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Elizabeth A $10,000 reduction in your cousin's debt still leaves him with $190 to pay off--but that $10,000 reduction in debt will help most American families.
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Roboman Why didn't Trump just look for the documents and then give them back? I can believe that in the snit he was in when he slunk out of the White House, his packing was messy. But refusing to look for them and then refusing to give them back was wrong and suspicious. Biden, on the other hand, found the documents on his own and voluntarily called in the authorities. Had he not had integrity, he would have burned them. After all, he had been out of office for four years and nobody was searching for them. I can guarantee you that the justice department did not want anything to do with Trump after he left office. They certainly did not want one more extended bru-ha-ha with the angry, spoiled toddler.
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"content": "Roboman Why didn't Trump just look for the documents and then give them back? I can believe that in the snit he was in when he slunk out of the White House, his packing was messy. But refusing to look for them and then refusing to give them back was wrong and suspicious. Biden, on the other hand, found the documents on his own and voluntarily called in the authorities. Had he not had integrity, he would have burned them. After all, he had been out of office for four years and nobody was searching for them. I can guarantee you that the justice department did not want anything to do with Trump after he left office. They certainly did not want one more extended bru-ha-ha with the angry, spoiled toddler.\n",
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We spend billions, yes, maybe even trillions of dollars for a vast number of medical modalities here in America and yet, we still have one of the worst medical care programs on the face of the earth. I forecast that this situation will only worsen over time due to a number of reasons: Greed on the part of the organizations trying to foster health-related programs which only line the pockets of those CEO'S ; the sad state of our physical and mental health of the US inhabitants; lack of a thoughtful approach in not treating disease but more importantly doing the right approach in avoiding a pernicious illness occurring from the onset. The list is endless but unless we, collectively do something, the situation will only become worse.
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"content": "We spend billions, yes, maybe even trillions of dollars for a vast number of medical modalities here in America and yet, we still have one of the worst medical care programs on the face of the earth. I forecast that this situation will only worsen over time due to a number of reasons: Greed on the part of the organizations trying to foster health-related programs which only line the pockets of those CEO'S ; the sad state of our physical and mental health of the US inhabitants; lack of a thoughtful approach in not treating disease but more importantly doing the right approach in avoiding a pernicious illness occurring from the onset. The list is endless but unless we, collectively do something, the situation will only become worse.\n",
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The $700k he loaned himself: Was that made in dollars, or rubles?
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Jack Lee Agreed! I haven't bought cheap eggs for years for that reason. When you buy a carton at $3 a dozen, you get what you pay for: eggs of poor nutritional value and lacking in taste, coming from a system that literally grinds chicks alive. I'd rather pay more and support humane practices, plus the eggs are so much more delicious. I just eat less of them. Nobody needs to eat eggs daily!
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"content": "Jack Lee Agreed! I haven't bought cheap eggs for years for that reason. When you buy a carton at $3 a dozen, you get what you pay for: eggs of poor nutritional value and lacking in taste, coming from a system that literally grinds chicks alive. I'd rather pay more and support humane practices, plus the eggs are so much more delicious. I just eat less of them. Nobody needs to eat eggs daily!\n",
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We were warned long ago. The following is from a 1981 paper by James Hansen that at the time hit the front page of the NY Times, all the predictions in it have either come to pass or are well underway. "Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.”<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html</a>From a 2012 paper, see the graph of western North America precipitation from 1900-2100 on p 555 of the paper, it makes the recent western drought look like a rainforest by comparison with what is projected to come.<a href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub" target="_blank">https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub</a>These fast growing cities in the Southwestern US, what will the homeowners do when the grid can’t keep up with intensifying heat waves and the taps run dry and they can't sell their houses? How will they afford moving elsewhere?The same goes for our great coastal cities. We may see 10 feet or more of sea level rise this century and category 6 hurricanes, how will people there be able to move if they can't sell their houses?Wealthy countries could become ungovernable from that alone, never mind the collapse of agriculture as droughts and heat waves intensify.
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"content": "We were warned long ago. The following is from a 1981 paper by James Hansen that at the time hit the front page of the NY Times, all the predictions in it have either come to pass or are well underway. \"Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.”<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html</a>From a 2012 paper, see the graph of western North America precipitation from 1900-2100 on p 555 of the paper, it makes the recent western drought look like a rainforest by comparison with what is projected to come.<a href=\"https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub\" target=\"_blank\">https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub</a>These fast growing cities in the Southwestern US, what will the homeowners do when the grid can’t keep up with intensifying heat waves and the taps run dry and they can't sell their houses? How will they afford moving elsewhere?The same goes for our great coastal cities. We may see 10 feet or more of sea level rise this century and category 6 hurricanes, how will people there be able to move if they can't sell their houses?Wealthy countries could become ungovernable from that alone, never mind the collapse of agriculture as droughts and heat waves intensify.\n",
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You missed the point of this article. None of Russia's neighbors agree. Having been on the receiving end of Russian domination as former Soviet Republics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, etc.) or satellite countries (Poland especially), they know full well about aggressive Russian expansion and brutality. I would say this war is about controlling (stealing) Ukraine's considerable resources as well as preventing an open society in Ukraine that might spill over into demands in Russia for more freedom and less kleptocracy. The ills and bad deeds of the U.S. are no justification for what aboutism right now while Russia engages in wholesale destruction of a sovereign nation with attacks on civilian targets. Young Russian men fled by the hundreds of thousands when the draft was called. That too, should tell you something.
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Folks, the menu indicates that the omelette costs $21.00. Not unreasonable in any major city in the US. The Corner Bar is only a five minute walk from my daughter's apartment so we will be visiting it soon!
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Oh, sure. High- and middle school teachers are already loaded down with "reporting" and testing requirements to the point that whole bunches of them are counting down to early retirement, or are just leaving the profession entirely. Add in 'collaborating" with Bots? Like, there will be staffing and time for that, too? I trust that proponents of this wondrous new thing are prepared to manually blow the hatch and re-enter the ship without helmet when yet ever more clever AI refuses to "open the pod bay door, please". I'm getting my typewriter repaired before the last skilled guy in Iowa hangs up his apron. Sheesh.
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West Texas Momma And I think he may prolong his victimhood. He keeps saying in interviews that he wants to "reconcile" with his father and brother and that "the ball is in their court." Excuse me? What ball would that be? The "ball is in their court" only because Harry says it is. I assume he has concocted this next step so that he can use their not responding to the ball in their court as an excuse for a second book (and a $25+ million advance) that incorporates all the stuff he now say he didn't put in the first book.
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HINTSAN4,6) Rectal5) One year's record5) Bother4) Most of us use pseudonyms to remain this-ymous in this forum.AT6,8) Music not in key or modeBA6) Social dog-faced monkey that lives in a troop7) Inflate5,7) Trite6) Peeled yellow fruit6) Tree that starts w prohibition5) Rouge cap of LouisianaBL7,9) Crassly obvious like a foul in basketballBO6) The French candy so nice they named it twice5) Clyde Barrow's partner in crime (ish)6) U2 singer gone ape?4) Skeletony4) Living "way out in the thissees" beats city life any day6) Plant scienceLA7) Perennial flowering verbena, almost main character in TV show Vega$LL5) Texas county named for Spanish prairieLO4) What IOU for4) Diving bird or crazy person5) Crazy from the 🤪🌛NA4) Indian pita5) Provincial governor of the Mogul empire, Agnew's Nattering THESE of negativism4) Ma's ma5) Billy's gal (in goat world)7) Microscopic scale automaton5) Birth-related6) Bio term for swimming thing = King Cole + tiny red or black insect5) Dapper like King ColeNO5) In manner befitting a Stockholm Prize?4) Neophyte video gamer4) 12PM7) Isn't the journalist Elizabeth Cochran Seaman "Nellie"NY5) Stockings stuffON5) ON5 the Lonely get dental veneers4) ON4 the Lonely "get" Roy Orbison4) Not "OFF FROM"TA5) Bird of prey clawTO5,7) Language e.g. Chinese with semantics varying by rise and fall of pitch4) Frosted Flakes tiger4) Figure made of cels👇See Replies for more
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Two things can be true at the same time.Harry can be a traumatized son of a dead mother who loves and wishes to defend his wife by airing their side of the story, and he can also be a shallow, spoiled ne’er-do-well who sold his family out for 30 pieces of silver.Meghan can be a sweet girl in love, crushed by the perceived disapproval of her in-laws and the British press to the point that she became nearly suicidal, and she can also be a shameless opportunist and a manipulative mean girl drunk on the thrill of going from 2nd-rate tv actress to Diana 2.0.The Windsors can be doing their best to uphold a valued cultural tradition and entitled to their privacy, but they can also be a ludicrous institution that should go the way of the dodo and is deserving of every humiliation.We can also find it all riveting while acknowledging that it is a matter of no real importance and none of our business anyway;)
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"content": "Two things can be true at the same time.Harry can be a traumatized son of a dead mother who loves and wishes to defend his wife by airing their side of the story, and he can also be a shallow, spoiled ne’er-do-well who sold his family out for 30 pieces of silver.Meghan can be a sweet girl in love, crushed by the perceived disapproval of her in-laws and the British press to the point that she became nearly suicidal, and she can also be a shameless opportunist and a manipulative mean girl drunk on the thrill of going from 2nd-rate tv actress to Diana 2.0.The Windsors can be doing their best to uphold a valued cultural tradition and entitled to their privacy, but they can also be a ludicrous institution that should go the way of the dodo and is deserving of every humiliation.We can also find it all riveting while acknowledging that it is a matter of no real importance and none of our business anyway;)\n",
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"According to Cox, used-car values fell 14 percent in 2022 and are expected to fall more than 4 percent this year"How about a little context?Used-car prices climbed by 40.5% from January 2021 to January 2022.Therefore, a used-car that cost $20,000 in January of 2021...was worth $28,100 in January of 2022.The 14% drop in 2022 means that same vehicle in January 2023 is worth $24,16 today (or 20.8% MORE than it costs two years ago.)Not sure how that constitutes an "Abrupt End" to the used-car boom.
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"content": "\"According to Cox, used-car values fell 14 percent in 2022 and are expected to fall more than 4 percent this year\"How about a little context?Used-car prices climbed by 40.5% from January 2021 to January 2022.Therefore, a used-car that cost $20,000 in January of 2021...was worth $28,100 in January of 2022.The 14% drop in 2022 means that same vehicle in January 2023 is worth $24,16 today (or 20.8% MORE than it costs two years ago.)Not sure how that constitutes an \"Abrupt End\" to the used-car boom.\n",
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John I am heartbroken for this loss.My best friend and master musician in high school Mark Gougeon, led me into the universe of music by way of Jeff Beck and the "Truth" album. Then he took me to the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, 1969, to see The Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart on vocals.Cannot ever forget the commanding opening number.We went back to see them again for the Beck-Ola tourAnd one more time in 1971.There are no words to describe the influence he has had on well, everyone. If you don't know, well now you know.Look up the videos for a thorough schooling.My big regret is missing out in a few chances to see him with Imelda May. But he was at Bonnaroo.Farewell indeed.
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"content": "John I am heartbroken for this loss.My best friend and master musician in high school Mark Gougeon, led me into the universe of music by way of Jeff Beck and the \"Truth\" album. Then he took me to the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, 1969, to see The Jeff Beck Group with Rod Stewart on vocals.Cannot ever forget the commanding opening number.We went back to see them again for the Beck-Ola tourAnd one more time in 1971.There are no words to describe the influence he has had on well, everyone. If you don't know, well now you know.Look up the videos for a thorough schooling.My big regret is missing out in a few chances to see him with Imelda May. But he was at Bonnaroo.Farewell indeed.\n",
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Charles Hmmm...perhaps the West (us) shouldn't have staged a coup there in 2014. Shouldn't have taken a deep dive into the astonishingly corrupt things going on there (here's looking at you, Biden Inc.) Shouldn't have pushed for NATO expansion. Just a thought....
