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We have a looming fiscal disaster NYC: a $3 billion disaster caused by deBlasio's completely irresponsible budgets, including frittering away about $1 billion on his wife's failed mental health improvement office (or whatever it was). The City Council can easily restore library funding and make walk the city off the fiscal precipice by reducing the size of the bloated city bureaucracy. Maybe each councillor can set a good example by eliminating 2 of their own staff and maybe working a bit harder -- just like everybody not in government has to do.
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Mr. Biden's response to the Republican's demand to cut Social Security and Medicare should be an immediate reversal of their 2018 $1.9 Trillion tax payoff to corporations and the wealthy.
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| yes | Classification | 7,819 |
Nancy Merrill it drains the revenues of countries because the number is in the trillions of dollars worldwide. You might want to try researching it with a minimal effort you will find out that legal tax avoidance simply by evading the jurisdiction in which you primarily do business is a tactic corporations use to save something like $400 billion per year. Try the oecd for starters
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| no | Classification | 1,723 |
The FED reports the wealth of America in Trillions of dollars: Top .1% $17 99=99.9% $25 90-99% $54 50-90% $46 00-50% $10Obviously, the logical place to correct a budgetary imbalance is to tax the bottom 50% where the money isn't by reducing its benefits while leaving the benefits of the top 50% intact, or even increasing them. The billionaires have wanted to destroy the New Deal, Medicare, anti-trust laws, regulatory agencies, along with the 16th amendment for over 100 years, and they are doing it.
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Krugman falls in a Malthusian trap. Malthus also based his economic forecasts on future population estimates. As did Karl Marx. Both predicted misery as populations grew. Both political economists lacked insight into technology. Advancements in technology made nonsense of the Mathusian/Marxian predictions of misery. What Krugman has failed to mention is China's heavy investment in A.I. and automation. Today entire industries are automated. For instance, Chinese ports are almost entirely automated. Also the flexibility of responding to public pressure to reopen after protests shows that this government is wiling to make changes. China is one the cusp of building one of the largest internal markets in the world. This is the transition that Krugman misses. Sadly our continued hostility towards China with costly tariffs,sanctions and quotas will lock out us out of this success. Look at Youngcan who recently vetoed building a large battery factory in Virginia which would have created over 2,000 good paying jobs simply because it involved a Chinese manufacturer. Look at Boeing which has lost out in billions of dollars in sales in China to Airbus. The anti-Chinese hysteria being whipped up in the media and by opportunistic politicians will harm us far more than China.
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I would add that many Democrats (and that includes a disproportionately loud group of their voters) like their culture wars for roughly the same reason. They may not share Ron's hatred of the welfare state, organized labor etc, but they're far more comfortable virtue signaling about the Oscars, or Covid than they are with boosting economic reforms that might actually improve the lives of those they claim to speak so passionately for. I have been supremely disappointed over the last few years as I watched the left spend vast quantities of political capital on language policing race and gender that should have been spent on expanding access to healthcare, on investments in public education, raising the minimum wage and taxes and on and on. That these things are potentially inconvenient for the liberal donor class in a way that identity issues often aren't is probably not a coincidence.
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The airlines all seem to be the same. Several years ago, my (minor) daughter’s JetBlue flight was delayed several times in one day due to a mechanical problem, causing her to miss her connection and spend the night in a strange airport. The airline’s rules clearly said that delays of five hours or more for non-weather related reasons meant the passenger would receive a $100 voucher. Something small, right? Well, when I called JetBlue to see how she could collect the voucher, the guy argued with me that the delay was weather-related, and she was therefore not eligible. I pointed out to him that it was a clear sunny day, and that the passengers had been told the delay was due to a mechanical issue. He kept arguing with me, asking me for “proof” of the weather. I couldn’t believe it. I finally asked to escalate the issue with a manager, and the representative said he would get back to me. Lo and behold the voucher arrived in our email box shortly thereafter.  I was so angry that their strategy was to initially deny that anything was their fault, question people’s accounts (when of course the airline knew the truth), and just hope customers gave up. This was just a small matter but a disheartening example of a large corporation behaving like a con artist.
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| no | Classification | 322 |
In his essay on Avant-Garde and Kitsch the critic Clement Greenberg refers to the golden umbilical cord that nurtures practitioners of cutting-edge culture, linking their development to necessary sources of sustenance from the realm of general (specifically business or financial) culture.That essay was written a decade or two before the popularity of the New York school avant-garde devolved into the socially chic kitsch of 1950s party dresses and wallpaper stamped with abstract expressionist motifs.In our age, where "high art" is often just a reference to the state of the practitioners, focus has shifted from concern over whether the work is really sufficiently advanced enough to merit the term; it has shifted to the umbilical cord, to the glitter of the gold itself.The promotional merch is developed as part of the launch. Get the book and the keychain and the bobblehead figures into the gift shop before the opening! Can it be any wonder that burgeoning museum attendance numbers mimics the throngs at the cineplex or stadium pop concerts?Vince Lombardi said "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing." That's the philosophy of many "cutting edge" galleries and museums these days, who provide "shows" offering good selfie shots for people scooting through towards the gift shop. They are capitalist sharks, seeking to beat their competition (or devour them, through mergers and buy-outs) or at least beat their own sales numbers from the prior season.
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David MD Biden is not a dictator and cannot simply shut them down. That was the whole issue with the faux-Democrat Manchin making the "50/50" last term into an actual 51/49. Even the Infrastructure Reduction Act was - similar to the Affordable Care Act - a tiny fraction of what it could have been because of Dems bending over for the GOP. While the natural gas plant is horrific, nuclear is literally no better and emergencies that come of either sector would kill a whole lot of folks. God forbid they just invest like Australia did in subsidizing solar so much so that the average cost is <$4K - not $25K like it is here in the US (where tax credits only help the middle class and up).
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| no | Classification | 108 |
What this piece leaves out is that major financial backers of these movements have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to install a Congress and Supreme Court whose real agenda is to dismantle the New Deal. This effort dates back to the 1950s, is aided by the Chicago Schools (economics and law), the Federalist Society, etc.Look at some recent SCOTUS cases that have started to dismantle the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, weaken worker and union rights (with another case on the right to strike in front of them now), weaken the Executive's ability to promulgate regulations. And, using courts, such as in TX, they are now being fed what they need.While much focus is placed on issues like abortion and prayer in school, this is the real end-game. There are cases moving through the system set on accomplishing this. And, against the will of the majority they are getting too close for comfort and may just succeed.
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Fascinating If you were fascinated then you would know how her own father sold her to the tabloids for $$ ... $100k I believe is what it was. No child in their right mind would allow any more contact with a parent who does that. What's next? Him selling their children? Then there's her 1/2 sister, who has caused much more issues instead of supporting her sister like any normal sisiter would. It's very easy to judge - but and it is sadly unfortunate that Meghan is right on all of the issues. RF and palace behavior, articles have all proved her right. Not perfect, prob could've handled some things better, but, nonetheless no ever really is when confronted be craziness.
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Such a dichotomy of care displayed, here: health care providers whose primary interest is in ensuring the well-being of their patients vs administrators whose primary interest is financial. A couple of things that really stand out to me: that the initial pilot program was not renewed because it could not "save billions of dollars," and that the C.M.S agreed to reimburse hospitals at the same rate as inpatient care during the pandemic (despite no room and board being required). Beyond that, the obvious shortage of health care staff at every level hampers the implementation of home hospitalization all over the country.That said, my hope is that we continue to see this expand as an option -- but only one option -- for medical care. Some people really are better off in an institutional setting with immediate aid available around the clock, and I would hate to see our hospital system go the way of the mental health care system in the 70's.
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One other thing to consider: Widening a freeway has huge financial ripple effects downstream.Suburbs today already cannot afford their own infrastructure. The simple math is that property taxes and any local income taxes cannot cover the cost of all that pavement, sewage, water, and service infrastructure. These systems all start to develop enormous maintenance costs after 20-40 years. Costs well in excess of what cities earn in taxes over those same time frames.To solve this, cities turn to a ponzi scheme to prop up their finances: build new subdivisions with subsidies from state and federal taxes and from the contractor building the new development. Suddenly the city is flush with new tax revenue to cover its debt from its existing maintenance liabilities. And since all this infrastructure is new, at first they have very few additional expenses. But in 20-40 years these new subdivisions start to have their own maintenance bills come due and suddenly the city is even further in debt.Expanding the freeways is an integral part of this cycle. The political demand for highway widening comes from a city's need to keep expanding or finally face bankruptcy. And suburbs cannot expand without widening freeways.But if we stop expanding our freeways, we force cities to stop participating in this ponzi scheme. And then they can finally start looking for real solutions to their financial problems.For more info check out "Strong Towns" and "urban3".
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Many of these employees are earning 200K+/year and stock bonuses in addition. I wish that the NY Times would cover ordinary working people and not the top 5%. I really don't care that they got their announcement by e-mail. 6 months of severance for employees who had been there 5 years? The person in the article who was there 20 years will get over a year of pay as severance AND accelerated vesting of their stock options! Regular worker drones in the vast majority of jobs would be more than happy to accept these terms. Yes, e-mail announcements are impersonal, but the concrete benefits are much more important. Would you support a law that requires 6 months severance for ALL employees? Even 3 months severance would be a deterrent to capricious firing and a great boon to employees. That and compulsory minimum sick and vacation time.
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The people in their 20's today are so much ahead of where we were when I was 20. They are talking about finance, learning about finance and actually thinking about how to save/spend their money. They've seen things fall apart and they are aware in a way that we never were.And they have so many more tools and options than we had. Ira, Roths, 401k, 403b, and company matching, etc. didn't exist (and even after they had been created it took a while for most companies to adopt). You needed a lot of money to buy into a mutual fund and only the very rich had a stock broker. I think this generation is going to be fine.
