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I do question why journalists keep touting "The Woman King" as some sort of major box office success. Its negative cost was $50m and its P&A was at least another $50m (for a total expense of $100m). Its worldwide gross was $50m (of which, remember, 50% goes to theater owners), meaning that Sony is down roughly $75m on it, an amount it's unlikely to quickly recoup in ancillary windows. Over the course of 20 or 30 years, the film, if it has staying power, may ultimately become profitable, but a "box office success" it is not.
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"content": "I do question why journalists keep touting \"The Woman King\" as some sort of major box office success. Its negative cost was $50m and its P&A was at least another $50m (for a total expense of $100m). Its worldwide gross was $50m (of which, remember, 50% goes to theater owners), meaning that Sony is down roughly $75m on it, an amount it's unlikely to quickly recoup in ancillary windows. Over the course of 20 or 30 years, the film, if it has staying power, may ultimately become profitable, but a \"box office success\" it is not.\n",
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Let's not forget that high tax states - i.e. California, NY, NJ - have been the leaders in trying to eliminate the $10,000 cap on SALT tax deductions which raises taxes for wealthier people who own 2 homes etc. Those same states continue to lose population each year due to outmigration to lower tax states i.e. FL, TX, AZ. Seems wealthier people, who pay the majority of federal taxes, are not supportive of raising their taxes.
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"content": "Let's not forget that high tax states - i.e. California, NY, NJ - have been the leaders in trying to eliminate the $10,000 cap on SALT tax deductions which raises taxes for wealthier people who own 2 homes etc. Those same states continue to lose population each year due to outmigration to lower tax states i.e. FL, TX, AZ. Seems wealthier people, who pay the majority of federal taxes, are not supportive of raising their taxes.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,753 |
He lied because lying is the easiest way to gain political office, amass massive fortunes (see Mitch's $34 million stash). Because we love liars, and follow them around like they are tribal leaders. We admire anyone who lies his or her way up. We kick the person who shows any integrity (see Al Franken).Not them. Us.
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"content": "He lied because lying is the easiest way to gain political office, amass massive fortunes (see Mitch's $34 million stash). Because we love liars, and follow them around like they are tribal leaders. We admire anyone who lies his or her way up. We kick the person who shows any integrity (see Al Franken).Not them. Us.\n",
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| no | Classification | 994 |
Martha I think you are right. McCarthy WANTS representatives like Santos because he controls them completely. If Santos steps out of line, he loses his seat & his $175K paycheck. Which leads me to another point: No district should elect a congressman who is running because the pay is attractive, which also describes Lauren Boebert.
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"content": "Martha I think you are right. McCarthy WANTS representatives like Santos because he controls them completely. If Santos steps out of line, he loses his seat & his $175K paycheck. Which leads me to another point: No district should elect a congressman who is running because the pay is attractive, which also describes Lauren Boebert.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,840 |
So, in CY 2021, we have: More competition + supply chain disruptions + unbalanced CEO (or worse) = Revenue up 56% + Net Income up 104% + Net Profit Margin up 30% + Net Cash on Hand up 1063% to $1.2 billion.Musk should stop twittering, and endangering democracy in the process, and start minding the store!
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"content": "So, in CY 2021, we have: More competition + supply chain disruptions + unbalanced CEO (or worse) = Revenue up 56% + Net Income up 104% + Net Profit Margin up 30% + Net Cash on Hand up 1063% to $1.2 billion.Musk should stop twittering, and endangering democracy in the process, and start minding the store!\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,366 |
Even with Manchin, the Democrats passed two massive spending bills. Even with all that money spent, the federal minimum wage, the most effective antipoverty program, is still $7.25 an hour. Some Repubs, like Mitt Romney, were willing to increase it to 11 or 12 an hour, but Dems decided to spend money instead.We need more Manchins, maybe Kyrsten will team up with him and put a stop to the spending madness.Manchin should run as an independent to enhance his changes of winning. If you think Manchin is bad, wait until you see who replaces him.
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"content": "Even with Manchin, the Democrats passed two massive spending bills. Even with all that money spent, the federal minimum wage, the most effective antipoverty program, is still $7.25 an hour. Some Repubs, like Mitt Romney, were willing to increase it to 11 or 12 an hour, but Dems decided to spend money instead.We need more Manchins, maybe Kyrsten will team up with him and put a stop to the spending madness.Manchin should run as an independent to enhance his changes of winning. If you think Manchin is bad, wait until you see who replaces him.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 8,428 |
One of the most amazing natural phenomena (at least to me) happened just a quarter mile from house this past November. A deep, mile wide lake completely froze over in one night! On Saturday evening is was open water except for a few feet of ice extending from the edge. By Sunday morning at 8 am, it was solid ice--no open water. Just amazing.Ms. Renkl is so right--the world--natural and human made--all around us is amazing. If only we would look, see, and listen.
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"content": "One of the most amazing natural phenomena (at least to me) happened just a quarter mile from house this past November. A deep, mile wide lake completely froze over in one night! On Saturday evening is was open water except for a few feet of ice extending from the edge. By Sunday morning at 8 am, it was solid ice--no open water. Just amazing.Ms. Renkl is so right--the world--natural and human made--all around us is amazing. If only we would look, see, and listen.\n",
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| no | Classification | 3,888 |
Certainly, all DoD procurement needs to be clearly defined, justified for need and monitored for corruption. But nearly half of Pentagon spending goes to personnel costs. Today, nearly half the military are married. Often to other military members. That substantially increases costs - family housing and subsistence payments are far higher than for single men in barracks - as well as impacting readiness. What we need is a resumption off the draft, placing 18-24 year old men in the open bay barracks that housed myself, my father and both grandfathers. Compare paying a stipend versus the equivalent $50,000 in pay and benefits that a re-enlisting married E-4 with multiple dependents receives. A standard enlistment is only six years. Certainty short enough for a disciplined young man to remain single.
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"content": "Certainly, all DoD procurement needs to be clearly defined, justified for need and monitored for corruption. But nearly half of Pentagon spending goes to personnel costs. Today, nearly half the military are married. Often to other military members. That substantially increases costs - family housing and subsistence payments are far higher than for single men in barracks - as well as impacting readiness. What we need is a resumption off the draft, placing 18-24 year old men in the open bay barracks that housed myself, my father and both grandfathers. Compare paying a stipend versus the equivalent $50,000 in pay and benefits that a re-enlisting married E-4 with multiple dependents receives. A standard enlistment is only six years. Certainty short enough for a disciplined young man to remain single.\n",
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| no | Classification | 1,134 |
Misty Trisfal VW has already admitted their software is inadequate and in need of complete rewrite!They also admitted it takes them three times longer to build their EV.The competition is coming from China. Mainly BYD but there profit margin is 1/5 of Tesla’s.
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"content": "Misty Trisfal VW has already admitted their software is inadequate and in need of complete rewrite!They also admitted it takes them three times longer to build their EV.The competition is coming from China. Mainly BYD but there profit margin is 1/5 of Tesla’s.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 7,012 |
OpenAI have set up a legal fiction where one part of the organization is a research non-profit and the other is a for-profit business. They've perpetuated this fiction to avoid paying the intellectual property costs for scraping basically everything ever made to make up the new chatbot's training set.AI could be amazing, but even Stephen Hawking warned that doing it incorrectly poses an existential risk to humanity. Of course this wouldn't be the first time that a for-profit corporation plowed heedlessly ahead on a path that put humanity in existential peril for personal gain.We clearly aren't taking AI regulation seriously enough, and need to VERY strictly regulate the development of AI and fast.
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"content": "OpenAI have set up a legal fiction where one part of the organization is a research non-profit and the other is a for-profit business. They've perpetuated this fiction to avoid paying the intellectual property costs for scraping basically everything ever made to make up the new chatbot's training set.AI could be amazing, but even Stephen Hawking warned that doing it incorrectly poses an existential risk to humanity. Of course this wouldn't be the first time that a for-profit corporation plowed heedlessly ahead on a path that put humanity in existential peril for personal gain.We clearly aren't taking AI regulation seriously enough, and need to VERY strictly regulate the development of AI and fast.\n",
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| no | Classification | 501 |
Initially I though some developing countries with deep (and often confrontational) ties with China, e.g. India must be in the list. But then I realized that why should the Chinese spend so much money to keep such outposts with its own full time employees when they can easy buy almost any information by bribing some politicians, bureaucrats, and business at a much cheaper price or simply by blackmailing them!
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| no | Classification | 1,336 |
That image of Pichai is so sad. Maybe he is using the same chair as everyone else in the company as a gesture of democratic solidarity, but can the CEO of Google not have anyone come in and tidy up the cables at his desk? It projects an image of carelessness and looks pretty low-tech (check out the generic webcam), which rubs off on the impression of the supposedly futuristic tech that Google would bring. These things matter. Apple's obsession with style carries over into usability and a pleasant user experience. The frumpiness and clunkiness of Microsoft's OS was paralleled in its functionality. Pichai looks like someone who's busy sending junky ads out to people. More reassuringly, maybe that means that there aren't actually any evil masterminds at Alphabet who can think up more sophisticated uses for the data they hoover up.
