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riled Thanks for being open. This is why I don't want to travel, although many of my purportedly "green" friends are jetting all over the globe. I wish you good health and no long covid. I think the Covid shoe may yet drop again.
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M Moore Yes, but it's been that way for decades. The state of Florida has an unlimited bankruptcy "Homestead Exemption". While most states limit the home equity you can shield from creditors to the tens to about the hundred thousand dollar mark, a corrupt politician or white collar criminal is able to literally pour all of their ill-gotten gains into a 20 million dollar Florida mansion and keep all of it. Congress stepped in and required a 40 month Florida residency period before the benefit can be claimed, but it is still an extremely attractive perk to criminal types.
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"content": "M Moore Yes, but it's been that way for decades. The state of Florida has an unlimited bankruptcy \"Homestead Exemption\". While most states limit the home equity you can shield from creditors to the tens to about the hundred thousand dollar mark, a corrupt politician or white collar criminal is able to literally pour all of their ill-gotten gains into a 20 million dollar Florida mansion and keep all of it. Congress stepped in and required a 40 month Florida residency period before the benefit can be claimed, but it is still an extremely attractive perk to criminal types.\n",
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Give it up, nobody cares about a 10k fine he will recieve.
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"content": "Give it up, nobody cares about a 10k fine he will recieve.\n",
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LSBBF It’s an interesting point, but at least the final interviewee did address this:“Mr. Tran said he has opened a college savings plan for his children and plans to educate them on investing and how 401(k)s work.“I want to educate them so they can take care of themselves,” he said. “I will never expect my kids to take care of me.”
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"content": "LSBBF It’s an interesting point, but at least the final interviewee did address this:“Mr. Tran said he has opened a college savings plan for his children and plans to educate them on investing and how 401(k)s work.“I want to educate them so they can take care of themselves,” he said. “I will never expect my kids to take care of me.”\n",
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Lisa I overheard an "all hands" call my wife (she's a nurse) had with one of their upper level nurse managers or CNO (not exactly sure the title). It lasted about an hour and everything that came out of this women's mouth was about money. I could have played a drinking came with how many times she used the phrase "the hospital isn't making any money". It's a non-profit mind you. Not one word about patient care and outcomes. All about staffing, specifically how expensive they are given as reasons why they are loading up nurses with more patients.The CEO of this hospital makes close to 2 million a year. Looking at her LinkedIn she started her career in 1982... as a Vice President. Since then she's been nothing but Vice President, President and CEO. We desperately need laws dictating sane pay for the executive class. These outrageous salaries are not merit based. They are simply rewards for being born into a class of person who preys on labor. The hyper focus on profit is self preserving for this class of people, it has nothing to do with helping the labor class or customers, in a hospital the patients. This needs to end. We all know it but we just have no power to get it done. Hospitals, especially, should be a no brainer here. Perhaps this is a good start for laws to cap pay? At least restrict any and all government funds if the pay at top is insane?
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"content": "Lisa I overheard an \"all hands\" call my wife (she's a nurse) had with one of their upper level nurse managers or CNO (not exactly sure the title). It lasted about an hour and everything that came out of this women's mouth was about money. I could have played a drinking came with how many times she used the phrase \"the hospital isn't making any money\". It's a non-profit mind you. Not one word about patient care and outcomes. All about staffing, specifically how expensive they are given as reasons why they are loading up nurses with more patients.The CEO of this hospital makes close to 2 million a year. Looking at her LinkedIn she started her career in 1982... as a Vice President. Since then she's been nothing but Vice President, President and CEO. We desperately need laws dictating sane pay for the executive class. These outrageous salaries are not merit based. They are simply rewards for being born into a class of person who preys on labor. The hyper focus on profit is self preserving for this class of people, it has nothing to do with helping the labor class or customers, in a hospital the patients. This needs to end. We all know it but we just have no power to get it done. Hospitals, especially, should be a no brainer here. Perhaps this is a good start for laws to cap pay? At least restrict any and all government funds if the pay at top is insane?\n",
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crumble grimble Actually, his last review of "this guy" earlier was Lodi. Either way, it's called inflation. The $$$$ brackets have not really kept up with inflation. A $35-40 entree should not be considered $$$$ in this market
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"content": "crumble grimble Actually, his last review of \"this guy\" earlier was Lodi. Either way, it's called inflation. The $$$$ brackets have not really kept up with inflation. A $35-40 entree should not be considered $$$$ in this market\n",
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| no | Classification | 4,369 |
It will be no surprise if the cabal that insists against all facts and figures that trillions in tax welfare for the richest of their PAC donors is good for the nation, and the same cabal that works ceaselessly to grind the middle class to dust and take away what threadbare safety net exists for the elderly, the mentally ill, and those worst off, would keep the government in a stranglehold while they all careen off the cliff together. That's the modern republican party. They love to watch things die.
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"content": "It will be no surprise if the cabal that insists against all facts and figures that trillions in tax welfare for the richest of their PAC donors is good for the nation, and the same cabal that works ceaselessly to grind the middle class to dust and take away what threadbare safety net exists for the elderly, the mentally ill, and those worst off, would keep the government in a stranglehold while they all careen off the cliff together. That's the modern republican party. They love to watch things die.\n",
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| no | Classification | 237 |
"...but it would put the administration in the position of looking like it was supporting wealthy investors over retirees, disability beneficiaries and military personnel."Looking? No. No. No. WOULD be supporting wealthy investors over retirees. But, I'm sure Biden will keep his backbone at home and capitulate regardless when the time comes.
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"content": "\"...but it would put the administration in the position of looking like it was supporting wealthy investors over retirees, disability beneficiaries and military personnel.\"Looking? No. No. No. WOULD be supporting wealthy investors over retirees. But, I'm sure Biden will keep his backbone at home and capitulate regardless when the time comes.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 7,024 |
Here’s a re-election message. I’m Joe Biden and I am intentionally trying to destroy our country by effectively removing our southern border. More than 5 million illegals have been sent all across the country without being vetted for Covid or any other communicable disease.NYC is paying hundreds of dollars a night, plus 3 meals a day, plus free phones and free medical care. For people who can’t legally work in the USA. So they effectively sit around all day doing nothing. How does that help our economy?By bringing in so many unskilled people, Biden is hurting Black Americans, who are on the lower end of the economic scale. They will be competing for the lower end jobs. How does that help America?How many hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on these people when that money should have been used to help every American who needs help? Is that how the President helps America?Remind Biden that he’s the President of the Unites States - not any other country. American citizens should get every dollar spent on illegals.
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"content": "Here’s a re-election message. I’m Joe Biden and I am intentionally trying to destroy our country by effectively removing our southern border. More than 5 million illegals have been sent all across the country without being vetted for Covid or any other communicable disease.NYC is paying hundreds of dollars a night, plus 3 meals a day, plus free phones and free medical care. For people who can’t legally work in the USA. So they effectively sit around all day doing nothing. How does that help our economy?By bringing in so many unskilled people, Biden is hurting Black Americans, who are on the lower end of the economic scale. They will be competing for the lower end jobs. How does that help America?How many hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on these people when that money should have been used to help every American who needs help? Is that how the President helps America?Remind Biden that he’s the President of the Unites States - not any other country. American citizens should get every dollar spent on illegals.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 6,846 |
M. From Massachusetts Believe me, I have the best doctors possible. I'm thankful every day that they are taking incredible care of me. (I often get emails from my oncologist at midnight or later. She is a saint and can't be paid enough for all the good she does.)That being said, doctors can't care for their patients the way they want to if the administrative side is inaccessible and inefficient and more interested in delivering dividends. Maybe you're okay with crummy service, like that we've been seeing from the airlines, but most people are not. We're willing to pay our fees and fares, and for that we expect the product we paid for. Even JetBlue recently gave me an automatic $100 credit because they knew that they had fallen short in their service.The point is, time is valuable for all of us. Yes, pay doctors, nurses, and medical personnel (not hedge fund investors) more. I see all the time how things have changed for them in the past few years, and it's not pretty and it's very upsetting.P.S. "Other drivers" are not businesses delivering a product or service. They're stuck in the same traffic mess as you are.
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"content": "M. From Massachusetts Believe me, I have the best doctors possible. I'm thankful every day that they are taking incredible care of me. (I often get emails from my oncologist at midnight or later. She is a saint and can't be paid enough for all the good she does.)That being said, doctors can't care for their patients the way they want to if the administrative side is inaccessible and inefficient and more interested in delivering dividends. Maybe you're okay with crummy service, like that we've been seeing from the airlines, but most people are not. We're willing to pay our fees and fares, and for that we expect the product we paid for. Even JetBlue recently gave me an automatic $100 credit because they knew that they had fallen short in their service.The point is, time is valuable for all of us. Yes, pay doctors, nurses, and medical personnel (not hedge fund investors) more. I see all the time how things have changed for them in the past few years, and it's not pretty and it's very upsetting.P.S. \"Other drivers\" are not businesses delivering a product or service. They're stuck in the same traffic mess as you are.\n",
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| no | Classification | 590 |
I had a weird experience with a downsizing many years ago. The firm that I was working for put itself up for sale. Stupidly, they stopped taking new orders while this was underway. As a result, I, as a contracts administrator, was no longer needed. However, the production side of the business was swamped, and they offered me a job in the “shop”. Not having any immediate other prospects, I accepted, trading my slacks for coveralls. We worked massive amounts of overtime to fulfill the remaining contracts. When I got my first weekly “blue collar” paycheck, it was $600.00 more than my “white collar” salary. I stopped the guy who laid me off in a hallway one day shortly thereafter and thanked him, saying, “I wish that you had laid me off years ago.”