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Text generative AI brings the cost of these fake reviews down to $0. Get ready for a tidal wave of phoniness online.
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The vitriol from some of these commenters toward Harry and Meghan, to people who they don’t personally know, is really eye-opening. Where does it come from? Why the deep-seated need to believe in the goodness of the aristocracy? Why would you so strongly defend one side of things when, again, you don’t know any of these people? At least Harry wrote a book and stood behind his statements. The other side relies on unnamed sources who refuse to stand behind their own. Yet people give them more credibility. Read the book before you judge. You don’t have to agree with it, but read it.
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"content": "The vitriol from some of these commenters toward Harry and Meghan, to people who they don’t personally know, is really eye-opening. Where does it come from? Why the deep-seated need to believe in the goodness of the aristocracy? Why would you so strongly defend one side of things when, again, you don’t know any of these people? At least Harry wrote a book and stood behind his statements. The other side relies on unnamed sources who refuse to stand behind their own. Yet people give them more credibility. Read the book before you judge. You don’t have to agree with it, but read it.\n",
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Before I would wade into any argument about patent longevity and abuse of the patent system I would really want to see how much it actually cost to develop this drug, how much it costs to manufacture it and how much actual revenue has been made from it. I suspect no company would ever pony up legitimate numbers, not even under subpoena. But if the objective of the patent system is to protect intellectual rights, not the right to make a profit, then you can't do anything without those numbers. These biologics are difficult to develop and manufacture, I'll grant that, but everything gets less costly at scale and over time. This argument will not go away, as one commentor noted, we aren't talking about the "simple" synthesis of aspirin here. It would seem to me that several things need to happen at once: step up the FDA approval process, build a firewall between pharma/lobbyists and the FDA, step up manufacturing improvements, stop allowing the extension of patents for trivial tweaks, and allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Universal health care would be a benefit, but not necessarily required.
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What a great article. Two years ago, at the age of 65, I opened my first working art studio and I'm thrilled. Finally, I have time to create as I've always wanted. I read this quote years ago and like to think that, whether I travel, party late, or stay hidden in my studio, I'm living that life of "rich unrest.""Babies are a nuisance, of course. But so does everything seem to be that is worth while – husbands and books and committees and being loved and everything. We have to choose between barren ease and rich unrest.”
-Winifred Holtby, in Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, 1940
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-Winifred Holtby, in Vera Brittain, Testament of Friendship, 1940\n",
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The myth of Republican mastery of the economy is nonsense. Their one trick is to cut taxes on the rich, then inevitably deficits explode and in the end a recession every time. It's always "Borrow and spend" with them.The fact is, the economy for the past 40 years has always fared better under Democrats - look it up. Reagan ended with a recession, Bush 1 ended with a recession, Bush 2 - well, we almost had a depression. Trump - was in the process of sinking the economy. That got cut short. Clinton - greatest economic expansion ever, leaving Bush 2 with a soaring economy to be squandered by tax cuts. Obama left Trump with a soaring economy also squandered with wasteful tax cuts to the rich.So excuse me if I have doubts about the Republicans ability to run any part of the country. Maybe they should just stick with grievance and victimization.
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"content": "The myth of Republican mastery of the economy is nonsense. Their one trick is to cut taxes on the rich, then inevitably deficits explode and in the end a recession every time. It's always \"Borrow and spend\" with them.The fact is, the economy for the past 40 years has always fared better under Democrats - look it up. Reagan ended with a recession, Bush 1 ended with a recession, Bush 2 - well, we almost had a depression. Trump - was in the process of sinking the economy. That got cut short. Clinton - greatest economic expansion ever, leaving Bush 2 with a soaring economy to be squandered by tax cuts. Obama left Trump with a soaring economy also squandered with wasteful tax cuts to the rich.So excuse me if I have doubts about the Republicans ability to run any part of the country. Maybe they should just stick with grievance and victimization.\n",
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Fromjersey Don't forget that one of the constraints of being a British minor royal is that it appears you are never actually prepared for "real" life - just one of a minor celebrity from a bygone area wheeled out to some obscure factory opening or charity day. Or, you can go into the military (or perhaps go into showjumping).I've said this before but it bears repeating - none of the royals ever got decent marks in their high school exams (either they know they never had to try, or they really are, as they say here, thick). Anderson Cooper, for all his wealth, may have at least been expected or had a freer hand to choose his path in life.
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"content": "Fromjersey Don't forget that one of the constraints of being a British minor royal is that it appears you are never actually prepared for \"real\" life - just one of a minor celebrity from a bygone area wheeled out to some obscure factory opening or charity day. Or, you can go into the military (or perhaps go into showjumping).I've said this before but it bears repeating - none of the royals ever got decent marks in their high school exams (either they know they never had to try, or they really are, as they say here, thick). Anderson Cooper, for all his wealth, may have at least been expected or had a freer hand to choose his path in life.\n",
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Kelly Grace Smith -- the question, of course, is what can be done about the impacts that rising costs have on you, personally. That's always the most important question. So, politically speaking, the question for who should you be voting for comes down to this: which party's policies will change your own, personal situation for the better? Will a 30% sales tax on your spending impact you less, when you spend every cent you take home, than your current tax load? Will privatizing your Social Security, with a little trim along the way, and cutting into your Medicare, and giving you the privilege of working two, three, or even more years longer before you can collect it benefit you personally? Whose policy proposals will bring the most beneficial prospects for you, personally? When I look at the proposals of both political parties - the "liberals" who want rich people to pay higher taxes, and want to spend more to improve the social safety net that catches struggling working and middle class people... and I look at the "conservatives" who want to cut, cut, cut -- and tell me how much better things will be for me, as they lie about everything else - well I have made my choice. Good luck with yours.
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Maybe parents, instead of being offended that school officials didn't notify them, should ask themselves why their child didn't feel comfortable talking to them about it in the first place. As a parent, it's your job to maintain an open relationship and keep communication channels open. Listen to your child and work to support them. Explain to them why you disagree on a topic, if you do disagree. It's a very delicate situation. Teenagers often have a fluid identity and are trying to figure out who they are. Parents should support them in that journey. Trans people have always existed. In many cases, people are finally able to put a name to how they feel as the concept has been more widely publicized. Social transition and changing pronouns and names are not permanent and are easily reversible. Even puberty blockers are not permanent and, while bone health can be affected when they are used for prolonged periods of time (i.e. years), bone mass begins to accrue again at a normal rate when the puberty blockers are stopped. A teenager who identifies as trans is not going to be able to access hormones without parental permission, and gender-affirming surgeries are not available to patients under the age of 18. In very, very rare occasions, top surgery may be available to patients under the age of 18 with parental permission, but no surgeon is going to perform surgery to modify a patient's genitals if they are under the age of 18.
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"content": "Maybe parents, instead of being offended that school officials didn't notify them, should ask themselves why their child didn't feel comfortable talking to them about it in the first place. As a parent, it's your job to maintain an open relationship and keep communication channels open. Listen to your child and work to support them. Explain to them why you disagree on a topic, if you do disagree. It's a very delicate situation. Teenagers often have a fluid identity and are trying to figure out who they are. Parents should support them in that journey. Trans people have always existed. In many cases, people are finally able to put a name to how they feel as the concept has been more widely publicized. Social transition and changing pronouns and names are not permanent and are easily reversible. Even puberty blockers are not permanent and, while bone health can be affected when they are used for prolonged periods of time (i.e. years), bone mass begins to accrue again at a normal rate when the puberty blockers are stopped. A teenager who identifies as trans is not going to be able to access hormones without parental permission, and gender-affirming surgeries are not available to patients under the age of 18. In very, very rare occasions, top surgery may be available to patients under the age of 18 with parental permission, but no surgeon is going to perform surgery to modify a patient's genitals if they are under the age of 18.\n",
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Let me see if I’m understanding this:In 2022, there was more than one job opening for each worker who was looking for work. Companies thus couldn’t hire enough workers. (And we’re talking about workers across the spectrum, from tech to fast food.)Given that, executives now think the solution is bossism?
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The US spends $800 billion per year for the DOD and we do not have a tank appropriate for a European land war? Mind boggling. When the debate heats up over the debt ceiling, I know where my vote against wasteful spending will be.
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Orchard Student loan forgiveness and investment in climate reform through the Inflation Reduction Act both boosted Biden's approval rating and are widely seen as some of his greatest achievements in 2022. Both had been pushed primarily by progressives for years, long before Biden took office. So how exactly is it true that progressives are failing and can't achieve anything?
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As an initial cynical salvo from the GOP-led house, they voted to defund the IRS by $80B, claiming that the IRS has become a weapon targeting conservatives. The GAO estimates this defunding would increase the federal deficit by $114B. Certainly the IRS needs to have fair and transparent standards for audits and be held accountable to apply them consistently, but this is nothing more than an attempt by the new majority to falsely accuse, and gain the support of wealthy individuals, corporations and organizations who want to continue to skirt the law.
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I am a physical scientist. I do not agree that the technological analysis of this book (at least as reflected in this column) is accurate. Supersonic commercial flights were tried: they are uncomfortable, expensive, inevitably noisy and were not a success. Flying cars are in development but in addition to energy expense solving safety / flight control problems if they became common is probably only recently a solvable engineering problem, with GPS and increased computer power. Nor are advantages over current practice (cars, helicopters, small and large planes) obvious. Replacing subways with Jetsons flying cars into crowded airspace over Manhattan and parking it is hard to envision as possible. A space elevator would require a rather thick cable, made of some low density material possibly kevlar like material with remarkable strength - no such material currently exists despite obvious other applications. There are additional problems, including hurricanes and orbital instabilities, and a huge initial investment. I am not very clear on the actual point / economic value of a Lunar colony. The moon is not terribly hospitable to life, and has striking advantages except potentially space travel. There are not substantial advantages to low gravity manufacturing: particularly not to drug synthesis, which (like most chemical reactions) is little changed by gravity.Oh: abundant fusion energy is still several decades off.
