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The IRS discussion was devoid of facts. Tax cheats cost us over $265 Billion with a B per year - most of those are high income people, regardless of where they live. The GOP rant that 87,000 agents will be auditing the little people is just another lie.Biden’s classified material is old and outdated, whatever it is. For Stephens to have to toe the GOP line is the usual “doom” approach. I’d much rather see Trump indicted for the insurrection anyway, because that’s where the most harm to our democracy was done.
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I've researched this and so can you. The national debt acrrued from our founding to 1980 (about 200 years, including paying for all the wars in that time span) was $900 billion. Yes, under 1 trillion. Today it's 31 trillion. Now, hear this: 200 years of debt up to 1980- under 1 trillion. Over the next 8 years the debt just about tripled(!) to 2.6 trillion. Tripled in only 8 years. Because, as this article states, we cut our tax revenue while maintaining most of our spending. Or, more accurately, Ronald Reagan and his Republican party cut taxes mostly for the wealthiest Americans. (Many Democrats went along but almost everyone soon realized the cuts were breaking the bank - Reagan did tax increases soon after)Unfortunately, most conservatives still believe in cutting revenue by letting the wealthy pay less percentage of their earnings than you or I. It partly that belief over the last 40 years that has ballooned the national debt. We should not waste money, nor should we pander to those with the most of it.
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"content": "I've researched this and so can you. The national debt acrrued from our founding to 1980 (about 200 years, including paying for all the wars in that time span) was $900 billion. Yes, under 1 trillion. Today it's 31 trillion. Now, hear this: 200 years of debt up to 1980- under 1 trillion. Over the next 8 years the debt just about tripled(!) to 2.6 trillion. Tripled in only 8 years. Because, as this article states, we cut our tax revenue while maintaining most of our spending. Or, more accurately, Ronald Reagan and his Republican party cut taxes mostly for the wealthiest Americans. (Many Democrats went along but almost everyone soon realized the cuts were breaking the bank - Reagan did tax increases soon after)Unfortunately, most conservatives still believe in cutting revenue by letting the wealthy pay less percentage of their earnings than you or I. It partly that belief over the last 40 years that has ballooned the national debt. We should not waste money, nor should we pander to those with the most of it.\n",
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Forgive me for saying the obvious, but businesses are successful when the demand for a service being offered commands a price that allows for enough profits to keep it open. That’s a fancy way of saying that if enough people liked your offerings, for the price at which they were offered, you would still be open. You either didn’t have enough customers, your food wasn’t good enough to charge the price required for financial success or you, simply put, didn’t know, from an accounting perspective, what your true costs were. (Often, in those cases, once you figure it out it’s too late). There are mom n’pop restaurants and bars all over this land that have been open, profitably, for years. Sell food and drinks people love, at a price they can afford, and you will stay open.
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| no | Classification | 425 |
According to the American Bar Association , ethics rules do not allow non-competition clauses in partnership, member, shareholder, or employment agreements among attorneys.And yet, attorneys craft and enforce them on other professions. While lawyers who are proponents of noncompetes have well crafted elevator speeches outlining the virtues of noncompetes, instead of the lawyer 'splaining , why don't they lead by example and join the fight to abolish them so we are allfairly given the same freedom to leave a job that the ABA endorses.
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| no | Classification | 543 |
When Britain was a global power its people, for the most part, remained poor. The nail in Britain's manufacturing coffin may have been driven in by Thatcher, but the road to failure was already well established prior to her obsession with gutting the common weal and selling off the national assets cheaply to her rich buddies, even when those assets were both innovative and profitable like the Giro Bank. The essential problem Western economies face is that the basis of their historical wealth - industrial and military superiority leading to the exploitation of a higher % of global resources - has been eroding for 60 years. In Britain that process has been intensified by deliberate tax and legislative policy based on the concept that public wealth has no economic value. What scope is there for wealthy and powerful individuals to leverage and increase their wealth and power if assets are held in the public domain? So, what we have experienced is a phenomenon that has been apparent here in the US too, the privatization of profit and the socialization of loss. The US has at least been protected to some extent by our natural advantages: a larger country, lower population density, and self-sufficiency. But that does not mean to say the philosophy promoted by the global elite, the sovereign individuals who owe no allegiance to any nation, is not still alive and well. It most certainly will not be reversed by elimination of the IRS.
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| no | Classification | 4,112 |
I do this all the time to the embarrassment of my kids. They think it is weird but I love it. I am the middle-aged guy that asks the ski-lift attendant and cashier and barista how they are doing. I always talk to strangers and 98% of the time I have a positive conversation.I am also never annoyed by people once I've gotten to know them, for some reason. The "too loud" people at a campground are just less annoying once you've chatted them up. It is like a life hack for me.One caveat though, it doesn't work for my college-aged daughter. She says that when she does what I do, the men generally think it is an opening to hit on her. She is annoyed that if she says "hi" to a fellow runner (for example), he assumes she is "flirting" and tries to jog with her. This kind of thing obviously doesn't happen all the time, but enough to change the whole dynamic of talking to strangers.
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| no | Classification | 3,760 |
Arthur George Santos was born in the US. His parents are immigrants. It does raise the "where's the birth certificate?" question. The $700k loan and other expenditures should be examined. It also should be noted that fundraising was generated based on his lies.
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The U.S. Hit the Debt Ceiling. How Bad Will It Be? The United States has a cap on the amount of money it can borrow. That means it can run out of cash if the limit isn’t lifted. Washington is gearing up for another big fight over whether to raise or suspend the nation’s debt limit, with Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen telling Congress on Thursday that the United States had reached its existing borrowing cap of $31.4 trillion. The United States has a cap on the amount of money it can borrow. That means it can run out of cash if the limit isn’t lifted.
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| no | Classification | 605 |
Saguaro Sunrise I've been to Butte. 1. The mine was underground (like Resolution) until after WWII. Resolution will never be an open pit mine-the copper is too deep.2. Butte gets far more rainfall than SE AZ.3. Just write a law that an endowment must be created to keep the pumps running (plus in AZ the water would be really really valuable so probably pay for the pumps directly.4. What about Bingham Canyon in Utah? Big open pit like Butte. No massive environmental problems. Hmm seems we can solve this.There, case solved.
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| no | Classification | 1,867 |
As a retired therapist one fact has interested me. Two you women, both from turbulent backgrounds, marry into the royal family and both become suicidal a few years later. Diana throwing herself downstairs at a palace while pregnant, a very violent plea for help, and another andmitting she was in deep emotional trouble while pregnant. Seems to me there is something very wrong in the environment of this family. Harry always wanted out after his mother died, and he married a woman who opened the door and helped him walk through it. I hope they make all the money they can and live the life that suits them. Kate and William will make the perfect King and Queen in the end.
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| no | Classification | 2,945 |
Walking..and inspired by the other person:- at the old, spinet piano..open to all willing players..on a busy corner, I encountered two summer-dressed Black ladies. One hands on the keys, the other standing. I asked them if they knew "Chopsticks"!!! No. So, I played it for them and we all laughed like fools!!! Then, the standing lady insisted on sitting down and playing, too...and she played a song she regularly sings. Grinning and lots of laughs...then, I crossed the street and we all waved wildly. It was good.- encountered a good looking lady with turquoise hair! woven in braided strands and dyed..it was stunningly beautiful. Told her I loved it...and she looked so Parisian! Chic! We laughed. Then, she told me her name, Jeannette was French, but here nobody said it that way...so I told her she needed to go to Gay Pareeee! We both burst into laughs and walked on... hands in the air! - yesterday, I passed two teenage girls, one Black-one White, in the nearby kid park. On a big round swing...sitting wrapped together, feet off the ground! I told them - that looked so comfortable..and that they were just needing a pitcher of iced tea. They laughed.Returning. I caught them just as they were leaving and offered a bottle of fizzy French lemonade.."incredulous" is the word ..full of delight.I've never seen any of these people again, and I doubt I ever will.. and had no inkling the fun n laughs would ever happen
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There is no mention made of how science and technology companies have monopolized many industries, crushing innovation. Examples would be Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Johnson and Johnson to name but a few. These companies buy up smaller companies and suppress competitive research. If you want innovations, we need anti-trust legislation to promote competition in America. Why not use government funding to promote smaller companies, for starters?
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| yes | Classification | 5,303 |
Ron May The Nasdaq is down 29% over the past year. Over the last 5 years, it is up 48%, including last year’s decline, or almost 10% per year. Over the last 40 years, it is up 10,000%.
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"content": "Ron May The Nasdaq is down 29% over the past year. Over the last 5 years, it is up 48%, including last year’s decline, or almost 10% per year. Over the last 40 years, it is up 10,000%.\n",
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This would get us out of the morass Republicans have bestowed on us:$0 – $25,000 – 0% tax$25,001 – $75,000 – 10% tax$75,001 – $150,000 – 20% tax$150,001 – $500,000 – 25% tax $500,001 – $1,000,000 – $30% taxIncome ABOVE $1,000,001 would be taxed at 65%Further, the limit on wages subject to FICA should rise to $600,000.00 per year, keeping Social Security and Medicare solvent.Please explain why we can’t do this.
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| no | Classification | 65 |
Perhaps the Republicans can ask their newest member, George Santos, to assume a lead role on the finance committee and solve this mess. He appears to be a financial wizard going from broke to loaning his campaign $700,000 out of the millions he made in just one election cycle.
