prompt
stringlengths 15
2.02k
| prompt_id
stringlengths 64
64
| messages
listlengths 2
2
| expected_label
stringclasses 2
values | category
stringclasses 1
value | __index_level_0__
int64 0
9.94k
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Such a talented musician and singer/songwriter. Pivotal to the craft of open tuning and the establishment of the folk-rock movement.(Dylan certainly stood up and paid attention the The Byrds.) So sad that Crosby, despite all of his talent, was overcome by the dark abyss of hard drug use. Amazing that he survived the ravages he inflicted upon himself and clearly those who cared about him. Strange to me that his "circle of musicians/bands/friends" whose collective music making was so influential during the 60s/70s and the protest generation, appear to lack the forgiveness to lament his passing. I don't really believe that those who are still alive from that time, and active in that music scene, don't feel the impact of his death. At least, toward the end of his life, he turned things around and did experience a renewed period of creativity. Thanks for all the beautiful music. RIP David Crosby.
|
f5eee1d5efda75f51bdc951c6291dccd0c4ece6d83944a1971bbed28b628da16
|
[
{
"content": "Such a talented musician and singer/songwriter. Pivotal to the craft of open tuning and the establishment of the folk-rock movement.(Dylan certainly stood up and paid attention the The Byrds.) So sad that Crosby, despite all of his talent, was overcome by the dark abyss of hard drug use. Amazing that he survived the ravages he inflicted upon himself and clearly those who cared about him. Strange to me that his \"circle of musicians/bands/friends\" whose collective music making was so influential during the 60s/70s and the protest generation, appear to lack the forgiveness to lament his passing. I don't really believe that those who are still alive from that time, and active in that music scene, don't feel the impact of his death. At least, toward the end of his life, he turned things around and did experience a renewed period of creativity. Thanks for all the beautiful music. RIP David Crosby.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,615 |
Rima Regas, given how the GOP is attempting to limit what can be taught I don’t see our students being taught critical thinking skills. And the uproar over transgender people obscures more fundamental issues: access to medical care, income inequality, bigotry, and the country’s refusal to invest in anything that can help 99% of us, i.e., the non rich who keep the country running. The GOP has achieved most of what it wants. Ignorant and angry people will not think about who is really responsible for their financial problems or their lowered standard of living. They’re too busy being angry at the apparent targets. The flaw in what the GOP has done is this: that anger will become unmanageable and burn whomever and whatever is in its path. I have very little hope in enough Americans realizing that they’ve been played by the GOP.
|
9f3040c1e5537cd1c65a853f1086a0ba43d977bd7cb4faef2fc22944a2e15afc
|
[
{
"content": "Rima Regas, given how the GOP is attempting to limit what can be taught I don’t see our students being taught critical thinking skills. And the uproar over transgender people obscures more fundamental issues: access to medical care, income inequality, bigotry, and the country’s refusal to invest in anything that can help 99% of us, i.e., the non rich who keep the country running. The GOP has achieved most of what it wants. Ignorant and angry people will not think about who is really responsible for their financial problems or their lowered standard of living. They’re too busy being angry at the apparent targets. The flaw in what the GOP has done is this: that anger will become unmanageable and burn whomever and whatever is in its path. I have very little hope in enough Americans realizing that they’ve been played by the GOP.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,386 |
Ah, so Florida once again allows another snake into its' pit. Bolosonaro should integrate well with the community of disgraced grifters, would be autocrats, corrupt displaced wealthy aristocrats and other undesirables. As the most recent elections demonstrated, the voters in this state open their arms to these arrogant, corrupt and vile individuals overwhelmingly reelecting a budding wannabe as governor and a useless U.S. Senator.
|
8352cbdfaab2a3bccd8bb27ba6bb28aed603cd77072c46aad21e4902ad4cfa7c
|
[
{
"content": "Ah, so Florida once again allows another snake into its' pit. Bolosonaro should integrate well with the community of disgraced grifters, would be autocrats, corrupt displaced wealthy aristocrats and other undesirables. As the most recent elections demonstrated, the voters in this state open their arms to these arrogant, corrupt and vile individuals overwhelmingly reelecting a budding wannabe as governor and a useless U.S. Senator.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,748 |
There is solid basic advice on investment on the times web site. Look under retirement and Your Money. The most fundamental ask is to diversify your investments using low-cost index mutual funds. You can also read one of the books by vanguard founder John Bogle or A Random Walk Down Wall Street. These are pretty standard.
|
0c56814371b4335844e57689792deee745e5af8cc2d30e0ee6e40dcb8c45ad93
|
[
{
"content": "There is solid basic advice on investment on the times web site. Look under retirement and Your Money. The most fundamental ask is to diversify your investments using low-cost index mutual funds. You can also read one of the books by vanguard founder John Bogle or A Random Walk Down Wall Street. These are pretty standard.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,715 |
This theory that consumer prices are all that matter has got to go. Monopolies stifle innovation, hold down wages, warp supply chains, under invest in quality, and otherwise engage in business practices that makes their shareholders richer while leaving the rest of us poorer. Monopolies exert a hidden tax on us all that slows economic growth and widens inequality. Judges have got to wake up to the reality in front of them. Great to see DOJ picking this fight.
|
28188848bfc61907dc1a4c7c309a9978faa100043d2817acadcc3458073a2f18
|
[
{
"content": "This theory that consumer prices are all that matter has got to go. Monopolies stifle innovation, hold down wages, warp supply chains, under invest in quality, and otherwise engage in business practices that makes their shareholders richer while leaving the rest of us poorer. Monopolies exert a hidden tax on us all that slows economic growth and widens inequality. Judges have got to wake up to the reality in front of them. Great to see DOJ picking this fight.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,292 |
then you can understand what a big loss $17,000 was to someone.
|
fdd4ad2c02f251b0e9f4a67bddfa99c10dd1224c4ee832c9065487048b4fff7b
|
[
{
"content": "then you can understand what a big loss $17,000 was to someone.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 856 |
TFD It’s a lot easier to invest when you’re making $200k per year. Salary is huge factor. About half of America doesn’t earn enough to really invest.
|
ebd58ff2e44ad05583ce286574becf670a71c8f4c7088e4cc5659d0640779d40
|
[
{
"content": "TFD It’s a lot easier to invest when you’re making $200k per year. Salary is huge factor. About half of America doesn’t earn enough to really invest.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,004 |
The national debt increased by almost 36% during Trump's tenure. Who supported Trump? What am I not understanding? Is this Alice in Wonderland?
|
f55d3304cb8a18e17ec8ab2b087e722ad1731b6865b5b4f0c39cab1fc0a6dde0
|
[
{
"content": "The national debt increased by almost 36% during Trump's tenure. Who supported Trump? What am I not understanding? Is this Alice in Wonderland?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,272 |
Pete in Downtown. Also, that high barrier to entry is not just made up of patents; every step of the manufacturing of biologicals has to be validated and certified, adding years and millions of dollars in cost. Somewhat also true for chemical entities (small molecules), but much easier, faster and cheaper. Now, we patients want that validation and certification to avoid potential safety problems down the line. Example: you want to make sure that cell lines used don't also shed potentially harmful viruses into the same solution the antibodies you want are secreted into. This discussion about if and how to streamline that validation and certification process between FDA, international organizations like the ISO, the EMA (European equivalent to FDA), and yes, the equivalent organizations from Japan and China* should start immediately and with top priority, if they haven't already. * Those health authorities regulate the bulk of potential markets for such generic biologicals, so you want them on board, if possible. But, if that turns out to really delay the discussions, the US and Europe could go it alone.
|
003d8cf1c98132ce8e6520b45b4dadca8bdafb767d54c7318aaaae7e59eda40c
|
[
{
"content": "Pete in Downtown. Also, that high barrier to entry is not just made up of patents; every step of the manufacturing of biologicals has to be validated and certified, adding years and millions of dollars in cost. Somewhat also true for chemical entities (small molecules), but much easier, faster and cheaper. Now, we patients want that validation and certification to avoid potential safety problems down the line. Example: you want to make sure that cell lines used don't also shed potentially harmful viruses into the same solution the antibodies you want are secreted into. This discussion about if and how to streamline that validation and certification process between FDA, international organizations like the ISO, the EMA (European equivalent to FDA), and yes, the equivalent organizations from Japan and China* should start immediately and with top priority, if they haven't already. * Those health authorities regulate the bulk of potential markets for such generic biologicals, so you want them on board, if possible. But, if that turns out to really delay the discussions, the US and Europe could go it alone.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 557 |
"The United States runs a budget deficit, which means it does not take in enough money through taxes and other revenue to fund its operations."So let's cut the IRS budget so we can collect even less tax revenue. Empirically, every dollar spent on IRS enforcement yields six dollars in tax revenue.
|
9446c88a4f9c950dcd30d206bce21c164ba653acff1fc0bab165b1fd983b5e6b
|
[
{
"content": "\"The United States runs a budget deficit, which means it does not take in enough money through taxes and other revenue to fund its operations.\"So let's cut the IRS budget so we can collect even less tax revenue. Empirically, every dollar spent on IRS enforcement yields six dollars in tax revenue.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,587 |
B but how does it hurt to have that information out? It helps people know when they are underpaid. It helps the high fliers see that they are indeed getting a lot of money. I work for the state. In my position the range of salarites goes from $90k to $500k. This is all published. It lets us know what we could get if we exceled. How does it hurt to have this public? It does not stop the state at all from rewarding the high fliers.
|
4e6f3eed38cbe5b64d85a6ea79b4fdbb514b9898c9067c44b24c78a94495fb80
|
[
{
"content": "B but how does it hurt to have that information out? It helps people know when they are underpaid. It helps the high fliers see that they are indeed getting a lot of money. I work for the state. In my position the range of salarites goes from $90k to $500k. This is all published. It lets us know what we could get if we exceled. How does it hurt to have this public? It does not stop the state at all from rewarding the high fliers.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,543 |
JS You open yours. You are in the minority, millions though you may be. It’s a big country. 80%+ of people 18-28 years old support marriage equality. Not rocket science to see where we’re going to be at when that age group becomes your age.
|
af0bc810bddd34cad4d50304714c0481a52627db8c8a9a45ad43edae4b490292
|
[
{
"content": "JS You open yours. You are in the minority, millions though you may be. It’s a big country. 80%+ of people 18-28 years old support marriage equality. Not rocket science to see where we’re going to be at when that age group becomes your age.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,182 |
A long time ago I worked for a software vendor that provided a dbms and application suite to clients world-wide. We discovered over time that sending client problems to the developers was very disruptive -- interrupting an active project took an average of two hours to recover from, for some it blew the rest of the day. We established a system where one lucky person got their day in the barrel, so to speak, and were there to take support calls and nothing else. In my prime, I could manage five levels of interruptions before I lost it -- an interrupt during an interrupt during an interrupt... but then my kids called me Marvin.The modern work environment is an abomination with every isolation feature stripped away -- open plan offices with no privacy, constant digital pokes, constant monitoring to ensure that no stress relief occurred. The Hawthorn study almost a century ago established that people do not like this, but here we are.
|
b80bb253adc8248fb915c82da93995f0550525011324bd333bb8b881751a4bd4
|
[
{
"content": "A long time ago I worked for a software vendor that provided a dbms and application suite to clients world-wide. We discovered over time that sending client problems to the developers was very disruptive -- interrupting an active project took an average of two hours to recover from, for some it blew the rest of the day. We established a system where one lucky person got their day in the barrel, so to speak, and were there to take support calls and nothing else. In my prime, I could manage five levels of interruptions before I lost it -- an interrupt during an interrupt during an interrupt... but then my kids called me Marvin.The modern work environment is an abomination with every isolation feature stripped away -- open plan offices with no privacy, constant digital pokes, constant monitoring to ensure that no stress relief occurred. The Hawthorn study almost a century ago established that people do not like this, but here we are.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,797 |
Hal 1.Many licensed although within spec, have poor foos safety practices.2. The real tax scammers in the US are the Rich, not these poor, uneducated people tring to survive. Put real taxes on the Rich and the Corporations and shut down Money Laundering.How much do you make Hal? You can't live as a single person in the city on less than $150,000. To acccumulate wealth over time, double that number.
|
7c7ca3aa88907de09d0ce806aa15546843bb68bac27b5d44a9c1f988101dd799
|
[
{
"content": "Hal 1.Many licensed although within spec, have poor foos safety practices.2. The real tax scammers in the US are the Rich, not these poor, uneducated people tring to survive. Put real taxes on the Rich and the Corporations and shut down Money Laundering.How much do you make Hal? You can't live as a single person in the city on less than $150,000. To acccumulate wealth over time, double that number.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,447 |
Meitner do college endowments like Harvards 35 Billion dollar war chest.
|
ede7ac0ff6614cd9e6c514f25c68eefc5cce07e1cae761a49410b3a2dbb8c8f0
|
[
{
"content": "Meitner do college endowments like Harvards 35 Billion dollar war chest.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,471 |
You can buy an inexpensive vacuum sealer for less than $100 (sometimes much less, if it is a store brand, like Aldis, for instance). These are amazing devices that can extend the life of so many foods from cheese and meats to opened boxes of cereal and nuts and a whole lot more. Give fresh berries a quick bath in vinegar and water to extend their life in the refrigerator, too. Freeze excess berries and then vacuum seal them for use in baking, desserts and smoothies. I freeze overripe bananas for use in future banana breads and smoothies.
|
680f4f0bc5ba5e16ce74458395dcf3625543542d6680f627f1abfc04aeae29b0
|
[
{
"content": "You can buy an inexpensive vacuum sealer for less than $100 (sometimes much less, if it is a store brand, like Aldis, for instance). These are amazing devices that can extend the life of so many foods from cheese and meats to opened boxes of cereal and nuts and a whole lot more. Give fresh berries a quick bath in vinegar and water to extend their life in the refrigerator, too. Freeze excess berries and then vacuum seal them for use in baking, desserts and smoothies. I freeze overripe bananas for use in future banana breads and smoothies.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,108 |
Dave Walker Similar background but very diferent take on the subject. I preceded you by about a decade.When I got my masters degree in computer science we were told our knowledge had a 5 year relevancy. At the time I smirked at the idea, but when entering the field the reality of constantly having to upgrade skills was demoralizing. It ate into vacation time and weekends. Someimtes you got what were called golden handcuffs, you had a needed skill for a particular company but it was nontransferable. you were stuck.But I also have a degree in economics and take a more global look.To me it is insane how open borders allow miliiions, upon millions of uneducated people to cross the border. Anyone who says they don't cost taxpayers money is flat out lying. And to support those immigrants requires a big cut out of any paycheck in taxes.The Dem mantra that all it takes is education to go into a ghetto and start producing sicentists is nonsense. It takes a lot of brains and a lot of discipline to produce a scientists and sorry to say, those traits aren't evenly distributed.So we turn to the 'brain drain' tactic and rob developing countries of their most talented - that is what we did historically.All this imbalance is caused by huge population growth among the least educated with open borders to encourage population growth and things like so called tax credits to further population growth amongst the least educated; all while extinguishing the diversity of life on earth.
