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I wish someone with money can invest and put it on broadway. If it’s on screen for 27 years and it can make it here in NY and elsewhere for 1/2 of that it would be a great investment.
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| no | Classification | 1,133 |
I feel sorry for anyone losing a job but I was pleased recently to open a CD at 4.1 percent. Even my passbook savings are earning 1.5 percent, and my checking account is earning .5 percent, which is double what banks were offering on CDs just a year ago. I told my bank associate that I feel like my grandparents must have earning interest on savings.
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| no | Classification | 17 |
Grant's fine of $20 sounds small today. But if he paid it with a Gold Double Eagle, that coin had, by today's spot gold price, a gold content value of $1,866! Some traffic bond!But the point was: Grant was arrested and dragged before a judge while he was still President, and MADE to face the Law.Earlier, President Franklin Pierce ran over a woman on his horse and had to face legal consequences. I believe the case was settled, but he was, initially, arrested. Yeah, Trump is ALWAYS careful to request or order things with "plausible deniability" like Henry II: "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" or "I need you to make this go away!" without specifying the "how". "I just want to find 11,780 votes", telling Sec. of State that he can chalk it up as a counting error, but never ACTUALLY saying: "Change the votes so I win." but how can you get any closer? Raffensperger believed from all his experience that Trump was demanding that he "fix" the vote. And, as SecState he has to KNOW when he's being solicited (which by itself is illegal) and if that solicitation is for an illegal purpose.Oh, only a nullifying jury all wearing MAGA hats would acquit Trump.
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"content": "Grant's fine of $20 sounds small today. But if he paid it with a Gold Double Eagle, that coin had, by today's spot gold price, a gold content value of $1,866! Some traffic bond!But the point was: Grant was arrested and dragged before a judge while he was still President, and MADE to face the Law.Earlier, President Franklin Pierce ran over a woman on his horse and had to face legal consequences. I believe the case was settled, but he was, initially, arrested. Yeah, Trump is ALWAYS careful to request or order things with \"plausible deniability\" like Henry II: \"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?\" or \"I need you to make this go away!\" without specifying the \"how\". \"I just want to find 11,780 votes\", telling Sec. of State that he can chalk it up as a counting error, but never ACTUALLY saying: \"Change the votes so I win.\" but how can you get any closer? Raffensperger believed from all his experience that Trump was demanding that he \"fix\" the vote. And, as SecState he has to KNOW when he's being solicited (which by itself is illegal) and if that solicitation is for an illegal purpose.Oh, only a nullifying jury all wearing MAGA hats would acquit Trump.\n",
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Ken You could always try posting an ad at your local art college. Provide materials and a couple of hundred bucks remuneration.When we opened our first bistro that's exactly what we did for our sign. It gave a young local artist a few bucks and a lot of exposure. A lot of people asked who did it and we always referred them on to hom.
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| yes | Classification | 5,702 |
Many of these experimented upon animals {probably most of them) are cut open without anesthesia and post surgery languish in hard cages without pain management. Often staff goes away on weekends and the animals are left alone, in pain, with electrodes in their brains or noxious chemical in their bodies. Our reliance on these cruel and unnecessary tests is shameful. We as a society don't value the lives of anything other than humans. There are many non-animal tests currently available and more money must be spent to expand these non-animal methods until all the cages and the labs are emptied. The drug companies surely have enough money to get on board with this.
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"content": "Many of these experimented upon animals {probably most of them) are cut open without anesthesia and post surgery languish in hard cages without pain management. Often staff goes away on weekends and the animals are left alone, in pain, with electrodes in their brains or noxious chemical in their bodies. Our reliance on these cruel and unnecessary tests is shameful. We as a society don't value the lives of anything other than humans. There are many non-animal tests currently available and more money must be spent to expand these non-animal methods until all the cages and the labs are emptied. The drug companies surely have enough money to get on board with this.\n",
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| no | Classification | 3,119 |
As the first US producer of organically farmed, single vineyard canned wines, a millennial and someone who has worked in the wine industry for 15 years, the conversation has been heading this direction for years. Yes, marketing is an issue, but the bigger issue is that producing affordable organic wines in California (under $20/bottle) is very challenging. We were able to do this by packaging our wines in aluminum cans, but production costs, organic grape costs (and availability) make it so that in order to be a profitable wine business, you would have to charge $25 per bottle. Unfortunately, I think younger (and most) wine drinkers in the US are unaware of the challenges of producing inexpensive but high quality, organic/natural wines, so until this receives more media attention or a marketing campaign, we’re going to continue having these same conversations every year. Also - it would be great to see the largest banking lender in the wine industry (Silicon Valley Bank) make it easier for small, (young) family owned wineries and wine business to get financing so we can scale and create the $15 natural/organic wine that they all want to see!
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| yes | Classification | 5,482 |
I don't understand why the Democrats took a victory lap after the November elections just because the predicted drubbing didn't occur. We LOST the House, people. Now, we're seeing the painful consequences of that loss. Because of the actions of the feckless, power-hungry Kevin Mccarthy and the undue influence of a handful of lunatics in the House, Pandora's box has been opened. Now, there is a very real possibility that tens of millions of our most vulnerable citizens will lose two of their desperately needed lifelines, Social Security and Medicare. And, because the Democrats have been put in a nearly impossible situation, their only alternative appears to be committing financial suicide and allowing the government to Welch on its debts. Some victory.
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| yes | Classification | 8,080 |
Coming up on Feb 11 is the opening ceremony of the awesome Land Bridge project in Memorial Park, where HEB will hand out picnic baskets, first come first served -- <a href="https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/transportation/2023/01/06/memorial-park-to-celebrate-opening-of-new-land-bridge-with-picnic-event" target="_blank">https://communityimpact.com/houston/heights-river-oaks-montrose/transportation/2023/01/06/memorial-park-to-celebrate-opening-of-new-land-bridge-with-picnic-event</a>/My cheater eater locale is the Goode Co triplex on Kirby at the SW Fwy. The Taqueria opens early for Mexican breakfast Fri-Sun. I get my post-workout mesquite burger there at 7:30 Fri morn, see ya there! Then go across the street for lunch at Goode Co BBQ and do dinner at Goode Co Seafood, in the train car diner behind the Taqueria.BTW, thanks for covering Houston, which most Americans would consider a very brave thing to do!
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Tip: a traditional safety razor has no plastic and goes for like $30. Plus about a decade's supply of blades costs around the same as one refill pack of Gillettes.
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| no | Classification | 1,846 |
Both parties are corrupt. I'm ok with higher taxes but it would be nice for some accountability. We spend trillions of dollars and we seem to be going backwards or at least not improving. Look at infrastructure. California is trying to build a high speed train and it is way over budget and has no realistic completion date. Oregon and Washington need a bridge over the Columbia River and they have spent over $400 million arguing about it. We spend more per student than any other developed country and we are falling behind. Right now it seems like the only thing we are good at is making weapons for war.
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"content": "Both parties are corrupt. I'm ok with higher taxes but it would be nice for some accountability. We spend trillions of dollars and we seem to be going backwards or at least not improving. Look at infrastructure. California is trying to build a high speed train and it is way over budget and has no realistic completion date. Oregon and Washington need a bridge over the Columbia River and they have spent over $400 million arguing about it. We spend more per student than any other developed country and we are falling behind. Right now it seems like the only thing we are good at is making weapons for war.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 7,692 |
The Ukrainians probably read how easy it was for dishonest Americans to milk the US government out of $60 billion in false unemployment claims during the pandemic.They saw what a soft-touch Uncle Sam was.
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| no | Classification | 3,226 |
The wildcatter days of software engineers in Microsoft are over. The industry is maturing as it has been in the Bay Area with other large software companies as Sales Force, if my memory serves me right..The Market Aging Microsoft like a fine wine, we hope this help to make Microsoft and other software companies more efficient in the long run....
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| no | Classification | 134 |
Intel is pledging 20B, Micron another 20B. Yet, TSMC, a Taiwanese company is pledging 40B. And TSMC just announced mass production of its 3nm process in Taiwan, a process TSMC supposedly to transfer to its Arizona plant 4 years from now.Taiwan is serious about keeping its lead in Taiwan, not in Arizona. And Intel is not serious about challenging TSMC in the US.
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| yes | Classification | 8,659 |
Biden's expansion of the so-called Medicare advantage plans, a stealth privatization policy, is also a form of Medicare hatred. All the billions in Federal subsidies being funneled into the private insurers could've expanded Medicare benefits and strengthened the program.
