tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post7158911163054482532..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: "Envelopes Stuffed With Cash" Help Montreal Patients Jump the Queue for Medical Treatmentscaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-787668940355796582012-02-22T08:07:28.660-05:002012-02-22T08:07:28.660-05:00A "natural affinity" borne of a culture ...A "natural affinity" borne of a culture of corruption--yes. But their shared Zionhass brings 'em closer together, too. (As an aside, everyone always talks about how mega-obese Americans are, but when we vacationed in an all-inclusive resort--a really nice one--on the Mayan Riviera this past December, the fattest people there were from Quebec. Many of them were ginormous. I suspect that that's an, ahem, really big drain on the Quebec health care system.)scaramouchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-48459425378015796442012-02-22T07:13:15.008-05:002012-02-22T07:13:15.008-05:00Reminds me of the way medicine is practiced in Cub...Reminds me of the way medicine is practiced in Cuba, where, if you don't slip the doc some hard currency, or its equivalent in durable goods, you wind up in a dirty, uncovered bed, in a room without screens to keep out the many and sundry tropical bugs, and no amenities of any kind (unless, of course, you're a member of the _nomeklatura_, which would entitle you to First-World-level service in a well-appointed modern hospital, without having to pay a bribe). No wonder Quebeckers seem to have a natural affinity for Castro's Cuba!Carlos Pererahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00253355647824872032noreply@blogger.com