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$1.6 million? All he'll need to do is "print" some more trading cards.
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As a couple struggling financially at the moment, we hereby volunteer to face increased scrutiny from the IRS in exchange for $400,000 a year.
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As an American who has lived in London the past three years and has only recently returned, I feel like I have a good gauge on reactions from both sides of the pond. Many of my English students in their 20's were (and are) clearly pro-Republican and titillated by this young American usurper--but even with younger folks, there seems to be a sense that there is a certain way to act and here the Sussexes lose out for being perceived as tacky. Older folks in England are certainly more anti-PH and anti-Meghan. In America, it is clearly more of a mixed reaction that doesn't easily delineate along age and race and political persuasion. Americans can appreciate a good rogue account. I am partial to the Sussexes--if only because the British press is merciless and the culture in Britain has an underlying cruelty. The Sussexes' joint story and journey has everything: sibling rivalry, estrangement from family, royal intrigue, American openness vs. British reserve, the absence of a Millenial filter, historical protocol vs. today's currency of self-promotion, glamour, racism, the rediscovery of California as a place to heal and navel gaze. What's not to like?
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Cut the Defense budget by 10%. Cut Oil & Gas subsidies, period. Cut all corporate subsidies, period. Roll back all Trump-era tax cuts for those making more than $400,000 a year. Signed, A voting Independent
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I bought my first stocks with money I made doing landscaping in High School. I failed to graduate and went right to work at 18. I bought a cheap home in a bad area and kept buying more homes and more stocks over time. 48 years later I'm retired with 12 million dollars in assets. Anyone can create wealth in America, but you have to actually do it, not just dream about it and buy lottery tickets.
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"originally set up as a CIA operation early in the Cold War"Shades of Encounter magazine, the Anglo-American London monthly, founded in 1953, published an international Who's Who of essayists, critics, poets, historians, philosophers, economists and journalists. Unbeknownst to the founding co-editors, the English poet Stephen Spender and the American polemicist Irving Kristol, Encounter received back-channel funding from the CIA, via a private foundation thence to its official sponsor, the Congress for Cultural Freedom, a Paris-based organization of leading left-leaning anti-Stalinist intellectuals. One of the CIA officers in charge of arranging the early seed money, Thomas Braden, went on to write "Eight is Enough", a chronicled of his years as patriarch of a large blended family that inspired the so-named 1970s ABC dramedy, and later played sparring partner to Pat Buchanan on CNN's "Crossfire". Encounter was, along with Preuves in Paris and Der Monat in Berlin, one of around a dozen intellectual journals to get CIA funding in the 1950s and early 1960s. In 1966, investigations by Ramparts magazine and The New York Times revealed the CIA role, and Braden published, in the aftermath, an article in The Saturday Evening Post in his and it's defense, titled "I'm Glad the CIA is 'Immoral'." See the Wikipedia article on Encounter for a look at it's stellar roster of contributors.
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Smilodon7 As a temp proofreader I worked with another of the same who found a misplaced comma and saved the law firm's client a million dollars. He continued to earn the going rate of $18/hr (lobster shift bonus rate. No vacation pay, city-mandated sick leave.)
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Bill But would you pay $15 for a lemon?People want a fair exchange.In the "attention" brokering business, that depends on who you are, or more accurately, what your date profile says you are.If you are a high net worth person, or high income, you are sold at a rate higher than others and sold more frequently.These data brokers essentially create your avatar (general data profile) in various costumes (data sets) and sells them repeatedly.How much is that worth to them?Many times what they expend to create a digital playground where the players create the content and all they do is collect fees for your effort.
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"content": "Bill But would you pay $15 for a lemon?People want a fair exchange.In the \"attention\" brokering business, that depends on who you are, or more accurately, what your date profile says you are.If you are a high net worth person, or high income, you are sold at a rate higher than others and sold more frequently.These data brokers essentially create your avatar (general data profile) in various costumes (data sets) and sells them repeatedly.How much is that worth to them?Many times what they expend to create a digital playground where the players create the content and all they do is collect fees for your effort.\n",
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Steve Margaret Thatcher pursued neo-liberal economic policies, which destroyed manufacturing jobs, attacked labor, cut taxes for the wealthy, delayed spending on infrastructure, while ignoring blatant tax evasion by the financial elite, including David Cameron. Not surprisingly, factions in the British ruling elite channeled the rage of working people, who for decades watched their standard of living drop, face higher unemployment and poverty into passage of Brexit. Now the proverbial ‘chickens are coming home to roost’.Much like the US, the British economy is in terminal economic decline, accelerated by the inept response of British government to Covid19 pandemic and spending large amounts of taxpayer money on US-driven wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and potential upcoming war with China. Apparently, British elite are still living in a time-warp, somewhere between 1815-1914, the height of the British Empire. Unfortunately, that ship left long ago. Brexit has reduced trade between the UK and EU, their largest trading partner, while EU financial firms have been relocated to Paris or Brussels. And so on. This begs the obvious question about the intellectual competence of the British elite. (Reposted)
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"content": "Steve Margaret Thatcher pursued neo-liberal economic policies, which destroyed manufacturing jobs, attacked labor, cut taxes for the wealthy, delayed spending on infrastructure, while ignoring blatant tax evasion by the financial elite, including David Cameron. Not surprisingly, factions in the British ruling elite channeled the rage of working people, who for decades watched their standard of living drop, face higher unemployment and poverty into passage of Brexit. Now the proverbial ‘chickens are coming home to roost’.Much like the US, the British economy is in terminal economic decline, accelerated by the inept response of British government to Covid19 pandemic and spending large amounts of taxpayer money on US-driven wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Yemen, and potential upcoming war with China. Apparently, British elite are still living in a time-warp, somewhere between 1815-1914, the height of the British Empire. Unfortunately, that ship left long ago. Brexit has reduced trade between the UK and EU, their largest trading partner, while EU financial firms have been relocated to Paris or Brussels. And so on. This begs the obvious question about the intellectual competence of the British elite. (Reposted)\n",
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When he succeeded to the Papacy, Ratzinger had wide-open administrative opportunities to set the Church on a path toward institutional stability to:1. Take every step to right wrongs denigrating the institution and teaching authority caused by clerical pedophilia.2. Correct the financial corruption and ineptitude endemic in the operation of the Vatican State.3. Acknowledge and promote the importance of women guiding the Church in its long-term survivability as an institution with powerful influence across the globe.Not only was nothing accomplished in these areas--true Ratzinger did verbally acknowledge the pedophilia--the Church appeared to focus upon and promote its own internal culture war between those who recognize that institutions, even religious institutions, evolve to meet the needs of the time--because of the hardened doctrines it espoused.For example, it seems obvious, even to those with a passing interest in the Church's survivability, that if the greatest number of church-attending people are women, who also assume responsibility for getting families to catechism class or Sunday Church while men watch NFL football, shouldn't women also have a role to lead, formulate and implement policy as priests, cardinals, or bishops? This seems obvious to me, yet the Church under Ratzinger had more interest in angels dancing on the head of a pin than in ensuring the institution's long-term viability and survival by addressing the issues of Church governance.
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I have never understood why my right to live peacefully and safely is continuously trumped by the Second Amendment. In my discussions with gun owners I have been berated when I tell them that seeing a person open carry in public immediately makes me fearful and distrustful of that person. They scoff and tell me I’m overreacting but when I point out that I can’t do a psyche evaluation on everyone who open carries they have no answers. The original authors of the Second Amendment must be spinning in their graves watching how our society has warped it to protect gun owners while ignoring the rest of us. We have people calling the police reporting they feel threatened by bird watchers and picnickers, perhaps it’s time to report feeling threatened by those who feel the need to walk around with a gun on their hip.
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"content": "I have never understood why my right to live peacefully and safely is continuously trumped by the Second Amendment. In my discussions with gun owners I have been berated when I tell them that seeing a person open carry in public immediately makes me fearful and distrustful of that person. They scoff and tell me I’m overreacting but when I point out that I can’t do a psyche evaluation on everyone who open carries they have no answers. The original authors of the Second Amendment must be spinning in their graves watching how our society has warped it to protect gun owners while ignoring the rest of us. We have people calling the police reporting they feel threatened by bird watchers and picnickers, perhaps it’s time to report feeling threatened by those who feel the need to walk around with a gun on their hip.\n",
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Same happened with Bitcoins. Lots of people got into because some celebrities said it was safe to invest there. And then we all know what happened
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"content": "Same happened with Bitcoins. Lots of people got into because some celebrities said it was safe to invest there. And then we all know what happened\n",
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Wordle 583 2/6* 83/89🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 83/98 WL3🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 83/79There were two viable words left after my opener, but one didn't occur to me. This was an (eerie) slam dunk that I am grateful for after consecutive five- and four-step solves. Cheers!Yesterday's Wordle 582 4/6* 90/41⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ LUCID83/12 WL 738⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 SPORT92/29 WL 29🟩🟨🟨🟨🟩 MEATY79/81 WL 1🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MATEY99/—I like this starter word, which popped into my head out of the blue. I felt like looking for something other than the EA, which did me no favors today. MEATY was meant to hunt for standard vowels and avoid a potential trap.Congrats to Outside Observer and Anne Marie for the outstanding two-fers!
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Paul I agree on having to refrain from increasing wealth due to trading in their securities. Politicians already have an undue advantage by being able to make decisions to markedly increase their portfolio. And crooked politicians also seek out unfair or illegal deals through bribes and real estate transactions plus all those grifting campaign contributions. Enough of the “free market” when it’s actually insider trading!
