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74. This would be a great time to introduce a little "tyranny of justice" or at least.......

Sat Dec 19, 2020, 08:10 AM

Dec 2020

a little socio-economic "tough love".

When they call me a socialist in order to demonize me and thus isolate me from my brethren then they have already lost.

.....on another note, it may well be the season to acknowledge that the biggest beneficiaries to American style health care are architectural firms and tech-supply companies. The building of monoliths to house the latest patented technology is affordable only by over-pricing care and under-compensating staff. Oh, and by maintaining a steady flow of illness.

That couldn't possibly be true. Could it? What is more profound: the "love thy neighbor" ethic or the law of supply and demand? Next thing you know there'll be "war for profit".

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enormous protest going on at Stanford Hospital carried out by staff, who are enraged by the decisio [View all] soothsayer Dec 2020 OP

They should inject the CEO class with a placebo SoonerPride Dec 2020 #1

I'm with ya on the bleach. Native Dec 2020 #2

Bleach 👍 Tribetime Dec 2020 #19

Excellent idea Rebl2 Dec 2020 #54

That's pretty ballsy, they don't even bother to hide procon Dec 2020 #3

Why should they? OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #22

Fuck, I so agree Ahpook Dec 2020 #56

I posted a thread yesterday about my partner's hospital doing the same thing and people here ... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2020 #44

I read your piece and was likewise bemused by those procon Dec 2020 #55

Eat the rich instead of coddling them. Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2020 #4

Eat the rich to feed the poor until there are no rich no more. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2020 #28

That is the way it should be. I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2020 #64

Eat the rich if you can, without puking. soldierant Dec 2020 #32

No thanks OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #76

Caveat Emptor smb Dec 2020 #85

If Lori Loughlin and her husband are in prison and are getting the vaccine, I'd like to suggest that EarnestPutz Dec 2020 #5

How about each executive who gets the vaccine has to relieve a doctor or nurse who hasn't William Seger Dec 2020 #35

+1000 wnylib Dec 2020 #45

Or clean hospital rooms after someone dies of covid. mjvpi Dec 2020 #82

Yeah, that would be good for those unqualified for anything else William Seger Dec 2020 #83

I'd hate to be the patient though. Doremus Dec 2020 #89

Not in the least surprised. cwydro Dec 2020 #6

Did anyone seriously believe it would be otherwise? sop Dec 2020 #7

I sure didn't. cwydro Dec 2020 #15

The hospital staff obviously did.. whathehell Dec 2020 #25

Nope. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2020 #29

Good for them. Call these assholes out. blueinredohio Dec 2020 #8

What is it lately? smirkymonkey Dec 2020 #9

Hate to break it to you smirky... OldBaldy1701E Dec 2020 #24

This moment in time we should be starkly telling the public what is happening because it's so clear. JudyM Dec 2020 #33

i keep trying to tell my conservative epal this is a guillotine issue. no, its not the rich's money. pansypoo53219 Dec 2020 #41

Roaches of the healthcare industry. Those assholes sit at the top MerryBlooms Dec 2020 #10

+1. Leeches and roaches dalton99a Dec 2020 #16

As long as we allow healthcare to be a "for profit industry " questionseverything Dec 2020 #51

I am fucking enraged too. spanone Dec 2020 #11

Contrast this with the hospital's housekeeping employees. lpbk2713 Dec 2020 #12

Single payer would eliminate this. 2naSalit Dec 2020 #13

Ethics should already have that covered. tirebiter Dec 2020 #17

I'm pro Single payer but I don't see how it would prevent administrators from doing this. pnwmom Dec 2020 #18

No it wouldn't dansolo Dec 2020 #75

Those that did not believe in the virus get the vaccine? sheshe2 Dec 2020 #14

WTF!! AmyStrange Dec 2020 #20

Let them wear mask!!! AmyStrange Dec 2020 #21

Article from the SF Chronicle about this people Dec 2020 #23

The fucking liars are pretending it was all a mistake. Mariana Dec 2020 #58

Trickle Down Health. How's that working out for you? rgbecker Dec 2020 #26

This is typical of SANTA BARBARA's elite attitudes. Stanford's administrators Hortensis Dec 2020 #27

Since Stanford and Santa Barbara are roughly 300 miles apart by the shortest soldierant Dec 2020 #38

Maybe they fly in. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #60

This message was self-deleted by its author CatLady78 Dec 2020 #69

Sorry. Middle of the night brain fart conflation. Hortensis Dec 2020 #78

Leaders in way too many spheres spheres are corrupt entitled scumbags malaise Dec 2020 #30

I used to compare them to wnylib Dec 2020 #46

Well put malaise Dec 2020 #47

im beginning to think the time to rise up is nearing rdking647 Dec 2020 #31

It's coming malaise Dec 2020 #48

One percenters will jump the line everywhere. kairos12 Dec 2020 #34

what does the ceo class do except get more and more money? i could never figure that one out . AllaN01Bear Dec 2020 #36

Damn those administrators. I'm so mad I could chew nails & spit carpet tacks! tblue37 Dec 2020 #37

Nurses no testing - priorities keithbvadu2 Dec 2020 #39

Jeezus soothsayer Dec 2020 #52

Oligarchy. moondust Dec 2020 #40

should have gone to the persons who clean the e.r first rather than these yahoos. AllaN01Bear Dec 2020 #42

Well, what can we possibly expect when the traits required for PatrickforO Dec 2020 #43

Raise taxes on the damn billionaires zentrum Dec 2020 #49

Good for them! . . . sometimes you wonder how people's heads . . . OneBlueSky Dec 2020 #50

This is fucking bullshit. Ferrets are Cool Dec 2020 #53

This is horrendous. NoRoadUntravelled Dec 2020 #57

Welcome to healthcare in America. BigDemVoter Dec 2020 #59

Sick and not surprising. The hospital administration is always looking to squeeze more out of them. 58Sunliner Dec 2020 #61

Worse: the billionaires (plus Trump and his swamp creatures) get REGENERON sandensea Dec 2020 #62

Fuck the rich I_UndergroundPanther Dec 2020 #63

K & R & Retweeted! SunSeeker Dec 2020 #65

Rt TY! WTF.. That makes NO GD Sense! Cha Dec 2020 #66

don't forget, the house and senate got theirs too..... eom essaynnc Dec 2020 #67

And those people are not six feet apart Sympthsical Dec 2020 #68

Low lifes Meowmee Dec 2020 #70

K&R. ck4829 Dec 2020 #71

elitism onetexan Dec 2020 #72

Well, Stanford is one of the most conservative schools in America... think Hoover Institution etc... Rollo Dec 2020 #73

This would be a great time to introduce a little "tyranny of justice" or at least....... jaxexpat Dec 2020 #74

I thought this whole vaccination program got off to a great start, symbolically. BobTheSubgenius Dec 2020 #77

The biggest risk takers and essential workers should never be anything but FIRST in this pandemic. ancianita Dec 2020 #79

Anyone who is surprised, raise their hand. malthaussen Dec 2020 #80

K&R, big-time. (nt) Paladin Dec 2020 #81

Unbelievable! They have neither shame nor decency. Nitram Dec 2020 #84

What the everloving fuck is this??? Pacifist Patriot Dec 2020 #86

The word, "Stanford" has achieved a new meaning:.less than sh*t..apologies to s**t everywhere.. Stuart G Dec 2020 #87

Looks like Stanford is backing down (at least a bit) DBoon Dec 2020 #88