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L The US will continue to lead the western world for as long as all other western countries rely on us for their national defense. Total defense spending by all NATO countries this year is $1.17 trillion, of which the US is contributing $812 billion or 69%. That means that the US spends 2.25x more than the 28 other NATO countries, combined. There will be no other leader of the western world so long as China, Russia, North Korea and Iran threaten the west, and that extreme monetary imbalance in defense spending exists.
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After partaking regularly in open water swimming, my understanding of the plastic-oceans issue has become more focused. In a place like NYC with so much coastline and sewer systems that overflow after heavy rains, a lot of plastic trash from the streets - or even overflowing trash cans - is washed into a sewer grate that then ultimately leads directly into the water. One of the most direct ways to avoid this is to not litter (obviously) but also don't handle plastics carelessly out in the street. Don't balance your plastic bottle on the top of an overfilled trash bin. Throw these things away securely into trash bags and bins, ideally at home. And, for the love of nature, just say no to the straws.
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"content": "After partaking regularly in open water swimming, my understanding of the plastic-oceans issue has become more focused. In a place like NYC with so much coastline and sewer systems that overflow after heavy rains, a lot of plastic trash from the streets - or even overflowing trash cans - is washed into a sewer grate that then ultimately leads directly into the water. One of the most direct ways to avoid this is to not litter (obviously) but also don't handle plastics carelessly out in the street. Don't balance your plastic bottle on the top of an overfilled trash bin. Throw these things away securely into trash bags and bins, ideally at home. And, for the love of nature, just say no to the straws.\n",
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| no | Classification | 61 |
WRONG. America is a very complicated country .. but the big problem is CONGRESS and all of the nonsense of voting.. when candidate can lie - present a fraudulent resume and not even be caught until after the election.. and then there are no repercussions and they are sworn into Congress.. frankly it is beyond belief.Money is way too impt in the US... and the myth of the self-made man. We need more social justice -- and common sense. E.g. 30,ooo refuges should not be housed in NYC one of the most expensive places to live in the world. They need to be dispersed to various communities which provide proper housing and education for the adults in English and for the children immersion in school... and yes, they will not learn proper Spanish in school.. and that is not the school's responsibility.Where are the gun control laws? We can't have them.. a right to bear arms does not speciify guns.. Wars were fought and won- pre guns. Where is Universal Single Payer Healthcare? not Obamacare or Medicare Advantage designed to enrich investors in Health Insurance companies??Where is a woman's right to abortion?What game is Congress playing today?Yes, police are allowed to be and in fact taught to be perverse by a perverse system. Testoerone in this case and a gang mentality which is what the police are taught to have-- the brotherhood of the men (with good salaries and fab pensions) in blue. Skin color made/ makes no difference. NO COMMUNITY.
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"content": "WRONG. America is a very complicated country .. but the big problem is CONGRESS and all of the nonsense of voting.. when candidate can lie - present a fraudulent resume and not even be caught until after the election.. and then there are no repercussions and they are sworn into Congress.. frankly it is beyond belief.Money is way too impt in the US... and the myth of the self-made man. We need more social justice -- and common sense. E.g. 30,ooo refuges should not be housed in NYC one of the most expensive places to live in the world. They need to be dispersed to various communities which provide proper housing and education for the adults in English and for the children immersion in school... and yes, they will not learn proper Spanish in school.. and that is not the school's responsibility.Where are the gun control laws? We can't have them.. a right to bear arms does not speciify guns.. Wars were fought and won- pre guns. Where is Universal Single Payer Healthcare? not Obamacare or Medicare Advantage designed to enrich investors in Health Insurance companies??Where is a woman's right to abortion?What game is Congress playing today?Yes, police are allowed to be and in fact taught to be perverse by a perverse system. Testoerone in this case and a gang mentality which is what the police are taught to have-- the brotherhood of the men (with good salaries and fab pensions) in blue. Skin color made/ makes no difference. NO COMMUNITY.\n",
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Robert It is not "your" money, it's pooled risk. The average person will get far more out than they put in. Medicare is functionally bankrupt. Why? Because the outgo far exceeds the income. Most citizens in the US will pay $3000 a year of under to Medicare, or maybe $90k-$120k in their life. That does not begin to cover the medical costs that most people will have from age 65 to death.I recently had an operation, and glad that I could have it.It would have cost $750k, but I'm on medicare, so it cost me $300. It allowed me to be functional after a spinal injury. That far, far exceeded the amount I paid into medicare starting in 1962.
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| yes | Classification | 6,943 |
You owe me a hundred dollars. I’ll take a $1.60. Please don’t do it again.
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| no | Classification | 1,089 |
Excuse me, but millennials did not experience "a decade-long expansion when jobs multiplied as fast as iPhone sales." Millennials graduated into the Great Recession. Believe me, we have plenty of experience with layoffs, cut backs, hiring freezes, and workplace austerity. And more recently, we picked up the slack when our boomer bosses used COVID as an excuse for paid early retirement (aka "working" from home).
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| no | Classification | 1,399 |
University researchers must fund their labs and their salaries by bringing in grant money. If they can attract money and publish papers (most of which do not advance science in any meaningful way and serve only to pad the researcher's C.V.) then they are incentivized to come up with increasingly absurd research proposals. Recently a Harvard researcher has been brought to light whose research for years involved separating primate infants from their mothers and--absolutely true-- surgically sewing the infants' eyes shut for a year to determine if the infants would be distressed! Much of this funding was from your tax dollars. The researcher duly published papers on these experiments, which padded her C.V. and attracted yet more research funds to her Lab. Most of the grant proposals involving research on animals results in no earthshattering or even minor discoveries, yet the researchers' labs are funded for additional years. A total academic racket using tax dollars to pad C.V.'s and pay salaries. Yes, universities have committees that supposedly monitor animal welfare but when millions of dollars are on the line, do you think the animals' welfare will come out on top?
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"content": "University researchers must fund their labs and their salaries by bringing in grant money. If they can attract money and publish papers (most of which do not advance science in any meaningful way and serve only to pad the researcher's C.V.) then they are incentivized to come up with increasingly absurd research proposals. Recently a Harvard researcher has been brought to light whose research for years involved separating primate infants from their mothers and--absolutely true-- surgically sewing the infants' eyes shut for a year to determine if the infants would be distressed! Much of this funding was from your tax dollars. The researcher duly published papers on these experiments, which padded her C.V. and attracted yet more research funds to her Lab. Most of the grant proposals involving research on animals results in no earthshattering or even minor discoveries, yet the researchers' labs are funded for additional years. A total academic racket using tax dollars to pad C.V.'s and pay salaries. Yes, universities have committees that supposedly monitor animal welfare but when millions of dollars are on the line, do you think the animals' welfare will come out on top?\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,585 |
La Rana - Some of the criticism is valid, seen by millions, so you can't claim "without merit". For example, angry with losing a point at the US open in 2020, Djokovic slammed a tennis ball toward one of the line judges, it struck her in the throat, resulting in his ousting of the tournament. And let's not forget the smashing (several times) of his racket on court at the Australian Open in 2021. There are many other displays of bad behavior over his career.
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Kudos to Duncan Clark for highlighting the crux of the issue (for China's leadership): "'There’s a lack of trust right now, and that’s not going to go away,” said Duncan Clark, the chairman of BDA, a Beijing-based investment advisory firm. He said businesses now assumed a greater risk with operating in China than they had in the past."Brickbats, however, are all that Jacob Rothman, a businessman with operations in Guangdon, should get, for suggesting that "the economic outlook in China will not improve until Beijing and Washington stop escalating tensions for political gain at home."It is neither fair nor accurate to claim that the Americans are solely interested in "political gain at home" as they ratchet up the pressure on China. But, then again, I suppose Mr Rothman (and others like him) were never all that concerned about matters of principle (such as the implications of the PRC's use of forced labour in supply chains, or its en masse mistreatment of minority groups (however defined) in China, or its cavalier disregard for international law and treaties (South China Sea, Hong Kong).
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"content": "Kudos to Duncan Clark for highlighting the crux of the issue (for China's leadership): \"'There’s a lack of trust right now, and that’s not going to go away,” said Duncan Clark, the chairman of BDA, a Beijing-based investment advisory firm. He said businesses now assumed a greater risk with operating in China than they had in the past.\"Brickbats, however, are all that Jacob Rothman, a businessman with operations in Guangdon, should get, for suggesting that \"the economic outlook in China will not improve until Beijing and Washington stop escalating tensions for political gain at home.\"It is neither fair nor accurate to claim that the Americans are solely interested in \"political gain at home\" as they ratchet up the pressure on China. But, then again, I suppose Mr Rothman (and others like him) were never all that concerned about matters of principle (such as the implications of the PRC's use of forced labour in supply chains, or its en masse mistreatment of minority groups (however defined) in China, or its cavalier disregard for international law and treaties (South China Sea, Hong Kong).\n",
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Had enough He also donated to the Republicans
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| yes | Classification | 6,729 |
Me Not really. The NIH 2023 budget includes 3.2 billion dollars for HIV research.
