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Nan from CT The motivation to pay for security is such a strong theme in his book. I have to say, I understand it. The threat from the far-right was very real, as confirmed by UK law enforcement. It really is shocking that the royal family didn't say we'll pay it out of pocket — the monarch and the heir have a huge amount of personal wealth as well, on top of the tens of millions they get from taxpayers annually. It was an eye-opening revelation into the whole corrupt situation. I'm not sure what else they were supposed to do?
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| yes | Classification | 9,370 |
I think the left leaves itself wide open for criticism by focusing so much on identity politics. Of course, Democrats need to pay some attention to these issues or risk the loss of a bloc of voters. For example, the Democrats owe a debt to the African American community. Does anyone think that Georgia would have chosen Biden over Trump without the African American vote? Be that as it may, I think the Democrats should stop taking money from interest groups like health insurance companies and focus on items that would improve the lives of every American. Suggestions for focus: free national health care, repealing the Second Amendment, strengthen unemployment benefits, mandate generous vacation time and maternity leave, free pre-K child care, make more grants available for college and grad school students, free quality assisted living, memory care, nursing home care, and sitters, quit harassing pain-med doctors to the point that they’re afraid to prescribe opiates to seniors who have verifiable conditions that cause the pain. I could go on. But I have to go get my hair cut. Free hair cuts! Seriously though, there’s a lot of room for improvement in areas that do not involve identity politics. I wish the left would latch on to some of these issues. It’s harder for the Republicans to make fun of this stuff.
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"content": "I think the left leaves itself wide open for criticism by focusing so much on identity politics. Of course, Democrats need to pay some attention to these issues or risk the loss of a bloc of voters. For example, the Democrats owe a debt to the African American community. Does anyone think that Georgia would have chosen Biden over Trump without the African American vote? Be that as it may, I think the Democrats should stop taking money from interest groups like health insurance companies and focus on items that would improve the lives of every American. Suggestions for focus: free national health care, repealing the Second Amendment, strengthen unemployment benefits, mandate generous vacation time and maternity leave, free pre-K child care, make more grants available for college and grad school students, free quality assisted living, memory care, nursing home care, and sitters, quit harassing pain-med doctors to the point that they’re afraid to prescribe opiates to seniors who have verifiable conditions that cause the pain. I could go on. But I have to go get my hair cut. Free hair cuts! Seriously though, there’s a lot of room for improvement in areas that do not involve identity politics. I wish the left would latch on to some of these issues. It’s harder for the Republicans to make fun of this stuff.\n",
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| no | Classification | 330 |
I shall never visit an open carry state. The Founders were out of their friggin' minds to write that lethal Second Amendment (aimed at slavers' votes). They lacked the foresight they really should have had. But then most of them were slave owners, weren't they, so they were neither moral nor ethical, but were padding their own comfy beds. People ask why we can't have decent gun control like say, Australia. No other country on earth has an insane Second Amendment.
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"content": "I shall never visit an open carry state. The Founders were out of their friggin' minds to write that lethal Second Amendment (aimed at slavers' votes). They lacked the foresight they really should have had. But then most of them were slave owners, weren't they, so they were neither moral nor ethical, but were padding their own comfy beds. People ask why we can't have decent gun control like say, Australia. No other country on earth has an insane Second Amendment.\n",
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John Smithson The trans-Atlantic economy is the largest in the world. It's about $1.5 trillion in annual trade.The financial well being of folks in the US is directly tied to a stable, secure Europe.It’s self interest, my friend - it’s not about seeking moral high ground.
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I don't understand the logic of having a debt ceiling if regardless of its level, it needs to be raised every year to accommodate debt service on new borrowing needed to cover payments for increased spending. Until the recurrent budget is brought into balance, it will remain inescapable to borrow from Peter to pay Paul. It is not even useful as a disciplinary rule on public spending, because it is inherently toothless - there is no question, except in the minds of some crazies, that defaulting on public debt could ever be contemplated. Something that never gets reported is the possibility of devastating indirect impacts of a default. Let's say the US fails to service a bond-holder which has issued its own debt to finance its own business. If the shortfall of investment revenue from the US were to force that bondholder into default on one its debts, and that debt included cross-default provisions, enough of this could trigger a domino-like tsunami of debt call-ins producing a financial catastrophe on debt markets generally. It just isn't a good idea to try shaking down a shaky house of cards.
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"content": "I don't understand the logic of having a debt ceiling if regardless of its level, it needs to be raised every year to accommodate debt service on new borrowing needed to cover payments for increased spending. Until the recurrent budget is brought into balance, it will remain inescapable to borrow from Peter to pay Paul. It is not even useful as a disciplinary rule on public spending, because it is inherently toothless - there is no question, except in the minds of some crazies, that defaulting on public debt could ever be contemplated. Something that never gets reported is the possibility of devastating indirect impacts of a default. Let's say the US fails to service a bond-holder which has issued its own debt to finance its own business. If the shortfall of investment revenue from the US were to force that bondholder into default on one its debts, and that debt included cross-default provisions, enough of this could trigger a domino-like tsunami of debt call-ins producing a financial catastrophe on debt markets generally. It just isn't a good idea to try shaking down a shaky house of cards.\n",
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It would appear that the GOP intends to commit suicide by following their new rules, contrary to Mr Edsall’s closing paragraph. McCarthy has already lost by capitulating to the extremists, but partners like MTG, Boebert, and Gym Jordan will self-destruct on the national level, even though their home districts won’t notice.
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| yes | Classification | 5,607 |
The Giants aren't stupid. The Mets aren't stupid. Are the Twins? A look at last September 20 is as far as one needs to look. His 2014 surgery included a plate? And it causes him significant pain 8 years later? Doesn't sound like a fully healed, or properly repaired injury. SF has the experience with this type of injury (Buster Posey). Before spending 1/3 of a billion dollars, and committing to a player for a decade or more, you ought to be sure. Add in his body type (tall and lanky), combined with his infield position, the wearing down of his body will occur. And likely sooner than 8-10 years down the road. He also has missed time with other physical issues (his back, e.g.). So besides Cohen sticking his foot in his mouth, this circus should surprise no one.
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| no | Classification | 157 |
I was born and raised in Raleigh. All the NIL, endorsements that college football and basketball players are getting now has been going on for decades. It’s just “legal” now. You used a picture of Bacot getting out of a $80k sports car. UNC players for decades were able to get cars from dealerships owned by UNC alums/fans. They let them drive in new cars with dealer plates. If the player got a ticket it would go to the dealer to take care of. Same thing happened with food and clothing. UNC players were always taken care of by the area businesses and protected by Chapel Hill police.
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| no | Classification | 1,198 |
Rather than quit, quiet or loud, we can also opt to bring our whole selves to work. Getting meaning out of work doesn't have to mean that you work for a charity. Just stop believing that all you are allowed to do at work is maximize profits for people who already have too much. You can mentor that young person, ensure that those solar panels get built, keep that local plant open, get rid of superfluous packaging, pick up trash, or do many other things that make a positive difference, while also doing your work well. And if your boss is so toxic that they won't allow any of this, know that you and the world both deserve better, and go somewhere else whenever you can.
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"content": "Rather than quit, quiet or loud, we can also opt to bring our whole selves to work. Getting meaning out of work doesn't have to mean that you work for a charity. Just stop believing that all you are allowed to do at work is maximize profits for people who already have too much. You can mentor that young person, ensure that those solar panels get built, keep that local plant open, get rid of superfluous packaging, pick up trash, or do many other things that make a positive difference, while also doing your work well. And if your boss is so toxic that they won't allow any of this, know that you and the world both deserve better, and go somewhere else whenever you can.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 6,039 |
Following a life changing event like a divorce or the death of spouse a counselor told me that I should not do any big changes like quit my full time job for at least one year. I had asked about letting go of all the challenges of life for awhile to reassess what was really happening essentially “free falling”.The idea is to maintain stability during turbulent and emotionally strained times so that enough time is set aside to weigh carefully the next course of action. Most of us are not wealthy enough to not have employment as a source of income and the daily routine serves to add some form of purpose thus occupying our minds in the immediate care for others and self. By allowing gradual change we adapt to our losses and eventually we can regain a sense of purpose. Certainly attending church services and counseling is most helpful— of all the diversions it was serving others in greater need than my loss that opened my eyes. We tend to forget how others are often in greater need than ourselves. Volunteer to do a stint on weekends and seek to improve someone else’s life you will begin to think my troubles are proportionately a lot smaller than others in the world. It improves your life and life of others— life goes on.
