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The fine not be much in dollars but who on gods green earth would want to do business with that proven criminal, tax-evading, unethical company now?
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This week eggs were $7.50 per dozen. It's still the least expensive to feed a family, but it's tough when the price used to be $2.50.
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Sea Monkey "Today, 77 dolphins and 47 sea lions are part of the program, which is managed by the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific and has an overall required budget of $40 million this year" Your points are well taken but perhaps letting them live their lives as naturally intended would be best and redirect the budget to preservation of marine life and habitat.
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Ernest Montague Um, the ramp up of gun "right" and open carry is not coming from the Progressives. It's the NRA and the far right for the most part. Perhaps you personally have not been a victim of gun violence, but is that the only metric? And if you have lived in the Bay Area (34 years in Oakland) did you miss all of the gun play that took place in the 1980's and early 1990s? Oh wait. That was in "the flats", nothing for you to worry about right?
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Mark It ain't necessarily so. Many of the rich, especially in the US are highly leveraged. Some that I know would never want to pay cash for their cars, homes, lifestyle expenditures if they can borrow . . Although much recently created wealth is in the form of illiquid private company stock, restricted stock, partnership interests, etc. to the extent they have had liquidity events or otherwise have assets that can be used as collateral they'll leverage up. The rich use leverage to diversify their investments and try to do so in ways where they can offset interest payments against taxable income. But you are correct in the sense that the the poor pay higher interest rates, have higher debt burden measured against income and have a higher risk of non-payment and the additional costs arising from default situations. We could avoid some of the distribution effect of debt repayment if the debt is held by the government instead of private owners. Thus, interest repaid would flow into our Treasury to the benefit of the whole country. From a generational standpoint the pensions and retirement accounts of many retired seniors are invested in debt instruments. Granted poor people in America don't have much in their IRA accounts, but they do have accounts, and might be entitled to a corporate or government sponsored pensions upon retirement. For the last decade of low interests some of the biggest complainers were retirees looking for low risk , high interest rate bonds .
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To all those who hated this puzzle, can you not at least acknowledge the art and skill that went into this concept? We have three words, each of them a synonym for “gradually develop”, which itself is a description of the SNOWBALL EFFECT (33A). Now each of these three words is presented expanding itself by one letter at a time, (again the SNOWBALL EFFECT), while creating vertical entries with each of the partial words that this process causes. To make this process very clear to the solver, ROSWELL cannot be explained by any other process. If one thinks that simply turning the corner instead of entering rebuses would be valid, one is left with non-words for 2D, 3D, 4D, etc., a completely nonsensical ROL at 49D, and, most importantly, one misses the crucial SNOWBALL EFFECT of accumulating letters as 1A, 10A, and 54A unfold.And I haven’t even mentioned the vertical symmetry and the excellent clueing. This has to be up there for puzzle of the year.
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I think one of the items not addressed is the emotional connection to gold and any future dystopia. You only have to look at the airwaves which have been littered with ads for gold sales for investors based upon an impending or emerging economic doom. But it doesn’t stop there. A check of the data shows that China, Japan, Saudi Arabia and India are all holding vast amounts of gold that they have been increasing their holdings. Possible concerns for currency stability , including a weakening dollar in 2023 ( monetarily and in terms of world influence) could be in play. It’s most likely the case though thst gold prices will keep riding in the face of recession or liquidity issues however, because gold holdings are not easily used for practical purchases one can expect that in times of real economic trouble, gold prices will crash. Gold’s limitations will be exposed.So in the end gold may end up only being fool’s gold. We will only know in the event of very serious economic trouble and when those with vast holdings will go to sell.
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The gold standard was abandoned by government in 1971. In 1971, Gold was $40/Oz. And Dow was 1000. Gold did 50x in the last 50 years. Dow couldn't beat Gold. That is without any counterparty risk. Paper currency and trillion dollar coins can be created as much as needed by the Government. Don't underestimate the counterparty risk in the fractional reserve banking system. Collapse starts slowly and then happens suddenly.
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In Colorado folks can rely on Gardening Guides from the Colorado Native Plant Society for lists of native plants specific to five different ecosystems. These guides, written collaboratively with County Extension agents, Audubon, and many other native plant forward organizations, are available on their website www.conps.org.With articles on native plants in the NYT, maybe we'll hear less of "We don't get much call for native plants" from nursery companies and garden centers when we are scouring their inventories. Thank you, Margaret Renkl.
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Yojimbo Fukuyama As pedestrian, feel completely endangered by bicyclists especially entitled Citibikers.As a bus and subway rider, outraged that Adams is 1) allowing "open streets" which means bus rerouting 2) adding bike lanes that create congestion and impacts bus riders.
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Stranded by Southwest and Stuck With Unexpected Costs The airline’s customers incurred thousands in expenses as they scrambled to find alternate ways to get home. Olivia Laskowski was in Nashville and expecting to fly home to New York on Dec. 27 when she received a text message from Southwest Airlines the night before that her flight was canceled. Four days and more than $600 later, Ms. Laskowski and her Siamese cat, Pretzel, were finally back home in Brooklyn. The airline’s customers incurred thousands in expenses as they scrambled to find alternate ways to get home.
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The salary range for my grade ranges from $66K to $118K. I equal the most experienced, seasoned person on my team. My performance has always been excellent in the over 6 years I have been in this department. I have over 25 years experience in the industry. There is one employee that is in the same pay grade that makes approx. 18%-20% more than the rest of the team (it was a favoritism issue-worked at same company prior). My performance has been equal or better than their performance throughout the 6 years.I am about $2K ($90.5K) shy of the mid-range for my pay grade and this person makes over $105K.I went to HR and advocated for myself for a bump in pay. I was shot down. There was also passive retaliation for it even though I was ensured there would not be.The problem here is that the rest of the team members are bumped up against this person in all aspects. Management shared with them that I went to HR. So, the high paid team member does everything to justify their hefty salary compared to everyone else. I have drawn boundaries and I have tightened up since being shot down by HR. I am protecting myself-looking out for me first. It can be defined as Quiet Quitting, but I prefer the term Quiet Living. Out of principal and once my corporation pays my worth, I keep my mouth shut and let the high paid team member go at it, but I will advocate for my other team members.