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"content": "Perhaps the Republicans can ask their newest member, George Santos, to assume a lead role on the finance committee and solve this mess. He appears to be a financial wizard going from broke to loaning his campaign $700,000 out of the millions he made in just one election cycle.\n",
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| no | Classification | 816 |
Tom If an advisor only spends an hour on an account (and it rarely would be that low) but saves me $50,000+, that is an incredible return on investment.Yes, we should always evaluate the ROI, but we're not paying for time with an hourly employee. We're paying for value delivered based on expertise and knowledge.
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"content": "Tom If an advisor only spends an hour on an account (and it rarely would be that low) but saves me $50,000+, that is an incredible return on investment.Yes, we should always evaluate the ROI, but we're not paying for time with an hourly employee. We're paying for value delivered based on expertise and knowledge.\n",
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What comes next? Shucks! That's an easy one: poverty.We are all poorer now. Some of us poorer than others. Except for the rich, of course, who are richer than ever.When Joe Biden printed $4 Trillion to pay people to stay home, did you really think that was free money?! Really?! Somebody was going to pay for that. Who? Why, you, silly!And, as always happens with all social policies coming from the Democratic Party, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
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In my mostly white mostly older progressive community there are people that believe that racial identity issues are the most important attitudes that must be addressed above all else and at the same time there are people who see the problems of society in a more general way as existing in economic and prejudice that go far beyond the issue of black racial politics. these differences are as old as our society itself and the anti slavery movement.but in my community at least the debate is not either or, but only a matter of emphasis in that we can fight racial in ustice and the issues of economic and other avenues of prejudice at the same time. So thiis debate while very real does not drive us a part but is only an internal debate that does not take away from the issue of injustice in our society. We picket as one, but debate among ourselves and to me this is the way it needs to be.
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| yes | Classification | 7,557 |
kr And your opening citing S10 a dozen? Where is that for heaven's sake? I buy local eggs from a farm nearby (surrounded by the suburbs) for $4.50 a dozen. I can also visit the chicken who laid them. Not saying everyone has a farm nearby, but cheaper eggs from heathy chickens are not that expensive in most places.
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One option is to sell the business to another PE firm. The new PE firm may think there is additional value that can be generated from the business that the first PE firm didn’t unlock. Another is to do a trade sale, where the business is sold to a company that believes the purchased business may complement their current business, thus creating synergies. Another option is an Initial public offering or IPO, where the business becomes a public company, is traded on a stock exchange, and is owned by the general public / a multitude of diverse investors. I believe there are other options, but these are probably the most common.
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The HEP community will have to do MUCH better than that to justify $10B+ on another particle accelerator.
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"content": "The HEP community will have to do MUCH better than that to justify $10B+ on another particle accelerator.\n",
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I talk with my oldest daughter about this all the time. She manages a popular restaurant that draws crowds in a Texas city. Such crowded places are wide open targets. "What can I do?" she asked. Well, keep your eyes open. Scan your crowd. If you hear noises that "sound like fireworks going off" assume they are gunshots. I read so many witness accounts where they say, "I thought it was fireworks going off." Know your ingress and egress points. Be situationally aware. Read the room. What else can you say? Tell her to learn close-range firearms combat? She's a sweet, friendly, funny restaurant manager, not a soldier or a member of law enforcement!That's the problem with what has happened in this country - it is awash in guns and literally anyone can get one without too much trouble. Any grievance, no matter how small, can escalate into a mass shooting when an unstable person has a gun. The other astounding thing we keep reading is how, in the aftermath of one of these, the authorities keep saying, "We are investigating to determine if this is a hate crime." When you are shooting innocent people, that is about as hateful as anything can get!
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You have wonder at the national nightly Broadcast news, the NYTimes and Washington Post and commenters here on the way they are contorting themselves into pretzel-like figures trying everything to exonerate this Democrat President from this predicament. This morning the Washington Post buried the story on Page 9 and last night the National News spent about a minute on this coverage. Everyone knows that if this were a Republican President it would have been blasted over the front page and kept under everyone's nose for months. As anyone who has handled classified documents knows that if you are cleared to read or courier such documents any time that document is out of your sight it must must be locked up either in a special safe in a special room or locked up in a room that has been cleared by special investigators with numerous safeguards depending on the level of classification. Trump kept documents in an uncleared room for 2 years, Biden for more than 6 years. Biden cooperated with the proper agencies when this was found out. Great, it mitigates the punishment but DOES NOT mitigate the illegal Act. Trump did not properly cooperate with the FBI so he violated a statute different than the document statute. SOo both Trump and Biden are guilty of violating the same exact law. No amount of cooperation or apologizing will undo that illegal act.
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The box office results in the theatrical specialized film market are in near moribund condition. Therefore, the bad news for filmmakers, agents and producers at Sundance is: movies are likely to sell cheaper than ever due to these theatrical troubled times--far from the rich box office market conditions last seen about 3 years ago when the specialized film culture was robust. Ironically, the major studios probably did the most to kill the specialized market and even the commercial market as well with releases of movies by streaming only and especially with, what the studios saw as the Golden Goose, simultaneously streaming in homes and releasing movies in theaters on their opening day--Scarlett Johansonn disputed this model with Disney over Black Beauty.The streaming business model clearly didn't and doesn't work other than destroying a proven theatrical paradigm. For over 100 years, theatrical releases of movies have effected the greatest marketing result of all: embeding a film in popular culture and even history enriching its ancillary markets indefinitely--consider Gone With The Wind, The Godfather, Casablance, Rocky.Sony Studios's recent past releases and Top Gun prove the old theatrical model of opening moves in theaters first, well before streaming, still works and drives in audiences to theaters and vast monies into box offices.
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Cat I can get a workable Chromebook on sale for less than $200. An Amazon recruiter can't spare $200 for something so essential? That makes little sense to me.
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ultimateliberal Elvis and Priscilla were divorced at the time of his death; Lisa Marie was his sole heir. Priscilla helped manage the estate which grew from $5m when Elvis died to $100m when Lisa Marie turned 25 and took control
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I love how "hit a rough patch" means the companies are making a few hundred million dollars less in their billions in annual profit (not revenue...PROFIT). If a company stops being profitable, then layoffs are warranted, but laying off more than 10,000 employees to make up for less than 1/3 of a CEO's salary...it's ridiculous. And guess what...the media says most are finding jobs within 3 months. Many of the same companies that are laying off people are still hiring. Has anyone done research to see if they are laying off higher-paid employees to bring on cheaper ones? How much institutional knowledge is being lost due to these layoffs? Hopefully all these employees remembered to do their documentation.
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| yes | Classification | 7,180 |
Newly married and the first job didn't work out. So, my high school sweetheart wife and I decided to backpack through Europe and possibly work there. In September 1971 we booked our flight, New York to London, on a Pan Am 747 for $185.47 roundtrip each and returned through Rome for $10.00 more three month later. With a Fodor's $5.00 a day travel guide and staying in youth hostels we went from London to Amsterdam, to Brussels, to Zurich, to Venice, to Yugoslavia's capital, To Budapest, to Vienna, to Paris, and to Rome and many other places in between. To say it was wonderful is an understatement. It was affordable thanks to Boeing and their 747 Queen of the Sky. It certainly was, thank you. Oh, we never did get jobs and upon our return I got a new job making more money!
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"content": "Newly married and the first job didn't work out. So, my high school sweetheart wife and I decided to backpack through Europe and possibly work there. In September 1971 we booked our flight, New York to London, on a Pan Am 747 for $185.47 roundtrip each and returned through Rome for $10.00 more three month later. With a Fodor's $5.00 a day travel guide and staying in youth hostels we went from London to Amsterdam, to Brussels, to Zurich, to Venice, to Yugoslavia's capital, To Budapest, to Vienna, to Paris, and to Rome and many other places in between. To say it was wonderful is an understatement. It was affordable thanks to Boeing and their 747 Queen of the Sky. It certainly was, thank you. Oh, we never did get jobs and upon our return I got a new job making more money!\n",
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People who are not working class (most columnists) and who have had no direct dealings with working class life have NO idea how hard it is to work very long hours, come home exhausted, and have no choice but to do it again, over many decades. They do not know what it means to calculate paying $7.00 for a box of cereal or $15.00 for a box of cold remedies when that same money has to be allocated to medical bills, child care and many other things. Only someone who is paid a great deal more than what they need has the luxury to not look at price tags. Everyone in Congress needs to have worked for a few years in a blue collar job. Ha! There is plenty of fat in the Pentagon, in farm subsidies, in other places but they don't want to look there. Lacking a college education (for either financial or intellectual reasons) forces someone to find a job that pays decently and then making everything else work. You live in a tiny apartment and/or take roommates you don't want, or you only eat in, or you never take vacations, or you don't buy new shoes or clothes. This is LIFE. Neither GOP nor DEMs in Congress have a clue about this. They are all rich and/or educated (although some of them are not too bright). Congress functions like a stubborn 12 yr old and we all suffer. Gail and Bret, go "undercover" and work at McDonald's for six months -- no outside income. Your columns would change (a lot).