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"content": "That image of Pichai is so sad. Maybe he is using the same chair as everyone else in the company as a gesture of democratic solidarity, but can the CEO of Google not have anyone come in and tidy up the cables at his desk? It projects an image of carelessness and looks pretty low-tech (check out the generic webcam), which rubs off on the impression of the supposedly futuristic tech that Google would bring. These things matter. Apple's obsession with style carries over into usability and a pleasant user experience. The frumpiness and clunkiness of Microsoft's OS was paralleled in its functionality. Pichai looks like someone who's busy sending junky ads out to people. More reassuringly, maybe that means that there aren't actually any evil masterminds at Alphabet who can think up more sophisticated uses for the data they hoover up.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 8,084 |
I wonder what our deficit would be if all the taxes due were collected?No one likes paying taxes, but everyone should be paying their fair share, unless we want to live in a 3rd world nation. Seems like adding additional IRS agents would be a good investment. 69.7% of all income is earned by the top 20% The top 1% earns (26.8%).The top 10% hold 79.1% of our nation's wealth. The bottom 50% only holds 2.8% of our nation's wealth. The Fed - Distribution: Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. since 1989 <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart" target="_blank">https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart</a>/#Budgets are about Priorities, the question before us is: “What are our Priorities?”
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"content": "I wonder what our deficit would be if all the taxes due were collected?No one likes paying taxes, but everyone should be paying their fair share, unless we want to live in a 3rd world nation. Seems like adding additional IRS agents would be a good investment. 69.7% of all income is earned by the top 20% The top 1% earns (26.8%).The top 10% hold 79.1% of our nation's wealth. The bottom 50% only holds 2.8% of our nation's wealth. The Fed - Distribution: Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. since 1989 <a href=\"https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/dataviz/dfa/distribute/chart</a>/#Budgets are about Priorities, the question before us is: “What are our Priorities?”\n",
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Harvard once again reverses a bad choice motivated by money that its leaders have made.Remember Jeffrey Epstein’s big donations that Harvard accepted?<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/01/harvard-review-jeffrey-epstein-deep-ties-229693" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/01/harvard-review-jeffrey-epstein-deep-ties-229693</a>And remember the donations from Jared Kushner's father (also convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering) who had pledged $2.5 million to Harvard (and guess who attended Harvard with this donation) ?<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard</a>There are more examples of bad decisions where Harvard prioritized money over academics, so why is still considered an "elite" academic institute rather than a bad business? Harvard is no alone in making bad decisions, many (or most) of the "elite academic institutes made similar bad choices.
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"content": "Harvard once again reverses a bad choice motivated by money that its leaders have made.Remember Jeffrey Epstein’s big donations that Harvard accepted?<a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/01/harvard-review-jeffrey-epstein-deep-ties-229693\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/01/harvard-review-jeffrey-epstein-deep-ties-229693</a>And remember the donations from Jared Kushner's father (also convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering) who had pledged $2.5 million to Harvard (and guess who attended Harvard with this donation) ?<a href=\"https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.propublica.org/article/the-story-behind-jared-kushners-curious-acceptance-into-harvard</a>There are more examples of bad decisions where Harvard prioritized money over academics, so why is still considered an \"elite\" academic institute rather than a bad business? Harvard is no alone in making bad decisions, many (or most) of the \"elite academic institutes made similar bad choices.\n",
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This penetrates the depths of my heart. I recently met a "rough sleeper" at my PT sessions. He is a lovely man and we had some interesting conversations. I realized that as the weather began to get cold, he didn't have adequate clothing. I bought everything I could think that he might need ("blanket-coat", warm jacket, hat, socks, rubber boots, gloves -- and what he dearly wanted: an umbrella. I would never have thought of that.) I knew we would reach 5 degrees counting the windchill factor over the days before, during, and after Christmas. My daughter was uncomfortable with a strange man staying with us, so I got him a room at a (surprisingly) immaculate Extended Stay hotel. It had a full kitchen so we went grocery shopping. He was in heaven! I bought him two bags of oranges. He's still there -- and just bought himself a third! I don't know what to do, once he has to leave the hotel. I am not well, can't drive, and don't know where to turn. He has two sisters, but they have no contact with him. He only became homeless after his parents died 2-1/2 years ago. We can share an occasional lunch. But he LONGS for a "QUIET" place to stay. He told me yesterday that "solitude is the best part of this whole thing." Knowing someone personally who is in his position has opened my eyes. I have bought gloves and socks for 48 people; and "blanket-coats" + thermos bottles for five. But it's not enough. I don't know what else to do.
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| no | Classification | 3,811 |
If cutting Social Security is a “technocratic desire”, I read it hear first.Cutting Social Security is a Republican Party desire; you can hear it everywhere.Consider these facts:> Over 10% of Americans over 65 live in poverty. I’m Over 15 million Americans aged 65+ are living at or below > 200% of the federal poverty level ($25,760 per year for a single person). If there is a human and “technocratic desire”, it is for government policies that all families can benefit from:> Guaranteed publicly funded pre-K> Guaranteed paid family & medical leave > Publicly funded skills training & higher ed> Strengthened Social Security > Single payer universal health insuranceBenefits to old, young, retirees, students, workers, children and families, today and tomorrow.
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In 1968 I prepared a design for the South Street Seaport area as a graduate student in the Columbia University School of Architecture preservation program headed by James Marston Fitch who was advising the museum on its development.At that time NYC was also planning for the area outside the museum's historic district. That planning envisioned development of the parking lot with new construction as well as for other properties nearby.The museum had not yet formulated what to do with the area eventually where the shopping center was constructed, but expected to receive substantial funding from a developer to underwrite the museum's historic program.That funding occurred and supported the museum's survival to focus on historic seaport and shipping enterprises.So the latest negotiations for the parking lot are not new but a continuation of museum policy to fund itself through commercial development dealmaking. What is surprising is how long it has taken to reach this latest prospect when so much new construction downtown has been occurring.This is not to concur with the latest proposal to build more new structures, indeed, the amount of new construction elsewhere downtown, midtown, Hudson Yards, billionaire row, suggests the need for retaining open space is urgent and mirrors the rationale for the Seaport Museum itself. NYC landmarking is under duress as commercial interests overwhelm public interests. Nothing would be better for the lot than to keep it open.
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It always seemed to me that American wine industry faces a two-fold problem. One, how to make wine approachable to new drinkers given that Americans, unlike other cultures, don't typically grow up with wine. Wine has a lot of breadth and depth in the choices, and it can be overwhelming at first. Plus, often the introduction are the mass produced supermarket wines can be a turn off to developing a palate for good wine. At restaurants the wine selection is often very limited and mark-up on even low quality wines is quite high. There usually isn't a lot of support/education when ordering--easier to just order vodka, rum or bourbon where you know what you're getting and they can be mixed to make them palatable. Lots of room for fun, educational and cultured marketing strategies.Two, the industry doesn't seem to maximize the market of people who enjoy quality wine, drink responsibly with meals, and have refined palates but don't want to spend $25+/bbl. Europeans do this much better. Good quality approachable wines at prices that make wine a reasonable part of the weekly budget. There is a glut of bad wine in the stores, and accessible wines are a needle in a haystack. This customer--lower returns per bottle perhaps, but a loyal client who is open to new offerings.
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It is really interesting to read about Ms. Tabasco's openness to art and to discovery. She really tapped into that openness to play Lucia, which is what made her such a fun and refreshing character!
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"content": "It is really interesting to read about Ms. Tabasco's openness to art and to discovery. She really tapped into that openness to play Lucia, which is what made her such a fun and refreshing character!\n",
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Go ahead, and widen the roads. CA roads were mostly planned and developed in the 50's. Population is more than 3x increased since then. The right answer isn't to make people even more miserable for having the temerity to drive.Mass transit has a long way to go before it's a desirable option in most areas. It's unavailable, expensive, slow and inconvenient. In most cases, when you factor in a need for a car and parking to even get to it, it doesn't actually solve the problem.These are fixable - with a concerted public commitment and investment. But transit advocates instead fixate on trying to keep driving miserable, rather than solving their PR/funding problem by fixing the problems with mass transit.
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"content": "Go ahead, and widen the roads. CA roads were mostly planned and developed in the 50's. Population is more than 3x increased since then. The right answer isn't to make people even more miserable for having the temerity to drive.Mass transit has a long way to go before it's a desirable option in most areas. It's unavailable, expensive, slow and inconvenient. In most cases, when you factor in a need for a car and parking to even get to it, it doesn't actually solve the problem.These are fixable - with a concerted public commitment and investment. But transit advocates instead fixate on trying to keep driving miserable, rather than solving their PR/funding problem by fixing the problems with mass transit.\n",
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Voice of Reason Stopping at McDonald's adds another $10.00 to the total bill.
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Very often shopping online allows considerable saving in the burbs of Washington D.C.Chicken breasts 2.00lb as opposed to 3.49. Coffee, 8.00 as opposed to 11.79. Bread 2.99 instead of 4.25. Yogurt 1.00 instead of 1.49Milk at between 3.50 and 4.00 per gal. Canned tomatoes at 40% offWe have a 18 cu ft fridge. Big enough for two of us. I spend about three hundred dollars each shopping run. I deal with the same young person usually, and regularly tipping him out ensures a careful selection that he brings to our car. I get my spices, basmati rice, garlic, cilantro and from a little Ethiopian run store, at half the grocery store price, and better quality too. A Halal market for my Feta, pita bread, olives, halava, and tahini. At the "ethnic'' markets they will often have home baked treats.I am about to order seeds and repower my 40 yr old tiller for the coming spring. Heaven is sitting in your own garden with a paring knife, salt and pepper, and munching out.