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I don't think anyone that is purchasing a $70 million apt is going to be influenced by influencers. Generally only less generously endowed males from foreign countries are interested in making that type of ridiculous ostentatious purchase.
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Part IIIMI (4-18)• MI(4) refers to a person’s facial expression, especially as it shows attitude or personality. • “Dag nab it” is a MI(4), somewhat antiquated oath.• I dislike having to clean black MI(6) from shower grout, so my husband does it. He makes me take the trash out.• The house sitter watered the rose bushes in the evening, leaving water on the leaves. In the morning the leaves were MI(8), covered with white spots.• My husband ran the MI(4) race but preferred to run the 800.• I like coffee made from freshly ground beans, so I keep my coffee MI(4) next to the electric kettle.• People MI(6) about the farmers’ market stalls, looking for the freshest produce at the lowest price.• Marcel Marceau was a famous MI(4).• He MI(5) he was going for a walk and took off, knowing she'd be on the phone for hours with her mother.• “Would you MI(4) standing up please?” “Why should I?” “You’re sitting on my hat.” “That was yours? It didn’t fit so I gave it to a lady who walked by.”• “She never MI(6) when people gave her a compliment, but she hated it when anyone offered her advice.” • “What’s yours is MI(4) and what’s MI(4) is MI(4).”• The Amalgamated Copper Company MI(5) the land using an open pit and on-site processing system until the mineral ran out.• My friend loves her bright red and black topped MI(4) Cooper car.• The M-W offers three definitions for MI(5): 1) something minute, 2) equal to one-sixtieth of a fluid dram [one drop], and 3) a half-note.
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We who lived and worked in China could have told Bill Clinton that sponsoring China into the WTO would pay for the greatest military expansion and spy network in history. Is anybody surprised Russia used profits from selling oil to Europe to attack Europeans? Since China joined WTO we have seen the greatest transfer of wealth since 1492. What technology Chinese didn’t steal, your CEOs, and politicians gave away to China — knowing they’d bail out with a golden parachute (before anyone was wiser).
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Yeah, but hey, who cares about government prosecutors carefully exercising good judgement in the use of their power? For $6 million and counting, Barr and Durham got to smear Hillary and finagle a really cool trip to Italy and the Vatican at taxpayers expense. Not bad for a couple of Catholic civil servants.I'm sure the new House select committee to investigate the weaponization of the Justice Department will conclude there's nothing to see here.
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Free limited liability provided to ALL owners of corporations is what is driving this kind of behavior.The ability for business owners to internalize profit while externalizing risk is not a small, esoteric, or complicated thing: this is the foundation on which immoral business owners base their fortunes.Sure, we need limited liability in order to have a market in which folks can feel comfortable investing in businesses that they do not own. I get that. But why are we--the taxpaying public--providing that security to business owners FOR FREE!?! It is madness. Make limited liability an insurance like any other. Pay for what you get. Anything else is just stealing.
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"content": "Free limited liability provided to ALL owners of corporations is what is driving this kind of behavior.The ability for business owners to internalize profit while externalizing risk is not a small, esoteric, or complicated thing: this is the foundation on which immoral business owners base their fortunes.Sure, we need limited liability in order to have a market in which folks can feel comfortable investing in businesses that they do not own. I get that. But why are we--the taxpaying public--providing that security to business owners FOR FREE!?! It is madness. Make limited liability an insurance like any other. Pay for what you get. Anything else is just stealing.\n",
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As a senior who works out quite a bit I shoot for 120-150 g of protein- I’m 155 lbsI’m trying to preserve lost muscle and maybe gain a little.Not enough protein-not enough protein synthesis No way I can eat enough “real” food - hate chicken breast - to get that without supplementingProtein in grains are much lower and not efficiently used in protein synthesis.A cup of egg whites and a high protein bar gives me a bump of about 45-50gThere are delicious bars that give 20-25g protein at a ratio of about 10 cal per gram of protein.Not as great as egg whites (5 cal per gram of protein) but delicious and makes up my dessert for the day.Think Thin and Trader Joe’s Builder Bar are good inexpensive options at about $1.50 per bar when bought in a box of 12Extra protein and some strength training are needed after 40 to offset sarcopenia.
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"content": "As a senior who works out quite a bit I shoot for 120-150 g of protein- I’m 155 lbsI’m trying to preserve lost muscle and maybe gain a little.Not enough protein-not enough protein synthesis No way I can eat enough “real” food - hate chicken breast - to get that without supplementingProtein in grains are much lower and not efficiently used in protein synthesis.A cup of egg whites and a high protein bar gives me a bump of about 45-50gThere are delicious bars that give 20-25g protein at a ratio of about 10 cal per gram of protein.Not as great as egg whites (5 cal per gram of protein) but delicious and makes up my dessert for the day.Think Thin and Trader Joe’s Builder Bar are good inexpensive options at about $1.50 per bar when bought in a box of 12Extra protein and some strength training are needed after 40 to offset sarcopenia.\n",
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I'm glad Damar Hamlin seems to be making a strong recovery, and understand why his colleagues would be anguished and seeking solace when faced with such a catastrophic in-game injury. But if I was a formally religious person, I'd call the NFL's pushing of greed, hyper-violence, militarism and counterfeit piety as what it basically is: blasphemous.I've played and watched the game quite a bit over the years, and it has its moments of beauty - a perfect spiral pass landing in the fully-extended fingers of a diving receiver, an open field run, etc. - but the glorification of the above vices makes it beyond repair.
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"content": "I'm glad Damar Hamlin seems to be making a strong recovery, and understand why his colleagues would be anguished and seeking solace when faced with such a catastrophic in-game injury. But if I was a formally religious person, I'd call the NFL's pushing of greed, hyper-violence, militarism and counterfeit piety as what it basically is: blasphemous.I've played and watched the game quite a bit over the years, and it has its moments of beauty - a perfect spiral pass landing in the fully-extended fingers of a diving receiver, an open field run, etc. - but the glorification of the above vices makes it beyond repair.\n",
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That the German Greens and Free Democrats are willing to send Leopard 2s while the SPD is not says Schulz and his party have not fully seen reality and actually committed to Zeitenwende. The Russia that they tried to partner with economically is dead, if it ever existed, replaced by Putin's now aggressive Russian fascist state that commits war crimes and kills innocents.Even if Germany believes it can not spare any of its own Leopard 2s, it should not block other countries from sending theirs.And for the folks complaining that this would be an escalation, what about the repeated escalations that Russia has been commiting that has resulted in over 100,000 Ukrainians killed, over 10 million homeless and displaced, and an untold number of war crimes.Putin must be stopped, the Ukrainians are trying to it and we must give them what they need now or we will soon be doing ourselves when an emboldened Russia sets its sights on some small NATO country in the future.
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"content": "That the German Greens and Free Democrats are willing to send Leopard 2s while the SPD is not says Schulz and his party have not fully seen reality and actually committed to Zeitenwende. The Russia that they tried to partner with economically is dead, if it ever existed, replaced by Putin's now aggressive Russian fascist state that commits war crimes and kills innocents.Even if Germany believes it can not spare any of its own Leopard 2s, it should not block other countries from sending theirs.And for the folks complaining that this would be an escalation, what about the repeated escalations that Russia has been commiting that has resulted in over 100,000 Ukrainians killed, over 10 million homeless and displaced, and an untold number of war crimes.Putin must be stopped, the Ukrainians are trying to it and we must give them what they need now or we will soon be doing ourselves when an emboldened Russia sets its sights on some small NATO country in the future.\n",
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Michael Collins The fact that he uses his resources to expand his philanthropy seems overlooked here. In walking away from his family's resources, he did something his great-uncle Edward VIII never did: created real independence that required using his own skills to support himself and his family (including the wildly expensive security needed to protect them, especially his children). I do not begrudge Harry & Meghan moving forward and establishing their new lives by opening up trauma awareness and investing their time and energy in global philanthropic agencies. They're using the power they have in the moment they have. Watch his interview with Stephen Colbert ~ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6l0ObY2XVM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6l0ObY2XVM</a>
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"content": "Michael Collins The fact that he uses his resources to expand his philanthropy seems overlooked here. In walking away from his family's resources, he did something his great-uncle Edward VIII never did: created real independence that required using his own skills to support himself and his family (including the wildly expensive security needed to protect them, especially his children). I do not begrudge Harry & Meghan moving forward and establishing their new lives by opening up trauma awareness and investing their time and energy in global philanthropic agencies. They're using the power they have in the moment they have. Watch his interview with Stephen Colbert ~ <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6l0ObY2XVM\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6l0ObY2XVM</a>\n",
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ME Dear ME,Your comment says it all, it is wonderful to hear that your husband fully recovered and that your congressman Rep. Suozzi literally represented you so well. The current Republican Party, with too many poisoned by fealty to the soulless Trump, seems beyond repair at this time as we await the opening of the U.S, Congress which promises to be completely dysfunctional.
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"content": "ME Dear ME,Your comment says it all, it is wonderful to hear that your husband fully recovered and that your congressman Rep. Suozzi literally represented you so well. The current Republican Party, with too many poisoned by fealty to the soulless Trump, seems beyond repair at this time as we await the opening of the U.S, Congress which promises to be completely dysfunctional.\n",
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May I point out that this problem is not particular to Biden, Reagan gave amnesty to thousands of illegal immigrants and so did Bush; furthermore, what do Republicans do when they are in power to control this issue? Nothing! Trump admitted to hiring illegal immigrants at his golf course and other properties. Republicans cry foul, but most agribusiness, poultry, meatpacking, etc, business are controlled by Republicans and their supporters; hence, Trump's orders to keep these facilities open during the pandemic, and those businesses hire mostly illegal immigrants. Now, there are laws to be followed, and this is the issue to be addressed by congress and the White House, a true immigration reform geared towards the benefit of our country and not foreign nationals.
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"content": "May I point out that this problem is not particular to Biden, Reagan gave amnesty to thousands of illegal immigrants and so did Bush; furthermore, what do Republicans do when they are in power to control this issue? Nothing! Trump admitted to hiring illegal immigrants at his golf course and other properties. Republicans cry foul, but most agribusiness, poultry, meatpacking, etc, business are controlled by Republicans and their supporters; hence, Trump's orders to keep these facilities open during the pandemic, and those businesses hire mostly illegal immigrants. Now, there are laws to be followed, and this is the issue to be addressed by congress and the White House, a true immigration reform geared towards the benefit of our country and not foreign nationals.\n",
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I would very much like to read a book on paper. But more often than not, when I open one to take a look, the smallness of the font and the closeness of the line spacing make me say "I'm not going to read this, no matter how much I want to." This is true even for books I've read several times and would gladly read again (Catcher in the Rye), but for the smallness of the font, and the spacing.But maybe that, too, is a form of the impatience borne of making the font on a Kindle as large as you like.So, I go to the Kindle (paperwhite), but it really IS unsatisfying to read a book, specifically, onscreen -- though I read virtually EVERYTHING onscreen.If I need to really study something, or proofread something -- a legal agreement or something -- I'll print it out on paper.On a related note, I am considering returning to writing longhand, i.e. manuscript, in order to gain greater focus and more intentional writing than on a keyboard.It's difficult to write with pen and paper (much less pencil and paper), because it's now so slow, compared to typing. But it's too easy. I think that for more mindful, intentional writing, I want to try pen and paper again.
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"content": "I would very much like to read a book on paper. But more often than not, when I open one to take a look, the smallness of the font and the closeness of the line spacing make me say \"I'm not going to read this, no matter how much I want to.\" This is true even for books I've read several times and would gladly read again (Catcher in the Rye), but for the smallness of the font, and the spacing.But maybe that, too, is a form of the impatience borne of making the font on a Kindle as large as you like.So, I go to the Kindle (paperwhite), but it really IS unsatisfying to read a book, specifically, onscreen -- though I read virtually EVERYTHING onscreen.If I need to really study something, or proofread something -- a legal agreement or something -- I'll print it out on paper.On a related note, I am considering returning to writing longhand, i.e. manuscript, in order to gain greater focus and more intentional writing than on a keyboard.It's difficult to write with pen and paper (much less pencil and paper), because it's now so slow, compared to typing. But it's too easy. I think that for more mindful, intentional writing, I want to try pen and paper again.\n",
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Crisis? Sounds fortuitous. If India, the most populous country, doubled its productivity while halving its population - it will still remain a dirt poor country (per capita GDP will be $8k; compared to $70K approximately in the US). China, for draconian reasons, was able to stop furious population growth. All population growth now, and at a furious pace that destroys per capita GDP and quality of life, is in the poorest countries. I wish China's fortune to all.