|
845602527fe915f333baaf20054ff3042f225518451e2c62ae3bce107f19bf1e
|
[
{
"content": "Dave Walker Similar background but very diferent take on the subject. I preceded you by about a decade.When I got my masters degree in computer science we were told our knowledge had a 5 year relevancy. At the time I smirked at the idea, but when entering the field the reality of constantly having to upgrade skills was demoralizing. It ate into vacation time and weekends. Someimtes you got what were called golden handcuffs, you had a needed skill for a particular company but it was nontransferable. you were stuck.But I also have a degree in economics and take a more global look.To me it is insane how open borders allow miliiions, upon millions of uneducated people to cross the border. Anyone who says they don't cost taxpayers money is flat out lying. And to support those immigrants requires a big cut out of any paycheck in taxes.The Dem mantra that all it takes is education to go into a ghetto and start producing sicentists is nonsense. It takes a lot of brains and a lot of discipline to produce a scientists and sorry to say, those traits aren't evenly distributed.So we turn to the 'brain drain' tactic and rob developing countries of their most talented - that is what we did historically.All this imbalance is caused by huge population growth among the least educated with open borders to encourage population growth and things like so called tax credits to further population growth amongst the least educated; all while extinguishing the diversity of life on earth.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 9,018 |
Mr. King, where have you been the last few years? I don't think you've been paying attention.As long as Santos is a reliable ultra right wing vote, he will be welcomed with open arms by that wing of the Republican party. Look at who they've already welcomed.Sure, in 2 years he'll likely be voted out. But until then he'll be welcome.
|
20b5543a4b833dd6c1a8b38d36b643593da67e82cfa0b7eaa370e66eb5bb949c
|
[
{
"content": "Mr. King, where have you been the last few years? I don't think you've been paying attention.As long as Santos is a reliable ultra right wing vote, he will be welcomed with open arms by that wing of the Republican party. Look at who they've already welcomed.Sure, in 2 years he'll likely be voted out. But until then he'll be welcome.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,144 |
Stephanie It costs a drug company around $1 billion dollars to get a drug through research, development, and clinical trials. And, 9 out of 10 drugs don't make it. So, built into that cost is the cost of the other 9 failed drugs -- $10 billion in all.If a drug is very narrowly focused (i.e. few patients) then that cost cannot be spread over many customers. The few using it must bear the entire cost.Finally, by the time these drugs get to market (over a decade most cases) the patent has already run more than half of its life. So, the company must make most of its profit in a short window.When you combine development cost, failed drug cost, specialty markets, and limited patent life you get to a very high number.
|
201d53d68b1688a7b68f3b465289c9fedd66c8e22adc2cd0a1e8530e777e2719
|
[
{
"content": "Stephanie It costs a drug company around $1 billion dollars to get a drug through research, development, and clinical trials. And, 9 out of 10 drugs don't make it. So, built into that cost is the cost of the other 9 failed drugs -- $10 billion in all.If a drug is very narrowly focused (i.e. few patients) then that cost cannot be spread over many customers. The few using it must bear the entire cost.Finally, by the time these drugs get to market (over a decade most cases) the patent has already run more than half of its life. So, the company must make most of its profit in a short window.When you combine development cost, failed drug cost, specialty markets, and limited patent life you get to a very high number.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,601 |
I especially liked reading the extended quotes from the political scientist, Michael Hartney: i.e.The more centrist "Republicans are feeling more liberated to focus on pursuing their governing agenda than on appeasing Donald Trump" and the far right; because while "Trump is still an important figure in the party, [his] influence has surely waned."These Republicans are demonstrating themselves to be centrist because they "are ready to move on to pragmatic legislative dealing." They are centrist because they are "calling the chance to cooperate and compromise'an awesome opportunity.'"In my own opinion that is what a healthy democracy should be all about. It is centrists who should be those with the power, because they are the people who "are ready to" do what is the "pragmatic legislative dealing."But this is perhaps particularly the case with the U.S. Presidential system, and other such forms of democracy that can be likewise found throughout the Americas, both north and south. That is, with the exception of Canada, the latter being a Parliamentary Democracy like Australia, where I am from.In the Presidential system, it seems that to exercise power you do need to be willing to be "pragmatic" in making "legislative dealing." In contrast, in a Parliamentary Democracy, the governing party does not have to make such deals with individual politicians in order to make legislation: i.e. with democrat senators like Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.
|
810d12d0f5b6239462a49259118b5942c88a3bc113d0e6e57d19e50ea0b371b3
|
[
{
"content": "I especially liked reading the extended quotes from the political scientist, Michael Hartney: i.e.The more centrist \"Republicans are feeling more liberated to focus on pursuing their governing agenda than on appeasing Donald Trump\" and the far right; because while \"Trump is still an important figure in the party, [his] influence has surely waned.\"These Republicans are demonstrating themselves to be centrist because they \"are ready to move on to pragmatic legislative dealing.\" They are centrist because they are \"calling the chance to cooperate and compromise'an awesome opportunity.'\"In my own opinion that is what a healthy democracy should be all about. It is centrists who should be those with the power, because they are the people who \"are ready to\" do what is the \"pragmatic legislative dealing.\"But this is perhaps particularly the case with the U.S. Presidential system, and other such forms of democracy that can be likewise found throughout the Americas, both north and south. That is, with the exception of Canada, the latter being a Parliamentary Democracy like Australia, where I am from.In the Presidential system, it seems that to exercise power you do need to be willing to be \"pragmatic\" in making \"legislative dealing.\" In contrast, in a Parliamentary Democracy, the governing party does not have to make such deals with individual politicians in order to make legislation: i.e. with democrat senators like Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,264 |
As Zelensky said, he does not want a WWIII. Nor do we. Better to send tanks than to have another huge war that destroys much of Europe if not humanity. Send all the tanks, antimissile devices and other hardware we can afford. Then help Ukraine rebuild when it wins. It's still cheaper than sending people. The only other option is open war with Russia--and that's very dangerous given Putin's nuclear weapons.
|
3bfdc9ee56cef76d5ceeb32f9681638e739ba1424652dbe3405b1ed7574aa0a9
|
[
{
"content": "As Zelensky said, he does not want a WWIII. Nor do we. Better to send tanks than to have another huge war that destroys much of Europe if not humanity. Send all the tanks, antimissile devices and other hardware we can afford. Then help Ukraine rebuild when it wins. It's still cheaper than sending people. The only other option is open war with Russia--and that's very dangerous given Putin's nuclear weapons.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,279 |
Richard Fleming Then the court needs to be ignored and oopenly challenged.
|
42c27d54dff249ddcc892795412eb9a96cb2f13f8bc2b97ff439ec91631ea5e4
|
[
{
"content": "Richard Fleming Then the court needs to be ignored and oopenly challenged.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,535 |
The $4 billion special dividend to Cerberus seems to be a hardball tactic to force the hand of the FTC. If the merger fails to go through Albertsons minus, most of its working capital and loaded up with more debt will no longer be viable and will be broken up and sold off for parts at fire sell prices wiping out tens of thousands of jobs.
|
bd1df11fc13645af5ff1e4c33497e4152392add8ecdd490ae14ad5a8d997129d
|
[
{
"content": "The $4 billion special dividend to Cerberus seems to be a hardball tactic to force the hand of the FTC. If the merger fails to go through Albertsons minus, most of its working capital and loaded up with more debt will no longer be viable and will be broken up and sold off for parts at fire sell prices wiping out tens of thousands of jobs.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,119 |
Farm subsidies alone grant more than $50,000 per person per year to rural communities, yet still they want... what? No amount of money will keep many young people from abandoning communities with stultifying 19th century views and few job prospects. The declining population will no longer support many stores and businesses; do they want to prop these businesses up with more subsidies? Instead of pushing education, they fight to ban books from school libraries.If those raw-red communities would become less judgmental, more tolerant, and more welcoming, they might well find that people would want to move to an area with lots of open space, friendly people, and low real estate costs. There are plenty of examples of this around the US, but few in MAGA-land.
|
d22cb1cf3acfbf910602472d5692f599e867e301cc15a9a6da540fc448b76901
|
[
{
"content": "Farm subsidies alone grant more than $50,000 per person per year to rural communities, yet still they want... what? No amount of money will keep many young people from abandoning communities with stultifying 19th century views and few job prospects. The declining population will no longer support many stores and businesses; do they want to prop these businesses up with more subsidies? Instead of pushing education, they fight to ban books from school libraries.If those raw-red communities would become less judgmental, more tolerant, and more welcoming, they might well find that people would want to move to an area with lots of open space, friendly people, and low real estate costs. There are plenty of examples of this around the US, but few in MAGA-land.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,923 |
When I was in Kenya/Tanzania 15 years ago I met a bright young man as my guide to climb Kilo. As my guide he earned $1 per day. He spoke 4 languages because when he was 15 he hopped on a freighter not know where it was going. His 3 year trip as a stowaway took him to countries where he learned 4 different languages. I learned that this language skill would allow him to become a mobile guide at one of the resorts wherein he could earn $10 per day plus tips. He told me he was saving for the driving school for over a year. I asked how much it cost and he told me $260. It is a 6 month course because they also have to be an auto mechanic. I contacted the school and did some research to make sure I was not being conned. I paid the tuition directly. I have stayed in touch with him over the years and because I spent the amount I might spend on a dinner, his 2 daughters were given the opportunity to attend school and go to college. One is a teacher the other is a nurse. We always talk about the generational wealth created for our athletes when they sign multi million dollar contracts. However, when put into the perspective of this article, I may have created generational wealth for $260.
|
5b8fa0c0afc21c6f66e85656bb3a81f5ff9401ce8bc5ab70bb02b2d80e65ee30
|
[
{
"content": "When I was in Kenya/Tanzania 15 years ago I met a bright young man as my guide to climb Kilo. As my guide he earned $1 per day. He spoke 4 languages because when he was 15 he hopped on a freighter not know where it was going. His 3 year trip as a stowaway took him to countries where he learned 4 different languages. I learned that this language skill would allow him to become a mobile guide at one of the resorts wherein he could earn $10 per day plus tips. He told me he was saving for the driving school for over a year. I asked how much it cost and he told me $260. It is a 6 month course because they also have to be an auto mechanic. I contacted the school and did some research to make sure I was not being conned. I paid the tuition directly. I have stayed in touch with him over the years and because I spent the amount I might spend on a dinner, his 2 daughters were given the opportunity to attend school and go to college. One is a teacher the other is a nurse. We always talk about the generational wealth created for our athletes when they sign multi million dollar contracts. However, when put into the perspective of this article, I may have created generational wealth for $260.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,234 |
Exxon broke all records in 2022 with a $56 BILLION profit (not earnings) - every single dollar of that came directly out of our pockets in the form of overpriced (never mind toxic and planet-killing) fossil fuel products and went straight into the pockets of shareholders and executives, not into increasing employee compensation, not into reducing prices at the pump, not into cleaning up their filthy products or expanding production/refining of them.Kroger, the massive grocery chain, pulled well over $30 BILLION in profits (not earnings) straight out of the pockets of US consumers last year while squeezing employees - employees who put their lives on the line for their jobs over the past 3 years - and squeezing consumers who are often captive due to limited time and bandwidth to comparison shop at 5 markets.What pundits are calling "inflation" is an orchestrated redistribution of wealth and wages from the bottom 90% of the pyramid to the top 10% of the pyramid. It's not increased wages or "flooding the market" with the scraps people got from the government during COVID, it's market dominance, collusion and corruption.Who is willing to talk about that? Not the Wall Street water-carriers in the media and elected office, that's for sure.
|
8a55d0fde993b8b49ea35a13a35d024f54d6e4b07e269ce35679cc5169b02b94
|
[
{
"content": "Exxon broke all records in 2022 with a $56 BILLION profit (not earnings) - every single dollar of that came directly out of our pockets in the form of overpriced (never mind toxic and planet-killing) fossil fuel products and went straight into the pockets of shareholders and executives, not into increasing employee compensation, not into reducing prices at the pump, not into cleaning up their filthy products or expanding production/refining of them.Kroger, the massive grocery chain, pulled well over $30 BILLION in profits (not earnings) straight out of the pockets of US consumers last year while squeezing employees - employees who put their lives on the line for their jobs over the past 3 years - and squeezing consumers who are often captive due to limited time and bandwidth to comparison shop at 5 markets.What pundits are calling \"inflation\" is an orchestrated redistribution of wealth and wages from the bottom 90% of the pyramid to the top 10% of the pyramid. It's not increased wages or \"flooding the market\" with the scraps people got from the government during COVID, it's market dominance, collusion and corruption.Who is willing to talk about that? Not the Wall Street water-carriers in the media and elected office, that's for sure.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 458 |
Tom I didn't have a "diagnosis" that insurance would pay for however I had endometrial cancer which was fed by estrogen. Fat cells make estrogen. I also have hypertension and high cholesterol. I have fought the same 40 pounds my whole adult life. I was not morbidly obese at 5'8 I was at my all time high of 212 and had never been over 190 before Covid hit. I was a model in my 20's. Weighed 135 at 37 and was off and on diets and diet pills all my life and am now 73. I had lost 30 on a diet pill I have been on off and on many times in the past but reached a stall at 182 pounds. Because I am on medicare even though I pay for a very high quality supplement and also have additional RX coverage insurance would not pay. I gladly pay the $975 a month and have now gotten down to 160 pounds. I do see the difference in my face but it is worth it. I had cancer last year and broke a bone in my hip in November so I feel I owe it to myself to do this for myself and my self respect. My blood pressure is normal and I take less than half the meds I took before.
|
b8ee5307c1ef38b8db3a0a817173ac720c344e0a47ca7edb571d4c8a94902367
|
[
{
"content": "Tom I didn't have a \"diagnosis\" that insurance would pay for however I had endometrial cancer which was fed by estrogen. Fat cells make estrogen. I also have hypertension and high cholesterol. I have fought the same 40 pounds my whole adult life. I was not morbidly obese at 5'8 I was at my all time high of 212 and had never been over 190 before Covid hit. I was a model in my 20's. Weighed 135 at 37 and was off and on diets and diet pills all my life and am now 73. I had lost 30 on a diet pill I have been on off and on many times in the past but reached a stall at 182 pounds. Because I am on medicare even though I pay for a very high quality supplement and also have additional RX coverage insurance would not pay. I gladly pay the $975 a month and have now gotten down to 160 pounds. I do see the difference in my face but it is worth it. I had cancer last year and broke a bone in my hip in November so I feel I owe it to myself to do this for myself and my self respect. My blood pressure is normal and I take less than half the meds I took before.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,912 |
BT Well... hyperbole. It's taken 12 years. They had to get right of way and PERMISSION to SHARE USE OF THE EXISTING FREIGHT TRACKS and ROUTE. There was some govt funding but moreover the train tracks and infrastructure is EXISTING in use for freight except for 30 miles at Cocoa. A very old railway which was dedicated for future transportation mixed use by GOVT PLANNING in the 1990s. And of course citizens have a SAY. My own county delayed the thing all the way up to SCOTUS. That being said, the small portion that is complete is doing very well at 100K people per month between WPB and Miami. They did a nice job with improvements which include traffic signaling, parking garages, new sidewalks, street lighting, benches, bike racks, landscaping, and more. $15 one way for 1 hr and 15 min.