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jrd "Funny"? Well, I'm a playwright, with a show opening in NYC this weekend (presented by TOSOS at The Flea). "Funny," I've had my plays professionally produced since the last century (including in the late NYC Fringe festival which was [gasp] curated and juried!), and have been involved in indie theater as a playwright, producer and (God forbid!) a curator of drama and literary works my whole working life."Funny," I'm also on the standing committee for Festivals and Contests for the Dramatists Guild, where a number of dedicated playwrights work to develop Best Practices for our Guild.Frigid has always accepted the first 10 plays submitted, no questions asked (and I know people around the world waiting at their computers to hit "Send" the night applications open.)"Funny," but independent theater is my passion and my avocation. I'm proud to have worked in it for many years, and to work in the community so that others can present their work."Funny," I've also edited literary anthologies and magazines, and "curated" the selection of 10 or 15 pieces from 200 or so submissions."Funny," I wonder whether you actually attend indie theater at all."Funny."I do not think that word means what you think it means.
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"content": "jrd \"Funny\"? Well, I'm a playwright, with a show opening in NYC this weekend (presented by TOSOS at The Flea). \"Funny,\" I've had my plays professionally produced since the last century (including in the late NYC Fringe festival which was [gasp] curated and juried!), and have been involved in indie theater as a playwright, producer and (God forbid!) a curator of drama and literary works my whole working life.\"Funny,\" I'm also on the standing committee for Festivals and Contests for the Dramatists Guild, where a number of dedicated playwrights work to develop Best Practices for our Guild.Frigid has always accepted the first 10 plays submitted, no questions asked (and I know people around the world waiting at their computers to hit \"Send\" the night applications open.)\"Funny,\" but independent theater is my passion and my avocation. I'm proud to have worked in it for many years, and to work in the community so that others can present their work.\"Funny,\" I've also edited literary anthologies and magazines, and \"curated\" the selection of 10 or 15 pieces from 200 or so submissions.\"Funny,\" I wonder whether you actually attend indie theater at all.\"Funny.\"I do not think that word means what you think it means.\n",
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Monte What you see out your window is "real wealth"--buildings and infrastructure produced by human labor employing natural resources made possible by the promise of money. Most of this money is supplied by the private banking system through the issuance of loans. Since bank loans are simultaneously assets and liabilities for both bank and borrower, the whole shooting match sums to zero. So how do you explain savings if every dollar is owed to the banking system? What's going on is this: the gov't injects currency into the economy via deficit spending (unlike banks, the gov't doesn't want this money back!) and then firms and individuals take out bank loans to compete for what now amounts to $31.5 trillion in "free" money. The economy couldn't operate without deficit spending--we would all constantly be broke if the gov't clawed back in taxes every dollar it spent. The trick is to make sure deficits don't become so large that the ensuing inflation renders futile the attempt to save as dollars lose their value as quickly as they're acquired.
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"content": "Monte What you see out your window is \"real wealth\"--buildings and infrastructure produced by human labor employing natural resources made possible by the promise of money. Most of this money is supplied by the private banking system through the issuance of loans. Since bank loans are simultaneously assets and liabilities for both bank and borrower, the whole shooting match sums to zero. So how do you explain savings if every dollar is owed to the banking system? What's going on is this: the gov't injects currency into the economy via deficit spending (unlike banks, the gov't doesn't want this money back!) and then firms and individuals take out bank loans to compete for what now amounts to $31.5 trillion in \"free\" money. The economy couldn't operate without deficit spending--we would all constantly be broke if the gov't clawed back in taxes every dollar it spent. The trick is to make sure deficits don't become so large that the ensuing inflation renders futile the attempt to save as dollars lose their value as quickly as they're acquired.\n",
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Davinci the mega millions jackpot is over $1 bn again, go get it ;)
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"content": "Davinci the mega millions jackpot is over $1 bn again, go get it ;)\n",
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Dot Maybe not $200,000 but we spent 2+years in Madison and you could get a small but decent house for $300,000 no problem. Of course there is the big issue there that I don't miss: dreary winters.
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I always enjoy Simpson’s references. If I recall correctly - it was Frankie the health inspector - not Mayor Quimby - who allowed Moe’s Tavern to stay open. Frankie and Moe were childhood friends, and Frankie used to let Moe get away with all sorts of health code violations in the tavern. Frankie ironically died after eating one of Moe’s expired pickled eggs at the bar, and the replacement health inspector was much more strict. In fact he shut down Moe’s Tavern until Moe fixed all the violations, starting with the removal of Frankie’s corpse still laying where he died.
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"content": "I always enjoy Simpson’s references. If I recall correctly - it was Frankie the health inspector - not Mayor Quimby - who allowed Moe’s Tavern to stay open. Frankie and Moe were childhood friends, and Frankie used to let Moe get away with all sorts of health code violations in the tavern. Frankie ironically died after eating one of Moe’s expired pickled eggs at the bar, and the replacement health inspector was much more strict. In fact he shut down Moe’s Tavern until Moe fixed all the violations, starting with the removal of Frankie’s corpse still laying where he died.\n",
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DeSantis' personality and style in dealing with anyone who disagrees with him makes him unelectable in my book. The fact that he will shout down his opponents, will not allow certain press at his political gatherings and functions, lies about what is happening in our schools and with our healthcare, I find unacceptable for any politician. If he wants to be governor or president then he needs to be a leader for ALL of his constituents not just him kowtowing to his devoted base. He needs to stop punishing and threatening corporations who disagree with him ie: Disney. He also needs to get his nose out of the partisan redistricting of voter districts. Florida is not a land of freedom under DeSantis and his legislative buddies. It is a state now of Republican Cancel Culture of anything DeSantis decides is not for his own good. The current Republican party throughout the country is a danger to our democracy and if Ron DeSantis were to become president it will only worsen with more coarse discourse, more ugly discriminatory laws being passed only to benefit his type of people. The truth is CRT is not being taught in schools, children are not being groomed in schools about sexuality. Libraries should be allowed to have all variety of books to be checked out and school boards should not be packed with people who only want their particular style of indoctrination taught as opposed to an open all inclusive curriculum which would benefit all children as they progress to adulthood.
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"content": "DeSantis' personality and style in dealing with anyone who disagrees with him makes him unelectable in my book. The fact that he will shout down his opponents, will not allow certain press at his political gatherings and functions, lies about what is happening in our schools and with our healthcare, I find unacceptable for any politician. If he wants to be governor or president then he needs to be a leader for ALL of his constituents not just him kowtowing to his devoted base. He needs to stop punishing and threatening corporations who disagree with him ie: Disney. He also needs to get his nose out of the partisan redistricting of voter districts. Florida is not a land of freedom under DeSantis and his legislative buddies. It is a state now of Republican Cancel Culture of anything DeSantis decides is not for his own good. The current Republican party throughout the country is a danger to our democracy and if Ron DeSantis were to become president it will only worsen with more coarse discourse, more ugly discriminatory laws being passed only to benefit his type of people. The truth is CRT is not being taught in schools, children are not being groomed in schools about sexuality. Libraries should be allowed to have all variety of books to be checked out and school boards should not be packed with people who only want their particular style of indoctrination taught as opposed to an open all inclusive curriculum which would benefit all children as they progress to adulthood.\n",
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michael sullivan I lost complete respect of Larry Summers years ago.He certainly does not know how to invest, or even assess risk. See the following article (and many other like articles)<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/11/larry-summers-lost-harvard-s-money/347426" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2009/11/larry-summers-lost-harvard-s-money/347426</a>/Larry Summers Lost Harvard's MoneyRisky investments cost the university $1.8 billion. Should taxpayers be worried he'll do the same in the administration?
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Krista Raising the debt limit does not increase the government's debt but rather refinances liabilities already owed. It pays debt and liabilities already incurred and owed [such as owed to vendors who already provided goods] with the proceeds from new debt such as T bonds.Example: The government owes a defense contractor $5M for uniforms it provided. Thus, the government now has $5M in debt. It issues a $5M T bond and uses the proceeds to pay the defense contractor the $5M it owed. The overall debt owed by the government hasn't change but has been 'refinanced.'
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George That's a rather antiquated perspective, given that only a tiny fraction of personal computing devices actually run on Microsoft - considering the amount of time people spend on their iPhones, iPads and Android devices versus a Microsoft based PC. Not much of a monopoly, wouldn't you say?
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At one time the income tax rate was as high as 90%, corporations actually paid a reasonable amount of tax. Imagine the problems that could be solved if that money was available to the government for public investment.
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Retired now, I worked at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for 30 years, so know the Miracle Mile area well. I’ve lived in Hermosa Beach for the same 30 years; I am two blocks from the boundary of Manhattan Beach. The Miracle Mike residential neighborhood is filled with lovely 1920s Spanish homes like this one. It seems a little overpriced, but with the nearby subway station opening in 2024, along with LACMA’s new building, residential real estate is bound to go up. This house is obviously staged, so new owners would likely make it look less sterile. The price of the Manhattan Beach home is actually reasonable for the area. If it had an ocean view, the price would be much more, as in at least $1 to $2 million more. As for the wine country property, just beautiful.
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I agree these cases are very sad, but I still believe that always limited health care dollars should be spent to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number. For example, how life changing good dental care would be for hundreds of people for the cost of trying to provide for one patient with exotic medications.
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$25 million dollar payout. Cities should pass laws that mandate use of force settlements be paid out of the police budget. The taxpayers should not subsidize or indemnify this sort of criminal behavior.
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"content": "$25 million dollar payout. Cities should pass laws that mandate use of force settlements be paid out of the police budget. The taxpayers should not subsidize or indemnify this sort of criminal behavior.\n",
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humanist When and how did Bibi extend his hand. When he gave access to Russia to Israel's espionage software but refused it to Ukraine, or when he refused to share "Iron Dome" technology with Ukraine?