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"content": "Very often shopping online allows considerable saving in the burbs of Washington D.C.Chicken breasts 2.00lb as opposed to 3.49. Coffee, 8.00 as opposed to 11.79. Bread 2.99 instead of 4.25. Yogurt 1.00 instead of 1.49Milk at between 3.50 and 4.00 per gal. Canned tomatoes at 40% offWe have a 18 cu ft fridge. Big enough for two of us. I spend about three hundred dollars each shopping run. I deal with the same young person usually, and regularly tipping him out ensures a careful selection that he brings to our car. I get my spices, basmati rice, garlic, cilantro and from a little Ethiopian run store, at half the grocery store price, and better quality too. A Halal market for my Feta, pita bread, olives, halava, and tahini. At the \"ethnic'' markets they will often have home baked treats.I am about to order seeds and repower my 40 yr old tiller for the coming spring. Heaven is sitting in your own garden with a paring knife, salt and pepper, and munching out.\n",
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I read your colums all the time and simply shake my head as to how out of touch, yet super intelligent, you two obviously are. Take this exchange:"David: Our trajectories with the G.O.P. are fairly similar, and so are our lives. I’m older than you, but our lives have a number of parallels. We both grew up in secular Jewish families, went to the University of Chicago, worked at The Wall Street Journal, served in Brussels for The Journal, and wound up at The Times.Bret: We also probably had many of the same professors at Chicago — wonderful teachers like Nathan Tarcov, Ralph Lerner, François Furet, and Leon and Amy Kass — who taught me that Lesson No. 1 was to not succumb to the idea that justice is the advantage of the stronger, and to always keep an open mind to a powerful counterargument. That’s not a mind-set I see with the current Republican leaders."You folks are not Republicans. That is not Republicans ideology. Hasn't been for my entire life. The Republicans have always been about wealth distribution from the poor to the rich. ANd they've been really good at it. They will rob us.To get and maintain power to contunously rob the citizenry of the United States of America, Republicans cobbled together an alliance of religious right, gun owners, anti-abortionsits, lib-owners, conspiracy theorists, and dog whistlers. Here are the results. MAGA, QAnon, 4Chan, 8Chan, and government overthrowers. Get off your horses, guys.
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"content": "I read your colums all the time and simply shake my head as to how out of touch, yet super intelligent, you two obviously are. Take this exchange:\"David: Our trajectories with the G.O.P. are fairly similar, and so are our lives. I’m older than you, but our lives have a number of parallels. We both grew up in secular Jewish families, went to the University of Chicago, worked at The Wall Street Journal, served in Brussels for The Journal, and wound up at The Times.Bret: We also probably had many of the same professors at Chicago — wonderful teachers like Nathan Tarcov, Ralph Lerner, François Furet, and Leon and Amy Kass — who taught me that Lesson No. 1 was to not succumb to the idea that justice is the advantage of the stronger, and to always keep an open mind to a powerful counterargument. That’s not a mind-set I see with the current Republican leaders.\"You folks are not Republicans. That is not Republicans ideology. Hasn't been for my entire life. The Republicans have always been about wealth distribution from the poor to the rich. ANd they've been really good at it. They will rob us.To get and maintain power to contunously rob the citizenry of the United States of America, Republicans cobbled together an alliance of religious right, gun owners, anti-abortionsits, lib-owners, conspiracy theorists, and dog whistlers. Here are the results. MAGA, QAnon, 4Chan, 8Chan, and government overthrowers. Get off your horses, guys.\n",
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“ 'It’s rich and delicious, and rich food makes you feel rich,' [Coe] said. 'New Yorkers are, of course, obsessed with status. When you order foie gras, you have a $30 extra charge on your appetizer, right? If you can just do that without blinking an eye, that shows that, you know, your status is better than the next person’s.' ”The fact that this person can refer to animal torture--yes, "without blinking an eye"--in such a nonchalant tone is disgusting. According to Sentient Media, during foie gras force-feeding, the livers of ducks and geese are engorged to ten times their normal size. This practice has no place in civilized society.
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No, their COULD be greater shortfalls in the future. Non football or bball sports have always run deficits. The question is whether in the future the revenues generated from football and basketball can continue to subsidize these sports at the same level. Right now, these teams are doing pretty well. Matson was the biggest NIL earner on campus at UNC and the field hockey team just opened a state of the art new stadium. Same for swimming, tennis, golf, and soccer over the past decade. Bubba is smart and these institutions are too important to the university - they will survive and thrive at Carolina.
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Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It? With billions of dollars available to improve transportation infrastructure, states have a chance to try new strategies for addressing congestion. But some habits are hard to break. Interstate 710 in Los Angeles is, like the city itself, famous for its traffic. Freight trucks traveling between the city and the port of Long Beach, along with commuters, clog the highway. The trucks idle in the congestion, contributing to poor air quality in surrounding neighborhoods that are home to over one million people. With billions of dollars available to improve transportation infrastructure, states have a chance to try new strategies for addressing congestion. But some habits are hard to break.
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Social Security funds are 'invested' in Special Purpose US bonds. See '<a href="https://www.ssa.gov/oact/progdata/investheld.html" target="_blank">https://www.ssa.gov/oact/progdata/investheld.html</a>'In effect the SSA has lent the fund trust money to the government and now it is in the same boat as all other bond holders. There was a time when US Bonds were the safest form of investment. It looks like that may no longer be true. Congress has to do two things or risk eventual failure 1. Raise the debt limit so we survive near term and 2. Drastically reduce government spending for the foreseeable future.
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I'm 71 years old and I am trying to keep an open mind. I have always believed in live and let live and what a person does behind closed doors is there business alone, but I have to admit that we are living in confusing times, for me at least.My wife and I had our youngest daughter and her fiancé (a guy) over Christmas day, and we had a discussion that somehow worked its way into a conversation about transgender. My daughter who is 29 has a friend that is transitioning and instead of referring to him as "he" she kept calling him "they". At first my wife and I didn't know who she was referring to, but my daughter quickly corrected us. I don't have a problem if someone wants to change their sexual orientation but calling one person "they" or non-binary or a man such as Bruce Jenner transitioning to a woman, but still retains his penis and dates woman is confusing. When I asked my daughter did Jenner transition into a lesbian, she got mad at me. Like I said. I find this very a confusing time to live in.
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Or you can wait for the sale. The mints sold at the High Museum during Kusama's exhibit had a price of $14. Much later we purchased the remaining items for $.99/ The pretty Kusama pins at the LA's Broad Museum were 6 bucks and buy one and get one free as the exhibit was winding down. I love the Kusama pencils from the High at the bargain rate after the exhibit moved on. Those the items that the rest of us get when we can never get through the door for the whole set of exhibits.
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The decline in productivity growth registered by the UK is remarkable, obviously not in a good way.Without going into excessive detail, one economic point sticks in my mind: low investment due to uncertainty. The UK shares with the US and Europe, instability due to the pandemic. Check that box. The financial crisis hit both the US and the UK hard, but London’s financial community was probably hit harder than Wall Street because questionable debt swaps were funnelled to Europe through London. Check that box. Now add Brexit on top of the other two destabilizers. Is it any wonder internal capital formation in the UK has dried up?
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Santos is reported to having stolen a $3000 donation designated to provide life saving surgery for a dog belonging to a disabled American veteran. Santos stole the money and the dog died. Sad!
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The EU, U.S. and the West just boosted a new world order and significantly accelerated the new trading behemoth BRICS all while committing themselves into a long, deep recession with chronic, lasting inflation. Europe is descending into second world status as they have pushed Russia, the worlds largest commodities producer (energy, food, fertilizer, rare earth elements) into the open arms of China. And for what? To appease corrupt little Ukraine who can't and won't live peacefully with their nuclear-armed neighbor and settle issue of the ethnic population of Russians? Or for NATO's insane attempt to encircle Russia? It's over. The West and its U.S. back hegemony is over, or soon will be as a new multipolar world order takes shape. Oh, and when the Petro Dollar is phased out, kiss your standard of living, at whatever level it's currently at, goodbye. That $30 trillion debt and those standard $1 trillion budget deficits will feel like, and more importantly behave like, $200 trillion in debt and $3 trillion in deficit. The U.S. and the EU have finally sanctioned themselves into economic oblivion. Great going guys.
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The REALLY big question is where Santos got $700k for his campaign. He claims he lent that to himself. How can he do that if he cannot afford rent in a cheap apartment and has lots of bounced checks? Who is funding Santos is a question for the federal DOJ and the IRS.
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Apple is a very bad actor when it comes to reparability -- we don't buy their products in our family, for that reason (the AirPods -- which become e-waste once their batteries no longer hold a charge, since the battery cannot be removed without cracking open a glued-down housing -- were the nail in that coffin, and are the sign of a company that lost its moral compass IMO)There are a few other bad-actor companies (Sonos comes to mind, as does LG). But Apple, through their reach and consumer presence, is pretty bad.In the world of phones, Samsung used to be pretty good for reparability, and there is a large community of people keeping software updates alive. For computers, Lenovo T-series laptops are very well built, and easy to repair. You can get a refurbished recent-model laptop in that series for well under USD$250, and it will last for a long, long time. I have replaced lots of Lenovo T-series keyboards, touchpads, and batteries. It's easy for anyone who is at least slightly handy and can follow directions in YouTube videos.