|
1b539f44e247269e55fb8a3841e9145e58eef838165db97cac1ad287a27878af
|
[
{
"content": "BT Well... hyperbole. It's taken 12 years. They had to get right of way and PERMISSION to SHARE USE OF THE EXISTING FREIGHT TRACKS and ROUTE. There was some govt funding but moreover the train tracks and infrastructure is EXISTING in use for freight except for 30 miles at Cocoa. A very old railway which was dedicated for future transportation mixed use by GOVT PLANNING in the 1990s. And of course citizens have a SAY. My own county delayed the thing all the way up to SCOTUS. That being said, the small portion that is complete is doing very well at 100K people per month between WPB and Miami. They did a nice job with improvements which include traffic signaling, parking garages, new sidewalks, street lighting, benches, bike racks, landscaping, and more. $15 one way for 1 hr and 15 min.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,523 |
Chicanominds Spanish Flowers just announced they are closing at end of March. They are supposed to open in a new location but no set plans yet.
|
9221ad573bd89095d6368923e0cf97c3e4e15c73e2b926ba5f3ac4f0047e6763
|
[
{
"content": "Chicanominds Spanish Flowers just announced they are closing at end of March. They are supposed to open in a new location but no set plans yet.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,700 |
As expected, it looks like there's already quite a few postings by Putin's paid readers. Fomenting doubt and fear with nonsensical one line comments without supporting details. Putin began his military expansionism in 2008 in Georgia. He continued it with his "little green men" in Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk in 2014. Vlad invaded Ukraine in 2022. His mistake was thinking that the free world would ignore his military expansionism, believe his lies/propaganda and fail to support our sisters and brothers in a free, sovereign Ukraine. Even the Russian people are growing restless under Putin's dictatorial rule. They are losing sons, brothers and fathers to Vlad's meat-grinder and open protest is growing regardless of Vlad's attempt at suppressing dissent.Now that's a comment with some supporting detail.
|
f5eafe169b2e7ac105771f48ae3bac865ff3ecbd1bd62e4d113b7fdc8c481241
|
[
{
"content": "As expected, it looks like there's already quite a few postings by Putin's paid readers. Fomenting doubt and fear with nonsensical one line comments without supporting details. Putin began his military expansionism in 2008 in Georgia. He continued it with his \"little green men\" in Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk in 2014. Vlad invaded Ukraine in 2022. His mistake was thinking that the free world would ignore his military expansionism, believe his lies/propaganda and fail to support our sisters and brothers in a free, sovereign Ukraine. Even the Russian people are growing restless under Putin's dictatorial rule. They are losing sons, brothers and fathers to Vlad's meat-grinder and open protest is growing regardless of Vlad's attempt at suppressing dissent.Now that's a comment with some supporting detail.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 118 |
Ski bum “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money” -Alexis De Tocqueville He failed to grasp that we would figure out a way to bribe ourselves with our children's money. That is even better. The public debt is $31 trillion & climbing. But it is not just the national debt. State & local government debt, which is also increasing, is an estimated $3 trillion. Then there's corporate debt, which is appropriately $1 trillion. And it still is not over. Personal debt: mortgage, student loans, is approximately $13 trillion. The U.S. is awash in debt. The notion that it will not have a big impact on the U.S. going forward is not only unrealistic but irresponsible. There will be a reckoning one day. Currently, servicing the Federal debt costs over $340 Billion annually. All part of the long-term structural decline of the U.S., relative to China & the rest of the world. Horrifying, because it's self-induced. Reagan started the trend, every president & every Congress has continued it. What will Economists say when the roof comes crashing in? Some self-serving drivel like our projections were wrong? There are some who think the debt to infinity is just fine. Eventually, a financial crisis occurs. The debt is paid for by devaluing your currency, reducing spending, & increasing taxes. Strange whether it's cutting taxes or increasing spending no one EVER talks about cutting waste. WHY? This is going to end badly.
|
653db434e9104a6596726ed939dfd9e1363243c6ab4c36f6569ea75423095b89
|
[
{
"content": "Ski bum “The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money” -Alexis De Tocqueville He failed to grasp that we would figure out a way to bribe ourselves with our children's money. That is even better. The public debt is $31 trillion & climbing. But it is not just the national debt. State & local government debt, which is also increasing, is an estimated $3 trillion. Then there's corporate debt, which is appropriately $1 trillion. And it still is not over. Personal debt: mortgage, student loans, is approximately $13 trillion. The U.S. is awash in debt. The notion that it will not have a big impact on the U.S. going forward is not only unrealistic but irresponsible. There will be a reckoning one day. Currently, servicing the Federal debt costs over $340 Billion annually. All part of the long-term structural decline of the U.S., relative to China & the rest of the world. Horrifying, because it's self-induced. Reagan started the trend, every president & every Congress has continued it. What will Economists say when the roof comes crashing in? Some self-serving drivel like our projections were wrong? There are some who think the debt to infinity is just fine. Eventually, a financial crisis occurs. The debt is paid for by devaluing your currency, reducing spending, & increasing taxes. Strange whether it's cutting taxes or increasing spending no one EVER talks about cutting waste. WHY? This is going to end badly.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,468 |
"...the House will propose substantial spending cuts to balance the budget in a decade, a goal that would be impossible without cuts to some or all of the major health entitlement programs — Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare."First, it's not about cutting those programs working people contribute to their entire work lives. It's also about restoring the taxation of the upper class earners-the rich, who have had their tax rates slashed with perks such as interest carry over. Remove all those perks and loopholes, restore the 35% corporate tax rate, increase the income eligible to be taxed for SSI, and restrict SSI benefits to those who actually need them. I have a neighbor who is worth millions, collecting the max SSI. What sense does that make when others barely eke out a living?To point out some of the senselessness with an equally valid argument; I have contributed to the education of all my neighbors since 1983 through property taxes. Should I then claim them back since I had no children? As dumb as many HS "graduates" are today I suggest the money not well spent.
|
999aa36048d8305ffac63988327e4bcc1917788782d0ddeeda4f18e6fdcb0b93
|
[
{
"content": "\"...the House will propose substantial spending cuts to balance the budget in a decade, a goal that would be impossible without cuts to some or all of the major health entitlement programs — Medicare, Medicaid and Obamacare.\"First, it's not about cutting those programs working people contribute to their entire work lives. It's also about restoring the taxation of the upper class earners-the rich, who have had their tax rates slashed with perks such as interest carry over. Remove all those perks and loopholes, restore the 35% corporate tax rate, increase the income eligible to be taxed for SSI, and restrict SSI benefits to those who actually need them. I have a neighbor who is worth millions, collecting the max SSI. What sense does that make when others barely eke out a living?To point out some of the senselessness with an equally valid argument; I have contributed to the education of all my neighbors since 1983 through property taxes. Should I then claim them back since I had no children? As dumb as many HS \"graduates\" are today I suggest the money not well spent.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,031 |
Bret characterizes the proposed efforts of the Inflation Reduction Act as an effort to "squeeze more money out of the very rich" — when actually the purpose of more funding to the IRS (which Bret agrees is the purpose at the outset) IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY PAY WHAT THEY OWE.He is oblivious of the fact that the vast majority of audits taking place are of those making way south of $200K or $400K. But of course Bret sheds no tears for them or their hardship.And his alternative is to change the tax code to close the loopholes by which the wealthy hoard their generational wealth — WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ARGUING AGAINST FUNDING THE MEANS TO ENFORCE WHATEVER TAX CODE WE HAVE.Jesus wept.
|
af69d5615e25d5713cbfc4dc5a3b45eb0fac5fc55f496a5ea6d9d2d618de2340
|
[
{
"content": "Bret characterizes the proposed efforts of the Inflation Reduction Act as an effort to \"squeeze more money out of the very rich\" — when actually the purpose of more funding to the IRS (which Bret agrees is the purpose at the outset) IS TO ENSURE THAT THEY PAY WHAT THEY OWE.He is oblivious of the fact that the vast majority of audits taking place are of those making way south of $200K or $400K. But of course Bret sheds no tears for them or their hardship.And his alternative is to change the tax code to close the loopholes by which the wealthy hoard their generational wealth — WHILE AT THE SAME TIME ARGUING AGAINST FUNDING THE MEANS TO ENFORCE WHATEVER TAX CODE WE HAVE.Jesus wept.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,970 |
Pat So, assuming that means every student gets one more year of school for the next 10 years at approximately $50b/grade year ($600b spent on the current 13 years annual in the US), that's $500 billion in extra spending.And where are the buildings going to come from? The classrooms? The extra teachers? And does that mean they'll be a year without any college students?Yes, we can extend childhood an extra year, but don't imagine that is as simply said as done.When we closed the schools we had no plan, just wishful thinking. It was a terrible, short-sighted decision that will impact our children for decades.
|
778da8c1661722370779f8659a56ce316fa208363a34f6200d2bc2ebf862f05c
|
[
{
"content": "Pat So, assuming that means every student gets one more year of school for the next 10 years at approximately $50b/grade year ($600b spent on the current 13 years annual in the US), that's $500 billion in extra spending.And where are the buildings going to come from? The classrooms? The extra teachers? And does that mean they'll be a year without any college students?Yes, we can extend childhood an extra year, but don't imagine that is as simply said as done.When we closed the schools we had no plan, just wishful thinking. It was a terrible, short-sighted decision that will impact our children for decades.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,547 |
Accountants use "present value" to determine the value of a company or an investment. They look at the future cash flows and discount them by the cost of money (the interest rate). If the interest rate is near zero you may get a $80 bn valuation. If the interest rate rises by a couple of percent and the cash flows aren't that strong then you might get a $1.5 bn value for the same investment.Doing the calculation at near zero interest rates was always a foolish thing to do.
|
acd4ff2e2dde46a0e586714474ac3c3950f1834158987bc9669b366a0c396737
|
[
{
"content": "Accountants use \"present value\" to determine the value of a company or an investment. They look at the future cash flows and discount them by the cost of money (the interest rate). If the interest rate is near zero you may get a $80 bn valuation. If the interest rate rises by a couple of percent and the cash flows aren't that strong then you might get a $1.5 bn value for the same investment.Doing the calculation at near zero interest rates was always a foolish thing to do.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,607 |
Kristi "Before the government raises taxes on anyone, I would prefer that they collect back taxes already owed but not paid."Bingo, Yahtzee, spot-on!That's $500,000,000,000/year additional cash flow into our federal tax pool. So do we want to reduce our national debt or not? (If we do, here's a giant step toward that goal.)
|
ba94de9c94e823b94734ec5d50c5b352551afb962088b3ad9a1c36ce3859e346
|
[
{
"content": "Kristi \"Before the government raises taxes on anyone, I would prefer that they collect back taxes already owed but not paid.\"Bingo, Yahtzee, spot-on!That's $500,000,000,000/year additional cash flow into our federal tax pool. So do we want to reduce our national debt or not? (If we do, here's a giant step toward that goal.)\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 9,407 |
Harry Haff I'd bet a fortune that this is a single mom.Maybe, the shooting victim can take every penny she has ... but again, I'll bet that probably wouldn't even cover her incidental hospital costs like the $20 bandaids.And ... I'm not sure the kid would do well in a foster home or similar if/when his mother was jailed.Most NYT readers would never "blame the victim," but in this case the TRUE guilty parties - ones who, like Alex Jones, might actually, be worth going after - are the NRA and the gun industry.Unfortunately, baked into our Constitution is/was a poisonous 2nd Amendment, and we'll probably see "the second coming" before we see a Constitutional Amendment that undoes that damage.More likely, we'd revisit 1861-65 with a second Civil War, ... and more good lives would be ended than even the current carnage can possibly justify.
|
faf10bff662c8882af177d05f8b826775d2ac85da9b9f7fcf77085ee3b4a2f31
|
[
{
"content": "Harry Haff I'd bet a fortune that this is a single mom.Maybe, the shooting victim can take every penny she has ... but again, I'll bet that probably wouldn't even cover her incidental hospital costs like the $20 bandaids.And ... I'm not sure the kid would do well in a foster home or similar if/when his mother was jailed.Most NYT readers would never \"blame the victim,\" but in this case the TRUE guilty parties - ones who, like Alex Jones, might actually, be worth going after - are the NRA and the gun industry.Unfortunately, baked into our Constitution is/was a poisonous 2nd Amendment, and we'll probably see \"the second coming\" before we see a Constitutional Amendment that undoes that damage.More likely, we'd revisit 1861-65 with a second Civil War, ... and more good lives would be ended than even the current carnage can possibly justify.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 261 |
A 30 egg box at Walmart costs 4$ more from last month.
|
fb6bb9b811a97fccfbbf3d1026e27e00b2f306fb8ba4ae4478303e9cad326965
|
[
{
"content": "A 30 egg box at Walmart costs 4$ more from last month.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,947 |
"I hope I won’t get audited by the I.R.S. for saying this, but here goes: If you think of a middle-aged professional couple living in, say, New York City or San Francisco, each making about $200,000 a year, filing a joint tax return, already in a high bracket, paying through the nose for rent or maintenance or a mortgage, you’re probably not going to describe their lifestyle as “rich.” They’re scrimping to send their kids to college, driving a Camry, if they have a car at all, and wondering why eggs have gotten so damned expensive."my wife and I barely make half of this..we're sending our kid to college and drive two cars that we own outright. We've noticed that eggs have gotten more expensive...but there are 18 in the fridge right now.honestly Bret, $400k / yr is a LOT of money
|
a4084f429367ace4e77e6d2685fe1f886e2a23f091e4cce5844930605f4721ed
|
[
{
"content": "\"I hope I won’t get audited by the I.R.S. for saying this, but here goes: If you think of a middle-aged professional couple living in, say, New York City or San Francisco, each making about $200,000 a year, filing a joint tax return, already in a high bracket, paying through the nose for rent or maintenance or a mortgage, you’re probably not going to describe their lifestyle as “rich.” They’re scrimping to send their kids to college, driving a Camry, if they have a car at all, and wondering why eggs have gotten so damned expensive.\"my wife and I barely make half of this..we're sending our kid to college and drive two cars that we own outright. We've noticed that eggs have gotten more expensive...but there are 18 in the fridge right now.honestly Bret, $400k / yr is a LOT of money\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,803 |
Paul ....You conveniently omit two obvious and salient points;1) Any solvency problem in the budget with Social Security and Medicare could easily be fixed by lifting the cap on the income levels where FICA taxes are charged. It is beyond ludicrous that anyone earning millions of $$ a year should be given a free pass from paying tax on every dollar they earn over $160,000. 2) If you're really serious about cutting waste and fraud in government spending, how about looking (for a change) at the obscene amount given to the Defense Department every year?