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As a male, going on age 79, I'm celebrating that I've gotten this far. It may be due to the healthy lifestyle (diet and exercise) that I and others have explored and developed. At 65, feeling stressed from work, I joined a "fit and trim" program at an Integrative Medical Center, a 3 month program, that shared instruction from a qualified nutritionist and physical trainer. As a biochemist and cancer researcher, I was an avid participant with myself a test case. An important insight was the time it took to develop new habits that stuck after stretching the program out to 5 months and the benefit became obvious. I was very surprised at how strong I got, from 10 pushups to my record of 400 non-stop pushups at age 70, pushing up from a low bar, that preceded 3 hour work-outs of strength and cardio conditioning. I loved how great I felt. I read that a team of 75 year olds nearly matched the record time for men bicycling across the US set by 40 year olds. Their physical trainer, an academic researcher, set this as the age that we could keep our fitness. I retired at age 70, spending part of my time traveling that cut into gym time. It became clear why lifespans are significantly higher in Italy, Spain and Japan, about 7.5 years in Japan. My exercise was reduced to walking, about 6 miles/day. As COVID hit, I isolated for a year with little exercise.After being vaccinated, I'm now back after 6 months. I long to get back to the gym but with COVID still circulating remain cautious.
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I think that the investment by our government is needed but it is only needed because these Tech co. abandoned the US for money. They continue to underpay top talent that is why US students do not want to take engineering courses that coast $150 grand just to make $80 grand when they graduate. So when these factories go on line they will have to pay top dollar or they will not work. Seems to me investors will need to get acquainted with the word haircut or down size when it comes to the money they make out of production. The American people are holding there collective tongues because of how much money we are throwing at co. that have billions in profits but still have there hand out for our money. It is a bullet the American people have to bite in order to keep our Democracy's alive around the world and the American people need corporate America to do its job and pay up and pay top dollar for American workers. That way we can rebuild the middle class they destroyed for a three percent profit when they moved to China.
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S.W I don't think having adult children shelling out $300 a month in utility bills a month, monthly mortage and other monthly living expenses is a good investment for the kids. The parents should sell that house ( which in Socal is probably around $700k or more) and downsize into a 1 bedroom condo (possibly in a cheaper location). Then use the profits off the sale (few hundred thousand dollars) after buying the condo to retire on without burdening their kids. They don't a whole house to clean, maintain and live in in their senior years. Who knows if when the parents die what the value of the house will be and what kind of taxes the kids will have to pay when prop 13 is most likely repealed. Then these adult children can invest their liquid cash in themselves for their future and their kids.
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stefanie Based on the piece, there are something like 1,500 spelling errors and omissions. $100K apiece gets you to $150 million which is a drop in the bucket of DOD's annual budget, which (FY 2022) is $1.6 trillion. So about one part in ten thousand. Sofa cushion change. And not one of those who made the errors and who ignored the warnings would suffer.
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I saw Tommy Paul play in person at the US Open last year. He has an incredible ability to dominate with big forehands. It was beautiful to watch. I have been a fan of his ever since.
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How’bout a Church that welcomes the Latin mass and the vernacular? How’bout a Church that defines “sacramental” marriage as one between adults that wish to commit to one another in the name of God? (I don’t know how Ross Douthat defines the term but gender really has nothing to do with it, regardless of how one chooses to interpret scripture.) If the Catholic Church wants to prosper, its leaders will quit promulgating exclusionary dogma and will begin opening their doors, their arms, their minds and their hearts to everyone of good will.
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One wonders how many H-1B visa holders are going to be laid off from Salesforce.With over 200,000 American technology workers let go last year alone, the myth that technology companies cannot find qualified workers is exposed for the transparent lie that it has always been. At best, about 2,000 H-1B visa holders bring to this country unique skills and experience. The sole reason the H-1B visa remains in use is because it allows companies to pay less money to foreign workers and to drive down wages for American citizens.Unlike any other country in the world, our citizens must compete with over 500,000 foreign workers here on the H-1B visa. No matter how bad the economy, no matter how bad the employment prospects are for American citizens, 85,000 foreign tech workers, each of whom can work in our country for seven years, are guaranteed visas.The H-1B visa has another insidious effect. Last year, India (the country perpetually granted the most H-1B visas) received $23 billion in remittances from the US. If American citizens held those positions presently occupied by H-1B visa holders, that $23 billion would be spent in the US, enhancing the virtuous cycle known as the Multiplier Effect, which benefits every level of the American economy: a rising tide lifts all boats.The H-1B visa program should be halted or severely curtailed, and nobody should be admitted to that program who does not provide unique abilities that do not already exist in our country.
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Dave What an interesting life you've led. I truly enjoyed this story, and (as I do with many of your stories) will keep it in mind when choosing how to respond to curmudgeonly types. There is often gold under that protective armor, isn't there? Now, off to do more sleuthing about the fascinating Mr. Jac Lewis. I've already learned that the book you mention ("Costume: The Performing Partner") has been used world-wide as a teaching text in theater art classes. Remarkable.
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$76 billion PROFIT...11,000 people laid off...Capitalism is killing us, we need to find a better way!
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The 1% is laughing all the way to the bank. We need to build intersectional social and environmental justice movements to address the climate crisis, widening wealth gap, rent slavery, and financialization of every aspect of our lives.
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VC funds tend to lock up investor capital for 7-10 years. And only about 2/10 portfolio companies make up a majority of the returns. What is true is that low investor confidence results in more trade sales and fewer IPOs. This is where the vc backed company is sold to another company. Often the buyer will require the company sell assets to settle debt. Venture capital investment is not the same as a loan. It’s entirely speculative and high risk. Returns are often largely reinvested into new opportunities/other companies. It is fashionable to hate on capitalism and finance but the truth is many companies would not even have a chance to exist without it, and workers would have even fewer jobs to compete for.
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Michael Plunkett MD - Wrong. Medicare Advantage is sold to "healthy seniors" and is effectively catastrophic insurance which leaves the "insured" on the hook for tens of thousands in costs IF they need specialized care.I have traditional Medicare Parts A and B along with a BCBS Supplemental Plan G - after my annual $385 Part B deductible, this plan covers every medical / doctor / specialist cost with ZERO deductible / ZERO co-pay. My premium is $185 / month - which is deducted from my SS benefit check each month. Last year I needed cardiac bypass operation - total costs approx $125K - my cost $12. I'll skip the so-called free dental exams and gym memberships to save thousands - tens of thousands when I actually need care.