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"content": "Following a life changing event like a divorce or the death of spouse a counselor told me that I should not do any big changes like quit my full time job for at least one year. I had asked about letting go of all the challenges of life for awhile to reassess what was really happening essentially “free falling”.The idea is to maintain stability during turbulent and emotionally strained times so that enough time is set aside to weigh carefully the next course of action. Most of us are not wealthy enough to not have employment as a source of income and the daily routine serves to add some form of purpose thus occupying our minds in the immediate care for others and self. By allowing gradual change we adapt to our losses and eventually we can regain a sense of purpose. Certainly attending church services and counseling is most helpful— of all the diversions it was serving others in greater need than my loss that opened my eyes. We tend to forget how others are often in greater need than ourselves. Volunteer to do a stint on weekends and seek to improve someone else’s life you will begin to think my troubles are proportionately a lot smaller than others in the world. It improves your life and life of others— life goes on.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,659 |
Ethics aside, it blows my mind that McGonigal would risk it all for 225k. How could the cost/benefit make that reasonable? He’s retired on a generous federal pension and probably has many consultant opportunities.
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"content": "Ethics aside, it blows my mind that McGonigal would risk it all for 225k. How could the cost/benefit make that reasonable? He’s retired on a generous federal pension and probably has many consultant opportunities.\n",
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Thank god Biden is president and can veto any crazy stuff....senate, too. Principled conservatives and progressives, moderate Dems, in other words Americans, these people need to be voted out, crushed and humiliated.....criminality needs to be punished and the country needs to move forward. Why? not so much because i vehemently disagree with them, but because they are not open to compromise. The far anything is brittle. My way or the highway. Brittle doesn't last too long if exposed to the wind.
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"content": "Thank god Biden is president and can veto any crazy stuff....senate, too. Principled conservatives and progressives, moderate Dems, in other words Americans, these people need to be voted out, crushed and humiliated.....criminality needs to be punished and the country needs to move forward. Why? not so much because i vehemently disagree with them, but because they are not open to compromise. The far anything is brittle. My way or the highway. Brittle doesn't last too long if exposed to the wind.\n",
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Susan Fitzwater Indeed. Thank you, Ms. Chang. And thank you, Ms. Fitzwater, for so getting this wonderful work, Song of Solomon, and responding to it with such, what? What? Love. Only love can receive love. Ms. Olds' testimony opens and opens and opens. And you, Ms. Fitzwater, have picked the perfect rose: "[Joy] left no cranny of mind or body unsatisfied". What a pleasure, late on a Sunday night, late in a life, to happen upon such lovely companionship. Many thanks.
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"content": "Susan Fitzwater Indeed. Thank you, Ms. Chang. And thank you, Ms. Fitzwater, for so getting this wonderful work, Song of Solomon, and responding to it with such, what? What? Love. Only love can receive love. Ms. Olds' testimony opens and opens and opens. And you, Ms. Fitzwater, have picked the perfect rose: \"[Joy] left no cranny of mind or body unsatisfied\". What a pleasure, late on a Sunday night, late in a life, to happen upon such lovely companionship. Many thanks.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 7,352 |
It’s just incredible. FTX kept dumping client funds into Alameda to staunch bigger and bigger trading losses. There’s nothing “crypto” or “democratisation of finance” in any of this nonsense- except the new twist of inventing a totally fictitious “coin”’and claiming it was the guarantee that clients would eventually get made whole.Honest to Betsy, this story has been done a thousand times before - nothing here is new.Retail crypto investors falling for this I understand. It’s unfortunate but sheep will be sheep.On the other hand, big private investment houses really should be looking at the quality of their hiring and decision making process - no oversight, no board representation and totally blinded by the “genius” of someone who plays video games while in a meeting.It’s really all kind of pathetic.
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"content": "It’s just incredible. FTX kept dumping client funds into Alameda to staunch bigger and bigger trading losses. There’s nothing “crypto” or “democratisation of finance” in any of this nonsense- except the new twist of inventing a totally fictitious “coin”’and claiming it was the guarantee that clients would eventually get made whole.Honest to Betsy, this story has been done a thousand times before - nothing here is new.Retail crypto investors falling for this I understand. It’s unfortunate but sheep will be sheep.On the other hand, big private investment houses really should be looking at the quality of their hiring and decision making process - no oversight, no board representation and totally blinded by the “genius” of someone who plays video games while in a meeting.It’s really all kind of pathetic.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 6,260 |
George Santos, with over a dozen outright lies about his credentials in getting elected, along with writing stolen checks in Brazil, has been in financial hot water most of his adult life. Our spineless Speaker of the House allowed Santos to run his campaign, and he was sworn in as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district, which pays $175,000 a year with many benefits including a top notch health plan. If Santos were to last 5 years, just 60 months, he is eligible for a government pension! The world is shaking their head at our appalling lack of integrity, to allow such an obvious con man to be elected. We must never give up, I look forward to his banishment.
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"content": "George Santos, with over a dozen outright lies about his credentials in getting elected, along with writing stolen checks in Brazil, has been in financial hot water most of his adult life. Our spineless Speaker of the House allowed Santos to run his campaign, and he was sworn in as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district, which pays $175,000 a year with many benefits including a top notch health plan. If Santos were to last 5 years, just 60 months, he is eligible for a government pension! The world is shaking their head at our appalling lack of integrity, to allow such an obvious con man to be elected. We must never give up, I look forward to his banishment.\n",
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A welcome topic always but especially now. Commandments become totems; ritual is easier to understand and so it displaces the spirit of the advice. For the sabbath, we did a lot of things. Getting bathed, dressed, combed, well-behaved were all part of my "sabbath." Tomas Sedlacek's book (apologies for omitting diacritical marks),The Economics of Good and Evil, threw a new light on the topic for me. Family, friends, community should not be relegated to one day a week, but reaffirming our deep commitments is a good thing. An untended garden goes to weeds. The extended family has contracted. The nuclear family is splintered. Many people are adrift. How good it might be to find ways to salvage the good in old customs, to revitalize rites that have little meaning for today, and to put people at the heart of our politics rather than the dollar.
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"content": "A welcome topic always but especially now. Commandments become totems; ritual is easier to understand and so it displaces the spirit of the advice. For the sabbath, we did a lot of things. Getting bathed, dressed, combed, well-behaved were all part of my \"sabbath.\" Tomas Sedlacek's book (apologies for omitting diacritical marks),The Economics of Good and Evil, threw a new light on the topic for me. Family, friends, community should not be relegated to one day a week, but reaffirming our deep commitments is a good thing. An untended garden goes to weeds. The extended family has contracted. The nuclear family is splintered. Many people are adrift. How good it might be to find ways to salvage the good in old customs, to revitalize rites that have little meaning for today, and to put people at the heart of our politics rather than the dollar.\n",
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Please keep the comment column of this outstanding article by Mr.K.A.Appiah, "open" for few more months to cull these pragmatic struggles often encountered by many across the world. Apart from the key caption- question, every paragraph of the article has a different sort of experience one could face in our normal life. 1)Since Health is our wealth, transparency about the health of both genders is the quintessential before match making.Transparency in the marriage market is a rainbow to lead a rattle free life in the post married phase.2) Having a passive barrier to hide the health issues of the both genders with a rosy picture pathway for a matchmaking will be very disastrous in the married life.Marriage is a subject between two individuals for few, and between two families for few other.In real sense, marriage is an extension of the bond of the past to the present in order to extend for the future. To make a marriage is viable,transparency on strength & weakness in all aspects of the to be paired is vital.
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Note that the freelancer stated that her earnings are almost matching her former salary. Do note that when you freelance, you don't get someone else to pay your social security and medicare tax, part or all of your health care, dental care, life insurance, transportation or child care benefit (if you have it), or any 401k or pension contributions, not to mention paid sick leave and vacation (mine equals 6 weeks off a year). To each their own -- I did consulting for 10 years when I was younger so I could backpack and surf a whole lot and work about 25-30 hours a week, but past 15 years of catching up and making bank into retirement is working for me now. Just freelance with eyes wide open about full costs and full benefits. Enjoy!
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. Beto O Rourke made gun control his central message in his campaign, and voters rebuked him in Texas. You must respect democratic rights of people. Vermont is an overwhelmingly democratic run state yet it allows open carry and concealed carry without license. NRA and other organizations rate NH and Vermont higher on gun freedoms than even red states like Texas and Georgia. Voters in NH and Vermont do not like gun control so even democrats do not enact them in spite of having super majority in legislature ( Vermont).
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"content": ". Beto O Rourke made gun control his central message in his campaign, and voters rebuked him in Texas. You must respect democratic rights of people. Vermont is an overwhelmingly democratic run state yet it allows open carry and concealed carry without license. NRA and other organizations rate NH and Vermont higher on gun freedoms than even red states like Texas and Georgia. Voters in NH and Vermont do not like gun control so even democrats do not enact them in spite of having super majority in legislature ( Vermont).\n",
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If there were no Social Security, and workers had been forced to place the 6.45 percent of their salary into a mutual fund, matched by their employers, their net worth upon retirement would be much greater than what it is now. Probably as much as three times higher for Boomers, at a minimum, since a dollar from 1977 is now worth five dollars. For a retirement duration of 15 years, workers who made a median salary lose probably $100-200K. If you don’t live as long, you lose even more. But this is the price we pay for trying to take care of our entire population, no matter how poor, or how limited someone was with respect to earning income. Is it everything - no. But does it keep people from worrying about the basics - in millions of cases, yes. Oh yeah - who lives longer? The wealthy, who don’t need the money Social Security brings in.The GOP is going to try to cut entitlements for ordinary people, but the answer is in raising taxes on the wealthy, and eliminate the extremely low bar beyond which no Social Security is taken out. The system could be solvent in perpetuity if this were done.