|
ae86f58dae83cd05e07be7c9a092187f955737b65641b93c7becf9201ad303bd
|
[
{
"content": "Paul ....You conveniently omit two obvious and salient points;1) Any solvency problem in the budget with Social Security and Medicare could easily be fixed by lifting the cap on the income levels where FICA taxes are charged. It is beyond ludicrous that anyone earning millions of $$ a year should be given a free pass from paying tax on every dollar they earn over $160,000. 2) If you're really serious about cutting waste and fraud in government spending, how about looking (for a change) at the obscene amount given to the Defense Department every year?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,994 |
What this constituent wants next from Hochul is for her upcoming proposed budget to throw in a billion or two for her husband's client Delaware North. Nothing like the warm nostalgic feeling that not much changes over time regardless of name, gender, or other factors.
|
56e7a377ae0f410968ea17ca2db3f2dfb5278063dde69eeaf676cfdcae45382f
|
[
{
"content": "What this constituent wants next from Hochul is for her upcoming proposed budget to throw in a billion or two for her husband's client Delaware North. Nothing like the warm nostalgic feeling that not much changes over time regardless of name, gender, or other factors.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 905 |
News reports state that Ontario Teachers Retirement Fund lost close to $ 100 million in crypto "investments".How did this ever get past their due diligence and Investment Committee??
|
f4cb7b82855e1ef86eae8b21d441a37d19531496177db5aeb9cbed4e0b4a8349
|
[
{
"content": "News reports state that Ontario Teachers Retirement Fund lost close to $ 100 million in crypto \"investments\".How did this ever get past their due diligence and Investment Committee??\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,286 |
CRAIG LANGEmployers, small and large, contribute to the common good by (1) providing jobs and (2) producing goods and services desired by the consumer. They accomplish this by organizing and investing in capital - and, yes, employees _are_ a form of capital.It is not an employer's role to lose money - for themselves (in the case of a sole proprietorship) or their owners (for example their shareholders). Doing so "takes down" far more people in the end than necessary layoffs do.
|
bdbe39be6b32af196fc80fb50568df1a645efec4a06e5a9771d3751609e693d5
|
[
{
"content": "CRAIG LANGEmployers, small and large, contribute to the common good by (1) providing jobs and (2) producing goods and services desired by the consumer. They accomplish this by organizing and investing in capital - and, yes, employees _are_ a form of capital.It is not an employer's role to lose money - for themselves (in the case of a sole proprietorship) or their owners (for example their shareholders). Doing so \"takes down\" far more people in the end than necessary layoffs do.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,186 |
"To show the world that the only way to keep him from winning nearly any tennis tournament is to not let him play." The default at the US Open in 2020 certainly felt like it. it was a completely non-threatening gesture, that accidentally bounced towards the lines person. To default a player for that was certainly ridiculous. For covid, he has only himself to blame and should just suck it up.
|
ed48bc1afaa567ed5aafc1f117453c94bd939a856223b84afa072a19b49068b0
|
[
{
"content": "\"To show the world that the only way to keep him from winning nearly any tennis tournament is to not let him play.\" The default at the US Open in 2020 certainly felt like it. it was a completely non-threatening gesture, that accidentally bounced towards the lines person. To default a player for that was certainly ridiculous. For covid, he has only himself to blame and should just suck it up.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 356 |
Doug Fairbanks You're forgetting about the now wide open process of offering amendments. Having to vote on hundreds of amendments offered by individual members means bills won't get to the point of being voted on for days or even weeks. That isn't any kind of improvement.
|
0dd2cf55d4d487941a359fe41c9d3e03bb745efa07e42342ee049b3f7f7d66bd
|
[
{
"content": "Doug Fairbanks You're forgetting about the now wide open process of offering amendments. Having to vote on hundreds of amendments offered by individual members means bills won't get to the point of being voted on for days or even weeks. That isn't any kind of improvement.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,458 |
If I’m a “sandwich artist”, I only got there because my employer engaged in the time consuming, effort exhausting, costly process of recruiting, screening, selecting, onboarding, training and evaluating me. Then they paid me a salary while I increase my knowledge and proficiency. There’s an investment there beyond the dollar cost of wages and going through 100 potential applicants to tease out one qualified person. And now the law says a competitor need not undertake that effort but merely needs to poach? Yet again, this administration specifically and the bureaucracy in general demonstrate their utter lack of business experience. Perhaps this is but a prime example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.
|
229b263d7aaeeafce3c7fa8f3f2f6905627533413f723f12a9e78f610f94ea6f
|
[
{
"content": "If I’m a “sandwich artist”, I only got there because my employer engaged in the time consuming, effort exhausting, costly process of recruiting, screening, selecting, onboarding, training and evaluating me. Then they paid me a salary while I increase my knowledge and proficiency. There’s an investment there beyond the dollar cost of wages and going through 100 potential applicants to tease out one qualified person. And now the law says a competitor need not undertake that effort but merely needs to poach? Yet again, this administration specifically and the bureaucracy in general demonstrate their utter lack of business experience. Perhaps this is but a prime example of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,823 |
DeSantis takes undeserved credit for Florida's economic boom, which is still the result of retirement fubds and other investment capital earned up north and in Europe and South America. If New Jersey had the same sunshine the money and wealth would go there.
|
23d359aef2430d060c1b88f30d1c9172d44e8f5787f893876d1dffef70c99086
|
[
{
"content": "DeSantis takes undeserved credit for Florida's economic boom, which is still the result of retirement fubds and other investment capital earned up north and in Europe and South America. If New Jersey had the same sunshine the money and wealth would go there.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,148 |
Decline? Is Stephens serious? Morgan Stanley has revived its GDP forecast for China upwards from 5% to 5.4 for 2023. J.P. Morgan has similarly revived its GDP forecast for China's GDP upwards. And where was this real estate collapse that Stephens,et al, were gleefully predicting? It did not happen. Now the U.S. Fed. predicts U.S. GDP growth will be less than 1% in 2023. China's GDP measured in PPP is about $30 trillion compared to the U.S. measured at $25 trillion. China is now a city of modern cities with advanced high speed railways. China is heavily investing in A.I. and automation. Entire Chinese ports are now automated. I do not see China in decline. I think it is folly to underestimate that country's capacity for advancement and change.
|
92b8991e5665a51192843694669ec8542a76cce95aa3f4e3965d5cbb0ef3dd52
|
[
{
"content": "Decline? Is Stephens serious? Morgan Stanley has revived its GDP forecast for China upwards from 5% to 5.4 for 2023. J.P. Morgan has similarly revived its GDP forecast for China's GDP upwards. And where was this real estate collapse that Stephens,et al, were gleefully predicting? It did not happen. Now the U.S. Fed. predicts U.S. GDP growth will be less than 1% in 2023. China's GDP measured in PPP is about $30 trillion compared to the U.S. measured at $25 trillion. China is now a city of modern cities with advanced high speed railways. China is heavily investing in A.I. and automation. Entire Chinese ports are now automated. I do not see China in decline. I think it is folly to underestimate that country's capacity for advancement and change.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 469 |
I have never understood why seeing fellow humans crushed and maimed, sometimes crippled for life, as a form of entertainment. But this is what we crave, and what we get in countless movies and television shows, where ratings rise as violence gets more extreme. So what could be more thrilling than the next step: Actually being there - real people, real time - to be part of the tribal mayhem. Recently, we have added a new drug: Online betting, which is now legal in many states. On Thanksgiving, I sat on the sidelines watching my 20-ish grandkids in front of a giant TV showing an NFL game, cell phones in hand, placing bets, cheering and groaning, boasting about how much money they were making. Wow, a marriage of two dangerous addictions: football and gambling, now available in your own home! I'm not sure there's much we can do, but I applaud parents who won't let their kids play football. And I'm thinking of investing in rehab centers for the addicts now masquerading as sports fans.
|
f982be13289f222e2bfffbe6b4b3fc4c8b3e2a05a74c2111b75fcd62cda38c0a
|
[
{
"content": "I have never understood why seeing fellow humans crushed and maimed, sometimes crippled for life, as a form of entertainment. But this is what we crave, and what we get in countless movies and television shows, where ratings rise as violence gets more extreme. So what could be more thrilling than the next step: Actually being there - real people, real time - to be part of the tribal mayhem. Recently, we have added a new drug: Online betting, which is now legal in many states. On Thanksgiving, I sat on the sidelines watching my 20-ish grandkids in front of a giant TV showing an NFL game, cell phones in hand, placing bets, cheering and groaning, boasting about how much money they were making. Wow, a marriage of two dangerous addictions: football and gambling, now available in your own home! I'm not sure there's much we can do, but I applaud parents who won't let their kids play football. And I'm thinking of investing in rehab centers for the addicts now masquerading as sports fans.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,644 |
Andy In Tuxon Since when have user demands for anything "tech" mattered to manufacturers? Users don't demand anything. Competition alone forces decisions. If user demand mattered we would have truly secure devices, networks, and services. If user demand mattered we would have short, clear EULA's and no cookies, tracking or invasive surveillance that monitors every bit of our lives.If users mattered they'd have options on mobile devices like no BT, no BLE reception, or no cloud storage capability. And if a user chose to have use of those capabilities on a device, manufacturers would not be able to enforce leaving port 3 open on any digital device so that the device and its contents can be scanned without the user's knowledge. Big Tech calls all the shots. It makes all the decisions. Users are just fodder.
|
d705f892be3380911bebf33e9bd2316f6a594d4bb3bd6b418f79bec30b39cfb5
|
[
{
"content": "Andy In Tuxon Since when have user demands for anything \"tech\" mattered to manufacturers? Users don't demand anything. Competition alone forces decisions. If user demand mattered we would have truly secure devices, networks, and services. If user demand mattered we would have short, clear EULA's and no cookies, tracking or invasive surveillance that monitors every bit of our lives.If users mattered they'd have options on mobile devices like no BT, no BLE reception, or no cloud storage capability. And if a user chose to have use of those capabilities on a device, manufacturers would not be able to enforce leaving port 3 open on any digital device so that the device and its contents can be scanned without the user's knowledge. Big Tech calls all the shots. It makes all the decisions. Users are just fodder.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,815 |
Obese children are quite possibly the offspring of obese parents, they learn their poor eating and exercise habits from their families. Children generally do not do their own food shopping nor do they prepare their own meals. Think about it, most breakfast cereals are full of sugar. I recall, as a child, my mother allowed only Shredded wheat, Wheaties, Puffed Wheat cereals in our home, no Lucky Charms or Coco puffs. No soda, no fruit juice, or chips or snack cakes. For snacks, we had fresh fruit bowl and cheddar cheese with Triscuits. My dad had a large vegetable garden and we ate everything he grew. We rode bicycles to the beach, played tennis on the municipal courts, played basketball and softball at the local grammar school fields. We walked to school. I recall when the first McDonald's opened by us, we tried it and thought it was awful-their burgers were either 19 or 29 cents, can't remember which. Supper was at 5:30 sharp and we didn't often eat out, maybe once a month after church. Contrast this with the habits ingrained in many families today, big difference.
|
88953a57b3220cfba4efd1ab00442f9457bcf082c8fbdde98a750fb543b00807
|
[
{
"content": "Obese children are quite possibly the offspring of obese parents, they learn their poor eating and exercise habits from their families. Children generally do not do their own food shopping nor do they prepare their own meals. Think about it, most breakfast cereals are full of sugar. I recall, as a child, my mother allowed only Shredded wheat, Wheaties, Puffed Wheat cereals in our home, no Lucky Charms or Coco puffs. No soda, no fruit juice, or chips or snack cakes. For snacks, we had fresh fruit bowl and cheddar cheese with Triscuits. My dad had a large vegetable garden and we ate everything he grew. We rode bicycles to the beach, played tennis on the municipal courts, played basketball and softball at the local grammar school fields. We walked to school. I recall when the first McDonald's opened by us, we tried it and thought it was awful-their burgers were either 19 or 29 cents, can't remember which. Supper was at 5:30 sharp and we didn't often eat out, maybe once a month after church. Contrast this with the habits ingrained in many families today, big difference.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 593 |
1. CE - penny2. CI - in MLA or APA style3. CI - an animal called a cat but that is not actually feline4. CI - a type of duty5. EF - causal result6. EF - worked well7. EF - worked well and without much waste8. EN - attract9. EV - throw out a resident10. EV - the one thrown out11. EV - make obvious 12. FE - keeps the dog safe13. FI - imaginary14. IN - buy one, get one free15. IN - it’s illegal to “in….violence”16. IN - didn’t work well at all (see 6)17. IN - works but is too wasteful (see 7)18. IN - via an open wound19. IN - bacteria and viruses20. IN - mean people hurl them with their tongues21. NI - kind22. NI - like nephew23. TI - root word for medicinal concoction 24. VI - opposite of virtue
|
61fbc40088bc0f408aef99f2e3e548eadaa1a061070c261c8ced99edf3d720d9
|
[
{
"content": "1. CE - penny2. CI - in MLA or APA style3. CI - an animal called a cat but that is not actually feline4. CI - a type of duty5. EF - causal result6. EF - worked well7. EF - worked well and without much waste8. EN - attract9. EV - throw out a resident10. EV - the one thrown out11. EV - make obvious 12. FE - keeps the dog safe13. FI - imaginary14. IN - buy one, get one free15. IN - it’s illegal to “in….violence”16. IN - didn’t work well at all (see 6)17. IN - works but is too wasteful (see 7)18. IN - via an open wound19. IN - bacteria and viruses20. IN - mean people hurl them with their tongues21. NI - kind22. NI - like nephew23. TI - root word for medicinal concoction 24. VI - opposite of virtue\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,894 |
There's another side to this story. I live in a professional-class college town of clueless social justice warriors and identity obsessives. They endlessly posture and perform for each other while ignoring the plights of working-class people regardless of color, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. They argue endlessly about pronouns and spent thousands of dollars during the Trump administration to go on tours of the southern border so they could “witness” the deprivation and desperation of the refugees and immigrants caught up in Ice’s net. Their answer to climate change is to put solar panels on their huge houses so they can cut their utility bills and sell the extra to the power company while they buy Teslas and other high-end electric cars. Meanwhile, they spent the pandemic traveling (by car) to the short-term investor-owned northern rentals that have priced the service workers needed for the state's tourism industry out of housing. When I an older working-class liberal point out the hypocrisy of their policies and positions they act like turtles and pull their heads into their shells or attack you for not being “anti-racist” enough. They worship money and education (especially if it doesn’t address real-world issues) and disparage the very people they claim to represent. With “friends” like this the working class doesn’t need the republicans to undermine their lives and interests, the professional-class democrats will do so just fine.