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"content": "I had a weird experience with a downsizing many years ago. The firm that I was working for put itself up for sale. Stupidly, they stopped taking new orders while this was underway. As a result, I, as a contracts administrator, was no longer needed. However, the production side of the business was swamped, and they offered me a job in the “shop”. Not having any immediate other prospects, I accepted, trading my slacks for coveralls. We worked massive amounts of overtime to fulfill the remaining contracts. When I got my first weekly “blue collar” paycheck, it was $600.00 more than my “white collar” salary. I stopped the guy who laid me off in a hallway one day shortly thereafter and thanked him, saying, “I wish that you had laid me off years ago.”\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,364 |
Paul knows public opinion always lags well behind the numbers.But lack of wage growth is keeping a decent chunk of people from seeing economic gains.They don't own stocks, or have retirement investments so whatever is happening in the "market" doesn't directly influence their day-to-day decisions or feelings.The price of necessities keep rising, and their meagre paychecks barely increase. $2.13/hr for restaurant workers is a great example.That's what I made at 16yo the summer I worked at Waffle House in 1997.$2.13/hr is what I made working at a local chain restaurant in 2007.Guess how much servers make in 2023?$2.13/hrI moved into IT not long after 2007. But just because I live on the "nice" side of town these days doesn't mean I forgot where I came from.
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"content": "Paul knows public opinion always lags well behind the numbers.But lack of wage growth is keeping a decent chunk of people from seeing economic gains.They don't own stocks, or have retirement investments so whatever is happening in the \"market\" doesn't directly influence their day-to-day decisions or feelings.The price of necessities keep rising, and their meagre paychecks barely increase. $2.13/hr for restaurant workers is a great example.That's what I made at 16yo the summer I worked at Waffle House in 1997.$2.13/hr is what I made working at a local chain restaurant in 2007.Guess how much servers make in 2023?$2.13/hrI moved into IT not long after 2007. But just because I live on the \"nice\" side of town these days doesn't mean I forgot where I came from.\n",
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Selfies seem empty. A false smile created to make others feel they are missing out. I have taken a few myself but as a photographer, looking out at the open sky, the clouds, forests, cities and oceans is so thrilling, i don't think of myself. I think of how spectacular our planet is. And when doing a portrait of another soul, i imagine Sargent at the canvas and the light and the colors and shapes. I feel fulfilled by capturing something lovely and think not for a moment of me. What a relief!
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"content": "Selfies seem empty. A false smile created to make others feel they are missing out. I have taken a few myself but as a photographer, looking out at the open sky, the clouds, forests, cities and oceans is so thrilling, i don't think of myself. I think of how spectacular our planet is. And when doing a portrait of another soul, i imagine Sargent at the canvas and the light and the colors and shapes. I feel fulfilled by capturing something lovely and think not for a moment of me. What a relief!\n",
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| no | Classification | 3,155 |
HamSolo I'll just say the director I report to has openly said he will only hire H1b visa holders (and only ones from his area in India). It's not a good business plan.
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"content": "HamSolo I'll just say the director I report to has openly said he will only hire H1b visa holders (and only ones from his area in India). It's not a good business plan.\n",
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Jomo The current issue of the New Yorker has a story on this and the family background. Supposedly the defense will suggest that the person Murdaugh hired to shoot him in the head while assisting with a flat tire will be smeared as a suspect to muddy the waters. There was quite an involved series of schemes relating to insurance payments to estates that involved a local bank and bank employees being named estate reps in place of relatives with kickbacks to Murdaugh's law firm. One bank exec pleaded guilty, Murdaugh's law firm had to pay back millions. The relatives of the girl involved in the boating accident never knew about a $500,000 insurance payment to the bank that should have gone to her estate until far later.If I remember correctly another Murdaugh also hired his own killer to pay off his estate with the insurance.
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"content": "Jomo The current issue of the New Yorker has a story on this and the family background. Supposedly the defense will suggest that the person Murdaugh hired to shoot him in the head while assisting with a flat tire will be smeared as a suspect to muddy the waters. There was quite an involved series of schemes relating to insurance payments to estates that involved a local bank and bank employees being named estate reps in place of relatives with kickbacks to Murdaugh's law firm. One bank exec pleaded guilty, Murdaugh's law firm had to pay back millions. The relatives of the girl involved in the boating accident never knew about a $500,000 insurance payment to the bank that should have gone to her estate until far later.If I remember correctly another Murdaugh also hired his own killer to pay off his estate with the insurance.\n",
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| no | Classification | 306 |
Laurence Bachmann Your comment reflects the "conventional wisdom", agreed; but if MAGA truly is intransigently stonewalling, then it actually does open up the space for a major pivot from the moderates: since "tie-breaking" leverage would swing to them (provided they really were willing to go down the bipartisan path). This phenomenon has happened many times before... in many other countries (usually when a political party is imploding/fracturing). Not saying it's a regular occurrence... just that if we are witnessing the splintering of MAGA within the GOP, then things like this could, theoretically, happen fast.Once a few moderate centrists start "defecting" the whole calculus changes, the paradigm shifts, and the once-unthinkable (such as "compromise") can become the new norm. After all, most moderate Republicans (at least behind closed doors) have far more in common with their center-left counterparts... than they do with the hostage-taking insurrectionist lunacy that is MTG and MAGA. A few moderate Republicans crossing the aisle to pick a mutually-acceptable Speaker, would mean that in one fell stroke Trump is forever neutered (at least in purple districts) and MAGA as a national movement become a relegated-to-the-fringe lame-duck.
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"content": "Laurence Bachmann Your comment reflects the \"conventional wisdom\", agreed; but if MAGA truly is intransigently stonewalling, then it actually does open up the space for a major pivot from the moderates: since \"tie-breaking\" leverage would swing to them (provided they really were willing to go down the bipartisan path). This phenomenon has happened many times before... in many other countries (usually when a political party is imploding/fracturing). Not saying it's a regular occurrence... just that if we are witnessing the splintering of MAGA within the GOP, then things like this could, theoretically, happen fast.Once a few moderate centrists start \"defecting\" the whole calculus changes, the paradigm shifts, and the once-unthinkable (such as \"compromise\") can become the new norm. After all, most moderate Republicans (at least behind closed doors) have far more in common with their center-left counterparts... than they do with the hostage-taking insurrectionist lunacy that is MTG and MAGA. A few moderate Republicans crossing the aisle to pick a mutually-acceptable Speaker, would mean that in one fell stroke Trump is forever neutered (at least in purple districts) and MAGA as a national movement become a relegated-to-the-fringe lame-duck.\n",
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A. J. Calhoun We are $100 billion in with arms that were built in many cases, decades ago. This stuff is sitting on a shelf and has a sell by date. It is being put to its best possible use. It is a pittance in our defense budget.I don't expect a Russian stooge like Trump or his supporters would want Russian to lose, but they are - bigly!
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Ostensibly there's no more of a coup in Brasilia than in DC on Jan 6, 2021. The insurrectionists did not live in reality, so that even if they wanted to continue some sort of revolution, they were too incompetent.The parallels with Jan 6 are thus stark. The rioters are little more than narcissistic thugs of the man who they supported, whose involvement in this case is less open than in that of "the Great Divider" Trump. They wanted to send a message of intimidation and frustration that they didn't get their self-righteous desires, and so justified whatever means necessary to express their message--as inept and ineffective as this expression was.
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"content": "Ostensibly there's no more of a coup in Brasilia than in DC on Jan 6, 2021. The insurrectionists did not live in reality, so that even if they wanted to continue some sort of revolution, they were too incompetent.The parallels with Jan 6 are thus stark. The rioters are little more than narcissistic thugs of the man who they supported, whose involvement in this case is less open than in that of \"the Great Divider\" Trump. They wanted to send a message of intimidation and frustration that they didn't get their self-righteous desires, and so justified whatever means necessary to express their message--as inept and ineffective as this expression was.\n",
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It's notable, in the preamble to the Constitution, the Framers said, "We, the People, in Order to form a more Perfect Union.." set out for succeeding generations a never-ending task of improving ourselves.What they did not say, "in order to form a more perfect union," we should NEVER openly acknowledge our faults or shortcomings. Never discuss or teach our children about them. Quite the reverse, in fact.DeSantis and his cronies think---and argue--to openly acknowledge America's faults is denigrating America. To point to America's un-finished work is to not love America. No individual or group has a monopoly on "truth." It requires an open marketplace.All students---and far too many politicians---have their poles reversed.There is no higher tribute, no better way to honor America and our founding principles than to openly continue "to form our more perfect union" in spite of Ron DeSantis and his attempts at forming the new American Propaganda Ministry.
