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The failure of Congress to enforce the STOCK act as our legislators pile up massive fortunes in office while in theory they make less than $200k a year contributes greatly to the sense that our government is bought and paid for. Whether it be a remarkable ability to invest in certain stocks, or just outright grift, it is not lost on Americans that our government is not about what is best for them.
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I fed Open AI’s chat bot an assignment from my class and it produced decently written, generic analysis. Still an F because it did not cite any of our text.Then I fed it the same assignment with specific instructions to employ carefully selected evidence, using the edition of the text we assign.Choke.The panic on campuses is way too premature. It only renders obsolete poorly designed assignments.
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"LKAB said it could take 10 to 15 years or more before the metals were delivered to market because of the lengthy environmental studies and other work required to open a mining facility in Europe."This is one of the not-often acknowledged realities of our transition away from fossil fuels. In the Western world, it frequently takes 1-1/2 to 2 decades before a mining deposit's products reach the marketplace.At some point, we'll be asked which we want first: moving away from fossil fuels as soon as possible, or continuing with the present set of environmental constraints we've chosen over the past five decades.
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Kudos to dr. Zeynep Tufecki for shedding ever more light on a family so anchored on keeping their ill-gotten and parasitical lifestyle in perpetuity that they are willing to feed their kindred to the sharks. It takes one person -the power of one- to open people's eyes.Diana tried. She lost her life because of it.Harry is only doing what is right, and I applaud him.
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American airlines eh? I have just had the experience of Chicago O'hare closing down the terminal trains on Dec 23, waiting in line for almost 3 hours and then being told by American Airlines that they only 'take care of their own passengers first' (as any regular AA passenger can say, this is also not true), and told me I had to to contact Aer Lingus through whom I had booked the flight. Aer Lingus has now told me that EU rules will not apply as it was not an EU origin flight. I am now waiting on the insurance. My family had booked a flight for the next morning, judging correctly that AA would not be able to complete contractual obligations. $233 later for the hotel and 16,000 air miles for the flight it seems nobody is responsible (and no, there was a dusting of snow and no wind - this weather report brought to you by me waiting for a $17 taxi ride 2.4 miles away). O'Hare must have some of the best lawyers on staff and many a politico in their pocket if they can install a train system that can't run in cold weather. Newspaper accounts show this has been happening for months (including warmer months).The return trip was with another airline through another airport and was excellent. But, unlike JF from PA I will avoid AA at all costs and O'hare as if it is a plague pit. I will use EU based carriers which do have compensation laws.
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There should be more of an investigation into where the 13 billion dollars spent on helping the homeless is going. The “disjointed” and “decentralized” approach lacks fiscal oversight and accountability. Where is all this money allegedly going? <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-25/audit-california-agency-bungled-covid-funds-homeless" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-25/audit-california-agency-bungled-covid-funds-homeless</a><a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/13/did-san-jose-spend-its-homelessness-funding-wisely-a-state-legislator-wants-to-check/amp" target="_blank">https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/13/did-san-jose-spend-its-homelessness-funding-wisely-a-state-legislator-wants-to-check/amp</a>/<a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/quality-of-life/2021/02/11/audit-california-homeless-spending-set-policy" target="_blank">https://www.kpbs.org/news/quality-of-life/2021/02/11/audit-california-homeless-spending-set-policy</a>
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Literally never seen any of these brands at any of our local grocers, but who cares as it's cheaper and tastier to just make your own pizza. We bought a pizza stone for $40 during the early months of the pandemic and never looked back. Homemade pizza crust, sauce and good fresh ingredients? No comparison. Enough of pushing the processed foods.
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I like the idea of Secretary Yellin authorizing 10 $1 trillion dollar coins to be deposited in the Federal Reserve. This $10 trillion would get us past the debt limit fracas and give the Democrats the ammunition to nullify the crazy Republicans and rout them in the 2024 elections!!!
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channa I lived in Canada and loved their healthcare system. Yes, there are waits, but at least you will get in and you will be able to have healthcare. You forgot the mention the "waits" Americans have. Wait for a job with coverage. Wait until open enrollment, wait until you get married and will have spousal coverage, wait until you are poor enough for Medicaid. Wait until you are old enough for Medicare. Wait until you die first in many cases. Your 3-4 week wait is a non issue comparatively.
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Blossom $1 million is way too low: from the article, "One study found that each murder costs society about $17.25 million in policing, courts, incarceration, lost productivity and insecurity."Maybe $1 million property damage coverage, and $20 million liability. Premiums should be quite steep at these rates.
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according to the financial media, europe is going through a growth cycle. the mis-information campaign coming from wall street's shameless cheerleaders is in full force. inflation is "cooling"? gas prices are coming down? china is "re-opening"? recession? what recession? corporate earnings are flat this quarter? lay off 10,000 workers. do another stock buy-back. millions of americans lost their homes and their jobs during the great recession. thanks wall street.
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Is anyone surprised? Here's a partial list of what preceded this GOP operative's actions over the past 12 years: • Rep. Paul Gosar's violent slasher video directed against Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in 2021• The plot to kidnap and murder Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan in 2020• Rep. Marjorie Greene's outrageous support for the execution of Democratic leaders - including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - in 2018 and 2019• Trump's infamous call for those "Second Amendment people" to do in Hillary Clinton had she won in 2016• The despicable Republican "crosshairs" ad targeting Democrats that Sarah Plain endorsed just before Democratic Rep. Gabby Giffords got shot back in 2011GOP apologists will bring up the shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise by an obviously deranged person to bolster their "both sides do it equally" arguments, but there is just no comparison. Right-wingers love to point out that Scalise's would-be assassin was a Bernie Sanders supporter, but Sanders has never called for violence against his political rivals. So enough with the false equivalencies.The GOP depends increasingly upon voter suppression and the open threat of violence against Democrats because Republicans know they can't win elections otherwise. The more fundamental tragedy is that in adopting such garden-variety fascist tactics, Republicans are only reflecting the views of their most loyal voters, many of whom wear T-shirts proclaiming "I'd rather be a Russian than a Democrat."
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Tom Ruppel His financial disclosures seem to suggest he made a lot more than $174,000.00 per year recently.
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John Pavlosky sir we are the second largest contributor of weapons behind the US. And the largest when it comes to Economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. We have taken and welcomed one million Ukrainians (three times Pittsburgh) to our land with open arms and massive solidarity. Please be a little more reasonable and look at the entire picture. Regards from Germany.