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Paul - I like your (and Jamie Dimon's) "pet rock" analogy. But I also like Bitcoin. Just consider that the number of Bitcoin(s) is limitted to 21 million. (That is a hard fact). No more Bitcoin mining after that number is reached. Ever! That gives my pet rock hope that its value will stabilize and grow.As you know - and not that I think Bitcoin will reach it - the total value of all gold on the Earth already mined and above-ground gold reserves yet to be mined is between $10T and $15T (10^12). What do you think - is a small investment (or speculation?) in Bitcoin is reasonable?
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People are not ready for how true AI will thrust change on our society. In some circles, it's been said, "knowledge used to double every 70 years - now it will double every 2 years." We will be having technical revolutions too fast for humans to keep up with; even as our life-spans dramatically increase.There will be no stopping the bad actors, with corporations, billionaires and autocrats topping the list of threats. In parallel with AI gaining super-intelligence in leaps and bounds, we have the rise of robotics and the Internet of Things, making terrorist attacks, social control and war so much more pervasive. Truly, whoever controls AI can have the world at their feet. I assume Pandora's jar is already open, and our enemies have access to the same technology. Things are about to get awe-inspiring and terrifying at the same time.
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Catrlos T Mock, MD Doc is right. One prominent Tesla analyst says 70% of the share price drop is attributable to Musks instability, Twitter fiasco.But it’s a buy opportunity too.
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Fraud clearly pays in this country. It is encouraged. Companies know it, Wall Street knows it, the government knows it, politicians know it, investors know it, religions know it. The law is set up in all instances to take the chance and break it until you get caught. The price you pay is always 1/1000 what you gain. This is a fault embedded in the country itself. The country started by Puritans, outspoken in their desire to be better, has lost its way.
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As a Canadian living in the USA I will say that a lot of this is driven by fear. Americans seem to think they need to defend themselves (I guess Republican or Democrat they don’t trust the police). They allow the wealth inequality to fester and then don’t trust their neighbours. Household security is often justification for a weapon at home. Personal safety the justification for open carry or carry on your person. While living in Canada I never assumed that in an emergency the police wouldn’t help me. That the response wouldn’t be quick enough. I also never assumed my neighbours were a threat. In fact I assumed they were more likely to come to my aid and I certainly would have come to theirs.The pervasive message of fear sold by the media and likely funded by those profiting off this violence, not just gun manufacturers but those who are in the business of safety and security, have led the average person to feel so unsafe they think they need a weapon.It also doesn’t help that the strong man is the image sold to men. The number of men who have said to me if they had a gun they would protect me is ridiculous. I don’t think Canadians put a lot of value in outwardly aggressive behaviour. Certainly my opinion of these individuals when they said this declined. I’m not so sure culturally that’s how many of my peers here see it.
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"content": "As a Canadian living in the USA I will say that a lot of this is driven by fear. Americans seem to think they need to defend themselves (I guess Republican or Democrat they don’t trust the police). They allow the wealth inequality to fester and then don’t trust their neighbours. Household security is often justification for a weapon at home. Personal safety the justification for open carry or carry on your person. While living in Canada I never assumed that in an emergency the police wouldn’t help me. That the response wouldn’t be quick enough. I also never assumed my neighbours were a threat. In fact I assumed they were more likely to come to my aid and I certainly would have come to theirs.The pervasive message of fear sold by the media and likely funded by those profiting off this violence, not just gun manufacturers but those who are in the business of safety and security, have led the average person to feel so unsafe they think they need a weapon.It also doesn’t help that the strong man is the image sold to men. The number of men who have said to me if they had a gun they would protect me is ridiculous. I don’t think Canadians put a lot of value in outwardly aggressive behaviour. Certainly my opinion of these individuals when they said this declined. I’m not so sure culturally that’s how many of my peers here see it.\n",
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America the Delusional It was the Democrats who defunded Medicare to the tune of $0.8 trillion. And they raised taxes simultaneously. And raised health insurance premiums, co-pays and deductibles. And reduced the number of hospital beds.when Democrats had full control, rather than strengthening Medicare and Social Security, they did nothing positive, despite being well aware that the Medicare trust funds would be depleted by 2017 and the SS trust funds would be depleted by 2036, now down to 2033.When Democrats make accusations about the evil Republicans, they are projecting their own designs on others. At least Republicans expanded Medicare to cover prescription drug coverage, the first increase in benefits since its inception.Democrats raise taxes and decrease benefits.
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"content": "America the Delusional It was the Democrats who defunded Medicare to the tune of $0.8 trillion. And they raised taxes simultaneously. And raised health insurance premiums, co-pays and deductibles. And reduced the number of hospital beds.when Democrats had full control, rather than strengthening Medicare and Social Security, they did nothing positive, despite being well aware that the Medicare trust funds would be depleted by 2017 and the SS trust funds would be depleted by 2036, now down to 2033.When Democrats make accusations about the evil Republicans, they are projecting their own designs on others. At least Republicans expanded Medicare to cover prescription drug coverage, the first increase in benefits since its inception.Democrats raise taxes and decrease benefits.\n",
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You hit it Maureen when you compared the death of Princess Diana to a Greek tragedy. It was as if the Paris tunnel was the opening in the earth where Hades swept Persephone to the underworld. How could this not traumatize her children who were left without a mother, especially young Harry, motherless with a father who had abandoned her to continue his affair with Camilla Parker-Bowles? It was an archetypal tragedy where Harry could not help feel being the family outcast as his grandaunt Princess Margaret had been to her sister Queen Elizabeth with his older brother William now next in line in the reality of their "Game of Thrones." But unlike Princess Margaret, Prince Harry had the audacity to pursue and marry the woman he loved in Meghan Markle, a divorced, black American actress. This was more than the Palace could or would tolerate, and where Diana had been deified in death, Meghan was vilified in life. The young couple were essentially banished into exile where they hope to heal from their many wounds with Harry's book as much an attempt to to start that process as it is to provide an income. And in this season of hope and renewal, that's all we and they can hope for.
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RLW What you are missing is that tax revenues are roughly $1 TRILLION less than spending now.To do what you ask, we would either have to cut spending by $1 T (what would you suggest we cut, and be specific), OR we would have to RAISE REVENUES (meaning increase tax rates) to bring in an additional $1 T (what taxes would you raise, and be specific), OR some combination of tax increases and spending cuts totaling $1 T.In addition, we do not actually know with certainty how much tax money will be collected in any given year. (Do you know how much income tax you will pay for 2023?)If tax revenues go down for any reason, under your "plan" we still end up with a deficit.By the way, your finances and government finances are not the same. Can you print dollars (and not go to jail)? The government can. Can you raise money by taxing? (I didn't think so.)
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"content": "RLW What you are missing is that tax revenues are roughly $1 TRILLION less than spending now.To do what you ask, we would either have to cut spending by $1 T (what would you suggest we cut, and be specific), OR we would have to RAISE REVENUES (meaning increase tax rates) to bring in an additional $1 T (what taxes would you raise, and be specific), OR some combination of tax increases and spending cuts totaling $1 T.In addition, we do not actually know with certainty how much tax money will be collected in any given year. (Do you know how much income tax you will pay for 2023?)If tax revenues go down for any reason, under your \"plan\" we still end up with a deficit.By the way, your finances and government finances are not the same. Can you print dollars (and not go to jail)? The government can. Can you raise money by taxing? (I didn't think so.)\n",
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The sharp rural/urban schism is on display in democratic states as well.Here in Portland we have witnessed the scourge that militant rural right wingers have wrought on our once peaceful city. Back when the former mobster hurled commie labels at us everyday and sent a masked jackbooted DHS thugforce to counter BLM demonstrations, the proud white boys would show up on a daily basis, very organized and armed from across the Columbia River in a very conservative corner of the state of WA, and from parts of eastern OR. In pickups adorned with huge flags, with bullhorns blaring, often with Enrique Tarrio himself at the helm, they engaged in pitched battles, often with a passive police giving them a pass, even though open-carry is illegal in this city. The highly organized armed wings of supremacists were marshaled by the former mobster to elevate such pitched street battles into a civil war. Counter demonstrators were often riotous too, but not even within a hint of equivalent organization. Mr Tarrio heard his mob boss’s, “stand down and stand by” command well and thus proceeded to lead his thugs in ambushing the Capitol in DC on Jan. 6. He now finally faces justice in a federal trial there.
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"content": "The sharp rural/urban schism is on display in democratic states as well.Here in Portland we have witnessed the scourge that militant rural right wingers have wrought on our once peaceful city. Back when the former mobster hurled commie labels at us everyday and sent a masked jackbooted DHS thugforce to counter BLM demonstrations, the proud white boys would show up on a daily basis, very organized and armed from across the Columbia River in a very conservative corner of the state of WA, and from parts of eastern OR. In pickups adorned with huge flags, with bullhorns blaring, often with Enrique Tarrio himself at the helm, they engaged in pitched battles, often with a passive police giving them a pass, even though open-carry is illegal in this city. The highly organized armed wings of supremacists were marshaled by the former mobster to elevate such pitched street battles into a civil war. Counter demonstrators were often riotous too, but not even within a hint of equivalent organization. Mr Tarrio heard his mob boss’s, “stand down and stand by” command well and thus proceeded to lead his thugs in ambushing the Capitol in DC on Jan. 6. He now finally faces justice in a federal trial there.\n",
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I have studied animal behavior on my own (mainly dogs). In the second video, with the bonobo covering the others open mouth chew, the covering bonobo is saying, "Chew with your mouth closed."An open mouth exposes the food to others. Notice the chewing bonobo then chews with it's mouth closed.