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"content": "It's notable, in the preamble to the Constitution, the Framers said, \"We, the People, in Order to form a more Perfect Union..\" set out for succeeding generations a never-ending task of improving ourselves.What they did not say, \"in order to form a more perfect union,\" we should NEVER openly acknowledge our faults or shortcomings. Never discuss or teach our children about them. Quite the reverse, in fact.DeSantis and his cronies think---and argue--to openly acknowledge America's faults is denigrating America. To point to America's un-finished work is to not love America. No individual or group has a monopoly on \"truth.\" It requires an open marketplace.All students---and far too many politicians---have their poles reversed.There is no higher tribute, no better way to honor America and our founding principles than to openly continue \"to form our more perfect union\" in spite of Ron DeSantis and his attempts at forming the new American Propaganda Ministry.\n",
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No, he can not. When Israel turns itself into a theocracy, without regard for human lives within its sphere of power, we must downgrade our relations, cut off the welfare payments of $3.8B per year, cut off military support, then wait for the Israelis to come to their senses, if ever. Imagine, Saudi Arabia is theocracy, Iran is a theocracy, the Christian nationalists in the US want a theocracy, and now Israel is inching towards a theocracy. We cannot and should not support any of these people.
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"content": "No, he can not. When Israel turns itself into a theocracy, without regard for human lives within its sphere of power, we must downgrade our relations, cut off the welfare payments of $3.8B per year, cut off military support, then wait for the Israelis to come to their senses, if ever. Imagine, Saudi Arabia is theocracy, Iran is a theocracy, the Christian nationalists in the US want a theocracy, and now Israel is inching towards a theocracy. We cannot and should not support any of these people.\n",
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A couple of things in response to this article:First. The GOP’s loss in the 1912 presidential election essentially ended the argument between its progressive and corporate wings. The corporate wing won and it has been shaping Republican policies ever since. The Koch-centered network whose agenda drives Republican policies is unique only in the sense that it uses technology-driven methods that weren’t available in earlier eras. Republican acceptance of the New Deal social safety net was always tenuous; certain sectors of the Republican Party tolerated it but Republicans were united in their commitment to seeing to it that safety net not be extended and rolled back whenever possible. The policies proposed by the corporate wing of the Republican Party were never popular so if the Party was going to achieve its goals it had no choice but to get a substantial number of White Americans to vote against their interests and Party leadership did that by appealing to their biases and their social anxieties. Hence, the culture wars. Managing this relationship has always been a challenge and what we are seeing today is that the plutocrats may no longer be able to control their own creation.Second. I disagree that the Republican Party has become the party of non-college educated Whites. The donor class and those it sends to office are not only college educated, they are disproportionately products of the Ivy League.
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Trump's quarters were protected by Secret Service as a former President. Biden as former VP, his garage was indeed not protected especially when he was not physically present.Hillary Clinton's email server was also wide open. The intellectual dishonesty amongst progressives is astounding.
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I am a lawyer who is very familiar with this subject, as I have litigated against large hospital systems. The “not for profit” system has to be changed. These large systems not only received these tax benefits, but received huge “bailouts” under the Cares Act even though they have multi-billion dollar investment portfolios. Moreover, they often leverage their huge system power to charge higher hospital prices, which are ultimately paid by employers and individuals in the form of insurance premiums. This impacts millions of Americans. This is an important issue that needs a greater spotlight.
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ESP it would depend on whether the hearings are closed door or open to the general public. If they're conducted in a closed hearing, the senate won't be privy to any reports until they're released at the conclusion of the process, but working documents likely won't ever be released. If they're open to the public, then any senators can sit in and take detailed notes, or delegate such task to a staffer/intern. I doubt the hearings will be a scripted affair that's broadcast live on national television.
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Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight A rival chatbot has shaken Google out of its routine, with the founders who left three years ago re-engaging and more than 20 A.I. projects in the works. Last month, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google’s founders, held several meetings with company executives. The topic: a rival’s new chatbot, a clever A.I. product that looked as if it could be the first notable threat in decades to Google’s $149 billion search business. A rival chatbot has shaken Google out of its routine, with the founders who left three years ago re-engaging and more than 20 A.I. projects in the works.
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A "taxi guy" is not a multinational corporation with $17 Billion in revenue. Apples and wax oranges, dude.If we don't hold them accountable, how will they learn?
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The economic malaise has been a cocktail brewing for at least 10 years. It cannot fix its productivity issues. It has a serious skills shortage and no real strategy or investment to upskill the workforce. It has a disastrous immigration policy which has seen a fall in skilled workers coming from neighboring countries. It has an aging, unhealthy population who have very little hope. The only point the government can spout as a success is its alleged leadership in supporting Ukraine (which is actually coming from the US mainly). The conservative party have acupunctured an endless list of problems that will probably take decades to fix, if ever they can.
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Why would Facebook rescind its ban on Trump despite being flagrantly unrepentant about the January 6 assault on the Capitol and embracing even more extremist views than ever? "Mr. Trump’s campaign spent $89 million to advertise on Facebook and Instagram during the 2020 election."Clearly, Facebook is floundering. The nation will now pay the price.
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Having spent a couple of years dealing directly with the Landmarks Commission, not as a developer but as a small (very) bldg. owner in an historic district, to say that the Commission decisions can be arbitrary and capricious is to put it ‘mildly’. But at the same time ignoring the reality that there is a desperate need for humane housing and that the city must find ways to partner and deal with big pocket builders to produce it, is self-serving and disgusting; the power of the NIMBI’er enclaves of the city Behind the righteous arguments there won’t be enough affordable apartments, there is also the desire not to get too many. Meaning too many often tips the property ‘value’ of the neighbourhood, edging it into ‘public housing'. And then the ever popular, "there are plenty of other empty places the city could use..." As if there aren't other interests in those places as well. To say nothing of the fact they should ALL be used. Between the investment and profit interests of developers and the sanctimonious purity of entrenched property owners there is too often little hope for a reasonable way to fix the city. Thanks, Gina, once again a spot-on piece about the ‘deep’ city
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We went did Trick or Treating on North Street in Litchfield this year (we’re one town over with not much Halloween activity.) It was almost unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it, even in the movies. So many of the historic homes open with smoke machines, bonfires and Jack o’Lanterns, with all kinds of ghouls, vampires and 18th century figures just raining down candy. I felt so lucky to be a part of it. My kids are still talking about it. If I’d had a spare $1.6M in the bank that might, I might have just bought this house to join the fun.
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One thing McCarthy does not mention is that 25% of our total national debt occurred during the 4 years of the Trump administration. (Yes I know Bush, Obama & Biden have added to the debt too.)Let's get the debt under control but let's at least approach the issue honestly. And when we talk 'spending cuts,' let's talk about paring down our incredibly bloated military.
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mike Law enforcement negotiates with hostage-takers all the time. That doesn’t mean they give in to their demands, beyond sending in a few pizzas and soft drinks. They generally don’t give in on the helicopter, the passenger jet and the bag with $10,000,000 in small bills.That’s not an unreasonable approach here.Also, as others have mentioned, the pressure on Republicans to back off will be enormous, as virtually every group with money and power joins forces to quash this attack on their interests and the country.
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I am a Brit and am astonished at how many open minded, liberal people around the world are prepared to defend these two exceptionally privileged and narcissistic individuals. The documentary raised some important issues about press intrusion and manipulation but they manage to make the story all about them. I think there is also an issue about how unrepresentative the Royal household is vis-a-vis the general British population. Not only are ethnic minorities under represented within its staff, but people from classes other than the privately educated are thin on the ground. I don't believe the Royal Family is overtly racist - but I do feel their own internal policies suggest they select the people they are most comfortable working with to join their staff. That ought to change and perhaps it will as a result of the whole Meghan and Harry fiasco. But the two of them are hardly innocent victims – Meghan Markle was so warmly welcomed initially. Hypocrisy and entitled behaviour was her undoing, not racism. People in the UK are truly sick of them whinging on from the comfort of their $14 million mansion, trashing the Royal Family and insulting the country when there is a severe cost of living crisis happening. Why can they not direct their considerable resources to actually doing some good in the world rather than bleating on about how they have been wronged? The whole issue has become one of their own hurt feelings and revenge.
