Raeden Zen's Blog, page 520

"Like accolades ought to be, the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. It’s what..."

“Like accolades ought to be, the fulfilled life is a consequence, a gratifying byproduct. It’s what happens when you’re thinking about more important things. Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view. Climb it so you can see the world, not so the world can see you. Go to Paris to be in Paris, not to cross it off your list and congratulate yourself for being worldly. Exercise free will and creative, independent thought not for the satisfactions they will bring you, but for the good they will do others, the rest of the 6.8 billion-and those who will follow them.”

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David McCollough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lfxYhtf8o4

(via lifeofabanker)

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lilischaf:just pure awesomeness

lilischaf:

just pure awesomeness

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laughsome:Usain Bolt - Setting a new Olympic record in 100m...

laughsome:

Usain Bolt - Setting a new Olympic record in 100m

Is Bolt not the most perfect surname for this man?

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c0caino:

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"[Y]ou cannot treat 30 million new people and have a diminishing supply of doctors and expect medical..."

“[Y]ou cannot treat 30 million new people and have a diminishing supply of doctors and expect medical care to remain the same. We need to elaborate this conclusion and explain what is at stake. If Obamacare is not repealed, seniors will not be able to get the care they need because they do not have enough QLYs remaining (Quality Life Years). The authoritarian regime of math will take over. Does your hip replacement cost $300,000? But are you 84 and have only three QLYs left? Our guidelines do not permit us to spend $100,000 per QLY. Permission denied.”

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Dick Morris, in an article at RealClearPolitics.com (via leftybegone)

Scary prospect, and I believe it except for the probability that technological advances will reduce the cost and improve the results on most medical problems. Of course, the government “taking control” might sufficiently reduce the economic incentives to erode innovation. That would both limit access and increase costs. I am already surprised to realize how many doctors “won’t take anymore Medicare patients.” In those cases, you pay the doctor in full at the time of receiving service, then submit a direct claim to Medicare, which issues you a check for what it would have paid the Dr. In one instance, the doctor charges $160 for an office visit. I get $60 back from Medicare. The solution, to force every doctor to work at Medicare rates, without limitation, is to gradually drive doctors our of medicine, reducing access and likely eroding the quality of care. 

(via alsson)

It sounds like nothing is going to change; basically, if you are wealthy, you will continue to get good health care. If not, good luck.

George Orwell Would Give This 5 Stars

Review of Flexon Vale via Amazon.com:

Wow! A futuristic book on the outcome of our current economy played out in a satire of a hedge fund manager, Flexon Vale, with flashbacks to his college partying days. Yes, it comes complete with a fraternity, whose Greek letters are STD, on the equivalent of double secret probation.

On the surface it’s a parody of events at Penn State University, what is in store for us by the Federal Reserve flooding the world with money and zero interest rates, and a government that tries to get involved with private enterprise. On a deeper level it’s about investment concepts and psychology that Flexon studied in college and how the same mistakes made in the past are being repeated in the present and future.

The ending caught me by surprise. Like Flexon says, “When a person robs a bank they go to jail. When a bank robs a person or country, nothing happens”… well, almost.

letscausesomefuckinghavoc:oh god you’re so cute i love you

letscausesomefuckinghavoc:

oh god you’re so cute i love you