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Hunter Greer--First of all, you ignore the exemption that Fred mentions, i.e., the first 12 million is zero tax, so it's applied to the remaining amount. The $10 million farm pays no estate tax, the $20 million pays less than one million. So why is it that someone should inherit a $10 to 20 million asset, in other words, end up with millions that they themselves didn't earn, and not pay taxes on that inheritance? The estate tax, while literally focused on the assets of the dead, are essentially inheritance taxes--a tax upon survivors for unearned wealth. There is nothing wrong with requiring taxes on windfall income.If the GOP is, in fact so concerned about breaking up family farms (news flash: they aren't, they're concerned about their mega-rich donors), then exempt, say, the first 500 acres of cultivated land, or the first 200 head of cattle, etc. from the estate tax. That way, small farm operations are protected, but the ultra-rich and corporate farm operations are not. But I've never heard a Republican proposal aimed at protecting smaller family farms.
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even for poor average folks, a Big Mac costs $9. but then again, why do Americans hate cooking at home more than any other people on Earth?
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whether Chinese expansion goes away or not depends on a lot of things, Kirk C. For one, the Chinese economy is expected to contract, meaning less money to funnel into foreign aid. For another, the Chinese people are increasingly questioning why this foreign generosity occurs at the expense of rural children dropping out of school b/c they suffer from debilitating worms and/or their families can't afford eyeglasses. For a third, local populations are objecting to Chinese influence. I could go on, but bottom line is that there's no inevitability to this expansion.
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There are a plethora of excellent, terroir-driven wines under $15 a bottle available but pretty much all of them are from Spain, France and Italy. And these are wines that sell for much less than that - the average price consumers pay for decent everyday wine in these countries is 4-6 euros at their local supermarket - in their native countries. In order to be "sustainable" in a meaningful (rather than an esoteric, purely agricultural way) one has to be able to drink good wine everyday without doing broke. One can do that with craft beer and spirits in this country - but not wine (or cheese for that matter). And this is an area where we've made no progress over the decades. Good wine is affordable in Europe because they don't allow the three-tiered distribution system (importer, distributor, retailer) that triples the retail price of imported wines here. California vintners certainly do not have higher land or labor costs than French or Italian vintners - they're just greedy and myopic. There's nothing stopping them from offering excellent everyday wines under $15 - and for proof one needs look no further than the private label program of America's largest wine retailer: Costco. The 2021 Kirkland Russian River Valley Pinot Noir at $11.99 is as good as many $25 bottles and they have many other well-made offerings in this price range.
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"content": "There are a plethora of excellent, terroir-driven wines under $15 a bottle available but pretty much all of them are from Spain, France and Italy. And these are wines that sell for much less than that - the average price consumers pay for decent everyday wine in these countries is 4-6 euros at their local supermarket - in their native countries. In order to be \"sustainable\" in a meaningful (rather than an esoteric, purely agricultural way) one has to be able to drink good wine everyday without doing broke. One can do that with craft beer and spirits in this country - but not wine (or cheese for that matter). And this is an area where we've made no progress over the decades. Good wine is affordable in Europe because they don't allow the three-tiered distribution system (importer, distributor, retailer) that triples the retail price of imported wines here. California vintners certainly do not have higher land or labor costs than French or Italian vintners - they're just greedy and myopic. There's nothing stopping them from offering excellent everyday wines under $15 - and for proof one needs look no further than the private label program of America's largest wine retailer: Costco. The 2021 Kirkland Russian River Valley Pinot Noir at $11.99 is as good as many $25 bottles and they have many other well-made offerings in this price range.\n",
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mdbeck I hear you singing on the wire. This is such a lovely rumination on your youthful desire for the freedom of the wider world, and for the high climber you hope to find out there. I love that you lead us to the song in your closing line. Brilliant ambiguity too-- did you find your lineman?(I love Glen Campbell's "Wichita Lineman". Rather silly, but on the right day it can make me weep. Jimmy Webb wrote it, along with "By The Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Galveston". Quite a partnership.)
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$1 trillion dollars seems like a lot of money until you look at how much it costs to build roads, tunnels, etc. Given that some prioritisation will have to take place I think some nation-building power infrastructure upgrades, announced early on, that are focused on the accelerating the expected boom in green energy would be wise, as would a heap of water infrastructure upgrades focused on counteracting the debilitating effects of the drying climate on water supply. Any major spends like the tunnel should also meet some sort of 'climate change' test to make sure they will be fit-for-future-purpose, eg as river and sea levels rise.
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"content": "$1 trillion dollars seems like a lot of money until you look at how much it costs to build roads, tunnels, etc. Given that some prioritisation will have to take place I think some nation-building power infrastructure upgrades, announced early on, that are focused on the accelerating the expected boom in green energy would be wise, as would a heap of water infrastructure upgrades focused on counteracting the debilitating effects of the drying climate on water supply. Any major spends like the tunnel should also meet some sort of 'climate change' test to make sure they will be fit-for-future-purpose, eg as river and sea levels rise.\n",
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Can we take a moment to recognize the $120k salary of the fridge technician at 27 years old- which is one of the higher salaries in your profiles? Our country needs to do a better job of looking beyond the very outdated and inequitable “college for all” mentality and provide equal resources, policy and giuidance toward careers that may not require a 4-year degree. And not just those in the trades (which is also an antiquated idea). There are many careers spanning the range from trades to health care to tech and beyond that don’t require a college degree. While we don’t know whether Freddy went to college, has a degree, etc. (I’d love to hear more of his story!) the truth that our country inequitably and erroneously prioritizes college degrees as the pathway toward economic mobility is harmful.
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K You're asssuming that the bottled beer sits around long enough to allow light pollution. Skunked is a beer that's been left open overnight after you passed out at your frat party, and perhaps enhanced by an errant cigarette butt, and used to washed down the cold pizza the next morning.Yep, it's a personal thing.
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This company would be in a lot better place if it weren't for fund managers and so-called activist investors who bullied the CEO to issue a stock buyback in 2014 after an earnings miss.Keep in mind, this was a company that had an absolutely pristine balance sheet... zero debt and about $400 million in cash if I remember correctly. They were still making good money but came up short one quarter and the fund managers and analysts hammered away at the CEO until he announced a $2 billion dollar stock buyback program. They've been going downhill ever since with that debt burden. Not that they wouldn't have had challenges like the rest of the retailing industry, but they would certainly be in a better place. Sure, the stock popped for a while after the buyback announcement... certainly long enough for fund managers to bail on it. But if I were a large shareholder, I would've certainly sued the company, CEO and Board of Directors for malfeasance.Of course, this scenario plays out all the time. And until CEOs learn to grow a pair and stand up to these slimy "activist investors" like Carl Icahn, companies will continue to saddle their companies with unnecessary debt for short-term appeasement of speculators.Incidentally, I would've loved to have seen Carl Icahn try to bully Steve Jobs into initiating these massive Apple stock buybacks like he did with Tim Cook, who caved like a cheap bridge chair. If Jobs had been alive he most certainly would've told Carl Icahn where he can go.
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"content": "This company would be in a lot better place if it weren't for fund managers and so-called activist investors who bullied the CEO to issue a stock buyback in 2014 after an earnings miss.Keep in mind, this was a company that had an absolutely pristine balance sheet... zero debt and about $400 million in cash if I remember correctly. They were still making good money but came up short one quarter and the fund managers and analysts hammered away at the CEO until he announced a $2 billion dollar stock buyback program. They've been going downhill ever since with that debt burden. Not that they wouldn't have had challenges like the rest of the retailing industry, but they would certainly be in a better place. Sure, the stock popped for a while after the buyback announcement... certainly long enough for fund managers to bail on it. But if I were a large shareholder, I would've certainly sued the company, CEO and Board of Directors for malfeasance.Of course, this scenario plays out all the time. And until CEOs learn to grow a pair and stand up to these slimy \"activist investors\" like Carl Icahn, companies will continue to saddle their companies with unnecessary debt for short-term appeasement of speculators.Incidentally, I would've loved to have seen Carl Icahn try to bully Steve Jobs into initiating these massive Apple stock buybacks like he did with Tim Cook, who caved like a cheap bridge chair. If Jobs had been alive he most certainly would've told Carl Icahn where he can go.\n",
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Three sources for that $700,000 quickly come to mind. First, international cartels, e.g., narcotics, money laundering, prohibited exports such as computer components to Iran. Cartels would readily benefit from a friendly Member of Congress, especially someone with the right committee seats or good connections. Second, Russian oligarchs with ties to the Kremlin as success with Santos would bolster the pro-Russian contingent within the GOP. Someone like Santos would be particularly useful as he is not identified as pro-Russian and therefore in ordinary circumstances might appear to be a thoughtful neutral rather than an operative. And third, the Chinese military as having someone in Congress available to feed information to China as well as monitor military and security developments. Such speculation is not accusatory but might explain how someone so inept is certain ways accumulated in short order a large pot of cash.