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"content": "Biden's expansion of the so-called Medicare advantage plans, a stealth privatization policy, is also a form of Medicare hatred. All the billions in Federal subsidies being funneled into the private insurers could've expanded Medicare benefits and strengthened the program.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,577 |
A tough issue for sure. Of note, prenatal SMA screening is available. If a couple has already had one child with SMA, it is not particularly responsible for them to get pregnant again.... and then when - surprise! - the next child also has SMA, they expect their fellow taxpayers to pick up the $1,000,000+ tab.
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| no | Classification | 2,874 |
I agree that the discussion of the Fed’s tools for controlling the money supply (and through that, interest rates) is incomplete. Open market operations, executed by the NY Fed, are also a critical tool. Basically, the Fed buys or sells securities on the open market, thereby increasing (when it buys) or decreasing (when it sells) the money supply. This impacts interest rates, which impact the level of economic activity overall.
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I think at least part of the answer involves the ever-present pressure to commercialize research findings into profitable technologies. Even this article mentions the almost $1 billion in fees for Columbia University with gene-splicing. In addition, most of the US grant funding goes to STEM and medicine. In my research areas, psychotherapy and occupational stress, there's almost no funding in the US, at least. Try supporting innovative research in newer sciences.
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| no | Classification | 3,494 |
To echo some of you here: "Influencers" from what I can tell, are addressing mostly Gen-Z and later (Alpha anyone?). They do not have $70 million for an apartment. So I'm missing something here.Also, like most of these .00001%er towers, they will remain empty and dark, no life. At least the Astors etal lived in their houses, which were "on" the street, with people coming and going all the time.
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"content": "To echo some of you here: \"Influencers\" from what I can tell, are addressing mostly Gen-Z and later (Alpha anyone?). They do not have $70 million for an apartment. So I'm missing something here.Also, like most of these .00001%er towers, they will remain empty and dark, no life. At least the Astors etal lived in their houses, which were \"on\" the street, with people coming and going all the time.\n",
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American canceled our flight out of Burlington VT for no reason whatsoever, (other than the fact that the flight was not booked enough for them to fly it profitably) and this with less that 8 hours notice and this cost me about $500....a night in a hotel, another day of the rental car and my friends panic bc her sister was arriving to Miami from Columbia that day. They refused to compensate me or even talk to me. I am a golds status member of AA. So FFING What. I hate all airlines. Deregulation is a disaster.
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| no | Classification | 3,773 |
John Agreed. Perhaps it is time for the Washington politicians to stop doling out taxpayer dollars without expectation of a return on investment. The Federal government is undoubtedly both the worlds largest VC firm; and absolutely the worst VC firm as regards to expectation of payback. Job creation is not enough, taxpayers deserve compensation for their investment, which which now is little more than a transfer of public dollars to corporate entities. But the politicians always do have their hands out for donations, don't they.
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Next I expect Kevin will concede to 'open carry' on the House floor, and the suspension of all security at the entry points to get Boebert's vote.
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And twice as much as in Canada. And, the US spends 5x as much on “health care administration” as we do. Private more efficient than public? The facts say no.
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Davey How would you define temporary for a "a known temporary event" involving the pandemic?Not sure that was clear in the summer and fall of 2020. Otherwise, there were lines of business that probably were booming, like cloud and gaming. From a net profit perspective, seems Microsoft did a decent job up until recently (believe this is by fiscal year):Microsoft net income for the twelve months ending September 30, 2022 was $69.789B, a 2.81% increase year-over-year.Microsoft annual net income for 2022 was $72.738B, a 18.72% increase from 2021.Microsoft annual net income for 2021 was $61.271B, a 38.37% increase from 2020.
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If the GOP, all of them, not only the most radical of the party, honestly wanted to balance the budget they would go after the 600 billion owed in uncollected taxes by the wealthy and corporations. The 600 billion was from a former US Treasury official speaking to NPR on station WGBH this morning. Instead, their first action was to gut proper funding for the IRS. Who do you think the GOP really serves?
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| yes | Classification | 8,092 |
Aaron It isn't necessarily that those people decided, spur of the moment, to extend their vacations tra-la-la. What if you were one of the folks with a reservation on Southwest the week they fell apart? Too bad, bring back the car anyway, and make a reservation at the $$$ airport hotel (if they have rooms)? In any case, returning the car late does incur fees, starting about 2 hours past the stated return
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n1789 Indeed, the value of art has nothing to do with its price tag, or the name attached to it, to add another problematic issue to the mix. You too may have experienced how some people abhor a certain work until, that is, they're made aware of what it cost and/or that it was made by a "famous" artist. They are philistines, of course, and dreadful snobs.Adding a big name to a painting mediocre as it may be suddenly lends it great value. The price of art is what a fool is prepared to pay for it.True value is immaterial. How Salvator Mundi jumped from 10.000 $ to 450 mio $ after "careful restoration" of a hugely damaged work is mind-boggling. It seems a great con-job to me.I've always been suspicious of this painting as I cannot fathom that Da Vinci, a polymath artist and inventor, an "uomo universalis" if there ever was one, would paint a transparent glass globe (or glass ball) with reflections that are scientifically completely wrong. It is just not credible. Leonardo was far too well versed in science to commit such a slip-up.
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Andrew Szakmary - yes, it's a superficial article (not that it claims to be comprehensive).With rent you can generally expect the cost to rise slowly over time, while with an owned property you can expect appreciation.Appreciation isn't always guaranteed in the short to medium term but for most periods it will occur.In that type of situation people will generally get the biggest benefit from leverage. Appreciation will usually exceed the mortgage rate on borrowed funds. As an owner will typically put down 10% on a first time home purchase the mortgage loan becomes a source of wealth.Secondly, making monthly mortgage payments is a form of structured savings. While initially only a very small part of the mortgage payment goes to toward equity, in later years it accelerates.Third, when real estate appreciates the gains compound so the rate of return on the initial investment increases over time. Conversely the mortgage payment doesn't increase.
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David Kesler No offense to Ben Hodges, but how would he know? No one can predict whether Ukraine can take Crimea by September 2023. Or what Russia will do if Ukraine does do so. We need to avoid making big bets and take it slow. We've given Ukraine tens of billions of dollars in weapons and aid already. It will never be enough. We have to stop sometime.
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It’s funny you ultimately recommend weather sealing. Gas stoves are not a major problem if you use a venting fan or open the windows. Gas stoves do become a problem when your home is air tight and your ventilation insufficient.
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The Unknown Hedge Fund That Got $400 Million From Sam Bankman-Fried After the collapse of FTX, prosecutors and lawyers have scrutinized its discredited founder’s huge investment in Modulo Capital. Not long before FTX collapsed in November, its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, sent $400 million to an obscure cryptocurrency trading firm called Modulo Capital. After the collapse of FTX, prosecutors and lawyers have scrutinized its discredited founder’s huge investment in Modulo Capital.
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That’s right. You can still get your deposits back… in FTX Monopoly money. Take a ride on the Reading; do not pass go; do not collect $200; get out of jail free.
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This return to Dickensian treatment of employees meshes with the expanding trend in corporate America. First priority is the Leader, the Creator, the big I. after that comes the stock price and the corporate rep online.Staff might as well be 'droids for all the respect they are given.While stock valuation may be soaring these days there are two other components to consider: Quality of product tied closely to Availability of product. Both of which are tied to the ability to produce and market said product. Eventually neither is possible without the bodies to make it work. How many potentially great employees are going to rush to join outfits that have this kind of rep?
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In fact, Israel likely gives more back to the US than it take, but the average American won’t be privy to the intelligence and military benefits we glean from the Israelis. You may want to focus on culture war issues, but the US govt desperately needs a partner with Israeli military industry and Israeli intelligence which is world class. It’s not even close. The US would never jeopordize that relationship, it’s far too profitable and beneficial for them. For example, the Iron dome investments the US sent in terms of cash have been paid back handsomely as our units themselves adopt the Israeli technology. We also adopted Israeli anti-anti tank technology called Trophy on our armored platforms.
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Thomas Moore Paul Krugman: Notes on Immigration "First, the benefits of immigration to the population already here are small. " "My second negative point is that immigration reduces the wages of domestic workers who compete with immigrants. That’s just supply and demand: we’re talking about large increases in the number of low-skill workers relative to other inputs into production, so it’s inevitable that this means a fall in wages" "Finally, the fiscal burden of low-wage immigrants is also pretty clear. Mr. Hanson uses some estimates from the National Research Council to get a specific number, around 0.25 percent of G.D.P. Again, I think that you’d be hard pressed to find any set of assumptions under which Mexican immigrants are a net fiscal plus, but equally hard pressed to make the burden more than a fraction of a percent of G.D.P." The NY Times , Mar 27, 2006And costs the US taxpayer, taking the 0.25 percent of the GDP value, is 52 Billion?This is not a small amount : The entire National Science Foundation Budget for 2021 was 6.91 BillionAnd yet Democrats are pro immigration ..