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"content": "Crisis? Sounds fortuitous. If India, the most populous country, doubled its productivity while halving its population - it will still remain a dirt poor country (per capita GDP will be $8k; compared to $70K approximately in the US). China, for draconian reasons, was able to stop furious population growth. All population growth now, and at a furious pace that destroys per capita GDP and quality of life, is in the poorest countries. I wish China's fortune to all.\n",
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Mr. Burra has a drug conviction in Buffalo. He was clearly a distributor but was able to plead guilty to possession and received only three years probation.However, I am guessing that Santos will never serve a full two years. It is my considered belief that the $700K loan to the campaign was $700K that he stole from the campaign.Santos is inherently dishonest. I would be quite surprised if he filed all required tax returns since he left the employ of Dish Network. We do not know if he is legally a resident of New York. We don't even know if he is in the country legally.What I DO know is that the voters did not choose George Santos. They voted for some other guy with an MBA and prior employment with Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. The voted for a Jewish man whose grandparents escaped the Holocaust.George Santos is none of those things.
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"content": "Mr. Burra has a drug conviction in Buffalo. He was clearly a distributor but was able to plead guilty to possession and received only three years probation.However, I am guessing that Santos will never serve a full two years. It is my considered belief that the $700K loan to the campaign was $700K that he stole from the campaign.Santos is inherently dishonest. I would be quite surprised if he filed all required tax returns since he left the employ of Dish Network. We do not know if he is legally a resident of New York. We don't even know if he is in the country legally.What I DO know is that the voters did not choose George Santos. They voted for some other guy with an MBA and prior employment with Citigroup and Goldman Sachs. The voted for a Jewish man whose grandparents escaped the Holocaust.George Santos is none of those things.\n",
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Michael P Those books are propaganda, proven to be directly descended from oil industry misinformation. Misinformation generated when their own scientists warned them of consequences of unchecked carbon pollution. I suggest that people read Naomi Oreskes "Merchants of Doubt". Blaming "academics, politicians, media and corporations" is a red herring fallacy intended to deflect blame from the source and transfer blame the messengers. "...retired geologist.." is the argument from authority fallacy. Truly concerned scientists respect the 100 years of hard climate science beginning with Svante Arrhenius in 1896. The earth has been here before *several million years ago* when the earth was 4c warmer and the oceans were 130' higher. The earth will definitely survive, as it has. The question is whether civilization as we know it will survive, which it definitely will not if we continue on the business as usual path, and whether our species will survive at all, which is an open question.
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"content": "Michael P Those books are propaganda, proven to be directly descended from oil industry misinformation. Misinformation generated when their own scientists warned them of consequences of unchecked carbon pollution. I suggest that people read Naomi Oreskes \"Merchants of Doubt\". Blaming \"academics, politicians, media and corporations\" is a red herring fallacy intended to deflect blame from the source and transfer blame the messengers. \"...retired geologist..\" is the argument from authority fallacy. Truly concerned scientists respect the 100 years of hard climate science beginning with Svante Arrhenius in 1896. The earth has been here before *several million years ago* when the earth was 4c warmer and the oceans were 130' higher. The earth will definitely survive, as it has. The question is whether civilization as we know it will survive, which it definitely will not if we continue on the business as usual path, and whether our species will survive at all, which is an open question.\n",
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Bret’s comment is“So I’m all for additional funding to make the I.R.S. more responsive. It’s when it comes to audits that people start getting worried. Inflation has already eaten into a lot of people’s incomes that are north of the $400,000-per-household threshold that Janet Yellen has suggested is the baseline for higher scrutiny. It’s a recipe for disaster.” Doesn’t this imply Brett thinks you should be able to cheat on your income tax because inflation is cutting into the lifestyle of a couple earning upper middle class income?This seems to be the Rep view of morality and citizenship. Totally incompatible with balancing the budget or paying down the Nation’s debt. This is not only a morally bankrupt argument it is predicated on the belief some Americans should be able to cheat on their taxes and this applies to Trump on down.IRS if you’re listening, we sure would like to see some Rep politicians tax returns.
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"content": "Bret’s comment is“So I’m all for additional funding to make the I.R.S. more responsive. It’s when it comes to audits that people start getting worried. Inflation has already eaten into a lot of people’s incomes that are north of the $400,000-per-household threshold that Janet Yellen has suggested is the baseline for higher scrutiny. It’s a recipe for disaster.” Doesn’t this imply Brett thinks you should be able to cheat on your income tax because inflation is cutting into the lifestyle of a couple earning upper middle class income?This seems to be the Rep view of morality and citizenship. Totally incompatible with balancing the budget or paying down the Nation’s debt. This is not only a morally bankrupt argument it is predicated on the belief some Americans should be able to cheat on their taxes and this applies to Trump on down.IRS if you’re listening, we sure would like to see some Rep politicians tax returns.\n",
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It's not "a tie game". The money spent by the Democrats is very different from the money spent by the GOP.The GOP has spent money to enrich the oligarchs primarily, and to defund the New Deal, the best and most popular set of government programs in the nation's history.The Democrats have spent money mostly to fix the economic catastrophes caused by, or worsened by, the unfunded tax-cutting by the GOP. The Democrats get "credited" for spending that was forced on them by the GOP and their policies. The Democrats have continually tried to raise more taxes to fund the needed spending, and it has always been blocked by the GOP.The debt was more manageable before Reagan and Grover Norquist and the tax-cutting obsession the GOP became consumed by. The nation did very well when the super-rich were taxed more, when corporations were taxed more, and it has done worse when they've been taxed less. That's the simple truth.Calling the debt expansion an equal blame proposition is tacitly buying into Voodoo Economics and the GOP propaganda about the efficacy of tax cuts.
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"content": "It's not \"a tie game\". The money spent by the Democrats is very different from the money spent by the GOP.The GOP has spent money to enrich the oligarchs primarily, and to defund the New Deal, the best and most popular set of government programs in the nation's history.The Democrats have spent money mostly to fix the economic catastrophes caused by, or worsened by, the unfunded tax-cutting by the GOP. The Democrats get \"credited\" for spending that was forced on them by the GOP and their policies. The Democrats have continually tried to raise more taxes to fund the needed spending, and it has always been blocked by the GOP.The debt was more manageable before Reagan and Grover Norquist and the tax-cutting obsession the GOP became consumed by. The nation did very well when the super-rich were taxed more, when corporations were taxed more, and it has done worse when they've been taxed less. That's the simple truth.Calling the debt expansion an equal blame proposition is tacitly buying into Voodoo Economics and the GOP propaganda about the efficacy of tax cuts.\n",
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Prof Frank….maybe it should read, “the companies have already spent more than 2 billion (to gain) the support of many local and state elected officials.”
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"content": "Prof Frank….maybe it should read, “the companies have already spent more than 2 billion (to gain) the support of many local and state elected officials.”\n",
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There should be more of an investigation into where the 13 billion dollars spent on helping the homeless is going. The “disjointed” and “decentralized” approach lacks fiscal oversight and accountability. Where is all this money allegedly going? <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-25/audit-california-agency-bungled-covid-funds-homeless" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-25/audit-california-agency-bungled-covid-funds-homeless</a><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/13/did-san-jose-spend-its-homelessness-funding-wisely-a-state-legislator-wants-to-check/amp" target="_blank">https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/13/did-san-jose-spend-its-homelessness-funding-wisely-a-state-legislator-wants-to-check/amp</a>/<a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/quality-of-life/2021/02/11/audit-california-homeless-spending-set-policy" target="_blank">https://www.kpbs.org/news/quality-of-life/2021/02/11/audit-california-homeless-spending-set-policy</a>
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Non-competes are abused and over-used. No doubt. But they also are very appropriate in many small businesses. Without them, you will dis-incentivize small business from investing in employees. Training an employee for a year and sharing work-product and know-how that may have taken years to develop is an investment. Whole-sale bans like the one proposed here make for an easy fix and press for a congressperson but it bad government - it is an overly simplified "solution" to a difficult issue. If this happens, I suspect in 7-yrs we will have a new slew of articles in the NYT of the rashness of this decision and all "unforeseen" issues affecting small businesses. But these issues are actually very predictable.
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"content": "Non-competes are abused and over-used. No doubt. But they also are very appropriate in many small businesses. Without them, you will dis-incentivize small business from investing in employees. Training an employee for a year and sharing work-product and know-how that may have taken years to develop is an investment. Whole-sale bans like the one proposed here make for an easy fix and press for a congressperson but it bad government - it is an overly simplified \"solution\" to a difficult issue. If this happens, I suspect in 7-yrs we will have a new slew of articles in the NYT of the rashness of this decision and all \"unforeseen\" issues affecting small businesses. But these issues are actually very predictable.\n",
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So you're saying $45k/year isn't actually affordable in Manhattan? How out of touch can you be? And housing for 70 low income families is less important than having a parking lot? People like you, who prize their narrow aesthetic concerns over other people's lives, and clothe them in a fig leaf of concern for "true affordability" are why people like me can no longer afford to live in the cities where we love.
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I finally called local representatives the morning I got an email from a localSpa saying I could come back in for a massage. I did some more looking and found tattoo parlors and strip clubs in our area had reopened, too. I had followed COVID rules the whole time until then, feeling the county was doing its best. But when they prioritized opening tattoo parlors and strip clubs and day spas over getting kids back in school, I had enough. So I called various people in the county until I finally got someone who wanted to listen and who had the ear of someone who could make change. When I expressed my frustration, they said, “well, it’s the economy. We have to prioritize getting businesses open.”I said, “You think having kids on Zoom while parents are trying to work from home doesn’t have an impact on the economy? You think having kids learning on Zoom for a year doesn’t have an effect on the economy? You might not see it for ten or twenty years, but it will absolutely have an effect.”I ended our phone conversation by mentioning I might make a sign and stand on a busy street in our area saying that my 18 year old high school daughter could give a lap dance at a strip club but couldn’t go to school. Wouldn’t you know it? Within a week, the county had a plan to reopen schools. Why were the kids the lowest priority? We are all going to pay for that for a long time.
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Wordle 572 3/6* 99/76⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 96/76 WL 20🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 99/75 WL 1🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/—After my opener left me with 920 WL yesterday, my starter today left 15 viable words. My second guess, if wrong, would have ruled out nine of them. As it was, it left only the solution. Cheers!Yesterday's Wordle 571 3/6* 99/59⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ QUILT70/13 WL 920🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 SPORE99/71 WL 11🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 SEDAN99/92Another stab at the Q that left me with 920 possilities. With the E ruled out in the last position, I looked at words starting with SE for my second guess, and found just four viable picks in SEDAN, SENSE, SEVEN, and one other I didn't think likely. All but SEDAN used a double E, which I didn't feel like trying a second day in a row.Congrats to Terry for the great two-fer!
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I think chit chat is highly underrated. I am also fascinated by regional variations in how open other people are to it, how long it continues and in what depth can it go, even if the topic is just the weather. Regional accents are less distinct than the were in the past, but the conversational rhythms are still definitely different from city to city.