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The end of free money in the form of zero interest rates is wringing a lot of froth out of tech.The flood of investment in questionable startups and boondoggles like Zuck’s alternate universe aren’t cutting it anymore.No one’s happy to see anyone lose their job. But this is a correction to the business reality of a need to actually produce cash flow and profits.
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I do wonder how work relationships will evolve. I still look back fondly on weeks like Christmas week where all the managers were off and us youngsters could take two hour lunches like “the adults” and get to know each other. Same for Friday evenings where many of us went to a bar a few blocks from our NYC office to chill for a bit. That faded away as we matured, met life partners, started families and moved to the burbs but their were younger employees to take our bar stools.I now work for an international corporation and work with many outsiders around the planet. But thanks to social media I still remain in contact with work friends I made in my youth. Many I no longer work with, one is a very high up executive in the company I stayed in and am comfortable chatting with her, something that wouldn’t be possible if not for our work relationships in our youth.That said, even when younger in a much less social media world, I did manage to make professional friendships with those I never physically met. It was mostly by email and phone calls back then. It was just natural for friendly chat before getting into the reason for the call and before long, if it was someone I was in contact regularly, we’d discuss other matters, such as children, sports or whatever before getting into the purpose of the call/email.
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Where are you getting that "well-insured patients owe nothing or a co-pay of $20 to $35 a month for insulin"? I have top tier private insurance (university job), and I have consistently paid between $50 and $60 for my insulin since 2012. That was the year most US insurance companies made insulin a "Tier 2" drug subject to coinsurance, where the patient pays a percentage (typically 20%) of the medication's list price as opposed to a flat copay. In my experience, this pattern is remarkably consistent across insurance companies.
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John What´s going to happen is plain to see:After some months of continuous public high energy beef G.O.P. will call for a "strong man" to end this mess that is undeniably untenable in the long term.Like in 2015/2016 when approximately the same thing had happened - only hidden by the fact that GOP shied away from a spectacular open public conflict just because even such formal rules like now were finally not required due to the personality of Mr. Ryan - so Mr. Trump could appear.History repeating - except that Mr. Trump is too weakened so there will another saviour enter the stage. He just has to let them tear themselves apart for a nice long time. Good things come to whom who doesn´t make his move too soon.
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Imagine if the gov put $350 billion into public transportation
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Kirk C If the economy is runnng at full capacity and the money supply is expanded, then I will grant that you have a point - but a world where Americans face toilet paper shortages and there are 10 million jobs waiting to be filled is anything but normal times or an economy running at full capacity. Look at the way the American economy has absorbed record interest rate increases in the last 10 months while continuing to add millions of jobs. Also look at how high inflation continues to be a serious problem in Canada and Mexico and other countries overseas as the global economy still suffers from serious dislocatons caused by the COVID emergency now approaching it's 3rd year- are you saying that the FED also caused the global inflation?Monetary policy is interesting and all - but it isn't the be all and the end all. If you are going to talk about the economy, at some point you actually have to talk about the economy. This inflation bears similaity to the very high inflation that existed in the 1940s after World War II ended when the economy suffered serious dislocations returning to normal after, you guessed it, a multi-year global emergency. Funny how that works.
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Private equity does nothing good for anyone beyond its partners.
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Microsoft worked in shady ways in regards to its software competition since the beginningMicrosoft Windows is actually bloated, poorly designed software.Microsoft is a company that has never made good decisions concerning new R & D. Microsoft needs to sink into the sunset before it creates more user unfriendly trash.
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Perhaps the biggest problem with these corporate business practices is that they prey on young people who have little or no sales resistance or awareness of the problem, in part because they live much of their lives on social media. Most of them will never see articles like this.It's also true that the aforementioned young people are not huge consumers, if only because most of them have little income. But when they "come of age" as consumers, their lives will be an open book to the corporate world, as well as scammers, spammers and fraudsters.Most of the techniques mentioned here lose their effectiveness after person's personal information is out there, since things like new email addresses can be tracked by other means.
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Jim Which cities are struggling? Your perception probably does not match reality there. Not everyone loses sleep over congressional seats. Water rationing out west along leaves me unconcerned about long term demographic trends. There are a handful of major investments in the state that bode well for the future too. 5 people out of a hundred is the difference between a red and blue state, not so different. Charlotte seems like a pretty nice place from what I hear. I'll have to check it out myself before I opine on how it is.
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One thing to look out for in this upcoming Congress: national security issues regarding Elon Musk. His flirtation with Medvedev, even as he is supplying Starlink Internet satellites to Ukraine, could severely compromise Ukraine’s defense. Remember a Russian businessman and Saudi investor provided money for him to acquire Twitter. NASA is having serious reservations about Musk’s harsh management of SpaceX and his lack of expertise in aerospace. He is increasingly displaying labile and manic behaviors that could make him a target for Russian and Chinese spies; his use of controlled substances further indicates he could release classified information, especially now that he is losing money and piling up debt. His right turn under the guise of free speech, considered next to the GOP’s affinity for Russia, creates a delicate situation and potential security risk. If the new House wines and dines Musk, promises him tax breaks and entree into high ranking positions with Space Force, Musk’s once noble ambitions to advance green energy and colonize the moon and Mars could give way to more mundane ambitions to collude with the conservative movement here on Earth. I would pay special attention to how Musk might defect to foreign or domestic political movements that would undermine American tech and sell advanced technologies to the highest bidder to offload his debt and maintain his status. He was pictured in Qatar with Kushner and Arab moguls eager for tech transfer.
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Mike We need more strait talk from management.Open the loch it's Nessie in there.
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Over the years, we have read about all of the expensive, sophisticated weapons systems that are gladly funded by Congress and are produced by corporations that fund their political campaigns, in spite of the fact that those systems are always way over budget, always delayed by many years, can't support their assigned missions, are down too long for maintenance, have poor inventory support, and are constantly requiring software and hardware changes -- because they can't perform their intended purpose.If we have learned anything from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, it is that he U.S. and [particularly] its NATO allies are not prepared to protect themselves if a war should break out -- because of the serious lack of manpower and equipment. The military is not a priority in Canada and Europe. And the defense industries prefer to reap the huge profits from expensive never-ending projects that often cannot perform their assigned missions and whose costs no one ever properly audits. Money trumps patriotism in the conjoined world of defense industries and Congress.