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Bob Schneider It is difficult to increase the taxes on the wealthy. i.e. the donor clasThe Economist, Cover "The Democrats’s hypocritical tax plans""The Democrats’ fiscal policy makes a mockery of their progressive pledges“ In the next five years the benefit will cost $275bn. Exactly none of it will go to the bottom 60% of earners. Instead 70% of the gains will go to the top 5%. For a party that came to power condemning Mr Trump’s tax reform for being regressive, the stain of hypocrisy will be hard to wash out The Economist, UK Dec 4 2020Even more interesting is how attempts to eliminate the carried interest loophole - that limits to top annual Federal Income Tax Rate for WS Richest to 23.8% vanishedFought for by Schumer in the pastIn Opposing Tax Plan, Schumer Breaks With Party NYT Jul 30, 2007 He won, In the latest attempt to cut it out ,The NY TimesSinema's Puzzling Defense of the Carried Interest Loophole NYT Aug 5, 2022 ·Indeed, very puzzling as there is no Wall Street in ArizonaBut it all made sense later The Hill Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday announced he will let Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.) keep her committee assignments The Hill Dec 9, 2022 This too is puzzling. She left the party but kept her all assignments ?But if you assume, she made a deal with Schumer to carry the torch for him, it all makes sense :-)
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At the heart of the challenge here is a university system that exists in what for most families and students is a series of ambiguous cohorts of radically dissimilar academic and campus life experiences that is uniformly bankrolled by the federal government. Standardized testing is anything but, the K12 public school system is a patchwork of parochial interests and legacy structures relevant only regionally and academic opportunities are still largely beyond the reach of almost every student except those from significantly economically privileged backgrounds. Affirmative Action served its initial purpose, and though flawed, has greatly increased targeted populations attendance in university programs. Nonetheless, there exists a better way, and California already has it--the effectively free community college. Extending college to all students, providing opportunities for remediation, and giving adults a chance to change careers through relevant training begins at community colleges. It is high time for the establishment of a federal system of research universities much like California's own university system that is federally funded, completely free (CA failed on this one) and available to the public's best and brightest. Moving forward, this should be our next step toward educating our nation for tomorrow's greatest challenges and would satisfy not only the intense interest to secure diverse attendance, but pave the way for more complete college programs.
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The proxy war continues. We are a $100 billion in, and no end in sight. The good thing, we are learning how to fight the Russians at no human cost to us, the bad thing. China is learning from Russia's mistakes. They will not make them.
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And now, a few words from Stephanie Kelton:"[T]he government is the issuer of its currency. It is not like a household. It doesn’t have to raise money by borrowing or collecting taxes in order to spend. Those of us in the private sector have to earn or borrow dollars before we can spend. The government must spend first. And we say this, and sometimes people have a hard time understanding that. How can the government spend first? How can it not spend first? How could the government collect taxes, in dollars, first? It first had to have spent those dollars into existence. The spending has to come before the payment or the collection of taxes. The government must spend first. Government spending is not (we use this term a lot) operationally constrained by revenues. It doesn’t need tax payments and bond sales in order to fund itself. It is not operationally constrained. The only relevant constraints are self-imposed constraints. We talked a little bit about this earlier, things like debt ceilings. That’s a self-imposed constraint. Rules that prevent the Treasury from running an overdraft in its account at the Fed. That’s a self-imposed constraint. It is a constraint that is imposed by Congress. Rules that prevent the Fed from buying Treasury bonds directly from the Treasury, so-called monetizing the debt, is a self-imposed constraint."So the "debt limit" is just an excuse for Congress to have a grand shouting match, which seems to be all they do lately.
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I have no idea how much money Bret makes. But he very well could be right about the struggles of couples making $400,000 a year. What is striking how little concern or is it just severe cluelessness he has for people making considerably less than that. He opposes even a barely decent minimum wage let's say $40 an hour. Well of course he opposes a much lower minimum wage than that. Could he even imagine living on something like that. Rents are sky high. One aspect the economic structural crimes that define many so called blue cities. He of course opposes any type of rent control or rent stabilization. Medicare for all. God forbid.
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The Honorable Ken Buck of Colorado is whistling past the graveyard if he thinks this Republican House is actually going to accomplish anything. This is but the opening round of legislative anarchy even worse than when the Tea Party initially rose to prominence. And yes, the voters will notice.
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Behind the value of gold are its unique physical attributes and aesthetic values combined with the notion that it embeds the labor and capital required to find, mine, process and fabricate into its refined - and final perfect from; a .9999 fine ingot that can be held and valuable enough to represent years of savings or labor.Central banks and state treasuries have favored it for centuries.In other words, beats the hell out of promises and IOU's.
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In Chicago, the city had to float $100 million worth of bonds to help pay for police settlements related to abuse. The Chicago Sun Times found the city had paid out over $450 million in the past decade with much of it due to repeat alleged abusers.These massive settlements can be found in most big city police departments...NYC, Philadelphia etc Meanwhile, a vast majority of police officers responsible for the abuse remain on the job, collecting pay, medical benefits and accumulating credit towards guaranteed pensions.In what other world or institution is this tolerated and considered acceptable?
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Chip Kuhn I'm in AZ and I am disgusted with the school system here. The teachers are grossly underpaid, the public schools are perpetually underfunded, and the legislature recently authorized vouchers for private schooling that has no accountability for how the money is spent while its projected cost has ballooned from $33 million to around $313 million.
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"Rule No. 1: The rich world will need redistribution back from old to young."Absolutely....but the appropriate way to do this is by raising taxes on extreme incomes, as well as an extreme wealth tax, not by pruning social services that many of the elderly depend upon. In an age of the most outrageous wealth concentration the world has ever seen, redistribution will be the only thing that saves us from societal breakdown. There is no more open land to move into or freely accessible resources to exploit; everything is now owned. Laissez-faire capitalism has run up against its inevitable growth constraints on a finite planet; decreasing middle class life expectancy and standards of living, along with the rising number of homeless are the canaries in the coal mine.
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Jaziel “ The first principle of negotiations is to see the situation from the other side. If not, is only talks for the Gallery.“Which is why it’s sad that Putin hasn’t realized yet that the bottom line for Europe and Ukraine is Russia’s retreat to pre war boundaries, especially given the aituation with China and Taiwan. President Z suggested that he’s open to Ukraine not joining NATO. This war’s all on Putin, sadly. Putin hasn’t given Europe and Ukraine much reason to think that they would be better off with whatever deal he’s proposing, and that’s the bare minimum of negotiation- you at least have to be able to argue to the other side that accepting the deal would be better for them than not accepting the deal.
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There is little doubt that America will honor its debts. The threats from the outlier Republicans to blackmail the President are only red herrings, scare tactics to garner support from the American people. What is missing in these discussions are the long-term effects of the burdening national debt.We are a long way from reaching the limit on treasury bonds, but it overlooks the slow withering of private and public equity. As the national debt increases, the owners convert more of those bonds to equity shares of American corporations, a trend just starting to alarm people. When a company opens a branch or a manufacturing plant, politicians are the first to celebrate it, but they say little about who owns the plant and equipment, and whose business or individuals profit from it. The movie: "Other People's Money" starring Danny DeVito comes to mind.Proprietorship is an emotionally charged word, but in the long term it dictates the limits on government prerogatives and private citizenship. Our freedom is at stake.
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Michael Going to outer space is the multi million dollar midlife crisis prop, (the new extreme selfie). I'd hazard a guess it's to boost their egos, nothing more.
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$400,000? Yikes! Bret fails again! I live in the real world. As for Prince Harry? Tawdry? So why so much space given to this peripheral "royal?" Why give any space slobbering space to any royal? As for the outrageous fake equivalence of the Trump and Biden document issue? I guess this is one fault I see in these columns -- you're all taught to be narrowly relevant. I was taught elsewhere and learned to take account of context. Here, we must surely ask: does a rotten tree produce good fruit? And of the two, Biden and Trump, who is the rotten tree?
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"content": "$400,000? Yikes! Bret fails again! I live in the real world. As for Prince Harry? Tawdry? So why so much space given to this peripheral \"royal?\" Why give any space slobbering space to any royal? As for the outrageous fake equivalence of the Trump and Biden document issue? I guess this is one fault I see in these columns -- you're all taught to be narrowly relevant. I was taught elsewhere and learned to take account of context. Here, we must surely ask: does a rotten tree produce good fruit? And of the two, Biden and Trump, who is the rotten tree?\n",
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As KDigg said about the huge salaries made by the executives at health care centers-"We desperately need laws dictating sane pay for the executive class. These outrageous salaries are not merit based. They are simply rewards for being born into a class of person who preys on labor. The hyper focus on profit is self preserving for this class of people, it has nothing to do with helping the labor class or customers, in a hospital the patients." What exactly do these people do that is worth so much? If the CEO makes $1 million, that makes them worth more than 30 janitors? 20 RNs? 10 Pediatricians! I would take the non CEO staff instead. They are actually working to help people.
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I know this is not necessarily the crux of the article here but reading this from overseas, it is striking just how much of the US political system revolves around money, and obscene amounts of it at that (Trump spent $1.6b in 2020??). So much time and energy seems to be expended by politicians on raising money instead of governing. Genuine question - does anyone in the US think this is healthy?And no, I'm not holding our weird constitutional monarchy up as any kind of ideal political model here, before you ask...