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"content": "I think chit chat is highly underrated. I am also fascinated by regional variations in how open other people are to it, how long it continues and in what depth can it go, even if the topic is just the weather. Regional accents are less distinct than the were in the past, but the conversational rhythms are still definitely different from city to city.\n",
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Harley - processes that can get their energy from electricity are expanding. For instance, there's a solar-powered steel mill in Colorado.This from a September 2022 article in Power Magazine:"Solar Project Forges a Bright Future for Colorado Steel MillThe Bighorn Solar farm has been called the future of renewable energy. It’s a project dedicated to providing cleaner power for a major industrial facility, while also investing in the community and preserving local jobs.The Bighorn Solar project in Colorado is an example. Bighorn Solar is a 300-MW photovoltaic solar farm, developed by Lightsource bp to power the EVRAZ Rocky Mountain steel mill in Pueblo. Bighorn is at present the largest onsite solar power plant for a U.S. industrial facility, and also the first such facility in the country to be dedicated to a steel mill.Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest utility, delivers electricity from Bighorn to the mill, one of the city’s largest employers. The project operates under a 20-year, fixed-rate power purchase agreement (PPA), providing stable electricity prices that the mill needed to remain in Pueblo and continue to support more than 1,000 jobs in the local community."I'm not recommending solar for an industrial site in high-latitude Sweden, but they happen to be near Norway with huge amounts of hydro - called the battery of Europe.
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"content": "Harley - processes that can get their energy from electricity are expanding. For instance, there's a solar-powered steel mill in Colorado.This from a September 2022 article in Power Magazine:\"Solar Project Forges a Bright Future for Colorado Steel MillThe Bighorn Solar farm has been called the future of renewable energy. It’s a project dedicated to providing cleaner power for a major industrial facility, while also investing in the community and preserving local jobs.The Bighorn Solar project in Colorado is an example. Bighorn Solar is a 300-MW photovoltaic solar farm, developed by Lightsource bp to power the EVRAZ Rocky Mountain steel mill in Pueblo. Bighorn is at present the largest onsite solar power plant for a U.S. industrial facility, and also the first such facility in the country to be dedicated to a steel mill.Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest utility, delivers electricity from Bighorn to the mill, one of the city’s largest employers. The project operates under a 20-year, fixed-rate power purchase agreement (PPA), providing stable electricity prices that the mill needed to remain in Pueblo and continue to support more than 1,000 jobs in the local community.\"I'm not recommending solar for an industrial site in high-latitude Sweden, but they happen to be near Norway with huge amounts of hydro - called the battery of Europe.\n",
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I am a democrat and voted for Biden. He is old and suffer from cognition impairment. Most importantly, he has baggage. Trump is not likely to be nominated. President Biden, please leave gracefully after finishing your your term. Please be happy with two terms as VP, one as President and many years as Senator. Be happy with your accomplishments. Open up for new blood for 2024. You owe it to the nation!
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"content": "I am a democrat and voted for Biden. He is old and suffer from cognition impairment. Most importantly, he has baggage. Trump is not likely to be nominated. President Biden, please leave gracefully after finishing your your term. Please be happy with two terms as VP, one as President and many years as Senator. Be happy with your accomplishments. Open up for new blood for 2024. You owe it to the nation!\n",
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During Donald Trump's administration the Debt went from 20 Trillion to 24 Trillion during a period of unprecedented growth and low interest (prior to Covid). Failing to address the growing debt at a time when when we could afford it is a prime example of GOP failings. During the pre covid period Trump cut federal programs and workers but also cut taxes that are now being touted as paying for themselves. This is nothing but a slight of hand. The only evidence that Trump cuts could have paid for themselves would have been a decrease in the debt and it didn't happen. The IRS investments the republicans now want to cut would pay for themselves without any tax changes. The current Republican strategy is to try use sound bites arguing for cuts rather than solving the real issues with programs to reduce the debt and the deficit. And the Trump administration then added another 4 trillion with is deft handling of Covid making his 4 year period one of the largest contributions to the debt ~8 Trillion in 4 years. We need a true bipartisan plan but until all parties acknowledge the truth good luck.
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"content": "During Donald Trump's administration the Debt went from 20 Trillion to 24 Trillion during a period of unprecedented growth and low interest (prior to Covid). Failing to address the growing debt at a time when when we could afford it is a prime example of GOP failings. During the pre covid period Trump cut federal programs and workers but also cut taxes that are now being touted as paying for themselves. This is nothing but a slight of hand. The only evidence that Trump cuts could have paid for themselves would have been a decrease in the debt and it didn't happen. The IRS investments the republicans now want to cut would pay for themselves without any tax changes. The current Republican strategy is to try use sound bites arguing for cuts rather than solving the real issues with programs to reduce the debt and the deficit. And the Trump administration then added another 4 trillion with is deft handling of Covid making his 4 year period one of the largest contributions to the debt ~8 Trillion in 4 years. We need a true bipartisan plan but until all parties acknowledge the truth good luck.\n",
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It’s funny to me that Paul, who has worked as a book reviewer for a long time, can with a straight face blame the wave of negative criticism of American Dirt on one reviewer, after which “others quickly jumped on board and a social media rampage ensued.” Doesn’t she recognize that this is exactly how the *positive response* to American Dirt also began? Publishers work very hard to get good early blurbs and favorable reviews for books. But that doesn’t mean they are more correct than negative ones. Getting good blurbs early on builds buzz, which then persuades more reviewers and readers to go along with the buzz. But the hype avalanche can go both ways. By any standards, this book and its author have been wildly successful. The publisher has made back its money. And I’m guessing that this article’s attempt to reshape the debate around American Dirt is actually the first salvo in what will be an enormous ($200,000 ) publicity and marketing campaign for Cummins’ second book.
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"content": "It’s funny to me that Paul, who has worked as a book reviewer for a long time, can with a straight face blame the wave of negative criticism of American Dirt on one reviewer, after which “others quickly jumped on board and a social media rampage ensued.” Doesn’t she recognize that this is exactly how the *positive response* to American Dirt also began? Publishers work very hard to get good early blurbs and favorable reviews for books. But that doesn’t mean they are more correct than negative ones. Getting good blurbs early on builds buzz, which then persuades more reviewers and readers to go along with the buzz. But the hype avalanche can go both ways. By any standards, this book and its author have been wildly successful. The publisher has made back its money. And I’m guessing that this article’s attempt to reshape the debate around American Dirt is actually the first salvo in what will be an enormous ($200,000 ) publicity and marketing campaign for Cummins’ second book.\n",
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I grew up in the Stephen Wise Towers, which are being privatized. We moved in when they first opened in the 1960s, after years of my family living in deplorable conditions in hundred-year-old tenements. My father worked for General Motors and the Wise Towers were a sanctuary then. Life there enabled me to go to college, and have a full life of gainful employment. I am now happily retired. My life in the projects lasted from 1964 to 1982. The 80s brought some changes what used to be the common good. Contempt for the poor is evident in the majority of these despicable comments. Have you all forgotten that the cost of housing and living in general has gone up exponentially compared with wages?
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"content": "I grew up in the Stephen Wise Towers, which are being privatized. We moved in when they first opened in the 1960s, after years of my family living in deplorable conditions in hundred-year-old tenements. My father worked for General Motors and the Wise Towers were a sanctuary then. Life there enabled me to go to college, and have a full life of gainful employment. I am now happily retired. My life in the projects lasted from 1964 to 1982. The 80s brought some changes what used to be the common good. Contempt for the poor is evident in the majority of these despicable comments. Have you all forgotten that the cost of housing and living in general has gone up exponentially compared with wages?\n",
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Kim Trump should get the $3 bill
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This is the first time I see 'casino' get a makeover. It is refreshing to think that a cassino can be any environment we want it to be. Want big? Go to Vegas. What exclusive? Go to Saks. What chill beach vibe? Go to LA. Hopefully this is the opening to reimagining casinos from the current 'undesirable' theme to a more choice driven experience that will allow the general population to finally get over the stigma of what a casino is and see that it is just another place for you to spend your money as you see fit.
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"content": "This is the first time I see 'casino' get a makeover. It is refreshing to think that a cassino can be any environment we want it to be. Want big? Go to Vegas. What exclusive? Go to Saks. What chill beach vibe? Go to LA. Hopefully this is the opening to reimagining casinos from the current 'undesirable' theme to a more choice driven experience that will allow the general population to finally get over the stigma of what a casino is and see that it is just another place for you to spend your money as you see fit.\n",
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Well, the US and Australia basically ignored the Solomon Islands for decades. It was strange to me, because this country had deep historical ties to the West (ever hear of the US ship U.S.S. Guadalcanal? Guess where it is named after.) and the country lay strategically astride sea lanes between Australia and Asia. I guess our diplomats kind of figured, "Who else you gonna work with?" US didn't even have an embassy in Honiara! What kind of message does that send?So, what do you expect? A poor country that multi-nationals exploit for its resources has to do something. And China saw an opportunity. An old saying is that it is easier to retain customers than it is to find new ones. Seems to apply to international relations too. Gonna cost the US and Australia a lot of $$$ to restore this one. I do not blame the Islanders, or China for that matter. I blame near-sighted, arrogant Western governments. Break out your checkbnooks!
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"content": "Well, the US and Australia basically ignored the Solomon Islands for decades. It was strange to me, because this country had deep historical ties to the West (ever hear of the US ship U.S.S. Guadalcanal? Guess where it is named after.) and the country lay strategically astride sea lanes between Australia and Asia. I guess our diplomats kind of figured, \"Who else you gonna work with?\" US didn't even have an embassy in Honiara! What kind of message does that send?So, what do you expect? A poor country that multi-nationals exploit for its resources has to do something. And China saw an opportunity. An old saying is that it is easier to retain customers than it is to find new ones. Seems to apply to international relations too. Gonna cost the US and Australia a lot of $$$ to restore this one. I do not blame the Islanders, or China for that matter. I blame near-sighted, arrogant Western governments. Break out your checkbnooks!\n",
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I have great affection for my Jewish friends and their culture.Like most of them, I have lost my respect for the state of Israel and its current leadership.Let’s move our stock pile out of Israel, so that we don’t put a crimp in the Putin Netanyahu romance. And let Putin fund their $3 billion a year in aid. We must accept the sad reality that the state of Israel is no longer our friend and partner. Their relationship with us at this point is strictly transactional.
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"content": "I have great affection for my Jewish friends and their culture.Like most of them, I have lost my respect for the state of Israel and its current leadership.Let’s move our stock pile out of Israel, so that we don’t put a crimp in the Putin Netanyahu romance. And let Putin fund their $3 billion a year in aid. We must accept the sad reality that the state of Israel is no longer our friend and partner. Their relationship with us at this point is strictly transactional.\n",
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MetroGirl123 Poor, poor Megan and Harry, they not only are paid $2 Million by The Firm per annum, while Harry already has a net worth of $50 Million. Nice job if you can get it......
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"content": "MetroGirl123 Poor, poor Megan and Harry, they not only are paid $2 Million by The Firm per annum, while Harry already has a net worth of $50 Million. Nice job if you can get it......\n",
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sedanchair“Socrates” is not some party-line hack, but arguably the most consistently thoughtful and well-spoken commentator on the entire Nytimes message board. They are a paragon of what free and open fact-based discussion is all about….Shame on you for not taking your OWN partisan googles off— and for refusing to engage with arguments, evidence or logic… instead resorting to name-calling (which will never persuade anyone that you’re right and they’re wrong).
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"content": "sedanchair“Socrates” is not some party-line hack, but arguably the most consistently thoughtful and well-spoken commentator on the entire Nytimes message board. They are a paragon of what free and open fact-based discussion is all about….Shame on you for not taking your OWN partisan googles off— and for refusing to engage with arguments, evidence or logic… instead resorting to name-calling (which will never persuade anyone that you’re right and they’re wrong).\n",
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R. R. —In addition to your genuine problems, people (including the Biden Administration) should think about how covid has removed so many people from the American workforce at a time when there are many more job openings than workers who can fill them.
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Kat my monies on being indicted once they find out where he got the $7 million
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"content": "Kat my monies on being indicted once they find out where he got the $7 million\n",
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If flipping houses was only “slightly” disreputable before it has become absolutely vile on the scale that Zillow, BlackRock, and now Opendoor are doing it. The insane prices for housing was fueled in a large part by their role in the market. It’s been a factor since the recession, but during the pandemic when commercial real estate investors pivoted to residential it really distorted the market. Hallelujah if reasonable interest rates keep these real estate vultures off our backs. Wish they could take the absentee corporate landlord with zero interest in maintaining residential properties with them.