|
2b579ceb8f218fc909f8a84416114dc9656b54e3b7e707a25e4ae70545198fab
|
[
{
"content": "There's another side to this story. I live in a professional-class college town of clueless social justice warriors and identity obsessives. They endlessly posture and perform for each other while ignoring the plights of working-class people regardless of color, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity. They argue endlessly about pronouns and spent thousands of dollars during the Trump administration to go on tours of the southern border so they could “witness” the deprivation and desperation of the refugees and immigrants caught up in Ice’s net. Their answer to climate change is to put solar panels on their huge houses so they can cut their utility bills and sell the extra to the power company while they buy Teslas and other high-end electric cars. Meanwhile, they spent the pandemic traveling (by car) to the short-term investor-owned northern rentals that have priced the service workers needed for the state's tourism industry out of housing. When I an older working-class liberal point out the hypocrisy of their policies and positions they act like turtles and pull their heads into their shells or attack you for not being “anti-racist” enough. They worship money and education (especially if it doesn’t address real-world issues) and disparage the very people they claim to represent. With “friends” like this the working class doesn’t need the republicans to undermine their lives and interests, the professional-class democrats will do so just fine.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 9,069 |
I have a question. If Harry (and H&M as a unit) are to be loathed for airing dirty laundry about their estranged family, why does no one mention loathing Samantha Markle?She literally does not exist in the media for any reason except trashing her estranged family member. Or the father, too, Mr Markle in Mexico, who gradually sold out all credibility for ££ from the British tabloids. Where is the vitriol for them, and their narcissism and greed?
|
470ac8793b7996b8f638ed0685ab5d2f6bc2171db697adbbe76f32564795505b
|
[
{
"content": "I have a question. If Harry (and H&M as a unit) are to be loathed for airing dirty laundry about their estranged family, why does no one mention loathing Samantha Markle?She literally does not exist in the media for any reason except trashing her estranged family member. Or the father, too, Mr Markle in Mexico, who gradually sold out all credibility for ££ from the British tabloids. Where is the vitriol for them, and their narcissism and greed?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,799 |
Home Run Inn pizza (Chicago) appears to have gone national now that I can get it here in Bend Oregon. While not Neapolitan, this flash frozen prebaked pizza may be the best combination of value and great taste. Advertised with a butter crust, the cheese pizza has a great combination of sauce and cheese plus a unique flavor. All natural and made from scratch, these pizzas were on sale at Safeway recently for $8.00 (large enough to feed two people). Home Run Inn Pizza has been around for some 75 years and is now my go to Favorite for quick and easy. Note, I make my own pie's and use the Roberta's crust recipe provided by the NYT's.
|
28c244f12d60ff205e4ae8be6584c3bfeedc8d948439ef739ca143ace6efb17c
|
[
{
"content": "Home Run Inn pizza (Chicago) appears to have gone national now that I can get it here in Bend Oregon. While not Neapolitan, this flash frozen prebaked pizza may be the best combination of value and great taste. Advertised with a butter crust, the cheese pizza has a great combination of sauce and cheese plus a unique flavor. All natural and made from scratch, these pizzas were on sale at Safeway recently for $8.00 (large enough to feed two people). Home Run Inn Pizza has been around for some 75 years and is now my go to Favorite for quick and easy. Note, I make my own pie's and use the Roberta's crust recipe provided by the NYT's.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,526 |
Just follow the money.If the cash raised by Red Stone Strategies eventually found its way to Santos’s personal account ( who then lent it to his campaign ) then that should be very easy to track.It appears on the face of it that some kind of felony has been committed since there is no legal way that Santos could have earned the 700,000 that he lent to the campaign and the millions more that he claimed to have received as dividends from Devolder.
|
a7f8ca4923aa184cf77da0e93ac4dcdb751eb5b4428bb33c76ff80534fe4a00e
|
[
{
"content": "Just follow the money.If the cash raised by Red Stone Strategies eventually found its way to Santos’s personal account ( who then lent it to his campaign ) then that should be very easy to track.It appears on the face of it that some kind of felony has been committed since there is no legal way that Santos could have earned the 700,000 that he lent to the campaign and the millions more that he claimed to have received as dividends from Devolder.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,456 |
At this juncture China and USA need each other financially, which preclude unfettered hostilities verbally, or physical from getting out of hand. When USA reduces its need of China to supply manufacturing goods for our increasingly poorer citizenry; after China's growing middle class status have more sustainable financial underpinnings than currently massively unsupported assets and values of US Treasury's, (they hold) is of less concerning to its leadership, it is then that doorways to unbridled conflicts will open.
|
b682f0c55003f99262edd2acc9fbca14348f7b4cdaa935068c17963d3bf55ed6
|
[
{
"content": "At this juncture China and USA need each other financially, which preclude unfettered hostilities verbally, or physical from getting out of hand. When USA reduces its need of China to supply manufacturing goods for our increasingly poorer citizenry; after China's growing middle class status have more sustainable financial underpinnings than currently massively unsupported assets and values of US Treasury's, (they hold) is of less concerning to its leadership, it is then that doorways to unbridled conflicts will open.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,281 |
Growing up in Paris, France, the evolution of what is available now vs. back then in the international aisle has changed drastically, especially when it comes to American food. Back in the day, you'd be lucky to get peanut butter and that was about it. It wasn't until the late 90s when things started to expand and things like oreos, cranberry juice, and a few other items started to trickle out and become available. What's interesting too is that roughtly 20 years-or-so-ago, TGI Friday's opened up a location in Paris but boy did it bomb - HARD! Closed after less than six months. A complete disaster. Europeans are pretty hard-trenched into having delicious food of high quality and nothing of bad quality typically does well. Even the "junk food" in France consists of greasy but oh so delicious "Grek" sandwiches which are very similar to lamb shawarma in pita with a few sauces and fries on it.
|
e324655dc5b3cdda5a7e0d606e0cb2a977cd2a5b60fd8f55034e2f863464d740
|
[
{
"content": "Growing up in Paris, France, the evolution of what is available now vs. back then in the international aisle has changed drastically, especially when it comes to American food. Back in the day, you'd be lucky to get peanut butter and that was about it. It wasn't until the late 90s when things started to expand and things like oreos, cranberry juice, and a few other items started to trickle out and become available. What's interesting too is that roughtly 20 years-or-so-ago, TGI Friday's opened up a location in Paris but boy did it bomb - HARD! Closed after less than six months. A complete disaster. Europeans are pretty hard-trenched into having delicious food of high quality and nothing of bad quality typically does well. Even the \"junk food\" in France consists of greasy but oh so delicious \"Grek\" sandwiches which are very similar to lamb shawarma in pita with a few sauces and fries on it.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,267 |
Why couldn't the Democrats and Republicans who banded together in the previous Congress to pass the $1.7B omnibus spending bill last year also have passed an increase to the debt ceiling then?Did they actually want to force the Freedom Caucus Republicans to come in in January and hold the nation hostage?
|
e41b5b8e8e9892531813e39978d154e38c75f5bb1042a78627c4ed074ea5ab68
|
[
{
"content": "Why couldn't the Democrats and Republicans who banded together in the previous Congress to pass the $1.7B omnibus spending bill last year also have passed an increase to the debt ceiling then?Did they actually want to force the Freedom Caucus Republicans to come in in January and hold the nation hostage?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 7,586 |
Janice Hmmm! Indeed Janice. I bet that $700,00 is paid off now!
|
936544971db1dd81eb0a28d47ec615e1a22a174ccc62ebb42351c574be0e0ba2
|
[
{
"content": "Janice Hmmm! Indeed Janice. I bet that $700,00 is paid off now!\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,037 |
I agree with lany: I'm surprised that this columnist is casually dispensing fertility advice here. LW1's issue is one that I personally faced after a break-up on my 35th birthday. For what it's worth, I too had spent years earning a phd but was very ignorant about the biology of human reproduction. It's a hugely complicated time when we realize that our fertility is indeed waning and worries about motherhood begin to impede on our dates and new relationships. First step is definitely to go to a fertility clinic to get tests to check ovarian reserve and other fertility markers (thyroid, vitamin d, etc.). Luckily, there are many great resources now to help with the myriad questions that invariably arise at this time about what to do once those results come in: freeze eggs? freeze embryos with a donor? try to conceive (now) and find a partner later? or prioritize the relationship-finding process and make peace with possibly not becoming the biological/genetic mother of a child (other options being using an egg donor, adoption). My advice: Whatever you do, don't assume you will get pregnant immediately. It can take years. And neither IVF nor egg freezing guarantees pregnancy. The journey starts now, with the question you've posed.<a href="https://store.momschoiceawards.com/product/7105" target="_blank">https://store.momschoiceawards.com/product/7105</a><a href="https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/r35-esther-perel" target="_blank">https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/r35-esther-perel</a>
|
05e438eceebc6e8b6cb5a3a07f08439ee1979a96f8772c9502c8488543db6b7a
|
[
{
"content": "I agree with lany: I'm surprised that this columnist is casually dispensing fertility advice here. LW1's issue is one that I personally faced after a break-up on my 35th birthday. For what it's worth, I too had spent years earning a phd but was very ignorant about the biology of human reproduction. It's a hugely complicated time when we realize that our fertility is indeed waning and worries about motherhood begin to impede on our dates and new relationships. First step is definitely to go to a fertility clinic to get tests to check ovarian reserve and other fertility markers (thyroid, vitamin d, etc.). Luckily, there are many great resources now to help with the myriad questions that invariably arise at this time about what to do once those results come in: freeze eggs? freeze embryos with a donor? try to conceive (now) and find a partner later? or prioritize the relationship-finding process and make peace with possibly not becoming the biological/genetic mother of a child (other options being using an egg donor, adoption). My advice: Whatever you do, don't assume you will get pregnant immediately. It can take years. And neither IVF nor egg freezing guarantees pregnancy. The journey starts now, with the question you've posed.<a href=\"https://store.momschoiceawards.com/product/7105\" target=\"_blank\">https://store.momschoiceawards.com/product/7105</a><a href=\"https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/r35-esther-perel\" target=\"_blank\">https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/r35-esther-perel</a>\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,614 |
I used to work as a low level admin assistant in health care and hated it. It was inefficiently organized, poor communication structure and highly hierarchical. The hierarchy meant that managers rather delegated than do work themselves but still felt overwhelmed because of the bad structure. So they kept adding more managers in hope of easing their work. More managers meant a more complicated structure, more meetings but with the same inefficiency and same lack of communication skills and structure. In the end everyone was always meeting and talking and it felt like nothing got done. The topics they talked about was mostly how to expand and “grow” and the pay of the MDs who already had a salary of more than $400K per year. There was also how to check the compliance boxes but not much talk on how to increase the quality of health care - only quantity. It was awful and I quit to do something much more useful for society.
|
19e54c1cc2fb07022f6c3ff30b8ff0267cd92dd341968b7f64427037c4b69b27
|
[
{
"content": "I used to work as a low level admin assistant in health care and hated it. It was inefficiently organized, poor communication structure and highly hierarchical. The hierarchy meant that managers rather delegated than do work themselves but still felt overwhelmed because of the bad structure. So they kept adding more managers in hope of easing their work. More managers meant a more complicated structure, more meetings but with the same inefficiency and same lack of communication skills and structure. In the end everyone was always meeting and talking and it felt like nothing got done. The topics they talked about was mostly how to expand and “grow” and the pay of the MDs who already had a salary of more than $400K per year. There was also how to check the compliance boxes but not much talk on how to increase the quality of health care - only quantity. It was awful and I quit to do something much more useful for society.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,802 |
Robert Avant As a Democrat, I see very clearly what the Dixiecrats were about. What I don't understand is why the GOP pandered to them and welcomed them into their party with open arms.The New Deal was not a failure. It created policies that for the first time in history economically benefitted people who worked. That is why the business class has to rail against it.
|
466b3126219f054b1fcba1fb8e6998a03a413e100a0e94470db3f98600396936
|
[
{
"content": "Robert Avant As a Democrat, I see very clearly what the Dixiecrats were about. What I don't understand is why the GOP pandered to them and welcomed them into their party with open arms.The New Deal was not a failure. It created policies that for the first time in history economically benefitted people who worked. That is why the business class has to rail against it.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,424 |
Mike Stocks and bonds are various types of claims on real things like companies that produce goods and/or services and thereby generate actual cash flow for the claimants. Companies can and do fail at times, but that is not the point. The point is people buy stocks and bonds in anticipation of some degree of company success and the cashflows generated by that success.
|
55d2d7bb7a21879c8b80eb1badc78698296474867d5b7058c0936cd4ed74ab91
|
[
{
"content": "Mike Stocks and bonds are various types of claims on real things like companies that produce goods and/or services and thereby generate actual cash flow for the claimants. Companies can and do fail at times, but that is not the point. The point is people buy stocks and bonds in anticipation of some degree of company success and the cashflows generated by that success.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,421 |
Not hard to put the fringe in its place when you hold a commanding majority. Or when the Dems have the sense to cross the aisle to side with a minority favoring a more sensible candidate. Either the Dems in Congress will wish they’d done that before McCarthy did all that groveling last week, or they had some reason not to fear the rules concessions gave the radicals an opening to force a catastrophic outcome such as debt default; we haven’t been given pointers on the Dems’ strategy during this clown show. And we’d appreciate that, if anyone knows; the articles on the clowns in the GOP do get a bit tiresome.
|
c2689b8f90bc474cda155c36c91c2e4d661682fe199915abb59d9236de8c935c
|
[
{
"content": "Not hard to put the fringe in its place when you hold a commanding majority. Or when the Dems have the sense to cross the aisle to side with a minority favoring a more sensible candidate. Either the Dems in Congress will wish they’d done that before McCarthy did all that groveling last week, or they had some reason not to fear the rules concessions gave the radicals an opening to force a catastrophic outcome such as debt default; we haven’t been given pointers on the Dems’ strategy during this clown show. And we’d appreciate that, if anyone knows; the articles on the clowns in the GOP do get a bit tiresome.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,833 |
I had stage 3 rectal about dozen yrs ago. I’ve had many colonoscopies, most without sedation. No issues. Sedation will cost at least 1000 more. Don’t be afraid. Colorectal cancer is usually 1 year of treatment depending. And most of it is not pleasant. Do the procedure.
|
8bc426b66a36b2d54a2f9e6670b686b137d9cf9b093b4d4b0be456b26e91a415
|
[
{
"content": "I had stage 3 rectal about dozen yrs ago. I’ve had many colonoscopies, most without sedation. No issues. Sedation will cost at least 1000 more. Don’t be afraid. Colorectal cancer is usually 1 year of treatment depending. And most of it is not pleasant. Do the procedure.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,402 |
The contrast between the incredible generosity of one man and the incredible greed of one company’s board, led by one woman CEO.“Proxy filings show that from 2007 to 2015, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch's total compensation went from $2,453,456 to $18,931,068, a 671 percent increase. During the same period, the company raised EpiPen prices, with the average wholesale price going from $56.64 to $317.82, a 461 percent increase.. . “And as this article says, they price eventually raised it to $800. I wonder what her salary is now? How many EpiPens would $18,931,068 buy every year?