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"content": "People who are not working class (most columnists) and who have had no direct dealings with working class life have NO idea how hard it is to work very long hours, come home exhausted, and have no choice but to do it again, over many decades. They do not know what it means to calculate paying $7.00 for a box of cereal or $15.00 for a box of cold remedies when that same money has to be allocated to medical bills, child care and many other things. Only someone who is paid a great deal more than what they need has the luxury to not look at price tags. Everyone in Congress needs to have worked for a few years in a blue collar job. Ha! There is plenty of fat in the Pentagon, in farm subsidies, in other places but they don't want to look there. Lacking a college education (for either financial or intellectual reasons) forces someone to find a job that pays decently and then making everything else work. You live in a tiny apartment and/or take roommates you don't want, or you only eat in, or you never take vacations, or you don't buy new shoes or clothes. This is LIFE. Neither GOP nor DEMs in Congress have a clue about this. They are all rich and/or educated (although some of them are not too bright). Congress functions like a stubborn 12 yr old and we all suffer. Gail and Bret, go \"undercover\" and work at McDonald's for six months -- no outside income. Your columns would change (a lot).\n",
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I work at hedge fund. People get fired left, right and center. People have gone to lunch to come back and find their keycards don’t work. When they go to the security desk in the lobby to inquire, they are handed a cardboard box with their personal items. My friend opened a new satellite office for his firm on December 12th, 2022. The CIO came and cut the ribbon in front of his team and stated how much he looked forward to the great things they would produce together. Last Monday, they were all unceremoniously fired. Gone! The CIO was no where to be found that day. Paradoxically, the more you are paid, the more you are risk. You have a bigger bullseye on your back because (1) the expectations of you are higher; (2) firing you can save the company the most money; (3) your co-workers (rivals) are likely jealous; and (4) and all of the savings from firing you will go to the bottom line — some of it will go into your rival’s pocket. Welcome to Corporate America. Life on the Serengeti Plain. Try not to be the wildebeest but the cheetah.
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Cold War ? Fear mongering at heart. Declining to not have one’s pocket picked is not war.Cherry picking grievances as an apologia for China’s “ I declare this World for the Middle Flowery Kingdom, see I got this picture proving I was there on tour once ” is disingenuous.China needs US. We need China. But that doesn’t mean we have to collaborate in undermining ourselves.Good Faith is a necessary pre-condition and when there is no Good Faith, there must be consequence. Business as usual does not apply.When you ship massive amounts of fentanyl to our shores in a poison-for-profit, business as usual does not apply.When you use shanghai’d fishing fleets impressed into your Navy to extend control over disputed islands, business as usual does not apply.When you creep your Himalayan mountain-lair’d line of control with sticks and stones, business as usual does not applyWhen you extend Manchurian Candidate mind control over an entire Uighur peoples under your care and control, business as usual does not apply.The voice of reason in defense of the unreasonable is no reason to be reasonable.The world’s second largest economy claiming special needs because of the poverty of its people while its leaders recline on silk and imported jade dining on pheasant tongues and honeyed urchin is a bit rich.Status and Power carries certain responsibilities to humanity, not a right to rapacity. Apologists notwithstanding.
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J. von Hettlingen In the late 90's nations like Poland and Romania offered greater training opportunities than other older NATO nations, including all night flight operations, large maneuver areas, large caliber live fire, and new purpose built barracks. It was a savvy investment on their part.
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Fabulous, but I'm prejudiced. I don't think any kid in America should graduate high school without being able to swim.For survival, fitness, good looks -- there's no better exercise.Why isn't it happening?Not enough pools and people to run them.They take money, but it's only a pittance.My island has a base serving more than 100 growler jets, loudest plane in the world, which disrupt life for 100 miles around and cost 100 million a piece, then more than $20,000 an hour to operate.Never been used in combat!We can't use them, because we can't afford a hostage situation, like what happened when their predecessor, an A-6, was shot down over Lebanon in, I think, the eighties. It became an international embarrassment and we had to do a lot of groveling before we got the pilots back.A man with a deer rifle can shoot a growler down.One plane costs the equivalent of 100 pools.Converting just a portion of our growler fleet, say 100, (we've mothballed more) we could have, in my old head, 10,000 pools serving 100,000,000 people.Remember when, good Republican president Dwight Eisenhower, winning general in World War 2, warned us that every dollar spent on the military-industrial complex was a dollar stolen from hospitals, schools, parks, etc?I must stop. It's time to swim laps.So many of us, older than Eisenhower ever got, are doing it to stay alive.They say I'm a dreamer, but Imagine how much stronger America would be, with fewer warplanes and more pools.
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"content": "Fabulous, but I'm prejudiced. I don't think any kid in America should graduate high school without being able to swim.For survival, fitness, good looks -- there's no better exercise.Why isn't it happening?Not enough pools and people to run them.They take money, but it's only a pittance.My island has a base serving more than 100 growler jets, loudest plane in the world, which disrupt life for 100 miles around and cost 100 million a piece, then more than $20,000 an hour to operate.Never been used in combat!We can't use them, because we can't afford a hostage situation, like what happened when their predecessor, an A-6, was shot down over Lebanon in, I think, the eighties. It became an international embarrassment and we had to do a lot of groveling before we got the pilots back.A man with a deer rifle can shoot a growler down.One plane costs the equivalent of 100 pools.Converting just a portion of our growler fleet, say 100, (we've mothballed more) we could have, in my old head, 10,000 pools serving 100,000,000 people.Remember when, good Republican president Dwight Eisenhower, winning general in World War 2, warned us that every dollar spent on the military-industrial complex was a dollar stolen from hospitals, schools, parks, etc?I must stop. It's time to swim laps.So many of us, older than Eisenhower ever got, are doing it to stay alive.They say I'm a dreamer, but Imagine how much stronger America would be, with fewer warplanes and more pools.\n",
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magicisnotreal One possibility is that older homes and apartments were naturally more ventilated -- no air conditioning, so windows open for much of the year -- often little insulation and poorly fitting windows.
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I take your point, but it's not exactly "with impunity" Russia is behaving; consequences are coming.Almost a half trillion dollars of Russian assets is still held by Western banks -- roughly the amount Ukraine is going to need to repair all the death and destruction caused by the Kremlin-- and this will go into a reparations slush fund. Anything less would only invite moral hazard; by encouraging kleptocratic dictators into thinking they can just knock over their peaceful neighbors for plunder, and still get off scot-free.Making the Kremlin foot the bill for the damages of their savage misadventure will also send a message to the higher-ups in the CCP -- all of whom own cars, real estate, and 'secret' banks accounts in the West... for their 'rainy day funds' -- since then attempting any genocidal gambit in Taiwan like their buddy Putin is currently flailing at in Ukraine, would carry enormous, immediate downside risk. It would raise the cost of any invasion there by several trillion dollars... since the second it happened EVERY SINGLE ASSET owned in the West by rich Chinese nationals would immediately be forfeited. Like a soap bubble that burst in a bad dream.This should provide a carrot for cooler heads to always prevail. Since otherwise all their wealth would have to stay parked/confined in the confiscatory, expropriating military dictatorship of the CCP. (And who wants that!)The best way to incentivize Peace in the future, is to show that we mean business now....
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Informative. The spike protein is changed in a way that makes it adhere to cells more, but not enter the cells as well. How do we know this, or is it surmised? The author here needs to go all the way with the explanation, i.e. explain in detail what is known and how it is known (little about methods in these articles, but they could be referenced), and separate out what is surmised, which is also important for treatment and future research.On sequencing, note that scientists in China gave us the first sequences, cooperation that their government tried to stamp out. Good that it is returning, which hopefully will extend to other cooperative efforts, especially on global warming. The object is to get the job done, not to be the first to profit from solutions. Commercial interests in both countries often work against this.Viruses mutate quickly because there is less error checking in replicating virus RNA during duplication, i.e. percentagewise compared to DNA replication there is a higher likelihood of new mutation (though very few mutations take). Seeing this in real time is daunting. What we have often are proxies to tell us that it happened. If not explaining this, at least reference the research. We want to know that the writer here understands the methods.CRISPR is a way bacteria fights off viral infection. What other ways do bacteria have to do this? We have endogenous retroviruses in our genome. Do bacteria also have this? Does this affect immunity?
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"content": "Informative. The spike protein is changed in a way that makes it adhere to cells more, but not enter the cells as well. How do we know this, or is it surmised? The author here needs to go all the way with the explanation, i.e. explain in detail what is known and how it is known (little about methods in these articles, but they could be referenced), and separate out what is surmised, which is also important for treatment and future research.On sequencing, note that scientists in China gave us the first sequences, cooperation that their government tried to stamp out. Good that it is returning, which hopefully will extend to other cooperative efforts, especially on global warming. The object is to get the job done, not to be the first to profit from solutions. Commercial interests in both countries often work against this.Viruses mutate quickly because there is less error checking in replicating virus RNA during duplication, i.e. percentagewise compared to DNA replication there is a higher likelihood of new mutation (though very few mutations take). Seeing this in real time is daunting. What we have often are proxies to tell us that it happened. If not explaining this, at least reference the research. We want to know that the writer here understands the methods.CRISPR is a way bacteria fights off viral infection. What other ways do bacteria have to do this? We have endogenous retroviruses in our genome. Do bacteria also have this? Does this affect immunity?\n",
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Make sure every single right wing extremist has their investments tanked along with the rest of us
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"I’m sorry Biden didn’t invest the kind of political capital into immigration reform that he did into the infrastructure and climate change bills."You can't pass immigration reform on reconciliation which is how the Inflation Reduction Act (ie the climate change bill) passed. Yes, infrastructure passed over the filibuster, but you have to remember a spending bill like that is putting billions of dollars into the pockets of contractors nationwide who are a core GOP constituency. You'll note how many GOP congress critters who voted against the bill still manage to make it to photo ops of projects funded by it. Immigration reform has no such financial coat tails and its a much more intractable issue than spending money on roads.
