tasman1 wrote: Darkstar ..... for some it can be strange but fact is that Cuba have one of the best health care in the world

Cuba, one of the most astonishing paradoxes for me is how its health can be maintained in similar ways despite its low wages at $20 or less per month. Due primarily to Cuba’s ability to produce top-notch doctors as well as their high-quality healthcare system, Cuba has managed to achieve such feats.

It's called exploitation and slavery - that's where cheap labour comes from - are they truly happy with what they have ? Maybe, because in return the cost of living is relative - On the West side of the world is where you find GREED and crazy high labour - there is a fine line to be drawn between slavery and reasonable - some people in industries here are being paid crazy high amounts of money for the type of work they do and its worth - In Cuba and other countries they are underpaid and deserve to be paid more. One thing you will notice in Cuba and Dominican Republic and other countries is human labour and construction - the quality of the work there far exceeds the crap here, they work so damn hard for the little they get - here in America (meaning North America) people get overpaid and do a shit job most of the time. Today it's cutting of corners, shoddy materials and poor work all around - how often do you see city repairs being constantly redone, because they were not done right in the first damn place - In Japan, a big crater in the middle of the street, no problem, it's fixed the same day. HERE, they put orange bloody cones everywhere and 6 months later they are still fooling around - it's pathetic, and they don't even do a half decent job. It's funny how the people who slave and work in cheap arse labour do a far better job, it's pathetic, they are being exploited, THEY are the ones who deserve more money, not the greatly arseholes who earn hundreds $ an hour doing rubbish work.

valerie wrote: Maybe it's because they don't eat a bunch of crap like we do in the US.

That's debatable - but they certainly are more active, lots of work, labour, outdoor, they are generally more fit and active, as far as food hygiene is concerned, that's another issue - in the US things are far from perfect, but there are standards and inspections done in stores and restaurants to make sure foods are stored at the right temperatures, are not kept out more than 2 hours, cleanliness of equipment and area, etc, even though a lot of stores and restaurants lack all of the above and rarely get caught - Having been in Cuba myself I have observed this, even in the so-called 5 star, best places. One thing I have is good observation and a great palate, a Gordon Ramsey kind I can generally tell if food is fresh, off, even the slightest - in these countries there is a lot of bribery and corruption - not that there isn't any in the US but it's a different kind - over there you can slip a few pesos to the inspectors and ask him to look the other way IN America to do that you will need thousands of $, a Ferrari and a Rolex

As far as hospitals, yes that's true to some extent, but you have to be careful - yes certain specific procedures, yes good doctors, but it does not mean that their hygiene and quality standards are higher - There have been Canadians who went there to get operated because they would normally have to wait 3-4 years in Canada. In Canada for now, we have publicly funded health care, certain things are not covered like dentists, eye exams, etc, but hospital, surgeries except for certain kinds like bariatric and non essential ...... Some provinces have some of the dirtiest hospitals - I'm sure it made the world headlines how during the heart of the pandemic some seniors were dying in their shit, literally because they were just ignored, not taken care of, not bathed, in the same diapers. Our health care is public and so bloody underfunded, cutting corners everywhere, ridden in frustrated and incompetent doctors who have to live with government cuts and policies and pass along their frustration to patients in the form of poor care and mistakes. and then the nurses that have to work 12-18 hours shifts because of lack of staff.......so yeah we can learn a lot from Cuba, to a certain limit, they are not perfect either.

valerie wrote: Read again Darkstar2. It took place in Peru. She was no doubt in a simple wood box.

Even in the days of old, they had a sure fire way to know if someone was still alive.

The tool is called a...................... mirror.

Did she get a second funeral ? Imagine knocking on your coffin to get out, only to truly die the same day, still maybe she would be alive still had she not been misdiagnosed - a simple wood box still, she had the strength to knock on it, with weak vital signs............

There's lots of documented cases of people declared falsely dead, it's quite alarming.

valerie wrote: Go get an apple. Eat it all. Now put the apple back together.

Is that a personal challenge ? Challenge accepted This can be done - keep in mind you didn't specify the method.
Just record yourself eating an apple, all of it, then play the tape in rewind fast search mode, apple is back .......

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There is no cure for tinnitus. The only thing you can do if you have tinnitus is to live with it and/or get hearing aids that are programmed to mask the noise.