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Wow far be it from me to complain about a puzzle with musicals and rebuses (rebi?) both of which I love. But I really think the northwest will be a bit of a stretch for most folks and was a total Hail Mary for me that just came in a flash. Too many missing letters. IN—BLE seems pretty wide open (you can at least guess it ends in an A) and L—TE is tough ESPECIALLY since the cross could be RAY instead of RAE—actually should be—so that clue in fairness needed to be tighter. The rest came pretty fast for me. A great well constructed puzzle otherwise which I enjoyed, I just predict that corner is going to have lot of people flummoxed. I hope it doesn’t seeM A MEss to everyone. I bet it definitely puzzLES MISERABLE Solvers. Perhaps to some it CAME LOTs faster. I guess it’s never too late tO LIVE Recklessly!
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Any recommendations on a source of trustworthy education for basic financial/retirement planning? I’ve been watching YouTube (I know lol) and got the general idea that the best bet is S&P500 or rental property. I’m 40, self employed, no formal retirement, but do own my home and 2 rental properties in CA. I have another large chunk of cash to invest, but want to make sure that I make a more informed decision this time.
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faivel1 Fakes try, yes, but it must have been a compelling reason that JP Morgan did not go for due diligence before investing that kind of money.
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As someone who spent a lot of time in the tech industry to me Google has grown complacent. They have been on top for so long, commanding so much of the market that they haven't been spending as much time focusing on their core business- search as well as ad buys. As the article also indicates they have way too many open ended projects- some which have little to do with the business. That really reminds me of what happened at RCA during the 70's when they branched out to everything from TV dinners and carpet- again- getting astray of the core business and spending less on true innovation. At the end of the day tech is fragile. One day you're king of it all and the next, some little startup comes along and makes what you sell obsolete. On my way to work I used to drive by a HUGE Ampex sign that was still standing despite the headquarters having been vacant for years. The valley is littered with the graves of many once-great companies whom for one instance at a time were made obsolete by a new upstart. Will the same happen for Google? Time will tell.
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"content": "As someone who spent a lot of time in the tech industry to me Google has grown complacent. They have been on top for so long, commanding so much of the market that they haven't been spending as much time focusing on their core business- search as well as ad buys. As the article also indicates they have way too many open ended projects- some which have little to do with the business. That really reminds me of what happened at RCA during the 70's when they branched out to everything from TV dinners and carpet- again- getting astray of the core business and spending less on true innovation. At the end of the day tech is fragile. One day you're king of it all and the next, some little startup comes along and makes what you sell obsolete. On my way to work I used to drive by a HUGE Ampex sign that was still standing despite the headquarters having been vacant for years. The valley is littered with the graves of many once-great companies whom for one instance at a time were made obsolete by a new upstart. Will the same happen for Google? Time will tell.\n",
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Emile In fact, 85% of the tax breaks that went to companies were used to buy back stock. Those buybacks did zilch for creating jobs, and just bumped the stock price (and lined the pockets of some of the fat cats who sold stock, and/or exercised stock options).Look it up.Link: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/annemarieknott/2019/02/21/why-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-tcja-led-to-buybacks-rather-than-investment/?sh=13a024c737fb" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/annemarieknott/2019/02/21/why-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-tcja-led-to-buybacks-rather-than-investment/?sh=13a024c737fb</a>Quote:For the first three quarters of 2018, buybacks were $583.4 billion (up up 52.6% from 2017). In contrast, aggregate capital investment increased 8.8% over 2017, while R&D investment growth at US public companies increased 12.5% over 2017 growth.End quote
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Steve So, make the higher earners pay more for their Medicare AND reduce the Social Security benefits they EARNED? I had to pay IRMAA the first year I was on Medicare because my salary had been somewhere between $100K and $115K in the handful of years the SSA calculated my Medicare premium. It didn’t matter that I was currently earning less than $80K — I had to pay the IRMAA.And in what sector of today’s universe is a salary of $115K— at the very, very end of a 45-year career — “rich” or “wealthy” or “upper class”?
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The child highlighted has a diagnosis of Autism, Anxiety, PTSD and ADHD. Most likely that child has received both psychological and educational testing to confirm the diagnosis. Most likely the school has an IEP or 504 plan to help accommodate this child at school. Because of the special needs, the child probably gets services at school to help reach academic and social/emotional goals. These services could include therapy, social groups and educational accommodations. The IEP team usually comes together each year to talk about the needed services and accommodations for the child. The parents are considered equal members of that IEP team which include teachers, behavioral specialists, therapists, psychologists and the parents. By withholding school related behaviors, the parents have not been treated as equal members of the IEP team which leaves the parents less able to help the child meet educational goals. If the child had no special needs, I might be able to also come to a decision that it was OK to not tell the parents, but this child has special needs and that places an extra burden on all interested parties to be open and trust each other so that the child can succeed. The school made the wrong decision. They needed to partner with the parents who have already shown bravery by getting the special needs diagnosis for their child and being open about it.
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JR When you say "no other human being possesses this power," you may be right.The president alone has supreme power to classify or declassify White House documents, and there is no appellate case holding that a verbal-only declassification is insufficient.Biden needs to "splain" why these highly classified "compartmentalized" documents were delivered to his library; what were are; whether they concerned Ukraine or Burisma; why they were not segregated and protected; why they were mixed in with unclassified documents; why other nonclassified documents were not delivered to the National Archives .... why the White House kept this discovery a secret until after the midterms; who if anyone agreed to keep this secret; why it was leaked by the Justice Department now, on the eve of GOP investigations ..... The next shoe to drop: The Biden Center at UPenn received more than $54M in gifts from China, many of the donors remain secret. The Ivy League college which houses the Biden Center raked in a total of $54.6 million from 2014 through June 2019 in donations from China, including $23.1 million in anonymous gifts starting in 2016, according to public records. And yes, the Chinese donations may be related to the Hunter Biden influence peddling scheme: <a href="https://www.nlpc.org/government-integrity-project/foreign-agent-probe-of-hunter-biden-should-include-upenn-and-nonprofit-group" target="_blank">https://www.nlpc.org/government-integrity-project/foreign-agent-probe-of-hunter-biden-should-include-upenn-and-nonprofit-group</a>/ What is the Chinese term for "kompromat?"
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JimmySeriousCharles, himself, walked Meghan down the aisle, for the multi-million $$$$ dollar wedding, with a black Choir at its heart and organized and encouraged by the Royal Family. I would take a thousandth of that amount of approval from my in-laws... His wife was very much welcomed. She just was not to be the Queen. Hard to swallow a fact for some personalities.
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Silas Campbell It also doesn’t tell us what every Republican member of Congress is doing for their pay, either. Of course, if taxpayers are only paying them $1 per day, and they are responsible for their own parking, then my question will be what are they doing for the money flowing into their pockets from lobbyists and wealthy donors. When I get those answers, I may be mildly interested in the contractual agreement between Hunter Biden and this or that company.
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"content": "Silas Campbell It also doesn’t tell us what every Republican member of Congress is doing for their pay, either. Of course, if taxpayers are only paying them $1 per day, and they are responsible for their own parking, then my question will be what are they doing for the money flowing into their pockets from lobbyists and wealthy donors. When I get those answers, I may be mildly interested in the contractual agreement between Hunter Biden and this or that company.\n",
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CatherineL no fine person goes on national television and trashes his own family members - many times for cash.It is especially egregious when he knows it is the policy of the a monarchy not to respond. It is reckless and narcissistic. Since so much of what he and his wife said has proven to be false, exaggerated or simply unbearable spoiled whining, the majority of both the British and American public are no longer fooled as you seem to be. He is on Sixty Minutes to promote the sale of his book for which he was paid 20 million - an amount that would never be remotely obtainable had he not been a member of the very institution he and his wife are trying to destroy with their greed and paranoid claims.
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I'm 30 now, and I remember as a movie-loving kid feeling so disappointed by cast ratios that were, e.g., 6 male characters and one girl/woman there just to be characterless, pretty, and 'won'. Even animals, monsters, and cartoon inanimate objects were male by default; and were allowed to be more like people than women/girls were. Women were usually there to be sexy, killed, wet blankets running the guys' fun, etc... Otherwise they're the eye roll-inducing, characterless Strong Woman who will also be 'won', the laziest and most exasperating pseudo-feminist trope of all; AI would do a better job of writing a more multidimensional woman at this stage. And then I remember "women aren't funny!!" felt like a strangely prominent cultural battleground of the late 90s/2000s. As a now movie-loving adult, I'm happy with how things are going. Opportunities, stories, characters have opened up that would have been unimaginable when I was a kid. (And I'm not that old). And non-white voices are finally getting platformed; 20 years ago who would have imagined an Asian-American Oscar contender like this? It's enough to make you cry (happy tears). Female & non-white writers, directors, producers slowly making inroads. Sidelined & objectified people now, radically, allowed to show themselves as multidimensional & fully human in film; more and more determining the shape of things, telling their stories. The road is long but it's happening. People need to see their humanity represented in film.