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SF Family Guy It’s good you didn’t lose any money on your risky investment. From January 1, 1970 to December 31st 2021, the average annual compounded rate of return for the S&P 500®, including reinvestment of dividends, was approximately 11.3% (source: www.spglobal.com). You were exposed to a considerably under-performing asset on a risk-adjusted basis. And that’s leaving out the unquantifiable political risk.
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When we say "Money is Speech" and can be considered such when it comes to campaign financing, this is the end result. Money has no scruples. Money has no ethics. Money simply seeks a Return On Investment. And Mr. Santos' vote in the US Congress was exactly that, a ROI for a political party.Money also buys customized, partisan, district maps (aka gerrymandering); it finds ways of getting decent people to start cutting corners; and, by being allowed to finance (as we're discovering) individual candidates independently from the Party that is supposed to be sponsoring the candidate, Money undermines and undercuts whatever leverage a political party is supposed to exercise in the mission to provide legitimate representation for the project of American democracy.Money, so directly applied to a political process that is so dependent on Trust, will corrupt that Democracy, as history has told us happens to any Government that opens itself up to Money's siren call without oversight.The George Santos Saga should be telling America: This is the future of your Democracy, if you do not take corrective measures to rein in Money's place in American politics and electoral system. Beware. We have been warned!
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"content": "When we say \"Money is Speech\" and can be considered such when it comes to campaign financing, this is the end result. Money has no scruples. Money has no ethics. Money simply seeks a Return On Investment. And Mr. Santos' vote in the US Congress was exactly that, a ROI for a political party.Money also buys customized, partisan, district maps (aka gerrymandering); it finds ways of getting decent people to start cutting corners; and, by being allowed to finance (as we're discovering) individual candidates independently from the Party that is supposed to be sponsoring the candidate, Money undermines and undercuts whatever leverage a political party is supposed to exercise in the mission to provide legitimate representation for the project of American democracy.Money, so directly applied to a political process that is so dependent on Trust, will corrupt that Democracy, as history has told us happens to any Government that opens itself up to Money's siren call without oversight.The George Santos Saga should be telling America: This is the future of your Democracy, if you do not take corrective measures to rein in Money's place in American politics and electoral system. Beware. We have been warned!\n",
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mjc Indeed: a half trillion dollars of Russian assets is still held by Western banks -- roughly the amount Ukraine is going to need to repair all the death and destruction caused by the Kremlin -- and this will go into the reparations slush fund. Anything less would invite moral hazard... by encouraging kleptocratic dictators into thinking they can just knock over their peaceful neighbors for plunder, and still get off scot-free.Making the Kremlin foot the bill for the damages of their savage misadventure will also send a message to the higher-ups in the CCP -- all of whom own cars, real estate, and secret bank accounts in the West... for their 'rainy day funds' -- since then attempting any genocidal gambit in Taiwan like their buddy Putin is currently flailing at in Ukraine, would carry enormous, immediate downside risk. It would raise the cost of any invasion there by several trillion dollars... since the second it happened EVERY SINGLE ASSET owned in the West by rich Chinese nationals would immediately be forfeited. Like a soap bubble that burst in a bad dream!This should provide a carrot for cooler heads to always prevail.... Since otherwise all their wealth would have to stay parked/confined in the confiscatory, expropriating military dictatorship of the CCP. (And who wants that!)The best way to incentivize Peace in the future, is to show that we mean business now.
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"content": "mjc Indeed: a half trillion dollars of Russian assets is still held by Western banks -- roughly the amount Ukraine is going to need to repair all the death and destruction caused by the Kremlin -- and this will go into the reparations slush fund. Anything less would invite moral hazard... by encouraging kleptocratic dictators into thinking they can just knock over their peaceful neighbors for plunder, and still get off scot-free.Making the Kremlin foot the bill for the damages of their savage misadventure will also send a message to the higher-ups in the CCP -- all of whom own cars, real estate, and secret bank accounts in the West... for their 'rainy day funds' -- since then attempting any genocidal gambit in Taiwan like their buddy Putin is currently flailing at in Ukraine, would carry enormous, immediate downside risk. It would raise the cost of any invasion there by several trillion dollars... since the second it happened EVERY SINGLE ASSET owned in the West by rich Chinese nationals would immediately be forfeited. Like a soap bubble that burst in a bad dream!This should provide a carrot for cooler heads to always prevail.... Since otherwise all their wealth would have to stay parked/confined in the confiscatory, expropriating military dictatorship of the CCP. (And who wants that!)The best way to incentivize Peace in the future, is to show that we mean business now.\n",
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I wonder what his insurance company…the one who purportedly paid him 10-20 millions-$ has to say about this.🤔
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"content": "I wonder what his insurance company…the one who purportedly paid him 10-20 millions-$ has to say about this.🤔\n",
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Bret's idea that a couple each making $200K is anything other than rich is ludicrous. I live in one of these "elite" cities and I make far less than that. If my neighbors aren't asked to pay their fair share of taxes than I shouldn't have to pay any at all!
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Gina The best friends and lovers come from doing activities one enjoys that involve other people with similar interests such as hiking, dancing, sculpture, pottery, theater and museum support and the like. Meeting a man who cares for you is easier than you think as he also needs companionship and affection! Moreover, in the 60’s age group, already 30% or more men have done erectile challenges! He might be so relieved to hear that works for you!This is the best advice and more importantly the kind of choice that some couples, Board of Directors and partners miss!Instead of asking which choice do I vote for A or B, be a “contagonist” ask why not invest that effort in another venture that supports our long term goal?The term comes from thr software program for drama construction, “Dramatica” and likely, a good Board of Directors has someone at the table who challenges the Chairman with the reality that the project they are deciding on is the wrong path to achieving their common goals!In the very complex nature of forming relationships, there is no requirement for a man or woman to disclose impotency or a breast missing.After the second or third meetings, personal details lije past surgeries, troubled family members court problems and the like are shared.…and it can be numerous. Not that one, feel this breast, it’s original and real!Asher Kelman
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"content": "Gina The best friends and lovers come from doing activities one enjoys that involve other people with similar interests such as hiking, dancing, sculpture, pottery, theater and museum support and the like. Meeting a man who cares for you is easier than you think as he also needs companionship and affection! Moreover, in the 60’s age group, already 30% or more men have done erectile challenges! He might be so relieved to hear that works for you!This is the best advice and more importantly the kind of choice that some couples, Board of Directors and partners miss!Instead of asking which choice do I vote for A or B, be a “contagonist” ask why not invest that effort in another venture that supports our long term goal?The term comes from thr software program for drama construction, “Dramatica” and likely, a good Board of Directors has someone at the table who challenges the Chairman with the reality that the project they are deciding on is the wrong path to achieving their common goals!In the very complex nature of forming relationships, there is no requirement for a man or woman to disclose impotency or a breast missing.After the second or third meetings, personal details lije past surgeries, troubled family members court problems and the like are shared.…and it can be numerous. Not that one, feel this breast, it’s original and real!Asher Kelman\n",
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Bob I think John is referencing inflation reducing the impact of those dollars combined with interest rates and economic misery reducing the number of those dollars, since most people keep sums of money that large invested for retirement.
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The Era of Happy Tech Workers Is OverFor those in the US: YesFor those in China : NoAt the same time Microsoft is laying off workers in the US is is hiring workers , and is continuing to hire workers in ChinaOutsourcing started in manufacturing is moving up the skill latter.* Get used to it=========* IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S. NYT Sep 28, 2017
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Josh The American Healthcare system is designed to maximize profits for corporations. Take ObamacareThe Economist UKObamacare greatly benefiteda) the private US Insurance Industry andb) the US Pharma IndustryClick on the link below, to see for yourself the data ofThe Economist on how the pretax profitsof the US five largest insurance companiesincreased after the ACA was passedImage Link<a href="https://www.economist.com/img/b/300/309/90/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20151205_FNC666_0.png" target="_blank">https://www.economist.com/img/b/300/309/90/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20151205_FNC666_0.png</a>From $ 15 Billion in 2009 to $ 25 Billion in 2015Profits increased by 10 Billion in 6 yearAnd insurance companies pocketed $ 25 Billion. Thatis $ 25 Billion not going to patientsNext read the NY TimesThe NY TimesObama Was Pushed by Drug Industry, E-Mails SuggestBy Peter Baker June 8, 2012"After weeks of talks, drug industry lobbyists were growing nervous. To cut a deal with the White House on overhauling health care, they needed to be sure that President Obama would stop a proposal intended to bring down medicine prices.”"On June 3, 2009, one of the lobbyists e-mailed Nancy-Ann DeParle, the president’s health care adviser.”"Just like that, Mr. Obama’s staff signaled a willingness to put aside support for the reimportation of prescription medicines at lower prices and by doing so solidified a compact with an industry the president had vilified on the campaign trail. “I will leave at this
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"content": "Josh The American Healthcare system is designed to maximize profits for corporations. Take ObamacareThe Economist UKObamacare greatly benefiteda) the private US Insurance Industry andb) the US Pharma IndustryClick on the link below, to see for yourself the data ofThe Economist on how the pretax profitsof the US five largest insurance companiesincreased after the ACA was passedImage Link<a href=\"https://www.economist.com/img/b/300/309/90/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20151205_FNC666_0.png\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.economist.com/img/b/300/309/90/sites/default/files/images/print-edition/20151205_FNC666_0.png</a>From $ 15 Billion in 2009 to $ 25 Billion in 2015Profits increased by 10 Billion in 6 yearAnd insurance companies pocketed $ 25 Billion. Thatis $ 25 Billion not going to patientsNext read the NY TimesThe NY TimesObama Was Pushed by Drug Industry, E-Mails SuggestBy Peter Baker June 8, 2012\"After weeks of talks, drug industry lobbyists were growing nervous. To cut a deal with the White House on overhauling health care, they needed to be sure that President Obama would stop a proposal intended to bring down medicine prices.”\"On June 3, 2009, one of the lobbyists e-mailed Nancy-Ann DeParle, the president’s health care adviser.”\"Just like that, Mr. Obama’s staff signaled a willingness to put aside support for the reimportation of prescription medicines at lower prices and by doing so solidified a compact with an industry the president had vilified on the campaign trail. “I will leave at this\n",
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Well there's long history for the moneyed class stoking intra class animus. We see it every day in conservative social media. The other side of this though is that the performative leftist class is effectively doing the same thing although perhaps unintentionally through racial language of its own. Adolf Reed's "Antiracisim: A neoliberal alternative to a Left" makes the point quite nicely that the anti-racist left's language is driving white working class people away. Billy Joe Bob does not and will not consider that he's a vehicle for white supremacy. Diversity trainers who describe logic as a tool of white supremacy are also to blame. All this gets reported by the right wing's propaganda machine with the expected result. If this were actually doing any good, it might be worth it in the long run. But there is no empirical evidence that it benefits anyone except diversity trainers to the tune of over $3B a year with corporate America only too happy to get their wokewash check mark.It also gets in the way of making the Democratic Party a true representative of the working class instead of a prisoner of divisive language. Look at the term intersectionality and see who is not included to know this to be true.