There are advances today to control it, reduce it, no you cannot cure it I guess, and the masking of sound involves generating the reverse waveform of the sound to cancel it out, if you manage to get it right - technically you could put on a pair of headphones or earbuds and play the reverse waveform of the sound to cancel it out, you would not need full blown hearing aids, it's just one more big scam to fill the pockets of the industry, if you feel the need to invest $6k per ear, then that Tinnitus of yours must be advanced and really noisy

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I did not consider the fact I would need two hearing aids. I kind of guesstimated it would cost around 2 grand for testing and an aid. You can't get much of anything done any more for less than 2 grand. I don't know why I didn't realize I would need one for each ear. Plus, he is expensive. I think I can find a doc that does not charge as much.

Sure, maybe a witch doctor or a doctor that graduated from Kraker Jax school of medicine

OR if you like adventure you can consult a doctor in some other country, Cuba, Mexico or some remote island you never heard of

valerie wrote: There is no cure for tinnitus. The nerves inside the ear become damaged and there is no way to repair them.

They did come up with the solution to program hearing aids to mask the noise. As long as you wear them, you don't hear the constant tree frogs. Whenever you remove them, shower, sleep, etc, you will hear the tree frogs.

I refer to the noise as tree frogs. Generally it's referred to as buzzing, ringing, crickets.

The masking of the noise is quite simple, just produce the reverse of the sound waveform to cancel it out. I'm pretty sure that nowadays you can treat or at least control a lot of the ear conditions - it depends on the extent of your tinnitus. If the sound is so loud that it is an annoyance at all times and you hear tree frogs, then it's probably very severe. I think everyone has some level of that, but this condition can often be misdiagnosed - there are other conditions that can cause this - they just want to sell you some hearing aids maybe. I've heard cases of tinnitus that were improved - you can't cure it, but you can improve it and control it. There is a well known radio show host who quit because he had it, it was so bad he had to quit his job.

valerie wrote: Over here, that wouldn't happen....being buried alive.....not in todays world because they embalm bodies or send them to the crematorium. I guess it could be possible a person would wake up inside the incinerator. That's a hell of a thought!

So are you saying that if they do wake up, they would have a burning desire to get out before the whole plan blows up in smoke ?

This should NOT happen - how DUMB and INCOMPETENT do they have to be to assume a non responsive person is dead, and unplug them - taking vital signs is BASIC stuff, you don't need a medical degree for that, you learn that in Kindergarten - and if you cannot get a pulse, you can watch states on a monitor and look for tricky PEA that often gets mistaken for death - but I guess over there they might get their medical degree out of a box of Kraker Jax
It's unacceptable - and even suspicious that the person has survived this, aren't those coffins air tight ? something is strange with this story, and having the strength to bang on a coffin ...........

I do know that there is medical documentation about mysterious "awakenings" from the dead - Meaning when a doctor calls the death after basically attempting reviving procedures and getting Asystole, no electrical activity, breathing, no vital signs, basically dead - there are documented cases where someone's heart has suddenly restarted after seconds or minutes of being Asystole - now you cannot shock a flatline, for that you need chemical methods, so it is unknown to this die how a person clinically dead suddenly comes back to life, without intervention, that's strange - but this usually occurs whilst the patient is still in the hospital bed - I don't think the heart cells can still be viable to start functioning again after a long period - so by the time they are brought to the morgue you would think there is enough damage to the heart and it would be impossible for a heart to start again, no electrolyte functioning cells anymore, but it does happen, and that is a big mystery - Fortunately it is extremely rare, and I think in this case it could be that the monitors did not pick up the residual electrical activity of the heart and registered it as a FALSE Asystole - You would think in modern days doctors would be better trained and monitors better calibrated for that. False asystole can be more common than believed, there probably could be more people revived, who knows - I mean this is basic stuff you don't need a medical degree, they would have to be so incompetent .....

Wowweee, this is like a script for a movie

Is the hammer part your own invention or did she knock with her hands ? Amazing, that she had very low vital signs, yet enough strength to bang on the coffin to be heard I don't think she used a hammer she probably banged with her hands and/or head, I guess you can say she was cheating death - she ended up dying anyway, which is so predictable and sad. If a hospital is unable to properly look for vital signs before declaring someone dead, then they are CRIMINALS - when you are in a coma, your heart is still beating, how could they have missed that, she probably would have had a chance to live - I wonder if the family can sue those witch doctors

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valerie wrote: Hearing aids with ads. I think I just created a monster!

Confused now , are you buying hearing aids or you are buying ads that show hearing aids ?

That makes no sense Tasman1 - why would you BUY ads - Wow nearly 7 grand for hearing aids that's a rip-off.

Her doctor probably makes a good commission - I'm sure now there are alternative ways to control Tinnitus sometimes reverse it - Once you wear hearing aids it becomes a habit - in my opinion hearing aids should only be used for severe hearing loss - for masking only there are probably cheaper alternative.

valerie wrote: Hearing aids with ads. I think I just created a monster!