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Where were they when Trump added over $7 trillion to US debt?Trump inherited a budget deficit around $650 billion, and blew it up to well over $1,000 billion ……. before Covid hit.The far right Republicans only talk about a balanced budget or limiting the debt ceiling, when there is a Democrat President.The Orwellian named Freedom Caucus, continue to be a very loud and angry minority.They have zero interest in raising the minimum wage, or introducing policies to reduce income and wealth inequality. Climate science is off limits to the Freedom Caucus.Former Republican Speakers in John Boehner and Paul Ryan, must be so thankful they are out of the House, and don’t have to put up with tyranny by the minority of their own members.
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"content": "Where were they when Trump added over $7 trillion to US debt?Trump inherited a budget deficit around $650 billion, and blew it up to well over $1,000 billion ……. before Covid hit.The far right Republicans only talk about a balanced budget or limiting the debt ceiling, when there is a Democrat President.The Orwellian named Freedom Caucus, continue to be a very loud and angry minority.They have zero interest in raising the minimum wage, or introducing policies to reduce income and wealth inequality. Climate science is off limits to the Freedom Caucus.Former Republican Speakers in John Boehner and Paul Ryan, must be so thankful they are out of the House, and don’t have to put up with tyranny by the minority of their own members.\n",
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I am a deep admirer of the USA. I have studied your history, read your authors and poets, visited many times and have longstanding friendships with many Americans. I celebrate you. I tell people I meet that Americans are a wonderful people - warm, welcoming, gregarious. I feel like we share a rich heritage. My father served on the HMAS Australia, a battle cruiser, that fired the first shots at the battle of Guadacanal. My brother served in Vietnam.And sadly, I will never return to the land and the people I love. A land that has open carry - I saw guns in the coats of people in the park near the Pike St market in my last visit to Seattle - is nowhere I wish to visit. Like pretty much everyone else in the world beyond your borders, I am confused, horrified, perplexed and angry at what has resulted from this obscenity. I am so, so sorry.
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Elena Jarvis what a story - thank you for sharing, and am glad that you managed to catch up on life after - $150k is a LOT! Kudos to that!
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Dear NYT:As the NYT properly frames the question: Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony?This is more than ironic. We’re seeing a huge surge of illegal immigration during the Biden administration because illegal aliens know Biden will not enforce the law, and indeed, he promised therm benefits and eventual amnesty.Throughout his campaign, Biden has encouraged illegal immigrants to come here, and to remain.In February 2020, Biden promised, “Nobody is going to be deported in my first 100 days.”In January 2020, Biden promised to end illegal alien detention across the board.In March 2020, Biden replied "no" when asked if police should turn over criminal illegal aliens to ICE.In April 2020, Biden repeatedly called for a suspension of deportations.Then in August 2020, Biden announced he would put in place a policy favoring illegal aliens with government benefits, the same benefits “everybody else has access to.”In December 2019, Biden twice promised federal health care for illegal aliens.While in office, Biden has reinstated Obama's catch and release policies, ended "remain in Mexico" and aided and abetted smuggling by providing services and transportation to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants dropped at the border by cartels, who made more than $13 billion last year.How is all this not "encouragement?" If this law is upheld, and it should be struck down as unconstitutional, why should Biden himself not face prosecution?
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The statement "Moving levees farther away from waterways allows more rainwater and snowmelt to seep into underground aquifers, where it is essentially kept in reserve to help during periods of drought, and also protects people and property from floods. But doing so often requires government agencies to buy riverside land, something difficult to do in a state where land values are high and public finances are tight." is disingenuous at best. Land values are high and money is tight so we can't plan for the future. Really? How about no future without planning. Saving groundwater, filling aquifers, planning for changing climate by allowing nature to do what it should be doing is too expensive? We have a military budget of what? 860 BILLION dollars. Perhaps we consider what is going on a national threat and approach it as we would a foreign war. Spend a few billion we would normally spend on bombs and aircraft carriers. Spend the money - do the work- save lives and livelihoods- PREPARE. The answer is simple and yes- easy. We increased the debt by 7 trillion over the former guys term and what did "We The People" receive in return? High prices and corporate greed. Enough.
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From the photos it doesn’t look like the windows open for fresh air. If so, that’s a shame and unusual for a house built in the Northeast in the 70’s.
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Charge a per-mile road use fee, like 50 cents, with adjustments factoring in vehicle MSRP, weight, and length.
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"content": "Charge a per-mile road use fee, like 50 cents, with adjustments factoring in vehicle MSRP, weight, and length.\n",
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All we need to know about how this guy will operate was exposed in his answer to Matt Gaetz as to the source of the $700K he gave his campaign. It is clear that there is no legitimate source for this money. That is a clear ground to expel him from Congress.
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"content": "All we need to know about how this guy will operate was exposed in his answer to Matt Gaetz as to the source of the $700K he gave his campaign. It is clear that there is no legitimate source for this money. That is a clear ground to expel him from Congress.\n",
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Kurt Pickard Yes, but this decline hasn't happened in 40 years and it is the beginning of a negative exponential decline. If it continues, manufacturing investments in China will decline quickly because labor costs will no longer be low.
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JM Harry and Meghan are monetizing their grievance.Hard to feel sorry for two privileged people who live in a $14 million gated estate and have business deals of more than $100 million - all because of their grievances about the Royal Family.
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"content": "JM Harry and Meghan are monetizing their grievance.Hard to feel sorry for two privileged people who live in a $14 million gated estate and have business deals of more than $100 million - all because of their grievances about the Royal Family.\n",
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Socrates A big myth is the Republican party is corrupt while the Democrats are on the side of the little guy and only accept 100's of millions from donors so they can fight for the little guy.Both parties are corrupt and big money people own both parties. If you are going to blame the Republicans of today for the Great Depression, it's only fair to give them credit for ending Democratic slavery with Lincoln. Of course, that is equally silly.
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ad Cheapest eggs available in my NJ Shoprite yesterday was $5.66/dozen. Sold in a 2 dozen pack for $11.32. There was a tag saying large brown eggs for $4.19/dozen but there wasn't a single pack of brown eggs anywhere on the shelves and not even a space for them.
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I hope I am not just being resistant to change, but it seems that chatGPT makes education more difficult and indirect. It also has already created art without needing a human artist. Works the factory without the factory workers. Drives the truck without the trucker. And what will chatGPT be able to do when Quantum Computers are available? Maybe run Venture Capitalist companies, buy all the other companies, strip them of their assets, and leave them all bankrupt-prone shells, in a widespread automated fashion? Out-trade our index funds in the stock market by predicting the next 10 news cycles and out-trading experts but also index funds? Manipulate voters opinions using propaganda advertising and news cycle manipulation to get autocrats voted into office? Am I over-reacting?
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ennio galiani I live five miles from the electric battery plant that you reference. Everybody around here is talking about the economic boom that will accompany this investment. I don't think it will make a bit of difference in the resentment that some people around here harbor toward others who they perceive as liberal. Many will not give the Democrats any credit for infrastructure investment in the region either.
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"content": "ennio galiani I live five miles from the electric battery plant that you reference. Everybody around here is talking about the economic boom that will accompany this investment. I don't think it will make a bit of difference in the resentment that some people around here harbor toward others who they perceive as liberal. Many will not give the Democrats any credit for infrastructure investment in the region either.\n",
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D.A. Oh I think they only earn about $125,000 per year. Which is why bribery is also so easy.End bribery and raise their pay.
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He made $15m hitting a little ball into a hole with fancy sticks. Then he got paid another $25m to not hit a little ball into a hole with fancy sticks.Maybe he's just living a nice cushy life. The article said he has broad investments (whatever that means) so he probably keeps busy. I dunno, if I could make $30m in a few years I'd probably retire too.
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"content": "He made $15m hitting a little ball into a hole with fancy sticks. Then he got paid another $25m to not hit a little ball into a hole with fancy sticks.Maybe he's just living a nice cushy life. The article said he has broad investments (whatever that means) so he probably keeps busy. I dunno, if I could make $30m in a few years I'd probably retire too.\n",
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DeSantis’ landslide victory is not difficult to understand.1) money, he had over $200M, Crist had about $30M2) advertising, he spent about $65M, Crist spent about $8M3) voter turnout, 2/3rds of Rs voted, 50% of Ds voted4) there are now more registered Rs in FL than Ds, first time in more than a century5) Crist is always running for some office or another
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"content": "DeSantis’ landslide victory is not difficult to understand.1) money, he had over $200M, Crist had about $30M2) advertising, he spent about $65M, Crist spent about $8M3) voter turnout, 2/3rds of Rs voted, 50% of Ds voted4) there are now more registered Rs in FL than Ds, first time in more than a century5) Crist is always running for some office or another\n",
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Eric B It’s a three day in more ways than one. Moderately lucky since BobtheBot failed to solve it in 3 in the side by side analysis of my game…Wordle 580 3/6*⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 91 67 70 🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛ 86 8 12 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 90 94 — WordleBotSkill 88/99Luck 57/99Yesterday’s mini story is a potential Vera script outline😉The cry of “ARSON!” ends the cold open, then the THEME music plays, over the images of a MUDDY, MUGGY landscape. Segue to a whimpering MUCKY puppy.Actually the Mucky Pup was a delightfully illustrated children’s book, that Grandma gave my kids (there was some competition between Grandma and Nonna in that area). Must check if I kept it.Meanwhile Congratulations to the early two-fers Terry and Cheryl Ann!🥳🥳🥳And to all others who avoided traps to streak on. Such a pity streak is 6 letters.