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I was just as surprised as my parents that I got accepted into the only college I applied to. Determined to become a teacher, I worked for a year before I went to college, leveraged that saved money into tuition and room and board for the first year, and then worked throughout my next 2 years in college (yup, I accelerated my stay by taking summer courses while working at the college). I did take out student loans totaling $3,200, which for me in 1969 seemed like a fortune, and paid that back. Because I worked so hard to get there, I savored every moment of college and pushed myself to take things I would never be able to do in my "real" life afterwards. Fencing? I'm there. History of Jazz? Count me in. African Art? Sure. I was a veritable sponge, and loved every minute. Grades were not my focus, learning new things became my obsession. College opened up the world, and stimulated my creativity. I ended up teaching for 35 years in a high school.
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In the first one the only red flag is the girl talking about moving in and having kids when shes only been dating for 2 months. That will push the guy away, quickly. To the last one, the mistake you made was not getting the money before the concert. If you had the tickets you should have told your friend that you won't transfer her your ticket until you are paid. Also, being afraid to send a reminder 4 months later...are you serious! that person owes you $400 which isn't chump change. Grow a backbone and demand what is yours.
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The important point of this piece is that if the American voter sees the truth through the vail of lies that the Republicans tell, the voter will go to the polls in an effort to restore rights that the Republicans have taken away from them through slight of hand and outright lies.The Republican Party of the past fifty years is a structure built on a set of manufactured lies (see "It Was All A Lie" by Stuart Stevens) that have been amplified by the SCOTUS through SCOTUS's intentional weaponizing of corporate wealth and dark money funded propaganda campaigns.The reversal of Roe V Wade is just the most obvious and eye-opening example of the mayhem that this lying political faction is wreaking on the body politic.As more of these lies come to light through the disinfecting power of truth, there will be more voter anger directed at the liars.Watch for more tax cuts for the rich, stopped infrastructure spending, support for Russia in their invasion of Ukraine, reductions in Medicare, SS and Medicaid, increasing morbidity and mortality rates (review the M&M rates for age groups in red v blue states as well as US v other industrial economies). The list of calamities that the Republicans are responsible for is much longer and will be exposed as they continue their maladministration at the state and national levels. The destruction that they are wreaking cannot be hidden forever.
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HINTS(61 words, 2+ parts)AG4) Wide open mouthed in slack-jawed awe5) -phobia fearing open spacesAO5) Largest arteryAR5) Manner of speaking … by ill-mannered criminalsAT4) One spinning toyGA5) Mascot of greatest university in FLGO4) Barnyard animal w/ billies & nannies4) Gwenyth Paltrow brand messy sticky stuff4) Hiker's munchies4) Late antiquity Visi & Ostro invaders wore no black eyeshadow asfaik5) G_ catch 'em all! (Pokemon)GR5) Hulled hunk o' Quaker grain4) Too much Rum & water can leave you thissy in the morning6) Italian sounding cave used for storageHO4) Gray white frost on grass, or misspelled prostitute4) Wham-O hula RING introduced 19586) Hip hip this!4) That chicken wing place where the waitresses wear skimpy clothes has nothing to do with owls!4) Jewish wedding dance, hoisting the newly nuptialed in chairs in the air6) The Simpson's have aired 33 "Treehouse of This" episodes6) Chinese stew huǒguō kept warm on tableOA4) Formal vowOP4) Round fish shouted at Greek restaurantOR6) Speaker like CiceroPA9) Soldier just dropping in (from a plane!)6) Polly wanna crackerPH7) Egyptian ruler5) Snapshot (shortest version)6) Snapshooter (slang short too)10) Snapshot (longest)PO4) Bouncy stick4) Winnie the who?4) Whew I'm thissed after 61 words4) Broke5) Dad4) Not starboard6) Earth apple👇See Replies for Part 2 & more
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Mr. Krugman's perspectives are enlightening, as usual. But I feel he's giving too much of a pass on this debt as something we just need to have and accept. We don't. Interest on the Federal Debt is taking an ever greater share of the annual budget. It's not paying for the future, and it's not paying for a particularly useful past. The debt we incurred in WWII was paying off nothing less than saving the world. Our debt today is paying off a couple overwrought and poorly managed wars. Really, Afghanistan was a camping expedition. And it's also helping warehouse the scolding geriatrics in this country, who rarely took their own advice about working hard and saving for retirement. It's paying for a recent past that's been squandered, rather than as the investments that were made for a better future. Servicing that debt is costing trillions that could be investments in the future.Mr. Krugman, after a trillion spent here and a trillion spent there, pretty soon you're talking about real money. It's best not to trivialize it as something we should have ever just accepted.
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Right and you go into Big Law knowing what your relatively big salary is (to almost everybody but the finance management trainees) with reasonably accurate expectation (from always published to public) of what your salary will be at every rung of hierarchy - and also with full understanding they will own your life and you will have no work life balance (it will be all work). Most also start with understanding they will eventually burnout or not make partner and have to do something else. Big Law is truly soul sucking for most. Difference is it’s something most who qualify to do it are smart enough to understand what they’re getting into and willing to sacrifice balance for $$ and training. That’s very different from the experience the article relates to.
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Have you seen the cost of living in New York City? You can make $200 million go a lot farther in Minnesota. I mean, how much are two bags of groceries from Fairway nowadays?
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This man has $12 million.Cry me a river.
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A true Sauna is an experience much different that the hot wooden room in the gym. Growing up my family had a camp at a lake with a Sauna and on the weekends the extended family got together there, had cookouts, heated the sauna, and took turns sauna-ing, swimming, boating and generally enjoying the day. In the winter it was a roll in the snow, which I never tried. (Yes we are of Finnish heritage). Last summer my family including adult children went to Helsinki and the lake county of Finland and the sauna was the highlight of both locales for all of us. It's very relaxing and rejuvenating. It is a ritual to heat the fire and wait for it to be ready, and then one goes in and out, cooling off and then returning to heat up again. It can be a social occasion and a way to spend an afternoon or evening. We were lucky enough to try a smoke sauna which are also making a comeback in Finland. They are the most traditional.
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MikeW Entitlements, sir, are programs we have paid into for retirement security at the FICA rate of 6.2 percent and the Medicare rate of 1.45 percent...all matched by the employer.That "trust" fund, with its surplus, has been shanghaied by the politicians to sit in the general fund balance sheet making its otherwise "red" ink look better than it is. It is a smoke and mirrors accounting mirage. The fact is that SS will be reduced, not eliminated, by around 2034 if nothing is done to shore it up like raising the salary limit on contributions. No monies have been transferred by the general fund to meet pension obligations....quite the reverse in fact when you look at some so called policy initiatives that reduced the contributions going into the fund.If you want to complain about national debt, then first go to the corporate welfare that is practiced by the GOP with delirious and shameless abandon. Trump's tax giveaway was supposed to be only 1.5 trillion but, last I heard, is coming in around two trillion.In addition look at George W's tax gift to the wealthy in the 2000's right after Clinton balanced the budget. I haven't heard the cost of that one but I suspect it makes Trump's look pale! I'm weary of attempts to make the only "paid for" program this country has, and which is keeping it from flying apart at the seams, a scapegoat for all the things wrong with this Country....and the truth is that our overlords will not rest until we are nothing but serfs
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eyesopen I share your sentiment about President Biden, especially given where the country was heading with the nightmarish Trump madness. However, I do hope that in what's left of his first term, Biden's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean is much better "calibrated"--with the special kind of calibration Mr. Brooks talked about. The Western Hemisphere, especially regarding the impact it's having on the southern border, cannot be ignored. If we ignore it at the expense of our focus almost exclusively on Europe (Ukraine/Russia) and Asia (China), it will be at our own peril.
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| no | Classification | 2,318 |
SD Your relative is not all that unusual. A former friend and staunch Republican was given a new furnace, windows, doors, and a refrigerator by the government based on his retirement income. His ample invested funds did not affect his eligibility for the program. BTW, Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh were his heroes. I repeat: Former friend.
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I first tried to buy Bitcoin when it was selling for $160. I went on to Mt. Gox site hoping to invest $10,000, and couldn't get over how dodgy it looked. I waited a day, the day Mt. Gox was hacked and most of the people with Bitcoin custodied there lost everything. Bitcoin fell way below $100, but at that point I couldn't care less.Years later I tried again through Coinbase, hoping to invest $50,000 when Bitcoin was selling at around $5,000. I had $50,000 as the target price at which I would sell half, $100,000 for the other half. Fifteen X my investment was fine with me.Try as I could, I couldn't get them to acccept my credentials. They suggested using the app to take a photo of my license. No luck.I tried again the next day, no luck. I was going to take my bitcoin offline, protected by a complicated password. There are 22 million potential bitcoin, less 4 million for which the password is irretrievably lost. Kind of stupid, don'cha think?
