gary Johnson Is Right About A Consumption Tax, But Very Wrong About The Rate
 
It's a step.  At least someone is talking about him, and about a potential policy subject.  And not screaming about some nonsense. 

Sounds familiar
 

That seems to be your opinion of pretty much everyone that doesn't share your exact political beliefs.

My hope is that Arte abdcEppler use a protected pick as an excuse to acquire the free agent talent this team needs rather than rolling out a series of Daniel Nava's.

Scioscia runs a timeshare at catcher. Even when Iannetta was having his best season he was still routinely being substituted for. Bandy is going to be a very good major league catcher for a very long time. But I don't think he'll be a starter than plays more than 100 games a year.

In that same vein.  Don't use Yelp much.  But was in Palm Springs, and wanted something different to eat.  And if you cut the meat out of some of the reviews.  Found a gem of a restaurant, that ironically was in the same parking lot as the hotel I was staying at.  Probably would never have stopped there if I didn't look.

Martin Shkreli said he sees no problem with this.....no he really did. 

This, to me, is the most serious problem
 
This is the really disgusting thing. I am not surprised that one person or one company would act like a douche. I am-- well, not surprised, but disgusted that the government (and an un-elected arm of the government, no less) allows shitty people/companies to have a defacto monopoly over something like this. 

Mylan pharma is a scumbag operation. They have done this with a number of other products. They buy up any generic competition, and then shut them down.
We have seen Doxycycline IV prices go from $27 for a box of 10 vials to $325 in just 3 years. There used to be four companies making it, now, oddly, Mylan is the only one.
Early 2015, I was paying $13/vial for Ascorbic Acid injectable. It is now $95....
Same with Rifampin for injection. $29/vial three years ago. Mylan enters the market, and within a year, all competitors are out. Priced at $189 today.
Unbelievable what they get away with. Where are the antitrust laws now?
 

Of course that involves a lot of drugs in the US where you have to go to Canada to get the generic brand since their health care system doesn't pay for the highway robbery prices.

This, to me, is the most serious problem
 
This is the really disgusting thing. I am not surprised that one person or one company would act like a douche. I am-- well, not surprised, but disgusted that the government (and an un-elected arm of the government, no less) allows shitty people/companies to have a defacto monopoly over something like this. 

No competitors allowed. 
 
https://mises.org/blog/lack-epipen-competitors-fdas-fault

There has to be a competitor that can undercut these assholes by a huge amount. 

You notice we haven't heard anything from Jackson or Sharpton about this? 

Yeah, I definitely overreacted to that one a bit. In all fairness, it was borne more out of "is this all we can get?" moreso than I thought Santiago was a huge piece going forward. But it seems like that trade, entirely contingent on Meyer now, is pretty low risk/high reward. Sorry Eppy!

"In the interest of time, we will now skip forward to november....2017."  

But it's not our money.