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A special counsel's investigation typically is a long process. In the meantime, when a president or former president is under investigation, the political vitriol runs unchecked for many months or years in Congress, the media, and the social media.Any special prosecutor appointed to investigate a president or former president for a violation of 18 USC s. 1924 should bring the investigation to a close with 90 days. The facts are unlikely to be subject to reasonable dispute. The law may require some judicial rulings, as section 1924 provides for imprisonment up to five years for the knowing removal of such documents without authority and with the intent to retain them at an unauthorized location. However, a special prosecutor can interpret the statutory provisions reasonably (where there is no precedent) and still conclude the investigation within 90 days. If charges are appropriate, the law should require that they be filed within 30 days after the conclusion of the investigation.I realize that the ensuing court case may languish, but the investigative phase should not be open-ended. I'm not sure how the principals feel at the conclusion of an investigation conducted by a special counsel, but often these investigations are costly and seem disproportionate to the alleged crimes. Too often, at the end of the day, the whole sorry process undermines the public's faith in our criminal justice system.
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Look Ahead My sister-in-law, an intelligent woman whose politics veered right, died in a COVID ward when Jacksonville became the epicenter of the pandemic in the late summer of 2021. Skeptical of the pandemic and of the necessity of vaccines (despite all of our urgings), she waited too long to get the vaccine, testing positive whenever she went for the shot. So, yes, Florida was "open for business," but at what cost? She was just one of so many who believed DeSantis's minimizing the pandemic - and she paid with her life. For this, as well as a myriad of other reasons, DeSantis would never get my family's vote.
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I once hoped that the required minimum tax would put enough money into government support of early education, day care, and carbon-free energy (including nuclear). A true minimum tax rate on all income turned out to be a fantasy. Meanwhile the Fed has a perfect opportunity to raise by .5% and shock the speculative players without increasing the chance of recession. We can't count on the Fed's available mechanisms to bolster the lower 80% without inflation for long.
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I don't find the authors' idea of interesting science, well, interesting.I suppose the authors would say that going from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits with 10-15 billion transistors isn't interesting, because they're all just gates.Or learning how to manipulate DNA with CRISPR and other techniques isn't interesting, because DNA's structure was discovered 70 years ago.Or learning enough about cells to understand the role of mRNA, and figure out how to get mRNA injected into a body's cells also doesn't count as innovative, because again, DNA's structure was already known.Or CAR-T cancer therapies aren't innovative, because, well, who knows?Or building a world wide information utility with billions of users isn't disruptive, because Alexander Bell already invented the telephone.Or being able to find out where you are anywhere on Earth based on tracking clock signals from satellites moving 18,000 MPH, and putting all that stuff in the phone that you carry around in your pocket isn't innovative, because we already had maps.There sure seems to be a lot interesting and disruptive innovation, when I look at it.
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A 30 egg box at Walmart costs 4$ more from last month.
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The poor of South Dakota, including farmers, insisted that the expansion of medicaid under the ACA be added onto the ballot for the 2020 election, even though the governor was opposed to that expansion. For the Democrats not to be rumming candidates in some of these seemingly solid red areas is a mistake. I was surprised there were no Democratic candidates in some districts of Florida.
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Thank you, NYT, for this excellent article. I was aware of at least one bit in this bill that affected me directly - the healthcare premium subsidy. It will save me about $18k in premiums over the next three years, just long enough for me to qualify for Medicare. Now THAT'S government taking care of kitchen table issues and why I vote Democratic.
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Get ready for two years of the Committee to Investigate the Committee on January 6th, impeachment of any Biden administration official who might so much as give Donald Trump a speeding ticket, and volcaninc histrionics when it comes time to keep the government open or raise the national debt ceiling. But enough voters decided that they were perfectly fine with this that the rest of us are stuck.
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Myasara I agree.No solutions for healthcare, poverty, helping the economy for rural America, affordable college. The list goes on.Even the things Republicans criticize, the border, inflation and crime, Republicans only complain. They don't offer solutions.The author mentions Trump's 2017 tax cuts. But those were 90% for the wealthy and they put the bill on our credit card.It increased the deficit from $600 billion to $1 trillion.Though probably the Fox audience / Republican voters never heard these details.
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I wont go into the medical research, which is very limited and far too often supported by uber Pro-factions, who have already invested heavily in Pharmaceutical patents and control. There are already established "therapists", selling their therapy, selling training and "certifications" at a steep profit and steady pace. All of which demands oversight and real regulatory action. We should not leave this sort of "therapy" out in the wild like we do with Nutritional and Health supplements. Namely unregulated and rife with specious and outright false marketing claims. There are too many sketchy "therapists" already out there using psychedelics with patients under the radar, and abuse of patients (usually by male "therapists") is ongoing and prosecution is difficult due to the voluntary nature of the interactions. These "therapists" can be very Cult-like as well.What we do know, is that abuse will surely be present, and it will surely rise. We know patient-clients like Harry and Meghan, and other celebrities, wealthier, and well-connected - will get top-notch care. They will have the right people, and carefully metered out doses, in controlled, professional environments. While the rest of us no-bodies...will be out in the wilds, trying to figure out who is properly trained or if their products are "clean". We'll be left to figure it all out based on specious marketing claims, or personal references. None of which will be cheap, or covered! The Grifters will thrive.
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These expenses are nothing compared to the cost my partner and I incurred after testing positive in Zurich last year. They wanted to put us in a 'quarantine hotel' at a cost of $6,000 for a week, plus food delivery.Fortunately I had trip insurance, but had to pay upfront for all the expenses.
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Look. It's not that complicated. The voters of his district elected somebody who doesn't exist. The "George Santos" they voted for is not a real person. Since this person is a fiction -- a totally made-up figment of a disturbed imagination -- the "Santos" seat in Congress is empty. Since it's empty, it must be filled by a new election in which the candidates are real people.And this "Santos" person, whoever he is (and whatever his real name is), should be committed for observation while the criminal investigation into who bought him -- where the $700,000 actually came from -- goes forward.