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| no | Classification | 2,400 |
The addition of "cloud" in this analysis is a red herring. There's nothing about the LastPass breach that is inherently about data storage and security of cloud-based, off-site data centers -- or even on-prem server storage.No, the Last Pass security breach occurred due to an employee's credentials being compromised. In turn, the severity of the breach was amplified by the company's own surprisingly lackluster internal security protocols (unencrypted website information, master passwords not being forced to update to the new extended character protocols, etc.).Saying it has anything about questioning companies to "store sensitive data in the cloud" is just fear-mongering and click-bait. After all, by his own admission, Brian Chen stores his OWN password data in a cloud-based server that's privately managed by himself but run by a third-party vendor (iCloud or DropBox). Clearly, he still trusts the cloud run by companies to provide convenient and relatively secure storage opportunities!Again, stop demonizing "cloud" as more or less insecure, when the real vulnerability here was people: Access controls, insufficient attention or resources to address vulnerabilities and inadequate encryption of stored data researchers had warned about for years, etc.People were the weakest link in this supply-chain -- not cloud storage or data centers.
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"content": "The addition of \"cloud\" in this analysis is a red herring. There's nothing about the LastPass breach that is inherently about data storage and security of cloud-based, off-site data centers -- or even on-prem server storage.No, the Last Pass security breach occurred due to an employee's credentials being compromised. In turn, the severity of the breach was amplified by the company's own surprisingly lackluster internal security protocols (unencrypted website information, master passwords not being forced to update to the new extended character protocols, etc.).Saying it has anything about questioning companies to \"store sensitive data in the cloud\" is just fear-mongering and click-bait. After all, by his own admission, Brian Chen stores his OWN password data in a cloud-based server that's privately managed by himself but run by a third-party vendor (iCloud or DropBox). Clearly, he still trusts the cloud run by companies to provide convenient and relatively secure storage opportunities!Again, stop demonizing \"cloud\" as more or less insecure, when the real vulnerability here was people: Access controls, insufficient attention or resources to address vulnerabilities and inadequate encryption of stored data researchers had warned about for years, etc.People were the weakest link in this supply-chain -- not cloud storage or data centers.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,241 |
Astonishing that with all the wealth and fame concentrated in the valley, and for all they like to promote the “world-class culture” available there, not one of those millionaires or billionaires saw fit to help the historic Liberty Theater, formerly owned by Bruce Willis, repair and reopen. A mere $1 million fundraising effort recently failed. Shameful. Everyone wants to consume, no one wants to contribute. So much for those small-town values.
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| yes | Classification | 8,569 |
The US will spend $130 billion for military R&D in 2023.
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"content": "The US will spend $130 billion for military R&D in 2023.\n",
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| no | Classification | 4,116 |
How come George Santos isn't advertising on Truth Social? It seems like a natural fit. He could spend $199.99 on each ad, and each ad would reach all the Truth Socialites for weeks!
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| yes | Classification | 7,288 |
I’ve been muddling over this project for about 5 years. Time to plan it out. My goal is to enhance the play of light on our open plan cathedral ceiling. I can’t imagine the skill required for the specialty plaster work; or the cost. May take another 5 years before I begin.
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| yes | Classification | 5,769 |
Meaningless exercise. So much missing. Was this written by a well meaning high schooler?In my small coop—8 units—no one makes less than 100k. (Except for me-I chose a low paying career but have a high earning partner). Heck, for some this is their extra home for fun times in the city.Some are two person earners making close to 1M combined. Life is a breeze for people in the building. They are entitled, cheap and greedy—they are a-okay head in the sand suburban Park Slopers. Of course life isnt so easy for many but deeply feeling that and addressing what sustains that inequity receives only words and gestures.
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"content": "Meaningless exercise. So much missing. Was this written by a well meaning high schooler?In my small coop—8 units—no one makes less than 100k. (Except for me-I chose a low paying career but have a high earning partner). Heck, for some this is their extra home for fun times in the city.Some are two person earners making close to 1M combined. Life is a breeze for people in the building. They are entitled, cheap and greedy—they are a-okay head in the sand suburban Park Slopers. Of course life isnt so easy for many but deeply feeling that and addressing what sustains that inequity receives only words and gestures.\n",
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| no | Classification | 4,844 |
Reading these articles and comments about gender transitioning opens my eyes to the enormous gap in society about this issue. Many Americans, myself included, still are shocked even at the basic underlying principle of a physician and parent validating concerns about gender dysphoria, assisting in blocking puberty with drugs, and surgery. To many of us, it seems the social media tail is wagging the physician and parent dog. It seems that in our sincere rush to be tolerant of all choices, we may have stumbled and become tolerant of the intolerable: a 10 year old deciding they are trans. A 10 yr old isn’t allowed to vote, drink, smoke, drive, or even skip the school trip to the museum. They can’t get into R movies. They can’t get onto a flight. They can’t enter a casino. All with good reason. They are children. Children. But yet we are supposed to accept that, despite all that, we should validate, support, and assist their adult- like decisions to alter their physiology with drugs and surgery? It’s still shocking. Maybe we need to step back and consider that we are not on the right path here.
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"content": "Reading these articles and comments about gender transitioning opens my eyes to the enormous gap in society about this issue. Many Americans, myself included, still are shocked even at the basic underlying principle of a physician and parent validating concerns about gender dysphoria, assisting in blocking puberty with drugs, and surgery. To many of us, it seems the social media tail is wagging the physician and parent dog. It seems that in our sincere rush to be tolerant of all choices, we may have stumbled and become tolerant of the intolerable: a 10 year old deciding they are trans. A 10 yr old isn’t allowed to vote, drink, smoke, drive, or even skip the school trip to the museum. They can’t get into R movies. They can’t get onto a flight. They can’t enter a casino. All with good reason. They are children. Children. But yet we are supposed to accept that, despite all that, we should validate, support, and assist their adult- like decisions to alter their physiology with drugs and surgery? It’s still shocking. Maybe we need to step back and consider that we are not on the right path here.\n",
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| no | Classification | 1,023 |
It is essential to understand the most critical aspect of the right wing extremist shift in the Republican Party over the past decade:The Roberts Court majority Citizens United decision opened the doors to unlimited dark corporate money. These funds were used systematically to take over state and local governments and then expel all moderates.
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| no | Classification | 219 |
Eggs in my (one) local store are $7.99/dozen. I buy them.These is a shortage due to a chicken virus, requiring millions of egg laying chickens to be killed. In time, more young chicks will be of age to lay eggs. Not a crisis.
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A different pathway is needed for development and manufacturing of drugs for rare diseases. Currently, the drug companies have the cake and eat it too. First, most of the science going into the drug development is funded by the taxpayers. Second, since the disease is rare, the drug companies are excused from doing large (and expensive) clinical trials. However, cornering the market through intellectual property exclusivity allows the drug companies to charge exorbitant costs. One solution is to create a government non-profit that develops and manufactures drugs for rare diseases with its own regulatory pathway. Drug companies are welcome to participate, but forced to compete. I am 100% confident that plenty of scientists will not be dissuaded from investing their time and effort into this work because they are motivated by something other than the potential of megabucks. An agency like this could also be a pill of health for the collapse of ethics and morality brought on by the naked profit-driven capitalism.
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"content": "A different pathway is needed for development and manufacturing of drugs for rare diseases. Currently, the drug companies have the cake and eat it too. First, most of the science going into the drug development is funded by the taxpayers. Second, since the disease is rare, the drug companies are excused from doing large (and expensive) clinical trials. However, cornering the market through intellectual property exclusivity allows the drug companies to charge exorbitant costs. One solution is to create a government non-profit that develops and manufactures drugs for rare diseases with its own regulatory pathway. Drug companies are welcome to participate, but forced to compete. I am 100% confident that plenty of scientists will not be dissuaded from investing their time and effort into this work because they are motivated by something other than the potential of megabucks. An agency like this could also be a pill of health for the collapse of ethics and morality brought on by the naked profit-driven capitalism.\n",
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Wesley Brooks Your comment reflects the "conventional wisdom", agreed; but if MAGA truly is intransigently stonewalling, then it actually does open up the space for a major pivot from the moderates: since "tie-breaking" leverage would swing to them (provided they really were willing to go down the bipartisan path). This phenomenon has happened many times before, in many other countries (usually when a political party is imploding/fracturing). Not saying it's a regular occurrence... just that if we are witnessing the splintering of MAGA within the GOP, then things like this could, theoretically, happen fast.Once a few moderate centrists start "defecting" the whole calculus changes, the paradigm shifts, and the once-unthinkable (such as "compromise") can become the new norm. After all, most moderate Republicans (at least behind closed doors) have far more in common with their center-left counterparts... than they do with the hostage-taking insurrectionist lunacy that is MTG and MAGA. A few moderate Republicans crossing the aisle to pick a mutually-acceptable Speaker, would mean that in one fell stroke Trump is forever neutered (at least in purple districts) and MAGA as a national movement become a relegated-to-the-fringe lame-duck.
