Friday Funnies: Hit Putin With Obamacare

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[Fist of Etiquette]

Well, it's no disposition matrix, that's for sure.

[Snark Plissken]

Not bad, Payne, not too bad.

[BakedPenguin]

Yup. It's obvious what's occurring, and the punchline is decently funny.

[invisible furry hand]

Except Russian healthcare is such a disaster zone it's not clear Obamacare could really make it much worse. So i'm still marking this a C-

[BakedPenguin]

Hi, ifh. Did you see this?

[invisible furry hand]

That was well past my bedtime, so thanks BP!

Sure, we do score highly (but not highly enough) on deregulation, but as some of the commenters note, we're a bit ordinary on things like free speech, guns, drugs, gay marriage, welfare, and of course compulsory voting. Slightly better than you on school funding, I think, as private school places are partially funded by the taxpayer, so it's that aspect of a voucher system. As a result about one-third of kids are out of the government system.

One upside of the latter however is that the Liberal Democrat senator almost certainly only got in because he was listed first on the ballot paper and enough idiots voters confused him with the Liberals (as in our Republicans) or were so apathetic they stuck a 1 next to the first name they saw (AKA the donkey vote).

Oh, and that alt-text was fully sick.

[BakedPenguin]

Yeah, it's a mixed bag. But the impression I have (any feel free to disabuse me if I'm wrong) is that you're at least treading water regarding freedoms, while we are actively destroying ours.

Also, the first on the ballot strategy sounds like a good one in a country where they force you to vote. Aaron Aaronsen, Liberal Democrat candidate for Chullawunda.

[invisible furry hand]

I just scribble "None of the above" or song lyrics on my ballot paper.

These things are cyclical. The current Federal Government is doing some encouraging things (flatly refusing to subsidise the car industry anymore, gutting our hate speech laws, talking tough on entitlements) but that's mostly in reaction to some previous high craziness. The libertarian moment that Reason keeps claiming is just around the corner in the US might actually happen, but only because you'll have had a gutful of the Bushbama era.

The really interesting question is whether any reforms then become the new status quo, or get rolled back when the regulatin' urge hits again. Here the great deregulation era of the 1980s is now, interestingly, invoked as a high point in public policy by both sides, even when neither emulates it.

[neoteny]

gutting our hate speech laws [...] but that's mostly in reaction to some previous high craziness

Yup, like Andrew Bolt's conviction.

[CapitalistRunningDog]

Agreed. Worth a smile which is above the average.

[BigT]

What? No [ ] send Michelle to Russia?

[John Galt]

Check the box. She can go right after she gets back from her 3-week luxury North Korean holiday.

[Balloon maker]

The punch line is in the headline.

[Almanian!]

I know, right? Thanks for the spoiler alert, REASON!

[Pompey]

I like it.

[Will4Freedom]

I'll give it a 'cute'.

[Rich]

Speaking of Obamacare: "The president encouraged the navigators and volunteers to redouble their efforts over the next four days and leave no stone unturned in trying to bring affordable health coverage to as many Americans as possible by the March 31 deadline."

Emphasis added. "We have to pass the bill so that you can see what rock it crawls out from under."

[creech]

We've all seen what is under stones that we turn over.

[John Galt]

"oSAmA" had a teleprompter, too. But his is written on the cave wall behind him. That's why he needs the mirror to look behind him.

[Almanian!]

"cave wall" = Neanderthal = RAAAAAAACIST!

[Almanian!]

Nope, can't agree. Weak tea, plus CLEARLY not enough labels - D.

OTOH, my M1 has finally been repaired, so off to the gunsmith tomorrow to pick it up. Get home in time to hit the range and throw some brass with it.

Woo hoo! Happy Friday, Reasonoids!

[Swiss Servator, mehr Spr?ngli]

Who is O6ama, and why is there a three loop Slinky sitting on its desk?

[Hillary's Clitdong]

This hits Mr. Ogama where it hurts.

[jmomls]

The Russians already had their version of Obamacare from 1917-1991.

[plusafdotcom]

Option 3 probably illegal under Geneva Conventions or War Powers Act...