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of course, neo-liberals and hardcore capitalists think this is a bad thing. However, population decline is a good thing when seen through the prism of the environment and even, perhaps, the long term sustainability of our global economy. Population decline is especially good for worker as we have seen not just from the most recent pandemic, but also, the Great Plague, which lead to wage increases and some (involuntary) economic reforms. We see here that it is also time that countries do a better job (I'm looking at you Japan, and the U.S.) of opening up their borders so that workers both skilled and "unskilled" can move around more freely (Yes UK, your idea is BAD) to where the work is.
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Forget about the bones, there’s Revolutionary War British Army payroll gold in the East River between the RFK Bridge and the Railroad bridge. A Royal Navy pay ship sank in Hellgate with was then millions of £ s of gold that was to pay the British Army in New York City and elsewhere in the Colonies.The gold was never recovered because the place where the ship sank is where the currents and tides from Long Island Sound and the currents and tides heading north from New York Bay meet. There were attempts to get the gold but the silt and mud have made any large recovery impossible.
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An important piece of information left out of this article is that Satya Nadella received 55 million dollars in "compensation" in 2022. Let's examine the way tolerance for outrageous levels of wealth inequality play a major factor in layoffs of more than 4% of the Microsoft workforce. And when you report on layoffs, let's not minimize the harm done to the ten thousand who lose their jobs by writing "less than 5% of their workforce," as if the layoffs were negligible and somehow thoughtfully executed with regard to the well-being of the workforce. Let's ask a question like, "What kind of sacrifice to the well-being of Satya Nadella would a compensation cut of 50 million dollars entail, and about how many other leaders of Microsoft (and other corporations) should the public be asking a similar question?
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DickeyFuller - "It has been almost impossible for anyone older than 45 to get an interview, much less a job, since the global financial crisis in 2008."I don't believe this, sorry. Plenty of people might not be able to get the jobs they WANT, or the jobs that are ideal, or jobs that fit their educational or occupational backgrounds, but there are plenty of factories and restaurants and construction companies with open slots for hard workers. If someone has been chronically unemployed since 2008, he needs to make some significant changes and compromises. Regardless, plenty of folks feel hopeless and despairing at times - I'm thinking of all the women currently being forced to endure unwanted pregnancies, for instance - and yet they somehow refrain from killing people. Depression is not an excuse, and it never will be.
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Couldn’t agree more! We are failing a real, true investment in quality education in the earlier parts of a child’s life. We need to emphasize critical learning skills as early as pre-K with standards of excellence in programming, taught by highly skilled well paid teachers across the country. Till then, we are just trying to fix deep rooted problems with band-aids.
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Ball :As a "now" Chicagoan, I agree. BYOB is great, when you can find it, but even if I have to pay corkage of $15-25, I'd rather that than $40-50 for a $ 10 bottle of wine.
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So an FBI agent key to the Trump/Russia investigation was on the take of Oleg Deripaska, a Russian working very closely with Paul Manafort (amongst other things Manafort received a $10 million loan from Deripaska). Does that about sum it up?
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Very cute...but did you include the analysis of how the interest on that debt will grow over the next 10 years as a percentage of total government expenses? No. Thats because that graph looks pretty scary, and Krugman wants to justify past debt accrual (which he did arguably well) without taking on the more scary proposition of how that debt will affect the economy in the next decade without massive spending cuts or huge increases in taxes.
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Well, if that's the max fee, then, if they were serious about this, they'd shut the Trump organization down permanently and break it up. As is, the $1.6 Million is a laughable sum that doesn't even cover New York's legal fees in this matter. This is just a very small cost of doing business for a major fraudster like Trump. He's laughing and laughing right now. What a joke!!
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Part of the problem in CA is that the people who built the infrastructure flunked Hydrology 101! The sewer openings are built into the vertical sides of the curbs, rather than into the road beds - hello: water flows downhill, not sideways! I've seen this time & time again. Additionally, they think that by putting up a sign that says "Road May Flood" solves the problem. The people who built the infrastructure here have NO CLUE as to how to handle water runoff.
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I remember back 40 years ago in San Francisco when Reagan's policies cleared out mental institutions (as they were called) and how shocked I and my friends were to see homeless people on the streets of San Francisco. Back then, housing was certainly affordable so the origin story of homelessness (or unhousedness?) is more about the mental illness factor than housing affordability. Of course, now mental illness, untreated, contributes significantly to the homeless situation in SF, compounded immensely by the cost of housing in SF and in CA in general. SF spent in 2022 $668 million (yes, that's over half a billion!) to address the problem, and it does so via non-profits, at least 25 of which gobble up the lion's share of the funds. And yet, the numbers seem to never diminish. <a href="https://sfstandard.com/public-health/the-standard-top-25-san-franciscos-top-paid-homeless-nonprofits" target="_blank">https://sfstandard.com/public-health/the-standard-top-25-san-franciscos-top-paid-homeless-nonprofits</a>/
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It is primarily the Republicans who have been responsible for the national debt, by massive tax cuts, mostly on corporations and the wealthy, under Reagan, GW Bush, and Trump. Of course, the Democrats were partly complicit based on their failure to re-raise taxes to any significant extent when they regained control of the government at various times since the 1990s (including most recently 2021-2023). Nonetheless, it is the Republicans who bear the bulk of the responsibility for the massive, $31 Trillion national debt, and their goal, it appears, has always been to "starve the beast," i.e. deprive the government of revenue so that popular social programs will eventually have to be cut. This is straight out of the far-right, libertarian playbook.All of that being said, we shouldn't downplay the dire situation that the nation is in debt-wise. At $31 Trillion, the debt is at approximately 100% of GDP, the highest level since the end of WWII. If things continue as they are, it's going to be far higher than this in the next decade or two, which I suspect will cause major problems.So yes, it's mostly the Republicans who are to blame for the massive national debt, but something still needs to be done about it. It should be addressed by raising top marginal rates on the wealthy and corporations, but I doubt that either party is capable of doing that.