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"content": "Wesley Brooks Your comment reflects the \"conventional wisdom\", agreed; but if MAGA truly is intransigently stonewalling, then it actually does open up the space for a major pivot from the moderates: since \"tie-breaking\" leverage would swing to them (provided they really were willing to go down the bipartisan path). This phenomenon has happened many times before, in many other countries (usually when a political party is imploding/fracturing). Not saying it's a regular occurrence... just that if we are witnessing the splintering of MAGA within the GOP, then things like this could, theoretically, happen fast.Once a few moderate centrists start \"defecting\" the whole calculus changes, the paradigm shifts, and the once-unthinkable (such as \"compromise\") can become the new norm. After all, most moderate Republicans (at least behind closed doors) have far more in common with their center-left counterparts... than they do with the hostage-taking insurrectionist lunacy that is MTG and MAGA. A few moderate Republicans crossing the aisle to pick a mutually-acceptable Speaker, would mean that in one fell stroke Trump is forever neutered (at least in purple districts) and MAGA as a national movement become a relegated-to-the-fringe lame-duck.\n",
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Mike M. Defense acquisition -- all of the research, development and production -- is about 1% of GDP, down from 4% in the 1950s and 1960s. It is hardly bankrupting the country.
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| no | Classification | 4,508 |
Kristy Wait. I'm confused. You borrowed $400 but repaid them $800?And, you were crushed because she basically said she never believed you'd make good on the loan?
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Myself, I see a soft landing. There are currently about 10 million jobs left open right now with about 3.5% unemployment. If the number of open positions falls and unemployment stays steady, isn't that a reduction economic activity? Point being, shouldn't the number of open positions fall before people start losing their jobs? We are currently at full employment anyway. With 10 million open positions, those without a job are either unemployable, don't want one, or live in areas of economic depression. The rate of savings has fallen but spenders still have lots of cash in the bank. Real estate prices are sky high. Stocks are still very high. This is the wealth effect which stimulates spending.The price of natural gas in Europe has fallen to prewar levels. This is huge. Gasoline in Kansas City is $2.90. The stabilization of global energy prices bodes well for a soft landing as the world gets off of Russian energy.Most likely, those at the bottom third will be most affected, as is usually the case. Those with disposable income will keep the economy churning. President Biden's growth programs will kick in this year and produce many high paying construction jobs. The FED is beginning to back off and we should soon see rate increases stop. By returning rates back to historic norms, the FED now has room to stimulate once inflation drops back to sub 3%, which it is likely to hit by years end.
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"content": "Myself, I see a soft landing. There are currently about 10 million jobs left open right now with about 3.5% unemployment. If the number of open positions falls and unemployment stays steady, isn't that a reduction economic activity? Point being, shouldn't the number of open positions fall before people start losing their jobs? We are currently at full employment anyway. With 10 million open positions, those without a job are either unemployable, don't want one, or live in areas of economic depression. The rate of savings has fallen but spenders still have lots of cash in the bank. Real estate prices are sky high. Stocks are still very high. This is the wealth effect which stimulates spending.The price of natural gas in Europe has fallen to prewar levels. This is huge. Gasoline in Kansas City is $2.90. The stabilization of global energy prices bodes well for a soft landing as the world gets off of Russian energy.Most likely, those at the bottom third will be most affected, as is usually the case. Those with disposable income will keep the economy churning. President Biden's growth programs will kick in this year and produce many high paying construction jobs. The FED is beginning to back off and we should soon see rate increases stop. By returning rates back to historic norms, the FED now has room to stimulate once inflation drops back to sub 3%, which it is likely to hit by years end.\n",
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Jake Wagner You consider that attempted genocide is no more than a reasonable response to American posturing? Do I have that right? Only the US was advocating for this?As for your economic arguments, it seems rather obvious that there is no clear cause and effect relationship between a given piece of legislation and inflation. If the American Rescue Plan was such a bad idea, what of the idea that Americans should simply suffer job losses quietly? Can anyone demonstrate that providing $1500 per person, which works out to the princely amount of $125/month for one year, led to inflation at the national level? How far does that amount of money go for you? Gosh, that $4/day really blew up the economy!
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"content": "Jake Wagner You consider that attempted genocide is no more than a reasonable response to American posturing? Do I have that right? Only the US was advocating for this?As for your economic arguments, it seems rather obvious that there is no clear cause and effect relationship between a given piece of legislation and inflation. If the American Rescue Plan was such a bad idea, what of the idea that Americans should simply suffer job losses quietly? Can anyone demonstrate that providing $1500 per person, which works out to the princely amount of $125/month for one year, led to inflation at the national level? How far does that amount of money go for you? Gosh, that $4/day really blew up the economy!\n",
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Let's face it, we live in a nation where a major insurer (Aetna) is opening up primary care clinics in pharmacies it owns (CVS). So, Aetna is making money off the insurance, is making money off the the primary care (while using its market strength to undermine traditional primary care practices). And finally, they are making money off the drugs that are prescribed at their own primary care clinics because their own insurance requires you to use, you guessed it, CVS. Pediatric care will only improve when the insurance industry can figure out a way to monetize young ones at least three different profit points. And, then care, at best, will only improve marginally.
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"content": "Let's face it, we live in a nation where a major insurer (Aetna) is opening up primary care clinics in pharmacies it owns (CVS). So, Aetna is making money off the insurance, is making money off the the primary care (while using its market strength to undermine traditional primary care practices). And finally, they are making money off the drugs that are prescribed at their own primary care clinics because their own insurance requires you to use, you guessed it, CVS. Pediatric care will only improve when the insurance industry can figure out a way to monetize young ones at least three different profit points. And, then care, at best, will only improve marginally.\n",
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Bill - Agree. The court is to sequestered in its ivory tower surrounded by security. The hand-downs are merely a tiny open window. When the court permits the same firearms in its building that it is allowing in my grocery store I'll believe the court has a clue. Until then, I've lost all respect.
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JDJ , Coney Island does not need a casino. Governor Hochul has a development plan that will enhance Coney Island as an attraction for tourists and locals.A casino brings crime and litter, and does not benefit the neighborhood coffers as much as it does city/state coffers. That's always been the case whenever the first casino opens in an area.Go to A.C., go to Foxwoods, walk around, look at the neighboring communities. Is this what we want. No!
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"content": "JDJ , Coney Island does not need a casino. Governor Hochul has a development plan that will enhance Coney Island as an attraction for tourists and locals.A casino brings crime and litter, and does not benefit the neighborhood coffers as much as it does city/state coffers. That's always been the case whenever the first casino opens in an area.Go to A.C., go to Foxwoods, walk around, look at the neighboring communities. Is this what we want. No!\n",
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I want Joe Biden to run for a second term. He has accomplished a tremendous amount in very turbulent times. I appreciate the productive lull we had the last two years and I like that he will handle this group of childish representatives with calm and dignified contrast. Having a second term will let the investment into building our infrastructure take hold. It will be fun to see our new chip factory and other advances liberate us from foreign dependencies. Time would be better spent letting readers know about investments that are allowing medications to be made in the US and lowering the cost of drugs. Investment that was part of the Build Back Better bill. Revenue should be flowing in to our treasury because the bill impose a 15% minimum tax on the corporate profits that large corporations—with over $1 billion in profits—report to shareholders. This means that if a large corporation says it's profitable, then it can't avoid paying its tax bill
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"content": "I want Joe Biden to run for a second term. He has accomplished a tremendous amount in very turbulent times. I appreciate the productive lull we had the last two years and I like that he will handle this group of childish representatives with calm and dignified contrast. Having a second term will let the investment into building our infrastructure take hold. It will be fun to see our new chip factory and other advances liberate us from foreign dependencies. Time would be better spent letting readers know about investments that are allowing medications to be made in the US and lowering the cost of drugs. Investment that was part of the Build Back Better bill. Revenue should be flowing in to our treasury because the bill impose a 15% minimum tax on the corporate profits that large corporations—with over $1 billion in profits—report to shareholders. This means that if a large corporation says it's profitable, then it can't avoid paying its tax bill\n",
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There is more. Santos is a cofounder of Redstone Strategies with Jayson Benoit. However, one of the authorized managers is Devolder Organization (another Florida LLC) with a Queens address. As you might expect (Santos being Santos), Devolder is not licensed to do business in New York State. The entity is unknown to the NYS Department of State, Division of Corporations. The fine at this point is $10,200. "Such person may also be subject to the criminal penalties provided by section 1817 of the Tax Law." I have a hypothesis regarding where that $750,000 campaign loan came from. It is quite possibly money that he stole from the campaign through questionable expenses that he then loaned back to the campaign. It's kind of reverse money-laundering.My guess is that Santos has no money and never had any money. Certainly not that kind of money.
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"content": "There is more. Santos is a cofounder of Redstone Strategies with Jayson Benoit. However, one of the authorized managers is Devolder Organization (another Florida LLC) with a Queens address. As you might expect (Santos being Santos), Devolder is not licensed to do business in New York State. The entity is unknown to the NYS Department of State, Division of Corporations. The fine at this point is $10,200. \"Such person may also be subject to the criminal penalties provided by section 1817 of the Tax Law.\" I have a hypothesis regarding where that $750,000 campaign loan came from. It is quite possibly money that he stole from the campaign through questionable expenses that he then loaned back to the campaign. It's kind of reverse money-laundering.My guess is that Santos has no money and never had any money. Certainly not that kind of money.\n",
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Silicon Valley investors, who re-invest almost exclusively in tech unicorn hunts, have been satisfied with 5% of their bets paying off. The big hit pays for the 95% strike-outs, they say. This lack of a) diversification, b) social responsibility and c) common sense has resulted in wasted fortunes that could have been useful to the world - I mean really, not like their overstated promises to change the world for the better. Instead, they solve few actual problems, under-deliver with technology that often just doesn’t work (Salesforce implementation? Meta/Facebook positive contributions? The distraction industry of Google, FB, social media?)Comeuppance is a Darwinian force, and these adjustments might, just might cause one or two tech wizard rich folks to pause and re-adjust their evaluation of themselves.Naaa. We’re too easy a target for them to change anything at all.
