@Zarban
Here in Iceland it is working rather well considering everything.

A little overview (from wikipedia):
The health care system is largely paid for by taxes (85%) and to some extent by service fees (15%) and is administrated by The Ministry of Welfare. A considerable portion of government spending is assigned to healthcare
There is almost no private health insurance in Iceland, and no private hospitals.

We pay for it with our taxes but then again... when the hit comes the system takes the biggest part of the blow.

Here is a little example. Few months ago my wife woke up one morning with a pain in her back. Three hours later she was admitted into the ER paralyzed. She had a virus infection in the spinal cortex and the inflammation paralyzed her from shoulders down. She is now in recovery and doing better although she is still in the hospital.

Ok let's look at this. Because we have been paying for the health system with our taxes we got world class health system. She has gone to countless different tests and scans.  She has had drugs that are so expensive that if we had to pay for them our self we would have been wiped out financially. She has been in hospital for almost four months and is geting access to amazing doctors, nurses, physical therapists and other specialized staff. She gets food, drugs and full service. I could go on and on but I'll keep this short.

Bottom line. We have payed since my wife got sick for the ambulance that took her to the hospital in dollars little under 38 bucks.

We pay for it in our taxes and the health system has been taking a massive hit because of the economic crash. The budget is being slashed rather heavily. But the doctors and the nurses are doing amazing work. Truth to be told most people I know think the US system is inhuman and nobody understands why you let the government  and the big business do this to you.

Game Of Thrones Houses As Sports Team Logos

Interesting

Behold Holden's Homage!

p.s. Should the caption not be
TOP: I'm not saying it's aliens.
BOTTOM: Seriously. It's not aliens!

Sure... I'll play
Icelandic is lousy with these words.

The first one is the most beautiful of all these words in my opinion.
Midwife => Ljósmóðir => Light Mother
Idea => Hugmynd => Mind Picture
Rocket = Eldflaug = Fire fly (like in ´to fly´)
light sabre => Geislasverð => Beam Sword
Film => Kvikmynd => moving picture
Bat => Leðurblaka = Leather flapper or swatter

Not sure if it's a shoe... Hoof?

Yeah... History, it's all about angles and access…

Dude's - Few of my favorites

• The Longest Day

• The Iron Cross (sometimes seen it as The Cross of Iron)

• Das Boot

• Tora! Tora! Tora!

• Letters from Iwo Jima

• First part of Saving Private Ryan...

• World at War (Documentary)

I never thought Pacific was all that good. It tried to force disjointed elements into a cohesive narrative but it did not work for me at least. It had some elements I liked but it in no way managed to follow Band of Brothers, in scope, acting and story.

Light saber. This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

Assuming I can wield it without killing myself.
- Does not run out of ammo.
- Relatively silent.

Question: You can have one vehicle from real life for free. But you have to pay all maintenance cost of that vehicle out of your own pocket. What vehicle do you choose?