Public healthcare systems must prioritise finite resources, operating theatres, and medical personnel based on immediate physical urgency and mortality risks. Allocating capacity to non-urgent elective procedures increases wait times for critical operations—like oncology resections and cardiovascular surgeries—where delays cause permanent physical damage or death. Furthermore, public resources should not be prioritised for complex treatments that rely on long-term specialised therapy or hard-to-source medications from abroad. Even if a patient seeks private care, private clinicians and facilities remain strictly bound by Irish medical law, Medical Council ethical guidelines, and statutory prescription regulations. As a result, going private offers faster access, but it does not bypass the legal frameworks, prescribing laws, or duty of care required across the Irish medical system.

What, the actual FUCK? Why are people so fucking shitty in this timeline? Let people be the people that they truly are.

Unilever fighting Aldi, usually I want these companies to fight to the death but I like Aldi and want it to hang around while fixing their labor problems

"All cheap knockoffs" and yet better than the real thing. This isnt even to shill for a giant grocery store but the Zero Sugar coke dupes are just better than the name brand.

I know this story is from Ireland but its been awesome watching Aldi completely undercut the whole American grocery industry. Five years ago, the closest one to me was 2.5hr away and now there's 4 within a half hour

This is stupid, Aldi all cheap knockoffs of everything, everyone knows it isn't the real thing, and the magnums are right next to them on the shelf if you want one.

I can't see magnum coming out on top of this one when a win for them means massive price hikes for consumers

Now that you mention it, it’s the one that actually moved me while reading it.

I didn’t know that, although I felt they sometimes used Riker to give people their dose of Kirk if they needed that. The first backwards compatible TV show? :)

Because of both the writing and the acting, Picard was a great role model for many young men.

I heard "The Captain of Humanity" used to describe his role in Star Trek. Apparently the idea came about by splitting the Captain Kirk role into two; The Robust warrior/leader became the mold for Riker, and the humanitarian universalists diplomat became Picard.

I’m very glad I read this. I’ve seen too many thoughtless, boilerplate memorials. This isn’t among them.

William Shatner in shambles

Yes. Which one?

You can't imagine a value that's not monetary.

And I'm either rich or stupid?

That’s the cold-blooded perspective, so you’ve omitted the most important options:

Caring about greater society, equality and the harms caused to the environment by the growth/extractive mindset.

You’ll also make money from investing in the arms trade, by the way.

If you own a home, and don't care about it maintaining its value, you are either family rich and spoiled, or you're stupid. Which is it?

If you own a home, and don't care about it maintaining its value, you are either family rich and spoiled, or you're stupid. Which is it?

You're not getting the point. Landlords and speculators should be abolished, the homes nationalized.

Ask me how much I make. Psshhttt

How much did you spend on your home? Home much do you make in a year?

Yes, I'm in trouble if I see homes as commodities. I don't. What's so hard to understand?

Class war is global

Unless you ever want to sell the house or borrow against it. If it's worth less than you bought it for while everything else around you gets more expensive, you're in trouble.

Dafuq? I live in my house because it's my home. It's not an investment portfolio. If housing costs go down then all that means is my property tax goes down. GOOD.

Sure, but regular folks who struggled to buy a house and have a lot of their wealth wrapped up in it can get wiped out if prices drop. Housing issues should be treated as wage issues. Bind wages to the average cost of housing.

He didn’t want to make his campaign contributors angry.

Capitalism treats houses as commodities instead of homes.