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"content": "If there were no Social Security, and workers had been forced to place the 6.45 percent of their salary into a mutual fund, matched by their employers, their net worth upon retirement would be much greater than what it is now. Probably as much as three times higher for Boomers, at a minimum, since a dollar from 1977 is now worth five dollars. For a retirement duration of 15 years, workers who made a median salary lose probably $100-200K. If you don’t live as long, you lose even more. But this is the price we pay for trying to take care of our entire population, no matter how poor, or how limited someone was with respect to earning income. Is it everything - no. But does it keep people from worrying about the basics - in millions of cases, yes. Oh yeah - who lives longer? The wealthy, who don’t need the money Social Security brings in.The GOP is going to try to cut entitlements for ordinary people, but the answer is in raising taxes on the wealthy, and eliminate the extremely low bar beyond which no Social Security is taken out. The system could be solvent in perpetuity if this were done.\n",
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Amy Its connected to how the MSFT's stock price performs. So yeah hold CEOs accountable, but also maybe hold your 401K or public pension funds accountable as well for demanding stock increases every quarter.
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Fight4FreedomGirl It's definitely a good idea to read some history. "Woke" and "stay woke" are rooted in Black political struggle, not LGBTQ+ issues. At his death, Madison left nearly $900,000 in today's money to Dolley. He did not die with "almost nothing."
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I thank Ms. Weise for reporting that Microsoft and a number of other companies look upon firing thousands of employees as fragmentary, something many readers would not have known.Having once been laid off once, my initial reaction was shock and then horror. How was I going to live?So what I see here is not so much a pruning of its workforce but a real disregard for human life.Hence, in the future, it would behoove their employees to always have a Plan B in place in the event that these mega-corporations decide to have another brutal annihilation.
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As my father, confined to a hospice bed, was suffering from prostate cancer, he said to me, “I’m ready to die.” Then he said goodbye and closed his eyes. I sat quietly, trying to process the moment. My father could pull off almost anything, but not this. Eventually, he opened his eyes, looked at me, and said, “I don’t know how to die.” I held his hand as we wept together.Ten years later, my mother died during a supposedly simple surgical procedure. A nurse took me to the room where say lay, where I apologized to her for coming up short so many times. Before I left, I took off her engagement and wedding rings. I gave them to my sister, to pass them on to her soon-to-be-married son.Thirteen years ago, and about three years after her death, my mom, a survivor of childhood polio, visited me. I had recently experienced a debilitating cerebral stroke. As I lay in bed, she seemed to stand behind me. She said, “Don’t EVER feel sorry for yourself.” I haven’t.
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Jagdeer What’s a few billion dollars here and there, after our three Grand Invasions in Iraq and Afghanistan, each of which gobbled up more than a trillion dollars… Are you ready to appease Putin?
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SMH Excessive profiteering not withstanding, it still costs billions of dollars to develop these drug. Without patent protection to ensure recovery of that investment, these drugs would not exist. A price tag cannot be avoided. The only alternative is to limit price gouging and profiteering, and to socialize the cost nationally. Would you and everyone else be willing to pay a share so that sick people are not so personally burdened?
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If we're talking about making it a game, let's change some things up!Widen the court by 5'Add a 4 point shot 33'Add a 5 point shot anything beyond half courtIf you take a minute and look at the impact/result of these changes. Adding space would really open the lane. As players got used to the range, defense would conceivably have to pick up their "man" from the opposing free throw line.If those are too radical: Raise the height of the basket to 12' from the current 10'. Dunks have become somewhat mundane. 12' would take some serious athleticism, not just getting up there, but coming down and sticking the landing would be a feat in itself.Actually, basketball is a beautiful game and it's fine just the way it is. Except 2 things: Call travelling & palming/carrying the ball.
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jb Or raise taxes on those making over $750,000 a year or on billionaires like Elon Musk who can waste $44 billion trashing Twitter.
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We were warned long ago. The following is from a 1981 paper by James Hansen that at the time hit the front page of the NY Times, all the predictions in it have either come to pass or are well underway. "Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.”<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html</a>The link below is from a 2012 paper, see the graph of western North America precipitation from 1900-2100 on p 555 of the paper, it makes the recent western drought look like a rainforest by comparison with what is projected to come.<a href="https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub" target="_blank">https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub</a>
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"content": "We were warned long ago. The following is from a 1981 paper by James Hansen that at the time hit the front page of the NY Times, all the predictions in it have either come to pass or are well underway. \"Potential effects on climate in the 21st century include the creation of drought-prone regions in North America and central Asia as part of a shifting of climatic zones, erosion of the West Antarctic ice sheet with a consequent worldwide rise in sea level, and opening of the fabled Northwest Passage.”<a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/22/us/study-finds-warming-trend-that-could-raise-sea-levels.html</a>The link below is from a 2012 paper, see the graph of western North America precipitation from 1900-2100 on p 555 of the paper, it makes the recent western drought look like a rainforest by comparison with what is projected to come.<a href=\"https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub\" target=\"_blank\">https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2128&context=usdaarsfacpub</a>\n",
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The appropriate combination of: Government, Labor, and Capital, cooperating is the answer. Call it socialism or whatever; but, each one acting independently in its own interest(s) dooms the economy to boom and bust scenarios and the waste that accompanies them. If Capital deems a factory should close for purely economic reasons, then the society that radiates outwards that includes small businesses, teachers, healthcare, etc is affected. Government incentives accompanied with Labor contributions can reimagine the factory and maintain the population demography. This is done in Europe. When a Volkswagen factory was trying to close and result in the layoff of 10,000 workers, the government and labor got together with capital and solutions were developed to maintain the workforce in place. Tax incentives, wage freezes, and retooling are far more doable than 10,000 workers laid off.
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"content": "The appropriate combination of: Government, Labor, and Capital, cooperating is the answer. Call it socialism or whatever; but, each one acting independently in its own interest(s) dooms the economy to boom and bust scenarios and the waste that accompanies them. If Capital deems a factory should close for purely economic reasons, then the society that radiates outwards that includes small businesses, teachers, healthcare, etc is affected. Government incentives accompanied with Labor contributions can reimagine the factory and maintain the population demography. This is done in Europe. When a Volkswagen factory was trying to close and result in the layoff of 10,000 workers, the government and labor got together with capital and solutions were developed to maintain the workforce in place. Tax incentives, wage freezes, and retooling are far more doable than 10,000 workers laid off.\n",
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DonS "Surely" covers a broad range. Part of the problem with finding and eliminating obsolete programs is that they tend to have a small yet incredibly dedicated supporters, and it's often difficult to overcome this. Another is that virtually all of these are very small budget items, and their elimination would make a miniscule dent in the deficit. (Eliminating $1 billion when the deficit is $1 trillion is 1/10th of 1%.)
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As a former rock and roll musician in his early 70s I'd like to underscore how transformative the Truth album was. Jeff Beck essentially invented heavy metal on that record and did so in a way that was sophisticated, tasty and eclectic. Add the amazing vocals of the then-unknown Rod Stewart and you have a masterpiece. It blew me away when it was released. So of course I had to see them when they played the Shrine Auditorium in LA in late 1968. They were mind-blowingly good, and Beck also brought an anarchic vibe that made clear that this exquisitely crafted music was also dangerous. And btw, the Moody Blues and Ten Years After opened the show. Cost of a ticket: $3.00 (about $27.00 in today's money.) Yes, kids, those were the days. RIP, Jeff. You were one of a kind.
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Please PLEASE suggest taxing carried interest and investment income as ordinary income. A W2 employee has to pay Social Security and Medicare Taxes but a hedge fund manager can make obscene amounts of money and pay far lower rates using this carried interest loophole. And don't force W2 employees who are paying the lion's share of taxes to pay the higher rate of capital gains taxes on their investments - it's completely unfair. And I know what you're going to say, well, hedge fund managers don't pay FICA and thus won't collect social security, but they're usually very high earners and should be paying into the system.Our tax system is extremely unfair to regular workers (highly compensated or not). If you are a W2 employee, you are getting screwed. The cap on state and local taxes also hurt W2 employees, but truly high earners, particularly those in real estate who generate income from investments (think a certain former president), have numerous mechanisms to shield themselves that ordinary people don't have access to.
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JH But can Lee raise $20 million to even be competitive in the primary?
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I would feel alot more secure if that $100 Billion we are spending on Zelensky was instead used to help Mexico end this drug war. Otherwise, these events will soon be coming to a neighborhood near you. I will admit I was wrong as soon as Putin threatens the U.S. border. Only a devoted reader of the NYTimes would think that would happen.