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Fascinating If you were fascinated then you would know how her own father sold her to the tabloids for $$ ... $100k I believe is what it was. No child in their right mind would allow any more contact with a parent who does that. What's next? Him selling their children? Then there's her 1/2 sister, who has caused much more issues instead of supporting her sister like any normal sisiter would. It's very easy to judge - but and it is sadly unfortunate that Meghan is right on all of the issues. RF and palace behavior, articles have all proved her right. Not perfect, prob could've handled some things better, but, nonetheless no ever really is when confronted be craziness.
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No mention of Turkey, the country that embodies the border of east and west in Europe. Turkey holds the gateway to the Black Sea and openly colludes with Russia economically and In Mideast affairs. Turkey is NATO’s biggest weak link one foot in Russia taking in billions of Rubles and one foot in the western alliance holding up Finland and Sweden’s entry to NATO. With a flip of the a switch Turkey could close the Black Sea to all Russian shipping and military vessels and send its millions of Russian refugees home to reek havoc. Turkey could make Putin’s war a moot point by making the Crimea and Eastern Ukraine essentially land locked, but like Turkey did in WW2 it will milk both sides for the maximum economic gain.
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Give it up, nobody cares about a 10k fine he will recieve.
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I liked my experience with ChatGPT. The program calls itself an assistant and that is what I used it for. I asked it to critique a paragraph I wrote. It took me 9 iterations of the paragraph to satisfy it and it was fun to get that kind of instant feedback. This is a new tool that does something amazing. It could be evolved to help every student and provide personal tutoring. It could be evolved to help every stressed teacher, such that the system is designed to help students grow and help them through trouble spots. Teachers when they are given more help will have more energy to create a community of learners, and focus on human beings working together.Let's actively engage with AI to design it to help every student. How about teachers focusing on students slipping through the cracks and using AI to help pull them up? It's a new tool, and like all our tools we use them for good and ill. What is a good use of the tool? Being able to test ourselves seems like a good use. I go to the gym and use machines to strengthen my arms, why can't I open my laptop and use a program to test myself and try to improve my mind? This is new, what will it be like in 5 years? We need to get the good out of this tool, and we need to try to prevent and limit the harm.
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Curmudgeon51 Very true. And not the silly 50 gallon ones that fill up in one rainstorm. The cost of large rain tanks have tripled if not quadrupled since the pandemic - a 1,000 gallon one we got on our farm in 2018 cost $600 - which included shipping. Now? That's the cost of a 250 gallon one - before shipping. Our city sells them for over $1,000 apiece (more than retail) - while simultaneously providing completely subsidized weatherization programs. Our thousand-gallon one on our farm kept our garden and our ducks/chickens watered all year round. If people had these - along with greywater systems and waterless toilets - it'd be a game-changer.
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Dan Pont Thanks Dan. I too feel awe and joy at the mystery of existence. And I appreciate the delicate and well stated poignancy of your comment.Can I ask again, though? Do you know Socrates? Not the ancient Greek philosopher but one of the most highly recommended commenters in the New York times.He is quite eloquent, but I'm noticing more and more often someone among the 50-100 people who reply to his comments say something like, 'Yes, but all you do is complain, Socrates - do you have any solutions?"Well, I imagine that if you tried to tell EITHER Socrates or the complaining commenters something like: "Folks, do you think it at all possible that it is the very absence of joy and delight at the utter mystery of beauty of simply existing that may be at the root of all problems - from human contributions to climate change to poverty, war, hatred, etc?"Imagine their response. I don't think it would be welcoming.What could we possibly say to Socrates, Orion Clemens, Kathy Lollock (she'd be open, I think, along with her friends Phyllis and Marge - notice all 4, except Socrates, are women) that would not necessarily compel agreement, but might inspire a pause, a consideration that just possibly, since nothing else has ever seemed work, perhaps opening up to the unfathomable mystery of - as you put it - just existing - instead of letting fear of that void mystery send us running away in terror to get lost in our enjoyments or fix-it schemes - what if?
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Retiarius > Statistically, the FSD software suite when supervised is safer than humans or computer software alonThis is why the stats are misleading. They are gathered from enthusiasts who paid 10 to 15K for the feature and are goaded into a state of early adopter hyper vigilance.Ironically, driving a Tesla demands *more* attention from the driver, not less. I couldn't even drive with simple cruise control. From Arizona to California, with no cars nearby, the model Y would hard brake for no reason at all. This phantom breaking was happening several times an hour. Often enough to affect range prediction. So, I had to drive several hundred miles with manual accelerator. It was the most stressful road-trip I've ever taken. Guess I'm not a good early-adopter.
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Oscars ratings will be lower than ever. How many people have seen these movies? How many have heard of these nominees? A few here and there maybe. And of course broadcast is being abandoned in droves.The solution: partner with Netflix or Amazon or any streamer to show these movies in the time between their nominations and the awards. Maybe there could be an extra price for entrance to the "Oscars screening site." Let's say $10. Or it could be a good way for the streamers to get extra attention from prospective subscribers so maybe it's free.Anyway people can watch the nominees, debate them (why do streamers never have comments sections? add one for the Oscars screening area) and start to actually feel invested in the results. Then when the Oscars happen, they get streamed on the same site. Globally. That's a massive audience to tap into.But no the Oscars are run by dinosaurs so they'll just keep rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic as they sink beneath the waves.
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Those of us whose incomes can't keep up with the prices just have to eat more simply and make our own. Bread machines, crock pots and canning supplies are great investments, and most of us are already using less expensive meat, or just less of it. Somebody's eating the meat and fish that costs $20-30 a pound, but nobody I know!
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Steve G. He is accused of receiving almost a quarter million dollars. And that's only what we are aware of. That would go a long ways towards my early retirment.
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I’ve Been There I lived 13 years in Brazil and would take Lula over Bolsonaro any day.But what Americans don't know is that Lula is the biggest thief in Brazil's history.This is operation car wash where it is estimated his party stole billions.“estimated by the Regional Superintendent of the Federal Police of Paraná State in 2015 at R$6.4–42.8 billion (US$2–13 billion), largely through the embezzlement of Petrobras funds”<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Car_Wash" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Car_Wash</a>These days, news articles only mention Lula’s conviction for corruption charges that he accepted a condo and renovations from construction companies bidding on government contracts.But that was like getting Al Capone for not paying taxes.Having said that, I would still vote for Lula over Bolsonaro. That’s how bad Bolsonaro is.Also, not sure how good Lula will be for Brazilians but for the rest of the world and the Amazon and global warming, Lula will be better.So far, my favorite is Fernando Henrique Cardoso, president from 1995 through 2002.