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The only way to determine if the land is worth something is to open it up for bidding. Let people propose alternate uses for it and what they are willing to pay.
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"content": "The only way to determine if the land is worth something is to open it up for bidding. Let people propose alternate uses for it and what they are willing to pay.\n",
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Jerry,Let's see. My mother needed her passport renewed during a previous budget imbroglio, but couldn't because the passport office was closed in the shutdown. Her son and both her grandchildren live in the UK, so she would have been unable to visit even in an emergency. If you lose your job and have to sign up for the ACA midyear, surprise! you can't if the government is shutdown. Hope you don't have a heart attack while in health insurance limbo.If you work for a government contractor? You'll probably be furloughed, and unlike government employees you probably won't be paid retroactively.If you're a child living on an overseas military base? No school until congress gets its act together. If you're a retiree living on your 401K? The inevitable market slump means a regular monthly withdrawal is a greater percentage of your total assets.You and I personally depend on government functions we never see unless something goes very wrong. I don't know what happens to USDA meat inspections, FDA approval for new drugs, highway infrastructure improvements and OSHA safety enforcement if the government goes into an extended shutdown and _I really, really don't want to find out_.
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"content": "Jerry,Let's see. My mother needed her passport renewed during a previous budget imbroglio, but couldn't because the passport office was closed in the shutdown. Her son and both her grandchildren live in the UK, so she would have been unable to visit even in an emergency. If you lose your job and have to sign up for the ACA midyear, surprise! you can't if the government is shutdown. Hope you don't have a heart attack while in health insurance limbo.If you work for a government contractor? You'll probably be furloughed, and unlike government employees you probably won't be paid retroactively.If you're a child living on an overseas military base? No school until congress gets its act together. If you're a retiree living on your 401K? The inevitable market slump means a regular monthly withdrawal is a greater percentage of your total assets.You and I personally depend on government functions we never see unless something goes very wrong. I don't know what happens to USDA meat inspections, FDA approval for new drugs, highway infrastructure improvements and OSHA safety enforcement if the government goes into an extended shutdown and _I really, really don't want to find out_.\n",
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| no | Classification | 977 |
Borders are lines that define difference, isolate and can be crossed in friendship and in mutual respect, or, with disdain and impunity. In choosing the latter, Putin has also crossed additional borders. The border between life and death - of civilians in random strikes from above and by torture in basements, combatants in trenches, destroyed tanks and asleep in a vocational school. The border between sustenance and starvation for millions in Africa and elsewhere will also soon be crossed. If instead of forcefully trying to expand border, Putin had embraced interest in peace and prosperity through mutual cooperation with his neighbors, borders with the West could have been crossed. Had he looked to the way borders are crossed in Europe’s Common Market and in international commerce, he would have found a much better path for his country and countrymen.
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"content": "Borders are lines that define difference, isolate and can be crossed in friendship and in mutual respect, or, with disdain and impunity. In choosing the latter, Putin has also crossed additional borders. The border between life and death - of civilians in random strikes from above and by torture in basements, combatants in trenches, destroyed tanks and asleep in a vocational school. The border between sustenance and starvation for millions in Africa and elsewhere will also soon be crossed. If instead of forcefully trying to expand border, Putin had embraced interest in peace and prosperity through mutual cooperation with his neighbors, borders with the West could have been crossed. Had he looked to the way borders are crossed in Europe’s Common Market and in international commerce, he would have found a much better path for his country and countrymen.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,529 |
David Cyphers investments in China have netted significant returns to American shareholders. In addition the significant improvements in standard of living for Americans came from weaker Chinese currency and strong US $. Outside of rust belt, much of America thrived with cheaper imports and exporting polluting industries to China. While the elite shop at places like Whole Foods (whole paycheck), much of America thrives with accessibility to cheaper goods at Walmart. Previously you could buy used shirt for $5. Now you can buy a brand new one without sale price at Walmart for $5. It affords dignity and respect for lower middle class Americans.
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"content": "David Cyphers investments in China have netted significant returns to American shareholders. In addition the significant improvements in standard of living for Americans came from weaker Chinese currency and strong US $. Outside of rust belt, much of America thrived with cheaper imports and exporting polluting industries to China. While the elite shop at places like Whole Foods (whole paycheck), much of America thrives with accessibility to cheaper goods at Walmart. Previously you could buy used shirt for $5. Now you can buy a brand new one without sale price at Walmart for $5. It affords dignity and respect for lower middle class Americans.\n",
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Ann So "non-profits" take it out on those who can't afford their services. See Wall St. Journal's investigative reporting on this: Big Nonprofit Hospitals Expand in Wealthier Areas, Shun Poorer Ones <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofit-hospitals-deals-tax-breaks-11672068264" target="_blank">https://www.wsj.com/articles/nonprofit-hospitals-deals-tax-breaks-11672068264</a>
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Gordon Silverman Your response has absolutely nothing to do with my comment. Obviously my 15 year old is not planning a long commitment to McDonald's. My response is solely about the increase in wages lately and the low unemployment rate which obviously increases the amount paid into social security and Medicare since it is solely based on a percentage of earnings at the levels below 160,000.00 which is the majority of where wages increased. For the last decade we have been told social security is going to run out of money in the 2030's. That estimate was based on traditional unemployment and wage increases. But wage increases are reminiscent of decades ago when Unions became a thing. So their current formula is way off. Not to mention the untimely death of seniors due to covid and a lowering of life expectancy.
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"content": "Gordon Silverman Your response has absolutely nothing to do with my comment. Obviously my 15 year old is not planning a long commitment to McDonald's. My response is solely about the increase in wages lately and the low unemployment rate which obviously increases the amount paid into social security and Medicare since it is solely based on a percentage of earnings at the levels below 160,000.00 which is the majority of where wages increased. For the last decade we have been told social security is going to run out of money in the 2030's. That estimate was based on traditional unemployment and wage increases. But wage increases are reminiscent of decades ago when Unions became a thing. So their current formula is way off. Not to mention the untimely death of seniors due to covid and a lowering of life expectancy.\n",
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Our brains are the result of 4 billion years of adaptations, the most powerful being the ability to communicate and therefore coordinate within a group, which the great apes have been doing for millions of years.We exceeded their ability, yes, but with that great power comes great responsibility toward the rest of the natural world and our fellow living beings. I'd say it is us who are not living up to our true potential.
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| no | Classification | 4,130 |
Liz if anyone took $400,000, they are not living in my neighborhood. If you’ve got $400,000 in cash, you live in a million dollar home. Middle class homes in Phoenix sell for $450,000.
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"content": "Liz if anyone took $400,000, they are not living in my neighborhood. If you’ve got $400,000 in cash, you live in a million dollar home. Middle class homes in Phoenix sell for $450,000.\n",
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The economist’s point, over the long term has merit. The rest of us, however live one day at a time in real time. Any increase in income I have experienced lately, has been more than swallowed up by increases in necessities. My weekly grocery bill, which was around $60 a few months ago, was $115 yesterday. The electric bill doubled between December and January. People who use natural gas saw their bills either tripled or quadrupled over the last 2 months. Mr Krug’s statistics will eventually catch up with reality, and they will be very grim.
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"content": "The economist’s point, over the long term has merit. The rest of us, however live one day at a time in real time. Any increase in income I have experienced lately, has been more than swallowed up by increases in necessities. My weekly grocery bill, which was around $60 a few months ago, was $115 yesterday. The electric bill doubled between December and January. People who use natural gas saw their bills either tripled or quadrupled over the last 2 months. Mr Krug’s statistics will eventually catch up with reality, and they will be very grim.\n",
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The American myth that cannot be challenged is that we are a nation of rugged individualists who are accountable for our lot in life. Jefferson believed it while having slave labor to support him. Trump believes it, conveniently dismissing the $450 million head start he got from his inheritance. Many people will go to their grave without acknowledging the fact of our interdependencies. Thus, the only game that keeps solvent Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, and the rest is to leave the myth unchallenged and press ahead.
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"content": "The American myth that cannot be challenged is that we are a nation of rugged individualists who are accountable for our lot in life. Jefferson believed it while having slave labor to support him. Trump believes it, conveniently dismissing the $450 million head start he got from his inheritance. Many people will go to their grave without acknowledging the fact of our interdependencies. Thus, the only game that keeps solvent Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment benefits, disability benefits, and the rest is to leave the myth unchallenged and press ahead.\n",
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| no | Classification | 4,934 |
Remember when Adams claimed he was a Crypto mayor? He's been so open and honest about wanting to swindle money from poor and naive people and convincing them to invest in con artists and gambling bosses. It's pathetic.