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‘Memorial’ Review: An American Story, Set in Stone The national controversy surrounding Maya Lin’s design for the Vietnam War Memorial is the subject of Livian Yeh’s nimble, process-driven play. Maya Lin was still a college student when her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was selected through an open-submission process. Built in 1982 on the National Mall in Washington, the memorial features a wide-angle pair of black granite walls engraved with the names of lost soldiers, and it descends below ground like a tomb. Opponents called it a monument to shame and defeat. The national controversy surrounding Maya Lin’s design for the Vietnam War Memorial is the subject of Livian Yeh’s nimble, process-driven play.
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Just in my lifetime - there have always been family members who drank too much, smoked, and all around were a side show or yes, tried to profit from relationship to the WHite House. Billy Carter (Jimmy's bro) sat out front his filling station selling BILLY BEER. So here we go again. I have never witnessed a family that tried to profit from Washington connections as much as Trump, from the sons, Jerod, and Ivanka... arranging copyright & branding deals in China or clearly monetizing relationships in development deals with Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. So now the GOP's (& Jim Jordan's) #1 goal is to go after Hunter Biden to create dirt on Joe. Great - hopefully over the next 2 years Republicans will prove to the American people how useless they are in governing, and how useless the GOP is in creating anything positive for America.
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Ms Walker Most places in US, (s)he wouldn't. The only one making a profit in eggs are the middle men (but then a lot of the middlemen are just disguised divisions of the larger corporations). Walmart (for example) owns the facilities, the chickens, the truck company, control their feed prices thru contracts, created a separate division for engineering/HVAC etc etc. Aside from price gouging, fuel the over riding factor is consolidation of the food production industry.
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HZ The point is that the child you speak of does not exist. If you're making the choice of financial independence, chances are you're not going to have a spouse or child. The fact of the matter is that it's extremely difficult for averagely educated people (income $60K-$70K) children to have children by themselves. If you don't have a partner and an extended family to help out, you are priced out of having children. It's not a real choice when you're constrained by your finances to "decide" that children are not for you. No stark example exists than the low birth rate among educated people. Now compare that with the lower classes and often undocumented immigrants and refugees. You're far more likely to find many children and multi-generational households and conservative views, along with the considerably lower standard of living that that brings.
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"content": "HZ The point is that the child you speak of does not exist. If you're making the choice of financial independence, chances are you're not going to have a spouse or child. The fact of the matter is that it's extremely difficult for averagely educated people (income $60K-$70K) children to have children by themselves. If you don't have a partner and an extended family to help out, you are priced out of having children. It's not a real choice when you're constrained by your finances to \"decide\" that children are not for you. No stark example exists than the low birth rate among educated people. Now compare that with the lower classes and often undocumented immigrants and refugees. You're far more likely to find many children and multi-generational households and conservative views, along with the considerably lower standard of living that that brings.\n",
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By now, there are no optimal solutions to the Ukraine invasion. This is how Civilization may End — By American expansionist Triumphalism Breeding Russian invasion Evil.How did we get there: Well, on Aug. 2017 I’ve sent a comment to the NYT. It regarded the Editorial Board piece “Whose Message Believe on Russia? [Aug 2, 2017] and It read like that: “The Editors advice for the President on how to manage the ‘complex and delicate relationships’ with Russia is ‘to put together a firm, consistent and credible approach’ in order to squash any ‘doubts about the strength of American commitment’. Specifically, the Editors point to the importance of Pence’s assurance to the Georgians that ‘the United States stands by a 2008 NATO statement that their country would one day be a NATO member’.In geopolitical terms, this kind of commitment is akin to a Russian commitment to one day bring back Poland into the Warsaw Pact; In moral-historical deliberation, taking into account that the Soviet Union nonviolently gave up Eastern Europe and much more, supporting Pence’s NATO expansionism is on the same low rung as a Russian declaration of irredentist policy towards Ukraine. Go ahead America; it has been dull living on this plant lately”. The comment is still PENDING. And indeed, life are not that dull any more, especially not in Ukraine.
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"content": "By now, there are no optimal solutions to the Ukraine invasion. This is how Civilization may End — By American expansionist Triumphalism Breeding Russian invasion Evil.How did we get there: Well, on Aug. 2017 I’ve sent a comment to the NYT. It regarded the Editorial Board piece “Whose Message Believe on Russia? [Aug 2, 2017] and It read like that: “The Editors advice for the President on how to manage the ‘complex and delicate relationships’ with Russia is ‘to put together a firm, consistent and credible approach’ in order to squash any ‘doubts about the strength of American commitment’. Specifically, the Editors point to the importance of Pence’s assurance to the Georgians that ‘the United States stands by a 2008 NATO statement that their country would one day be a NATO member’.In geopolitical terms, this kind of commitment is akin to a Russian commitment to one day bring back Poland into the Warsaw Pact; In moral-historical deliberation, taking into account that the Soviet Union nonviolently gave up Eastern Europe and much more, supporting Pence’s NATO expansionism is on the same low rung as a Russian declaration of irredentist policy towards Ukraine. Go ahead America; it has been dull living on this plant lately”. The comment is still PENDING. And indeed, life are not that dull any more, especially not in Ukraine.\n",
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David Weinberg 50 years? Trump created $7.8 Trillion in new federal debt over his four years. In fifty years that would add $90+ Trillion. Why not just raise the tax that pays for Medicare, currently at 1.45%? And why not fund the IRS so that it can collect more of the $1 Trillion in taxes that goes uncollected every year due to cheating? In 50 years that would be your $50 Trillion.
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"content": "David Weinberg 50 years? Trump created $7.8 Trillion in new federal debt over his four years. In fifty years that would add $90+ Trillion. Why not just raise the tax that pays for Medicare, currently at 1.45%? And why not fund the IRS so that it can collect more of the $1 Trillion in taxes that goes uncollected every year due to cheating? In 50 years that would be your $50 Trillion.\n",
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Charge 10-20X the current price-which anyone jetting in can well afford-and pay your people!
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At the very least, college football should be extinguished. Many of the major universities have excellent med schools whose faculty would have no hesitation is saying that football has a high likelihood of leading to brain injury, yet these same universities invest in multimillion dollar football stadiums and facilities. There is a high degree of cognitive disconnect going on here. Many of these universities are now allowing their students to gamble on football games.But all this cognitive dissonance business is a euphemism. The real explanation is good old fashioned greed. Once again, money trumps everything.
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Bubbles It is never okay to assume that repayment of a loan is not needed, even if the lenders are very wealthy. It is still a loan. If I borrowed $500 from a friend who had 5 lavish houses , full time maids& chauffeurs at each house , 300 billion dollars, I would still pay the money back. If however the person laughed and told me in emphatic words he refused to take the money back, I would thank him again and agree to keep it or tell him that I will donate it to a charity of his choice.However, that is not what happened here.
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Google lays off 12k employees today. Earlier this week, Microsoft announced laying off 10k. A few weeks ago, Meta let 11k employees go.Perhaps Elon Musk was right then in shrinking Twitter’s workforce. Here the move was portrayed as shocking and almost an insanity, but now we see that the circumstances are such that it was likely a necessity (even if we dislike it).
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Marston It might help things initially if all tax deferred retirement accounts were forced to be taxed the day the fair tax act was signed into law. Those accounts currently have around $32T.And because basis would no longer matter with respect to assets, all unrealized gains (and losses) should be realized. That should be enough to pay down at least a portion of the national debt. But neither of those will ever happen.
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OneView Children aren't the only ones in schools. There are also teachers, administrative staff, and custodial personnel. They all had families too (including elders to care for). If schools had remained open, many of those people would likely have quit or died from COVID. What good is an open school when there are no adults there to run it? The only viable option would have been to flip the situation..... put the kids in school all day with a bare minimum of supervision, and put the instructors on a screen. Perhaps some of the parents who demanded schools remain opened could have volunteered to supervise.
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Can we please stop going to bat for Biden and making excuses for him? Trump has nothing to do with this. JB’s pickle is in ways worse and “better” than DT’s but I swear the comments about Trump are making me queasy.-JB took these docs when he was VP, nearly a decade ago. He never had powers to declassify.- They covered this up until after midterms- They didn’t reveal all the other locations of the docs when the news broke earlier this week. They tried to get away with it- Bidens press lady did a horrible job yesterday. She kept claiming how the administration was pillared on transparency and integrity. Well there’s a big difference between cooperating with an FBI investigation (what they’re doing) and being transparent (what they’re not doing)- We haven’t been told why a group of high powered DC lawyers were doing a clean up of Biden closetsLastly, we need to start examining the sketchy nature of these presidential and vice presidential centers. They’re cesspools of dark money. Biden got paid 900k to just lend his name and show up to the office a few times. Jeff Bezos gave Obamaa $100 million check for his Chicago thing. The surrounding neighborhood is gangland, but the money went…. Where? Certainly not to anyone but Obama and his shrine. Yes we should discuss this issue and understand if the docs are indeed sensitive or simply over classified. But at the end of the day, this is just another example of different rules for the elite. JB should’ve known better
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Dan G And I'll bet that $5.50 didn't include a "convenience charge" and a "service charge" and a "delivery charge" levied by Ticketmaster that effectively doubled the price. (Just a wild guess.)I miss the days of being able to stand in line, buy a ticket, and attend a show -- just like that. Without the tech bros from Silicon Valley and the corporate ten-percenters in NYC also getting their cut.