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This is happening because the Lauren Boeberts of the world found an open window. It's not because anyone cares about fiscal policy or they think Kevin McCarthy shouldn't be speaker. It's all a cynical exercise in self-aggrandizement and headline grabbing, and they're too warped to understand the risks or implications.
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An elderly woman of 94 years young once said that people should knit whilst watching tv so as not to waste their time. She knit all sorts of great things but finished up her last five years in knitting up excess baby yarns into sweet baby outfits to donate to the hospital gift shop. I learned to knit in Grade 7, in a textile arts class. We knit large shawls on big needles and I thought it ugly and strange. A year later my aunt taught me how to knit with finer yarn and smaller needles and to knit the cable stitch. Wow. What an eye opener. Most of my friends knit, some are true artisans, knitting exquisite garments. My computer saavy grandsons perked up when I said that knitting resembled basic computer language with k = 1 and p=0. I taught the Grade 5 tech class to knit on their arms. The only kids who managed it immediately were those of Asian and South Asian heritage who had watched their grannies knitting and were often called upon to help wind skeins into balls. There’s a great history of knitting by Bishop Rudd in England. Finely Knit wool caps, leggings and sleeves were found buried in the mud of the wreckage of the War ship commissioned by Henry VIII, the Mary Rose, which sank in the English Channel with 700 lives lost. When I knit for someone it is as if part of my being is entwined within the garment to keep them safe and warm.
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Jake Wagner 100,000 have been lost in each side. This is a nuance that seems to escape you.Biden is an ineffectual placeholder who is not Trump, but this war in Ukraine is Putin's making, not Biden's. Putin had only to not invade and it would not be happening. Russai was not threatened in any way. Putin has delusions of Peterness.We (the US) do not negotiate ceasefires for nations being invaded by others. We will support them as long as it is in OUR interest (and this is not a bad thing, mind you) and as long as we don't get dragged into the middle of another European war.We solved Europe's problems (with the help of the USSR) in WWII. We defeated the aggressors in WWI.We don't actually owe Europe anything at this pont, but it is in our best interest to contain nations such as Russia. Eastern Europe knows this and appreciates the assist. Western Europe - did France and Germany learn nothing?
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As one of the Co-Curators of the Dance On Camera Festival at Lincoln Center, I was delighted when we tallied up the films we had selected out of 370 submissions. The majority of the curated filmmakers were Women! Dance Films Association will be screening 30 films (feature length, mid-length and Shorts), 19 of them are directed by women! The Opening Night feature, Call Me Dancer, is a documentary about an incredibly talented male dancer, discovered in the slums of Mumbai who now performs in New York City. The Director of this emotionally engaging film is Leslie Shampaine. Are Women Directors finally accessing more funding? Or is sheer determination that is getting them to put out these fiercely individual points of view? Come see their work - February 10 through 13, 2023. <a href="https://www.filmlinc.org/festivals/dance-on-camera-festival/#about" target="_blank">https://www.filmlinc.org/festivals/dance-on-camera-festival/#about</a>
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Our school districts spend about $10,000 per year for each child with the goal of helping children grow up to be responsible citizens and to be able to support themselves and their families. State and federal governments often supplement this amount.Then we turn around and accept huge numbers of poorly educated migrants who become dependent on costly welfare programs. Canada reserves 2/3’s of its annual migrant spaces for those whose advanced education would benefit the Canadian economy. We do the opposite. We reserve 2/3’s of our spaces for the extended family members (such as aunts and uncles) of those who are already living here, regardless of the applicant’s education. Canada manages to deter most illegal immigration; whereas we tolerate millions of illegal migrants, the vast majority of whom have little education. ( A 2/17 Inter-American Dialogue report "Educational Challenges in Honduras and Consequences for Human Capital and Development" said the average Honduran, age 15 and above, had a 4th grade education. It also said that Hondurans who had attended school for more years performed poorly on international tests for their grade levels, and that El Salvador and Guatemala had higher rates of illiteracy than Honduras.) Yale professors estimate that there were 22.1 million migrants living here illegally in 2016. Undereducated migrants need lots of aid, affordable housing, etc. We should be accepting only those who are true refugees.
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Terry Miller Indeed. Milton Freeman is a curse word or should be. Prioritizing shareholders is prioritizing the 1%. "The 1% hold 53% of stocks, worth $16.76 trillion. The bottom 50% of American adults hold only 0.6% of stocks, worth $19 billion. White Americans own 89.1% of stocks, worth $28.17 trillion. American families held an average of $40,000 in stocks as of 2019." The Gallup poll latest research for 2022. It took over 40 years but the Regan/Freeman policy has brought the American workers to its knees. And sadly, the journey to standing up again will be long and it's outcome more uncertain than ever.
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I am a retired accountant and an amateur chef. For decades, dinner guests have told me I should open a restaurant. The accountant side of me has replied that the prices I would have to charge would not allow for a viable business model. The pursuit of excellence is costly. Sourcing the best ingredients and combining them in extremely labor intensive recipes can create costs that cannot be fully borne by customers.
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IF ONLY....I could get paid bug bucks to write an open tell-all about my vicious, dysfunctional family, I would sign the contract tomorrow! Or even today!.... I say, "Cash in, kids!...While the topic is till hot!" ..Harry's family has been stabbing everybody in the back for generations!
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This is an amazing project, I am so moved by what he is doing and it brings a fresh perspective. The opening paragraphs made me think of some of the scenes in the first Avatar film (made 12 years ago so hopefully no spoilers but if you haven’t seen it, be forewarned), where precious ties to ancestors and memories are destroyed by bulldozers, unthinkingly. Bravo and thanks for this beautiful article so we can learn about this.
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Bob I think John is referencing inflation reducing the impact of those dollars combined with interest rates and economic misery reducing the number of those dollars, since most people keep sums of money that large invested for retirement.