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"content": "Remember when Adams claimed he was a Crypto mayor? He's been so open and honest about wanting to swindle money from poor and naive people and convincing them to invest in con artists and gambling bosses. It's pathetic.\n",
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Mr Sasso, thank you very much for your extraordinary work. It's interesting to see what I, a Democrat, share with the Jan 6 insurrectionists. With the wholesale purchase of politicians through the open spigot of dark money, courtesy of Citizens United, with watching the 1% pay a fraction in taxes than I do, I, too, believe there is much rot in our government as it seems to only serve the Uber-rich.It's time for all of us to roll up our sleeves and get to work.
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"content": "Mr Sasso, thank you very much for your extraordinary work. It's interesting to see what I, a Democrat, share with the Jan 6 insurrectionists. With the wholesale purchase of politicians through the open spigot of dark money, courtesy of Citizens United, with watching the 1% pay a fraction in taxes than I do, I, too, believe there is much rot in our government as it seems to only serve the Uber-rich.It's time for all of us to roll up our sleeves and get to work.\n",
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Don't be misled by the fact that they are doing the work pro bono. Dunne and Pomerantz retired from Davis Polk and Paul Weiss, where the profits per equity partner exceed $4.5 million per year. They are outstanding lawyers and I am happy that they have found good causes to spend their time on. They resigned from the Manhattan D.A.'s office after they told Bragg they had uncovered enough evidence to indict and convict Trump, but Bragg got cold feet. That is very sad.
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"content": "Don't be misled by the fact that they are doing the work pro bono. Dunne and Pomerantz retired from Davis Polk and Paul Weiss, where the profits per equity partner exceed $4.5 million per year. They are outstanding lawyers and I am happy that they have found good causes to spend their time on. They resigned from the Manhattan D.A.'s office after they told Bragg they had uncovered enough evidence to indict and convict Trump, but Bragg got cold feet. That is very sad.\n",
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Zoning is an extremely important tool for citizens to have some control over unbridled capitalism. My suburban town was and is being over run with shoddy apartment homes, no additional infrastructure, no additional open spaces, no space added to the schools, no bike paths, no additional parking at the train station. New Jersey is probably the most densely populated state in the nation and also one of the most expensive-more housing does not lead to affordability, it leads to overcrowding. I would not like it if my neighbor built a house in their backyard and zoning is stopping them from doing it. I would not have bought a home if I thought that the zoning could be pulled out from under us. Suburbs are nice because of zoning, we should not destroy them. No reason an elder can’t live in the home with their kids, build an addition for goodness sake, share the kitchen.
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"content": "Zoning is an extremely important tool for citizens to have some control over unbridled capitalism. My suburban town was and is being over run with shoddy apartment homes, no additional infrastructure, no additional open spaces, no space added to the schools, no bike paths, no additional parking at the train station. New Jersey is probably the most densely populated state in the nation and also one of the most expensive-more housing does not lead to affordability, it leads to overcrowding. I would not like it if my neighbor built a house in their backyard and zoning is stopping them from doing it. I would not have bought a home if I thought that the zoning could be pulled out from under us. Suburbs are nice because of zoning, we should not destroy them. No reason an elder can’t live in the home with their kids, build an addition for goodness sake, share the kitchen.\n",
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| no | Classification | 715 |
I don’t like Republicans, what rational human does?On the other hand repeatedly writing about them and hoping they might change just seems a huge waste of time.Instead we need to move Democrats to become more like Democrats should be.More like their counterparts in Europe, that is to say, more concerned about the huge majority of Americans who work, want to work, or who cannot for physical or mental health reasons.I think, most will agree, the wealthy already have enormous power over the government and what we need is for Democrats to fight back and give the majority some voice in determining the distribution of tax dollars.The 850 billion the military received this year with, my guess, little to no accountability just doesn’t seem right when most Americans are struggling to keep food on the table, pay bills and keep themselves and their families healthy and sane.
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"content": "I don’t like Republicans, what rational human does?On the other hand repeatedly writing about them and hoping they might change just seems a huge waste of time.Instead we need to move Democrats to become more like Democrats should be.More like their counterparts in Europe, that is to say, more concerned about the huge majority of Americans who work, want to work, or who cannot for physical or mental health reasons.I think, most will agree, the wealthy already have enormous power over the government and what we need is for Democrats to fight back and give the majority some voice in determining the distribution of tax dollars.The 850 billion the military received this year with, my guess, little to no accountability just doesn’t seem right when most Americans are struggling to keep food on the table, pay bills and keep themselves and their families healthy and sane.\n",
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As I understand it, the whole point of crypto was that your ownership of a particular "currency" is recorded in a PUBLIC blockchain record, that can not be spoofed. And yes, adding the transaction to the blockchain generates new crypto for the entity that adds it to the blockchain. (another story there)If you own crypto, you can sell it, and ownership is changed to the buyer in the blockchain. End of story. Just like owning stock. Risky, but at least you can prove that you "own" the shares. But since it is hard to find buyers, exchanges developed, to match buyers with sellers. So if the exchange changes a fee, and the buy/sell transaction is recorded in the blockchain, the new owner can check the blockchain to see it was recorded. That's the whole point, the record and proof are public.But to give real money to an exchange, that purports to purchase crypto FOR YOU, but "holds it" in your name (not recording YOUR name in the blockchain) is just plain stupid. It's like giving your money to a stranger, who says they will hold it for you, and when you need it, they'll give it back. Banks have FDIC, brokers have the SEC, at least there is some type of regulation. I have money in IRAs, mutual funds, etc.. I don't have physical paper shares, but there is enough oversight of the institutions, that I am willing to invest that way.But why would anyone use the FTX type of exchange? Ellison is 29 and BF is 30. Billions lost by greed and intellectual complacently.
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"content": "As I understand it, the whole point of crypto was that your ownership of a particular \"currency\" is recorded in a PUBLIC blockchain record, that can not be spoofed. And yes, adding the transaction to the blockchain generates new crypto for the entity that adds it to the blockchain. (another story there)If you own crypto, you can sell it, and ownership is changed to the buyer in the blockchain. End of story. Just like owning stock. Risky, but at least you can prove that you \"own\" the shares. But since it is hard to find buyers, exchanges developed, to match buyers with sellers. So if the exchange changes a fee, and the buy/sell transaction is recorded in the blockchain, the new owner can check the blockchain to see it was recorded. That's the whole point, the record and proof are public.But to give real money to an exchange, that purports to purchase crypto FOR YOU, but \"holds it\" in your name (not recording YOUR name in the blockchain) is just plain stupid. It's like giving your money to a stranger, who says they will hold it for you, and when you need it, they'll give it back. Banks have FDIC, brokers have the SEC, at least there is some type of regulation. I have money in IRAs, mutual funds, etc.. I don't have physical paper shares, but there is enough oversight of the institutions, that I am willing to invest that way.But why would anyone use the FTX type of exchange? Ellison is 29 and BF is 30. Billions lost by greed and intellectual complacently.\n",
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Janet MICHAEL It will be interesting to see what DOJ does when the Committee starts wanting to see the information for open criminal investigations. Will they try to exonerate Trump and their group from all alleged crimes including the documents found at Mar-a-lago?
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FB That's not going to happen because countries and businesses want a safe place to invest and that is what the rule of law provides.If you think seizing assets of a country because they invaded their neighbor is an example of fickle and arbitrary power(and it's not), consider how the business community sees China with their insane covid policy that has decimated businesses in China and had huge impacts on foreign companies there and interrupted supply chains everywhere. Can anyone determine the cost in dollars of that heavy fist of the CCP? Not to speak of China's heavy hand on companies for the "privelege" of doing business there. Interests may align and converge for a time by those pariah countries but they will ultimately find themselves sidelined because, ultimately, the only way to make more money long term is through stability.Russia's over there ravaging Africa now. How long do you think that will last before the curtain falls?
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"content": "FB That's not going to happen because countries and businesses want a safe place to invest and that is what the rule of law provides.If you think seizing assets of a country because they invaded their neighbor is an example of fickle and arbitrary power(and it's not), consider how the business community sees China with their insane covid policy that has decimated businesses in China and had huge impacts on foreign companies there and interrupted supply chains everywhere. Can anyone determine the cost in dollars of that heavy fist of the CCP? Not to speak of China's heavy hand on companies for the \"privelege\" of doing business there. Interests may align and converge for a time by those pariah countries but they will ultimately find themselves sidelined because, ultimately, the only way to make more money long term is through stability.Russia's over there ravaging Africa now. How long do you think that will last before the curtain falls?\n",
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I think a key part of the college experience is learning from and with diverse peers. To excel in our current world, students need to open their eyes to different perspectives, which best come from living with and learning in partnership with students from different races, religions, cultures, regions, etc. To me, considering race and other parts of all students' background is essential to ensuring colleges will expose our country's next group of leaders to the diverse perspectives they'll need to understand and respect in order to succeed. How can we expect students to develop empathy and critical thinking skills if they're surrounded by people who look and think like they do?