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Charlie And oil is down to $72.75/bbl. Thanks, Dark Brandon!
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“It’s not inexpensive, though you can easily drink well for under $75 a bottle. “Lah di dah! Is Asimov for real?
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It completely boggles the mind that a school with $40 billion (BILLION) in the bank is kow-towing to anyone. It seems they are almost desperate. A few years ago they gave permanent naming rights to the school for public health to a Chinese billionaire for $350m. Jared Kushner's dad famously gave $2m and an unremarkable kid got in. I lose more respect for this institution when i see this. Why?????
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Despite the billions spent on diets, exercise, and supplements, Americans are unhealthy. More than half of adults 65+ are taking 4+ prescriptions. We are led to believe that external interventions will make us healthy or extend our lives. Too little emphasis is placed on personal responsibility to take care of oneself. Just that fact that aging is considered a "problem" is a problem. When people "expect" that they will become infirm, ill, or disabled with age it disempowers them. They don't realize that there is SO much they can do to remain vital...but it takes determination and will. The medical industrial complex fosters dependence with drugs and "easy" solutions to lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. Of course these are often necessary and life-saving, but many people I know consider that a "get out of jail" card to resume their bad habits. We don't need to live longer (although that would be nice), we need to live better, longer. Don't rely on medicine alone to make that happen. Take charge of your life and live well.
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"content": "Despite the billions spent on diets, exercise, and supplements, Americans are unhealthy. More than half of adults 65+ are taking 4+ prescriptions. We are led to believe that external interventions will make us healthy or extend our lives. Too little emphasis is placed on personal responsibility to take care of oneself. Just that fact that aging is considered a \"problem\" is a problem. When people \"expect\" that they will become infirm, ill, or disabled with age it disempowers them. They don't realize that there is SO much they can do to remain vital...but it takes determination and will. The medical industrial complex fosters dependence with drugs and \"easy\" solutions to lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. Of course these are often necessary and life-saving, but many people I know consider that a \"get out of jail\" card to resume their bad habits. We don't need to live longer (although that would be nice), we need to live better, longer. Don't rely on medicine alone to make that happen. Take charge of your life and live well.\n",
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The irony of an AI algorithm is that it requires the feeding of information from humans to really function. Yes, ChatGPT culls its knowledge from millions of data points but in its current iteration it spits out something akin to an internet Mad Libs. The answer probably lies somewhere in the middle: AI may certainly replace millions of jobs, but these are likely low paying jobs that humans can move on from. Technology can also free us up to open the door to new, unexplored positions to work smarter. And if we're pragmatic and forward thinking, this is also an argument for universal basic income and expanding the social safety net.
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Interestingly this is actually the 4th contract this off-season for Correa. When the season ended and prior to the start of free agency the Twins offered him a 10 year $280 million dollar contract after he opted out of his existing 3 year contract.When the injury issue arose with the Mets I thought a compromise could have been for the 12 year $315 contract to remain as is with the proviso that Correa buy insurance on his leg/ankle issue protecting the Mets. Don’t know what the union’s position would have been but can a union really tell a member what they can spend their earnings on? Probably would have gotten contentious, and maybe they broached this and decided not to go that way.
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It is a fallacy to think that all white or Asian American kids are privileged. Many come from divorced homes, many are bullied in school, may have unconcerned or overworked parents, may not have the social support of extended families and on and on that is crucial for mental health and good life outcomes. Some children despite these handicaps pour their hearts into schoolwork and want to succeed. I know, because I come from such a home and was also endlessly bullied for years. If someone says I come from a privileged background, it shows their blindness to human disparities. Legacy admissions and early admissions should be eliminated but meritocracy should be honored. Communities should also improve K-12 education and make college prep coaching available to all kids to level the playing field.Financial assistance should be made available to needy students. I also qualified for a coveted scholarship but it went to a person of different skin tone.
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Vince The Atlantic had an article a few weeks back (October 2022) entitled "How the UK became one of the poorest countries in Western Europe" by journalist Derek Thompson which described the UK as having an economic "calamity decades in the making." It started with slow growth after WW II compared to the rest of Europe and has continued downward with the exception of a surge from 1990 to 2008 when London established itself as a finance center. Mr. Thompson described this decline as due to developing the finance sector over industry, adopting government austerity over investment in its people, and choosing to have a closed economy (Brexit) instead of an open, richer one. I would say based on this analysis that you and John Sullivan are both right.
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steve schaffer Matt Damon makes 50 mil a movie. Taylor Swift charges $500 per ticket. Baseball is entertainment. Entertainment that attracts the masses and has for 120 years.
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This review of Gaetz’s career includes not a single bill that he sponsored. Not a single measure he’d like to see passed. Not the slightest evidence he has any goals at all beyond sheer power. The best that can be said is he voted against animal testing and had a conversation about psychoactive drugs for vets.If the FBI refuses to tell him whether the sex trafficking investigation is open or closed, you may be sure it is open. His buddy Greenberg sang like a pigeon, asserting he’d watched Gaetz have sex with a 17 year-old girl. Gaetz is yet another child of overweening privilege, wealth, and irresponsibility. He egged on the insurrection, indeed may have played a part in it. He believes he’s above the law, he can act with impunity because of who he is, son of the guy who owned a house in a movie.Gaetz’s chief moves in the coming years will be to try to stay out of prison.
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It doesn't appear that the economy is "falling off a cliff", despite the rise in short term interest rates from virtually 14 years of a Fed funds rate at zero. The anomoly was zero interest rates plus trillions in quantitative easing that sparked massive asset inflation, long before "goods" inflation took hold in 2021. The Fed needs to restore balance in the economy by keeping the Fed funds rate at between 5-6%. Thus it still has a ways to go to achieve that point.But as pointed out in another article, the US has a $31 trillion debt that certainly cannot be financed at 5-6% as opposed to the zero to maybe 1% it has been financed at over the past few years. Powell is certainly aware of that, and despite what the Modern Monetary Crowd believes, paying upwards of $1.5 trillion a year in interest will actually be the cause of a downward economic shift.Thus Powell is stuck in-between the proverbial "rock and a hard place"...raise rates to normal levels or quickly drop them at the first sign the economy may be truly contracting despite continued excessive inflation.Not an easy spot to be in.
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I think this opinion is really too opaque in its viewpoint and analysis of what has brought the U.S. to this very troubling moment of chaos in the House of Representatives. Like Trump's perverted ascension to the presidency in 2016, after loosing the popular vote by a wide margin, McCarthy's continuing failure to become Speaker after 13 rounds of voting is emblematic of a rapid decline in the integrity of America's governing structure and elective system. A system that has been swamped by dark money in politics and the unscrupulous horse trading that accompanies it. Pay to play is so dominant in our system of politics it invites corruption and grift. The EC and gerrymandering open the door to extremism & disenfranchisement, & greater fragmentation.The refusal by Congress to pass reform measures to check abuse of authority and strengthen ethics rules and anti-corruption laws has allowed the cracks in the foundation of our democracy to grow into dangerous fissures. The principles of good governance have been jettisoned by an entire party:the GOP. McCarthy, in his lust for the Speakership has opened the door to calamitous ruleby a small group of anti-government zealots wedded to the Big Lie, conspiracy theories, grievance, & performance. This is the extreme of extremists and destructive politics. And like January 6th, it portends further ruin.You can not run a country on lies and grievance and expect any other outcome.
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Richard The second question is which store had eggs in stock?My bet, the $3.99 eggs were out of stock, and the $8.59 were still in stock. So as a consumer you have a choice - buy expensive eggs that are available or stalk the store with the cheaper eggs for when they become available.Choices are good, if not ideal.
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Deirdre Until the virus evolved into the Omicron variant(s), an argument for a "Zero COVID" policy had some validity (although, I don't wholly agree). However, when Omicron came on board, with its high levels of mutation from the original form of COVID-SARS 2 and a transmissibility rating equal to or in some studies exceeding that of the measles virus (which, until now, had been the most transmissible virus known to humankind), it was "game over." The Chinese should have been vaccinating all along as soon as a vaccine became available. It baffles me that in a country run by a totalitarian regime, they couldn't (or wouldn't) force/require all citizens to receive vaccination and boosting. With the "Zero COVID" policy, the arrival of Omicron really meant that Xi's government had the tiger by the tale. Impoprtanly, Xi was up for re-election. I feel that Xi and his advisors felt politically (for their own political future) to stick to the untenable plan of "Zero COVID" until after the election, Opening things up now is politically acceptable since Xi and his sychophants have already secure re-election.
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"content": "Deirdre Until the virus evolved into the Omicron variant(s), an argument for a \"Zero COVID\" policy had some validity (although, I don't wholly agree). However, when Omicron came on board, with its high levels of mutation from the original form of COVID-SARS 2 and a transmissibility rating equal to or in some studies exceeding that of the measles virus (which, until now, had been the most transmissible virus known to humankind), it was \"game over.\" The Chinese should have been vaccinating all along as soon as a vaccine became available. It baffles me that in a country run by a totalitarian regime, they couldn't (or wouldn't) force/require all citizens to receive vaccination and boosting. With the \"Zero COVID\" policy, the arrival of Omicron really meant that Xi's government had the tiger by the tale. Impoprtanly, Xi was up for re-election. I feel that Xi and his advisors felt politically (for their own political future) to stick to the untenable plan of \"Zero COVID\" until after the election, Opening things up now is politically acceptable since Xi and his sychophants have already secure re-election.\n",
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Supposedly he is broke but magically he will come up with a $15 million dollar defense, just like Elizabeth Holmes did even though she was evidently broke too. Who is paying for these legal bills?