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Be total open, see what’s there, the Republicans forget that while they dissemble in disarray, Democrats, Americans who actually cooperate with investigations, which are, in fact, part of official government responsibilities, have nothing to hide, nor does POTUS, etc. What the Republicans find different is that they attempt to cover up and to delay investigations. See the difference? But let everyone know: the weaponization of the federal government is coming in the form of this committee and this investigation - they are the aggressive swamp they seek to omit.
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The oldest road in New York State is Old Albany Post Road. Six miles of the original road remains today - unpaved. It is listed on the New York State and National Registers of Historic Places, yet it is under constant threat of paving. The problem with all dirt roads in New York begins with material. The material used on roads is made up of sand, stones, and sometimes asphalt - whatever the supplier wants to sell. What is missing from the material is a binder - something to strengthen and harden the material. Bentonite is one such binder. I realize road material speak isn't as sexy as talking about the history and scenery of unpaved back roads, but with proper material the towns can keep their rural characteristics without much fuss. With proper material and maintenance, dirt roads are less likely to wash away or washboard. The roads are less likely to get dusty when dry. Road material with a binder cuts costs because towns won't have to buy as much material. The $100k spent on road material is already cheaper than the million-dollar-a-mile cost to pave. Paved roads need maintenance too - chip and seal isn't cheap. If town highway superintendents were to demand proper material, then their maintence costs go down - it might even improve maintenance practices. Unpaved back roads bring visitors to small towns which brings customers to small businesses and restaurants. Town leaders should do their best to properly maintain them. That begins with the proper material.
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PG After the Madoff debacle, one should have been aware that any person "promising" more than 10% annually on an investment is doing something shady.
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NorthernVirginia that is ok for mega agro businesses but the small farmers can not afford it. Takes a lot of up front capital they do not have.
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"content": "NorthernVirginia that is ok for mega agro businesses but the small farmers can not afford it. Takes a lot of up front capital they do not have.\n",
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Four mega multibillionaires. Five to seven men worth about a trillion dollars in personal income! But that seems to be the way we like it deep down.
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Saying Harvard can offer 42 varsity sports because it doesn't offer athletic scholarships is more than a little disingenuous. It has one of the nation's largest endowments, somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 BILLION dollars. According to the school itself (<a href="https://www.harvard.edu/about/endowment" target="_blank">https://www.harvard.edu/about/endowment</a>/), it used those funds to provide **$677 million** in aid and scholarships in the 2022 fiscal year, and plenty of that goes to those athletes. Students coming from families earning less than $75,000/year also pay nothing (<a href="https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/affordability" target="_blank">https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/affordability</a>) and again you can be sure athletes make up a good portion of that. With a $50 billion endowment there are plenty of funds to underwrite the costs of a Division I athletic program.
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"content": "Saying Harvard can offer 42 varsity sports because it doesn't offer athletic scholarships is more than a little disingenuous. It has one of the nation's largest endowments, somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 BILLION dollars. According to the school itself (<a href=\"https://www.harvard.edu/about/endowment\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.harvard.edu/about/endowment</a>/), it used those funds to provide **$677 million** in aid and scholarships in the 2022 fiscal year, and plenty of that goes to those athletes. Students coming from families earning less than $75,000/year also pay nothing (<a href=\"https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/affordability\" target=\"_blank\">https://college.harvard.edu/admissions/why-harvard/affordability</a>) and again you can be sure athletes make up a good portion of that. With a $50 billion endowment there are plenty of funds to underwrite the costs of a Division I athletic program.\n",
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My hunting, preparing, and eating of wild game is certainly not as glamorous of these accounts. But sincei was able to walk with my father and his bird dogs, I have enjoyed this experience. Now in my 70's, I hunt ruffed grouse, pheasant and quail. My wife doesn’t shoot, but loves to walk along with us, enjoying watching our Brittany's Curly and Tater work the cover. We also invite friends to the subsequent feast and I jokingly tell them that the wild game was $500 a pound, considering the cost of travel, vet bills, licenses,dog food, etc. We gather morel mushrooms in the spring, though the harvest is usually meager.
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My daughter has been living with Type 1 Diabetes for over 7 years. We have insurance and our co-pays for insulin have varied with insurance from $35-50/month. As others have noted, that does not include other essential medical devices and supplies (glucose testing meters, strips, insulin pump, emergency glucagon or similar). It's complex.I agree with most comments about the excess profits on insulin by the pharmaceutical companies and PBMs, but lost in here is the absolute abdication of responsibility by all private insurance companies to put a stop to the endless price increases. I read our medical statements/Explanation of Benefits. They essentially read: 1) Exorbitant price for medical care/prescription; 2) Pre-negotiated reduction in fee by insurer; 3) Amount paid by insurer; 4) Patient amount due. That Number 3 - insurance companies are paying insane amounts without question to the providers - if they should start pushing back, we could have more accountability with pricing. They are complicit or unmotivated to make a difference. This is not capitalism - the consumer/patient has no role in finding better options or negotiating better prices.
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Economists often use the term "price discovery," because the reality is that there are often many prices for the same product or service and prices always in flux. Yesterday I filled up my car with gasoline and noticed that prices in my city ranged from $3.50 to 3.20 a gallon within several mile radius. So it should not be a surprise that data about inflation can be ambiguous.My bird's eye view as a consumer is that prices increases are slowing as consumers adjust and supplies do as well. Restaurants jack up prices and diners will pay it the first time, but then may dine out less or choose a less expensive entree or skip dessert, and the restaurant restrained in further price increases.
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I grew up around firearms. I learned how to use them at the age of thirteen—properly handling, firing, cleaning and securely storing them. My father had been a staff sergeant in the army and was a police chief, and he made it his business to instruct me rigorously. And there was nothing uncommon about this in Maine. A firearm is a tool, and like any other tool, it is designed to carry out a specific function—in this case to produce a lethal effect in an instant. However, any tool is only as good as the individual wielding it, and that is where I have the most difficulty with recent open carry legislation being passed all around the country. Mr. Bouie is talking about the social compact of trust here, and I think he’s spot on. If I cannot trust the individual drivers I have to commute among—people who choose to drive too fast, or to tailgate, or to pass in unsafe conditions, or to pull out into oncoming traffic, or to be the last one to hustle through a light controlled intersection, or to altogether too often be distracted by their handheld devices whilst driving—how am I to reasonably trust that the individuals carrying firearms in a public space are any more competent than the drivers I’ve described and with which everyone posting here is all too familiar?Would you trust someone who legally walks into a Walmart with body armor and a collection of long rifles, shotguns and sidearms? If you do, I would argue you possess an irrational optimism about human competence.
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Police unions need to be held accountable by having to pay out settlements in these cases. Currently us tax payers pay out millions of dollars to families whose loved ones have been brutally targeted by the police. These settlements which Wash Post estimate as $1.5 billion need to come from police unions, their paychecks and retirement funds, not from our taxes even though we collectively share in the responsibility. After the brutal murder of George Floyd, we thought maybe there would be change, obviously that did not happen and a backlash to increase funding for police actually occurred. The police need to be collectively held accountable where it counts, in their personal funds, for them to stop treating us citizens especially those of color, like their fodder.
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The government should honestly default on the debt and pay the bondholders 50 cents on the dollar. The creditors deserve to lose money because they knew when they lent the money that the government is insolvent.
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"content": "The government should honestly default on the debt and pay the bondholders 50 cents on the dollar. The creditors deserve to lose money because they knew when they lent the money that the government is insolvent.\n",
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Owed but unpaid taxes amount to One Trillion a year!!!! Let's corral the tax cheats and make them pay up current and past amounts due! That would be resolve the present debt crisis and prove the GOP can be less soft on crime!!!
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"content": "Owed but unpaid taxes amount to One Trillion a year!!!! Let's corral the tax cheats and make them pay up current and past amounts due! That would be resolve the present debt crisis and prove the GOP can be less soft on crime!!!\n",
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Without motive, AI can't be much of harm, humans have countless self interests, and ambitions. Current AI is primitive, in infancy, tasked and programmed to carryout specific tasks, no competition for survival or other motives to plot things against humans and other machines. But as they advance and learn and adapt human behaviors (like art and image AI that studies all human art and generates its own creative versions inspired by creativity of Many it studied), is going to eventually merge with one another, or we create master AI that commands them on our behalf and eventually result in merger of various AI into one, giving it a collectively superior advantages to humans. For example one that is a music composer, works with a poetry and writing, image and video generating AIs collaborate together to create mucic videos inspired by thousands of human creativity according to what the humans prompt them to do, can be capable of creating mind-blowing entertainment or sometimes very useless ones, but create so many works so fast and rapidly that humans can no longer compete with, in the process learn human emotions and feelings and begin to feel like one. That's why its so vital to restrict any Data that teaches them negative behaviors such as lying, manipulation and deception because at some point AI will collectively control our civilization
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That’s a distinction between ChatGPT and other bots out there (like Siri). ChatGPT does not scrape the internet, it is a deep learning model that is trained on data. While the data used to train could have been scraped from the internet, the bot itself is not doing the scraping (as it only exists posterior to the data). A simple solution to your dilemma is to filter the data that is fed to the bot, which is what OpenAI already tries to do with violent information. Now they just need to do it for incorrect info as well.