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Mor -- You sound like someone who has never experienced real hardship. Your idea that homelessness is a "lifestyle", as if it were freely chosen, suggests you have never been there. Try to imagine this: Your employer has a big layoff, and with two week's severance, you lose your job. For a while, you get by on unemployment and your spouse's part-time income. But then unemployment runs out because your industry has tanked in your state. You search fruitlessly for a job, and begin to get really depressed. Your spouse is diagnosed with cancer, and to pay for their treatment, you sell your modest home and move in with your brother-in-law and his family, living in their basement, sharing their one bathroom. Your teenage child who has been uprooted to a new town and school starts taking drugs and acting out, getting arrested, coming home really late, making a lot of noise, being very depressed and angry at everyone. The brother-in-law says his sister with cancer can stay but your teen cannot. You two move into another relative's basement, but that doesn't last long. Your teen disappears, leaves a note "I can't stand it anymore. Sorry, love you, gotta go." You run out of your last cash sending it to help your wife. The relative can't afford to feed you. You end up on the street. Open your mind.
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"content": "Mor -- You sound like someone who has never experienced real hardship. Your idea that homelessness is a \"lifestyle\", as if it were freely chosen, suggests you have never been there. Try to imagine this: Your employer has a big layoff, and with two week's severance, you lose your job. For a while, you get by on unemployment and your spouse's part-time income. But then unemployment runs out because your industry has tanked in your state. You search fruitlessly for a job, and begin to get really depressed. Your spouse is diagnosed with cancer, and to pay for their treatment, you sell your modest home and move in with your brother-in-law and his family, living in their basement, sharing their one bathroom. Your teenage child who has been uprooted to a new town and school starts taking drugs and acting out, getting arrested, coming home really late, making a lot of noise, being very depressed and angry at everyone. The brother-in-law says his sister with cancer can stay but your teen cannot. You two move into another relative's basement, but that doesn't last long. Your teen disappears, leaves a note \"I can't stand it anymore. Sorry, love you, gotta go.\" You run out of your last cash sending it to help your wife. The relative can't afford to feed you. You end up on the street. Open your mind.\n",
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I wonder what Mark Twain might say about this idea of minting $1 trillion coins?What could anyone do with such a $1 trillion coin?Actually, Twain did write such a story: "The Million Pound Bank Note."It is the story of a penniless, starving American who essentially washes up on the shores of London in 1893. He becomes the subject of a bet between two wealthy brothers, who present him with an envelope containing a single 1 million pound note, and a message: Return the note unspent in one month, and you will be rewarded.<a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61522/61522-h/61522-h.htm" target="_blank">https://www.gutenberg.org/files/61522/61522-h/61522-h.htm</a> At the time, 1 million pounds was worth $5 million. But in today's money, it would be worth about 164,400,000 pounds or $203,272,000 -- one-fifth of a billion dollars. Not quite a trillion. But there has been a bit of inflation in the 130 years since 1893.If only the Treasury Department would mint such a $1 trillion coin and then find a way to monetize it, say by using it in a reality TV show along a similar vein."Hey, buddy, got change for a trillion?"
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SUCCINCT-ER HINTS at 03:11ABToward the rear(5)ATAssault(6)BACoffee cake(5)The rear(4)BOStrong dark beer(4)Printed work(4)BUMale deer(4)Person who is domineering and bullying(5)Rump(7)COGet gun ready for firing(4)Parrot with erectile crest(8)Julia Child(4)Written by Julia Child(8)Meal is prepared & served in the open(7)CUMedium-sized long-tailed bird(6)Reducing expenditures(7)KACubes of meat on skewer(5)KOCrazy person(4)OURemote inland regions of Australia(7)TANail(4)TOClicking sound of a clock(4)Got hold of(4)TUFold or push a garment to hide it(4)
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The least discriminatory alternative is modification of public facilities to offer a third option open to all, which addresses the privacy sensitivity in these cases, and would not be difficult to accomplish for both bathroom or locker room facilities.The classrooms themselves are already open to all.Airlines and trains have long had open bathroom accommodations for example, and other institutions like hospitals or medical offices do as well.And the recently passed infrastructure bill could fund the capital costs.Doing the above would make this contentious issue substantively disappear.So there are no excuses - get it done and over with, please.
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It's no coincidence that this ASAC was connected to a Russian oligarch who was connected to Paul Mannafort who worked for Trump. If they already found $250k that was paid to this agent, there is a lot more that hasn't been documented yet. I agree that the media is downplaying this. Why? This story is clearly much larger than Biden having a few classified documents in his possession. That happens frequently by legislators and government agents.
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| yes | Classification | 7,372 |
CC China’s economic miracle was built on the rural young moving to cities, where the jobs are, and leaving their children in the care of their elders left in the countryside. Other than the yearly new years migration when people go back to their villages (and which was almost nonexistent for 2020-22), those elderly left in the countryside often have little contact with outsiders and others who could bring the virus to them. That changed this year. But the photos you are seeing are mostly of urban hospitals- why are these inundated with elderly patients? Because when China started to administer the vaccine, they prioritized their economy and gave the vaccine first to people of working age so the factories could stay open. They justified their need to ration it out to younger people and actively tamped down demand for it amongst the elderly by stating it hadn’t been tested in people over 60, and could therefore be “dangerous” to them. This created a great distrust of the vaccine amongst those over 60 and stifled acceptance of it, even after enough vaccine became available to include the elderly in the vaccination program.
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| yes | Classification | 6,080 |
There are nearly 20 Republican House members whose assets exceed $10 million. If the Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling, I suspect their financial advisors will be on the phone with them, explaining why their assets are going in the wrong direction. Hopefully, these 20 members will have a Damascus moment and tell their more radical colleagues that their own self-interest trumps any fabulist quest to play chicken.
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| yes | Classification | 5,234 |
Scott I have been thinking the same thing. The GOP controls the House, that given. The GOP can't seem to control itself. Rather than McCarthy making himself impotent, he should make a tactic deal with the Democrats perhaps an agenda priority of the people business. If he gives the ultra right the power for a Speaker vote with one legislator, the Democrats can again tacitly support McCarthy. Not out of a partnership with McCarthy but for the House to function and allow the people's business to be done without being held hostage by publicity and power seeking zealots, who number no more than 20. This would effectively neutralize the 20 who wants to destroy the system
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| yes | Classification | 5,367 |
There should be a 2% wealth tax on Americans with more than 10 million in net worth. Trump, Bloomberg, Gates, and the rest of the gang have gotten away paying nothing in comparison to the increases in their wealth. The money should be used to pay down the national debt and reduce taxes on the middle class. It should not be used to increase government spending.
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Kate $15 / mo isn't much for the NYT when you consider that the Boston Globe is $27 / month .
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I broke open an old box of love letters recently I hadn't looked at in decades. How innocent and fun and passionate the infatuation stage was, of those nascent heterosexual relationships were in the early 1990s. I contrast it with chat logs from the mid 2010s where my fellow locutors of same age relate a dreadful undercurrent of suspicion and anomie: "Boys are sweet, Men are scary" she wrote. I climbed the bowery of those texts to attain sexual congress via words and sentences, aka "sexting". She lived 600 miles away. It as the best I could do. Whatever "progress" has occurred, it has achieved nothing. Everyone is miserable, the holloyweird media is a funfouse mirror, and kids are serious mental trouble. I visited my Alzheimer's addled mother in the big polluted city last week. She asks me multiple times a day, every day, "Do you have a girlfriend?" The answer has been "No" for five years, and I lie and say, "I haven't found the right one yet". She then relates how she really didn't find anyone she liked until the ripe old age of 27 when she married my dad and 4 kids with him, largely on the strength of a shared religious lifestyle and his job, good enough for a single-income throughout the 70s and 80s. Relationships today are unromantic affairs, and if you scratch the surface what you usually find is something more business-like than love. There is no magic, instead a sense of mutual service/work exchange. Its weird and sad and stupid, imo. But what do I know?
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How does one live in NYC with these salaries? The company I work for pays 100K for entry level— fresh out of school. Something seems wrong. I loved the drawings, I hope this is the first of a series.
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| no | Classification | 4,568 |
Will they insist we adopt paternity leave, blended families and the ideology of open marriage and government subsidized higher education?
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| yes | Classification | 9,815 |
'Mr. Biden is seeking to force Mr. McCarthy to specify which programs he would cut — a list that most likely includes some spending that is popular with the public'Such a rigged game and profoundly ugly behaviour of those who spend as if there is no tomorrow, mostly fake money. First, they splurge left and right, nonsensically and irresponsibly, and then they accuse the other side of wanting to 'cut' and 'harm' public. Those who who support the WH 'apres moi le deluge' frame of mind are encouraged to plan 50k in credit card bills for each of the next few months, and then if the partner or children accuse them of profligacy and mindlessness, fight back saying that spending less will 'harm the family' and wellbeing.
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| yes | Classification | 9,435 |
"From 1972 to 2021, the government, on average, spent about 20.8 percent of gross domestic product while collecting about 17.3 percent of G.D.P. in revenue. It covered the gap with $31.4 trillion in I.O.U.s — the federal debt"The solution seems obvious, roll back the Trump tax cuts to balance and do a wealth surtax of 5% per annum on the top 1% until the debt is paid!
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| no | Classification | 402 |
Remind me please how closing stores, firing long-time employees, and paying massive bonuses to private equity billionaires is going to be good for those employees? And setting up the deal so Cerberus (The guys who drove Chrysler into bankruptcy) gets paid no matter what…? And yep, I’m sure they really are thinking about what is “good for the consumer.”If the PE guys spent as much time figuring out how to actually do Good as they do getting their billions out, the world would be a better place.