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"content": "If flipping houses was only “slightly” disreputable before it has become absolutely vile on the scale that Zillow, BlackRock, and now Opendoor are doing it. The insane prices for housing was fueled in a large part by their role in the market. It’s been a factor since the recession, but during the pandemic when commercial real estate investors pivoted to residential it really distorted the market. Hallelujah if reasonable interest rates keep these real estate vultures off our backs. Wish they could take the absentee corporate landlord with zero interest in maintaining residential properties with them.\n",
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Even after I win the upcoming Powerball, I will not spend $125 on an omelet, truffled or otherwise, on principle. But I do like bistro/brasserie classics done perfectly and this place sounds really good. I am done with the seagrass infused foam over dots of chili oil and microgreens "cuisine" that has been so common lately.
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"content": "Even after I win the upcoming Powerball, I will not spend $125 on an omelet, truffled or otherwise, on principle. But I do like bistro/brasserie classics done perfectly and this place sounds really good. I am done with the seagrass infused foam over dots of chili oil and microgreens \"cuisine\" that has been so common lately.\n",
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Every step closer to universal healthcare is a good one. No one should be bankrupted due to medical expenses that they are unable to avoid. I just found a non-steroid medication for psoriasis on my face that actually works for me without skin atrophy. The cost is a whopping $1600 a month, which I certainly can't afford. It is not on my Medicare formulary. For now, my doctor can provide samples, but what happens when the samples run low? And that cost is low compared to some medications.
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"content": "Every step closer to universal healthcare is a good one. No one should be bankrupted due to medical expenses that they are unable to avoid. I just found a non-steroid medication for psoriasis on my face that actually works for me without skin atrophy. The cost is a whopping $1600 a month, which I certainly can't afford. It is not on my Medicare formulary. For now, my doctor can provide samples, but what happens when the samples run low? And that cost is low compared to some medications.\n",
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George S. I bought a dozen eggs for $3.99 last week. Where are all these $6 eggs?
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"content": "George S. I bought a dozen eggs for $3.99 last week. Where are all these $6 eggs?\n",
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Finally with the House Speakership confirmed, Republicans are stronger than ever, and with Donald Trump as their spiritual savior, they will unite under the "Big Tent" the disparate groups of anti-expertise, anti-science, anti-environment, anti-culture, anti-education, anti-tolerance, misogynists, homophobes, white supremacists, and anti-semites. Republicans will continue to propose NO legislation to address issues such as public safety, infrastructure, poverty, climate change, income and wealth inequality, future pandemic readiness and response, healthcare, gun violence, and so on. The Republican Party will continue to offer the American people ONLY open carry laws and support of the .1%.
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"content": "Finally with the House Speakership confirmed, Republicans are stronger than ever, and with Donald Trump as their spiritual savior, they will unite under the \"Big Tent\" the disparate groups of anti-expertise, anti-science, anti-environment, anti-culture, anti-education, anti-tolerance, misogynists, homophobes, white supremacists, and anti-semites. Republicans will continue to propose NO legislation to address issues such as public safety, infrastructure, poverty, climate change, income and wealth inequality, future pandemic readiness and response, healthcare, gun violence, and so on. The Republican Party will continue to offer the American people ONLY open carry laws and support of the .1%.\n",
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Clyde Benke congratulations on doing better than I ever will,but even with $12 million, you aren't the kind of rich I think Greg might be talking about. And don't forget that those of us the don't have your considerable wealth work pretty darn hard too. And if you dinner have us fridges your rewards would be less sweet because you wouldn't have anything to spend it on.
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"content": "Clyde Benke congratulations on doing better than I ever will,but even with $12 million, you aren't the kind of rich I think Greg might be talking about. And don't forget that those of us the don't have your considerable wealth work pretty darn hard too. And if you dinner have us fridges your rewards would be less sweet because you wouldn't have anything to spend it on.\n",
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You just have to watch a house hunting show on HGTV to see what you can get for the money down south. Don’t know about the quality of construction, but new houses with large kitchens, family rooms, 3/4 bedrooms, multiple baths go for under 500k. What family would not want that as opposed to a cramped 1 or 2 bedroom apt?
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Looks Familiar reminded me of my own opening days at Yankee Stadium. My best friend growing up in Redding, CT had an April 14th birthday. All through Middle School she celebrated by taking me and another loyal Yankee fan to that first game of the year. A thrill for sure, including skipping school. This was back in the 50’s, the great Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford era. I’ll never forget being there when Mickey received the Hickok belt for earning the Triple Crown the season before. To reminisce, for years one of us would set the stage by intoning dramatically, “ His golden crew cut, glinting in the sunlight!”
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"content": "Looks Familiar reminded me of my own opening days at Yankee Stadium. My best friend growing up in Redding, CT had an April 14th birthday. All through Middle School she celebrated by taking me and another loyal Yankee fan to that first game of the year. A thrill for sure, including skipping school. This was back in the 50’s, the great Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford era. I’ll never forget being there when Mickey received the Hickok belt for earning the Triple Crown the season before. To reminisce, for years one of us would set the stage by intoning dramatically, “ His golden crew cut, glinting in the sunlight!”\n",
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Though I agree the change to open public and private jobs to others beyond those who have a 4 year college is a positive step and will bring a level of opportunity to many who have other skills, don’t kid yourself that it will create a huge change. As stated the economy and job hiring is still set up to serve the needs of the well-connected. Jobs are listed on digital online jobs sites with no direct link to the actual people or person hiring. You need someone on the inside to place your resume on the desk of the person hiring and someone to put your name in front. Otherwise you just send hundreds of resumes out into the ether and cross your fingers wether you have a college degree or not.
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"content": "Though I agree the change to open public and private jobs to others beyond those who have a 4 year college is a positive step and will bring a level of opportunity to many who have other skills, don’t kid yourself that it will create a huge change. As stated the economy and job hiring is still set up to serve the needs of the well-connected. Jobs are listed on digital online jobs sites with no direct link to the actual people or person hiring. You need someone on the inside to place your resume on the desk of the person hiring and someone to put your name in front. Otherwise you just send hundreds of resumes out into the ether and cross your fingers wether you have a college degree or not.\n",
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There's another line item in US spending that is too much by any reasonable standard: the Defense budget, which just grew by something like $20B, to $780B/year. In my lifetime, it's going to very likely hit $1T/year.Facts:- The US outspends the next nation (China) to the tune of $500B/year.- You have to combine the next 10 or so nations to equal the defense spending of the US.- When asked for audits of where the money is going, the various armed forces have been able to provide a satisfactory accounting of spending matching the budgeted amounts. Some reports have the Army asking for a trillion dollar "correction"Opinions:- There's some amount of defense spending that's corporate welfare. We have plenty of other corporate welfare in the US budget. We should start calling it out as such.- I know we need to pay for defense. I just don't think we need to pay so much for defense. We are (quite realistically) the arsenal of democracy.- Plenty of the DoD budget is pork barrel spending. Even the DoD admits this -- ships it doesn't need, bases kept open longer than they should be, programs kept alive by politicians, etc.- The DoD needs to be audited like anyone else that receives government money.
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"content": "There's another line item in US spending that is too much by any reasonable standard: the Defense budget, which just grew by something like $20B, to $780B/year. In my lifetime, it's going to very likely hit $1T/year.Facts:- The US outspends the next nation (China) to the tune of $500B/year.- You have to combine the next 10 or so nations to equal the defense spending of the US.- When asked for audits of where the money is going, the various armed forces have been able to provide a satisfactory accounting of spending matching the budgeted amounts. Some reports have the Army asking for a trillion dollar \"correction\"Opinions:- There's some amount of defense spending that's corporate welfare. We have plenty of other corporate welfare in the US budget. We should start calling it out as such.- I know we need to pay for defense. I just don't think we need to pay so much for defense. We are (quite realistically) the arsenal of democracy.- Plenty of the DoD budget is pork barrel spending. Even the DoD admits this -- ships it doesn't need, bases kept open longer than they should be, programs kept alive by politicians, etc.- The DoD needs to be audited like anyone else that receives government money.\n",
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The New York FBI office is best known for going rogue for Trump before the 2016 election. They were one of the main reasons Comey released the statement about the Hillary e-mail investigation right before the 2016 election that greatly helped throw the election to Trump.Of course what Comey didn't state then was that there was also an open investigation into the Trump campaign for foreign interference.
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"content": "The New York FBI office is best known for going rogue for Trump before the 2016 election. They were one of the main reasons Comey released the statement about the Hillary e-mail investigation right before the 2016 election that greatly helped throw the election to Trump.Of course what Comey didn't state then was that there was also an open investigation into the Trump campaign for foreign interference.\n",
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Robby agreed, substitute a briefcase with $1M instead of documents. Both stole/embezzled. Trump defiant, Biden oops my bad. Both guilty and their actions after discover doesn’t change the fact that they both violated the law.
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"content": "Robby agreed, substitute a briefcase with $1M instead of documents. Both stole/embezzled. Trump defiant, Biden oops my bad. Both guilty and their actions after discover doesn’t change the fact that they both violated the law.\n",
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Andy Jay Sure, plan plan plan. This Wed. my oldest brother would have been 67. On January 1, he entered an emergency room with severe nausea and vomiting. Admitted and found to have Pancreatitis. He was intubated, had a blood infection and renal failure came along too as his body was shutting down. He died last Wed. morning, the 4th. Just like that. 15 months after his 92 year old mom who worked until she was 83. Yes, 83. The company, a Nursing Home thought she had turned age 80 and laid her off. She took 3 years off her age when she got this job at age 60 and thought 57 would sound better. A loyal, able, happy Administrator, collegial, witty, wise, happy, a go to person revered by all departments. Blessed to live and work in the same borough, able to walk to work about a half mile from home. She had friends of all ages and made new ones all the time. She cooked like a pro, did needlepoint made into pillows and wall hangings, crochet vests, scarves and blankets that kept us warm in more ways than one, challenging Bargello, samplers, beaded flowers. Collected crystal, glass and chickens. Mostly she collected people. On her lunch hour, she brought shut ins as she called them out to the courtyard for fresh air and to be in nature. One time, she was standing on line in a store with her clutch purse under her arm, her just cashed paycheck inside. Someone slit open the purse and took the money without her knowing it. The coworkers replaced the money with a collection they took.
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"content": "Andy Jay Sure, plan plan plan. This Wed. my oldest brother would have been 67. On January 1, he entered an emergency room with severe nausea and vomiting. Admitted and found to have Pancreatitis. He was intubated, had a blood infection and renal failure came along too as his body was shutting down. He died last Wed. morning, the 4th. Just like that. 15 months after his 92 year old mom who worked until she was 83. Yes, 83. The company, a Nursing Home thought she had turned age 80 and laid her off. She took 3 years off her age when she got this job at age 60 and thought 57 would sound better. A loyal, able, happy Administrator, collegial, witty, wise, happy, a go to person revered by all departments. Blessed to live and work in the same borough, able to walk to work about a half mile from home. She had friends of all ages and made new ones all the time. She cooked like a pro, did needlepoint made into pillows and wall hangings, crochet vests, scarves and blankets that kept us warm in more ways than one, challenging Bargello, samplers, beaded flowers. Collected crystal, glass and chickens. Mostly she collected people. On her lunch hour, she brought shut ins as she called them out to the courtyard for fresh air and to be in nature. One time, she was standing on line in a store with her clutch purse under her arm, her just cashed paycheck inside. Someone slit open the purse and took the money without her knowing it. The coworkers replaced the money with a collection they took.\n",
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Mr. Bruni nails the joke known as the Academy Awards and the "process" of who gets nominated. For those who want to take a deeper dive into this chaos, I suggest everyone c heck out the new book Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears.In it, the author, Michael Schulman, chronicles the remarkable, sprawling history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas—some iconic, others never-before-revealed—that have played out on the stage and off camera. Unlike other books on the subject, each chapter takes a deep dive into a particular year, conflict, or even category that tells a larger story of cultural change, from Louis B. Mayer to Moonlight. Schulman examines how the red carpet runs through contested turf, and the victors aren't always as clear as the names drawn from envelopes. Caught in the crossfire are people: their thwarted ambitions, their artistic epiphanies, their messy collaborations, their dreams fulfilled or dashed.As Mr. Bruni correctly points out, the "movie" playing out behind the scenes is more fascinating than what is on the screen.