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"content": "Silicon Valley investors, who re-invest almost exclusively in tech unicorn hunts, have been satisfied with 5% of their bets paying off. The big hit pays for the 95% strike-outs, they say. This lack of a) diversification, b) social responsibility and c) common sense has resulted in wasted fortunes that could have been useful to the world - I mean really, not like their overstated promises to change the world for the better. Instead, they solve few actual problems, under-deliver with technology that often just doesn’t work (Salesforce implementation? Meta/Facebook positive contributions? The distraction industry of Google, FB, social media?)Comeuppance is a Darwinian force, and these adjustments might, just might cause one or two tech wizard rich folks to pause and re-adjust their evaluation of themselves.Naaa. We’re too easy a target for them to change anything at all.\n",
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Why is it that the Democrats have not decided on an end run around the hapless Republicans and decided on an acceptable outsider Republican who would be acceptable to a reasonable (sic) number of open minded Republicans to end this farce. Above and beyond this measure there needs to be rules put in place, as in the case of the recently enacted provisions to prevent a re-occurrence of the succession crisis, to insure continuity of of representational order. What we have witnessed is an embarrassment for all Americans and a case study for all despots throughout the world of the weakness of democratic systems.
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As a spouse of someone with advanced Early Onset Alzheimer’s this drug misses the mark. Instead of creating pharmaceuticals that “may” extend life for our loved ones with dementia at the cost of $26,000 a year and a huge profit for Big Pharma, we need respite and practical help with caregiving. Memory care is not covered as a healthcare cost and is often well over $100,000 a year for 5-10 or more years. Spouses are forced to carry this huge 24/7 caregiving responsibility - often alone - and give up their own health too as they deplete their life savings!
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I am so very grateful to Ms. Khan for taking on this issue. My husband has been living and working in a different state for 3.5 years because of a non-compete clause. He’s a general surgeon. When he signed his employment contract with his private practice, Minnesota courts weren’t enforcing NCCs, because they are bad public policy. Then the courts changed their minds and started enforcing them, right as my husband was being squeezed out of a private practice and he was looking for a new job. He turned down a nearby job offer because it would have violated the NCC. He took a job in two states away, planning to be there one year, until the NCC he had signed expired, and then find a job here again. He flew back and forth on weekends. We didn’t want to uproot our children from their school and extended family. Then COVID hit. The medical system was turned upside. I parented alone, not seeing him at all, for eight weeks, as his co-workers quarantined or fell sick and he covered every surgical emergency at his hospital. Three years later, we’re still living this two-city lifestyle with him flying home on weekends. The end is finally in sight - he will be coming home for good in July after 4 years of this. Our kids are 10 and 13.That NCC clause created havoc for our family. There can be no justification about intellectual property or company practices. There are no secret surgical techniques that are the intellectual property of one practice. Glad the FTC is taking this on.
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"content": "I am so very grateful to Ms. Khan for taking on this issue. My husband has been living and working in a different state for 3.5 years because of a non-compete clause. He’s a general surgeon. When he signed his employment contract with his private practice, Minnesota courts weren’t enforcing NCCs, because they are bad public policy. Then the courts changed their minds and started enforcing them, right as my husband was being squeezed out of a private practice and he was looking for a new job. He turned down a nearby job offer because it would have violated the NCC. He took a job in two states away, planning to be there one year, until the NCC he had signed expired, and then find a job here again. He flew back and forth on weekends. We didn’t want to uproot our children from their school and extended family. Then COVID hit. The medical system was turned upside. I parented alone, not seeing him at all, for eight weeks, as his co-workers quarantined or fell sick and he covered every surgical emergency at his hospital. Three years later, we’re still living this two-city lifestyle with him flying home on weekends. The end is finally in sight - he will be coming home for good in July after 4 years of this. Our kids are 10 and 13.That NCC clause created havoc for our family. There can be no justification about intellectual property or company practices. There are no secret surgical techniques that are the intellectual property of one practice. Glad the FTC is taking this on.\n",
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Sinema's net worth in 2018 was estimated to be $32,500. Today it is estimated to be over $11 million. She is in office for one reason only, to accumulate personal wealth. She single-handedly thwarted her party's longtime goal of raising taxes on wealthy investors obviously for her own personal gain. The sooner she's gone, the better for Arizona residents and the rest of the country.<a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/kyrsten-sinema/net-worth?cid=N00033983" target="_blank">https://www.opensecrets.org/personal-finances/kyrsten-sinema/net-worth?cid=N00033983</a><a href="https://caknowledge.com/kyrsten-sinema-net-worth" target="_blank">https://caknowledge.com/kyrsten-sinema-net-worth</a>/<a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sinema-received-nearly-1-million-from-wall-street-while-killing-tax-hike-on-investors" target="_blank">https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/sinema-received-nearly-1-million-from-wall-street-while-killing-tax-hike-on-investors</a>
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SG Banning agriculture exports is treating the symptom, not the cause, and would have massive unintended consequences. How about regulating groundwater, instituting rational pricing that captures the true social costs, and then letting things settle from there? I guarantee you if we slapped a $1500/acre ft price on groundwater pumping, exports of alfalfa to Saudi Arabia would end. Immediately. There are some districts in the west doing this to themselves, crazily enough- look up the San Luis Valley in Colorado.
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It's an open secret in Washington that Congresspeople and senior White House officials and their staffs are sloppy with classified information. They discuss classified information over insecure channels, send gvt emails from personal email accounts on personal devices, copy, scan, and lose classified documents etc. It's been this way for years and years. It's the result of a combination of hubris, ignorance, apathy, and frustration. If you've ever written a password down somewhere or picked an insecure one, or kept a default password, because it was too much of a pain to memorize it, then you know exactly why this stuff happens. Is it a problem? Well, yes, sort of, but it's not one that is going to be fixed anytime soon. It's human nature, and unlike security professionals, who are chosen for their ability to handle and manage tightly held information, politicians are chosen for other qualities. If you searched the houses of every current and former Congressperson, Governor, VP and President,I bet you'd find a lot more stuff too. The difference between all those people and Trump is that none of them are saying they knew the documents were there and they had the right to keep them. They made mistakes. What Trump did is far worse.
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"content": "It's an open secret in Washington that Congresspeople and senior White House officials and their staffs are sloppy with classified information. They discuss classified information over insecure channels, send gvt emails from personal email accounts on personal devices, copy, scan, and lose classified documents etc. It's been this way for years and years. It's the result of a combination of hubris, ignorance, apathy, and frustration. If you've ever written a password down somewhere or picked an insecure one, or kept a default password, because it was too much of a pain to memorize it, then you know exactly why this stuff happens. Is it a problem? Well, yes, sort of, but it's not one that is going to be fixed anytime soon. It's human nature, and unlike security professionals, who are chosen for their ability to handle and manage tightly held information, politicians are chosen for other qualities. If you searched the houses of every current and former Congressperson, Governor, VP and President,I bet you'd find a lot more stuff too. The difference between all those people and Trump is that none of them are saying they knew the documents were there and they had the right to keep them. They made mistakes. What Trump did is far worse.\n",
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A pandemic habit we picked up, and continue now, is to go fruit picking in the summer, and freeze as much as our freezer can store. The summertime $2/lb. blueberries taste divine in winter smoothies and in baked goods. Also, because we worked so hard in obtaining, picking, washing, freezing and handling the fruit, we absolutely do not waste any of it, and treat the fruit like gold.
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| no | Classification | 890 |
Seriously, big corporations are raking in massive profits. Their executives have even been quoted as loving inflation, because it allows they to price gouge openly. So, please, Fed winning the inflation war??Increasing rates just makes it harder for young families to buy their first homes, keeping them as renters. As single family homes are being rolled up by profiteering investment firms (that's who home buyers are bidding and losing against), they raise the rental rates citing increased demand (yea! More price gouging opportunities).This is econ 101. And it's the Easy Button.Solve the symptom, not the problem.We've allowed corporations to redefine money as free speech (so if they have a million dollar lobby budget, they have a million times more free speech than you), so they can define what the "problems" are and how we "solve" them, while they rake up record profits from extraction.The Fed's war. Seriously.
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"content": "Seriously, big corporations are raking in massive profits. Their executives have even been quoted as loving inflation, because it allows they to price gouge openly. So, please, Fed winning the inflation war??Increasing rates just makes it harder for young families to buy their first homes, keeping them as renters. As single family homes are being rolled up by profiteering investment firms (that's who home buyers are bidding and losing against), they raise the rental rates citing increased demand (yea! More price gouging opportunities).This is econ 101. And it's the Easy Button.Solve the symptom, not the problem.We've allowed corporations to redefine money as free speech (so if they have a million dollar lobby budget, they have a million times more free speech than you), so they can define what the \"problems\" are and how we \"solve\" them, while they rake up record profits from extraction.The Fed's war. Seriously.\n",
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Excellent! For me it was PAST A BARS that broke it open..having originally plunked in the final S as one does with plurals and then going "wha?" Last to fall was 46A because I had AXES for 37D and ERA for 42D so it looked like a comparative but SMOOTHER and SOUTHERNER (don't ask) wouldn't fit.