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I think my husband and I are lucky to have about $70,000 a year upon which to live but the letters from the IRS about how we have to telephone them within 30 days started arriving about 120 days ago. Most days of the week we try to call them but so far nobody has picked up. I mean, really: what are they going after? Who chooses whom to pursue? We don't even have any a single stock or bond and our savings account has stubbornly remained at $1000 over the past 20 years. So why pursue us with paperwork that refuses to state its purpose?
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Julia Child's Ghost I enjoy your defense of the importance of history, and by extension, of the Liberal Arts. I do think that rather than remaining mired in Western examples, you might dig a little harder for relevant instances of the decline of democracy under Tamerlane, or in Teotihuacan or Tahiti. I've often wondered whether ordinary citizens in ancient Hawai'i were protected by the Sixth Amendment when accused of stepping in the shadow of the ali'i.I must, however, address the mental malnourishment you pity in those who study math or physics:Being lazy, I just went to Wiki (for the existence of which I am grateful, since as a starting point it is usually fine, for points that are not too fine, and especially if they are on "dead" topics).The article "Liberal arts education" starts with an illustration, from the 12th century "Hortus deliciarum" of Herrad of Landsberg. (I usually carry the pocket edition.)"Philosophia et septem artes liberales" depicts (personifies) the seven liberal arts. I regard it as neither trivial nor quadrivial to point out that three, or even four, of the seven are (even if in somewhat rudimentary form) STEM subjects.
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Marlene Thank you Marlene. Congratulations for surviving your own medical challenges with cancer last year. That is wonderful news.Recently my husband echoed your words of not being able to survive his open heart surgery and recovery last year without me by his side. There isn't anything I wouldn't do nor give to keep him safe and around for a long time.Thank you for your prayers. And thank you for your very kind compliment. So appreciated.
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Gabby will always be our beloved representative. Thank you for your service, Representative Giffords and Senator Kelly. In his standup comedy back in the 90s, Chris Rock proposed bullet control. He joked that no one takes anyone's guns away but ammo costs $5000 per bullet. If there were a way to make gun ownership financially painful, perhaps we could see faster change.
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Jeckyll Exactly. They could probably quadruple the price and none of the people who were willing to pay $500 would bat an eye or even notice.
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"content": "Jeckyll Exactly. They could probably quadruple the price and none of the people who were willing to pay $500 would bat an eye or even notice.\n",
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Max , yes, some finanical institutions were starting to accept crypto-based accounts and some charities began accepting crypto-based contributions.But with the recent meltdown, the nature of cryptocurrency has been further exposed as its Achillles heel. Who regulates crypto, when the appeal of this coin is based on its not belonging to any recognizable regulatory system?How is the worth of a crypto coin determined (besides speculative trading on an asset with nothing behind iit)?What is the real cost of crypto, considering its intense use of data mining (energy)?You compare crypto to the internet. But public and private capital helped foster the development of the internet.You compare crypto to Napster and...maybe iTunes? But this technology harnessed tangible assets (music) and made them more accessbile and at a lower cost. The government and private capital as well as our legal system have been and still are engaged with the digitization of music.And VoIP...the government's breakup of landline monolopies, private investment in cell phone techologies, et al, all fostered advances that gave us smart phones. As far as digital currency, that's already here with Apple Wallet and other apps. Speculative investments in crypto by people who cannot afford the losses are not akin to dipping toes in the water, as you describe them. Crytpe has a cult-like devotion, and that's what it reminds me of, a cult.
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"content": "Max , yes, some finanical institutions were starting to accept crypto-based accounts and some charities began accepting crypto-based contributions.But with the recent meltdown, the nature of cryptocurrency has been further exposed as its Achillles heel. Who regulates crypto, when the appeal of this coin is based on its not belonging to any recognizable regulatory system?How is the worth of a crypto coin determined (besides speculative trading on an asset with nothing behind iit)?What is the real cost of crypto, considering its intense use of data mining (energy)?You compare crypto to the internet. But public and private capital helped foster the development of the internet.You compare crypto to Napster and...maybe iTunes? But this technology harnessed tangible assets (music) and made them more accessbile and at a lower cost. The government and private capital as well as our legal system have been and still are engaged with the digitization of music.And VoIP...the government's breakup of landline monolopies, private investment in cell phone techologies, et al, all fostered advances that gave us smart phones. As far as digital currency, that's already here with Apple Wallet and other apps. Speculative investments in crypto by people who cannot afford the losses are not akin to dipping toes in the water, as you describe them. Crytpe has a cult-like devotion, and that's what it reminds me of, a cult.\n",
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rudyb Thinking I might get a quick overview of Michel Foucault, I turned to Wikipedia. Ooof - even the Wiki article was a heavy lift! I was able to get a better grasp of his theories through the three modules on Foucault on this website, in particular module II which covers Bentham’s Panopticon prison:“Jeremy Bentham's nineteenth-century prison reforms provide Foucault with a representative model for what happens to society in the nineteenth century.note Bentham argued in The "Panopticon" that the perfect prison would be structured in a such a way that cells would be open to a central tower. In the model, individuals in the cells do not interact with each other and are constantly confronted by the panoptic tower (pan=all; optic=seeing). They cannot, however, see when there is a person in the tower; they must believe that they could be watched at any moment: "the inmate must never know whether he is being looked at at any one moment; but he must be sure that he may always be so".Bentham saw this prison reform as a model for how society should function. To maintain order in a democratic and capitalist society, the populace needs to believe that any person could be surveilled at any time. In time, such a structure would ensure that the people would soon internalize the panoptic tower and police themselves.”<a href="https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/newhistoricism/modules/foucaultcarceral.html" target="_blank">https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/newhistoricism/modules/foucaultcarceral.html</a>
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A few years ago, my son who was in college at time, wanted to invest in crypto-coin. When I explained that it was highly speculative, he and his friend responded that I was too old to understand how crypto-coin worked and that it was a new kind of economy. I asked him to check the price of Bitcoin and then check again in a couple days. As luck would have it, Elon Musk went on SNL that evening and Bitcoin lost 50% of its value overnight. My son learned his lesson.
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Thank you. Finally, an open mind. And someone who has actually paid attention to what Harry & Meghan's Netflix series was focused on: the unhealthy relationship between the Royal family and the press.
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"content": "Thank you. Finally, an open mind. And someone who has actually paid attention to what Harry & Meghan's Netflix series was focused on: the unhealthy relationship between the Royal family and the press.\n",
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rjs7777 Yes, and the water being used for agricultural irrigation is being sold / subsidized by the Imperial Irrigation District at irresponsibly low prices — $20/acre foot— in ways that are not cost effective now and ensuring that growers have few/no incentives to invest in better irrigation
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If the GOP wants to put us in an economic recession, then ignoring the debt ceiling will be a fast way to get us there. They do so at their peril. The average Republican doesn't "get investing." (Their wealthy Republicans friends do, but I'm talking about "the base"--those 60 million plus Trump voters, if you want to cut the top 10 million off, and say they're all tge wealthy ones.) So, that base will get very angry when everything they want to buy goes up, the value of their house goes down, and jobs are lost. If the GOP wants to get blamed for that, then they are even more confused and clueless than their selection of a House Speaker demonstrated. Not an auspicious start for our friends on the Right.
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Noting that it costs $500k annually to keep someone in jail is a specious argument. His two top executives have already cut plea deals that clearly implicate him in the alleged fraud. And while his attorneys can always use the Trump playbook to run out the clock by stonewalling, if SBF is really down to his last $100K, he likely can't afford that level of representation. If he goes to trial in October, the case can be settled within a year. As for the $500K/year to keep him in custody, we can afford it as a society in the interest of treating celebrity and non-celebrity offenders equally.If just 5% of the face value of the bond is at risk, we're still talking about $12.5MM. There clearly seems to be a big gap between the cost of the bond and the parents' assets, which would explain why two other unidentified individuals also co-signed. Given the magnitude of the alleged fraud, it would serve the public interest to know who these individuals are, how much collateral is actually at risk, who contributed what, and why.Our US prosecutors' concern for SBF's well-being in a Bahamian jail is a bit misplaced. The companies were based in Hong Kong and the Bahamas to avoid US regulations. So, if you pick your domicile, you take the consequences. From what was reported about the conditions in that Bahamian jail, the Brooklyn detention center would look like Club Med in comparison, so it's hard to imagine SBF fighting extradition too hard.