A pair of hearing aids for all Americans, FREE of course, a promise for Biden's second term BUT, it comes with just one catch.........it is ad supported. You created a billion $ industry Paid to Hear, well actually there are paid to hear opportunities online - the open ones are much fewer than PTC, the other ones require competency reviews.

The first thing your next President should do is fire Jerome Powell - The Federal Reserve FAILED miserably yesterday when it decided to only raise interest rates by 50 basis points, which will do NOTHING to stop inflation, and he said a 75 points increase is completely off the table - this is what caused the crash yesterday - Investors were expecting at least a 75 point increase (an aggressive rate hike). What America needs is a President that actually cares about the economy, then he would not have to print new money and give handouts

tasman1 wrote: Darkstar , share markets around world in bloodbath today , all down

Bloodbath ? the dow fell almost 3.5%, that's hardly a bloodbath Nothing unusual about the markets, it goes up and down, that's how it works - it will rebound, in worst case scenario a 1-1.5 year recession and it will rebound, markets have rebound quickly usually. The stock market is like an erection - it can't always stay up, and it certainly won't always stay down - there's more ups than downs - this is the best way to teach about stock market The problem right now is with people who live off their investments, retired, no sources of income etc, they are literally F*CKED. But for the working class or people who only withdraw MINIMUM from their IRA, it's not a problem, usually in worst case scenarios things rebound within a few months to a year. Right now what is weighing on stocks is the g******** inflation - and the Feds now that want to screw over the economy by raising interest rates in hopes of slowing economy to make inflation drop, problem is it won't work, we will drop into a big recession, Feds will say "OOPS we f*cked up again, like we did already in history, let's lower the interest rates" stocks will go back up, and inflation will remain the same and we will live with this shit just like we will live with a never ending COVID19. The worst thing a long term investor can do is panic sell, then you LOSE for sure.

valerie wrote: In America, rape is committed 99% by males.

Of course, because they are reported - female "rapes" might not always be, for obvious reasons - and most of the female rapes are in the education system (ironic isn't it ? ) It's funny to watch those trials, where the female teacher uses as an excuse that the teenage boy was consenting and said YES, of course teenage boys will say yes This is why it is referred to as STATUTORY rape, there is a difference - it is done this way as to not make it OK for adults to have sex with underage kids / teens even if they consent to it, so even though the 15 year old boy thinks he is in paradise and gets a booty call from his hot math teacher every day, it's still considered rape, even though the boy may not feel like a victim, EVENTUALLY, he will because it will be harder to hide this from the parents - and by the time it gets reported, years go by, and sometimes they are not reported, sometimes the sex ends. The amount of female teachers having sex with under age students is alarming - it's become a trend now - the last case I heard in the news it was a 15 year old boy who found his 22 year old teacher hot and decided to ask for her Snapchat, the 2 chat a little and eventually the teacher asked the students "let's do more stuff........" - and the 15 year old teen did what most teens would do............

kanjoormadam09 wrote: Yes there are many such cases of women torturing young teenage boys here in India too; but less than west I anticipate. But many such cases are not unveiled due to loss of prestige

They call it torturing over there ? Bloody hell, over here, it is usually a teenager's biggest fantasy It happens all the time here, you will hear about female teachers having sex with their under age students, 22 year old shagging a 15 year old, etc, often those kinds of things go unreported, because for the teenage boy it is a dream come true But eventually it gets reported as it becomes more and more difficult to hide this from your parents as the "relationship" evolves and eventually you have to face the heat and tell the truth. I think as far as the status of pedophile, if not mistaken there is an age limit, I think 13 or below, I'm not sure how it works in Canada though, teachers in that position often get fired of course, are they placed on a sex predator registry, I don't know, but the laws in America are crazy too, if an adult marries an underage kid, technically they can get away with it, it's crazy - I find it DISGUSTING even hearing about those marriages, they exist, and it's crazy - it's a loopholes for sex predators and pedophiles, fortunately they rarely get away with it.

As far as woman having sex with teenagers or students, you will rarely hear about it here in a bad way, it's something every teen will brag to his mates about :lol; But if it is the opposite, you will hear it all over the news.
As far as the "women can control their urges better" part, who fed you all that bullshit ? It's easier for a female addicted to sex to find a male shag buddy to satisfy their urges, than the other way around - you will find such out of control nymphos on dating sites, craigslist and other market places - people are not using Tinder to find casual company

There is a double standard - if women enjoy sex and sleep around they get a bad reputation and called a slut. But if guys do it, it's almost a standard - It's so MESSED UP because not all guys are like that, not all guys are like Drake and want to F*** everything that moves

tasman1 wrote: In start of 2022 prices in shops did increase 15-20%

Just back from shop , many prices are gone up 30-60% overnight
Just one example , cheap brand, croissant 3 pack yesterday 2.50 .... today Price Down , down to 4.00 [ they forgot to remove old price , they just did ad PRICE DOWN
Wow , I love this situation , it will help rich to increase wealth this year 1000% , not just 85% like last year

Musk about Twitter yesterday,,,,, I must increase price , cool , he will get his money back in instant , smart Musk
B.T.W. What is start date for world wide revolution ?

