Thanks!

Thanks again!

What irritates me the most is product placement on news sites.

With everyone using AdBlock I can imagine they're struggling for revenue, but it's frustrating when you see say tech sites previously with good editorial commentary running "XX releases new product" every second post which all read like a press release. Or "xmas gift ideas" articles that are pretty much glossy ad inserts.

Ta!

A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.

My gratitude to you, oh bringer of fortuitous tidings!

Thank you

Thanks!

*beg

Interesting. When free trade agreements are usually about removing corporate interests at an international level like stagnant subsidies and industry handouts, it's sad to see the opposite occurring.

In relation to the TPP, on the anti-piracy side here in Australia you had the conservative Liberal party currently in power attempt to move us towards a three strikes policy, although that seems off the table for now.

On costs, it's super simple too. In countries who have a single payer system, the government is a monopsony or (near) single buyer with huge market power to bring down price of drugs and treatment. This is primarily why the US health care industry is so deathly afraid of a single payer system and demonized it. The final AHA, to appease the industry, had provisions specifically stating the government would not attempt to push down prices.

Insurance companies and union groups in the US are nowhere near as powerful because of their relative size and can't dictate price. At an individual consumer level there is also no competition because for those with work provided cover, the cost is hidden as an income deduction. Whereas those without cover get hosed with chargemaster prices and as an individual have no ability to contest high prices anyhow.

Thank you very much

Why, thank you!

And both cause tooth erosion! Yay!

I think you're kind of saying the same thing as me, just in a different way