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Edward "Russia... keeps it's treaties and agreements"???See "Russian Violations of Borders, Treaties, and Human Rights" on govinfo.gov"Russia has acted contrary to the Intermediate-Range nuclear Forces Treaty, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Open Skies Treaty, and the Incidents at Sea Agreement. Russia has joined the civil war in Syria, has invaded Georgia and Ukraine....
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| no | Classification | 2,159 |
Sure Djokovic is great but all of this discussion about the GOAT depends upon how you slice and dice results. I looked at Djokovic's head to head against Nadal at the big ones, the Grand Slams and Nadal is leading 12-7. Does this mean that Nadal is better than Djokovic? At Roland Garros, yes at the Australian Open no. I love Federer's artistry so he will forever be my GOAT regardless of number of slams, head to head scores or anything else.
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| no | Classification | 3,256 |
ann Eventually all fresh produce will be picked by robots. But only a few agribusinesses will have the capital to buy the robots. They will put other farmers out of business. And then they will raise prices to whatever they want.Until then, harvesting robots are a much bigger capital investment than is justified by the cost of fresh produce.
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GRAFF Overlooks the obvious: That in the case of Biden, there was no criminal intent where the documents are concerned. In fact, some experts believe that Biden's behavior is exemplary. He was notified about the apparently oversight re the ultimate disposition of the documents, he acted with alacrity to correct the errors by returning the documents to the archives where they belong. Contrast that with Trump's clearly intentional obstruction: After 18 months of "negotiation" (i.e., obfuscation and delay), Trump still refused to release the documents, citing his infantile, grandiose, distorted and false belief that the documents magically became his because he was president. Trump is incapable of making mature decisions which are based on reality and mindful of the facts of the matter. For a decade, Fred Trump had to pay for Donald's failures to the tune of $1 billion. Now We The People have to pay for Trumps failures. God only knows how much that's going to cost the United States Government.
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You mentioned tobacco. I'm a former smoker who quit back in the mid-80's. The country has mostly come around to understand that tobacco is deadly. We've made it very difficult for people to continue to buy tobacco through high taxes. When I smoked, a carton was $7.00. How much is it today? Ten times that amount? Our society also shuns smokers. We don't let them mingle with the rest of us non-smokers. We don't let them smoke in enclosed spaces like airplanes or restaurants. Yes, there are people who still smoke. But by and large, smoking is not embraced; it's a dirty little habit that kills. Anyone who tries to defend smoking is laughed at. If you do it, it's for a whole host of bad reasons. I don't think we're anywhere near that on guns -- or let's be more specific: the kind of assault rifles that are made for killing a lot of people in a short amount of time. There's a whole gun lobby and ownership that defend those. If only we could get there, but co-opting the Constitution to defend something that wasn't even imaginable to the framers has been very successful for gun advocates.
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Melanie Both sides are not equally culpable.Trump inherited a budget deficit around $650 billion. He quickly blew it up to over $1,000 billion, before Covid hit.Trump also pushed through an unfunded $1,500 billion in tax cuts, that were heavily skewed to the mega rich.All told with Covid spending, Trump pushed up government debt by $7.2 billion, during his four years as President.Now when Republicans take over the House, the budget deficit and government debt are again important.If both sides were equally culpable, Republicans would have complained about government spending under Trump, and his unfunded tax cuts.Republicans only become fiscal conservatives, when there is Democrat in the White House.
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"content": "Melanie Both sides are not equally culpable.Trump inherited a budget deficit around $650 billion. He quickly blew it up to over $1,000 billion, before Covid hit.Trump also pushed through an unfunded $1,500 billion in tax cuts, that were heavily skewed to the mega rich.All told with Covid spending, Trump pushed up government debt by $7.2 billion, during his four years as President.Now when Republicans take over the House, the budget deficit and government debt are again important.If both sides were equally culpable, Republicans would have complained about government spending under Trump, and his unfunded tax cuts.Republicans only become fiscal conservatives, when there is Democrat in the White House.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 8,854 |
Dave What an interesting life you've led. I truly enjoyed this story, and (as I do with many of your stories) will keep it in mind when choosing how to respond to curmudgeonly types. There is often gold under that protective armor, isn't there? Now, off to do more sleuthing about the fascinating Mr. Jac Lewis. I've already learned that the book you mention ("Costume: The Performing Partner") has been used world-wide as a teaching text in theater art classes. Remarkable.
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"content": "Dave What an interesting life you've led. I truly enjoyed this story, and (as I do with many of your stories) will keep it in mind when choosing how to respond to curmudgeonly types. There is often gold under that protective armor, isn't there? Now, off to do more sleuthing about the fascinating Mr. Jac Lewis. I've already learned that the book you mention (\"Costume: The Performing Partner\") has been used world-wide as a teaching text in theater art classes. Remarkable.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,071 |
Lauren Boebert and her husband opened a restaurant in Rifle, Colorado, that lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. She lies and buys into conspiracy theories. It’s no wonder she identifies with Donald Trump. I feel sorry for anyone who has to endure her shrill squawking in real life. She is the walking talking embodiment of fingernails on a chalk board. The end.
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| no | Classification | 1,411 |
As Biden gladly dole out endless money and weaponry escalating of a dangerous war to likely nuclear annhilation, child poverty grows and rent-gouging leaves more of us hungry, homeless, criminalized and disenfranchised. As Senator Ocasio-Cortez recently pointed out regarding the latest weapons spending, $20 Billion could end homelessness, and child poverty could be reduced by half for $90 Billion -- far less than the money spent on weapons and war -- and far more controversial in a corporate oligarchy where business agendas and global hegemony are prioritized and citizen needs come last. Our lives remain endangered in a country saturated with guns. Mass shootings are a near daily occurrence. Our ruling class is more dedicated to our right to kill each other than to our rights to have healthcare, education, homes, or even sick leave in a continuing pandemic.
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"content": "As Biden gladly dole out endless money and weaponry escalating of a dangerous war to likely nuclear annhilation, child poverty grows and rent-gouging leaves more of us hungry, homeless, criminalized and disenfranchised. As Senator Ocasio-Cortez recently pointed out regarding the latest weapons spending, $20 Billion could end homelessness, and child poverty could be reduced by half for $90 Billion -- far less than the money spent on weapons and war -- and far more controversial in a corporate oligarchy where business agendas and global hegemony are prioritized and citizen needs come last. Our lives remain endangered in a country saturated with guns. Mass shootings are a near daily occurrence. Our ruling class is more dedicated to our right to kill each other than to our rights to have healthcare, education, homes, or even sick leave in a continuing pandemic.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 6,209 |
Right on both counts. We need to rely more on fiscal policy and less on monetary policy. Congress's inability to move on fiscal matters has left everything to the Fed, which is presently trying to reverse years of bond purchases totalling $9T (and learning it's a lot easier to buy bonds than sell them). So, what combination of higher taxes or lower spending? The bottom 75%/90%/95% lose ground every year to the Jeff Bezoses, Bill Gates, etc. And the top 25%/10%/5% are frankly running out of places to put their money--thus speculative ventures and outright scams--and the cheerless occurrence of hedge funds buying mobile home parks--and immediately raising rents.I'd start with the repeal of the absurd Trump-era tax reform act and then impose tax hikes on the wealthy and spending cuts at a ratio of 10:1 until we produce a balanced budget and maybe until we pay off tens of trillions in accumulated deficits.
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"content": "Right on both counts. We need to rely more on fiscal policy and less on monetary policy. Congress's inability to move on fiscal matters has left everything to the Fed, which is presently trying to reverse years of bond purchases totalling $9T (and learning it's a lot easier to buy bonds than sell them). So, what combination of higher taxes or lower spending? The bottom 75%/90%/95% lose ground every year to the Jeff Bezoses, Bill Gates, etc. And the top 25%/10%/5% are frankly running out of places to put their money--thus speculative ventures and outright scams--and the cheerless occurrence of hedge funds buying mobile home parks--and immediately raising rents.I'd start with the repeal of the absurd Trump-era tax reform act and then impose tax hikes on the wealthy and spending cuts at a ratio of 10:1 until we produce a balanced budget and maybe until we pay off tens of trillions in accumulated deficits.\n",
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Try the Henckles knives in Bed Bath and Beyond. Excellent knives and only $1.99.