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Microsoft is a callous corrupt cowardly cruel cynical crony capitalist corporate plutocrat oligarch welfare plantation.Who knew?Microsoft is not a humble humane empathetic righteous honorable principled civil human rights philanthropic not for profit organization.What Bill and Melinda Gates do with their foundation doesn't negate the source of their wealth.Read Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Riverside Church in Manhattan on April 4, 1967 where he identifies the enduring triumvirate axis roots of human evil as capitalism, militarism and racism.Swe Matthew 25: 31- 46
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Grapes - can't eat them all?I buy California red seedless grapes (2.50 a lb. at Kroger; $3 up the street; 99 cents on sale) and I'm surprised when they make it home . .. seriously, folks, between snacking, a substitute for apples with peanut butter or cooked with oatmeal, they never last more than two days. It's all about mindful vs. mindless buying. Grab a stem from a bigger multi-pound bag, put it in a plastic bag (or bring your own), and punch in the name or code when you check-out. (Or ask the human cashier to please do so)
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And when he lost in 2020, Santos opened a recount fundraising account and took in $265,000It was always about the grift.
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P This is supported by studies that indicate that student success is increased when students and faculty work together on projects of different types. A commitment to this route towards student success means the institution needs to invest more in faculty time. Unfortunately, faculty are always the last place most administrations - especially public university ones - are willing to invest in. On the contrary, faculty workloads are starting to reflect the extent to which universities rely on unpaid labor under the category of "service" ... labor law would describe the excess exploitation as "volunteerism." But nobody is looking. There is also a correlation between student success and faculty salaries.
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I have a long-time friend who has completely swallowed the "Donald Trump is being unfairly persecuted, and the election was stolen" narrative, hook, line, and sinker. I'm realizing that I don't really want to go back to the close relationship we once had. I'm hiding my true thoughts too much for our relationship to have the openness and strength it used to have. Of course, he doesn't feel the need to tone it down at all around me.I miss our closeness, but how deep a friendship can we really have? The LW wants to re-create the prior intimacy he and his friend had, but they've both changed, and in opposite directions.
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It's sad to read in these comments how many people want to dictate how some of us can find joy in life. Believe it or not, some of us really appreciate the skill and even art in true fine dining. I for one can be inspired by it. I suggest browsing the Noma cookbook to get an idea of the thought and work that go into creating some of the most interesting creations (food or not) accessible to "normal" people. It really can expand your ideas of what you can do and accomplish.And as for the cost? I see that in December Super Bowl tickets cost an average of $17,395 each. Why is that perfectly reasonable, but my spending $500 for a once in a lifetime experience is not? Some of us enjoy culinary art more than violent sports. And that's the kind of freedom of choice we should all have.
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Jacinda Ardern is lauded on the international stage which is great for NZ. However, NZ needs strong direction. Simply being kind is not enough. Since MS Ardern took office in 2017 more children live in poverty and are living in cars, the state house waitlist has increased by 20,000 families, only 1.4 per cent of the promised 100,000 houses have been built, the cost of living is rising twice as fast as wages, $1 billion dollars spent on mental health and only 6 patient beds to show for it, the government doesn't know where the money went. Ms Ardern's government set up more than 150 review groups to advise on policy as they came into government with very little policy. Millions paid out to consultants for this and the advice has been mostly ignored. Emergency department wait times and surgical waitlists are at record highs. There is one ram raid crime every 15 hours. Less than half our kids are attending school regularly with over 100,000 chronically absent. Ms Ardern says nice things, but never actually delivers on anything promised in housing, mental health, child poverty, health, the list goes on. Consider what has actually been delivered with the "Christchurch Call". Nothing except commissioning of a report. During COVID the government sat on it's hands for months not vaccinating when we could have thereby shortening our lockdown and lessening financial ruin for many small businesses. Frontline staff were crying out for PPE gear for months.
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No matter how one cuts it, the world knows that Harvard, Stanford and other elite schools are open to bribery in return for admission. Jared Kushner is the poster boy for this kind of backroom dealing. But being private institutions, they are almost entirely immune from prosecution for any crime. Their admissions processes are utterly opaque, so there is no way to hold them to any ethical standard. Sadly, wealthy parents take college admission to selective institutions as a kind of "trophy" for their own egos. Once again the 1% can buy whatever they want, while the 99% has to compete for the same privileges.
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When CEOs and managers start talking about employees as 'family', you know trouble is brewing. Nobody fires their family to increase profits like Microsoft just did. For the record, MS had record profits and revenue in 2022.
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Marc Thank you for pointing this out! I am at my wits end with my students about this. Although through their own experience/experiments they have debunked them on their own. For example, if you a truly a "visual learner" only and you invest in hours of review videos then why are you unable to apply the concepts discussed in those videos on a deep level AND expand/extrapolate the information to other systems/problems/situations?Gathering the information is only one step, others are integrating the new material with previous knowledge, practicing the new skill and finally applying your expanded knowledge to new scenarios.
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Linda Just because it's available doesn't mean that it's accessible to people who need it most.Less than 1 in 5 eligible families receive food stamps. Less than 1 in 10 receive child care assistance and only half receive Medicaid. There's a reason these programs don't advertise extensively and don't do outreach work in the communities they should be serving. An estimated $65 billion in government services and support remain unclaimed. <a href="https://www.aecf.org/resources/improving-access-to-public-benefits#findings-and-stats" target="_blank">https://www.aecf.org/resources/improving-access-to-public-benefits#findings-and-stats</a>.
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Tom M So let's get this straight.We have had forty years of structuring in 'rationalize to the position of the oligarch' or if you like corruption to achieve a reduction of the three external costs of every corporation. Cost of Labor, Taxes and Capital. To accomplish that goal, corporations spent money on structured corruption (Fox Propaganda, WSJ Editorial Page, Austerity 'philosophy' in the Economics Schools, Originalism 'philosophy' in the JD schools, Republican Party). The manifestation of the financialize everything leads to non-linear increase in group dysfunction (heroin deaths, rejection of rational thought). So finally labor gets an opportunity to makes some gains and you want to prevent that. Why not look at the $1,000,000,000,000 profit the US banks made in the past 10 years. Profit not Revenue. What utility to they provide? hint: not much
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‘The Chinese Communist Party has depended on growth for political legitimacy.’Chinese government statistics have long been suspect as reported here. An authoritarian government still needs some degree of public approval, and lower bureaucrats also have an incentive to cook the books for their own protection. Corruption up and down government ranks is endemic. But the Chinese people are smart and probably more health conscious than most Americans. They also save at higher rates which limits spending. But the sudden lack of government guidance around Covid seems to have simultaneously led to significantly increased infection and death rates while not yet unleashing enough consumerism to jumpstart the economy. I’m guessing foreign buyers and potential tourists are similarly spooked by the dangers of uninhibited Covid.Most Western countries now realize that incorporating China into the world economy has not produced a good global citizen. Instead, China threatens its neighbors militarily. It has become increasingly nationalistic and essentially undemocratic. Internationally, it has gobbled up natural resources through loans, investments, and infrastructure projects. Lastly, it has developed one of the premier surveillance states in the world. The world is right to look askance at the Chinese government and its economic power. We’ll probably see more efforts to diversify and onshore supply lines, particularly for critical industries. We’ll see if China moderates or not.