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Katy Yes, thanks. My kid sister died in November last year and she was in hospital hospice. She had decided to die in her sleep she said also that she had recently thought about retiring from teaching for 37 years. When I heard she had passed over, I thought well, she didn't even have to grade the finals this semester, bless her heart. She was already blind from radiation and just swelling all the time with fluid that had to be drained, so there weren't really options anymore. There was some morphine in her drip and she went on about 1:40 p.m. her time, so I thought maybe it was a post prandial nap. Nothing terrifying at all in the process. One of our priests died years ago in the hospital. Right before he opened his eyes he sat up and apparently sort of winked seeing the actual people in the room, and not sure who else. He laid back down and said " When we meet again it will be on higher ground," and his soul took off. I thought he picked some last words that would make everyone feel glad they were there with him.My sister was convinced she would meet up with our Grand Mom (whom she'd never met) and Mom right away. Like at the edge of the river I guess! It seemed like she sort of had planned the trip down to the detail, so hope it was even better. She knew who would be at the gate, like local airport sort of.
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"content": "Katy Yes, thanks. My kid sister died in November last year and she was in hospital hospice. She had decided to die in her sleep she said also that she had recently thought about retiring from teaching for 37 years. When I heard she had passed over, I thought well, she didn't even have to grade the finals this semester, bless her heart. She was already blind from radiation and just swelling all the time with fluid that had to be drained, so there weren't really options anymore. There was some morphine in her drip and she went on about 1:40 p.m. her time, so I thought maybe it was a post prandial nap. Nothing terrifying at all in the process. One of our priests died years ago in the hospital. Right before he opened his eyes he sat up and apparently sort of winked seeing the actual people in the room, and not sure who else. He laid back down and said \" When we meet again it will be on higher ground,\" and his soul took off. I thought he picked some last words that would make everyone feel glad they were there with him.My sister was convinced she would meet up with our Grand Mom (whom she'd never met) and Mom right away. Like at the edge of the river I guess! It seemed like she sort of had planned the trip down to the detail, so hope it was even better. She knew who would be at the gate, like local airport sort of.\n",
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Pal It is not a stretch to see this as a conflict between an oppressive and cruel, nuclear armed regime and a country that is the target of unprovoked aggression. With this in mind, It is clear what the stakes are for the EU and America. An isolationist stance by America would literally open a global Pandoras box. Think China/Tiawan, North Korea/South Korea and eastern Asia. The request by Finland and Sweden to join NATO after the unprovoked invasion provides unambiguous clarity on the threat Russia is to the EU. Recent history (Hungary 1958, Czechoslovakia 1968)is a reminder what Russia is capable of if their aggression is not checked.
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When my electricity goes down due to winter storms, I still have hot water for showers, a place to cook food and heat all via my gas water heater, gas fireplace and gas cooktop. Easy to ignite with a match. We can briefly open windows to air out fumes. I’ll never willingly go all electric.
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That’s actually not true. It’s been proven again and again that the FBI opened the investigation into Trump and Russia before they were given the dossier, and they didn’t even make the investigation public until after trump won. The accusation that Clinton colluded with the FBI via the dossier to hurt Trump in the campaign has zero merit. The timeline doesn’t add up, what they did doesn’t add up, and after 4 years of investigation they don’t even have a single witness or even hearsay or even a name of a person who worked for Clinton or who worked at the FBI who were working together to “take trump down.”
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It's very good to understand that not everyone who works in tech is making "obscene" money. And by that I mean some laid off may have made down to the more "comfortable" (to some ears and regions) 40-60k.Not everyone is a coder in the Bay Area.
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Yes, you can do all these things EXCEPT, char over an open flame, since there are no flames. I use my outdoor gas grill for that. You can also turn the heat down so low that you can safely melt chocolate directly in a pan without a double boiler.
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Robert Its not can they, but will they? And restaurants who have tried it have said that customers won't. For whatever psychological reason, people are willing to spend $20 on a pizza, then at the end of their meal pay $4 as a tip. But for that exact same pizza, they're not willing to pay a $24 menu price, even if there's no extra tipping at the end. If all you care about is workers having a living wage, then you shouldn't care about the tipping issue at all and just focus on raising the general minimum wage to equal a living wage, because tipped workers have to be paid at least the full minimum wage. The lower "tipped minimum" number is just the number that the restaurant itself has to pay, as long as their workers hit the full minimum wage amount. For example, in NYC the minimum wage is $15 hourly and tipped is $15 with a $5 tip credit. That means if a person makes at least $5 an hour in tips, then the restaurant only has to pay $10 an hour salary and can count $5 of the server's tips against the $15 minimum. But if the server only made $2 in tips, then the restaurant would have to pay $3 to make up the difference so the worker made at least the full $15. Everyone should get a living wage that is reflected in the general minimum wage. But since servers are guaranteed the general minimum wage amount, I see no problem with allowing them the opportunity to make much more than that through tips, even if that extra comes direct from customers instead of their employer.
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yesterday i found a website that listed restaurant openings and closing in the boston area going back several years. it was astonishing. how could there be so many restaurants failing? the list included luminaries like legal sea foods, which i guess used to be huge around here, to small ma and pa diners and sub shops. there were places on that list that at one point were beacons of fine cuisine. Lumiere in west newton for instance. there were many many places whose name i recognized. but the list of restaurants opening was disturbing. did these people not see the other half of the list..the closures? hope springs eternal. i worked in restaurants from 1975 to 1987 and stayed in food service till 2016, but was glad when the 3-11 shifts were behind me. i think every single place where i put in some time is now closed. i can only think of one owner who retired, franz van berkhout, who had a place in lexington ma where i worked. when he closed his last restaurant i read that his chef had been with him for 25 years. that is astonishing. i haven't been out to eat in a restaurant in quite a while. it's just not something i want to do anymore.
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is it impolite to ask how many of the Republicans, dissident or otherwise, are Russian assets? their goal, as with Putin, is to create chaos and open the door to authoritarian rule.
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Frank From a web search I found an interesting article - <a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/mustard-oil-guide" target="_blank">https://www.seriouseats.com/mustard-oil-guide</a>It described a 'safe' mustard oil for cooking with a low level of erucic acid. I found it on Amazon - Yandilla Mustard Seed Oil - 500 ml at $35. Expensive but a little should go a long way. I guess I will try it.
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i could never understand why i was being paid 6 figures, twice what the teachers in my old schools, or first responders i know, made as a software engineer. and the incompetent over-their-heads "managers" were getting in the range of $200,000-$250,000.does that explain why software is so expensive but the "capitalists" who own the companies are some of the richest misers on the planet from gouging and backstabbing as standard business practices?
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The pandemic is not over, not even close to being over, but it is different. It's now a pandemic of the elderly and the vulnerable. Those at risk need to keep taking precautions and those who aren't need to let them to do that. Think of someone in a mask as someone who is saving your tax dollars by not getting sick; someone who is allowing you to get an ICU bed when you need it because they are not filling it up for months at a time; someone who won't be incubating the next deadly variant that will put everyone back into lockdown. Life has got worse for many elderly and vulnerable people since 'opening up' became the mantra of the day. They are more at risk now than they have been since the very start of the pandemic. The last thing they need is for some bozo to get in their face because they are wearing a mask!
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"content": "The pandemic is not over, not even close to being over, but it is different. It's now a pandemic of the elderly and the vulnerable. Those at risk need to keep taking precautions and those who aren't need to let them to do that. Think of someone in a mask as someone who is saving your tax dollars by not getting sick; someone who is allowing you to get an ICU bed when you need it because they are not filling it up for months at a time; someone who won't be incubating the next deadly variant that will put everyone back into lockdown. Life has got worse for many elderly and vulnerable people since 'opening up' became the mantra of the day. They are more at risk now than they have been since the very start of the pandemic. The last thing they need is for some bozo to get in their face because they are wearing a mask!\n",
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When I transfer funds from the US to Nigeria for my work it can take weeks to months for my colleagues in Nigeria to have the funds deposited into their accounts. The funds go to the UK, then to the Central Bank of Nigeria, where it sits often for weeks while the Nigerian government authorities try to find the funds. Occasionally the same delays happen in the UK. Oh, and there are big bank fees for this horrible process.If I change US dollars to bitcoin, transfer the bitcoin to a wallet in Nigeria, and then immediately change the bitcoin to Naira, the entire process takes no more than a few seconds. People get their money instantly. Does the professor believe that I am engaging in magical thinking? Does the professor believe that having people have immediate access to funds for almost zero cost have no value? Professor Desai is not dealing with the reality of currency exchange horrors that are helping to make the crypto world spin. I am not investing anything I cannot afford to lose, but I am betting against Professor Desai on blockchain. This technology will outlive all of us, and will do good for people around the world.