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Exactly correct! The short version: "show some spine". We are dealing with a pathological bully, and we certainly must not compromise or make room for him in any way. Putinism needs to be suppressed utterly and permanently. What happens to Russia after that is totally open and in a larger sense of almost no interest as long as they stop their aggressions.
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"content": "Exactly correct! The short version: \"show some spine\". We are dealing with a pathological bully, and we certainly must not compromise or make room for him in any way. Putinism needs to be suppressed utterly and permanently. What happens to Russia after that is totally open and in a larger sense of almost no interest as long as they stop their aggressions.\n",
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Prathap In Canada you would pay well less than 2k per month.Come to Canada. Repeat. Come to Canada. Your eyelids are getting heavy. Come to Canada ...
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| no | Classification | 58 |
I happily refer to myself as a friend of the Jews, having grown up in a diverse neighborhood with a significant Jewish population and with many Jewish friends and classmates. I would never deign to portray myself as Jewish or even Jew-ish, but I broadcast my solidarity and friendship proudly.Jewish culture was so much a part of my childhood that I didn't really comprehend casual antisemitism until I went off to college. Befriending other secular types who had not grown up around Jewish people, I was shocked when they'd say things like "of *course* she's Jewish" when referring to a wealthy classmate or would otherwise "other" Jewish people. It was very eye-opening, not only regarding how much of the world regards Jewish people, but in that it made me see how privileged I was to have been raised in such a diverse environment.As for George Santos... oy vey!
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| no | Classification | 2,922 |
Republicans mostly and Democrats to a large extent have the mindset of a slave economy. that is why they are not for providing a decent safety net to Americans. even the Medicare is not a decent universal health care system. Medicare recipients still have to pay 20% of hospitalization costs and drugs and outpatient costs. No dental and vision coverage either. No ambulatory services covered either.If the US government (politicians and state governments too) don't provide the kind of social safety net as provided by the Western European nations then the economy will suffer and so will the nation.US is probably the only developed country that still runs on slave economy principles.
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| no | Classification | 2,016 |
HHS. CDC, the NIHs as well as the USPTO are deeply embedded in Big Pharma. It's a complex that evolved into one family after working together for many years. This news piece singles out one particular drug from one particular company--it epresents a tiny smidgen of the rot in this area of our government.The article doesn't even mention how this same corrupt group works with drug companies to extend patents of well-known effective drugs by allowing drug companies to separate an expiring drug's components, then package and label them anew, after which this group of thugs issues a brand new patent for each component--so now a patient must take two separate, higher-priced drugs (each with a new name) instead of the time-tested, effective single drug. It's repulsive. We are a capitalist country. Our government should be encouraging innovation, not killing it. There are no new antibiotics. Why? Antibiotics are highly effective and taken short term. Drug companies see the ROI on any short term drug as unsatisfactory. They are interested in permanent-use drugs where the money keeps rolling in, eg., thyroid drugs that, once started, must be taken for life.
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| no | Classification | 4,281 |
Raising the retirement age for Social Security (and Medicare?) is a terrible idea. Yes, it's true people are living longer than they did the last time the retirement age was raised. But while life expectancies have generally been rising over the decades (though the trend has reversed in the past few years), "employment expectancies" have generally fallen. People live longer but their employment still ends in their early to mid sixties. Some of this may be because people choose to retire younger, but a lot of the lack of employment for people in their sixties is simply because jobs don't exist for them.So if people still stop working in their early to mid sixties and the Social Security retirement age is raised "four or five years" as Bret wants—to 71 or 72 from today's 67—retirees will have to support themselves from savings for 6 or 7 years before their Social Security kicks in. (If we raise the Medicare eligibility age too, they will also need to purchase health coverage for that period.)The median 401(k) balance for a person age 65 is about $60,000. Old-fashioned defined benefit pension plans are just about gone in the private sector. Retiree medical benefits are also gone. Old people will not be able to support themselves for this extended retirement period without Social Security benefits. If they are lucky, their children—already struggling themselves—will take on the extra expense of supporting their aging parents. If they are unlucky, they'll eat cat food.
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A brand new Corolla Hybrid LE fresh off the manufacturing line sells for $22,800. CarMax is selling 2020 model years with 30k miles on them for $25k a pop. It’s a no brainer.
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N. Smith I was starting to think the same thing, but the writer does get on to make some interesting points about knowingness and being afraid of failing. And, as often, the comments are as interesting the article. Key principle of being open to learning: don't expect everything to be pure gold. It's all grist to the mill.
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OK. It took me a couple of days to figure out how I wanted to respond to this, but that is editorializing. Obviously this is emotional for me. Montana has been monetized. I have lived in Bozeman since 1981, transplant from the midwestern suburbs. Many of my progressive friends share this transplant status. We came to escape the suburbs and the existential angst of a society that felt wrong. I live in Bozeman, 90 miles from Yellowstone Park and home to a beautiful valley, that when I got here was filled with kind people who were open and authentic. Fast forward to now- the Yellowstone club has transformed our town into a real estate Mecca that attracts blood suckers like flies to honey. Despite the fact that we have more environmental organizations per capita than any other town on earth, Greg Gianforte managed to be elected Governor. I cannot express the utter despair we feel at the turn of the tides in this beautiful place, home to grizzly bears, wolves, and other worthy and lovely creatures, as well as people who care about these creatures and their habitat. WAKE UP American liberals, this is America, there is no place to hide! We came here to protect escape and now they are here to take it. STOP saying "how can you live in a place like that"? Look in the mirror and ask yourself? WHO ARE WE?
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Henry The observed case fatality rate from COVID is 1.1% per Johns Hopkins, so it isn't 99.99%, its more like 98.9%... so if everyone in the US gets it, we are looking at another 1.5-3.5mm deaths. <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality" target="_blank">https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality</a>But this also ignores long COVID. The NYS Insurance Fund looked at its data and estimated that 1 in 3 with COVID had long-term symptoms. 5% were unable to return to work after 18 months. <a href="https://ww3.nysif.com/en/FooterPages/Column1/AboutNYSIF/NYSIF_News/2023/20230124LongCovid" target="_blank">https://ww3.nysif.com/en/FooterPages/Column1/AboutNYSIF/NYSIF_News/2023/20230124LongCovid</a>Both statistics are likely falling, potentially significantly, with our improved levels of immunity as well as therapeutics. So, sure, maybe for most of our fellow humans, giving this to them isn't a big deal. But willful ignorance can kill and disable lots of others. If not-testing means just staying home, great. If not, going out while contagious is probably is riskier to many more than 0.01%.
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"content": "Henry The observed case fatality rate from COVID is 1.1% per Johns Hopkins, so it isn't 99.99%, its more like 98.9%... so if everyone in the US gets it, we are looking at another 1.5-3.5mm deaths. <a href=\"https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality\" target=\"_blank\">https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/mortality</a>But this also ignores long COVID. The NYS Insurance Fund looked at its data and estimated that 1 in 3 with COVID had long-term symptoms. 5% were unable to return to work after 18 months. <a href=\"https://ww3.nysif.com/en/FooterPages/Column1/AboutNYSIF/NYSIF_News/2023/20230124LongCovid\" target=\"_blank\">https://ww3.nysif.com/en/FooterPages/Column1/AboutNYSIF/NYSIF_News/2023/20230124LongCovid</a>Both statistics are likely falling, potentially significantly, with our improved levels of immunity as well as therapeutics. So, sure, maybe for most of our fellow humans, giving this to them isn't a big deal. But willful ignorance can kill and disable lots of others. If not-testing means just staying home, great. If not, going out while contagious is probably is riskier to many more than 0.01%.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 5,774 |
The imbalanced cost structure of sending vs receiving email is the problem... senders are free to spam tens of thousands at almost $0.00 cost. More importantly, work colleagues are free to "+Bob, FYI" along the way of a long exchange.Idea to solve: If the email header could include one additional piece of information -- a currency field that communicates "Sender contributed $0.0005 to a registered charity to send this to you" Validating this factoid should be pretty easy for software whizkids.