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Please don't be so myopic NYT. I know your opinions sell advertising for you but it's time to expand your perspective and help all humanity on Earth become aware of the great danger that faces us all.The biggest issue that faces humanity is the international anarchy of nuclear nations states competing for dwindling planetary resources.Take a big step back with me and observe the Earth as a visitor. Here's what you'll see and what will likely be coming soon for humanity; 'The Great Filter'.Avoiding the “Great Filter” - Humanity’s Future in the Universe - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Copyright Oct. 2022Dear reader, if you want to know the future of humanity, look no further. All this 'us versus them' political mumbo jumbo is childish in comparison. Help spread the word and help develop a global perspective and stop reinforcing myopic local and international competition and greed in this nuclear age.Please read this important, critical JPL article below.<a href="https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2210/2210.10582.pdf" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2210/2210.10582.pdf</a>
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"content": "Please don't be so myopic NYT. I know your opinions sell advertising for you but it's time to expand your perspective and help all humanity on Earth become aware of the great danger that faces us all.The biggest issue that faces humanity is the international anarchy of nuclear nations states competing for dwindling planetary resources.Take a big step back with me and observe the Earth as a visitor. Here's what you'll see and what will likely be coming soon for humanity; 'The Great Filter'.Avoiding the “Great Filter” - Humanity’s Future in the Universe - Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, Copyright Oct. 2022Dear reader, if you want to know the future of humanity, look no further. All this 'us versus them' political mumbo jumbo is childish in comparison. Help spread the word and help develop a global perspective and stop reinforcing myopic local and international competition and greed in this nuclear age.Please read this important, critical JPL article below.<a href=\"https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2210/2210.10582.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2210/2210.10582.pdf</a>\n",
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Abortion rights are wildly popular and will only increase over time. The radical right Republicans only "won" because of the randomness of US Supreme court openings, allowing Trump to appoint 3. They got lucky, that is all.
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Joy Ocean It must gall liberals to see Ronald Reagan ranked number nine on the annual ranking of Presidents by the Historians and Biographers list. Historians and biographers figure to be on the liberal side themselves."The remark of Gingrich fits every Democrat's notion of what the Reagan Administration was, A servant of the wealthy who preyed on the poor. The Democrats are suckers for almost anything that will not make them not look greedy in their politics."Democrats should just spare themselves from having to re-live Trump over and over and try to find a new cause to support .Gingrich's saying that government is the problem, without specifying the problem, makes it meaningless to those first discovering it now. All Gingrich was saying was that our economic power came from the people, and not the politicians, from raising capital and discovering where to sent it. He was believed strongly that when the number of non-users discovered how safe and effective public money was in the hands of private individuals they would praise capitalism for its existence.The public would be better off learning from Trump's landslide open book on the subject of his election. The books are disclosed in later episodes. There are no credible reasons for the that Vietnam war to have had anything except the outfit id did.
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"content": "Joy Ocean It must gall liberals to see Ronald Reagan ranked number nine on the annual ranking of Presidents by the Historians and Biographers list. Historians and biographers figure to be on the liberal side themselves.\"The remark of Gingrich fits every Democrat's notion of what the Reagan Administration was, A servant of the wealthy who preyed on the poor. The Democrats are suckers for almost anything that will not make them not look greedy in their politics.\"Democrats should just spare themselves from having to re-live Trump over and over and try to find a new cause to support .Gingrich's saying that government is the problem, without specifying the problem, makes it meaningless to those first discovering it now. All Gingrich was saying was that our economic power came from the people, and not the politicians, from raising capital and discovering where to sent it. He was believed strongly that when the number of non-users discovered how safe and effective public money was in the hands of private individuals they would praise capitalism for its existence.The public would be better off learning from Trump's landslide open book on the subject of his election. The books are disclosed in later episodes. There are no credible reasons for the that Vietnam war to have had anything except the outfit id did.\n",
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Angry Liberal In terms of the overall population, recessions are really only good for people who keep their jobs throughout and continue to buy stocks. Lower prices on the market mean your investment dollar goes further, and when the market rebounds your investments are worth more thanks to the recession. The crashes of 2008, 2017 and 2020 did more for my 401(k) than anything else.
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"content": "Angry Liberal In terms of the overall population, recessions are really only good for people who keep their jobs throughout and continue to buy stocks. Lower prices on the market mean your investment dollar goes further, and when the market rebounds your investments are worth more thanks to the recession. The crashes of 2008, 2017 and 2020 did more for my 401(k) than anything else.\n",
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Folks,Lots of quacking about passwords. It is truly no big deal. If someone steals your banking information and uses it to write themselves a check, just complain to the bank and they will fully refund your $$$.So the culprit gets into you medical history. Now they know you have hemorrhoids. If someone hack's your passwords, the world will not end. You will not die. It might be a bit time consuming to repair the damage, but, you will survive. Put a smile on your face and carry on.
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This is what $4 Billion a year buys us. We have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on Israel and I have never seen a penny's worth of return on our investment. Simply stated . . . America directly supports a Rogue state with US tax dollars. What a waste.
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BLA This is not true in the least. Population will top out around 11 billion, with the biggest increases coming in Africa. There is unlikely to be increasing mass migrations, famine, disease and war. It's bad for business. When a country looks like easy pickings, like Ukraine did January 2022, and the aggressor spent six months showing the world their intentions to invade and suffered no consequence, when the allied powers expected the country to quickly fold and produce a relatively bloodless invasion, an anschluss, then you get war, and sometimes unexpected results. We already had and still have a global pandemic, no climate disaster needed for that one. We'd already have mass migration from the Arab world and Africa, to the developed world, especially Europe, but the Europeans said no. 10 or 20 million might enter the US from Central and South America if we stopped enforcing border controls, which despite Republican claims, Biden and Obama attempt to contain. China and India already replaced Mexico as the main source of legal immigrants. It's a numbers game. Anyway even if we lose half of Florida, President DeSantis will claim it's the crackpot environmentalists who prevented us from building a wall, a sea wall, like we have on the East River after cutting down all the trees and bulldozing the park land to save the FDR from occasional flooding.
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"content": "BLA This is not true in the least. Population will top out around 11 billion, with the biggest increases coming in Africa. There is unlikely to be increasing mass migrations, famine, disease and war. It's bad for business. When a country looks like easy pickings, like Ukraine did January 2022, and the aggressor spent six months showing the world their intentions to invade and suffered no consequence, when the allied powers expected the country to quickly fold and produce a relatively bloodless invasion, an anschluss, then you get war, and sometimes unexpected results. We already had and still have a global pandemic, no climate disaster needed for that one. We'd already have mass migration from the Arab world and Africa, to the developed world, especially Europe, but the Europeans said no. 10 or 20 million might enter the US from Central and South America if we stopped enforcing border controls, which despite Republican claims, Biden and Obama attempt to contain. China and India already replaced Mexico as the main source of legal immigrants. It's a numbers game. Anyway even if we lose half of Florida, President DeSantis will claim it's the crackpot environmentalists who prevented us from building a wall, a sea wall, like we have on the East River after cutting down all the trees and bulldozing the park land to save the FDR from occasional flooding.\n",
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SW this economic principle, elasticity of demand relative to price, often applies more in one direction than in the other. For example, when gasoline prices soared past $5 per gallon in the first half of 2022, demand for gasoline hardly fell because only a few American motorists could drastically curtail their fuel consumption in response. That’s price inelasticity of demand. However, if gasoline were to steadily decline in price, say toward $1.50/gallon over the next 2 years, it’s a safe bet that more Americans would vacation by car, drive faster, buy bigger vehicles, basically add a lot of discretionary consumption. That uneven elasticity of demand also applies to travel. Behavioral responses to rising congestion or added highway lanes seem insignificant at the individual, anecdotal level, but at a population level over months to years can be dramatic. What happens when a highway or bridge must be narrowed for a few months for construction or repairs? Many drivers grumble & bear the delays, but many others alter their driving choices to compensate—changing routes, timing, destinations or frequency of driving. And so it goes.The argument that economic & population growth necessarily drives highway expansion ignores that points A & B can & should be connected by multiple transportation modes, therefore if we value flexibility & freedom of choice we should be open to adding capacity via variety rather than just more of the same (highway lanes).
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I don't claim to have the answers on how to fix this or rein it in, but I do know that it will not end well. The term "student-athlete" has always been a misnomer but now it's out in the open and there is a bridge salary for elite athletes that used to attend these schools simply because it upped their chances of cashing a huge check 2-3 years down the road. No mention of academics or anything. While I did find the comparison to the field hockey player very interesting, you could've also investigated how some of the female athletes have to become sex symbols/influencers for their NIL checks. One LSU gymnast comes to mind. It's not lost on me that I would have no idea who she was if I didn't read an article about how her "fans" disrupted one of her meets and the school had to hire extra security.
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Carter. you are so wrong. One can not buy Chinese real estate or Chinese stocks (HK does not count). It is a one way street for the Chinese, they are closed, we are open and have thus been taken advantage of.
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The social media ecosystem is in probably its most damaged and vulnerable state in its short history as we approach a foreboding election season with Trump seeing clear open water. Do you trust Meta, Twitter, and TikTok to have our best interests at heart and keep us safe? Lol.