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Question given to ChatbotStudents are using your services to forgo learning and get you to answer their problems. The institutions are worried. How can universities change their teaching practices to make sure students learn the subject matter. Generated by ChatbotUniversities can change their teaching practices to ensure students learn the subject matter by incorporating active learning strategies, such as problem-based learning and group work, which have been shown to improve student engagement and learning outcomes. Additionally, universities can use technology, such as online quizzes and interactive simulations, to provide students with immediate feedback on their understanding of the material. Additionally, incorporating peer review and self-reflection can also help student learn.Another approach is to encourage critical thinking and independent learning by giving students open-ended questions or real-world case studies to analyze and solve. This approach can be supplemented by providing students with resources and support to help them develop their research and problem-solving skills.It is important to note that students are using our services because they are looking for an easy way out, and institutions should not rely on our service as a replacement for teaching. However, institutions can use our services as a tool to enhance the learning experience and provide students with additional practice opportunities
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Zeke And as bad as that is, it's far worse for those who clock out of one job only to clock into another so they can make ends meet. Meanwhile, the top 10% of earners continue to earn 68% of earnings while the lowest 50% earn only 3.2% of the pie.Source: U.S. wealth distribution 2022 - Statista
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Charging $500 for stuff that 500 years ago poor folks scrounged for from the forest floor, or were lucky enough to take down with a bow and arrow. Makes perfect sense the 1 percent would find this irresistible.
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Microsoft has a stake in Chat GPT and most probably board seats - it will be acquired by MS as soon as they develop a coherent business model.
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Eric Shen. Abbott didn’t even develop Humira, it bought rights by paying $7 billion and used those profits to make more acquisitions.
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Well, sorry, I wrote it up and my comment was over the limit by 3800 characters! So the detailed story isn't going to get posted here. But this is a very difficult line for employers to navigate. In my case, if the employer had been more forthcoming about where in the building (we occupied 3 floors) the infected person worked, it would have helped me to decipher whether or not it was likely I had been exposed. This occurred in December 2020.Without that detail, I had to take the cautious route and was out of the office for an extended period of time, eventhough my test came back quickly and negative, because the employer required a certification from my doctor that I could return to work, and the doctor took more than a week to return the form.And it turned out that one of the two people in my office who had been out unexpectedly was not on leave due to COVID. Actually she had a family emergency that was completely unrelated to COVID exposure. Because I didn't know why she was out, I unnecessarily opted for getting a PCR test and then had to wait an extended period before I could return to work. A little more information from management would have helped to avoid all of this disruption to work activity.
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SunnyDay The same thing happened in 2001 with the first tech bubble leaking, not bursting. The entire industry was composed of mega companies like Microsoft and Oracle that were buying up start ups that had been around for only a few years. The objective was to keep ahead of the curve by owning as much technology as possible. The big boys had almost limitless bank accounts to spend. Then, the big boys experienced a glut of 'stuff' and the small guys dissolved into the big boys take over. The whole industry sank a bit but restructured and came back. The chaos of the pandemic is subsiding and with it comes this minor adjustment. No big deal.
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Deregulated electricity markets often fail to provide for peak power usage. In regulated markets, generators were required to meet projected peak power demands and received a rate of return on their investment. In the deregulated markets, the incentive is to build and deliver the cheapest energy, the low price gets you into the market, but for those brief periods when demand surges, building surge generation capacity gives investors little return. It’s good for low cost interruptible power generators such as wind and solar, but for secure sources, able to meet summer and winter peak loads, there is little return on investment. For those who want secure power, it’s necessary to build your own backup, hence the growth in home backup generation.
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Text generative AI brings the cost of these fake reviews down to $0. Get ready for a tidal wave of phoniness online.
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Mike H But Mike, the BRF actually makes a great deal of money for the British government. The BRF long ago sold prime real estate in London in exchange for salaries from the "Civil List", and the BRF ended up with the bad side of the deal.
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Franco51 The "yacht" myth is overrated. It's not much of a yacht, plus it is his DC residence. Although it's insured for $750K, he bought it for about $220K, used. It cost far, far less than the houses and condos of his colleagues in DC.
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Musk's genius is getting people to pay him 60K to be his crash test dummies.
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I am a lawyer who is very familiar with this subject, as I have litigated against large hospital systems. The “not for profit” system has to be changed. These large systems not only received these tax benefits, but received huge “bailouts” under the Cares Act even though they have multi-billion dollar investment portfolios. Moreover, they often leverage their huge system power to charge higher hospital prices, which are ultimately paid by employers and individuals in the form of insurance premiums. This impacts millions of Americans. This is an important issue that needs a greater spotlight.
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Republicans, Thy Name Is Corporatocracy Alaska very successfully implemented ranked choice votingthis year (thanks to a successful citizen initiative putting it on the ballot in 2020). This was challenging because the very first RCV was to fill Don Young's seat for a brief time. We were holding 'special' and 'regular' elections simultaneously and it was a bit confusing. But the State provided good information and assistance to voters, andin general (Miss Sarah Palin excepted) people are happywith the results. It turned out to be not that complicated,and there were options for mail-in and early-in-person voting as well. RCV, necessarily combined with open primaries,should be adopted nationwide ASAP.
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I always call the local rental office to check and confirm after learning this tactic from a friend 20-odd years ago. Just a couple of weeks ago I purchased a vehicle that was 175 miles from home - Enterprise's web portal wouldn't set up a 1-way rental, but the local office did, picking me up and then the vehicle at the dealership.Also check with your airline for status matching - Delta and Hertz are travel partners for status as are Chase and Avis and National.And, use a credit card with travel protections - my Chase Sapphire Reserve has a great protection package (and a reimbursable $300 per membership year travel expense credit) as do several other travel-specific credit cards.