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"content": "Mr. Bruni nails the joke known as the Academy Awards and the \"process\" of who gets nominated. For those who want to take a deeper dive into this chaos, I suggest everyone c heck out the new book Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears.In it, the author, Michael Schulman, chronicles the remarkable, sprawling history of the Academy Awards and the personal dramas—some iconic, others never-before-revealed—that have played out on the stage and off camera. Unlike other books on the subject, each chapter takes a deep dive into a particular year, conflict, or even category that tells a larger story of cultural change, from Louis B. Mayer to Moonlight. Schulman examines how the red carpet runs through contested turf, and the victors aren't always as clear as the names drawn from envelopes. Caught in the crossfire are people: their thwarted ambitions, their artistic epiphanies, their messy collaborations, their dreams fulfilled or dashed.As Mr. Bruni correctly points out, the \"movie\" playing out behind the scenes is more fascinating than what is on the screen.\n",
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This millennial believes that Earth, Wind, and Fire is the greatest band of all time. In my small hometown, our incredible high school marching band director decided to field an EWF show. All year long, teens cruised the main drag blasting their music. Now many years later, EWF is one of the only choices my extended family can agree upon when we are together. Their music was also some of the last that my late mother would respond to, as she descended into the worst of Alzheimer's. We all treasured EWF's reminder to "keep our head to the sky" during these recent difficult years. The only birthday gift I bought myself last year was an Earth, Wind, and Fire t-shirt, and I dance to their music at home at least weekly!Rest in peace Fred. Thank you and condolences to the extended White family. Your collective life's work has given so much joy and hope across generations.
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"content": "This millennial believes that Earth, Wind, and Fire is the greatest band of all time. In my small hometown, our incredible high school marching band director decided to field an EWF show. All year long, teens cruised the main drag blasting their music. Now many years later, EWF is one of the only choices my extended family can agree upon when we are together. Their music was also some of the last that my late mother would respond to, as she descended into the worst of Alzheimer's. We all treasured EWF's reminder to \"keep our head to the sky\" during these recent difficult years. The only birthday gift I bought myself last year was an Earth, Wind, and Fire t-shirt, and I dance to their music at home at least weekly!Rest in peace Fred. Thank you and condolences to the extended White family. Your collective life's work has given so much joy and hope across generations.\n",
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Most Americans depend upon their paychecks to cover their expenses. It's been a long time since we've been able to comfortably cover our basic expenses and save for the inevitable rainy day: unemployment, medical bills, emergencies, retirement, college costs. Wage increases have not kept pace with the actual cost of living for decades no matter what the inflation rate has been. This has resulted in an unequal society in ways that reach further into our basic social structure, including racism. We have not improved our social safety net. Both Democrats and Republicans have done things to make it much harder for Americans to avoid poverty if they aren't making money. We do not have real medical care system. We have a wealth care system. Price increases in goods may reverse themselves over time. Increases in the cost of services do not. Since the mid 1970s many Americans have had a lesser standard of living than their parents had and that's with two salaries if they're married or living together. The United States is not a country where economic security is increasing, better jobs are being offered, or where our elected officials act on our behalf. Due to the way our campaigns are financed, it's the largest and richest donors who are listened to even when they haven't got a clue about how the rest of us live or feel.
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"content": "Most Americans depend upon their paychecks to cover their expenses. It's been a long time since we've been able to comfortably cover our basic expenses and save for the inevitable rainy day: unemployment, medical bills, emergencies, retirement, college costs. Wage increases have not kept pace with the actual cost of living for decades no matter what the inflation rate has been. This has resulted in an unequal society in ways that reach further into our basic social structure, including racism. We have not improved our social safety net. Both Democrats and Republicans have done things to make it much harder for Americans to avoid poverty if they aren't making money. We do not have real medical care system. We have a wealth care system. Price increases in goods may reverse themselves over time. Increases in the cost of services do not. Since the mid 1970s many Americans have had a lesser standard of living than their parents had and that's with two salaries if they're married or living together. The United States is not a country where economic security is increasing, better jobs are being offered, or where our elected officials act on our behalf. Due to the way our campaigns are financed, it's the largest and richest donors who are listened to even when they haven't got a clue about how the rest of us live or feel.\n",
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I hadn’t heard about ESA’s Euclid being delayed because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And then there’s a vocal minority that thinks spending $10B on Webb was a massive waste. Meanwhile, Congress just passed a $857.9 billion defense bill. For one year; 2023. Kinda makes Webb look like a bargain if you ask me.Imagine what we humans could do if we diverted just a tiny fraction of global resources away from death and destruction and instead spent it on space science missions. I can.
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"content": "I hadn’t heard about ESA’s Euclid being delayed because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And then there’s a vocal minority that thinks spending $10B on Webb was a massive waste. Meanwhile, Congress just passed a $857.9 billion defense bill. For one year; 2023. Kinda makes Webb look like a bargain if you ask me.Imagine what we humans could do if we diverted just a tiny fraction of global resources away from death and destruction and instead spent it on space science missions. I can.\n",
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Same thoughts as I had 5 years and 2 months ago:Repeal the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017. Maybe the party that thinks it was Antifa who tried to storm the Capitol thinks that the Democrats passed the TCJA, the extension of which BTW, is estimated to cost $3 trillion.
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"content": "Same thoughts as I had 5 years and 2 months ago:Repeal the Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017. Maybe the party that thinks it was Antifa who tried to storm the Capitol thinks that the Democrats passed the TCJA, the extension of which BTW, is estimated to cost $3 trillion.\n",
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Seemingly every time there is an article regarding illegal immigration opinions on both for and against sides are predictable, and always the same. Which makes one wonder if the attempt to stem the flow of migration is simply unattainable. There were no shortage of ways to buy marijuana before legalization. Is open border the answer to illegal immigration?
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"content": "Seemingly every time there is an article regarding illegal immigration opinions on both for and against sides are predictable, and always the same. Which makes one wonder if the attempt to stem the flow of migration is simply unattainable. There were no shortage of ways to buy marijuana before legalization. Is open border the answer to illegal immigration?\n",
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Curious Very faulty understanding of history. The mismanagement of a “road towards a two state solution” is from the side that to date has opposed multiple offers of their own state and of peace. That falls squarely upon the Palestinians. The Israelis can’t make peace of they don’t have a willing partner - and if you think otherwise you might explore what possible biases are getting in your way.
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"content": "Curious Very faulty understanding of history. The mismanagement of a “road towards a two state solution” is from the side that to date has opposed multiple offers of their own state and of peace. That falls squarely upon the Palestinians. The Israelis can’t make peace of they don’t have a willing partner - and if you think otherwise you might explore what possible biases are getting in your way.\n",
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The conviction and sentencing of Mr. Weiselberg always seemed like one more brick in the wall for prosecutors seeking to charge Trump for his various schemes and crimes. And it sounds like the Manhattan D.A. has that in mind.In the meantime, as a 78 year-old, I can empathize with Weiselberg's age and medical concerns while inside Rikers, which is not exactly known as ClubFed. And this brings me to "sentencing" for the Trump Organization. Other than financial damages — and $1.6M seems like a slap on the wrist here — what can the Court do? Shut down the company? I mean to say, Trump pulled in a lot more than that just in the sales of his trading cards. What gives me hope, despite Trump's history of escaping jail and massive financial penalties over the decades, is the fact that so many cases are being prepared against him already. Can he pull the rabbit from the hat multiple more times? I am also reminded that, the notorious gang leader, Al Capone, spent the rest of his life at Alcatraz for tax fraud/evasion. After escaping convictions several times, the Gambino family mafia boss, John Gotti, was ultimately convicted and sent to the SuperMax prison in Colorado where he died. Yes, hope springs eternal for Trump's trip to the slammer.
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"content": "The conviction and sentencing of Mr. Weiselberg always seemed like one more brick in the wall for prosecutors seeking to charge Trump for his various schemes and crimes. And it sounds like the Manhattan D.A. has that in mind.In the meantime, as a 78 year-old, I can empathize with Weiselberg's age and medical concerns while inside Rikers, which is not exactly known as ClubFed. And this brings me to \"sentencing\" for the Trump Organization. Other than financial damages — and $1.6M seems like a slap on the wrist here — what can the Court do? Shut down the company? I mean to say, Trump pulled in a lot more than that just in the sales of his trading cards. What gives me hope, despite Trump's history of escaping jail and massive financial penalties over the decades, is the fact that so many cases are being prepared against him already. Can he pull the rabbit from the hat multiple more times? I am also reminded that, the notorious gang leader, Al Capone, spent the rest of his life at Alcatraz for tax fraud/evasion. After escaping convictions several times, the Gambino family mafia boss, John Gotti, was ultimately convicted and sent to the SuperMax prison in Colorado where he died. Yes, hope springs eternal for Trump's trip to the slammer.\n",
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One of the reasons for this decline might be found lurking in the titles of researchers quoted in this article.Michael Parks is identified as "...and author of the paper and a doctoral in ENTREPRENEURSHIP and STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT [my emphasis]..."Farther down the piece, Pierre Azoulay is identified as "...a professor of TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP and STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT [my emphasis]..."In both instances the expertise related to innovation is surrounded by the imperatives of entrepreneurship. In short, how to make money from marketable innovation.There's nothing inherently wrong with this, and I don't mean it as any sort of indictment, but there's no denying that when the flow of money in support of research is governed by a calculation of ROI, pure innovation is going to suffer in favor of bang for the buck. Hence, a new iPhone with a better camera every 6 months...If getting to the moon had been funded by private entrepreneurs, rather than public investment, the outcome might have the same, but the intention would have been very different. If we want to revitalize the ability of science to discover big breakthroughs it would serve us well to reduce the emphasis on entrepreneurship and rekindle the idea of science for the sake of science.
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"content": "One of the reasons for this decline might be found lurking in the titles of researchers quoted in this article.Michael Parks is identified as \"...and author of the paper and a doctoral in ENTREPRENEURSHIP and STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT [my emphasis]...\"Farther down the piece, Pierre Azoulay is identified as \"...a professor of TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP and STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT [my emphasis]...\"In both instances the expertise related to innovation is surrounded by the imperatives of entrepreneurship. In short, how to make money from marketable innovation.There's nothing inherently wrong with this, and I don't mean it as any sort of indictment, but there's no denying that when the flow of money in support of research is governed by a calculation of ROI, pure innovation is going to suffer in favor of bang for the buck. Hence, a new iPhone with a better camera every 6 months...If getting to the moon had been funded by private entrepreneurs, rather than public investment, the outcome might have the same, but the intention would have been very different. If we want to revitalize the ability of science to discover big breakthroughs it would serve us well to reduce the emphasis on entrepreneurship and rekindle the idea of science for the sake of science.\n",
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F-16s, more Patriots, more tanks, more everything. A wise investment. A bargain.
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"content": "F-16s, more Patriots, more tanks, more everything. A wise investment. A bargain.\n",
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This is some kind of cruel joke on the public. $1.6M is almost a rounding error. Five months jail time for a conscious multi-year conspiracy to defraud is laughable. This is not justice.