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"content": "When I transfer funds from the US to Nigeria for my work it can take weeks to months for my colleagues in Nigeria to have the funds deposited into their accounts. The funds go to the UK, then to the Central Bank of Nigeria, where it sits often for weeks while the Nigerian government authorities try to find the funds. Occasionally the same delays happen in the UK. Oh, and there are big bank fees for this horrible process.If I change US dollars to bitcoin, transfer the bitcoin to a wallet in Nigeria, and then immediately change the bitcoin to Naira, the entire process takes no more than a few seconds. People get their money instantly. Does the professor believe that I am engaging in magical thinking? Does the professor believe that having people have immediate access to funds for almost zero cost have no value? Professor Desai is not dealing with the reality of currency exchange horrors that are helping to make the crypto world spin. I am not investing anything I cannot afford to lose, but I am betting against Professor Desai on blockchain. This technology will outlive all of us, and will do good for people around the world.\n",
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As much as it kills me to admit it, TFG was actually right about one thing. The principal source of funding for western Europe's legendary welfare system over the last half century, has been the US military budget. It's not just Germany. It's pretty much all of NATO. Europe has become a de-facto US military protectorate. And with our own budget deficits reaching dangerous levels, this is no longer sustainable.
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I am appalled by your generosity. I could be impressed but I am not. First, if you and your husband hold the deed (and I certainly hope that is the case), then you are simply landlords without a lease, and they are tenants at sufferance. Good luck trying to remove them. They don't sound like motivated humans.If you truly gifted them the house (deed and all) then the whole issue is moot. It's not your house anymore. But by saying that you gave up $6,000 in rent, that tells me you own the house.First, hire a lawyer.Next, it's time for the lawyer to inform the tenants that their existing month to month lease will be terminated. That they may remain in the property until X date (whatever works for you), and that moving forward they are required to (1) execute a lease for the remaining portion of time (even a $1) a month, and (2) they are required to pay for all maintenance and upkeep. What happened here is you have two freeloading people who have taken full advantage of your generosity. You two are basically well meaning schlemiels. Please recover your self esteem and common sense and change the situation now.
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"content": "I am appalled by your generosity. I could be impressed but I am not. First, if you and your husband hold the deed (and I certainly hope that is the case), then you are simply landlords without a lease, and they are tenants at sufferance. Good luck trying to remove them. They don't sound like motivated humans.If you truly gifted them the house (deed and all) then the whole issue is moot. It's not your house anymore. But by saying that you gave up $6,000 in rent, that tells me you own the house.First, hire a lawyer.Next, it's time for the lawyer to inform the tenants that their existing month to month lease will be terminated. That they may remain in the property until X date (whatever works for you), and that moving forward they are required to (1) execute a lease for the remaining portion of time (even a $1) a month, and (2) they are required to pay for all maintenance and upkeep. What happened here is you have two freeloading people who have taken full advantage of your generosity. You two are basically well meaning schlemiels. Please recover your self esteem and common sense and change the situation now.\n",
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| no | Classification | 1,907 |
In a new eye opening documentary "The Grab", one of the stories is how Arizona is one of the only states that doesn't have regulations on how much ground water can be pumped. One of the leaders of the United Arab Emirates has led an effort to buy up vast tracts of Arizona land and installed powerful deep pumps to grow cattle fed for their animals abroad. And the locals living there now have dry wells.
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Add me to the list of doubters that many $400K households are worrying about (or aware of) the price of eggs.
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"content": "Add me to the list of doubters that many $400K households are worrying about (or aware of) the price of eggs.\n",
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I remember back in the 70's we had an egg man ..... eggs hit $1 a dozen. He worried that he would not be able to keep working as an egg man.We had a bread man and a huckster that came on saturday morning ... milk man and the chips guy.I was buying eggs for baking -- mediums for $1 just a few years ago. Eggs are cheap in historical terms
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Debt interest of 1.47% of GDP is nearly half of our military budget. That's still a lot. If the military budget is "too big" then perhaps we can't overlook debt interest either. I'm also a bit troubled by the fact that debt interest is expressed as fraction of GDP, and not fraction of the federal budget. It's nearly 6% of federal spending, which doesn't go to providing for the general welfare.Every dollar paid on the debt contributes to the deficit, which piles on more debt, which requires more interest payments, in a process of exponential growth. And exponential functions are fine until they get out of control."If waterlilies double every day, and cover a pond in 60 days, when is the pond 99% uncovered?" Day 50. So you have only 10 days to save your pond.Without supporting GOP dishonesty and disingenuous tax cutting and stripping social programs, can we still ask what's the end-game? How far can the can be kicked down the road?Do we just inflate it away when it gets too much to bear?
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"content": "Debt interest of 1.47% of GDP is nearly half of our military budget. That's still a lot. If the military budget is \"too big\" then perhaps we can't overlook debt interest either. I'm also a bit troubled by the fact that debt interest is expressed as fraction of GDP, and not fraction of the federal budget. It's nearly 6% of federal spending, which doesn't go to providing for the general welfare.Every dollar paid on the debt contributes to the deficit, which piles on more debt, which requires more interest payments, in a process of exponential growth. And exponential functions are fine until they get out of control.\"If waterlilies double every day, and cover a pond in 60 days, when is the pond 99% uncovered?\" Day 50. So you have only 10 days to save your pond.Without supporting GOP dishonesty and disingenuous tax cutting and stripping social programs, can we still ask what's the end-game? How far can the can be kicked down the road?Do we just inflate it away when it gets too much to bear?\n",
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The goal should be to have a more educated workforce, not less. College should be as close to free as possible, certainly more affordable in the way it was years ago for the Baby Boomers. College should not be just for getting a job but also to become more educated in being fully invested on our democracy. We decry how young people don't understand how government works and bemoan a lack of of knowledge of civics. Opening up jobs is great, but it should not be at the expense of discouraging a college education. It should be AND not OR. We need critical thinking members of society who can , for example, tell the difference between disinformation and real news. I also find it amusing that the people that say you don't need college degree usually have a degree themselves and demand it of their own children. I'm willing to bet everyone of those reading this editorial have college degree as do their own kids. I'm also guessing most of the people reading The NY Times have a college degree as well.
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Conservative Geezer Exactly. Yet even though corporations spend on average 10% of their budgets on employee health insurance premiums, they still crazily refuse to back universal healthcare that would help their own bottom lines. The conservativiest of the conservatives in other countries think we are nuts for not doing UHC...you don't take care of your people's health, you lose customers.
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"content": "Conservative Geezer Exactly. Yet even though corporations spend on average 10% of their budgets on employee health insurance premiums, they still crazily refuse to back universal healthcare that would help their own bottom lines. The conservativiest of the conservatives in other countries think we are nuts for not doing UHC...you don't take care of your people's health, you lose customers.\n",
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As the world becomes more uncertain some people want to go back to an "idealized past". The problem is that for some this means excluding many "different people" in a very unchristian way. Pope Francis has been taking the church forward hoping for a more inclusive church and has seen too much pushback from "some conservatives". I am a practicing catholic grateful for my faith that goes back two thousands years with its teachings, rituals and traditions. I believe that even with its flaws it has also brought much good to this world and to me. It is time for it to become more open and less afraid to push for even more inclusion and less judgement. I have faith that it will prevail as it has through so many challenges it has had in its history and continue to bring more people closer to Christ. The church has evolved in its history and should continue to do so to become more relevant not to go back to a non-existent past. No Fear.
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"content": "As the world becomes more uncertain some people want to go back to an \"idealized past\". The problem is that for some this means excluding many \"different people\" in a very unchristian way. Pope Francis has been taking the church forward hoping for a more inclusive church and has seen too much pushback from \"some conservatives\". I am a practicing catholic grateful for my faith that goes back two thousands years with its teachings, rituals and traditions. I believe that even with its flaws it has also brought much good to this world and to me. It is time for it to become more open and less afraid to push for even more inclusion and less judgement. I have faith that it will prevail as it has through so many challenges it has had in its history and continue to bring more people closer to Christ. The church has evolved in its history and should continue to do so to become more relevant not to go back to a non-existent past. No Fear.\n",
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It may be necessary for some businesses to lay people off on occasion, but the practice has devolved into a crutch for lazy corporate executives over the past several decades.  Instead of managing individual workers who aren’t cutting it down or out, leaders simply declare a reorg and institute departmental layoffs across the board. They just tell department heads to lop off 10 or 20 percent of their head count in one shot, assuming that they are going to take out mostly mediocre employees during the process. What actually happens is stress and fear pervade teams during the decision period while pressured department heads inevitably take out many solid performers and a few stars, actually missing many low performers and more than a few total goof-offs. This process also kills morale and corporate loyalty among everyone remaining, deservedly so. This is why noncompete agreements need to be banned. You should not get to straight jacket people who you are abusing. The Googles and Microsofts of the world are still making plenty of money and expanding into new areas. Instead of re-training people, they’re just taking the lazy way out, using abusive techniques designed in Reagan era business schools. We shouldn’t turn the United States into France, a country far too protective of horribly bad employees, but it is also unnecessary for us to be so abusive and shortsighted.  This ritual is just another example of highly overpaid corporate executives taking the lazy way out.