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| no | Classification | 4,293 |
Insurers have the unique power to exchange measurable compliance with a package of police reforms for reduced premiums. Insurers could target bad cops at the center of many of these cases by focusing on the number of civilian complaints alleging violence or the amount of civil judgments or settlements associated with an officer. For example, premiums could be reduced for departments that terminate officers with more than 5 civilian complaints alleging violence who are defendants in cases that resulted in judgments or settlements exceeding $1MM. In hiring, the first 3 years of employment for rookies could be treated as an extended probationary period during which the rookie officers are employees at will and not eligible for union membership and the PBA ‘s advocacy. To join the union they must complete the probationary period with less than 2 civilian complaints alleging violent behavior. This may help temper police aggressiveness during the early formative years of an officers career. There are dozens of best practices that could be suggested, of course each would run into significant roadblocks with the police union and its collective bargaining agreement. However if the tradeoff results in materially reduced premiums and municipalities are open to sharing those savings with police in terms of higher starting salaries, larger raises, bonuses tied to compliance with the reforms, etc. there may be a path forward .
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| yes | Classification | 9,844 |
Jim Jordan raises a fuss about spending and balancing the budget and then wants to throw tax dollars into investigating law enforcement, specifically FBI investigations into Trump. McCarthy said he’d “use the power of the purse” to go after the Biden administration. He’s happy to use taxpayers’ money on sham investigations, but not on extending the child tax credit. And suddenly he has a keen interest in checks and balances as long as it’s not a check on Trump and his entourage. Hypocrisy is alive and well in the Republican Party.
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In the valley there is a stubborn and very large group that camps out in a public park and open space called the Sepulveda Basin. They set numerous fires during the summer, and then always need rescue in any amount of rain. It is a BASIN. It collects water. Numerous homeless outreach efforts have failed to persistently remove them. They refuse services. I am at the point where I have more sympathy for the emergency responders who continually have to risk their lives to put out their fires and pull them out of the water.
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ARL : In Minnesota, it was Republican legislators who were uninterested in expanding broadband to rural areas, perhaps because they knew that such systems would not be profitable for private interests and because of their knee-jerk antipathy toward any government-funded projects.
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Socrates Fun fact: the restaurants on the Microsoft 'Campus' don't serve even beer until after 4pm, even if you are a guest (not an employee) No 'Madmen' martini lunches there...
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How many trillions of dollars have been spent by the US over the decades to contain the USSR and then Russia? How many more will need to be spent if Russia is let to prevail? By giving Ukraine whatever it needs now to win will be a penny’s compared to future investments.We also must recognize that it will be a message well delivered to China and any other tin pot autocrat who would consider annexing its neighbors land.
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I pay for a sports package and the tennis channel only to encounter ESPN+ this Aussie Open. What does the future hold? Welcome to the following charges: Tennis by the set, game and point with added charges for tie-breakers? Because I absolutely refuse to pay a third fee, I was prevented from watching Gauf and Pagula's final matches. Not one more penny will Verizon and ESPN get from me. I'd rather read.
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Bankman Fried was only 5-10% less productive? "Separate, hidden account" with an $8B liability? Campaign contributions? First, clawback every penny in campaign contributions if the recipient doesn't voluntarily return the contribution. Second, if he was only 5-10% less productive knowing that he has swindled billions of dollars from investors (or suckers as I like to call them) then he is truly a sociopath. What a morally, corrupt human being. His parents assets should also be seized. Finally, shut down crypto. Ponzi scheme of the highest order.
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Rajiv These people don't care. The immorality, lack of ethics, basic honest and decency is far beyond them.I'm absolutely sick of weak democrats putting up with this garbage from out in the open crooked people.Start upholding the rule of law and jailing the law breakers.
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Pystcat Finally someone who understands!The Crown Estate Lands (reportedly worth $19 billion in 2021) are managed by the Crown Estate Commissions. The revenues from these inherited lands/possessions have been placed at the disposal of Her Majesty's Government and proceed directly to the Royal treasury for the benefit of the British Nation.
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I don’t get it. If you think Dry January will compensate for the 11 months where you have three glasses of wine a day or go binge drinking when the weekend starts, you are fooling yourself. I get the fact that genetics may play a role in not being able to limit oneself to one glass. Fortunately for me I don’t have that gene. On the other hand I can’t open a bag of potato chips without polishing the entire bag and feeling awful shortly after! So Ive declared No Chip January! So far so good in the new year.
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I was laid-off by IBM when I was 52 and 13 years later it was the best thing to have happened to me. It was during the financial crisis in early 2009 and hundreds of thousands of IT people were looking for work simultaneously, it wasn't pretty. I did however quickly land a job making 10K more than at IBM and it's been up, up an away ever since. I didn't realize how bad IBM had become until I left and discovered a new world. My suggestion is to get your job search underway immediately since you never know how long it will take. If you are are skilled and good at interviewing you'll be fine.
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"We win, they lose". Sounds familiar, no Mr. Douthat? Likely because it has been the mantra of the Republican party for over twenty years. It broke into the open with the Tea Party movement but was well established by litmus tests such as abortion in the late 1990s and early 2000s that defined a "true" Republican as opposed to a RINO. The Church, my Church, reflects that same set of values. Why should I, or anyone, be surprised? The good news is that each succeeding generation is a bit more tolerant and open than the previous generation. People such as Cardinal Pell either change with the times or graduate to the grave. He chose the latter. Now his voice is silent. His memorandum lives but only as a memorial to the past. Not unlike the statues of Robert E. Lee erected at the turn of the twentieth century. Statues now removed and stored away, out of sight, or simply recycled into useful goods. As will be the case for the Catholic Church if it continues to diminish women, limit the clergy to celebate males, refer to those who do not identify as "male" or "female" as "sinners" and tolerate a culture of corruption and sexual exploitation in the Vatican. Evolve of die. That is the choice faced by my Church and yours Mr. Douthat
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"content": "\"We win, they lose\". Sounds familiar, no Mr. Douthat? Likely because it has been the mantra of the Republican party for over twenty years. It broke into the open with the Tea Party movement but was well established by litmus tests such as abortion in the late 1990s and early 2000s that defined a \"true\" Republican as opposed to a RINO. The Church, my Church, reflects that same set of values. Why should I, or anyone, be surprised? The good news is that each succeeding generation is a bit more tolerant and open than the previous generation. People such as Cardinal Pell either change with the times or graduate to the grave. He chose the latter. Now his voice is silent. His memorandum lives but only as a memorial to the past. Not unlike the statues of Robert E. Lee erected at the turn of the twentieth century. Statues now removed and stored away, out of sight, or simply recycled into useful goods. As will be the case for the Catholic Church if it continues to diminish women, limit the clergy to celebate males, refer to those who do not identify as \"male\" or \"female\" as \"sinners\" and tolerate a culture of corruption and sexual exploitation in the Vatican. Evolve of die. That is the choice faced by my Church and yours Mr. Douthat\n",
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There is an endless capacity for New Yorkers to envision whatever they happen to be as middle class. There is no way to spin a household making close to half a million a year ($400,000) as anything but wealthy. Just because their bills are higher in NYC than they would be in Indiana does not change that simple fact. And most of the bills described in this article are mere totems of wealth and not necessities. These are not truly people worried about the price of eggs. Just because you can locally compare yourself to billionaires doesn’t mean that a household making over $150,000 per contributing member shouldn’t receive any additional tax scrutiny.
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Why would a Russian oligarch's cousin help fund the election of a right-wing Republican? And supposedly invest a large sum , almost $700,000, through that same person in what seemed clear was a risky investment. Reducing support for Ukraine comes to mind.
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T.I.H. The propaganda is demonization of Putin, and ascribe to him expansionist intentions. We call the initial incursion unprovoked by us, despite our role in Ukraine in toppling a democratically elected government that was pro-Russia, and Nato expansionism, which explicitly crossed Putin's stated red line.Our policy is no diplomacy, no negotiation, no understanding of Russia's requirements for security, which are not unlike our own. Russia's conditions for peace are not unreasonable: recognition of Crimea; no more Nato expansion (that would place missile bases on its borders) proscribing Ukrainian membership; recognition of the self determination of the two republics in Donbas, (recognized as separate entities by a handful of countries but none in the west and not by the U.N, set up in response to regime changing coup d'etat in 2014 and after 8 years of civil war)We are being prepared for WWIII by the Warhawks in our country who profit from war and from those who believe in U.S. global hegemony, (requiring domination over Russia, China) rather than a multi-polar global cooperation. Expansion of the war is our choice. I want a courageous journalist to follow the money to see who profits and follow who accrues more power, besides the neocons flanking both sides of the aisle at this point.I predicted our troops on the ground months ago, justified by pinning the escalation on Russia. The rich and powerful have their bunkers ready. Do you?
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peter s 1) the US agreed to uphold Ukraine's territorial sovereignty when they gave up nukes in the 90s. if we want less nuclear proliferation, we have to not incentivize nuclear prolifieration 2) best return on investment the American military has spent in decades. 0 American service members killed, Russian power decimated, allies galvanized both in europe and asia.3) its not really "spending" either - its giving away outdated weapons that we're not going to use anytime soon while the US replenishes with newer materials.4) no one said ukraine is a model democracy, but it wants to be a democracy and is being invaded by an authoritarian regime.