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Davide your beliefs sound way too simplistic but I am NOT doubting you since you reside in Italy. Living in a house or an apartment doesn't end there. You still have to pay to keep the lights on (electrcity bill), gas to heat and bath, and put food on the table even if it's just you and your spouse. These 3 years have been quite expensive and I know for a fact that once the price of food goes up it never hardly ever comes down. Here in NYC it $5 for a gallon of milk, or a dozen eggs, or even a loaf of bread. A pound of the cheapest beef (stew meat for example) averages $12/pound. I'm on Medicare and the last 5 years I've had medical bills in excess of $5k when you count my monthly premiums, meds, deductibles and then you have to multiply that by 2 since it's me and the wife. I read all the heartbreaking stories of the indigent and what drives people to crime when all hope is lost. We should pray for our sons and daughters having to live in these current times!
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While living in Beijing in the early 2000’s, I watched while loads of American businessmen turned over the keys to the kingdom -largely intellectual property and know-how- to Chinese companies (that by law were associated with the Chinese government, and by extension the Communist Party) to get a slice of the Chinese market in joint ventures where the Chinese partner was/is the controlling interest. At the same time, American universities trained thousands of Chinese and other foreign national students in science and engineering. Some stayed; many returned to China because their experience in the US was not particularly welcoming, verging on racist. Still is, as evidenced by the steady rise in racially motivated hate crimes. At the time, it was predicted that the Chinese would overcome the US higher education system in STEM fields within 30 years. It has not taken that long. And now we have regressive Christo-Fascist parents across the US demanding to be in charge of public education, banning books and science, restricting girls, and allowing their sons to play video games and watch porn instead of studying. This was never going to end well…
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JacklynActually it is the GOP.. Republican Party who does not want to spend money on anything related to improving the lives of our citizens. Healthcare, education, Social Security, any gun safety laws.. the list goes on. The GOP is buttressed by right wing media.. Fox, Breitbart, Newsmax… labeling spending money on citizens as “socialism” and an assault on freedom. The GOP is bought and paid for by corporate money thanks to the John Roberts Supeme Court decision in the Citizens United case. Citizens United case opened the door to unlimited corporate money in US elections coupled with no accountability to report the sources of the money. Thanks to the right wing reporting we, as citizens, are so fractured we cannot come together to vote in the best interests of the future of our country.
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After I test drove a Tesla Model S in 2014, I knew that EV’s were here to stay. The car simply outperformed most gas cars, including the one I own. The problem for me was that I couldn’t afford the $95,000 price tag. But, I knew that it would only be a matter of time before the price of EV’s became reasonable and sales would take off. I remember the first HDTV I saw for sale in the 1990’s. I think it was a 720P and about 42 inches and it cost $14,000. Recently, I bought a 50 inch 4K for less than $300. Human ingenuity made it happen and it will happen with EV’s, too. It already is happening.
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Morgan Haha...thats funny. Invest in their employees, beyond giving them snack and nap times, and free lattes? Good one! Wake me up when Corp America goes back to that very short and lamented and storied past, where they invested in keeping people employed, versus paying out to stockholders, the Board and Executives.
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Leaders in western democracies would do well to think with an infinite mindset, beyond the battlefield. Ukraine is not just defending itself, it is fighting for a just cause - one that we all believe in. Ukraine's victory is the key that will unlock a better world, the knock-on effect bringing freedom to millions of people in different parts of the world who today are supressed by autocratic regimes.
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I have a pretty tight regime thats been effective in managing these issues. I use a Protonmail email account for all personal communications - it is free, encrypted and blocks all ads and spam. I have a Gmail email that I share occasionally with businesses for sites that require email info, I receive spam by the bucketload to Gmail and delete it by the bucketload too - never opened. I also strictly use Duck Duck Go for search and browsing, never Google - no ads, and all search history and cache can be deleted after each use (zero tracing). I have switched off all the locational permissions for apps I use, and never consent to a website knowing where I am. As a result of all this work, my main email account is completely free of spam and ads, and when I load a website, I don't get any ads (DDG blocks them all). I essentially use the Web and email privately and without being followed. It takes work but totally worth it
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Cert The problem comes when the Rs refuse to keep the government open or choose to upend the global economy if they don't get their way.
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Financial investments in U.S. based chip manufacturing are great.That said there needs to be a reckoning with the short-sighted business practices and that led to the foolish destruction of what had once been a thriving state of American chip manufacturing.I worked in chip domestic manufacturing until it was decimated by short-sighted free trade policies, globalization, and the greed of Wall Street. For increased profits the executives chose to offshore our production and our jobs and our government made it easy for them to do so. All that mattered was appeasing Wall Street. You would expect such priorities from Republicans. That Democrats, starting with Bill Clinton, embraced them was nothing short of a betrayal of their working-class voters.Now we have to start from behind. Hopefully a lesson will be learned here and remembered the next time the free-trade crowd starts making rosy promises about the benefits of their ruinous, for everyone but Wall Street, policies.
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I’ve been getting mine from a retired former coworker for $3 a dozen since before the pandemic. He said a few months ago that he appreciates our steady business and is not going to raise prices. Granted, the egg business is mostly something to keep him busy in retirement—he’s not exactly a tycoon. This is the power of personal connections.
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PickyPickyNJ My spouse had incredible pain from arthritis that made it near impossible for them to move and have a life.When she was diagnosed with a glioblastoma brain tumor, she passed 10 months later, you would think it would have become easier to get pain relief. Nope. She was literally told that 'we don't want you to become addicted',When she finally started hospice that was when the flood gates were opened. Vicodin, oxy, morphine were given to us to use as needed.
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It is way past time to face facts re 9/11.Our "allies and partners" in Saudi Arabia encouraged and financed the jihadists that brought about the attack that killed thousands of our fellow citizens and thoroughly traumatized the rest of us. They may have thought that Bin-Laden and his minions couldn't possibly pull it off, but they ardently wished for it to happen.Having this come out in open court for all the world to see, simply cannot be allowed.
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Gondolfo: In passing, this reminds us that all compensation, including stock options and carried interest, should be taxed as ordinary income and subject to the Social Security tax. (Kyrstin Sinema, bless her heart, made certain that the carried interest loophole was kept open.)
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UT that's about $100 for every man, woman, and child in Los Angeles county. I hope it will be put to good use.