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"content": "It may be necessary for some businesses to lay people off on occasion, but the practice has devolved into a crutch for lazy corporate executives over the past several decades.  Instead of managing individual workers who aren’t cutting it down or out, leaders simply declare a reorg and institute departmental layoffs across the board. They just tell department heads to lop off 10 or 20 percent of their head count in one shot, assuming that they are going to take out mostly mediocre employees during the process. What actually happens is stress and fear pervade teams during the decision period while pressured department heads inevitably take out many solid performers and a few stars, actually missing many low performers and more than a few total goof-offs. This process also kills morale and corporate loyalty among everyone remaining, deservedly so. This is why noncompete agreements need to be banned. You should not get to straight jacket people who you are abusing. The Googles and Microsofts of the world are still making plenty of money and expanding into new areas. Instead of re-training people, they’re just taking the lazy way out, using abusive techniques designed in Reagan era business schools. We shouldn’t turn the United States into France, a country far too protective of horribly bad employees, but it is also unnecessary for us to be so abusive and shortsighted.  This ritual is just another example of highly overpaid corporate executives taking the lazy way out.\n",
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A special counsel's investigation typically is a long process. In the meantime, when a president or former president is under investigation, the political vitriol runs unchecked for many months or years in Congress, the media, and the social media.Any special prosecutor appointed to investigate a president or former president for a violation of 18 USC s. 1924 should bring the investigation to a close with 90 days. The facts are unlikely to be subject to reasonable dispute. The law may require some judicial rulings, as section 1924 provides for imprisonment up to five years for the knowing removal of such documents without authority and with the intent to retain them at an unauthorized location. However, a special prosecutor can interpret the statutory provisions reasonably (where there is no precedent) and still conclude the investigation within 90 days. If charges are appropriate, the law should require that they be filed within 30 days after the conclusion of the investigation.I realize that the ensuing court case may languish, but the investigative phase should not be open-ended. I'm not sure how the principals feel at the conclusion of an investigation conducted by a special counsel, but often these investigations are costly and seem disproportionate to the alleged crimes. Too often, at the end of the day, the whole sorry process undermines the public's faith in our criminal justice system.
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Re: LW1 and his husband: Good advice, I'd go bigger - The LW is part of what should turn into a lifelong situation, so it's important to see the long-term picture. Since dependency has been enabled thus far, and some dependency may be unavoidable - not everyone has the mental and emotional and social capabilities that allow them to raise a family in a $6000 per month house - this may require some really careful and long-term and ongoing thinking and talking. A single repair or even a "repair policy" may be the least of it. The LW and spouse hoped for family life. Do they have hopes for old age companionship and care? Do those kids have a college plan? What about grandkids needs? What about common-law partners and children of those partners and half-sibs of those kids and private school for one and not the other (my sister speaks from experience on that one). What about bail money? Seriously, when financial wherewithal and dependency are this skewed, these questions come up, more than one might think. Better to think ahead than in the heat of the moment. And also, answers may vary between, say, blue states and red states, because the government supports and rules will likely vary enormously.
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"content": "Re: LW1 and his husband: Good advice, I'd go bigger - The LW is part of what should turn into a lifelong situation, so it's important to see the long-term picture. Since dependency has been enabled thus far, and some dependency may be unavoidable - not everyone has the mental and emotional and social capabilities that allow them to raise a family in a $6000 per month house - this may require some really careful and long-term and ongoing thinking and talking. A single repair or even a \"repair policy\" may be the least of it. The LW and spouse hoped for family life. Do they have hopes for old age companionship and care? Do those kids have a college plan? What about grandkids needs? What about common-law partners and children of those partners and half-sibs of those kids and private school for one and not the other (my sister speaks from experience on that one). What about bail money? Seriously, when financial wherewithal and dependency are this skewed, these questions come up, more than one might think. Better to think ahead than in the heat of the moment. And also, answers may vary between, say, blue states and red states, because the government supports and rules will likely vary enormously.\n",
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Humphrey Claim many already are. Texas running back bison Robinson was offered $6mil in NIK money if he remained for one more season
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Undoubtedly, online (and in-person) vitriol played its part: no New Zealand Prime Minister had faced anything like what Ardern was and is subject to. The more basic - and still to some extent Covid-related problem - is that, following the 2017-2020 coalition government with the "New Zealand First" party - a party led by an ageing populist with few policies but strong support among malcontent older socially conservative voters - in which Ardern could achieve little in the face of NZF intransigence, Ardern/Labour have faced two problems since winning the 2020 election by large margins:- the Covid public emergency both sapped public patience and political capital, but also saw a curious level of political and policy ineptitude: many large reforms and spending increases showed no discernible outcomes, at least in part because Ardern and her ministers either did not do the hard work of implementation or could not communicate that. Even simple matters failed regularly and persistently - for example, repeated chances to take steps to train and retain more doctors and nurses -during- a pandemic were missed and then angrily defended.- coupled with that, there has been an unwillingness to answer blatantly dishonest critics - and even to play into their hands: for example, infrastructure reforms have been effectively demonised on racist grounds, but never explained or defended.9/10 for empathy and crises; 6/10 for good intentions; 4/10 for communication; 3/10 for implementation.
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Dr. Stanford is a truth-telling superstar revealing that over-weight individuals have little opportunity to treatment as even her waiting list is 5,000 long. The point of 200 comorbid conditions associated with obesity should be the Clarion Call to science and medicine. However, the mathematics overwhelms, and Medicare must pay for therapy but $1,000 a month for even 1 million patients is a $12 billion and obesity disease is 40% of the USA population notwithstanding billions of others elsewhere on earth. The scientific surface on obesity is barely scratched and a moon shot of efforts are required and sadly opine that for this generation little pharmaceutical or professional help is on the horizon.
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Mike Nowhere did Mr. Bouie mention 'concealed carry'. He was clearly talking about 'open carry', and as such, I believe his opinion and reasoning are absolutely correct. I envision no situation where there is open carry to be anything other than an act of intimidation and lack of respect for others. It is always a sign of, and to be interpreted as a 'warning' to others that the gun carrier's rights supersede those of all others to go about their daily lives without incipient fears of intimidation.
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"content": "Mike Nowhere did Mr. Bouie mention 'concealed carry'. He was clearly talking about 'open carry', and as such, I believe his opinion and reasoning are absolutely correct. I envision no situation where there is open carry to be anything other than an act of intimidation and lack of respect for others. It is always a sign of, and to be interpreted as a 'warning' to others that the gun carrier's rights supersede those of all others to go about their daily lives without incipient fears of intimidation.\n",
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Mr. Bentley Your comment is off. A phone for $600 that last for 3 years (lets say) means that they are spending $16.60 a month for something that allows them to connect to the world. If they keep it for 4 years, the cost goes down to $12.50. Why do you think this is excessive?
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Former Googler here (I voluntarily left 2 years ago after 13 years at the company)...Google's stock is up 4.2% in trading today. Let's not pretend that this is anything more than Google execs giving a hat tip to themselves, under the guise of "economic uncertainty". Google execs are almost 100% paid via stock units, in some cases exceeding hundreds of millions (an estimated $1.3 billion for Mr. Pichai) in value. Did Mr. Pichai slash his and other executive stock compensation in light of this daunting economic uncertainty? I'd be shocked if they did.The "do no evil" company has really changed over the years. My best wishes to everyone impacted.
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From my experience, the Uniqlo stretch cotton blouse (75% cotton, 23% poly, 2% elastane) is the holy grail of white shirts. Machine washable, doesn't wrinkle, crisp yet lustrous, and non shiny after years of wear, deliciously comfortable, and reasonably priced (under $50).
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While Ross worries about approval ratings Biden accomplished the following while dealing with global inflation, 50-50 Senate, obstructionist Republicans, filibuster, Manchin, & Sinema: Best midterm election results for a Democrat since 1998 The American Rescue Plan Infrastructure Law Inflation Reduction Act - Including Rx pricing & the single largest investment in climate and energy in American history The CHIPS Act The PACT Act Gun Safety Law (Bipartisan) The Paycheck Protection Program Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Juneteenth National Independence Day Act Good jobs numbers - nearly 10 million jobs added Low unemployment Tech restrictions on China Rejoined the Paris Climate Accords NATO strengthened and membership increasing Military (equipment & strategy) and intelligence support for Ukraine College debt relief Diverse, fair and open minded justices appointed to Federal Courts and The Supreme Court Biden will continue to appoint those kind of justices. Gas prices are lower Inflation is slowing downBiden will continue to pass some bipartisan legislation in the face of an obstructionist House of Representatives. When people experience the benefits of the accomplishments listed above his popularity will continue to rise among Independents & Democrats.
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Oddly, this article never mentions Brexit. So I will. I was back in the U.K. a few months ago to wrap up some business that was closed down by the pandemic in March 2020.In the old neighborhood in Liverpool, several pubs and restaurants that were open when we were forced to leave were permanently closed. But, not by Covid. There were no workers to replace the people from the E.U. who were doing those jobs in the hospitality sector. Our favorite Greek restaurant was operating on a limited basis. We went in and said hello to the owners who had become our friends over the years. When we asked what was going on with the place the answer was fast and short: Brexit. Family members and others who could come and go freely from Greece to work in the restaurant before Brexit kicked in could no longer do that. The government never factored into account how many people from various E.U. countries were working across the U.K. economy. Lorry drivers, health care workers (that area is acute with lack of workers now), hospitality workers in hotels, restaurants, pubs, in supermarkets, all the way down to small shops that have had to close down. Brexit. It was a breathtaking lack of foresight as to what Brexit would do to the U.K. economy even without the pandemic. The NHS has been gutted of support workers who cleaned hospitals, were medical assistants and who did other critical tasks. The Tories brought it all upon the country. This article fails to discuss the obvious. Brexit.
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