Oh but wait price was $6.00, and today $4.00 so it's a clever way to bullshit you, but technically, the price did go down They base their assessment on last price, not lowest price, sure in old days you could buy a carton of eggs for 11 cents, today It's $20, $1 an egg. If price goes down by 1 cent next month, they will say price down, but DOWN is an illusion, because prices go one direction UP UP UP - no publicly traded company would survive otherwise, but when prices fluctuate, they give you the impression it goes down from highs, but it never goes lower than the lows, unless there is a sale - but sale prices are a big scam, because companies find a way to recover that money by making you buy other stuff more expensive.

One day that cheap bread will be $8, and one day it will fall down to $7, so they will say "prices have dropped" Welcome to the world of inflation - where everybody gets rear ended, except for the filthy rich.

valerie wrote: Yesterday I went to audiologist. I need two hearing ads with masking. That is to mask my tinnitus. I hear fine.
Cost: $6,500.00

Hearing ads - now that is a great concept - we need some of those here to boost our earnings

$6.5lk, did they tell you that this is per ear ? What a rip-off, it's more expensive than high-end computers

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Housing prices are still over the top and not much out there for sale. Interest will rise again next month for housing (and everything else) but so far, I don't see buyers slowing down. I am sure they will to an extent. BUT here is the problem with that, it's called RENT. People need a place to live and guess what, there is not much out there to rent either and what there is, is as high or higher than a mortgage payment.

Owning a paid house (paid mortgage) is far less expensive than renting or even condos, but owning a house with an ongoing mortgage is costlier - on paper, BUT a house is also an investment, because the funds are not lost, the value goes up - when you rent, it's a loss, calculate the amount of rent you can spend in 30 years, it's a big loss.

I cannot believe how many buyers there are, who in the HELL wants to buy houses that are over valued by several hundreds of thousands - it's crazy. Higher priced homes means higher property tax, means higher mortgage, means little money left to renovate and repair - once upon a time people purchased home at value, a $150k-$200k home that needed $100k-$200k repairs. TODAY, those same run down homes, sell for $600k and need $200k repair, it's crazy, there will eventually be a bubble and it will burst, there is no way prices can keep rising like that - so it will be difficult for those who purchased high value homes to sell for a profit, unless these buyers plan to stay there for a long time - not all home buyers sell, not all home buyers do so as an investment - it's smart. In America the cost of nursing homes / senior homes is CRIMINAL. In some states, you can look at up to $12k a MONTH !!!! to get treated like abandoned garbage and get your arse cleaned every 2 weeks if lucky - might as well stay in your home until you croak - there are many seniors here who do stay in their home, they live the longest

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I keep considering selling because it sure is a good time to sell. Buy a camper and travel for awhile. It looks like with the high gas prices, more people are selling their campers. Not only due to gas, but due to the costs of everything else.

Anytime is a good time to sell, there is always buyers on the market, probably will be even more buyers once the crazy increase settles - the high interest rates will not stop buying - people are piss poor in America and swimming in debt, it never stopped people to buy people don't seem to care they have piling debt and a 40-60 year mortgage to pay off - how many of those mortgages do get paid off I wonder - there are a lot of people selling their home and paying off the remainder. People in North America in general are living beyond their means, all made possible with CREDIT.

tasman1 wrote: Going up , up , up and more up up up

Inflation in the US hit 8.5% in March, the sharpest annual rate since 1981, driven by accelerating costs for food and energy.

Up . up . up , much more to come
The US central bank has announced its biggest interest rate increase in more than two decades as it toughens its fight against fast rising prices.