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To be blunt. 'Free Speech' comes with a bucket load of Responsibilities. These thoughts come from Snow Crash, a sci-fi book by Neal Stephenson (1993) in which he coined the phrase 'Metaverse' and showed us the world as it might be. Here are some of his thoughts about lack of Regulations. Without regulations, we are more 'vulnerable'. The situation (in this case Deep Fakes) leaves us 'wide-open', 'undefended', 'anyone can do anything with no cops' , 'can't defend self', 'can't chase the bad guy'. When we don't regulate, we don't protect. When we don't protect then the most corrupt can do what they want and they do it big. 'Personal Freedoms' are what you think, feel, say, eat, put in your body, do with your body. However, as you as you interact then you have Personal Responsibilities. In other words, you can go off to live alone to have your 'personal freedoms'. If you cut down all the trees, kill all the game, use your water as a toilet then you have NOT taken Responsibilities. Read Snow Crash because it's scary how accurately from 1993, he could see where all of this is heading. No, we don't need robots to take over work. We don't need AI. We don't need bio-metrics etc. We need to take care of The People, Planet, Water, Soil, Air, and All Species. I'm 78 and this scares me.
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Say what you will about Microsoft, they at least gave laid-off workers 1.5 weeks of building and intranet access so they could say goodbye to colleagues. They trusted people not to sabotage anything.I'd bet this may even be better for the company--layoffs aren't just terrible for those who are laid off, they are seriously demoralizing for those who remain. A chance to connect in person helps people on both sides.
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NYT Fan ~ So sorry you experienced such cruelty. He was a terrible, narcissistic partner -- in the best of health. If you're still open to love, you might be able to make friends, and make it clear that it goes no further unless they are all in, and sure of that.You were lucky to escape the loser, and maybe you're luck will stretch to a winner next time.Wishing you good health and good loving.
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"Young Koreans have well-documented reasons not to start a family, including the staggering costs of raising children, unaffordable homes, lousy job prospects and soul-crushing work hours.”This , most of all , is what it is all aboutore a country " that recognize diverse companionships, like France, have been more successful at stabilizing or even bumping up births.That is not what isFrench child benefits: Examples The birth allowance 948.27 € The adoption allowance 1 896.52 € The basic allowance (allocation de base – Ab) The complementary allowance for childcare Monthly Government pays , tax brake class 1Family allowance for 2 children131.95 €Family allowance for 3 children301 €Per extra child169.06 €Increase for children from the age of 14 y.o.65.97 €Flat-rate allowance83.44 €One Euro = 1.09 US dollarsIt is government pay not ‘diverse companionship “ that lifted the French birth rate.
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My father was a scientist who worked for AT&T Bell Labs. His innovations we use every day. The problem is you can spend a lot of money on research and get nothing in return. So, if you are looking for breakthroughs, you better be willing to open your wallet and expect little in return. When the breakthroughs come, they are big. AT&T was the cash cow for Bell Lebs. There are no research facilities like the labs anymore. It's too bad.
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I once had an entry level job with a 6 month probation. When the time came for the 6 month review, I was told, without any specific criticisms, that my performance had not been up to snuff. However, they liked me, and wanted to extend the probation 2 more months. I signed an agreement to do this, and a day or two later, my boss discovered the intial 6 month probation was legally binding. She rewrote my evaluation, making me a much better employee than I was, and gave me a warm welcome. I worked there for almost 10 years.
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RT Jeff Fortenberry was convicted of lying to FBI, McCarthy and Nancy Pelosi called for his resignation in 2022. Fortenberry was convicted on three felony charges connected to his statements to the FBI about illegal campaign contributions.The FBI should be questioning Santos right now about the $700k he gave his campaign.
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Hmm . . . Benioff takes "full responsibility" and also took home 28 million in total compensation for 2022. Anyone else see an issue with that?
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It's only worth $23,000 if they sell it.
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Tautologie Er, visas are for sale to businessmen and it's perfectly legal. It's called an investor visa EB-5, and plenty of people with $900,000 get one. This has been a thing since 1990 when Congress approved it.
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Let’s please don’t forget another provision slipped into the Omnibus Bill by Zoe Lofgrin the Chair of the House Administration Committee without any debate. The House rules were changed to reimburse members $34,000. for the cost of lodging, food, travel and other items while on official business in DC. If all 440 members avail themselves of this PAY RAISE the total to taxpayers would be $15.1 million according to the report in the NYT.
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A $500 million Capital investment then a $ 500 million license fee and its not going to be about casinos?
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It is hard to feel sorry for the middle-class voters that switched to the Conservatives who were quite open about what their plans for the social safety net and the NHS were.Voting for Brexit in Britain was similar to voting for Trump here. You were voting against your financial and physical well-being to get back at liberals, immigrants, Blacks, and uppity women.The Torys blamed their sins on the EU and promised everything would be roses and unicorns after Britain was made great again.The next general election will be interesting to see. Have Labor and the Liberals stepped their self-inflicted wounds and are they willing to work together to thrash the Conservatives, or not?
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YiaYia One minor correction. I don't think of it as 'spending', I think of it as a country 'investing' in its people.The WW2 GI bill and all the investing in STEM after Sputnik are excellent examples. The range of technological achievements in the decades after ranging from materials science, environmental improvements, aeronautics and space, healthcare, and computing are the result.Plus the ending of the Cold War without a shot being fired. I'd say it's quite a good return on the investment.
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I can't help but feel that if the ever-increasing obsession parents and kids have with the "top 20" and, even more so, with the "Ivy League + SM" went away, none of this would even be worthy of discussion. Mr. Zhao is a case in-point. He was/is willing to spend (from the sounds of it) up to $2.0 MM to get his kids into a school that won't provide the kind of ROI he should seek for at least 10 years (depending on the area of study). I realize that there are people out there who really drink the Ivy League prestige Koolaid (and that many of them are recent Asian immigrants), but is that kind of payment really worth the price of admission? I am much more concerned about the fact the top schools do virtually zero to support the communities in which they have so-called "non-profit" status, and the give back to society at large is generally nil. As an earlier commenter pointed out, there are literally hundreds of universities and colleges that provide great educations and that is where the focus should lie.