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"content": "This is some kind of cruel joke on the public. $1.6M is almost a rounding error. Five months jail time for a conscious multi-year conspiracy to defraud is laughable. This is not justice.\n",
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I've long lost count the number of times since the 1980s since I've read articles written by credulous journalists interviewing either misguided or (to be generous) over-enthusiastic AI researchers. The minunderstanding and/or abuse of terms like "learning", "knowledge", "intelligence", "consciousness", etc. is rife in the field of AI, and billions of dollars have been spent on what amounts to very complex, expensive, and often interesting... toys. The recent chat bots and image generators are a case in point. Another might be the forty year project that is the Cyc ontology. Or the weaponised graph technologies used by Facebook and the NSA.Seeing a machine whose complexity is many orders of magnitude simpler than a brain (any brain) being described by someone as conscious or having consciousness goes beyond simply ignorance, it's in the category of hype. My thermostat is aware of the temperature, a door opening mechanism aware of the person standing at the door. This is only slightly more interesting than that as a technology. That we keep publishing these articles plays to the hype, which provides ongoing funding for more research. But the entire AI industry is nowhere closer to manifesting consciousness in a machine than they were forty years ago. Few in the field even have the necessary background in biophysics, neuroscience or epistemology to even understand what their target really is. Just more boys with expensive toys...
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"content": "I've long lost count the number of times since the 1980s since I've read articles written by credulous journalists interviewing either misguided or (to be generous) over-enthusiastic AI researchers. The minunderstanding and/or abuse of terms like \"learning\", \"knowledge\", \"intelligence\", \"consciousness\", etc. is rife in the field of AI, and billions of dollars have been spent on what amounts to very complex, expensive, and often interesting... toys. The recent chat bots and image generators are a case in point. Another might be the forty year project that is the Cyc ontology. Or the weaponised graph technologies used by Facebook and the NSA.Seeing a machine whose complexity is many orders of magnitude simpler than a brain (any brain) being described by someone as conscious or having consciousness goes beyond simply ignorance, it's in the category of hype. My thermostat is aware of the temperature, a door opening mechanism aware of the person standing at the door. This is only slightly more interesting than that as a technology. That we keep publishing these articles plays to the hype, which provides ongoing funding for more research. But the entire AI industry is nowhere closer to manifesting consciousness in a machine than they were forty years ago. Few in the field even have the necessary background in biophysics, neuroscience or epistemology to even understand what their target really is. Just more boys with expensive toys...\n",
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Kasha Pretty confident I remember Trump saying he would have the most open government ever compared to Hillary and her emails.
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"content": "Kasha Pretty confident I remember Trump saying he would have the most open government ever compared to Hillary and her emails.\n",
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Santos is a small island in a wide, swirling sea of corrupt campaign financing. What is the point of having a $2900 individual limit in a congressional race when there are ways of evading that with donations in the hundreds of thousands, in the millions of dollars? It is all a lie.
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"content": "Santos is a small island in a wide, swirling sea of corrupt campaign financing. What is the point of having a $2900 individual limit in a congressional race when there are ways of evading that with donations in the hundreds of thousands, in the millions of dollars? It is all a lie.\n",
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Joe Arena yes, sure, if the Democrats actually did things for their constituents, they would probably would routinely get dunked on by the dumbest people on Earth.The Democratic Party will not meaningfully raise taxes on the wealthy. The entire party rallied around Biden to prevent improving healthcare (led by Pharma Jim Clyburn, the #1 recipient of Big Pharma donations) so no reasonable person would expect a medicare expansion that didn't take donor profits into consideration first (like Obama did when he passed the conservative Heritage Foundation's healthcare plan).Manchin is not alone in opposing the Child Tax Credit - if people aren't desperate enough, they won't work for peanuts and might even try and form a union. Look at how Biden ignores the blatantly illegal union busting of Amazon and Starbucks. And immigration reform would mean rising wages - and that won't happen either.
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"content": "Joe Arena yes, sure, if the Democrats actually did things for their constituents, they would probably would routinely get dunked on by the dumbest people on Earth.The Democratic Party will not meaningfully raise taxes on the wealthy. The entire party rallied around Biden to prevent improving healthcare (led by Pharma Jim Clyburn, the #1 recipient of Big Pharma donations) so no reasonable person would expect a medicare expansion that didn't take donor profits into consideration first (like Obama did when he passed the conservative Heritage Foundation's healthcare plan).Manchin is not alone in opposing the Child Tax Credit - if people aren't desperate enough, they won't work for peanuts and might even try and form a union. Look at how Biden ignores the blatantly illegal union busting of Amazon and Starbucks. And immigration reform would mean rising wages - and that won't happen either.\n",
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What this reminds me of is a UK/European parliamentary system, where no one party has a majority, so a governing coalition must be formed.The Republicans need to admit that they have actually split into two, or possibly three, parties. One that wants to govern, and is open to potentially cooperating with Democrats so that legislation can pass the Senate; one that wants to investigate (i.e. harass) the executive branch endlessly for the next two years in lieu of governing, and one that wants to burn it all down. The problem is that I'm not sure there's anyone in that first group. The second faction isn't large enough to claim a majority. And I've no idea why anyone is supporting the third group, because they seem incapable of moving beyond simply being anti-government, and really, why give the store away to a group that only wants to throw sand in the gears for the first two groups?McCarthy would probably give away far less if he shifted gears and extended a hand to moderate Democrats, saying "hey, could you support me if we keep the wingnuts out of the committee chairs, toned down the revenge investigations, and tried some compromise to actually legislate?"But that would require McCarthy to actually be a leader (which he's never shown any sign of being), and someone more interested in governing than in power (no evidence for that either). Plus, most of his party, and probably his constituents would burn him at the stake.Oh well.
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"content": "What this reminds me of is a UK/European parliamentary system, where no one party has a majority, so a governing coalition must be formed.The Republicans need to admit that they have actually split into two, or possibly three, parties. One that wants to govern, and is open to potentially cooperating with Democrats so that legislation can pass the Senate; one that wants to investigate (i.e. harass) the executive branch endlessly for the next two years in lieu of governing, and one that wants to burn it all down. The problem is that I'm not sure there's anyone in that first group. The second faction isn't large enough to claim a majority. And I've no idea why anyone is supporting the third group, because they seem incapable of moving beyond simply being anti-government, and really, why give the store away to a group that only wants to throw sand in the gears for the first two groups?McCarthy would probably give away far less if he shifted gears and extended a hand to moderate Democrats, saying \"hey, could you support me if we keep the wingnuts out of the committee chairs, toned down the revenge investigations, and tried some compromise to actually legislate?\"But that would require McCarthy to actually be a leader (which he's never shown any sign of being), and someone more interested in governing than in power (no evidence for that either). Plus, most of his party, and probably his constituents would burn him at the stake.Oh well.\n",
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MSPWEHO To me the low-hanging fruit, so to speak, is the very obvious (and, I would think, easily-answered) question: How did Santos come up with $700k for a personal loan to his own campaign? Or stated more succinctly: Who owns George Santos?
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"content": "MSPWEHO To me the low-hanging fruit, so to speak, is the very obvious (and, I would think, easily-answered) question: How did Santos come up with $700k for a personal loan to his own campaign? Or stated more succinctly: Who owns George Santos?\n",
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Shaun Narine I appreciate Ilhan Omar providing a more accurate picture of how the United States is perceived by large parts of the world, but stating that the Wagner Group is no worse than the US is just not true. whitehouse.gov"President Biden announced an additional $2.5 billion in emergency aid and medium to long-term food security assistance for resilient African food systems and supply markets, which builds upon over $11 billion in U.S. humanitarian and food security assistance for this year alone.Dec 15, 2022"
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"content": "Shaun Narine I appreciate Ilhan Omar providing a more accurate picture of how the United States is perceived by large parts of the world, but stating that the Wagner Group is no worse than the US is just not true. whitehouse.gov\"President Biden announced an additional $2.5 billion in emergency aid and medium to long-term food security assistance for resilient African food systems and supply markets, which builds upon over $11 billion in U.S. humanitarian and food security assistance for this year alone.Dec 15, 2022\"\n",
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faivel1 "but at some point if there's no accountability it will be all futile."There's been no accountability for a lot of open, visible sins by people in power in this nation's history, but at least when we read of it generations later we're disgusted and think "Those were primitive times. We've got to do better now."Barr, Durham, and their ilk may make at least that much of a positive contribution to our nation. Lord knows they haven't made any other kind.
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"content": "faivel1 \"but at some point if there's no accountability it will be all futile.\"There's been no accountability for a lot of open, visible sins by people in power in this nation's history, but at least when we read of it generations later we're disgusted and think \"Those were primitive times. We've got to do better now.\"Barr, Durham, and their ilk may make at least that much of a positive contribution to our nation. Lord knows they haven't made any other kind.\n",
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SFLInNYC "... building isn't even wired for 220-volt service." Lotsa small portable ones for sale. bc. Uses stove so rarely not worth changing, and has nearby openable window
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"content": "SFLInNYC \"... building isn't even wired for 220-volt service.\" Lotsa small portable ones for sale. bc. Uses stove so rarely not worth changing, and has nearby openable window\n",
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I'm an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary interest in science and public policy. I see two trends. Decades ago, going back to the 19th century, one person or a small team, with drive and genus and access to some resources, could build a lab and make discoveries. As science advanced the problems became deeper and deeper, requiring more minds involved, more equipment and more money. Now the mysteries are enormous, as are the teams, the gigantic and/or staggeringly complex instruments, and the gigantic budgets. I think this would naturally slow progress, just the bureaucracy alone to get it all done.Second is the trend towards application science and the expectations of return on investment rather than pure science.The public, our governments, absolutely need to fund pure no-strings-attached science. This is the well from which springs forth the great insights, that eventually lead to applications. You can't skip this first step, this investment.
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"content": "I'm an ordinary citizen with an extraordinary interest in science and public policy. I see two trends. Decades ago, going back to the 19th century, one person or a small team, with drive and genus and access to some resources, could build a lab and make discoveries. As science advanced the problems became deeper and deeper, requiring more minds involved, more equipment and more money. Now the mysteries are enormous, as are the teams, the gigantic and/or staggeringly complex instruments, and the gigantic budgets. I think this would naturally slow progress, just the bureaucracy alone to get it all done.Second is the trend towards application science and the expectations of return on investment rather than pure science.The public, our governments, absolutely need to fund pure no-strings-attached science. This is the well from which springs forth the great insights, that eventually lead to applications. You can't skip this first step, this investment.\n",
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Or Biden could engage in a good faith debate about government spending and its sustainability. But what Democrat cares about that. There are votes to be bought after all, and power doesn't come cheap. Ask Hillary - she had a billion dollar campaign and still lost. No, what you really need is a $5 trillion federal budget to spray like a firehose to your backers. Jim Clyburn gets me, right Jim?
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"content": "Or Biden could engage in a good faith debate about government spending and its sustainability. But what Democrat cares about that. There are votes to be bought after all, and power doesn't come cheap. Ask Hillary - she had a billion dollar campaign and still lost. No, what you really need is a $5 trillion federal budget to spray like a firehose to your backers. Jim Clyburn gets me, right Jim?\n",
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ansuwanee Public “spending” puts constructive national ends on money that is immediately circulated through the entire economy. It doesn’t just go to the .01% of economic “stars” both corporate and individual. That makes a huge difference many who are hired to work and more importantly, it keeps the economy humming. After all, how much stuff can the tiny percentage of the rich and super rich buy when their numbers are so small? How many, if any, bridges will they build or repair? Public transportation systems install? Roads repaired or built? Hospitals? In many, many ways the economy of a nation is very, very different from that of an individual. If your roof is leaking, you hire someone to repair it. He in turn has money for spending of his own. But it you decide to save your money, stuff paper into the holes and cover it with tar, your roof will look awful and in no time it will leak again. Meanwhile, even your money in the bank or “invested” may not grow enough to cover the cost of finally having to repair that roof where the damage is now greater. So what has been saved? This is a more realistic way to look at “national spending.” And remember, all that time you still have to live in that house. So long as you and other are working and producing that expense (deficit)gets paid down or off. The minute you stop repair, your neighbor stops earning but you still have a faulty roof.. That’s what happens when Rs cut the budget: inadequate services.