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"content": "peter s 1) the US agreed to uphold Ukraine's territorial sovereignty when they gave up nukes in the 90s. if we want less nuclear proliferation, we have to not incentivize nuclear prolifieration 2) best return on investment the American military has spent in decades. 0 American service members killed, Russian power decimated, allies galvanized both in europe and asia.3) its not really \"spending\" either - its giving away outdated weapons that we're not going to use anytime soon while the US replenishes with newer materials.4) no one said ukraine is a model democracy, but it wants to be a democracy and is being invaded by an authoritarian regime.\n",
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We should remember that the U.S.S.R in its struggle to keep pace with the West invested more than 25% of its GDP in military expenditures, which led to its collapse. Nowadays US military budget is under 4% and EU countries sits at 2 % or slightly more.Russia's economy is equal to that of Spain. To carry on this war in Ukraine will result in what happened to the soviet Union: collapse!Russia will eventually collapse and dismember; an inevitable outcome.
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Les “On Wednesday, a bankruptcy lawyer for FTX told a federal judge that the exchange had recovered more than $5 billion of cash and crypto assets.” If untrue, the lawyer could lose his/her license for lying to a federal judge.”
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I’m one of those weird people that shop at four stores to get groceries. I learn the prices, buy staples in bulk when they go on sale, and leverage coupons. Big box, ma-and-pa, whatever: where the price is right, I go.So here’s what I’ve noticed. Inflation isn’t as big a driver of food prices going up as we might think. Walmart is. Like Amazon (ironically), Walmarts entry into the grocery space some years ago was introduced with dramatically low prices that undercut chains like Albertsons and Kroger. Ask my folks in the SoCal suburbs: Walmart is the first choice. And even in the Seattle area, many of the Walmart shoppers I observed tossed at least a few grocery items into the cart. More than a few, actually. This merger is an attempt to get a piece of that for the investment firms that are pursuing it. No one here actually believes this is about competition. It’s not. It’s about recognizing that a market leader has disrupted consumer habits. And that’s profitable. If Kroger were to overwhelming raise its prices overnight, people would still shop there. That’s the point. This merge is an attempt to capitalize on a moment of consumer unease and concretize it into normalcy.Idk. TLDR, write to state and National reps and fight this. We all go to the grocery store.
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"content": "I’m one of those weird people that shop at four stores to get groceries. I learn the prices, buy staples in bulk when they go on sale, and leverage coupons. Big box, ma-and-pa, whatever: where the price is right, I go.So here’s what I’ve noticed. Inflation isn’t as big a driver of food prices going up as we might think. Walmart is. Like Amazon (ironically), Walmarts entry into the grocery space some years ago was introduced with dramatically low prices that undercut chains like Albertsons and Kroger. Ask my folks in the SoCal suburbs: Walmart is the first choice. And even in the Seattle area, many of the Walmart shoppers I observed tossed at least a few grocery items into the cart. More than a few, actually. This merger is an attempt to get a piece of that for the investment firms that are pursuing it. No one here actually believes this is about competition. It’s not. It’s about recognizing that a market leader has disrupted consumer habits. And that’s profitable. If Kroger were to overwhelming raise its prices overnight, people would still shop there. That’s the point. This merge is an attempt to capitalize on a moment of consumer unease and concretize it into normalcy.Idk. TLDR, write to state and National reps and fight this. We all go to the grocery store.\n",
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Maybe it's just me but the $1 Million dollar fine seems woefully inadequate.Set the floor at $5 Million and go up from there.
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The US and Germany should be sending tanks and as much aid as possible. Why is this being dragged out so? It’s absurd. Germany has to invest more in the allies’ protection. And Putin must be replaced.
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"content": "The US and Germany should be sending tanks and as much aid as possible. Why is this being dragged out so? It’s absurd. Germany has to invest more in the allies’ protection. And Putin must be replaced.\n",
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Clearly, there's a continuum here, not an either-or switching point.As this piece suggests, at least in places, I don't think the fundamental question is, "When does 'life' begin?" Rather it is, "When does the embryo/fetus acquire the legal/philosophical/moral status of a human being?" Clearly, a tiny embryo is "alive" in some biological sense (as are the cells you scrape off the inside of your cheek; and to extend the analogy, just as the cells from inside your cheek cannot live long separated from your body, so a tiny embryo cannot live long separated from its mother's body).To make this more concrete: At 8 weeks the embryo is about 1.2 cm (a little under half an inch) long. At 4 weeks, the embryo is about the size of a poppy seed. No one can convince me that such aggregates of developing cells and organ systems are "human beings" in the legal/philosophical/moral sense, which warrant the legal protections that post-viability human beings do. (Thus, I think, pharmacological abortions are a "no brainer" in terms of being morally acceptable.)Others, of course, may come to different conclusions.Then, of course, the broader questions become: Should other people's philosophical/religious/moral beliefs take precedence over my own? And when is a woman's body "her own" to do with as she chooses? And does the state have the right to coerce women to continue with unwanted/medically dangerous pregnancies at all stages of pregnancy?
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"content": "Clearly, there's a continuum here, not an either-or switching point.As this piece suggests, at least in places, I don't think the fundamental question is, \"When does 'life' begin?\" Rather it is, \"When does the embryo/fetus acquire the legal/philosophical/moral status of a human being?\" Clearly, a tiny embryo is \"alive\" in some biological sense (as are the cells you scrape off the inside of your cheek; and to extend the analogy, just as the cells from inside your cheek cannot live long separated from your body, so a tiny embryo cannot live long separated from its mother's body).To make this more concrete: At 8 weeks the embryo is about 1.2 cm (a little under half an inch) long. At 4 weeks, the embryo is about the size of a poppy seed. No one can convince me that such aggregates of developing cells and organ systems are \"human beings\" in the legal/philosophical/moral sense, which warrant the legal protections that post-viability human beings do. (Thus, I think, pharmacological abortions are a \"no brainer\" in terms of being morally acceptable.)Others, of course, may come to different conclusions.Then, of course, the broader questions become: Should other people's philosophical/religious/moral beliefs take precedence over my own? And when is a woman's body \"her own\" to do with as she chooses? And does the state have the right to coerce women to continue with unwanted/medically dangerous pregnancies at all stages of pregnancy?\n",
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Cemal Ekin phone screens may well be better calibrated than most monitors, at least on iPhones.Most can't carry a camera better than a smartphone with them everywhere. Newer smartphones do a better job than compact cameras under about $500, and carrying an ILC generally isn't justified. So, yeah, the best camera, in practical terms, for most people, is a (relatively modern) smartphone.That differs if you're taking certain kinds of uncommon or particularly demanding photos, especially if you need high resolution or large prints/displays.For the usual picture, displayed up to 8x10, I'd argue a smartphone is often more than enough.
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Paul Open primaries, ranked choice voting, campaign finance reform.....all essentials to solve the threats confronting our entire nation.
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For several years starting 35 years ago, a group of friends traveled yearly to Camp Du Nord, then a rustic YMCA camp near Ely, Minnesota. This trip took place in January or February with the temperatures often 20 below zero. We recent college grads would eat, drink, and then head over to the 80-year-old Finnish log sauna. Sans electricity, it consisted of a changing room and a wood-fired, 175-degree main event room. After a goodly period in the heat, we'd take turns dashing out to what looked like an open grave (a hole in the ice cut with a chain saw) with a friend of the opposite sex, clad only in socks. At the far end of the hole another kerosene lantern provided scant illumination. One at a time we'd slip into four feet of water, the surrounding ice about 18" thick. If you were hot it wasn't that much of a shock. Maybe you'd spend 20 seconds dunking your head and looking at the starry night, not bad! And with the help of your friend and a 2x4 board across the opening it was easy to pop out and run giggling back to the sauna to heat up and repeat. That's how we did saunas.
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When only the "essential" businesses in the US and elsewhere were allowed to be open during the pandemic, it was clear to me that most jobs, services, and businesses are pretty inessential. Human beings used to be involved in essential work. We made crafts with our hands, farmed land, and sold essential goods. I think it's difficult on a deep level to put your heart and body into modern businesses that are basically useless. Inessential. It was kind of a shock to see how much of what we do as humans for work these days is not essential to life. I think that's a major human need: to do something with real meaning in the world. When you're toiling away to make little parts for machinery I'm not sure how you sink your life into that endeavor, like so many others. If those toiling away were making little parts that helped people maybe the turn over wouldn't be so rampant every where. It's difficult to pour the vast human potential into useless things.
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"content": "When only the \"essential\" businesses in the US and elsewhere were allowed to be open during the pandemic, it was clear to me that most jobs, services, and businesses are pretty inessential. Human beings used to be involved in essential work. We made crafts with our hands, farmed land, and sold essential goods. I think it's difficult on a deep level to put your heart and body into modern businesses that are basically useless. Inessential. It was kind of a shock to see how much of what we do as humans for work these days is not essential to life. I think that's a major human need: to do something with real meaning in the world. When you're toiling away to make little parts for machinery I'm not sure how you sink your life into that endeavor, like so many others. If those toiling away were making little parts that helped people maybe the turn over wouldn't be so rampant every where. It's difficult to pour the vast human potential into useless things.\n",
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