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"content": "Noting that it costs $500k annually to keep someone in jail is a specious argument. His two top executives have already cut plea deals that clearly implicate him in the alleged fraud. And while his attorneys can always use the Trump playbook to run out the clock by stonewalling, if SBF is really down to his last $100K, he likely can't afford that level of representation. If he goes to trial in October, the case can be settled within a year. As for the $500K/year to keep him in custody, we can afford it as a society in the interest of treating celebrity and non-celebrity offenders equally.If just 5% of the face value of the bond is at risk, we're still talking about $12.5MM. There clearly seems to be a big gap between the cost of the bond and the parents' assets, which would explain why two other unidentified individuals also co-signed. Given the magnitude of the alleged fraud, it would serve the public interest to know who these individuals are, how much collateral is actually at risk, who contributed what, and why.Our US prosecutors' concern for SBF's well-being in a Bahamian jail is a bit misplaced. The companies were based in Hong Kong and the Bahamas to avoid US regulations. So, if you pick your domicile, you take the consequences. From what was reported about the conditions in that Bahamian jail, the Brooklyn detention center would look like Club Med in comparison, so it's hard to imagine SBF fighting extradition too hard.\n",
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politicsandamericanpie yes, the Queen is well liked. Beneath her smile is some serious bits of intervention with Parliament. William just inherited the Dutchy of Cornwall worth a billion pounds, and other estates from Charles without paying a single pound in tax.Interested? Google is your friend, and The Guardian could help, too.
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A New Look for the Empire State Building and Its Workers The employees have new uniforms, part of a $165 million “reimagination” that includes a new entrance and an interactive museum. Good morning. It’s Tuesday. We’ll get a look at a new look at the Empire State Building. We’ll also find out about the former F.B.I. counterintelligence chief in New York who, prosecutors say, secretly worked for one Russian oligarch to investigate another. The employees have new uniforms, part of a $165 million “reimagination” that includes a new entrance and an interactive museum.
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You do realize that Cameron invented brand new technology to shoot WAY OF WATER and that it absolutely must be seen in theaters in 3D, don’t you? It’s a spectacular experience designed to be watched in movie theaters which is why it’s already made over $1B at the global box office. But have fun staying home on your couch!
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I recently waited in a 30 minute line at Utopia Bagels, and ended up spending $80+ for a dozen bagels (12, since the worker forgot one of the baker's dozen), a pound of lox cream cheese, a bacon egg & cheese bagel, two lox & cream cheese bagels (with whole slices of lox, different from lox cream cheese), and two coffees. I figured I might as well splurge if we were already waiting this long. It took an addition 15 minutes for the worker to finish the order. Everything was very good, and they did not skimp on the lox slices on the lox & cream cheese bagel (nor did they skimp on the loc pieces in the lox cream cheese). The bagels were also very good. On the other hand, I would never wait on that line every again. Instead of getting there for the 11am wait on a Sunday, I would get there at 7-7:30am before the sleepy crowd showed up. Hopefully the earlier line is at most 5-10 minutes (if not nonexistent).
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Oh dear, honey, what will we do? The Oeufs Florentine at Le Gratin are up to $22!
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The financial, reputational and systemic damage done by the previous administration is incalculable. Most of it happened in secret, accomplished through unprecedented suppression of information, but the accounting of their covert activities will take years to discover and pay for. From the disastrously premature termination of the White House pandemic response force to the gutting of border security and law enforcement, they have cost us trillions of dollars in unnecessary losses. It will take years and trillions more even to get us back to where we were before the demolition crew seized power.
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Twinkles And the Department of Education spends $38 billion.
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Yes, Harry did sell out his integrity for a price tag.Just wondering, have the publisher and streaming company made back their $130,000,000.00, yet, that they have already paid out to Meghan and Harry? The big media companies referred to, don't care if Meghan and Harry are trustworthy or not. M's and H's 'inconsistencies' just add fuel to the fire and create more controversy.And they don't care if Harry loses his family, just so long as they don't lose any money.Bottom line.
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What poppycock from Republicans.Under Trump the debt increased $7 trillion and Republicans never hesitated to raise the debt ceiling.Raising the debt ceiling does not spend ONE CENT! It merely allows the government to meet its obligations which have already been approved by Congress.If they want a balanced budget, RAISE taxes (especially on the richest) and LOWER spending. Don't just tell those of us who are poor or old that we'll have to make greater sacrifices.
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David Anderson -- I have often wondered why it is legal for airlines to overbook. Just imagine if any other industry at all did this! "Ah, I see you have a ticket for the [fill in your favorite team]'s game. So sorry, we have double-sold that seat and the other ticket holder is already sitting in it, so you can't attend this game." Or, "Welcome to the Metropolitan Opera. Yes, I see your $350 apiece tickets for the opening night performance with a world-famous cast. Sorry, that seat has been oversold, and you can't attend tonight's performance." The public would not tolerate that sort of thing for a moment. Why do we tolerate it from airlines? Why is it legal? If the airline sells me a seat, they already have my money -- why should they care if I don't show up to sit in the seat?
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Gail and Bret just need to drop this idea that Biden, one of the more successful recent presidents, should step aside. If Biden is still healthy and effective, the Democrats would be insane to push aside an incumbent president for the shiny new thing. The power of incumbency gives Biden a very good chance of being re-elected. Trump can't win and should be disqualified from running. Meanwhile, I cannot see why DeSantis would run in 2024 when he can simply wait four years and have an open field to compete in. The same is true of most Republicans. Getting beat by Biden in 2024 would be a career-limiting move. As for Kamala Harris, she's doing fine as VP. The VP is always the running joke of any presidency, and that includes former VPs who went on the win presidential elections like T. Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Johnson, Nixon, Bush, and Biden. Almost all of these once-mocked VPs went on to successful presidencies (including Bush and let's not talk about Nixon). Gail and Bret, why don't you see the obvious. Biden will be a strong candidate, even in his 80s.
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| no | Classification | 3,276 |
Online platforms like Facebook, twitter, instagram, etc. are not really publishers like newspapers - they generate little to no original content. Legally they are more like public access TV stations on steroids with an open door policy.So every user/content provider should have to sign a personal liability contract before posting anything. Problem solved.
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All true , but a pay of $ 11.45/hr I can not afford itHas Ms Blum checked the price of the Salmon shown in the picture ?
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Republican and Democratic leaders alike know the piece of the puzzle which will go a long way in solving our tax inequity. It's not hiring 87 thousand IRS agents to scrutinize small cash movements in and out of our bank accounts or rifling through the returns of small businesses. It’s about making the rich pay their fair share. The rich don’t claim income until they sell an asset. The problem is that most of the ultra-wealthy don’t sell assets, they use their assets as a collateral for loans which they take out and use to live on. A loan isn’t considered income so therefore it isn’t subject to tax. Those with tens of millions of dollars to their names and a decent investment portfolio through a family office can parlay increases in their asset base into an endless cycle of taking out and repaying business loans tax free. One might think it would be possible for the Congress to enact laws to prohibit such tax avoidance and it is. The curtain which Congress and the White House don’t want us to look behind is the one where wealthy individuals, who are the source of extremely large campaign contributions, live. Our “elected” officials know full well that the emperor wears no clothes but are committed to saying nothing.
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I bought a little Norfolk pine for $7.99 5 years ago. It is now about 4 ft high and maybe 3 ft wide. It is my holiday tree all year long. It requires some light near a window and appropriate watering. At Christmas we put on little lights and some decorations. We avoid killing trees, spending extra money on a tree and avoid plastic with a fake tree. It is a delightful little tree to add to any home. No carbon worries. Try it.
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| yes | Classification | 7,577 |
Alan - pandemics aren't easy to deal with (my understatement for the month) and there are harms no matter which way things are measured.Regarding Sweden, let's consider the tradeoffs - they had a far higher death rate than their neighbors Norway and Finland and a higher death rate than Germany, too. The King and the Prime Minister in Sweden apologized to the country late in 2020 for what they viewed as the failure of their light-touch approach.So is the nation better off because their children have a fraction of a year boost (on average) over others in school achievement?Here in the US the numbers appear to show that it's not whether a school opened sooner or later that counts - it's the economics of the school district and families that seems to have played a bigger role. School funding based on local property values appears to be our more worrisome issue.
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"content": "Alan - pandemics aren't easy to deal with (my understatement for the month) and there are harms no matter which way things are measured.Regarding Sweden, let's consider the tradeoffs - they had a far higher death rate than their neighbors Norway and Finland and a higher death rate than Germany, too. The King and the Prime Minister in Sweden apologized to the country late in 2020 for what they viewed as the failure of their light-touch approach.So is the nation better off because their children have a fraction of a year boost (on average) over others in school achievement?Here in the US the numbers appear to show that it's not whether a school opened sooner or later that counts - it's the economics of the school district and families that seems to have played a bigger role. School funding based on local property values appears to be our more worrisome issue.\n",
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Regarding LW1, "A Playdate With Scammers." If it were me, I personally would firmly limit my interactions -- and that of my children -- with people whose job resumes include victimizing, traumatizing and stealing from decent, albeit naive, individuals, many of whom were of limited financial means to begin with.Always best to phrase things bluntly so that there's less confusion about the core issues at stake.And the letter writer should feel free to discuss this concern openly with other parents. No need to make an impassioned stand or be confrontational -- there will always be other parents who feel the situation is no big deal ( ... rethink your friendships with those folks also). But it's a worthwhile idea to put this issue out in the open among the parental community, in my opinion. I don't see why the scammers' reintegration into decent society should be all peaches and cream, unless you know that they've truly reformed and made full restitution.
