Peter Cohen

Remembrance Detonating artillery shells falling on Dunkirk echoed in the distance. It was late May, 1940, my father was only eleven years old. He was in a small restaurant with my grandfather, the two of them perplexed by the French soldier sitting next to them having a feast. The soldier's meal was lavish, far in excess of what virtually all Europeans were used to in those days of rationing. My grandfather struck up conversation with the soldier. "Excuse me, but you are using up all your ration coupons on this one meal. What will you eat later if you spend them all like this? The soldier smiled forlornly and explained, "Tomorrow the Germans will attack." He would have no further use for his coupons. He had no intention of retreat. This was his last supper. For that soldier who died protecting my father and all the rest of us. For all the others I could never begin to name or even know of. For all those who stand the wall. Thank you.

@Reniec7 @mcuban 'Catastrophic' health care insurance is relatively cheap, especially if other measures have otherwise reduced the cost of health care.

There are no normal people. 88% of Americans experience a catastrophic healthcare event in their lifetime ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars. That's what your premiuns are for. That's why your deductibles are so high. It takes a lifetime of premiums to cover these events.

You stay competitively priced for normal people. How do all the “not normal” people pay for their care ? And if they can’t pay for their care, how do all the hospitals and doctors stay in business when everyone that is poor can’t pay for their care ? Old people need the most care. And the don’t have much money. Let em get sick, stay sick, and die, so normal people get cheaper insurance ?

Make a no-liability hospital. Any prospective patient must first sign a no-liability contract where they acknowledge that they understand medicine is risky and that human beings make mistakes, and they waive all liability claims that may result from using the services. The prices would be several times cheaper than regular services, and the hospital would have its own insurer that people could contract with, with insurance rates also several times lower. A HUGE factor increasing medical costs is the result of the fear of litigation.

Ok. Take government completely out of healthcare. No rules. No laws. No Medicare. No Medicaid. Hospitals, insurance companies, can do anything they want. What do they do ? If you were running any of the biggest insurance companies or hospitals, what would you do differently once gov was completely out of healthcare ?

@TaraBull Their egos are bigger than their brains.

Why do people that get beat up, still keep trying to fight?

@PaulAnleitner We lost something precious when Johnny Carson retired. It was never the same. Shortly thereafter, I stopped watching late-night TV entirely.

In 1992, the final episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson garnered 55 million viewers. For context, Stephen Colbert had 6.7 million. Sure, streaming plays a major role but there’s something deeper at play too: We’ve lost a shared culture & story that unites us.

@Jessworldview Don't worry. You'll soon return and reread them, again and again. Each time it will be like visiting an old friend.

I am reading my last chapter of LOTR Return of the King, and I don’t want this story to end. Where do I go from here? I have a ton of classics on my shelf I want to read but I don’t want to leave Middle Earth. I can read multiple books, so give me suggestions, please.

@AlexTran677026 She was quite something.

Demi Moore doing one armed pushups on Letterman during the promo for her role in G.I. Jane (1996) Moore had gone through an intensive training regime for the role that included a modified 2 week Navy SEAL programme as well as undertaking the customary buzz cut

@TheNetDaily Under what time frame? Insufficient info.

No cheating with the calculator 😭 which one are you choosing???

@NoahKingJr Total immersion VR, into which most humans will immerse themselves.

What’s coming after Artificial intelligence?

@Sabiha1278 Keep her, but give her time and space. Don't force yourself on her. She will socialize with you. It will take a few weeks, maybe a couple of months, but she'll come around.

I trapped my first feral cat in my life… And had her spay surgery on Wednesday… ❤️🎉 The clinic people said… She is about 4 months old… And I should release her the day after the surgery… 💔 But I haven’t released her outside yet… 😢 Because my heart feels very guilty… She is still very small… And she lets me pet her… 🐱🤍 That’s why this thought keeps coming to my mind… “Should I try to socialize her…?” 🥺 But she is very scared of me… She hides in every corner of the bathroom… Where we have temporarily kept her… 💔 I know… Maybe releasing her is the best decision… But just thinking about it breaks my heart… That she won’t get the safety… Warmth… And love… That an indoor cat gets… 😭🐾 I just want to make the right decision for her… ❤️ If anyone has ever had this experience… Please give advice… 🤍

What is the first film you think of when you see JENNIFER CONNOLLY?

@Updated_Jennie Labyrinth, when I first took note of her.

@ritashires @hashjenni Yeah, but that would entail actual work.

@hashjenni Construction pays well into six figures with the overtime, especially if you’re flexible enough to do travel jobs and disaster response.

I need a job where I can make six figures but I have no skills and I’m not very bright. What field is this?

@MbarkCherguia They should be left where they are and issued huge fines for every day they remain. Extricating themselves should be their problem.

What sould happen to climate activists who glue their hand to the road?

@vxylily Conan the Barbarian

Name One.

@realMaalouf Cultural terrorism. Are you surprised?

They left their homes, the mosque, and even the sidewalk, choosing instead to pray in the middle of the street! What would you even call this?!

@MelissaLMRogers @TELUSsupport I pay $56 for the lowest level cell plan possible, basically a local phone plan, so I can dial 911 in an emergency level plan. And that's the cheapest I could find in Canada.

I was chatting with my friend in Florida, they pay $25 a month for their unlimited cellphone plan. WHAT I’m paying over $100 a month with @TELUSsupport in Canada 🤯 Canadians are getting screwed big time

@MelissaLMRogers @TELUSsupport Screwing Canadians is our government's job. I hope that's not news to you.

I did. I was 18 years old and living on the street. I had no money to see it, but I showed up to the cinema very early before they opened and asked if I could work for an admission. The manager let me in. I sat in the front row and watched it all day. At one point, the manager came to fetch me to clean the lobby, which was a real mess. I worked my butt off and cleaned it perfectly. At the end, the manager gave me a big popcorn and a Coke and let me spend the rest of the day in the front row.

Did someone here see Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope in theaters when it came out in 1977?

@newstart_2024 I spent a couple of years as a kid being indoctrinated into believing ego was evil. Little did I realize it was just being used to break me down into being a pliant victim for homosexual rape. Don't believe all the bullshit that gets peddled to you.

Matthew McConaughey straight up defended ego on Theo Von's podcast and honestly kinda blew my mind. He said ego gets trashed too much. There's the toxic "look at me" version, sure. But the real one? That inner "I" where you know you're prepared, capable, and willing to go for it. The confidence that comes from judging yourself harder than anyone else. Without that, you got no real identity or direction. This hit me. I spent years thinking killing the ego was the move. Now I'm rethinking it. That healthy drive feels necessary. We've gone from arrogant show-offs to everyone acting fake-humble. A balanced ego might be what actually keeps you grounded and moving forward. Do you see ego as mostly toxic, or can the healthy version actually push you to be better?

@TaraBull I call it a lot of fun.

What do you call this type of workout