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You can really tell that Stephens is out of touch with the working world when he is concerned about the poor folks who struggle with incomes about $400K/year. This is emblematic of "elite" Cons (Republ-cons). The rich don't experience the world the same way as others. And they usually lack empathy. Their looking glass is green: the green of the holy dollar rather than the green, say, of larger issues like the environment. (Note: Stephens has a history of denying climate change, probably because he spends all his days in an air conditioned cubicle.)
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Those hundred of billions of dollars you claim to have been given to African countries- a false claim since 70 to 90 percent is recycled back to donor countries- were to prop up systemic arrangements to pump trillions out of Africa though unfair trade. Matthew 7:5 take the beam from your own eye…
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KW Not I, who remembers hamburger at $0.33/lb. 🌸🐝🌸
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Weisselberg got five months for $2M in tax fraud. I, along with most of my buddies, got two years in the military for $170 a month. Is that the way it’s supposed to work?
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MarkS A green economy that will benefit the working class NOT AT ALL! The Chips act? Whoopee a great deal for the Donors and the professional class, the rest of us? Are you honestly going to say that Schumer & Pelosi millionaires' both are on the side of the working class? Can you say that with a straight face?And for those about to do a song and dance about ACA. What good is an insurance plan that costs $550 a month with $5K+ deductible to a man making $30k a year? A gift to the insurance companies it was & is. The rest of us? Hardly!And how many of those new jobs you're boasting about pay a living wage? And how many pay Walmart wages? I think you'll find Walmart wages ahead exponentially!
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EPA has mission creep in a big way thanks largely to this Administration. EPA’s traditional role as regulator is now morphed into check writer and preferred solution funder. And that’s not a good thing. An agency with annual budget of ~ $9 billion now doling out inflation reduction act project spending of $46 Billion for their great pet experiment with electrification of transportation and other sectors of the economy. Is that in the best interests of the people? Passing regulations and setting standards is one thing but spending large sums of money on pet projects is not an objective activity. The media should be asking these questions too. Especially since as Mr.Regan said ,,,,now that the EPA has some “walking around money.”
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Even as a sixty plus wine drinker, I find that wine in the USA be it domestic production or imports are expensive for the level of quality you get. I am fortunate enough to be able to travel extensively, and I have travelled to numerous wine producing countries. In most of them, you can buy very decent wines for under 10 us dollars. And if you go to a wine bar or restaurant, the mark up on the wine is a fraction of what it is in this country.So you want to attract younger people? Start by ensuring that decent wine is available at affordable prices.
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Joe From Boston absolutely right on money. He’s just there to collect paycheck. $55,000 per year to almost $200,000 a year is a massive raise. I am not sure but who knows he may get pension for life if he manages to stay there for 2 years . People like him have no shame, he’s just there for himself. He must be in jail.
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Yes, the "fiduciary" standard is important, and one should insist on it -- IN WRITING, but the CFP credential -- "certified financial planner" -- is the gold standard credential for fee-only financial advisors. Why is that not mentioned? This article, and its writer, are uniformed. Why are RIAs (registered investment advisor) mentioned, but not CFPs? Would an expert please reply? A RIA is trained in investments, but a CFP is trained to help people in a more holistic manner with their financial life.If I had a windfall, I would put the stock portion in a mutual fund or ETF that follows the market (S&P 500, or the Total Stock Market Index). I would hire a CFP by the hour to take my whole financial situation into account. They would help with the RATIO of stocks to fixed income to cash, and also other investments like real estate. Stay away from things you don't understand. Get advice on how to survive for 4-5 years in case the market tanks. Also, I would get advice re: taxes, retirement account withdrawls, social security, insurance, and estate planning. This is "wealth management" -- the whole picture. But don't give anyone a percentage of your assets that are sitting in index funds.Old-fashioned "brokers" work on commission, and they only make $ when they buy or sell. They are ripping you off. Stick with a fiduciary by the hour, or on a retainer to make trades on your behalf. Keep your money with a major discount brokerage like Fidelity, Vanguard, or Charles Schwab.
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Big tech has made many products so inexpensive that it's cheaper to buy a new one than spend the labor costs to repair a broken one (how many people will spend $150 to repair a $200 printer?). And unlike the American car manufacturers who invented planned obsolescence by making sure their products degraded right after the warrantee expired, high tech products become obsolete because advances occur so quickly. Customers should certainly be able to replace their batteries and screens with aftermarket products, but in general the productive life of anything with a chip in it is about 3 years unless one is happy to live with an old operating system (like my mother, who uses a 10 year old iPhone but never texts, orders or TikToks :-))
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Daedalus I pay $1.09 per month for the ad blocker that's been very successful for me. I've never seen an ad on the NYT, LA Times and several other paid subscription sites.It's well worth it too because the text flows as well as if the actual physical paper is in my hands.
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"The B.C.G. vaccine is more than a century old and generic, and drug makers have shown little interest in investing in research and development related to it. Newer treatments often carry eye-popping prices. One newly approved drug, teplizumab, may delay the onset of Type 1 diabetes by a few years but costs nearly $200,000 for a two-week treatment course." This is a big problem. There is no incentive for researchers to do this kind of research. None.
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V The article was prompted by a report, which there is a link to, about the measurable contribution which pollution from gas stoves has to childhood asthma. Have a look - it is significant and proven.This was a health study.If journalists choose to write also about the co benefit of reducing gas use for climate change reasons - that is up to them. But it does make sense that this could be a case of being able to "kill two birds with one stone". I won't, however, be getting rid of my gas stove, because it was new when I bought the house recently. I appreciate the reminder to always run the rangehood or open a window, which, along with filtering air and changing to electricity, are ideas offered to mitigate against these pollution risks in our homes.
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"LastPass’s public response to the incident thrusts responsibility on the user, but ... that doesn’t absolve the company of responsibility." That is putting it mildly. That response is an egregious example of the lack of personal responsibility plaguing us, especially at a company supposedly guarding sensitive financial info. Their CEO, Karim Toubba, should be perp-walked in public for his company's criminal negligence: the crooks got in simply "by using credentials and keys stolen from a LastPass employee." You don't guard Fort Knox with a chain-link fence. LastPass should have had layered defenses; one employee's credentials shouldn't have opened the flood gates to thousands of customers' private data. That the CEO would try to thrust responsibility back to users - REALLY SHAMEFUL!
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