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This must be a city by city thing. In Las Vegas, Uber / Lyft drivers are doing well $45 plus an hour is common if you can manage 3 trips per hour - especially those in hybrids or EVs can easily clear in $30 plus per hour range.All the same, like most people I always support additional taxes, fees, and congestion tolls in New York.
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"content": "This must be a city by city thing. In Las Vegas, Uber / Lyft drivers are doing well $45 plus an hour is common if you can manage 3 trips per hour - especially those in hybrids or EVs can easily clear in $30 plus per hour range.All the same, like most people I always support additional taxes, fees, and congestion tolls in New York.\n",
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| no | Classification | 211 |
The Big issue all over the world, The Consumer is paying for the Kit(s). even if it is a few Dollars..If you are in another country it would cost you a few hundred dollars, just to move from one country to another. and Never accurate (:-))It is a Huge Money grabbing business, Not health business It is Not Free AND The mega mNRA companies are making Billions and Billions $$$$$$ with a BIG smileAND they Failed to resolve the issue and put it to rest after 5 Shots..It is a Major Financial load for virtually ALL poor countries and even inside the rich countries,We need a New Fair accurate approach to address AND Resolve the issue
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$22million?? No wonder the military budget is so big.
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I called it a year ago. I saw that Goldman had their debt leveraged 100 to 1 (or something like that). Just more wall street greed and hopefully this will be the end of them.
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"$1.2 trillion in direct government spending from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act"Where did this $1.2 trillion come from? How in the world will the 51% of Americans that actually pay income taxes ever repay this? Our elected officials are borrowing and spending the U.S. into oblivion. Further reasons for me to be thankful I didn't breed. I wouldn't want to leave any offspring of mine with this financial mess. The United States of America is beyond bankrupt.
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"content": "\"$1.2 trillion in direct government spending from the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act\"Where did this $1.2 trillion come from? How in the world will the 51% of Americans that actually pay income taxes ever repay this? Our elected officials are borrowing and spending the U.S. into oblivion. Further reasons for me to be thankful I didn't breed. I wouldn't want to leave any offspring of mine with this financial mess. The United States of America is beyond bankrupt.\n",
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Bruce I am sorry but this is just mathematically wrong.Raising the debt ceiling pays for debts already incurred but still outstanding. It replaces debts and liabilities currently owed to private parties, such as vendors, soldiers, pensioners, landlords, etc., with debt owed to T bond holders.If the government already had enough revenue to pay the GM invoice you would owe no debt to GM and have no need to issue a bond. But that is not factual reality.As of today, the government owes a $5M debt to GM and it does not have the revenue to pay it so it must refinance that debt by issuing $5M in bonds. The $5M debt to GM goes away and is replaced by $5M owed to bond holders. The overall government debt on 'Day 2' [$5M] is the same as it was before the bond issuance. The only difference is the creditors have changed. Corporations do this all the time with 'lines of credit', etc.
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"content": "Bruce I am sorry but this is just mathematically wrong.Raising the debt ceiling pays for debts already incurred but still outstanding. It replaces debts and liabilities currently owed to private parties, such as vendors, soldiers, pensioners, landlords, etc., with debt owed to T bond holders.If the government already had enough revenue to pay the GM invoice you would owe no debt to GM and have no need to issue a bond. But that is not factual reality.As of today, the government owes a $5M debt to GM and it does not have the revenue to pay it so it must refinance that debt by issuing $5M in bonds. The $5M debt to GM goes away and is replaced by $5M owed to bond holders. The overall government debt on 'Day 2' [$5M] is the same as it was before the bond issuance. The only difference is the creditors have changed. Corporations do this all the time with 'lines of credit', etc.\n",
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Roadrunner A long-term investment, indeed!
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Prince Charles did not take away Harry’s security… it was a decision made by the British government: as Harry and Meghan are no longer working royals, the British taxpayer is no longer required to pay for their security. When Harry travels to the UK, he is given VIP security status, as senior members of the British Royal Family are given (for the time he is in the country). Harry has a trust fund of over $30M, as well as money left to by the Queen and Queen Mother. Charles stopped taking H’s phone calls because (as Charles said), “Every time he calls he asks for money — I’m not a bank!” (And this is after paying tens of millions of dollars for the wedding, Meghan’s wedding dress and wardrobe, jewelry, etc etc)
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It feels like we are in the cusp of another spectacular information age. The ability to combine existing information into relevant and fluent answers would likely have massive implications in all fields in sciences and arts. ChatGPT is showing how (relatively) chaotic our previous information integration processes were. The fact that this new technology is at this remarkable stage only seven years after Open AI was formed is a staggering thought.I am for one excited about what is in store in the coming decade.
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Aurora is innocent in this matter.The insurance owes $3k.American is the responsible party.Pretty clear.(and the customer is foolhardy to book same day arrival)
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Andrew The 300 billion should go towards rebuilding Ukraine. It, along with all other frozen Russian assets, should be liquidated for this purpose. If Putin wants to make his buddies whole, that’s his problem.
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"content": "Andrew The 300 billion should go towards rebuilding Ukraine. It, along with all other frozen Russian assets, should be liquidated for this purpose. If Putin wants to make his buddies whole, that’s his problem.\n",
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All Maga Trump worshippers need to know are that the $130000 hush money check was signed by "David Dennison". That's enough for them that it wasn't The Donald.
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Matthew "It wasn't enough" because there is a wage cap on SS. That cap, this year, is $160,000.Anything over that is NOT taxed for SS.Even though millionaires and billionaires never pay into SS, they still get a check every month from SS.And, it is for thousands a month, not mere hundreds.Kevin and the Boyz want to "fix" that by cutting how much the Hundreds get --- they won't touch their good-buddies thousands, instead they only have to remove the "CAP" and tax every cent of wages, interest, dividends, derivatives, and stock.That will provide every cent needed and then some.The poorest pay 100% on their wages.The rich, as usual, want the poor to pay for their SS check and have no intention of kicking in their fair share. Tax Kevin, 100% on every cent he makes.Let's start there.
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"content": "Matthew \"It wasn't enough\" because there is a wage cap on SS. That cap, this year, is $160,000.Anything over that is NOT taxed for SS.Even though millionaires and billionaires never pay into SS, they still get a check every month from SS.And, it is for thousands a month, not mere hundreds.Kevin and the Boyz want to \"fix\" that by cutting how much the Hundreds get --- they won't touch their good-buddies thousands, instead they only have to remove the \"CAP\" and tax every cent of wages, interest, dividends, derivatives, and stock.That will provide every cent needed and then some.The poorest pay 100% on their wages.The rich, as usual, want the poor to pay for their SS check and have no intention of kicking in their fair share. Tax Kevin, 100% on every cent he makes.Let's start there.\n",
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When you have ‘nonprofit’ hospitals generating $300 million/year, you have to wonder at whose expense.<a href="https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article262755563.html" target="_blank">https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article262755563.html</a>
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Why didn't dems prioritize this in December before losing the house? They could have raised the pointless debt limit to 100 quadrillion dollars removing any chance for a fabricated crisis, and sparing us from having to read about this stupidity again in our lifetimes.
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This article only goes to prove that “open borders” should be a desirable political policy, not an epithet. Todays world is too interconnected to keep arbitrary armed borders up and needlessly create friction in the free flow of goods, people, and ideas.
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My answer to this article is so what?For how long are the poorer black athletes playing the more lucrative football and baskets, upposed to fund the money for universities to subsidize less attractive sports that mostly white kids get scholarship for?Though I would seriously tell this young man to never buy an $80k Audi ever again, I'm hoping the NIL money can provide for him and his family for years to come.
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Not paying much attention to South Korea, this column is eye opening. At least women have the choice today to reproduce and it is amazing, if true, that 65 percent of women don't want kids. For all these hundreds of years, just about every one thought motherhood was the goal of women. I guess that was another myth. Give women choices, and you will hear the truth.
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Eric B Wordle 572 3/6*⬜🟨🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩🟨⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩What a head-scratcher! But I got it. Congratulations to those who got it in two, hard to believe as that is. But if you have the right opener, maybe not.Yesterday's words:STARE 8 words leftSNEAK 1 W/LSEDAN — W/LNo time for lengthy commentary, but word two was just SNAKE modified to reflect the different placement of the A & the E. It worked.
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Taylor Then raise the contribution but still cap the pay-out. Pretty simple. My husband got hurt in an industrial accident and is collecting workers comp. There is a maximum to collect no matter your income. He's collecting about 1/2 his salary at the maximum rate. He is also collecting the maximum for SS benefits since he's past retirement age. This is a pretty easy fix.As for Medicare the government should not be funding Medicare Advantage plans which is just a taxpayer funded give-away to the insurance companies and cost us billions a year in premiums. Now they're paying for rent, groceries and gym memberships. Are private golf club memberships next? After all, golf is a form of exercise! Time to go back to basics. Medicare should cover medical care, including glasses, hearing and dental, but if they want to join a gym let them pay for it themselves.