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Abby Actually I'd suggest investing a good bottle of Scotch. And then consuming it as prudently as possible. It won't make a great investment, but you won't care. I'd suggest the new 2022 Offerman 11yr (yea, the guy from Parks and Rec). The 2021 is already overpriced and over rated. Not bad, but not at its current selling price.
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Here’s is how good the economy is. Last year people’s houses were worth 1 miilion this year they are worth 750000.00 guess who won’t sell. Broad example but yes it’s true. Here is another example of how good the economy is 7-8 months ago a home buyer who would have a 2000 dollar a month mtg now would have to qualify and pay a 3200 dollar mtg this year for the same property. So guess what no new home no new appliances no movers needed to move them etc etc. Housing is big driver of the economy it is stagnant and that alone will turn Paul’s rose colored glasses a paler shade of gray.
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"content": "Here’s is how good the economy is. Last year people’s houses were worth 1 miilion this year they are worth 750000.00 guess who won’t sell. Broad example but yes it’s true. Here is another example of how good the economy is 7-8 months ago a home buyer who would have a 2000 dollar a month mtg now would have to qualify and pay a 3200 dollar mtg this year for the same property. So guess what no new home no new appliances no movers needed to move them etc etc. Housing is big driver of the economy it is stagnant and that alone will turn Paul’s rose colored glasses a paler shade of gray.\n",
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| no | Classification | 93 |
I agree that the debt limit is unconstitutional. On the other hand, I think we need to be cognizant of the fact that a 30 trillion dollar debt, if interest rates hit 5%, would require $1.5 trillion in interest payments. That would be 25% of the federal budget just going to pay interest on the debt. And as the deficits continue, and the debt grows, the interest on the debt will be unsustainable. We should not con ourselves about where this is headed.
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"content": "I agree that the debt limit is unconstitutional. On the other hand, I think we need to be cognizant of the fact that a 30 trillion dollar debt, if interest rates hit 5%, would require $1.5 trillion in interest payments. That would be 25% of the federal budget just going to pay interest on the debt. And as the deficits continue, and the debt grows, the interest on the debt will be unsustainable. We should not con ourselves about where this is headed.\n",
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I found some of the views the guest shared on today's program absolutely appalling. Namely, the notion that authoritarianism should be tolerated. It reminded me of when someone shared with a discussion he had with a Chinese grad student at a very prestigious university here in North Carolina. Basically, when asked about the authoritarian government, the grad students said: "it works for us." That, then, was used to speak for everyone in China, forgetting the fact that only the very elite, members of the nomenklatura, get to study abroad.Authoritarian regimes rely on this view. They are all fundamentally weak. They cannot tolerate differential discourse. To permit them to proceed unfettered is moral obscenity. Trade with China should simply be cancelled. Prices may go up, but any deal with China is one with the devil. Trade should cease with China until its state collapses; if it does not, then let them deal with it while non-authoritarian communities get on with the business of building a better and more open world. The guests views, in short, are decadent.
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"content": "I found some of the views the guest shared on today's program absolutely appalling. Namely, the notion that authoritarianism should be tolerated. It reminded me of when someone shared with a discussion he had with a Chinese grad student at a very prestigious university here in North Carolina. Basically, when asked about the authoritarian government, the grad students said: \"it works for us.\" That, then, was used to speak for everyone in China, forgetting the fact that only the very elite, members of the nomenklatura, get to study abroad.Authoritarian regimes rely on this view. They are all fundamentally weak. They cannot tolerate differential discourse. To permit them to proceed unfettered is moral obscenity. Trade with China should simply be cancelled. Prices may go up, but any deal with China is one with the devil. Trade should cease with China until its state collapses; if it does not, then let them deal with it while non-authoritarian communities get on with the business of building a better and more open world. The guests views, in short, are decadent.\n",
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karisimo0 “When both parties reneged on their obligations to Americans regarding healthcare, daycare, and the environment, giving them Romneycare, non-discretionary elongated work weeks, and fantastic weather challenges, it made life very tough for many people.”The voters put these politicians in office. As soon as a politician talks about a raise in the minimum wage or changes in healthcare, or climate change and regulation, we call them socialists and start talking about “our freedoms” and then boot them out of office. It happens every time any groundbreaking legislation that attempts to serve the people gets passed. We don’t want nice things for everyone because nice things cost money and we aren’t willing to pay.
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Bravo to the Nassau County GOP for calling on Santos to resign.Disappointed, but not surprised, that the Republican leaders in Congress are not condemning Santos' actions.Without regard to whether Santos actually gets the boot, there should be no let up on how a serial, bankrupt liar came up with $700k to fund his campaign. Who is funding him??
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"content": "Bravo to the Nassau County GOP for calling on Santos to resign.Disappointed, but not surprised, that the Republican leaders in Congress are not condemning Santos' actions.Without regard to whether Santos actually gets the boot, there should be no let up on how a serial, bankrupt liar came up with $700k to fund his campaign. Who is funding him??\n",
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Why show the 1040 as a visual with this article? It isn't the working class (who generally use the 1040 to file) who needs to pay more, it is the investment class. Tax stock trades, tax inherited property valued at more than a determined amount, tax luxury items, increase the amount of salary paid into social security. Common sense tells you where the money can come from. Politics makes that difficult.
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Novak, for me, is the best player to ever have played.I may not agree with his take on vaccination, but respect his guts to stick to his principles. It is, after all his body, and he has the choice over what gets into HIS body. The fiasco by Australian Open last year was intentional humiliation affected on him. As another commenter mentioned, he simply shouldn't have been issued a visa in the first place. What ended up happening was hounding him like a criminal, and humiliating him on the international stage. What A Comeback, and what a Reply! Bravo!This champion has not just battled greats on the court, or just dealt with hecklers or biased tournament organizers; but has also had to deal with discrimination due to not being from a western world nation. For me, he's the greatest player ever. Yes, I'm not talking about only tennis here.I've been fortunate to witness this phenomenon in my lifetime.
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AOC complains that she, a former bartender until she was elected to Congress, can’t possibly be expected to get by on only $174,000. She wants a raise.
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Well, then have an American Democrat propose something along those lines: a "universal healthcare levy". At present spending levels, it would have to raise about 20% of GDP.That would NOT be so low that no one notices; it would be so high that no Democrat would dare propose it. Which is why we get airy statements based on wishful thinking and fairy tales. (Australia doesn't provide that benefit to illegals; TRY getting an American Democrat to exclude illegals from taxpayer-funded programs. Australia spends about half as much as a % of GDP than does the US. The average Australian primary care MD earns $101K; in the US, $243K. TRY getting a Democrat to suggest paying MDs at Australian levels.)Policy is HARD. That's why we get wistful sentiments and gauzy statements of intention rather than actual proposals. Doing what Australia does -- taking you at your word -- would cost a lot of Americans a lot of money. If that's the price an advocate believes we have to pay, she should say so. And let the people decide.
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Hmmm…a $1.6 million fine? While David Coulson was given a life sentence for stealing $14 dollars & served over 20 years before being released? Trump & his minions are getting off with slaps on their wrists for decades long malfeasance while ordinary citizens malinger in jails, serving hard-time for decades, for matters so insignificant that our justice system has become a joke. Appalled, disgusted & forlorn…this really isn’t America any longer.
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"content": "Hmmm…a $1.6 million fine? While David Coulson was given a life sentence for stealing $14 dollars & served over 20 years before being released? Trump & his minions are getting off with slaps on their wrists for decades long malfeasance while ordinary citizens malinger in jails, serving hard-time for decades, for matters so insignificant that our justice system has become a joke. Appalled, disgusted & forlorn…this really isn’t America any longer.\n",
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I so agree with this. It is disgusting to see a company like United Health "Care" turn another 4 billion quarterly profit while hospitals cut staffing to save money.