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This opinion piece broke my heart and opened my eyes. Even as a father of two kids under 10, and a husband of an RN who works in labor/delivery, I had no clue. Thanks for presenting this compelling call to action!
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Richard Brown I disagree. You and I had a better life because of the national debt but our grandchildren won't. $30 trillion at 5% interest = $1.5 trillion. That 1.5 trillion could be used for schools. We could tack the 1.5 onto the national debt but at some point it won't work to do that. You simply can't keep going into debt forever. My question was "what if the U.S. never went into debt in the first place?
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In the ‘Cozy Catastrophe’ Novel, the End of the World Is Not So Bad Originally published in 1939, “The Hopkins Manuscript,” by the British writer R.C. Sherriff, inaugurated a genre of post-apocalyptic fiction in which a resourceful hero survives unthinkable cataclysm. In “Billion Year Spree,” his influential 1973 study of science fiction, the writer Brian Aldiss identified a kind of post-apocalyptic novel that he called “the cozy catastrophe.” These were stories about the end of the world in which a resourceful survivor — usually a British man from the middle class — puts together a relatively comfortable life for himself in the ruins. Although the genre is often associated with the work of John Wyndham, especially “The Day of the Triffids” (1951), Aldiss traced it back to THE HOPKINS MANUSCRIPT (Scribner, 385 pp., paperback, $18), by R.C. Sherriff, which first appeared in 1939. Reissued this month, this wonderful novel should powerfully resonate with readers whose consciences are troubled by inequality and climate change. As Aldiss wrote, “The essence of cozy catastrophe is that the hero should have a pretty good time … while everyone else is dying off.” Originally published in 1939, “The Hopkins Manuscript,” by the British writer R.C. Sherriff, inaugurated a genre of post-apocalyptic fiction in which a resourceful hero survives unthinkable cataclysm.
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My cancer drug costs $17,000 A MONTH or $204,000 PER YEAR. Although I am on Medicare, have Part D and supplemental drug coverage, each January, I have to go through $3,000-$4,000 of deductibles and donut holes before I get to "catastrophic" coverage, which caps my co-insurance at $850 a month. I am immensely grateful to Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden for leading the Democrats in mitigating this nonsense with lower caps of $3,250 a year in 2024 and $2,000 a year in 2025namd beyond. And I am white-hot furious at all Republicans for trying to take this away from me and others to please their billionaire donors. Vote out Republicans.
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"It seems very hard for any admirer of Benedict to look at the events that followed his resignation and see a vindication of his decision to retire, a simple working out of the Holy Spirit’s will."Seems to me an expression of a profound lack of faith. Who, after all, are we, Mr. Douthat, to judge or question what is and what isn't a "working out of the Holy Spirit's will"? If all is an expression of God's will, then the current "open theological division" that Mr. Douthat sees manifest within the Church, must be as well.Peace upon you.
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"content": "\"It seems very hard for any admirer of Benedict to look at the events that followed his resignation and see a vindication of his decision to retire, a simple working out of the Holy Spirit’s will.\"Seems to me an expression of a profound lack of faith. Who, after all, are we, Mr. Douthat, to judge or question what is and what isn't a \"working out of the Holy Spirit's will\"? If all is an expression of God's will, then the current \"open theological division\" that Mr. Douthat sees manifest within the Church, must be as well.Peace upon you.\n",
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Janieblack Good for you for changing your ways. It really is an insult to be dropped at the last minute and, you may not realize, but the relationship will suffer.I no longer value a relationship where the other person has told me I'm their best friend. She made plans for my last birthday, cancelled the night before with an excuse I've heard before, and then never re-scheduled. She's a relative's wife. Now I will only text my relative, not her. I will not re-connect or make plans. My general comment to this piece is that people are unreliable and take others for granted. I've learned (the hard way) to not invest too much into one relationship.I'm the kind of person that will keep in touch with many people and find time for others. I'm not a leech where I wind my way into someone's life and dominate their time. That still seems to be too much for others and I wind up getting blown off.Some people have their kids, family, and other friends that they value.
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"content": "Janieblack Good for you for changing your ways. It really is an insult to be dropped at the last minute and, you may not realize, but the relationship will suffer.I no longer value a relationship where the other person has told me I'm their best friend. She made plans for my last birthday, cancelled the night before with an excuse I've heard before, and then never re-scheduled. She's a relative's wife. Now I will only text my relative, not her. I will not re-connect or make plans. My general comment to this piece is that people are unreliable and take others for granted. I've learned (the hard way) to not invest too much into one relationship.I'm the kind of person that will keep in touch with many people and find time for others. I'm not a leech where I wind my way into someone's life and dominate their time. That still seems to be too much for others and I wind up getting blown off.Some people have their kids, family, and other friends that they value.\n",
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dl - it's not as if he was Einstein trying to crack open one more secret of the universe for the future benefit of humanity. Knocking a ball into a hole will carry on just fine without his special talent.
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For most of my career, I worked in male-dominated fields (investment banking and investment management). I was fortunate to start my career under the direct supervision of a superb woman boss, who helped me find my voice on the male-dominated mortgage-backed securities trading desk at Salomon Brothers. I also credit my elementary and high school education at an all-girls school, where anti-female sexism simply didn’t exist. This article nails it regarding the insidious intersection of sexism and ageism. The solutions might extend beyond the workplace, and include better childcare options, more acceptance of feminism by men, and even more development of self-esteem for girls and young women.
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Franchising is already one of the most overregulated industries out there. If you operate a typical franchise system you need an army of lawyers to comply with 50 different state laws. If the FTC wanted to come in and supersede those under a new federal regime, I bet it would be welcomed.In any event, investing in a franchise is a lot different than owning your own business. And so you have to read that tediously long franchise agreement very carefully as it will be enforced like any other contract--to its letter. The guiding principle is that franchisor is going to try to run the overall brand in a way that maximizes profits for all franchisees and helps the franchisor expand by selling more franchises. If you don't want to be micromanaged by the franchise home office, you need to consider a different business model.And as for private equity ownership or the concept of a franchise business more generally, sure corporate brand homogenization has its pros and cons. It is not news to report that McDonald's has 13,000 franchises in the U.S. and the fries taste the same at every single one. And the franchisees literally pay McDonald's to make sure it stays that way.
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As a former resident of the area, I remember how Columbia U acted in regard to displacing businesses in the area. The university pays no taxes yet was able to muscle out a well-known small business owner who had a number of buildings for storage units on Broadway. He offered to move his main site across Broadway to land which Columbia owned but they preferred to use eminent domain to force him out. He took them to court and almost prevailed at the appellate level but was finally overcome by Columbia's might.They displaced the Fairway store that a lot of residents depended on for wholesome food, not an easy find in the neighborhood. Their construction unleashed thousands of rats, many of which found their way into the basement of my building but Columbia did nothing to alleviate the situation.There was a community outreach office on the east side of Broadway at Tiemann Place that I never, in my over a decade residence there, saw open or staffed.As for Glenn Hubbard seeing the need to break free from an unregulated free market economy, don't make me laugh. Check him and his nasty personality out in the film "Inside Job." Another Columbia business professor admits on camera that he actually tailored a business report he wrote to suit what the chamber of commerce in Iceland wanted him to say!The author should have interviewed residents of the area to balance this article.
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I say put forth a bill that allows states, particularly Red States, to opt out of discretionary spending: Federal Farm subsidies, Medicaid, Federal Infrastructure funding from the $1.1T infrastructure bill passed in 2021, PACT Veterans Care, CHIPs manufacturing, etc.Put Republicans to the test to cut spending. Let their states decide whether to cut federal spending or not. Us blue states are tired of subsidizing the unappreciative red states anyway.
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Long term deals are killing baseball economics. Signing a player to a contract that pays them $30m at age 40 (as the Bogaerts contract does) makes no sense - and I say that as a Red Sox fan. I'd rather see the Sox pay Devers $40m a year for 5 years, when he's in his prime, and give both sides flexibility in the out years.Players who sign 10+ year deals have experienced mixed success. Our beloved Mookie Betts' statistics have dropped precipitously since he signed with the Dodgers. Last year, he hit below .270 and had ~80 RBIs - a far cry from his career 2018 (.346, 32 HR, 81 RBIs). I wish that there was a way for baseball to self-correct - many thought sabermetrics and Billy Beane-style GMing would cause a league-wide reckoning. 'twas not to be. The rich (Sox, Dodgers, LA) will continue to sign these big deals, distorting payrolls and disaffecting the average fan who now has to spend $100 or more a game in ticket fees, food and parking.
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"content": "Long term deals are killing baseball economics. Signing a player to a contract that pays them $30m at age 40 (as the Bogaerts contract does) makes no sense - and I say that as a Red Sox fan. I'd rather see the Sox pay Devers $40m a year for 5 years, when he's in his prime, and give both sides flexibility in the out years.Players who sign 10+ year deals have experienced mixed success. Our beloved Mookie Betts' statistics have dropped precipitously since he signed with the Dodgers. Last year, he hit below .270 and had ~80 RBIs - a far cry from his career 2018 (.346, 32 HR, 81 RBIs). I wish that there was a way for baseball to self-correct - many thought sabermetrics and Billy Beane-style GMing would cause a league-wide reckoning. 'twas not to be. The rich (Sox, Dodgers, LA) will continue to sign these big deals, distorting payrolls and disaffecting the average fan who now has to spend $100 or more a game in ticket fees, food and parking.\n",
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