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A fool and his money are soon parted.I'm amazed that wealthy people invest 6- and 7-figure amounts without first doing the kind of due diligence they'd do when buying a car, a house, a horse or a painting.Is that because most of the time, it works? Or because they know that when promised outsized returns, either too good to be true or very high risk, there's no way they can successfully do due diligence, and so you gamble, and accept the risk of a big risk and/or an unscrupulous person?
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Agreed! Saw him open for someone many years ago; can’t remember who. I can never hear of Billy Bragg without thinking of the great Kirsty MacColl and her wonderful cover of his song “A New England.” Kirsty was a talent who left us way too soon.
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A hard one. Besides forgetting things like ONO even though I used to run past a restaurant with ONO and "Wahoo" on its sign, that was one of the myriad things I had to look up to finally finish this puzzle, which still cost me 1:49:46 of precious Sunday morning time.POS__T notes. What were those things called? Oh, yes. But I'm using MicroSoft Edge right now. How come I've never heard of BING?I had to look up the 7D/20A cross L. Having unknowns ROCCO and KORMA in the same area made 66, 67, and 68D hard to guess. I didn't know about Amazon Echo.There were a lot more things like these.Well, there had been a hint that Sunday was going to be a hard day in the Mini: NITRO cold brew coffee?! I could hardly believe it.I do take a bit of satisfaction in having got the theme fills in both sense of "got."
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40 years ago, while at Oxford studying the urban history of the industrial revolution, I wrote a paper about how Cardiff had declined because the major landowner there had quit investing in the city dock and instead put his money into American railroad securities. The same has continued for the last 100 years, with tax cuts to the rich sending more investment overseas, instead of keeping it local in the form of better housing, health, education and training for the average person. Those tax cuts have undermined England's investment in itself, and the result is a citizenry that cannot compete in the world labor market and that is instead waiting in emergency rooms to treat conditions brought on by poor diet and living conditions.
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Most restaurants bring one problem on themselves. Even when taking over a fully furnished restaurant, they "must" redo the entire decor, sometimes costing millions. New table, new art, new lighting, etc.Why?Just spruce things up, save money and open earlier.I remember the original Dallas BBQ on 72nd St. took over a "Continental" restaurant, and left all the furniture. It didn't look like a Texas ranch, but So What? The food was great and cheap, and it was always packed.
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"Mr. Intrater is a private equity investor perhaps best known for his financial ties to Viktor Vekselberg, his cousin. Mr. Vekselberg is a Russian oligarch whose U.S. assets were frozen in 2018 by the Treasury Department because of his ties to the Kremlin."That's all I need to know.
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"Open" is one of the best books I've read of its kind. It's probably my second-favorite autobiography, after Katharine Graham's. What a great move by Prince Harry to hire Moehringer. Thanks for the peek behind the curtain.
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How. Jr. Biden managed to enjoy a $50,000.00 per month Board of Director's job for a Ukrainian company is still a mystery to the rest of the world, except for Joe Biden and all all his political supporters in the Democrat party. One right and honest answer to this mystery would close the entire investigation matter for good. Hillary C. never gave an honest answer to what exactly happened when the then US ambassador was killed in Libya, and then she lost her bid to the White House to Donald Trump because ordinary people were tired of her evasive behavior and attitude in those days before the Trump era.
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Al Us too- husband and I made a deal that I promised to be an efficient money manager and stay-at-home Mom since we both agreed that it would be better for our son. We lived within our means, were frugal, never bought a "status" car, have lived in the same house for 37 years- never felt the need to live a more "luxurious lifestyle". Son and his wife have made the same choice. We never felt deprived- had a yearly vacation, kids got new clothes when they needed them and were able to participate in outside activities and summer camps. Due to caring for aging family, I never did go back to work. I have no idea what I would do with $400,000 a year. Same thing I do now with far less- buy what I need or want and save the rest.
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Leninzen At the risk of sounding like I work for Zillow, that site tells you the monthly cost of each option to make comparing easier. For example, a 2 BR 2 BA condo in Fort Lee is presently listed at $4888 per month (the number assumes a mortgage) and a comparable 2 BR 2 BA coop is listed at $3163 per month (also assuming a mortgage). Typically, the purchase price of a coop is lower but the maintenance is higher, usually because coop maintenance includes an underlying mortgage, as well as taxes and utilities, while coop owners cover these costs themselves. There are other important differences between condos and coops so prospective purchasers be sure to do your homework!
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I was equally skeptical when cryptocurrency came on the scene. I was baffled that so many could not see that investing in cryptocurrencies was just tulip mania. The only reason anyone was buying these assets was to just wait for them to appreciate. There seemed to be no real utility. It was a Greater Fools game.Recently, however, I needed to send some money overseas. The first time I did it, I did a wire transfer. It took many days, and cost hundreds of dollars. The second time I did it, I used crypto (a USD-backed stablecoin). It went through in minutes, and cost far less. This was demonstrative to me.I suspect that there is value in cryptocurrencies as younger generations conduct their lives more and more on the Internet, and have the desire to conduct their transactions free of national constraints.I am still skeptical about cryptocurrencies as an investment in itself. As a currency, I can definitely see the potential.
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"content": "I was equally skeptical when cryptocurrency came on the scene. I was baffled that so many could not see that investing in cryptocurrencies was just tulip mania. The only reason anyone was buying these assets was to just wait for them to appreciate. There seemed to be no real utility. It was a Greater Fools game.Recently, however, I needed to send some money overseas. The first time I did it, I did a wire transfer. It took many days, and cost hundreds of dollars. The second time I did it, I used crypto (a USD-backed stablecoin). It went through in minutes, and cost far less. This was demonstrative to me.I suspect that there is value in cryptocurrencies as younger generations conduct their lives more and more on the Internet, and have the desire to conduct their transactions free of national constraints.I am still skeptical about cryptocurrencies as an investment in itself. As a currency, I can definitely see the potential.\n",
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This story assumes as truth the narratives provided by Hunter Biden's family and friends and lawyers. At every juncture, it gives Hunter and the president the benefit of the doubt. Why didn't the story look more closely into the $2 million loan Hunter got from a friend? Not many people hand out millions of dollars to a guy who says he is in recovery from crack and alcohol addiction. How is Hunter Biden paying for his very expensive lawyers?
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I'm sure that the kid driving an $80,000 Audi, and earning 500k a year in sponsorship deals, and waiting to make mega-millions in the NBA is studying hard to pass his classes. Not. Tutors doing their homework, joke classes, professors (nudge nudge, wink wink) giving unwarranted Cs so that the star can play the next game.How is that fair to the college kid who got a scholarship and has to work his tail off to get a good grade, just because he is an average player on a college team that is not so prominent?Paying college kids to play sports defeats the entire spirit of 'amateur athlete'. A scholarship, when one's peers are paying a ton of money to get their 4-year degree, is enough compensation for playing college sports. Otherwise, colleges should select 'players' to represent the school, and everyone (schools and elite players) can cash in, but then let's quit pretending that there's 'education' in the mix.
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"content": "I'm sure that the kid driving an $80,000 Audi, and earning 500k a year in sponsorship deals, and waiting to make mega-millions in the NBA is studying hard to pass his classes. Not. Tutors doing their homework, joke classes, professors (nudge nudge, wink wink) giving unwarranted Cs so that the star can play the next game.How is that fair to the college kid who got a scholarship and has to work his tail off to get a good grade, just because he is an average player on a college team that is not so prominent?Paying college kids to play sports defeats the entire spirit of 'amateur athlete'. A scholarship, when one's peers are paying a ton of money to get their 4-year degree, is enough compensation for playing college sports. Otherwise, colleges should select 'players' to represent the school, and everyone (schools and elite players) can cash in, but then let's quit pretending that there's 'education' in the mix.\n",
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Allow me to add my two cents to this discussion. I have driven for Uber (and Lyft until they stole money from me) for almost seven years. It has allowed me to return to school to study nursing, while paying my rent, bills, car, food, etc. Why do I do so well? Maybe because I drive in California where we are guaranteed a minimum wage (which, if your not making at least double that, your doing something wrong) and am given a quarterly health insurance stipend depending on the number of hours I average per week. I drive when I can and when I want. I get to meet some truly fascinating people and have had some of the most eye-opening conversations of my life. So, why do I succeed where others fail? Because I treat this gig like it's my own business. I don't wait for people to give me things because I fully understood what I was getting myself into when I signed the TOS. Not only that, but there are so many other side hustles that when it's slow with Uber, I can hop on any number of other apps to generate money. But what I won't do is wallow in misery about the state of my affairs. I'm sorry but if you have four children and your not making enough money, learn another skill or get a job at a company that provides all these things you keep agitating for. The Gig Economy came long after the labor laws we use from the 1930s. Stop blaming Uber and Lyft for your predicament. As another reader mentioned, this was never meant to be a full-time job.