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"content": "I so agree with this. It is disgusting to see a company like United Health \"Care\" turn another 4 billion quarterly profit while hospitals cut staffing to save money.\n",
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Part II LU• The first order of business at our hotel in Maui? To sign up for a LU(4) that took place right on the beach at sunset. Incredible experience for the entire family.• There was an unexpected LU(4) in the conversation and then everyone began to speak at once.• Whenever she makes an error--which happens quite seldom--, it does tend to be a LU(4).• My daughter’s best friend in 3rd through 5th grade? Moon. Her best friend in 6th-12th grades? LU(4)! Seriously!• If something is said to be LU(6), then it is crescent shaped.• If you learned to play the piano in my era, your practice repertoire would eventually include Debussy’s “Clair de LU(4).”• Her favorite aunt loved to wear a poodle skirt with a polka-dotted blouse and topped her outfit off with a pair of black LU(7)-shaped glasses, which gave her eyes a feline air. Meow!• “Um, what do they call that whitish crescent shape at the bottom of your fingernail?” “I got it! LU(6)”• If you look at that same crescentic (!!) shape at the bottom of all ten fingers, then you would have ten LU(7).• He loved to play the LU(4) so he was hired to stroll among the attendees of the AN(6) Renaissance Fair.• LU(6) is an adjective signifying “of, relating to, or involving the corpus luteum or its formation” which is a phase in a woman’s menstrual cycle. (M-W)• My son began work as a line chef at the newly-opened and LU(6) Proper hotel in downtown Los Angeles.NU• The judge declared their marriage to be NU(4) and void.
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To Donna Chang: Its $3.5 billion per annum (not trillions) for military aid; such as defence against Hanas rocket attacks (4,000 in the last confrontation) vs. $165 billion to Jordan and several hundred million to Egypt. When the IDF recently went into Jenin, a 75-year-old refugee camp supported by a very biased UN agency with hundreds of millions of $,to arrest an Arab murderer of 3 religious Jewish family men in Bnai Brak many Arab terrorists opened fire. Also, per capita, Israel is the most productive country in the world with regard to agriculture, medival, and computer technology research.
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"content": "To Donna Chang: Its $3.5 billion per annum (not trillions) for military aid; such as defence against Hanas rocket attacks (4,000 in the last confrontation) vs. $165 billion to Jordan and several hundred million to Egypt. When the IDF recently went into Jenin, a 75-year-old refugee camp supported by a very biased UN agency with hundreds of millions of $,to arrest an Arab murderer of 3 religious Jewish family men in Bnai Brak many Arab terrorists opened fire. Also, per capita, Israel is the most productive country in the world with regard to agriculture, medival, and computer technology research.\n",
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joes1960 Some metrics I commonly cite when discussing our political climate and "how we got here":--Roughly 1/3 of US adults over 25yrs have bachelors degree or higher. Just as many have high school diploma or less education. Majority of those w/ higher education are women (53/47). --Median total HH income over the past decade has been in the $65-$70k--Avg voting participation in last 4-5 presidential elections has been in the 55-60% range of eligible votersTakeaway: You're falling behind in education, economic prospects, and haven't felt represented or motivated to vote. The pied piper of grievance politics comes strolling down main street offering cheap excuses and scapegoats for your problems, rather than accountability and reflection, of course you'll get on board.
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Sean OConnor "DeSantis is a (the only, actually) candidate that could take evangelical voters from him. He's seen as having better personal values."Easy challenge, but really? Pushing a drug that his top donor benefits from sounds better than bragging about ability to shoot someone on 5th Ave or grab women (you know the rest, and I don't want to repeat it). There are millions of Americans. Is this the best you can come up with? We desperately need ethical politicians here in the USA!"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — who has been criticized for opposing mask mandates and vaccine passports — is now touting a COVID-19 antibody treatment in which a top donor’s company has invested millions of dollars.DeSantis has been flying around the state promoting a monoclonal antibody treatment...."
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Hunter Greer Couldn't disagree more! Trump was, perhaps, the worst geopolitical strategist ever elected to the presidency. He essentially withdrew America from the world stage and handed China the keys to the kingdom. While China was making massive, long-term, strategic investments in education, quantum computing, Eurasian and African infrastructure, and so forth, Trump mindlessly ripped up the TPP, the JCPOA, alienated our NATO allies, buddied up to Putin, Orban, Kim Jong-un, and a host of other strongmen. He took a sledgehammer to decades of American foreign policy and seriously destroyed trust in America and our influence in Eurasia. Biden has done a remarkable job in re-establishing our NATO relationships, but Asia is another matter. Trump alienated our key strategic partners there...South Korea, Japan, Australia, and the Phillipines, then attempted a form of appeasement through the Quad (which isn't a formal alliance or agreement). The Phillipines declared its preference for China during the Trump administration; and, the Middle East (despite Abrams) and India are leaning that way, as well. There were no more effective strategies for America's enemies than having Trump running American foreign policy.
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Reputable breeders selling Bengal kittens or reputable Bengal cat shelters will take the cat back if they discover that the owner has not been a responsible pet owner. I’d say get a microchip scanner and check in the cats history. I really can’t understand how anyone would let their $2,000 Bengal cat to roam outside. Mind boggling.
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I beg to differ. Canada’s equivalent of Social Security is fully funded. There are real funds set aside in investments to pay for current and future benefits paid out.
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"content": "I beg to differ. Canada’s equivalent of Social Security is fully funded. There are real funds set aside in investments to pay for current and future benefits paid out.\n",
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Wordsworth from Wadsworth We both know that at most with an 8-9 game season and ample space for grooming grass indoors, it can be moved in and out in pallets for those 8-9 of 365 days a year. Michigan also has Michigan State University which is the premier agricultural economics and agricultural university in the entire world. The developed a special hybrid of Bluegrass for Spartan Stadium, so hardy yet flexible it is perfect and all-season. The University of Michigan is still sadly of field turf. hat we are talking about here is a few million dollars a year out of the owners' pockets who have no compunction to throw tens of millions at defunct contracts. They can afford it and have a moral responsibility to do it. So do the universities.
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I spend more time investigating the ingredients on the back of a can of soup than these financials titans spend doing due diligence on 7 figure investments, looks like... There's entirely too much feeling and not quite enough common sense going on ("16% annual returns?", "...make guaranteed money"?) in our supposedly intelligent species for our own good.
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Sounds like these frozen pies cater to regional styles. In my unofficial role as a connoisseur of pizza, I've learned that regional pizza styles are more common now than they were not long ago. I visited a friend from college in Phoenix (he grew up on Long Island, and I grew up in Rockland County) about 10 or 12 years ago. He took me to a pizzeria in Tempe and introduced me to the owner, also from Long Island. The owner explained that he uses most of the same ingredients, but because of the lower altitude and the water (hard, soft, mineral dense, etc.), he cannot replicate the pizza dough from NY. He still made an excellent pie. He said it took him a while to put green chilies on his pizza, but he gave his customers what they wanted. It's an excellent topping, by the way. It just took me a while to open my mind to the fact that not all pizza is going to be NY-style and enjoy the regional differences.
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I think it was PT Barnum who said. "There's a sucker born each minute." Sure seems that way with Crypto currencies. When teaching writing I would call this "larding up" the paper. My student would initially say huh? It would go like this: Me--well, what is lard? Student: fat, animal fat, like bacon grease. Me-- right. Good. So what does larding up your paper mean? Student-- uh...does it mean I'm adding fat? Another way to put this, I'd say, is the old phrase-- all sizzle, no steak. They'd start to nod...ohhh...I'm putting more words in, but not really saying anything new...Yup. Exactly. And that's crypto. You're paying for the sizzle...there IS no steak. It's not protected, it's not tangible, it's beyond risky. If I think about buying a risky stock, I can research the company and still make a pretty good informed decision as to whether to invest or not. With crypto, there is no there, there. What's to research? It can go up or down on a whim, is as ephemeral as a summer breeze and I expect that's how it got popular too, seeming hip, trendy, modern, unlike those old fogey blue chip stocks (that just dropped a nice dividend check in my account.) They are marketed to novices as well, young people and those who have not invested beforehand...and hawked by celebrities. Go for it if you still have faith, but investing in nearly everything else under the sun: land, gold, stocks, bonds, even art seems like a much better plan.
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Pilot People often opine that we need smaller gov, less regulation when the complete opposite is required. The reason that gov doesn't work is not the fault of the concept, rather, it's because industry lobbyists own and operate the campaign process and insert their PEOPLE to run for government. Citizen's United opened the lobbyist floodgate for money so only those backed by corporations can successfully create a campaign to reach the voters.Reverse Citizen's United, reinstate the Fairness Doctrine, and government will work as planned.
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Just a quick reminder that the Affordable Care Act was designed by a conservative think tank to be an alternative to universal healthcare, that insurance industries are posting record profits, that over half of all spending on Medicaid-- a little over $300 billion-- goes to private insurers who profit only by rationing healthcare, and that some of the largest companies in the world exist because of the government turned on a money faucet when it decided that insurance executives could run a better system than functionaries beholden to the political will of the people.But apparently an outright victory for corporate America that insists that profit/loss calculations outrank the duty of care that doctors have isn't enough for those on the right who genuinely, truly, deeply believe that sick people deserve death if they don't come from intergenerational wealth and don't look like them.