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"content": "Regarding LW1, \"A Playdate With Scammers.\" If it were me, I personally would firmly limit my interactions -- and that of my children -- with people whose job resumes include victimizing, traumatizing and stealing from decent, albeit naive, individuals, many of whom were of limited financial means to begin with.Always best to phrase things bluntly so that there's less confusion about the core issues at stake.And the letter writer should feel free to discuss this concern openly with other parents. No need to make an impassioned stand or be confrontational -- there will always be other parents who feel the situation is no big deal ( ... rethink your friendships with those folks also). But it's a worthwhile idea to put this issue out in the open among the parental community, in my opinion. I don't see why the scammers' reintegration into decent society should be all peaches and cream, unless you know that they've truly reformed and made full restitution.\n",
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SG In my mid size Chelsea co-op, our large ground floor and basement commercial space was sold to the original developer, and they are shareholders without voting rights. We have stipulations in the proprietary lease about neon signage, types of business they can rent to (no food, no dry cleaners, restricted opening hours and truck deliveries). We are particularly happy with this arrangement as the Co-op doesn't have to worry for the most part about the space being empty/no rental income - a big issue in these commercial property challenged times. Rental income is the shareholders' problem. They pay maintenance like any other shareholder. Many Co-ops do it this way.
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"content": "SG In my mid size Chelsea co-op, our large ground floor and basement commercial space was sold to the original developer, and they are shareholders without voting rights. We have stipulations in the proprietary lease about neon signage, types of business they can rent to (no food, no dry cleaners, restricted opening hours and truck deliveries). We are particularly happy with this arrangement as the Co-op doesn't have to worry for the most part about the space being empty/no rental income - a big issue in these commercial property challenged times. Rental income is the shareholders' problem. They pay maintenance like any other shareholder. Many Co-ops do it this way.\n",
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The problem with government, specifically the federal enterprise portion, is that people don't see its impact directly on their lives AND they are constantly lectured by Fox News and AM talk radio about the negative aspects. Pounding something into the heads of people for all of their lives...surprise!...has a major impact.There are over 400 federal programs that are primarily aimed at rural and exurban areas. Yet, the inbred animosity toward the feds is so strong that one person at the Ag Department reported that she was urged NOT to announce that a specific rural grant was coming from DC (as reported in a book by Michael Lewis, "The Fifth Risk, Undoing Democracy".) The government employee was told by the local official that people might oppose the program if they knew the source.Who in Congress always supports programs for rural America? The Democrats, right down the line. So, the red states vote against them, consistently.Another factor: people who grew up thinking they would never need a college degree had the rug pulled out from them as a four yr. degree transmogrified into a requirement and other jobs were shipped overseas. They see educated cities as hostile places and they think they can't move there to make more money. This is a MAJOR source of rural resentment.We (blue states) send mountains of money to the Republican dominated ones. Probably the greatest wealth transfer in human history, in fact. No credit, no cooperation, no compromises follow.
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"content": "The problem with government, specifically the federal enterprise portion, is that people don't see its impact directly on their lives AND they are constantly lectured by Fox News and AM talk radio about the negative aspects. Pounding something into the heads of people for all of their lives...surprise!...has a major impact.There are over 400 federal programs that are primarily aimed at rural and exurban areas. Yet, the inbred animosity toward the feds is so strong that one person at the Ag Department reported that she was urged NOT to announce that a specific rural grant was coming from DC (as reported in a book by Michael Lewis, \"The Fifth Risk, Undoing Democracy\".) The government employee was told by the local official that people might oppose the program if they knew the source.Who in Congress always supports programs for rural America? The Democrats, right down the line. So, the red states vote against them, consistently.Another factor: people who grew up thinking they would never need a college degree had the rug pulled out from them as a four yr. degree transmogrified into a requirement and other jobs were shipped overseas. They see educated cities as hostile places and they think they can't move there to make more money. This is a MAJOR source of rural resentment.We (blue states) send mountains of money to the Republican dominated ones. Probably the greatest wealth transfer in human history, in fact. No credit, no cooperation, no compromises follow.\n",
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Danimal I think it is assumed that once these 20-somethings begin to start families, they will naturally move out to the suburbs. Hope they have at least $100,000 for a down payment (in a more modest city than New York, of course).
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One mistake we're making as a country is that we aren't funding research into new Covid vaccines and treatments. The virus is going to continue to mutate, and our current arsenal will become less and less effective. Yet Congress rejected Biden's request for $9 billion for new research in the latest spending bill.That $9 billion would have been a small price to pay to avoid another pandemic.
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J c No, equal education is not more money as NYC proves, spending $18,000 to $20,000 per pupil per year. This is three times the amount spent many other places, and double the national average. Most of the money never reaches actual instructors with class sizes of 25 to 30 students, being reduced to 20 to 25 thanks to a new law passed in 2022 (New York State). Inheritance tax is less about raising revenue than ensuring that we don't create more inequality, a privileged aristocracy by birth that may last several generations, and replenished by newly minted 1%. I don't want or need a level playing field either. Instead you want a higher floor. But recognize the truly bottom 1/3 poor are plagued by households with 0 to less than 1 full time job holder. Full employment as we have now doesn't solve. More free childcare, school days that don't turn young children loose at 3:00pm and two to three month summer gaps are a problem throwing money at current systems won't solve.
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I am hoping that the way we structure our global economy today will look stupid in the future. It is environmentally unsustainable and causing enormous upheaval, angst and family tragedy. As automation works its way into every aspect of life, from writing computer code to serving hamburgers, to factory production and construction, there just won't be enough work for the approximately 6 billion adults between the ages of 16 and 65. We need to find a way to close up the dark money and offshore money shelters, create a system of global taxation and a universal basic income for every adult. We also need a new economic paradigm that values the resources that are saved rather than destroyed and consumed; and a lot more clean energy investment to end the fossil fuel era. This is not unrealistic in the modern internet era. It can be done if enough people around the world will select representatives who will work on this new paradigm, across all borders. It's either that, or the human race won't be around to be embarrassed about anything. (Though maybe some future alien explorers will find Earth and remark on how stupid we were.)
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Whatever POLITICO 07/09/2019Bidens earned $15 million in 2 years after Obama administrationBy Maggie Severns and Natasha KoreckiFormer Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill earned more than $15 million during the two years after they left the White House, with the bulk of it coming from lucrative public speaking and book deals, according to new financial disclosures and tax returns released Tuesday.The disclosures offer a new, more comprehensive look at the money the Bidens amassed since leaving the White House — a sharp uptick from where their finances stood in the final years of the Obama administration and Biden’s time in the Senate, when he referred to himself as “middle-class Joe” and put a working-class life story at the center of his political campaigns.The new documents show Joe Biden earned more than $4 million in late 2017 and 2018 from giving more than four dozen speeches, banking up to $235,000 for one appearance. He was paid $540,484 for in role at the University of Pennsylvania. And he owns a corporation, established to handle his post-White House speaking and book deals, now valued at between $1 and $5 million
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Then there is Medicaid for nursing care, for people who have Medicare even though they have very little in assets but survived without applying for Medicaid, which provides poorer coverage. So, my mother was on Medicare while living frugally on 2k SS payment per month. When she needed nursing care, she was admitted to a Medicaid bed. Her payment to the nursing home consists of her monthly SS check and my fathers vet benefits. The rest is subsidized by the government. She is allowed a burial account and 8k in savings. The process of application for the Medicaid bed was a bear and requires near zero in savings for the prior 5 years. The wording of being on Medicare while being eligible for nursing benefits under Medicaid is unfortunate. Having Medicare does not preclude eligibility for a Medicaid bed.
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Large investment firms, foreign and domestic, are buying up US housing. And, wealthy Americans are buying second and third homes and TAKING THEM OFF THE MARKET in order to rent them as short-term (airBB) rentals.With so much of our housing stock now in this short-term rental scheme there are not enough homes and apartments left for normal housing.Again: capitalism, and the chasing of the next almighty dollar, have broken another aspect of the average American's life.Who do the very wealthy think they will get their riches from, once all the rest of us are wallowing in poverty? Who will they tax, once the middle class have all fallen into poverty? Who will buy their software and their cars and their fossil fuels, when only the 1% have money? Who will clean their toilet or diaper their children, once they've turned all the houses into hotels for other rich folk?