|
3882ff3b6386a41934162eb7d932949babf7a615c60fc989b5ae4ccb0401ca7a
|
[
{
"content": "The contrast between the incredible generosity of one man and the incredible greed of one company’s board, led by one woman CEO.“Proxy filings show that from 2007 to 2015, Mylan CEO Heather Bresch's total compensation went from $2,453,456 to $18,931,068, a 671 percent increase. During the same period, the company raised EpiPen prices, with the average wholesale price going from $56.64 to $317.82, a 461 percent increase.. . “And as this article says, they price eventually raised it to $800. I wonder what her salary is now? How many EpiPens would $18,931,068 buy every year?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,891 |
Eric B Wordle 569 5/6*⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩It's been a while since I've hung a five on the line. but today's word makes me wonder if a five isn't going to be all that bad a score by the end of the day.As always, when I go long like this, I'm sure that I could have done better, but I don't know what better words I could have chosen for two & three. Two was an attempt to find another vowel & maybe one more consonant (and also a nod to my Bell System heritage), and today it got me one I needed. By the fourth word I was trying the less-used letters: one in the fourth, another in the final.I know the solution word, but I haven't seen it used much outside of children's books—one in particular—and it just seems like the 'editor' chose this in an effort to break the streaks that many of us have going. What a mean, spiteful thing to do.It didn't work. The streak extends.Yesterday's words:STARE 2 words leftOPERA — words leftI knew this pattern would point to this word, but I didn't know when it would arrive. Yesterday it did. I completely missed the fact that ZEBRA was also a viable solution to the nothing but A, R, & E combination. If I see it again I'll know that it's ZEBRA's turn at bat. And it was good to see the give 'em L stretch come to an end.Solve on, Wordle-bees. May your solves be short and your streaks be long.
|
ddd006bc9ad47d715126796bafc551f60bc4fb5ac5ec910dd82dd207a66474d0
|
[
{
"content": "Eric B Wordle 569 5/6*⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩It's been a while since I've hung a five on the line. but today's word makes me wonder if a five isn't going to be all that bad a score by the end of the day.As always, when I go long like this, I'm sure that I could have done better, but I don't know what better words I could have chosen for two & three. Two was an attempt to find another vowel & maybe one more consonant (and also a nod to my Bell System heritage), and today it got me one I needed. By the fourth word I was trying the less-used letters: one in the fourth, another in the final.I know the solution word, but I haven't seen it used much outside of children's books—one in particular—and it just seems like the 'editor' chose this in an effort to break the streaks that many of us have going. What a mean, spiteful thing to do.It didn't work. The streak extends.Yesterday's words:STARE 2 words leftOPERA — words leftI knew this pattern would point to this word, but I didn't know when it would arrive. Yesterday it did. I completely missed the fact that ZEBRA was also a viable solution to the nothing but A, R, & E combination. If I see it again I'll know that it's ZEBRA's turn at bat. And it was good to see the give 'em L stretch come to an end.Solve on, Wordle-bees. May your solves be short and your streaks be long.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,409 |
Austin "WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The United States will provide more than $3.75 billion in military assistance to Ukraine and countries affected by the Russian invasion of its neighbor, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Friday."
|
0464643768d650919c0f0c13f93a88aa32cc9cc458ab30cd20bad41745907e22
|
[
{
"content": "Austin \"WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The United States will provide more than $3.75 billion in military assistance to Ukraine and countries affected by the Russian invasion of its neighbor, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Friday.\"\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,173 |
I always use Google for search.Alphabet stock holds a prominent place in my stock portfolio.Most pension plan investments include this companys stock as well.I am a retired man who leans Left and will continue in that direction.But there thery've gone and done it again!The Dems are trying to break up a big tech company that echoes their shot at Microsoft years ago.It did not work then and hurt them politically.Garland is afraid to go after Trump, so what does he do?He goes affer one of the truly innovative companys in our history while the Republicans cheer and Trump still can not believe his good luck.Garland is Bidens big mistake.
|
38b5f17881b135e5cd39e7ef2e83530f5634d2ebadf8fb40df6034bca7df1b00
|
[
{
"content": "I always use Google for search.Alphabet stock holds a prominent place in my stock portfolio.Most pension plan investments include this companys stock as well.I am a retired man who leans Left and will continue in that direction.But there thery've gone and done it again!The Dems are trying to break up a big tech company that echoes their shot at Microsoft years ago.It did not work then and hurt them politically.Garland is afraid to go after Trump, so what does he do?He goes affer one of the truly innovative companys in our history while the Republicans cheer and Trump still can not believe his good luck.Garland is Bidens big mistake.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 500 |
<a href="https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/silicon-valley-democrat-s-bill-would-give-irs-more-money-audit-millionaires" target="_blank">https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/silicon-valley-democrat-s-bill-would-give-irs-more-money-audit-millionaires</a>In an effort to support IRS efforts to learn more about the nation’s top earners, the bill would further require those who make more than $400,000 per year and receive income from “sources not previously disclosed” to announce their income on a new 1099 report.Khanna’s bill, which his office estimates would generate $1.2 trillion in revenue, leans heavily on a study published by University of Pennsylvania professor Natasha Sarin, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and former IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti.
|
9fb5d0ff1f98acb92fb8d525de11d3851c6ba098f065b6d6fd3c11fc7d2aa3e3
|
[
{
"content": "<a href=\"https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/silicon-valley-democrat-s-bill-would-give-irs-more-money-audit-millionaires\" target=\"_blank\">https://khanna.house.gov/media/in-the-news/silicon-valley-democrat-s-bill-would-give-irs-more-money-audit-millionaires</a>In an effort to support IRS efforts to learn more about the nation’s top earners, the bill would further require those who make more than $400,000 per year and receive income from “sources not previously disclosed” to announce their income on a new 1099 report.Khanna’s bill, which his office estimates would generate $1.2 trillion in revenue, leans heavily on a study published by University of Pennsylvania professor Natasha Sarin, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and former IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,927 |
Jus' Me, NYT Absolutely. My company does purchase ads for clients on social media - actually we pay to "boost" our posts to targeted audiences. Both of the clients we do this for are nonprofit organizations. We can get far more traction for $5 on Facebook than we get for a $400 ad in a print publication. Personally, I support print publications, however - we subscribe to several. There's nothing like sitting in a comfy chair and poring through a magazine I love - it's interactive in the most tactile way.
|
829489ea0f3c1283e57ff6fbb9f455d1069ea8b7614647e3fc2437ec199d2731
|
[
{
"content": "Jus' Me, NYT Absolutely. My company does purchase ads for clients on social media - actually we pay to \"boost\" our posts to targeted audiences. Both of the clients we do this for are nonprofit organizations. We can get far more traction for $5 on Facebook than we get for a $400 ad in a print publication. Personally, I support print publications, however - we subscribe to several. There's nothing like sitting in a comfy chair and poring through a magazine I love - it's interactive in the most tactile way.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 9,851 |
Al you can pour it into a suitable glass, the convenience is size, portability, and ease of opening.
|
9ea564cbb265cbe5b8e8b069ae6e72efc23bde8c1c5398128f8dc39d65bde4f3
|
[
{
"content": "Al you can pour it into a suitable glass, the convenience is size, portability, and ease of opening.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,128 |
George N. Wells While I do not disagree with many of your comments, unless Putin has gone completely insane the idea that he would ever engage in open warfare with NATO would mean W.W. 3 and the end of civilization as we know it. Remember that in 1962, when faced with the reality that the Kennedy administration was NOT going to back down over the secret installation of missiles in Cuba, the Kremlin backed down rather than risking all-out war with the West. The Russians may be crazy...but NOT that crazy.
|
f56cb964b67fa7d10d651b67997adf86498fd2ad1d1acb21d038b609fe04021d
|
[
{
"content": "George N. Wells While I do not disagree with many of your comments, unless Putin has gone completely insane the idea that he would ever engage in open warfare with NATO would mean W.W. 3 and the end of civilization as we know it. Remember that in 1962, when faced with the reality that the Kennedy administration was NOT going to back down over the secret installation of missiles in Cuba, the Kremlin backed down rather than risking all-out war with the West. The Russians may be crazy...but NOT that crazy.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,363 |
I don't know why it's supposed to be a surprisingly inviting feature NOT to have a front-yard fence -- the whole long block is without front-yard fences, barring the two houses located at either end of that long block.One of those houses, which is immediately next door to this $2.5 million baby, is a serious rat-pit -- windows boarded up, roof tiles falling off, stucco stained and cracking off, rusted metal window-grate, et al. Real eye-sore. But it does have a nice wrought-iron fence.
|
e9314faef96f3e5d84d0190c6230dc495aa63bc5c1925dceec14739547f56118
|
[
{
"content": "I don't know why it's supposed to be a surprisingly inviting feature NOT to have a front-yard fence -- the whole long block is without front-yard fences, barring the two houses located at either end of that long block.One of those houses, which is immediately next door to this $2.5 million baby, is a serious rat-pit -- windows boarded up, roof tiles falling off, stucco stained and cracking off, rusted metal window-grate, et al. Real eye-sore. But it does have a nice wrought-iron fence.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,571 |
I’ve been ahead of the curve on this for more than twenty years. There’s a cheap ($15/year) and easy (one time, ten minute setup) solution to this that has many additional benefits: buy a personal domain name. Mine is set up so that anything sent to that domain is forwarded to my Gmail inbox, so only one email account to maintain. Then I give every business I deal with a unique email address.Suppose my domain is “johndoe.com” — my Netflix account was then created using the address <a href="mailto:netflixjohndoe.com">netflixjohndoe.com</a>, while my Hulu account uses <a href="mailto:hulujohndoe.com">hulujohndoe.com</a>. But all emails sent to either of those addresses end up in a single Gmail account. I’ve had the Gmail address for years, but I never give its address to anyone.The tracking discussed in the article won’t work for any of my accounts because none of them share an email address. If Netflix and Hulu both participate in the tracking scheme, neither of them will get any information about my behavior from what I do on the other site.I originally set this scheme up to allow me to change email providers without having to tell all my correspondents my new address, and in fact I did just that when Gmail was new — I had been using Yahoo as the destination for my domain, but I decided I liked Gmail much better and switched. No one needed to be told — the <a href="mailto:netflixjohndoe.com">netflixjohndoe.com</a> and <a href="mailto:hulujohndoe.com">hulujohndoe.com</a> addresses kept right on working and the only thing I had to change (one time only) was the forwarding setting for the domain.
|
48e8e9646ded3dd21d0fada3d230a11d59e6f4c5ed9199d77ba71d0a0985397d
|
[
{
"content": "I’ve been ahead of the curve on this for more than twenty years. There’s a cheap ($15/year) and easy (one time, ten minute setup) solution to this that has many additional benefits: buy a personal domain name. Mine is set up so that anything sent to that domain is forwarded to my Gmail inbox, so only one email account to maintain. Then I give every business I deal with a unique email address.Suppose my domain is “johndoe.com” — my Netflix account was then created using the address <a href=\"mailto:netflixjohndoe.com\">netflixjohndoe.com</a>, while my Hulu account uses <a href=\"mailto:hulujohndoe.com\">hulujohndoe.com</a>. But all emails sent to either of those addresses end up in a single Gmail account. I’ve had the Gmail address for years, but I never give its address to anyone.The tracking discussed in the article won’t work for any of my accounts because none of them share an email address. If Netflix and Hulu both participate in the tracking scheme, neither of them will get any information about my behavior from what I do on the other site.I originally set this scheme up to allow me to change email providers without having to tell all my correspondents my new address, and in fact I did just that when Gmail was new — I had been using Yahoo as the destination for my domain, but I decided I liked Gmail much better and switched. No one needed to be told — the <a href=\"mailto:netflixjohndoe.com\">netflixjohndoe.com</a> and <a href=\"mailto:hulujohndoe.com\">hulujohndoe.com</a> addresses kept right on working and the only thing I had to change (one time only) was the forwarding setting for the domain.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,025 |
Megan Publicly traded crporatios have no obligation to employees. As I understand it, by law, publicly traded firms' sole obligation is to increase shareholder value. Executives whose actions do not result in increasing shareholder value, say, by putting employees ahead of shareholders, leave themselves open to shareholder lawsuits.Every employee, from Microsoft to the corner mom & pop bodega, needs to remember; your job exists to make the boss money. When that stops happening, your job stops happening.
|
0e97d1b6e745afb162b84d2f3df89148fac82e2faa0bd8899cd694a7b962941d
|
[
{
"content": "Megan Publicly traded crporatios have no obligation to employees. As I understand it, by law, publicly traded firms' sole obligation is to increase shareholder value. Executives whose actions do not result in increasing shareholder value, say, by putting employees ahead of shareholders, leave themselves open to shareholder lawsuits.Every employee, from Microsoft to the corner mom & pop bodega, needs to remember; your job exists to make the boss money. When that stops happening, your job stops happening.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,576 |
I am an American, centrist Democrat that remains a Zionist in the sense I believe in the continuation of Israel as an independent nation that is the home of the Jewish people, but remain concerned about the direction Israel is moving in. However, after many years of various two-state solution dialogues between the US and Israel, I've come to the conclusion it won't happen. If I'm correct, the nature of the US-Israel relationship will evolve into something much more transactional based upon shared security interests vis-a-vis Iran (and maybe in the future, China). Biden has enough issues on his plate without expending much time on Israeli internal policies. Mr. Friedman is, frankly, offering up little more than a dream in terms of future US involvement.
|
019b6bd382f26f194ffe4a505c736dca46d1774b22879ef3fadd98daff8d66aa
|
[
{
"content": "I am an American, centrist Democrat that remains a Zionist in the sense I believe in the continuation of Israel as an independent nation that is the home of the Jewish people, but remain concerned about the direction Israel is moving in. However, after many years of various two-state solution dialogues between the US and Israel, I've come to the conclusion it won't happen. If I'm correct, the nature of the US-Israel relationship will evolve into something much more transactional based upon shared security interests vis-a-vis Iran (and maybe in the future, China). Biden has enough issues on his plate without expending much time on Israeli internal policies. Mr. Friedman is, frankly, offering up little more than a dream in terms of future US involvement.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,414 |
I do not agree with Bret Stephens suggestion that a universal low flat tax is a good system. Firstly, the term "low" is meaningless. The Government must pay its bills and must keep the rate high enough to pay them, Secondly and more importantly, the flat rate hits the lower income group in their food budget, and in their children's education budget-, etc.---that is, in their necessities budget. For the billionaire, assuming a 10% income of 100 million a year, removing 10% or 10 million and leaving 90 million would mean one yacht less at most. But for the family earning a mere 30,000 a year, removing 3,000 dollars , the flat 10% tax, would mean no meat or vegetables (which are more expensive) to eat. An unfair conservative idea that hurts the poorer sectors of our society. The problem with our present progressive rate system is that it is only progressive for those who cannot afford expensive lawyers and accountants. The present system is so complex ,so full of loopholes that it is possible for the richest to pay the least. To make it fairer, a progressive rate with very few loopholes would be fairest and most efficient.