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Whether intended or not, it effectively called their bluff because in their fanatical obsession with denying him any cooperation at all, they chose total obstruction and achieved their priority of perpetual grievance, vs. actual legislation.And in any case, blaming the guy who has been out of office for 6 years is a bit of a stretch.
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Roboman Trump is well known for his frivolous lawsuits, and for using or threatening to use litigation to get his way or to prolong a simple matter to the point that (he and his attorneys hope) his opponent either runs out of money or gives up. This is a blatant abuse of our court system -- don't fall for his fairy tales about his "right" to keep on endlessly appealing to higher courts. Where did that get him in his election fraud suits? He had no evidence of election fraud anywhere; lower courts kept on saying so but his lawyers kept on appealing until the Supreme Court had to finally shoot him down. What a waste of the court system's time and our taxpayer dollars! This week a judge fined him almost a million dollars for his baseless suit against Hillary Clinton; today he withdrew his equally groundless nuisance suit against the NY State A.G. That wasn't about some poor oppressed underdog finally getting his rightful day in court; it was about a spoiled egotist using the courts to try to get revenge on the public servant who's holding him accountable for his massive past dishonesty.As for Trump's "legal dispute" (your overly generous characterization) with NARA, he prolonged it for over a year while basically not having a leg to stand on, any more than you would if you stole records that belong to your employer. Trump had plenty of opportunities to cooperate and he blew every one. NARA and DOJ gave Trump rope and he hung himself. That's on him, not them.
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"content": "Roboman Trump is well known for his frivolous lawsuits, and for using or threatening to use litigation to get his way or to prolong a simple matter to the point that (he and his attorneys hope) his opponent either runs out of money or gives up. This is a blatant abuse of our court system -- don't fall for his fairy tales about his \"right\" to keep on endlessly appealing to higher courts. Where did that get him in his election fraud suits? He had no evidence of election fraud anywhere; lower courts kept on saying so but his lawyers kept on appealing until the Supreme Court had to finally shoot him down. What a waste of the court system's time and our taxpayer dollars! This week a judge fined him almost a million dollars for his baseless suit against Hillary Clinton; today he withdrew his equally groundless nuisance suit against the NY State A.G. That wasn't about some poor oppressed underdog finally getting his rightful day in court; it was about a spoiled egotist using the courts to try to get revenge on the public servant who's holding him accountable for his massive past dishonesty.As for Trump's \"legal dispute\" (your overly generous characterization) with NARA, he prolonged it for over a year while basically not having a leg to stand on, any more than you would if you stole records that belong to your employer. Trump had plenty of opportunities to cooperate and he blew every one. NARA and DOJ gave Trump rope and he hung himself. That's on him, not them.\n",
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Galveston house cute, but not at that price with the close proximity of neighbors. The Virginia townhomes, nope, way overpriced. The Tudor home, I approve. The price I felt was fair for that house. Thank you for looking at something cheaper that the 1 million plus, still waiting on those super less than 100K homes for us ordinary folks.
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Anonymous Nah... you're comment is very one-sided. As someone who negotiates these things for a living, any actual concern can be obviated by a non-disclosure agreement. Beyond that, non-competes are just anti-employee, anti-competitive, and anti-capitalism.The ONLY exception to a prohibition on non-competes should be the sale of a business. In that case, it should absolutely be legal to prohibit the seller from opening the same business right next door to the one they just sold.Additionally, your analysis is wholly incorrect. This quite obviously affects interstate commerce and because of the Supremacy Clause, federal rule making would win. The only reason this would get shot down in court is the newer legal philosophy among conservatives that Congress needs to specifically grant the power to do the thing the agency wants to do, and not just make a broad grant.
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"content": "Anonymous Nah... you're comment is very one-sided. As someone who negotiates these things for a living, any actual concern can be obviated by a non-disclosure agreement. Beyond that, non-competes are just anti-employee, anti-competitive, and anti-capitalism.The ONLY exception to a prohibition on non-competes should be the sale of a business. In that case, it should absolutely be legal to prohibit the seller from opening the same business right next door to the one they just sold.Additionally, your analysis is wholly incorrect. This quite obviously affects interstate commerce and because of the Supremacy Clause, federal rule making would win. The only reason this would get shot down in court is the newer legal philosophy among conservatives that Congress needs to specifically grant the power to do the thing the agency wants to do, and not just make a broad grant.\n",
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Jerry. Promoting dirty coal when he is heavily invested in this field. Epipen prices sky high when his daughter was the CEO of the company selling them. If this is taking care of you constituents, god help us?
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Bella you are lucky some dealers in my area as recently as November were wanting $15k OVER msrp. Now they start with ‘msrp’ and even discounts off that are popping up.
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"content": "Bella you are lucky some dealers in my area as recently as November were wanting $15k OVER msrp. Now they start with ‘msrp’ and even discounts off that are popping up.\n",
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Think about the stock market's crash of 1929. Mom's and pop's in a frenzy even borrowed money to invest that they lost. But where was the money? In tangible things such as factory machines, buildings, and in wealthy accounts.It was the biggest heist ever. The stockholders got nothing back.So where was the money?Now in 2023, it's in treasure chests on islands, in foreign factories, and foriegn bank accounts and subsidiaries in other countries.Folks, you are all getting robbed again.
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"content": "Think about the stock market's crash of 1929. Mom's and pop's in a frenzy even borrowed money to invest that they lost. But where was the money? In tangible things such as factory machines, buildings, and in wealthy accounts.It was the biggest heist ever. The stockholders got nothing back.So where was the money?Now in 2023, it's in treasure chests on islands, in foreign factories, and foriegn bank accounts and subsidiaries in other countries.Folks, you are all getting robbed again.\n",
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I have been reading a book by Pema Chodron--Taking the Leap (2009). She opens with a chapter entitled "Feeding the Wolf" and shares a story about a Native American grandfather talking with his grandson about the source of violence and cruelty on earth. To illustrate his point, grandfather talks about the conflict between two wolves in hi heart: one wolf thrives on anger and revenge while the other thrives on understanding and kindness. When grandson asks who wins, grandfather replies, "The one that wins is the one I choose to feed."Then I read this column, and it was immediately clear how the years of the Trump presidency were dominated by anger and revenge, while the Biden years reflect kindness and understanding. What a gift this President continues to be, warts and all, but certainly the wolf I choose to feed.
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Aristotle - Sure I remember organized labor. The Feds tended to step in and knock heads. Legislators burdened union locals with draconian rules (sometimes with justification, sometimes less so). Microsoft employees, however, are not a class of employee who suffers so very badly in their serfdom. Most of those 10,000 will get jobs when they decide they want to work again. Some may start their own businesses. They won't be picketing or setting up barricades in downtown Redmond.
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"The right step now is to start pushing for realistic bipartisan immigration reform that gives Republicans more money for border wall construction"The border isn't just open terrain. My understanding is that it is beloved land/farms held for hundreds of years by Texan Americans. Some of these folks are actually ethnically latino, because part of Mexico was annexed. How can you place a wall smack in the middle of someone's land? Politicking is just bootlicking. It is just meant to make someone else feel bad. Ask Governor Abbott.
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"content": "\"The right step now is to start pushing for realistic bipartisan immigration reform that gives Republicans more money for border wall construction\"The border isn't just open terrain. My understanding is that it is beloved land/farms held for hundreds of years by Texan Americans. Some of these folks are actually ethnically latino, because part of Mexico was annexed. How can you place a wall smack in the middle of someone's land? Politicking is just bootlicking. It is just meant to make someone else feel bad. Ask Governor Abbott.\n",
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David Walker So if my business deposits $1 million a year at the bank, is that my profit? Hopefully no. If I deposit $1 million a year from my business, it's mostly likely that 95% of that goes for overhead, salaries, and costs associated with business. All business is required to report income. Along with expenses. The remainder is sometimes called profit.
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"content": "David Walker So if my business deposits $1 million a year at the bank, is that my profit? Hopefully no. If I deposit $1 million a year from my business, it's mostly likely that 95% of that goes for overhead, salaries, and costs associated with business. All business is required to report income. Along with expenses. The remainder is sometimes called profit.\n",
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Frankly, I think people should be more focused on lax gun laws and shootings in public schools, colleges, and universities. With the way the Supreme Court is going these days it wouldn't surprise me if states and communities will be forced to allow students the "right" open carry on campus. The interpretation and application of the 2nd Amendment is one of the biggest abuses of politically correct thinking. Let's protect all student in safe schools and universities.... literally.