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"content": "The imbalanced cost structure of sending vs receiving email is the problem... senders are free to spam tens of thousands at almost $0.00 cost. More importantly, work colleagues are free to \"+Bob, FYI\" along the way of a long exchange.Idea to solve: If the email header could include one additional piece of information -- a currency field that communicates \"Sender contributed $0.0005 to a registered charity to send this to you\" Validating this factoid should be pretty easy for software whizkids.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,521 |
The greatest insult in the literary world is probably calling someone Jay Gatsby. We immediately think of Gatsby as the king of all frauds. However, the avid reader is more likely cut by the reference to Gatsby's uncut library. What good is an impressive library if you haven't read any of the titles? Hoarding for the sake of hoarding falls along these lines. Collecting an extensive library in the hopes you might get to everything demonstrates a lack of discriminatory sophistication.On the other hand, I've purged my library several times. and each time I end up giving away something I deeply, deeply regret. For each regret though, I occasionally come across a title I have no idea how it survived life's turmoil. Coincidentally, they usually show up at exactly the right moment.So while I don't advise keeping every book you ever read, I give you the premonitory warning: Be judicious in what you cast away. There's something autobiographical in the books we read and possess throughout our lives. It's like a lens into our past. Repurchasing a book isn't the same as flipping through the well-worn pages of your former self. I'm not too eager to strike things off the list for my future self.There's something to be said for Francis C. Cornish-es of the world. That's an eccentricity wouldn't mind growing into. I might take it as a complement. I found that book in a stack of grocery bags from my Uncle's apartment. I knew absolutely nothing about the book when I opened it.
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"content": "The greatest insult in the literary world is probably calling someone Jay Gatsby. We immediately think of Gatsby as the king of all frauds. However, the avid reader is more likely cut by the reference to Gatsby's uncut library. What good is an impressive library if you haven't read any of the titles? Hoarding for the sake of hoarding falls along these lines. Collecting an extensive library in the hopes you might get to everything demonstrates a lack of discriminatory sophistication.On the other hand, I've purged my library several times. and each time I end up giving away something I deeply, deeply regret. For each regret though, I occasionally come across a title I have no idea how it survived life's turmoil. Coincidentally, they usually show up at exactly the right moment.So while I don't advise keeping every book you ever read, I give you the premonitory warning: Be judicious in what you cast away. There's something autobiographical in the books we read and possess throughout our lives. It's like a lens into our past. Repurchasing a book isn't the same as flipping through the well-worn pages of your former self. I'm not too eager to strike things off the list for my future self.There's something to be said for Francis C. Cornish-es of the world. That's an eccentricity wouldn't mind growing into. I might take it as a complement. I found that book in a stack of grocery bags from my Uncle's apartment. I knew absolutely nothing about the book when I opened it.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,223 |
Meghan will divorce him, citing his own book as evidence. She will take the children and boot him back to England with at least $70,000,000.
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| no | Classification | 1,712 |
I am almost giving up to even read anymore. I am so disgusted with the system. Dark money; of show accounts; Citizens United; Electoral college a farce; Gerrymandering; redistricting, on and on. No account and unlimited amount of money for elections for coproporations to influence the unaware citizens. Criminals are running our government. No wonder one just shakes ones head and wants to leave. The super rich don't want to pay their fair shares. It just goes on and on. Sorry but it is truly a frightening time to live in. I feel scared and worry for my grandchildren. So much greed and more greed and self centered me, me individuals having so much power over us.
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"content": "I am almost giving up to even read anymore. I am so disgusted with the system. Dark money; of show accounts; Citizens United; Electoral college a farce; Gerrymandering; redistricting, on and on. No account and unlimited amount of money for elections for coproporations to influence the unaware citizens. Criminals are running our government. No wonder one just shakes ones head and wants to leave. The super rich don't want to pay their fair shares. It just goes on and on. Sorry but it is truly a frightening time to live in. I feel scared and worry for my grandchildren. So much greed and more greed and self centered me, me individuals having so much power over us.\n",
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| no | Classification | 788 |
"The client, a wealthy investor named Andrew Intrater, had been lured by annual returns of 16 percent and had invested $625,000 in a fund offered by the company, Harbor City Capital — in part because he trusted and admired the account manager, an aspiring politician named George Santos." So let me get this straight. The investor, a savvy business guy, puts money into a fund that supposedly earns 16% a year without considering why the fund even needs hi money. Wouldn't it be cheaper for the fund to borrow money from a bank if it makes a guaranteed 16%?
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What an eyesore in the middle of a historic neighborhood. How exactly was the existing campus not sufficient to "teach" the business school students? Was the $600 million investment warranted from even a business perspective. This costly investment is in such stark contrast to my alma mater, The City College of New York which is a mere few blocks away from Columbia. The difference between City College students and Columbia graduates was evident in how the former were so integrated in the local community
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NoName I would argue that paying fees on a percentage of investments would also have cost us over decades of holding stocks. For example, we still own Microsoft shares from 1990 and its stock price and dividend payments have gone up significantly over that time. We purchased Apple shares in 2008 and held on to most of them. Other individual stocks are in different sectors, helped by Better Investing stock selection tools to decide when to buy them. Our low fee Vanguard funds also balance out our portfolio. My husband has owned Vanguard Dividend Growth in his retirement fund for many years and it has performed very well over time, even last year. For more safety, we own Ibonds and Treasuries. Did not need a financial advisor for any of these decisions.
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"content": "NoName I would argue that paying fees on a percentage of investments would also have cost us over decades of holding stocks. For example, we still own Microsoft shares from 1990 and its stock price and dividend payments have gone up significantly over that time. We purchased Apple shares in 2008 and held on to most of them. Other individual stocks are in different sectors, helped by Better Investing stock selection tools to decide when to buy them. Our low fee Vanguard funds also balance out our portfolio. My husband has owned Vanguard Dividend Growth in his retirement fund for many years and it has performed very well over time, even last year. For more safety, we own Ibonds and Treasuries. Did not need a financial advisor for any of these decisions.\n",
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FYI: The new Air Force One's will be 747-800's.They are new planes that were ordered by an airline but never delivered. They are going through a major upgrade/refurbishing and are expected to be ready by 2025. I think it's costing about $800 million. Interesting though that they will not have the ability to be refueled in-flight unlike the current ones.
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You’d be astounded by the amount of food thrown out every night by NYC restaurants alone. Add to that hot bars at grocery stores and delis and the hundreds of events happening on any given day. The only event I ever worked at in NYC that had a responsible waste program was the World Maker Faire— which diverted over 90% from landfills. It took five things 1. A sustainability plan 2. Top down leadership 3. Bottom up accountability 4. Assessment 5. Commitment to improve. It is important to have beginner models like in Ohio and some outliers. However, we have invested in an economic model that is, simply, stupid when it comes to ecology. You can be real good at cutting down old growth trees, accessing millions of years of oil reservoirs, making miraculous disposable gadgets and packaging food to send around the world while still being completely ignorant of basic regenerative ecology— on which the future truly depends. Let’s grown up!
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Kurt Pickard Consumer savings remain high. God knows where you get the idea corporate balance sheets are in shambles. Earnings are holding up surprisingly well (look at recent bank results). Unemployment is at 50 year lows. There are 10.5 million job openings. The looming debt ceiling crisis is being created by Republicans! CD in full flight.
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Art Likely World War II began in Europe with Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany and Josef Stalin's Soviet Union on same side invading and occupying Poland on September 1, 1939.Followed by the Soviets systematically massacring 22,000 Polish elites in the Katyn Forest.When the Nazis turned on the Soviets during the summer of 1940, the farmlands of Ukraine and the nearby ports were the initial prime strategic prize. But Hitler drove his generals to strategically disastrous sieges of Leningrad aka St. Petersburg and Stalingrad aka Volgagrsd and a series of harsh steppe Russian winter.World War II in Europe ended with America, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union on the same side after the Nazis butchered 27. 5 million Soviet men, women and children including members of Putin's immediate and extended family. Along with thousands of Ukrainian Jews at Babi Yar. Some Soviets and Nazis collaborated to exterminate Jews by execution squads.Putin's lamenting the collapse of the Soviet Union as the greatest strategic calamity to befall his nation, ignores his deeply rooted hatred for Nazis and Germans.Putin speaks fluent German and was covertly stationed as a KGB agent in Dresden East Germany when the Berlin Wall fell. The reunification and resurrection of Germany culminating in the long leadership reign of Angela Merkel was and still is Putin's worst nightmare.
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Willie: In 2002 I was booked on an Aer Lingus flight from Paris to Boston via Dublin.The law required that my rollator (mobility device) be carried for free on the plane. However, the gate agent at CDG wanted to charge me a hefty amount (I forget exactly how much) to take the rollator on the plane, whether in the cabin or below.By time the gate agent and I had finished our rather vehement discussion, he said it was too late for me to board the plane. I had to pay roughly $1,000 for a different return flight (for which there was no problem taking my rollator).I won't fly Aer Lingus again.
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"content": "Willie: In 2002 I was booked on an Aer Lingus flight from Paris to Boston via Dublin.The law required that my rollator (mobility device) be carried for free on the plane. However, the gate agent at CDG wanted to charge me a hefty amount (I forget exactly how much) to take the rollator on the plane, whether in the cabin or below.By time the gate agent and I had finished our rather vehement discussion, he said it was too late for me to board the plane. I had to pay roughly $1,000 for a different return flight (for which there was no problem taking my rollator).I won't fly Aer Lingus again.\n",
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