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Ex-pat Steve //As anyone who knows anything about wars will know, they always become LESS popular as more bodies are returned to grieving parents and those parents start asking why their sons died.War is immensely popular domestically when government spending ramps up to support war industries, particularly for a nation that has faced international sanctions for 30+ years regardless of how it behaved.No clearer example of this exists than in the US. The vast majority of its voting public absolutely supports the military industrial complex, and absolutely believes that any war is justified under the guise of vague patriotic terms like you see parroted in these comments about spreading "democracy", which in reality just means other countries having leaders that cooperate with whatever the US wants. The only exception to this broad citizen support was Vietnam, and that was more for the draft rather than the merits of invading Vietnam instead. There were no widespread protests about American military involvement in South/Central America, Iran or Afghanistan because there was no draft for any of those military adventures. There would be no middle/upper class people in Appalachia or the South if it were not for the pork belly spending on military contracting firms.
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"content": "Ex-pat Steve //As anyone who knows anything about wars will know, they always become LESS popular as more bodies are returned to grieving parents and those parents start asking why their sons died.War is immensely popular domestically when government spending ramps up to support war industries, particularly for a nation that has faced international sanctions for 30+ years regardless of how it behaved.No clearer example of this exists than in the US. The vast majority of its voting public absolutely supports the military industrial complex, and absolutely believes that any war is justified under the guise of vague patriotic terms like you see parroted in these comments about spreading \"democracy\", which in reality just means other countries having leaders that cooperate with whatever the US wants. The only exception to this broad citizen support was Vietnam, and that was more for the draft rather than the merits of invading Vietnam instead. There were no widespread protests about American military involvement in South/Central America, Iran or Afghanistan because there was no draft for any of those military adventures. There would be no middle/upper class people in Appalachia or the South if it were not for the pork belly spending on military contracting firms.\n",
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MeThe third option is to reevaluate how the budget is spent. If mom and dad make $1000 a month but they give their already-wealthy grandfather CEO $700 a month — while their own children can’t afford school lunch, new shoes or dental treatment — then it’s time to cut off Grandfather CEO.
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Nick when we worked a contract to build Chik-Fil-A restaurants, they forced all contractors to work 7 days a week to meet their opening target. These were people that already worked the whole week. It changed the way I saw their Sunday stance. That policy is for their employees, who are almost all members of the franchise owners church congregation. They have one policy for ‘family’ employees and a whole different attitude towards all of us brown contractors.
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KMW Pro life people will never have any credibility until they put the same effort into supporting the lives of people who have already been born. Demonstrate for free healthcare, at least for all children. Demonstrate for free prenatal care. Make sure no child is homeless or goes to sleep without having a decent meal all day. Make sure every child can get a good education. Demand free daycare for the children with parents who are working to support them.Never open your mouth to talk about the sanctity of life when you don’t care what happens to children once they take their first breath.
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"content": "KMW Pro life people will never have any credibility until they put the same effort into supporting the lives of people who have already been born. Demonstrate for free healthcare, at least for all children. Demonstrate for free prenatal care. Make sure no child is homeless or goes to sleep without having a decent meal all day. Make sure every child can get a good education. Demand free daycare for the children with parents who are working to support them.Never open your mouth to talk about the sanctity of life when you don’t care what happens to children once they take their first breath.\n",
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Jim My initial impulse is to love that idea, but it opens the door for every new administration to investigate and trash the previous one. I think we are at the point where we need to revamp Congress significantly and separate them from access to big money and pay-to-play influence. We *actually* need to drain the swamp so we can get better elected officials.
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Walter Ingram A lot of the plans also have high deductibles, as well as copayments and coinsurance charges. The overall cost is much higher than $600 per month.
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It's all pretty talk about shifting the focus of business schools to more green and social endeavors, but it all goes out the window with a price tag of 600 million dollars for a building where people have to pay a quarter of a million dollars for their education. Columbia and it's students are in it for the money. It's capitalism pure and simple at its shiniest new shrine. Beautiful building, though. Hats of for the architects.
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The letter writer shouldn't have to spend $17,000 to experience that kind of kafka-esque bureaucracy. Next time, just head over to your local DMV and you can experience it for free.
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Mr. Stephens repeatedly and now more frequently shows how far removed he is from ordinary Americans and how entitled he feels his financial demographic is. In the context of the discussion of IRS funding, no scrutiny of $400K a year and a Camry as transportation? What about the free choices these people made to live as they do? And all that their income brings them? Jaw-dropping arrogance.
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What specific rules did the NFL change to make the game more exciting and how do they impact player safety? I can’t think of any. They should end Thursday night football for player safety, but that’s not a rule. The NFL keeps changing rules to make the game safer and some are done during the season (all other changes are done during the off-season). As for your question regarding facemasks and stiff arms, they are very different. A legal stiff-arm move is preformed by a runner by extending their arm with an open palm to push a defender away. If they runner grasps and controls, twists, turns, pushes or pulls the facemask during the stiff-arm, it’s a 15-yard penalty. The rule is: no player shall grasp and control, twist, turn, push, or pull the facemask of an opponent in any direction. The player may be disqualified if the action is flagrant. If the foul is by the defense, it is also an automatic first down.As for your question why a defender can “slap” a receiver leaving the line of scrimmage, it’s actually a penalty if it’s direct and forceful. It’s called quite frequently and players know not to hit the facemask because it’s always called. They are standing still at the line of scrimmage when the ball is snapped so no one has a running start to slap a players helmet. If they did, it would probably result in a broken hand, so no one does that. NFL Operations explains all the rules and gives video examples on their website if you’re interested.
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Simple statistical analysis show that during COVID, adjusted for population, DeSantis' as an autocratic ruler of Florida led us to an almost 15,000 excess deaths. That is, an average governor of an average state(adjusted for population) outperformed DeSantis on this critical measure. His anti-mask, forcing businesses to remain open and not require masks, promoting crazy vet drugs for COVID, etc., all had foreseeable consequences! What would 15,000 intentional manslaughter charges do for his future?
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"content": "Simple statistical analysis show that during COVID, adjusted for population, DeSantis' as an autocratic ruler of Florida led us to an almost 15,000 excess deaths. That is, an average governor of an average state(adjusted for population) outperformed DeSantis on this critical measure. His anti-mask, forcing businesses to remain open and not require masks, promoting crazy vet drugs for COVID, etc., all had foreseeable consequences! What would 15,000 intentional manslaughter charges do for his future?\n",
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The idea that people without a college education vote Republican out of ignorance and racism is comforting to NYT readers but not supported by data. Bill Clinton was successful because he focused his attention on how his policies would affect the bond market (the “Agg”). Looking at the Bloomberg Barclays index over the last few years makes it easy to understand why people without college education prefer Trump to Biden.
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"content": "The idea that people without a college education vote Republican out of ignorance and racism is comforting to NYT readers but not supported by data. Bill Clinton was successful because he focused his attention on how his policies would affect the bond market (the “Agg”). Looking at the Bloomberg Barclays index over the last few years makes it easy to understand why people without college education prefer Trump to Biden.\n",
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Vin Agreed! I have lived simply and worked hard my entire adult life ad never made over 100K....not even close. And I've been in NYC since '95
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"content": "Vin Agreed! I have lived simply and worked hard my entire adult life ad never made over 100K....not even close. And I've been in NYC since '95\n",
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A Dreamy Place of Refuge Turns Into Another Spasm of American Violence Officials are still releasing the names of the 11 people killed at a Los Angeles dance club. LOS ANGELES — In the more than two decades since they left China and landed in the vast Southern California suburbs, Jeff and Nancy Liu did almost everything together. That’s where they were on Saturday night as a gunman opened fire on the ballroom dance floor where they were celebrating the new year and enjoying one of their favorite pastimes. Officials are still releasing the names of the 11 people killed at a Los Angeles dance club.
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Stanley This war will end, but Russia will not retain Crimea. Nor will Putin retreat. He would rather send ordinary Russians to their death in Ukraine for another 5 years than fail, because his failure here may have mortal personal consequences.Putin invaded Crimea because he feared that Ukraine would not extend the lease on the port of Sevastopol.The reason Khrushchev returned Crimea in 1954 was because it was an impoverished, isolated part of Russia. It is at the end of the Ukrainian steppes. It water supply comes from Ukraine. It cannot exist as part of Russia going forward. The lease will be null and void when this war ends.Kaliningrad might become the next bargaining chip. The big problem is what next for Russia? Another pariah state, but this one armed to its back teeth with nuclear weapons and not much else?
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"content": "Stanley This war will end, but Russia will not retain Crimea. Nor will Putin retreat. He would rather send ordinary Russians to their death in Ukraine for another 5 years than fail, because his failure here may have mortal personal consequences.Putin invaded Crimea because he feared that Ukraine would not extend the lease on the port of Sevastopol.The reason Khrushchev returned Crimea in 1954 was because it was an impoverished, isolated part of Russia. It is at the end of the Ukrainian steppes. It water supply comes from Ukraine. It cannot exist as part of Russia going forward. The lease will be null and void when this war ends.Kaliningrad might become the next bargaining chip. The big problem is what next for Russia? Another pariah state, but this one armed to its back teeth with nuclear weapons and not much else?\n",
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