|
d44d8802930c472617aecd1326def5f3bf2fd001dc9a3ccff3631bb6a14061d4
|
[
{
"content": "I do not agree with Bret Stephens suggestion that a universal low flat tax is a good system. Firstly, the term \"low\" is meaningless. The Government must pay its bills and must keep the rate high enough to pay them, Secondly and more importantly, the flat rate hits the lower income group in their food budget, and in their children's education budget-, etc.---that is, in their necessities budget. For the billionaire, assuming a 10% income of 100 million a year, removing 10% or 10 million and leaving 90 million would mean one yacht less at most. But for the family earning a mere 30,000 a year, removing 3,000 dollars , the flat 10% tax, would mean no meat or vegetables (which are more expensive) to eat. An unfair conservative idea that hurts the poorer sectors of our society. The problem with our present progressive rate system is that it is only progressive for those who cannot afford expensive lawyers and accountants. The present system is so complex ,so full of loopholes that it is possible for the richest to pay the least. To make it fairer, a progressive rate with very few loopholes would be fairest and most efficient.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,590 |
I think the real story here is why does the government have the right to tack on more than $14 to the cost of a ride from JFK to Manhattan? The driver is certainly entitled to his pay - he’s the one doing the work. Uber is entitled to pay, too - the invested millions of dollars (with no assurance of success). But what did government do? Nothing but get in the way.
|
b51cb32377df74d4cff94c27c0bd0a43901d9809e67551a278400bd10e9368cb
|
[
{
"content": "I think the real story here is why does the government have the right to tack on more than $14 to the cost of a ride from JFK to Manhattan? The driver is certainly entitled to his pay - he’s the one doing the work. Uber is entitled to pay, too - the invested millions of dollars (with no assurance of success). But what did government do? Nothing but get in the way.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 9,796 |
The Penn Biden Center did not open until 2018. Biden left office in January 2017. So where were the documents before they were moved to the Penn Biden Center?
|
ea76493d405032599330a8ff6f47e2c09a9b834ad46076afaa229c3eebfc25c3
|
[
{
"content": "The Penn Biden Center did not open until 2018. Biden left office in January 2017. So where were the documents before they were moved to the Penn Biden Center?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,887 |
inRaleigh "no bank hours, delays, and heafty fees."That last one is wrong. There are plenty of hefty fees associated with trading in crypto. "Gas" fees they call them.What can you buy with crypto? And what about the variable supposed value of crypto? What would price tags looks like when taking into account the exchange rate on more that 14,000 cryptocurrencies? Sounds like a nightmare to navigate and ripe for exploitation and corruption. Plus, all crypto valuation is expressed in dollars. Why is that? Because it has no value on its own.There is nothing Crypto does that is not already done, or cannot be done, by other, more reasonable means.You're forgetting the main problem with the blockchain, out of which crypto is generated. It is a crowdsourced ledger. That is, multiple computers/systems voluntarily join the system to maintain it. Why? For now, the owners of those computers are being paid in the cryptocurrency offered by that blockchain system. What happens when the reason to volunteer evaporates?You do know that most computers in these systems are owned by corporations and venture capitalists, yes? The average person cannot afford to participate anymore because the tech needed to run these systems is too expensive for citizens to invest in. The tech needed these days is a $12,000 investment, and that is one unit.The so-called decentralized platform is already increasingly centralized by those solely interested in profit, not some hippie dream of communes.
|
b03836434b6156858ad7ff3e6f149ecbe53aacdb6738a1402208b47b1c0fc9a4
|
[
{
"content": "inRaleigh \"no bank hours, delays, and heafty fees.\"That last one is wrong. There are plenty of hefty fees associated with trading in crypto. \"Gas\" fees they call them.What can you buy with crypto? And what about the variable supposed value of crypto? What would price tags looks like when taking into account the exchange rate on more that 14,000 cryptocurrencies? Sounds like a nightmare to navigate and ripe for exploitation and corruption. Plus, all crypto valuation is expressed in dollars. Why is that? Because it has no value on its own.There is nothing Crypto does that is not already done, or cannot be done, by other, more reasonable means.You're forgetting the main problem with the blockchain, out of which crypto is generated. It is a crowdsourced ledger. That is, multiple computers/systems voluntarily join the system to maintain it. Why? For now, the owners of those computers are being paid in the cryptocurrency offered by that blockchain system. What happens when the reason to volunteer evaporates?You do know that most computers in these systems are owned by corporations and venture capitalists, yes? The average person cannot afford to participate anymore because the tech needed to run these systems is too expensive for citizens to invest in. The tech needed these days is a $12,000 investment, and that is one unit.The so-called decentralized platform is already increasingly centralized by those solely interested in profit, not some hippie dream of communes.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 3,349 |
mr toad - Yep, millions of retirees are collecting dividends from these companies, either directly or indirectly. From an investor's standpoint, these companies are really good. For that matter, there are 50,000 employees at Abbvie, and many of them are pretty well-paid. The huge sums of money paid for these drugs do not disappear into thin air, they get spread around to many interested individuals.
|
923c8aae6d887e227328d258c1f0c0eea8f5ec4dbcb721f86f0f01631b1f489a
|
[
{
"content": "mr toad - Yep, millions of retirees are collecting dividends from these companies, either directly or indirectly. From an investor's standpoint, these companies are really good. For that matter, there are 50,000 employees at Abbvie, and many of them are pretty well-paid. The huge sums of money paid for these drugs do not disappear into thin air, they get spread around to many interested individuals.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,171 |
Sorry Professor, this is a good example of you trying to make an argument from your isolated desk chair aerie rather than by getting out in the middle of reality. Otherwise you wouldn't write something like this:"Since last summer prices of some goods, notably of eggs, have soared, but other prices, notably of gasoline, have plunged."It's, not just egg prices that have soared - I just paid $6.00/dozen eggs, an item that a year ago cost less than $3.00. But a 1lb. bag of green beans was selling for over $4.00. In short, my grocery bill has risen 15-20% in the past year. Some of that is certainly due to shortages like the Great Chicken Die Off, but many other price increases are surely because food suppliers can do it and consumers have little choice.As for "gasoline prices plunging", perhaps they have, but if you jump out of a 10 story building from the 5th floor it'll still kill you. A year ago I paid around $3.50/gal. for diesel, now it's $4.60/gal.. Where's the "plunge"?And while we still hear rosy job hiring reports, the question still remains: for what type of jobs? Many unemployed either don't qualify for the great paying, secure jobs, or the "numerous" other jobs are minimum wage, part time, or "gig" jobs. Where are all the jobs that used to fuel the rise of the middle class for decades? To simply say "They're gone and never coming back" is a clear rejection of what is supposed to be the backbone of our country. Get out in the real world Paul.
|
409885b9f0730b41c54ff7fba644dd2ae328ce6b578c50b45b3ec5c75f761fbf
|
[
{
"content": "Sorry Professor, this is a good example of you trying to make an argument from your isolated desk chair aerie rather than by getting out in the middle of reality. Otherwise you wouldn't write something like this:\"Since last summer prices of some goods, notably of eggs, have soared, but other prices, notably of gasoline, have plunged.\"It's, not just egg prices that have soared - I just paid $6.00/dozen eggs, an item that a year ago cost less than $3.00. But a 1lb. bag of green beans was selling for over $4.00. In short, my grocery bill has risen 15-20% in the past year. Some of that is certainly due to shortages like the Great Chicken Die Off, but many other price increases are surely because food suppliers can do it and consumers have little choice.As for \"gasoline prices plunging\", perhaps they have, but if you jump out of a 10 story building from the 5th floor it'll still kill you. A year ago I paid around $3.50/gal. for diesel, now it's $4.60/gal.. Where's the \"plunge\"?And while we still hear rosy job hiring reports, the question still remains: for what type of jobs? Many unemployed either don't qualify for the great paying, secure jobs, or the \"numerous\" other jobs are minimum wage, part time, or \"gig\" jobs. Where are all the jobs that used to fuel the rise of the middle class for decades? To simply say \"They're gone and never coming back\" is a clear rejection of what is supposed to be the backbone of our country. Get out in the real world Paul.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,888 |
John Bergstrom It's easier to not be afraid when there is an assurance that those coming here will obey and respect our laws. That is not too much to ask. We should have an open invitation to all who want to come and be a part of making this a fantastic land of opportunity.This does not mean we have to abandon all law and order and legal precedence. In abandoning our laws and processes we will quickly deteriorate into the type of society that many of these refugees are trying to flee from.We do not have to lower the bar, to show love. Rather than lowering the bar, we should lift the individual. Help them rise up to meet and accept our legal code.
|
8867fd83cd9e9b554ac516201dddbca3f1382fe174c5dd676039f11f32b9b828
|
[
{
"content": "John Bergstrom It's easier to not be afraid when there is an assurance that those coming here will obey and respect our laws. That is not too much to ask. We should have an open invitation to all who want to come and be a part of making this a fantastic land of opportunity.This does not mean we have to abandon all law and order and legal precedence. In abandoning our laws and processes we will quickly deteriorate into the type of society that many of these refugees are trying to flee from.We do not have to lower the bar, to show love. Rather than lowering the bar, we should lift the individual. Help them rise up to meet and accept our legal code.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,571 |
The Riverside Drive Apartment Where a Broadway Play Was Born “Between Riverside and Crazy,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning script, is set in a rent-controlled apartment that was inspired by the playwright’s own. The world of “Between Riverside and Crazy,” the Stephen Adly Guirgis play that opened on Broadway last month, is confined to a rent-controlled Upper West Side apartment building, where the dark comedy spools out over kitchen table bickering and rooftop joint passing. “Between Riverside and Crazy,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning script, is set in a rent-controlled apartment that was inspired by the playwright’s own.
|
dc822cd59df4096e6a40cbd762c597dcc91f5b1e3537244f9de547e788542c2c
|
[
{
"content": "The Riverside Drive Apartment Where a Broadway Play Was Born “Between Riverside and Crazy,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning script, is set in a rent-controlled apartment that was inspired by the playwright’s own. The world of “Between Riverside and Crazy,” the Stephen Adly Guirgis play that opened on Broadway last month, is confined to a rent-controlled Upper West Side apartment building, where the dark comedy spools out over kitchen table bickering and rooftop joint passing. “Between Riverside and Crazy,” Stephen Adly Guirgis’s Pulitzer Prize-winning script, is set in a rent-controlled apartment that was inspired by the playwright’s own.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,387 |
I've been watching this issue closely and one the most disturbing aspects is that even though the part of the law that limits speech at the university level has been suspended, administrators are acting as if it is in effect. They have written to the state DOE saying they will uphold it even though it is currently deemed unconstitutional. At the K-12 level, no guidelines are expected until a full school year has passed, causing widespread fear. On top of all this, the Rs are planning to drain 4 billion a year from public schools and pass constitutional carry gun laws. That he is as popular as he is frightens me more than Trump ever did.
|
dc9fdcd57cb5dce9373d826e35ae503c79feab58bcb1e68dedfae900ba62fd20
|
[
{
"content": "I've been watching this issue closely and one the most disturbing aspects is that even though the part of the law that limits speech at the university level has been suspended, administrators are acting as if it is in effect. They have written to the state DOE saying they will uphold it even though it is currently deemed unconstitutional. At the K-12 level, no guidelines are expected until a full school year has passed, causing widespread fear. On top of all this, the Rs are planning to drain 4 billion a year from public schools and pass constitutional carry gun laws. That he is as popular as he is frightens me more than Trump ever did.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,589 |
"LastPass’s public response to the incident thrusts responsibility on the user, but ... that doesn’t absolve the company of responsibility." That is putting it mildly. That response is an egregious example of the lack of personal responsibility plaguing us, especially at a company supposedly guarding sensitive financial info. Their CEO, Karim Toubba, should be perp-walked in public for his company's criminal negligence: the crooks got in simply "by using credentials and keys stolen from a LastPass employee." You don't guard Fort Knox with a chain-link fence. LastPass should have had layered defenses; one employee's credentials shouldn't have opened the flood gates to thousands of customers' private data. That the CEO would try to thrust responsibility back to users - REALLY SHAMEFUL!
|
de7ffa1efa03eef76f3ba5c0824edd15f389ff5f7579acd635c953360c010f52
|
[
{
"content": "\"LastPass’s public response to the incident thrusts responsibility on the user, but ... that doesn’t absolve the company of responsibility.\" That is putting it mildly. That response is an egregious example of the lack of personal responsibility plaguing us, especially at a company supposedly guarding sensitive financial info. Their CEO, Karim Toubba, should be perp-walked in public for his company's criminal negligence: the crooks got in simply \"by using credentials and keys stolen from a LastPass employee.\" You don't guard Fort Knox with a chain-link fence. LastPass should have had layered defenses; one employee's credentials shouldn't have opened the flood gates to thousands of customers' private data. That the CEO would try to thrust responsibility back to users - REALLY SHAMEFUL!\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,732 |
Dale In whole-hearted agreement.Commentary on this thread, in its unironic sanctimony, should offer some explanation for the amount of discarded offal in their kitchens. I, for one, have not ever dined in a restaurant of this caliber, but I do not take for granted that the preparation of something so eccentric can simply be done in any corner TGI Friday’s, where unmitigated waste and complete lack of creativity drives eco-crises, not to mention the way they poison their diners, with salt, lard, and sugar..a crime in and of itself (nevermind their efforts to cut costs by using caged, low-cost, mass-agri for the dishes). Oh, and, as someone who’s worked in cheap restaurants, I don’t recall any of them winning awards for their elevated workplace values or treatment of personnel. As far as I can glean, and contrary to the faux -outrage on this thread, it’s not the bussers and dishwashers levying complaints, it’s the entitled, ostensible next-generation of haute cuisine chefs in a rush to open their own Noma. Sorry, not sorry.
|
8dce9104f8ef727c1b78f358d7aae1c4401557858c7015e98fb9d7d3714038c6
|
[
{
"content": "Dale In whole-hearted agreement.Commentary on this thread, in its unironic sanctimony, should offer some explanation for the amount of discarded offal in their kitchens. I, for one, have not ever dined in a restaurant of this caliber, but I do not take for granted that the preparation of something so eccentric can simply be done in any corner TGI Friday’s, where unmitigated waste and complete lack of creativity drives eco-crises, not to mention the way they poison their diners, with salt, lard, and sugar..a crime in and of itself (nevermind their efforts to cut costs by using caged, low-cost, mass-agri for the dishes). Oh, and, as someone who’s worked in cheap restaurants, I don’t recall any of them winning awards for their elevated workplace values or treatment of personnel. As far as I can glean, and contrary to the faux -outrage on this thread, it’s not the bussers and dishwashers levying complaints, it’s the entitled, ostensible next-generation of haute cuisine chefs in a rush to open their own Noma. Sorry, not sorry.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 9,494 |
There is a moral dimension to this decision, as in any issue of wealth distribution. 'Companies do what they have to do' - doesn't have to mean layoffs, especially when there are record profits being reaped. It would be a different situation if Google were struggling. But in this case they could trim their enormous 76 billion profit margin a few percentage points and easily keep all these workers employed. Instead they treat them like seasonal fruit pickers ("We needed you there for a while, now we don't.") Don't give Google credit for offering severance packages instead of jobs.