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Henry S I spent my career in Silicon Valley working for companies big and small. I hired many people: I was a VP at a Fortune 500 company and General Manager of a smaller 70-person company. In my career, I can't recall a single conversation where we were concerned about our inability to enforce non-compete clauses (non-disclosure agreements were universal). On the other hand, in the early 2000's, when I moved to Washington state for a few years, where non-compete agreements *are* enforceable, I was quite surprised by the relative lack of smaller companies. I had thought Microsoft's presence would have seeded many more smaller companies, but that's not what I found. I moved back to California. Their unwillingness to enforce non-compete agreements was a significant factor in my decision. I'm still here.
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Part Two!Ultimately, we don't need to remove degree requirements from more jobs, especially not government jobs; we need people who have been exposed to philosophy, art, literature, scientific reasoning and the like in such positions. That's how you get local elections workers and Secretaries of State who understand our history and the underlying philosophical tenets of democratic governance sufficiently well to compel resistance to the pressure brought to bear by a corrupt president seeking to overturn an election. No, what we need is to make a liberal arts education more accessible to all, even if that means subsidizing it as we do secondary education now. We invest in our own future when we make college more feasible for more of us.
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realdeal While you have a point, that the Global (note I said global, although the US at 40% of the market share is clearly the big “winner” here) Industrial Military Complex has everything to gain in any conflict…Manufacturing is struggling to keep pace, and weapons shipments from EU are leaving some Allies feeling a bit “exposed”.Still, I’d say never underestimate greed, however please note that the GOP (big business’s patron party) is not in favor. Which brings us to why?Maybe because the next big dog in the weapons game is Russia at 20% of the market share? And have you noticed the way some of these GOP folks in Congress behave? It’s hard not to question whether they’re, de facto, operating as Russian assets.Just saying…
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I find it fascinating when I hear a newly elected member of the House state that “I’ve been elected to empty the swamp and change the destroy the status quo!” As if those other 434 representatives are meaningless. We’ve had a congress determined to make President Obama a one-term president. How did that work out. The Republican House may lead with a 20% minority by throwing a wrench into the gears of government. In 2024, however, the voters are going to remember who tried to take their social security checks, and who tried to destroy their health care, and who caused a free fall of their pensions/401K plans/investments due to their cockamamie marching orders originating with the Koch Brothers, America First, Tucker Carlson, and my favorite mental giant - Matt Gaetz!
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Bill - Agree. The court is to sequestered in its ivory tower surrounded by security. The hand-downs are merely a tiny open window. When the court permits the same firearms in its building that it is allowing in my grocery store I'll believe the court has a clue. Until then, I've lost all respect.
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"If workers can produce more in the same amount of time, then their employers can afford to pay them more per hour without either raising prices or cutting into profits."I think the authors need to come out of their ivory towers and experience real life. Profits rarely get shared to all employees, but usually go to the owners/shareholders and top management. In over 50 years of working, I never received a cost of living raise, and merit raises (which depended on the whim of your boss) were at random.Annual review? A farce during which little feed back was given .Bonus? One year I got a ten pound turkey and a check for $5.00 (no, I did not displace the decimal). They withheld tax on the check, so it actually was for $3.92..It's no wonder that employee trust has been eroded. We know we come last in benefits and job satisfaction, after managers, stockholders, and consumers (who are almost as badly treated as employees).
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ArtM Fertility clinics also don’t evaluate a potential parent’s ability to provide a happy and nurturing home. As painful as it can be to observe, LW2 expressing concern will likely not be well-received. A relative’s marriage was on the rocks and they already had two healthy children of the same gender, but they were very vocal that they wanted a child of the other gender. The parents went through IVF to have a child of the desired gender. The entire extended family cringed and we expressed our concern amongst eachother, knowing that future child was going to be born into an unhappy home where screaming matches were already a regular occurrence. Nobody said anything and if someone did, the parents would have told anyone questioning their decision to mind their own business. The child was born just as COVID lockdown started - spoiler, the baby didn’t save the marriage. Two years after the birth, the mother initiated an extremely nasty divorce that will likely drag on for years and the older children are severely negatively impacted. But the situation would have occurred even if someone spoke up. The potential adoptive parent in LW2’s case probably already has their mind made up. Maybe they are hoping another child will save the marriage.
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MSalmon False positives are possible, but relatively rare. The FDA sets a much higher bar (98%) for Negative Percent Agreement (which is a measure of false positives) than the 80% Positive Percent Agreement measure of false negatives mentioned in the article. This is because false positives can potentially trigger actions like isolation and treatment regimens than would have negative consequences. Also, RT-PCR tests while generally more sensitive are not 100% accurate either. That's the technical reason the measures PPA and NPA are used instead of sensitivity and specificity.
| no | 1,241 |
Curious McCarthy recruited and funded Tea Party in 2010 to attack Obama. He damaged our country long ago as a Young Gun.Now Young Guns 2.0 are taking out their sith lord to replace him as he did to those before him.
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There’s been a lot of water under our bridges since 1945. The 1991 breakup of the USSR was one tidal wave. Putin’s trajectory within the old Communist system was smoked. He adapted and rose to power in less than 10 years. He knows how to build loyalty in his political circle. He knows how to deal with disloyalty and opposition as well; often with the finality of deaths other than his own; occasional high windows and rooftops involved. Like waste water monitoring for disease markers look at the names on the Putin global hit list. They are clues to Putin’s Palace Politics. He’s pruning grumbles and redirecting both wealth and power for higher returns.Without knowledge of the known knowns and known unknowns I don’t know how to judge the best strategy or tactics that would enable a Putin loss, withdrawal or capitulation without a nuclear event. Is he bluffing? If I had to guess I’d say he’s bluffing. Should the world’s future be made on a guess? It usually is.From my position placing longer range artillery into the Ukraine arsenal makes humanitarian sense. A Ukrainian agreement on Rules of Use assumed. We certainly know how far the artillery need to reach. Keep it surgically military inside Russia. There is no amount of Russian blood that can comfort Ukraine. A cessation of infrastructure destruction by Russians will bring greater public safety to Ukrainians. Is it a “red line” for Putin? Who cares, it’s the right thing to do and that is not a guess.