In theory raising the interest rates should slow consumption, this is counter productive, and just a band-aid solution, it will cause a recession and lower company earnings which will cause stocks to plummet - The interest rate hike won't have much effect on inflation - remember the Fed said inflation would be temporary, they were wrong, consumer spending seems to be resilient - meaning consumers are still spending like crazy, IDIOTS that they are, inflation does not seem to have any effect - the problem is supply chain - fix the g******** supply chain issues at the source, why the f*** can't we meet demand - the only reason prices are going up so much is because supply cannot keep up with demand, so how do we fix this shit ? Ramp up supply, encourage spending, instead of causing a recession - because that will not stop inflation, because eventually the Feds will realise the mistake and lower the interests, inflation will go back up up up - solve the problems at the source, shortage of supply, then you won't have any problems - as far as the war is concerned, people should wake up one day and realise that Zelensky is equally responsible for this war, meaning both him and Putin together - the war is just a bullshit excuse to pin on inflation, but reality is before war we had a crazy inflation driven by incompetence, greedy and criminals in politics - They will have to raise interest rates much more than that - it will only lower inflation artificially through a recession - but not without a big cost to company and earnings - that's not a long term way to fix the bloody inflation - if this 1 year recession will give them time to fix the supply issues, then yes it's a good idea, if not, then they are wasting their time again and again. Inflation my arse - deal with the supply, meet the bloody demand - encourage people to spend........it keeps the economy going. COVID19's fast recovery to economy is the most responsible for this inflation - more than the bullshit tantrum war between Zelensky and Putin - that both want to drag the entire world into a worldly conflict !!!

tasman1 wrote: Bill Gates now biggest land owner in USA , think about when you go to shop for spinach and see
empty shelves
What % of empty shelves do you have now in your shop ? , it is starting here

Very confused by this post, bill gates land owner, if you go for spinach you will see empty shelves Fortunately there is still spinach around here, canned, leaf, frozen - Speaking of Bill Gates, he has a new book out "How to Prevent the next pandemic", only £35 to listen to some quack tell you what you already know - when all the information is free out there.

In case you are wondering yes world war 3 starting it's official, Russia attacked a NATO country, now NATO is in defcom mode, is this going to affect food supply, no, it is greedy F**** of companies that take advantage of this war to CREATE a shortage supply to scam consumers of their bloody money.

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Darkstar2 wrote:

Arvind9 wrote: you are just repeating what I said the dead are floating,one cannot imagine the place until you see it I would never even think of going to such a place I would rather go to the Antarctic and watch penguins

Good idea - is it covered by Amazon Prime one-day delivery ?

Repeating twice on forum is no big problem
Problem is repeating 1000 times in surveys same question like
What is your age and
What is your sex [ b.t.w currently non existent ]

Yeah that joke is old but still funny The repeating of questions in surveys is exactly the point that's how they determine if a respondent is bullshitting you or not, that's how they analyse for consistency - so if, say you are 69 years old at the beginning of the survey, and at the end you are 35, then there is a big BIG problem

Isn't death penalty for a pedophile or rapist such an easy punishment ? It's not punishment at all, they are getting off easy - it's not like killing them will wipe rapists from the planet, you are removing 0.000000000000000005% of them, and besides most sexual predators never get caught - and for everyone that goes through the lengthy process of death sentencing, there are 10 new predators. You see, the rapist is dead, he has no more worries, he is gone, but the victims, they live their whole life with a scar, their life is changed for good, some eventually recover, but not the scars, some get traumatised for life - they are the ones that are punished for life, whilst the pedophile / rapist is dead.
So how is it punishment ? REAL punishment is that they should be forced to wear clothing where it says in big bold letters that they are a sex offender, pedophile, rapist, etc, and a tracker at all times - they should have long prison sentences very very long ones - you know what they do to pedophiles in prison, they get a taste of their medicine But death penalty ? That's not punishment, and no they don't go straight to hell, nobody goes straight to hell or heaven after they die, they have to wait until final judgment day, so they are gonna wait in the void, whilst their victims suffer in hell on earth their whole *********d life - so yeah I don't think it's proper punishment - since when has death penalty changed anything - for every criminal you kill, 100 new ones grow - so what's the solution then ? it starts with kids............make them aware at a very young age, teach them how to defend themselves, teach them to look for signs, teach them not to be a bunch of idiots and use the internet and chat with random adults or send pics of themselves, or engage in specific type of chats that lure predators................ more parent awareness too, more presence in kids social media and chat rooms - THAT is the solution, at the SOURCE of the problem.......................

Tough luck, you'll have to settle with lab engineered goop You watched Snowpiercer, well you see how the people at the back of the train eat those jello like square thingies that tastes like real food - well that's the future - only the rich will eat real food, those who have not watched Snowpiercer should, we can all learn a lot about this, it's like looking into our future - except for the endless blizzard and perpetual engine part

Arvind9 wrote: you are just repeating what I said the dead are floating,one cannot imagine the place until you see it I would never even think of going to such a place I would rather go to the Antarctic and watch penguins

Good idea - is it covered by Amazon Prime one-day delivery ?