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"content": "Frankly, I think people should be more focused on lax gun laws and shootings in public schools, colleges, and universities. With the way the Supreme Court is going these days it wouldn't surprise me if states and communities will be forced to allow students the \"right\" open carry on campus. The interpretation and application of the 2nd Amendment is one of the biggest abuses of politically correct thinking. Let's protect all student in safe schools and universities.... literally.\n",
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Ernest Montague Aboriginal astronomy encompassed the animal and plant world as well as the stars and planets. Do you know when the salmon will be returning to the streams near you, do you know when the deer are born, do you know when to plant the beans with the corn and squash, can you personally navigate in the open ocean using the constellations and position of the moon? Aboriginal astronomy uses observations of planetary and stellar motion along with botanical signs to gauge how to coordinate taking "just enough" to live sensibly and fairly with other species. Western science still doesn't know the universe started. Why that matters at this point isn't clear. By the time it gets figured out, humans will have cooked our own goose, so to speak, by destroying our ability to thrive on this planet. The cockroaches will do okay, though!
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"content": "Ernest Montague Aboriginal astronomy encompassed the animal and plant world as well as the stars and planets. Do you know when the salmon will be returning to the streams near you, do you know when the deer are born, do you know when to plant the beans with the corn and squash, can you personally navigate in the open ocean using the constellations and position of the moon? Aboriginal astronomy uses observations of planetary and stellar motion along with botanical signs to gauge how to coordinate taking \"just enough\" to live sensibly and fairly with other species. Western science still doesn't know the universe started. Why that matters at this point isn't clear. By the time it gets figured out, humans will have cooked our own goose, so to speak, by destroying our ability to thrive on this planet. The cockroaches will do okay, though!\n",
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It looks from this article that China is doing what US imperialists have been doing all along. Spreading money around is what they do, guns, fomenting color revolutions is not. See “ Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”A big difference is that the Chinese projects are equity sharing. Debt trap to IMF loans isn’t there. Local partners may not do a great job with labor, but blaming China isn’t correct.Where the US looks fearfully at it’s strategic “Lilly pads” being compromised, China seeks links to a “Belt and Road” of mutual benefit. Had the US acted similarly in the past, it wouldn’t have to worry about “Lilly Pads” now.
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"content": "It looks from this article that China is doing what US imperialists have been doing all along. Spreading money around is what they do, guns, fomenting color revolutions is not. See “ Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”A big difference is that the Chinese projects are equity sharing. Debt trap to IMF loans isn’t there. Local partners may not do a great job with labor, but blaming China isn’t correct.Where the US looks fearfully at it’s strategic “Lilly pads” being compromised, China seeks links to a “Belt and Road” of mutual benefit. Had the US acted similarly in the past, it wouldn’t have to worry about “Lilly Pads” now.\n",
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This would all be really funny were it not so sad - even tragic. Santos (or whatever his name is) bamboozled his constituents into voting for him. He refuses to acknowledge this.And he revised his campaign finance disclosure to indicate that the $700,000 loan was NOT a "personal" one - which is a campaign finance violation, since only a candidate can make such a large donation to his/her own campaign.Now, he has had the revised campaign finance disclosure signed fraudulently, thus committing a second campaign finance violation.It seems to me that this pathological (used in its true clinical meaning) liar WANTS to get caught, is almost begging to. That is not unheard of among serial criminals, whether simply liars or those who commit more serious crimes.
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"content": "This would all be really funny were it not so sad - even tragic. Santos (or whatever his name is) bamboozled his constituents into voting for him. He refuses to acknowledge this.And he revised his campaign finance disclosure to indicate that the $700,000 loan was NOT a \"personal\" one - which is a campaign finance violation, since only a candidate can make such a large donation to his/her own campaign.Now, he has had the revised campaign finance disclosure signed fraudulently, thus committing a second campaign finance violation.It seems to me that this pathological (used in its true clinical meaning) liar WANTS to get caught, is almost begging to. That is not unheard of among serial criminals, whether simply liars or those who commit more serious crimes.\n",
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This is sickening on so many levels. What's the point of the $2,900 individual limit if the system is so easily gamed by LLCs and so called 'social welfare' organizations? I only took two semesters of business law as an undergrad but what did the Supreme Court expect would happen when it equated money with speech?
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Nancy It's not "demeaning" if it's true, Nancy; and it's not "vilification" to criticize the Chinese government.No regime in history has been more harmful to Chinese culture (the "4 olds", the Cultural Revolution, etc) than the CCP themselves; so waving the "vilification" flag around (as if chinese culture and the repressive CCP are synonymous!) is the the height of cynicism. It suggests one has very little understanding of what's actually going on in China; an autocratic Surveillance State.For example: you literally cannot make a comment on a Chinese message board that the CCP doesn't like, without it getting immediately erased (with maybe a follow-up "knock on your door"!); and yet people have the nerve/audacity/ignorance to claim that Western media establishments are special "fonts of bias".You cannot criticize or speak even slightly disadvantageously of the CCP whatsoever in their "domestic press" (which is therefore nothing but propaganda); and yet the CCP and its disinformation agents flood the Western press with whataboutism daily; gaming our own system against us; preying on people's ignorance or the threat of "transnational censorship" (just look at John Cena's shameful apology).A more censorious regime than the CCP has never existed in human history (okay, North Korea; but they're just Xi's little sidekick); and so we in the West really need to stop pretending like they're a bunch of open-minded altruists who got a raw deal.Because it's Totalitarianism.
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"content": "Nancy It's not \"demeaning\" if it's true, Nancy; and it's not \"vilification\" to criticize the Chinese government.No regime in history has been more harmful to Chinese culture (the \"4 olds\", the Cultural Revolution, etc) than the CCP themselves; so waving the \"vilification\" flag around (as if chinese culture and the repressive CCP are synonymous!) is the the height of cynicism. It suggests one has very little understanding of what's actually going on in China; an autocratic Surveillance State.For example: you literally cannot make a comment on a Chinese message board that the CCP doesn't like, without it getting immediately erased (with maybe a follow-up \"knock on your door\"!); and yet people have the nerve/audacity/ignorance to claim that Western media establishments are special \"fonts of bias\".You cannot criticize or speak even slightly disadvantageously of the CCP whatsoever in their \"domestic press\" (which is therefore nothing but propaganda); and yet the CCP and its disinformation agents flood the Western press with whataboutism daily; gaming our own system against us; preying on people's ignorance or the threat of \"transnational censorship\" (just look at John Cena's shameful apology).A more censorious regime than the CCP has never existed in human history (okay, North Korea; but they're just Xi's little sidekick); and so we in the West really need to stop pretending like they're a bunch of open-minded altruists who got a raw deal.Because it's Totalitarianism.\n",
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Rob Mills Yes, there is also too late. I took a statin drug for 7 short months. Many things could have been done to hugely lessen the permanent damage that followed.I could have been told to back off intense exercise for a while, because both the statin I was prescribed and exercise both elevate CK levels. A very fit friend of mine who was put on this statin at age 76 continued his stair climb races; within a year, from running up 21 flights of stairs, he could no longer walk down one flight.I could have been switched from the lipophilic statin I was put on to to a hydrophilic statin. This however was unlikely, because the cardiological practice that prescribed the statin had received over $300,000 from the Big Pharma company that made the statin that I was put on.It could have been acknowledged that the adverse effects were indeed from the statin and I could have stopped it sooner. Also, the tightening up I was experiencing from the statin caused the physical therapist to offer me "assisted stretching" and to tear my hip labrum, among other things. Brutal!We could have a compulsory system for reporting the adverse effects of prescription medications. Most people think "side effects" are reported, but nope.Read Dr. John Abramson's book, MD from Harvard, title "Sickening." Big Pharma's influence on our health is frightening.
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"content": "Rob Mills Yes, there is also too late. I took a statin drug for 7 short months. Many things could have been done to hugely lessen the permanent damage that followed.I could have been told to back off intense exercise for a while, because both the statin I was prescribed and exercise both elevate CK levels. A very fit friend of mine who was put on this statin at age 76 continued his stair climb races; within a year, from running up 21 flights of stairs, he could no longer walk down one flight.I could have been switched from the lipophilic statin I was put on to to a hydrophilic statin. This however was unlikely, because the cardiological practice that prescribed the statin had received over $300,000 from the Big Pharma company that made the statin that I was put on.It could have been acknowledged that the adverse effects were indeed from the statin and I could have stopped it sooner. Also, the tightening up I was experiencing from the statin caused the physical therapist to offer me \"assisted stretching\" and to tear my hip labrum, among other things. Brutal!We could have a compulsory system for reporting the adverse effects of prescription medications. Most people think \"side effects\" are reported, but nope.Read Dr. John Abramson's book, MD from Harvard, title \"Sickening.\" Big Pharma's influence on our health is frightening.\n",
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