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Gosh, such great contributions on this first day of 2023. I miss that feeling of extended family, the way total strangers interact so comfortably, the way New Yorkers (whether native or naturalized) reach out to connect in myriad ways. To my friends and family back in New York, and the Metropolitan Diary community around the world, I wish you all a wonderful, healthy, and fulfilling 2023!
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Joan White Youngkin won because he pledged to open schools and allow parents to exercise their rights in regards to their children. Nothing more, nothing less.
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Saw Jeff Beck open for SRV at the Garden. Unreal.
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dick beck not a single one of these are features of Alexa. I'm having a great time learning microprocessor programming and home assistant. It can do all of those things and integrate with any one of the voice services. When I ask Google Alexa or Siri if my garage door is open, they go to home assistant to find out, locally stored on my network, and then get me the answer.The distinction is important because these technologies are constantly improving and changing. Understanding what piece does what, and having the ability to replace individual pieces the system is important. The biggest problem I have with the home automation industry is the desire to build walled gardens, preventing the interoperability the industry needs to really take off and succeed.
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Sam Daley-Harris For interested readers, here are three book reviews, two written by Nicholas Kristof, about a book devoted to what does and doesn't work in foreign aid, and how we can improve upon the pathetically inefficient and in some cases counter productive performance.What Kristof said about this book: " Easterly is absolutely right that we need to figure out ways of delivering aid more efficiently, and he has written an immensely stimulating book. But no one who sees a girl with a fistula waiting patiently for an operation could doubt that foreign aid is often the very best investment in the world."The Times Review, March 19, 2006<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/books/review/the-poverty-puzzle.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/books/review/the-poverty-puzzle.html</a>Kristof in the Times, Nov 20, 2009 A general discussion of several books on aid.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/books/review/Kristof-t.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/books/review/Kristof-t.html</a>Kristof in nybooks.com, very long, Oct 5, 2006<a href="https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2006/10/05/aid-can-it-work" target="_blank">https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2006/10/05/aid-can-it-work</a>/You need to register for nybooks site with a name and email address, but that is all, and it is free.This is to say that Kristof knows there is more about the process that needs to be addressed than just dollar amounts. Although he does address process and efforts that address local culture and corruption, there is much less emphasis on how the West often doesn't put forth the same effort that they do in SEO (Search Engine Optimization), or evaluating quarterly profits. Even though the stakes are higher.
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"Bacot was openly driving an $80,000 Audi." So what? The school should be happy that he is staying another year. While I think it is fair that gifted athletes in money-making sports be compensated, I worry about the athletes, themselves. I am not concerned about the fancy car, but these student athletes should receive financial counseling so that they don't spend all their money on "stuff." There may be the assumption that they will make huge amounts of money in the pros, but this does not mean that they should not be made aware of what happens to athletes who become too rich too soon. I realize that such athletes seldom receive a credible education, but the school that is benefiting should at least make mandatory financial planning and counseling coursework.
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China is desperate to reopen their country and increase and build their economy. To do so, well, maybe a few mostly old people need to be sacrificed on the Covid funeral pyre. c'est la vie.
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I got into a debate with a guy years ago, when Uber and Lyft arrived, who insisted on calling such services "ride sharing." He insisted it was cheaper, and it was, and a way to avoid patronizing a system that was corrupt with grandfathered hack medallions being sold at ridiculous premiums. "Just watch" I said. Rates will eclipse regulated taxi rates, the drivers will see increasing fees for each ride, and as the drivers become more and more dependent on the income, Uber and Lyft will squeeze them even harder. Worst of all, it will put tens of thousands of GPS distracted drivers on the road who have no business driving professionally. Added to that, a huge part of the revenue is syphoned away from local economies and into the deep pockets of a handful of people in Silicon Valley. I'm amazed when I see the surge pricing rates for some fares. Sometimes as high as 100 to 150 percent over the norm. It means somewhere out there, some fool is willingly paying it.
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Regarding KT's letter about being offended by clerks' gestures: I once read a column on nut allergies and school children's lunches. Being the parent of a child with a nut allergy, I agreed whole-heartedly with the columnist's opinion that high allergen foods like peanut butter should saved for home and not brought to school. Then I read the opinion of a mom of an autistic child who said peanut butter is often the only thing she can get her child to eat. I thought: Huh. I never thought of that perspective, and I'm glad she shared it because it opened up my mind to other people's experiences. I was reminded how complex most things are in this world that wants to see everything in black and white, right and wrong. I wish commenters who believe KT should not be offended by the gesture, would take time to just take in the perspective, and realize that while they may not agree, that doesn't mean KT's perspective is wrong. Maybe this share is an opportunity learn something you were never aware of, and to see things differently. I, for one, am glad that it was shared.
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There is little doubt that America will honor its debts. The threats from the outlier Republicans to blackmail the President are only red herrings, scare tactics to garner support from the American people. What is missing in these discussions are the long-term effects of the burdening national debt.We are a long way from reaching the limit on treasury bonds, but it overlooks the slow withering of private and public equity. As the national debt increases, the owners convert more of those bonds to equity shares of American corporations, a trend just starting to alarm people. When a company opens a branch or a manufacturing plant, politicians are the first to celebrate it, but they say little about who owns the plant and equipment, and whose business or individuals profit from it. The movie: "Other People's Money" starring Danny DeVito comes to mind.Proprietorship is an emotionally charged word, but in the long term it dictates the limits on government prerogatives and private citizenship. Our freedom is at stake.
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The guys at The Diner said the saw a memo from Don Jr to Jared Kushner demanding "The Big Guy" get a 10% cut form from his $2 Billion Saudi windfall. That's what they're saying.
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Margaret H. I’ll wait till I can pick it up for a $1. The pre-publicity tour hasn’t been in his favor.