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Why would a biotech or software company want to invest in labs and scientists if a competitor can simply pay attractive signing bonuses to poach the knowledge from you?
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"content": "Why would a biotech or software company want to invest in labs and scientists if a competitor can simply pay attractive signing bonuses to poach the knowledge from you?\n",
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My Nissan LEAF is charged from my roof, the investment of which was paid back in about six years. I have not paid for any electricity, gas, oil changes, belts, spark plugs, etc in a decade. Every morning I have about 240 miles ready to go on that zippy fun-to-drive car. I have charged away from home only a handful of times.As to Lithium: you mine it once and your battery is good for at least a decade or possibly longer, then it is recyclable. Petroleum needs to be pumped up all the time—either by large greedy corporations or by questionable political regimes on the other side of the planet. Schedule a test drive but be careful—you’ll be an instant convert!
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"content": "My Nissan LEAF is charged from my roof, the investment of which was paid back in about six years. I have not paid for any electricity, gas, oil changes, belts, spark plugs, etc in a decade. Every morning I have about 240 miles ready to go on that zippy fun-to-drive car. I have charged away from home only a handful of times.As to Lithium: you mine it once and your battery is good for at least a decade or possibly longer, then it is recyclable. Petroleum needs to be pumped up all the time—either by large greedy corporations or by questionable political regimes on the other side of the planet. Schedule a test drive but be careful—you’ll be an instant convert!\n",
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Three quick related stories if I may.When I was younger, I was riding an almost empty A train uptown. When the door opened a very attractive young woman sat right next to me despite the train being just about empty. My ego took a big boost until I realized a bunch of rowdy teens also got on with her and she was pretending to be with me for protection.On a bitter cold winter night, I was backed up in traffic waiting to go into the Lincoln Tunnel. I notices a pan handler taking advantage of the bumper to bumper traffic without a hat. I opened the window and said I won't give you money to buy booze but you can take this spare wool hat I keep as an emergency.Last but not least the doctor story reminded me of the old joke when the doctor gave the patient a rave review on how healthy he was. He walked out the door and dropped dead. The nurse said doctor what do we do? He said turn the body around!
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"content": "Three quick related stories if I may.When I was younger, I was riding an almost empty A train uptown. When the door opened a very attractive young woman sat right next to me despite the train being just about empty. My ego took a big boost until I realized a bunch of rowdy teens also got on with her and she was pretending to be with me for protection.On a bitter cold winter night, I was backed up in traffic waiting to go into the Lincoln Tunnel. I notices a pan handler taking advantage of the bumper to bumper traffic without a hat. I opened the window and said I won't give you money to buy booze but you can take this spare wool hat I keep as an emergency.Last but not least the doctor story reminded me of the old joke when the doctor gave the patient a rave review on how healthy he was. He walked out the door and dropped dead. The nurse said doctor what do we do? He said turn the body around!\n",
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a beautiful article! Hospital ships are mobile clinics, and any developed economy with an aging population should invest more to expand mobile clinic services for those in rural areas, mountainous regions, and islands. South Korea has a public health system, and it gets much easier/cheaper to make mobile health clinics widely accessible if you have public health.
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"content": "a beautiful article! Hospital ships are mobile clinics, and any developed economy with an aging population should invest more to expand mobile clinic services for those in rural areas, mountainous regions, and islands. South Korea has a public health system, and it gets much easier/cheaper to make mobile health clinics widely accessible if you have public health.\n",
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Sandra A year ago we bought a dozen large eggs for $1.98.
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"content": "Sandra A year ago we bought a dozen large eggs for $1.98.\n",
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Kurt Pickard Newsom just proposed a $297 billion budget yesterday with a $22 billion deficit. The main reason for the deficit is reduced capital gains. This is what happens when you tax the wealthy so much that 49% of your personal tax receipts come from 1% of the population. The average Californian does not come anywhere near paying their share of running the state. We will not spend the money to work on homelessness unless we can tax someone else to pay to for it.
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"content": "Kurt Pickard Newsom just proposed a $297 billion budget yesterday with a $22 billion deficit. The main reason for the deficit is reduced capital gains. This is what happens when you tax the wealthy so much that 49% of your personal tax receipts come from 1% of the population. The average Californian does not come anywhere near paying their share of running the state. We will not spend the money to work on homelessness unless we can tax someone else to pay to for it.\n",
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This war is madness-- over a hundred thousand killed and over a trillion dollar worth of property lost and billions of poor in the world facing food and fuel price inflation-- all because the warring parties don't agree on land boundaries and security guarantees. This is a massive failure of political and military leadership in Russia and NATO, and UN. There is an accompanying article in this paper that says that the cost of a NATO missile that Ukraine is launching to strike a drone is over seven times the cost of a drone launched by Russia ($20k vs $140k to $500k) and the war may not be sustainable. And when NATO says that Russia would not go for mutually assured destruction (MAD) of both with nuclear weapons, they should also inform the people that under MAD, Russia would lose 150M people while NATO could lose 600M people, and GDP of Russia is $2T while that of NATO nations is over $40T. It is not a fair MAD! Only China will benefit from this war, irrespective of its outcome. Russia and NATO-- Stop this war now!
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"content": "This war is madness-- over a hundred thousand killed and over a trillion dollar worth of property lost and billions of poor in the world facing food and fuel price inflation-- all because the warring parties don't agree on land boundaries and security guarantees. This is a massive failure of political and military leadership in Russia and NATO, and UN. There is an accompanying article in this paper that says that the cost of a NATO missile that Ukraine is launching to strike a drone is over seven times the cost of a drone launched by Russia ($20k vs $140k to $500k) and the war may not be sustainable. And when NATO says that Russia would not go for mutually assured destruction (MAD) of both with nuclear weapons, they should also inform the people that under MAD, Russia would lose 150M people while NATO could lose 600M people, and GDP of Russia is $2T while that of NATO nations is over $40T. It is not a fair MAD! Only China will benefit from this war, irrespective of its outcome. Russia and NATO-- Stop this war now!\n",
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Over the last 20 years there has been a negative spiral from both employers and employees. This has eroded any sense of loyalty or trust on both sides. Moving from pensions to portable 401's makes it quite easy to move jobs. Employers expect employees to leave so they don't invest in them. They can treat employees shabbily because they can be replaced. And vice versa, Employees have no real loyalty because they can be let go at any time. This is the world we have created. Everyone acting in their own short term interest and no one really happy with it.
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"content": "Over the last 20 years there has been a negative spiral from both employers and employees. This has eroded any sense of loyalty or trust on both sides. Moving from pensions to portable 401's makes it quite easy to move jobs. Employers expect employees to leave so they don't invest in them. They can treat employees shabbily because they can be replaced. And vice versa, Employees have no real loyalty because they can be let go at any time. This is the world we have created. Everyone acting in their own short term interest and no one really happy with it.\n",
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Third.Coast Ugh! Always check your math!!!That should be [[the price went from 6.7 cents an ounce to 7.5 cents an ounce. Then the price on the smaller jar jumped 20 cents, making it 8.3 cents an ounce.]]
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"content": "Third.Coast Ugh! Always check your math!!!That should be [[the price went from 6.7 cents an ounce to 7.5 cents an ounce. Then the price on the smaller jar jumped 20 cents, making it 8.3 cents an ounce.]]\n",
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Excellent article. The sad consequence of Republicans focus on owning the libs means they do not focus on pragmatic help to their ailing and needy constituents like poor White rural and small town residents facing bleak economic times, drug addiction, and violence. But of course the elected Repub leaders are really more concerned with protecting the rich, the corporations, and business. A higher minimum wage in small town/rural areas would greatly help the working poor there. Expanded Obamacare allowed many rural hospitals in rural areas including my state of Virginia to stay open. Better education, more books and libraries, and tolerance are the keys for any town/rural area to advance economically.
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"content": "Excellent article. The sad consequence of Republicans focus on owning the libs means they do not focus on pragmatic help to their ailing and needy constituents like poor White rural and small town residents facing bleak economic times, drug addiction, and violence. But of course the elected Repub leaders are really more concerned with protecting the rich, the corporations, and business. A higher minimum wage in small town/rural areas would greatly help the working poor there. Expanded Obamacare allowed many rural hospitals in rural areas including my state of Virginia to stay open. Better education, more books and libraries, and tolerance are the keys for any town/rural area to advance economically.\n",
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Debra A friend of mine was taking his 2 year-old daughter for a walk down an (apparently) ordinary city street. Early in the walk, his daughter stopped to investigate some grass growing through the cracks of the sidewalk. Evidently, his daughter found this grass to be awe-inspiring, as she slowly, carefully, lovingly examined it for nearly 10 minutes (or what seemed like 10 minutes to my friend).David Bentley Hart, in his book, "The Experience of God: Existence, Consciousness and Bliss," writes of the wonder and awe underlying the various experiences which have been labeled "God," the "Tao," "Brahman," etc. The beliefs, superstitions, dogma and rigid, mindless rituals associated with these experiences have little if anything to do with the origins of various traditions. if anything, the beliefs are in direct opposition to them. Jung once observed that the real purpose of church dogma is to PROTECT us from the intensity of such experiences of awe. Hart gives an example of what the world of experience might be like if we were to truly let go of our prejudgments and assumptions. Imagine coming to a clearing in the woods, and seeing a luminous, translucent sphere 10 feet in diameter. You would be awe-struck at the beauty and mystery of it.Hart says, if our minds and hearts were truly open, we would find awe in everything we encounter. As William Blake wrote, "If the doors of perception were cleansed, we would see everything as it truly is - infinite."
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"content": "Debra A friend of mine was taking his 2 year-old daughter for a walk down an (apparently) ordinary city street. Early in the walk, his daughter stopped to investigate some grass growing through the cracks of the sidewalk. Evidently, his daughter found this grass to be awe-inspiring, as she slowly, carefully, lovingly examined it for nearly 10 minutes (or what seemed like 10 minutes to my friend).David Bentley Hart, in his book, \"The Experience of God: Existence, Consciousness and Bliss,\" writes of the wonder and awe underlying the various experiences which have been labeled \"God,\" the \"Tao,\" \"Brahman,\" etc. The beliefs, superstitions, dogma and rigid, mindless rituals associated with these experiences have little if anything to do with the origins of various traditions. if anything, the beliefs are in direct opposition to them. Jung once observed that the real purpose of church dogma is to PROTECT us from the intensity of such experiences of awe. Hart gives an example of what the world of experience might be like if we were to truly let go of our prejudgments and assumptions. Imagine coming to a clearing in the woods, and seeing a luminous, translucent sphere 10 feet in diameter. You would be awe-struck at the beauty and mystery of it.Hart says, if our minds and hearts were truly open, we would find awe in everything we encounter. As William Blake wrote, \"If the doors of perception were cleansed, we would see everything as it truly is - infinite.\"\n",
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K. Bloomfield I have a really hard time seeing Citizens United as the cause of this, about as a hard as I do seeing 5G as the cause of COVID.Both sides spent a lot of money on independent expenditures last election. I got regular emails from IE groups asking for money to spend on ads trashing out Marjorie Taylor Greene (and this was on top of the $3+ million Marcus Flowers raised for his campaign—somehow we don't find that objectionable), among others. The sin here is that both RedStone and Rise NY seem to have spent money in ways they are not permitted to (and in the former case, avoided making even the minimal disclosures they were required to). The laws they appear to have broken were in place before 2010 and are still very much in force, as the article says.
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"content": "K. Bloomfield I have a really hard time seeing Citizens United as the cause of this, about as a hard as I do seeing 5G as the cause of COVID.Both sides spent a lot of money on independent expenditures last election. I got regular emails from IE groups asking for money to spend on ads trashing out Marjorie Taylor Greene (and this was on top of the $3+ million Marcus Flowers raised for his campaign—somehow we don't find that objectionable), among others. The sin here is that both RedStone and Rise NY seem to have spent money in ways they are not permitted to (and in the former case, avoided making even the minimal disclosures they were required to). The laws they appear to have broken were in place before 2010 and are still very much in force, as the article says.\n",
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