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As others noted, the key environmental change is “easy access” to calories. While I don’t have Prader-Willi Syndrome, I am on the end of the scale in that direction. Had I not changed my ways, I could be obese like many of my genetic relatives. Growing up in the 1950 on a farm, we had no any processed or junk food in the house. There were apples from the orchard but that was it. Even when we moved to a small town in the 1960s, Mom still made stuff from scratch and we had no sodas or snacks in the house.In college, wrestling helped control my weight. In graduate school my waist expanded. A professor by 2000, I was withing 1# of obese according to the charts. I did two things. 1. We eliminated all snack foods from the house. I never liked sodas, so that was not an issue. 2. I made a spreadsheet to track calories consumed & expended. My goal was to expend 500 more per day, 3,500/wk. than consumed. I lost 50# that year.I’ve kept it off. I don’t spend my days craving food. If we had snacks in the house, I might backslide. A mental “trick” I use if I feel hungry when I know I should not is think about those hunters & gathers or farmers who had to wait an hour or more to satisfy their hunger. I tell myself to wait that hour. During that time the urge goes way. My wife is an excellent cook, I do lots of chopping. Our meals are from scratch, so time consuming. We rarely eat out. Life is good. At 74 I can get out of a chair without help.
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Boston University did the same in 1997. A division I team competing in the Yankee Conference and then the Atlantic 10 prior to the decision. They had fielded a football team since 1884. But the University decided to end the football team and move the money used for football scholarships to fund Title iX programs. Football required huge capital and the need for ever increasing costs for facilities that the University felt they could not justify at the expense of all other sports.
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Nurses are the fuel that makes a hospital run. Nursing staff shortages are not new and did not totally arise out of Covid pandemic. I'm a retired RN and all through my clinical career, I worked in both private and public NYC hospitals that struggled with adequate staffing and safe nurse-patient ratios - way back in the 80's. In 2014, I brought my father to Montifiore's ER and there were stretchers lined up triple parked in the treatment rooms- never seen anything like it. Having hundreds of open clinical nursing positions open is downright dangerous for patients. How can Mt. Sinai be a Magnet hospital with so many open positions? Nurses are the fuel that makes a hospital run. The health care system is just in shambles.
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Marshall Are you forgetting that the Social Security trust funds are 100% invested in US Treasury obligations -- to the tune of $2.8 trillion? Still a foe of debt prioritization? Source: <a href="https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/investheld.cgi" target="_blank">https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/investheld.cgi</a>
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Mike Russia is NOT perpetrating any such blackmail…the US had driven the rest of the world to boycott purchase of Russian oil and gas. That is a FACT. It is also likely a fact that WE, and not the Russians, blew up the North Sea gas pipelines…after initially bullying the EU into rejecting starting up a new one being built to stop the UKRAINE from periodically shutting down has deliveries, or stealing gas intended for the EU. The other fact is a key reason the US has for DECADES been ever more aggressive in working to replace Russian gas with US gas, which comes a) at a price more than 50% higher, and b) at a further cost of requiring TRILLIONS be spent retrofitting EU ports to handle OUR LNG. The latest move to put in place an anti-free market ceiling on Russian oil prices is only further proof.
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Maybe Microsoft would be better placed to using some of those people to fix software that is broken or answering help desks etc?
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Not now. Let the GOP have its clown show. This is when I think the Democrats should act. When the Senate has voted to raise the debt ceiling. Then the few sane Republicans, and there are at least five, can vote to vacate the chair, elect a sane Speaker and keep the government open to avert a catastrophe. But make the GOP create the specter of disaster first.
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Someone knows who leaked this decision out to the public. I know it wasn't me! To publicly state you cannot find the source out of how many people 82 plus 9 justices plus spouses 9 - 100 people but nobody leaked it....Not that this matters at this point in time, it was leaked and was a true opinion of a 6-3 majority rule. LEAKED by someone, and someone is covering someone up. The consequences would and are severe especially if it was a justice/spouse of said justice.Not to state, out of a possible 100 people, that you cannot find the person who leaked this opinion is why American have no faith in their governing bodies.This is extremely a bogus investigation and would suggest to Jim Jordan to serious open and consider opening a through, and more thorough investigation into the whole process of why no one is being chosen out of these 100 people of this leak. Put the pressure on Mr. McCarthy to Investigate this major breech of Security in the Court. The American People should Demand no Less!This investigation is Bogus! Demand We Investigate Again! to find one person out of 100! Not a needle in a Haystack!Who do I sound like Jim?... then investigate.
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"content": "Someone knows who leaked this decision out to the public. I know it wasn't me! To publicly state you cannot find the source out of how many people 82 plus 9 justices plus spouses 9 - 100 people but nobody leaked it....Not that this matters at this point in time, it was leaked and was a true opinion of a 6-3 majority rule. LEAKED by someone, and someone is covering someone up. The consequences would and are severe especially if it was a justice/spouse of said justice.Not to state, out of a possible 100 people, that you cannot find the person who leaked this opinion is why American have no faith in their governing bodies.This is extremely a bogus investigation and would suggest to Jim Jordan to serious open and consider opening a through, and more thorough investigation into the whole process of why no one is being chosen out of these 100 people of this leak. Put the pressure on Mr. McCarthy to Investigate this major breech of Security in the Court. The American People should Demand no Less!This investigation is Bogus! Demand We Investigate Again! to find one person out of 100! Not a needle in a Haystack!Who do I sound like Jim?... then investigate.\n",
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Jeff - so in your mind, if the prices were raised in other countries, they would lower prices here. You don’t seem to understand the meaning of “agreed”. They don’t spend millions influencing government regulations here to lower the prices, it is to increase their profits. They would do the same overseas if they could.The problem is not the prices beyond our shores, but right here at home. Big investors demand their “cut”, and the CEOs respond.
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"content": "Jeff - so in your mind, if the prices were raised in other countries, they would lower prices here. You don’t seem to understand the meaning of “agreed”. They don’t spend millions influencing government regulations here to lower the prices, it is to increase their profits. They would do the same overseas if they could.The problem is not the prices beyond our shores, but right here at home. Big investors demand their “cut”, and the CEOs respond.\n",
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Indeed. Every second, humanity spends -collectively- 1 Million USD on weapons and ammunition. Only on weapons and ammunition.Think of what else we could do with that money....
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"content": "Indeed. Every second, humanity spends -collectively- 1 Million USD on weapons and ammunition. Only on weapons and ammunition.Think of what else we could do with that money....\n",
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Because executives like Nardella maximize their company bonuses by maximizing short term profits, not by making a long term investment in their employees. They do much better treating their employees like disposable assets, maintaining their excessive compensation plans, and flying business class to Davos.
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Mike A: In general, manufacturing employment in the U.S. has been falling for decades. The penultimate steep decline occurred Nov 2007-Oct 2009, corresponding to the financial recession which started during George W. Bush's second term. The last occurred during the spring of 2020, corresponding to the onset of the COVID pandemic.After each decline, there has been a recovery. The critical fact is that the pace of increased hiring in manufacturing jobs has been constant the entire decade 2010-2020. Despite Trump and his supporters taking credit for vast increases in employment in all sectors including manufacturing, 6+ of the 10 years of the jobs recovery occurred during the Obama administration. By the way, you can see the official figures for these employment increases are at many sources, such as the St. Louis Fed.<a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP" target="_blank">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP</a>In contrast, there's no evidence that factories stayed open due to the Trump tariffs. There's not even any evidence that the number of factories in the US remained static during the Trump years. And there's no evidence that "reducing immigration helps increase wages and reduces the problem of overpriced housing."
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"content": "Mike A: In general, manufacturing employment in the U.S. has been falling for decades. The penultimate steep decline occurred Nov 2007-Oct 2009, corresponding to the financial recession which started during George W. Bush's second term. The last occurred during the spring of 2020, corresponding to the onset of the COVID pandemic.After each decline, there has been a recovery. The critical fact is that the pace of increased hiring in manufacturing jobs has been constant the entire decade 2010-2020. Despite Trump and his supporters taking credit for vast increases in employment in all sectors including manufacturing, 6+ of the 10 years of the jobs recovery occurred during the Obama administration. By the way, you can see the official figures for these employment increases are at many sources, such as the St. Louis Fed.<a href=\"https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP\" target=\"_blank\">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MANEMP</a>In contrast, there's no evidence that factories stayed open due to the Trump tariffs. There's not even any evidence that the number of factories in the US remained static during the Trump years. And there's no evidence that \"reducing immigration helps increase wages and reduces the problem of overpriced housing.\"\n",
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As the cost-benefit at many 4-year colleges in the United States crossed into the Twilight Zone, college students were still willing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for degrees and placement into white collar careers that required them. However, I expect that debt burden to only become greater for future graduating classes – while their means to pay it down will become harder. I believe, the country is about to face an upheaval in the white-collar workforce that will rival how automation and overseas workers decimated blue collar jobs in the US manufacturing sector over the past 40+ years. Advances in AI are at the cusp of eliminating, what were once indispensable. white collar jobs. I would say that this technology is poised to sweep through offices across the country – except that most of the offices are already empty – thanks to the Work from Home (WFH) phenomenon. AI has the capability to replace low and mid-level employees that previously composed documents, created graphics, etc.. Bots don’t require health insurance, or Social Security, or MedicareAll said, I do not envy those students who took on sizable debt in exchange for a college degree. What was already daunting hole for many to climb out of is about to become all the more difficult. That doesn’t mean I’m in favor of a straight government bail out to pay off this debt; though I imagine government, in the future, will have to offer some kind of financial assist in exchange for public sector work.
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