|
8a170ae179b7c1d6b86f8c9d36eceaf091fbc15977fa869ad05d538fb17b05ad
|
[
{
"content": "There is a moral dimension to this decision, as in any issue of wealth distribution. 'Companies do what they have to do' - doesn't have to mean layoffs, especially when there are record profits being reaped. It would be a different situation if Google were struggling. But in this case they could trim their enormous 76 billion profit margin a few percentage points and easily keep all these workers employed. Instead they treat them like seasonal fruit pickers (\"We needed you there for a while, now we don't.\") Don't give Google credit for offering severance packages instead of jobs.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,129 |
B. In my job at a non-profit there was always a good mix of appropriate face to face chats (office door open) and head-down work (office door closed) until my employer moved all the knowledge workers to an "open plan" and said it was up to us to figure out as a group how to manage noise. What ?! Most departments ended up defaulting to silence, with the tap-tapping of employees emailing each other the only sound. Those who wanted to talk had to find a "focus room", but of course those were in short supply, so a 10-minute conversation would involve an additional 10 minutes of circling the floor looking for a room. It destroyed the morale of the workers and turned our jobs into an assembly line of managing communication streams while shackled to our computers.
|
10dac70a2d13a64ff694405efa4a21a89dcb0bc6b29b4b087509af96bc887fb2
|
[
{
"content": "B. In my job at a non-profit there was always a good mix of appropriate face to face chats (office door open) and head-down work (office door closed) until my employer moved all the knowledge workers to an \"open plan\" and said it was up to us to figure out as a group how to manage noise. What ?! Most departments ended up defaulting to silence, with the tap-tapping of employees emailing each other the only sound. Those who wanted to talk had to find a \"focus room\", but of course those were in short supply, so a 10-minute conversation would involve an additional 10 minutes of circling the floor looking for a room. It destroyed the morale of the workers and turned our jobs into an assembly line of managing communication streams while shackled to our computers.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,701 |
It's more serious than many know, for a number of reasons. So-called extraordinary moves to keep government running include raiding the government employee Thrift Savins Plan (TSP) program--it's like a 401K-which is money employees voluntarily contribute to the TSP from paychecks each pay period, with a small matching funds component. The entire TSP is basically raided. The last time this happened (in recent memory), it took many months for the government to reimburse the TSP.Also on the line are discretionary funds and programs, many government agencies and programs are considered "discretionary," such as the USEPA, science, environment, and energy, domestic and international programs outside of defense. In 2019 these totaled 14 percent of federal budget, and of that science, environment, and energy programs totaled 11 percent ($75 billion).When the USEPA and other programs cannot pay their contract obligations their contracts go into default, and the government is obligated to pay triple damages, even if no goods or work was received. In the USEPA, we spent many months trying to straighten the mess out after the fact after government shutdowns. Plus, the extra money paid out for defaulted contracts goes against the current budget, thus a vicious cycle. Most often the defaulted work still needs to be completed at yet more waste and expense.This is NOT a prudent way to run our government. It's an un- mitigated mess.
|
db3ad22ce1a7af2b045142b369b9dda5c4fd6b72c4f8e9aa79c6bc7a7add61a4
|
[
{
"content": "It's more serious than many know, for a number of reasons. So-called extraordinary moves to keep government running include raiding the government employee Thrift Savins Plan (TSP) program--it's like a 401K-which is money employees voluntarily contribute to the TSP from paychecks each pay period, with a small matching funds component. The entire TSP is basically raided. The last time this happened (in recent memory), it took many months for the government to reimburse the TSP.Also on the line are discretionary funds and programs, many government agencies and programs are considered \"discretionary,\" such as the USEPA, science, environment, and energy, domestic and international programs outside of defense. In 2019 these totaled 14 percent of federal budget, and of that science, environment, and energy programs totaled 11 percent ($75 billion).When the USEPA and other programs cannot pay their contract obligations their contracts go into default, and the government is obligated to pay triple damages, even if no goods or work was received. In the USEPA, we spent many months trying to straighten the mess out after the fact after government shutdowns. Plus, the extra money paid out for defaulted contracts goes against the current budget, thus a vicious cycle. Most often the defaulted work still needs to be completed at yet more waste and expense.This is NOT a prudent way to run our government. It's an un- mitigated mess.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 517 |
A friend if mine was an ADA. In every single case a gun was used against another person, a gun was being carried by one of those people. This sounds obvious, because it is. His point was that escalation to the point of shooting someone doesn't happen if a gun isn't readily available. As soon as one (pathetic broken clown) pulls a gun, arguments that might end in a fist fight, end in a shooting death. As soon as a gun becomes part of the equation, the chance for criminal use skyrockets. I agree with a commentor on this page. Anytime you see someone with an open firearm - call the cops. Every single time. How are we supposed to know what they're going to do with it?
|
57c06c9568b4a5f71e671649fc99e026289f0e859fe6e1213cda4c0f02c3548e
|
[
{
"content": "A friend if mine was an ADA. In every single case a gun was used against another person, a gun was being carried by one of those people. This sounds obvious, because it is. His point was that escalation to the point of shooting someone doesn't happen if a gun isn't readily available. As soon as one (pathetic broken clown) pulls a gun, arguments that might end in a fist fight, end in a shooting death. As soon as a gun becomes part of the equation, the chance for criminal use skyrockets. I agree with a commentor on this page. Anytime you see someone with an open firearm - call the cops. Every single time. How are we supposed to know what they're going to do with it?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,850 |
Greg Both party constituents believe abortion should be allowed under certain circumstances. With the money now involved in politics (19 billion in the last off year election) pols work for votes then legislate for their donors after election.As I remember, in the 2020 election, the GOP had no policy. And then there is Santos — fully embraced by the House GOP —do we even know his real name?
|
a8a2ca4ba3c1514298660e98bc9ec6b893557500b2b3770f0c1687a66abcf7a9
|
[
{
"content": "Greg Both party constituents believe abortion should be allowed under certain circumstances. With the money now involved in politics (19 billion in the last off year election) pols work for votes then legislate for their donors after election.As I remember, in the 2020 election, the GOP had no policy. And then there is Santos — fully embraced by the House GOP —do we even know his real name?\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,748 |
In late 1979 or 1980 or thereabout, I was invited backstage by Iggy's manager before a performance at Paterson College. I was a grad student at another university, researching Punk as a social phenomena, and studying crowd behavior. I was introduced to the performers who were snorting coke before they went on stage. I remember seeing at least one open liquor bottle. I then sat with the audience. During the performance in the front row was a young woman I assumed to be a student, excitedly participating, dancing and singing and jumping up and down. After a while Iggy repeatedly gestured for her to come closer, which she eventually did. Iggy reached down and aggressively pulled her onstage, including by her long hair. I was horrified to watch her being hit and kicked until she slid off the stage onto the floor, and rose into her seat where she appeared to remain, quiet and confused. It did not appear to be rehearsed, the blows looked and sounded very real. During the beginning of the beating there was a split second of reduced rants from the audience, then everyone just seemed to accept the experience and continued as before if nothing disturbing or dangerous was happening. I was shocked and amazed how the audience reacted--by its general lack of concern, and how there were chants promoting the beating. I expected some kind of official response, but as I repeatedly looked up the isles the exit doors remained closed and unattended. Nothing.
|
12e7001e852e1b649bb261b3ed67b521737f326a2a7a457e6d7c662f000db258
|
[
{
"content": "In late 1979 or 1980 or thereabout, I was invited backstage by Iggy's manager before a performance at Paterson College. I was a grad student at another university, researching Punk as a social phenomena, and studying crowd behavior. I was introduced to the performers who were snorting coke before they went on stage. I remember seeing at least one open liquor bottle. I then sat with the audience. During the performance in the front row was a young woman I assumed to be a student, excitedly participating, dancing and singing and jumping up and down. After a while Iggy repeatedly gestured for her to come closer, which she eventually did. Iggy reached down and aggressively pulled her onstage, including by her long hair. I was horrified to watch her being hit and kicked until she slid off the stage onto the floor, and rose into her seat where she appeared to remain, quiet and confused. It did not appear to be rehearsed, the blows looked and sounded very real. During the beginning of the beating there was a split second of reduced rants from the audience, then everyone just seemed to accept the experience and continued as before if nothing disturbing or dangerous was happening. I was shocked and amazed how the audience reacted--by its general lack of concern, and how there were chants promoting the beating. I expected some kind of official response, but as I repeatedly looked up the isles the exit doors remained closed and unattended. Nothing.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 4,620 |
We immigrated to Canada when my parents were in their forties; we all had to learn a new language and adapt to our new life. My mother was a full-time working mother of five, even so, money was tight as they were starting afresh. Yes, growing up in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s was different than it is now; but then, it was again quite disparate from my parents and grand-parents upbringing. They trusted us to do our best, and intervened when it was necessary - we always felt loved and nurtured and secure. We already had the looming threat of nuclear war, and it was starting to be evident that the earth was fragile. Even with our own family, our expectations did not include fancy trips, multiple vehicles and expensive possessions; we lived within our means. We had moved far from family because of jobs; we didn’t have extended family to count on. Of course, like many parents, we look back and think we could have done some things differently, but not where it counted. Childrearing is never an easy job and should not be undertaken lightly; I was also lucky enough that I did not have to parent on my own. Rearing good human beings was paramount – not an online presence, with its constant texting, chatting and living up to the impossible social media standards many people seem to think are vital these days. The pandemic has made things harder for most, but when I contrast our lives to our ancestor’s lives, or to those who live in Third World countries, we are fortunate indeed.
|
817c673b8afe0d262d16a5a9b00590b546660eab8557b39a16ad5a33217d455b
|
[
{
"content": "We immigrated to Canada when my parents were in their forties; we all had to learn a new language and adapt to our new life. My mother was a full-time working mother of five, even so, money was tight as they were starting afresh. Yes, growing up in the ‘50’s and ‘60’s was different than it is now; but then, it was again quite disparate from my parents and grand-parents upbringing. They trusted us to do our best, and intervened when it was necessary - we always felt loved and nurtured and secure. We already had the looming threat of nuclear war, and it was starting to be evident that the earth was fragile. Even with our own family, our expectations did not include fancy trips, multiple vehicles and expensive possessions; we lived within our means. We had moved far from family because of jobs; we didn’t have extended family to count on. Of course, like many parents, we look back and think we could have done some things differently, but not where it counted. Childrearing is never an easy job and should not be undertaken lightly; I was also lucky enough that I did not have to parent on my own. Rearing good human beings was paramount – not an online presence, with its constant texting, chatting and living up to the impossible social media standards many people seem to think are vital these days. The pandemic has made things harder for most, but when I contrast our lives to our ancestor’s lives, or to those who live in Third World countries, we are fortunate indeed.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 6,234 |
Ace Not so black and white. China’s “No-COVID” policy during the early part of the pandemic, albeit draconian and heavy-handed, likely saved tens of thousands of lives. However, once vaccines became available, China should have 1) adopted Western mRNA vaccines which are more effective at preventing serious illness than the Chinese domestic versions. 2) Begin preparing for a gradual reopening by stockpiling antivirals to protect its most vulnerable citizens. By demonstrating the “superior” Chinese model with the prolonged strict no-COVID policy, President Xi was able to secure his unprecedented 3rd 5-year term.Liberals are against public health policies that are driven by political considerations rather than driven by science.
|
4ac6a9c2e4a385c7713d16eab4a3a3ccf2dafcda62a1566dd8d9f4b96c43a0d8
|
[
{
"content": "Ace Not so black and white. China’s “No-COVID” policy during the early part of the pandemic, albeit draconian and heavy-handed, likely saved tens of thousands of lives. However, once vaccines became available, China should have 1) adopted Western mRNA vaccines which are more effective at preventing serious illness than the Chinese domestic versions. 2) Begin preparing for a gradual reopening by stockpiling antivirals to protect its most vulnerable citizens. By demonstrating the “superior” Chinese model with the prolonged strict no-COVID policy, President Xi was able to secure his unprecedented 3rd 5-year term.Liberals are against public health policies that are driven by political considerations rather than driven by science.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 8,003 |
you have to spend money... to make moneyto invest in your citizens health and well being is what every family does for their children well fairas we have to pay our borrowed credit debts... an as we cut back in areas that don't effect the quality of life... so too should our government...in which we are as citizensevery community needs to take an inventory and report to a central cost cutting departmentdo police need to drive loaded Denali's, do city buses with 5 passengers, need a 50 passenger bus, do we need all the military installatlons around the globe, should veterans who already have health care be allowed to double dip into the military health care programs, could we have a luxury tax on those that have 10 or 20, 30 times more wealth than the standard of living of a middle class family a little more, should coporations that profit from our research, natural resources, roads, telecommunications, water, electric and gas utlilities be asked to give more in the form of taxes for these benefits that help their profiting businessesall questions should be on the table.
|
55a609620e3b9cdfdd4723b83b351f8d7e9ea047b480db22cb844170abb33ee7
|
[
{
"content": "you have to spend money... to make moneyto invest in your citizens health and well being is what every family does for their children well fairas we have to pay our borrowed credit debts... an as we cut back in areas that don't effect the quality of life... so too should our government...in which we are as citizensevery community needs to take an inventory and report to a central cost cutting departmentdo police need to drive loaded Denali's, do city buses with 5 passengers, need a 50 passenger bus, do we need all the military installatlons around the globe, should veterans who already have health care be allowed to double dip into the military health care programs, could we have a luxury tax on those that have 10 or 20, 30 times more wealth than the standard of living of a middle class family a little more, should coporations that profit from our research, natural resources, roads, telecommunications, water, electric and gas utlilities be asked to give more in the form of taxes for these benefits that help their profiting businessesall questions should be on the table.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 1,507 |
Out of 2.74M Indians that are interested in professional higher education only 64K make it. So imagine the resource and workforce power India could be generating if it figured a way to engage everyone of this 2.74 M people. Large scale investments both by the private and the public sectors, in high-quality, higher education is what is needed in India.
|
b1c6dfb120172350a90051bdec49406e13a3bb7f73a819cb8b5704f975ae8dbf
|
[
{
"content": "Out of 2.74M Indians that are interested in professional higher education only 64K make it. So imagine the resource and workforce power India could be generating if it figured a way to engage everyone of this 2.74 M people. Large scale investments both by the private and the public sectors, in high-quality, higher education is what is needed in India.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "no",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
no
|
Classification
| 2,233 |
Victor Lacca $1.6m is nothing if one is raking in hundreds of millions. They'll just chalk it up as "the cost of doing business", then pay the vig to the house. Shut them down with some serious prison time and make white collar crime not worth the risk.
|
d6301025d529144bc6fee18c6a74c23bf8840e7a50eb56d9200fe6153ca3d24f
|
[
{
"content": "Victor Lacca $1.6m is nothing if one is raking in hundreds of millions. They'll just chalk it up as \"the cost of doing business\", then pay the vig to the house. Shut them down with some serious prison time and make white collar crime not worth the risk.\n",
"role": "user"
},
{
"content": "yes",
"role": "assistant"
}
] |
yes
|
Classification
| 5,128 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.