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Is everyone noticing this intense mission creep?? You don’t think this escalation will result with Americans on the ground? We were supporting Ukraine, why the creep? Do we think 50,100,200 tanks are going to make Russia go home. It seems neo cons and liberals are suggesting that “only if we can get them on the ropes they’ll quit mentality”. Evidence please! We have more than enough experience with war to know better. Russia is a reasonably high tech, advanced country with hundreds of millions of people and a deep, deep culture. Do we really think they’re going to just “give up”? Maybe in 20 years. It took us that long to leave Afghanistan in shame. We’re willing to spend 10s of billions a year for 2 decades on this? I’d rather spend it on stopping the bloodshed and improving the conditions in Chicago. Could Biden be owned more by the industrial military complex? Explains why all the other candidates oddly dropped out of the primary. We’re flooding Europe with our treasure and weapons; depleting stockpiles that’ll take probably a trillion to replace!
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dave d Yes - De Santis diverted COVID numbers from clinics that were supposed to go straight to the CDC, so he could massage them first. He knew that people coming to “open for business Florida” would catch COVID then go home to their home state, and given the asymptomatic infectious period, would then show symptoms and get counted in those states’ statistics. This increased other states’ death rates and made his look good by comparison. So it is not only his numbers that should be higher. His policies drove up death across the country, by providing a national Petri dish. But whereas Sisolak was turfed because he did the right thing, and shut down the Las Vegas strip, DeSantis was rewarded with anther termThis man is every bit the petty grievance filled fascist that Trump is, but he is way more cunning and knows how to use the levers of government to suppress whomever he wants to, under the guise of making Florida “freer”. Freer for those of his ilk to persecute others not like him. He is now using the education system to reinforce his social preferences and inculcate a new generation of white Christian heterosexual nationalists. Anyone else is lesser in his system.
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This is such an inspiring story and so well written. My eyes brimming with tears too. I live in a small, rural community, where we have increasing numbers of homeless and “rough sleepers” in our midst. With Covid and VT’s harsh winters, our local sheriff took it upon himself to donate a house to be used as a homeless shelter/center and others joined in the cause. It’s woefully inadequate in size and open only in the winter. But it exists and is always full. Through the great efforts of it’s directors and support from various community organizations, the goal is a 365 day shelter. Now that Covid restrictions have eased, they reinstated a program where you can sign up to provide an evening meal. Finally retired at 70 and cooking being one my passions,I signed up. Won’t lie, I was a bit wary, but 2 meals in,with huge smiles that greet me and help to usher the dinner into the house,I plan to be a regular provider. On my last meal delivery, I asked, what would you like to have for dinner? Wowza,I had my menu ideas for several dinners. Dinner has always been sacred in our home and still is with just 2 of us,but what it means to someone who hasn’t had one perhaps in awhile is clear. Everyone deserves a home and food. These are first rung Maslow’s hierarchy of all human needs.I can’t solve the housing crisis in our community, but I can support those working to do just that and I can cook and look other opportunities to serve this community. Truth is, we all can and probably should.
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As weird as it sounds I am very afraid of the automotive industry to act like Big Tech. For instance: after 3 years you will still be able to drive the car but the A/C will not be available anymore. After 5 years the heating. And the windows will not open.. You get the idea.
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Why does The NY Times keep providing H & M so much free publicity. Enough already. I, like many others, was a big fan of theirs and rally watched their $30 million dollar wedding, paid for by Harry’s self-described “racist” family. The crime (for which Oprah provided an operatic size response: wondering about the baby’s skin color. Which set of prospective parents hasn’t wondered what their newborn would look like?Enough of these two navel gazers. Just stop.
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Blanche White Well, not saying it will be easy... but one could also make the case that, with more money invested in the region, the cartels will gradually disappear (not to mention if the US legalizes/decriminalizes certain drugs, the gangs will also disappear of their own accord, for want of cash...).In other words, it could be that the cartels/dysfunction in Central America is more a symptom than a cause.And with increased investment, and a larger middle class tax base capable of supporting a more functional security structure... that things will eventually stabilize, just like in most other middle-income countries.Anything but the CCP! Because at the end of the day, Central America or anywhere "elsewhere" is more tractable than a revanchist, militarizing Totalitarian regime....
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If things looks good now, just wait another year when dozens of models hit the showrooms. The big automakers have invested many tens of billions in plants to make EV's and batteries. This truly is a revolution. By next Jan., the $7500 tax break will be available at point of sale which greatly knocks the price down.I still would like to see America allow the European heavy quadricycle to be sold here. These are small, low powered urban vehicles used for urban transportation. All these crash safety requirements are not needed for cars that are not intended to be driven on the highways.
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Perhaps the dramatic rise in the cost of college is related to an increased prevalence in the "career development" perspective of college students? Sure, it is enriching to learn things you did not already know. But when college is this expensive, it is hard to not view the price tag as an investment. And the only real way to get a return on that investment is to secure a good-paying job after graduation. Therefore it should be understandable, not condemnable, when some students are more focused on learning the accounting skills that will land them an accounting job than learning Norwegian literature. It isn't "what really matters is all the things you learned along the way" when you're $150k in debt. Holistic learning is certainly a valuable tradition at American universities - it may also now be a romantic educational perspective used by universities and their now massive bureaucracies to justify record high tuition costs.
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WH well, maybe instead of getting $7 million a year, the CEO cold make due with only $1 million a year.Vice presidents (and there are a lot of them) instead of making $1 million a year could make due with $500,000 a year. We could initiate Medicare for All and save millions on the team of people needed to manage for-profit insurance claims and fights.
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L1 (I'm 68 and used Match and Plenty of Fish for 8 years before meeting my wife 4 years ago.)Folks routinely have knee-jerk biases that rule out candidates before first communication. They think they need someone younger, beautiful, rich, fit, with a horse, living on the coast, etc. Anything that prevents folks from giving you a chance is a liability. When folks get to know each other enough to find they are attracted, they discover their knee-jerk reactions no longer apply. So craft a profile that will get that first contact, and work from there. As far as I'm concerned, L1 has zero obligation to state either her health status, nor things effecting her sexuality unless explicitly asked by someone that has contacted her.Second: Not saying something is not a lie. I would go further than that and argue that a "white lie" used to open the door, but promptly acknowledged is also fair game in the dating world (though the perpetrator of the white lie has to be prepared to accept the consequences.) Years ago I, at 36, responded to an ad by a woman that billed herself as 39. Before the end of our first date she told me "I need to tell you I'm 42, but I've faced such bias about my age this is the only way I could get much in the way of responses." Since I was already hooked, her white lie immediately acknowledged, didn't bother me in the least.Misleading Photographs are NOT fair game whether they portray you as years younger or pounds lighter.
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