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I am lucky enough to live near actual farms. A dozen local eggs today cost $3.75. When you think about raising, housing, feeding and caring for hens —humanely, in this case — you wonder if the farmer even makes a profit at .32 cents an egg.
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KPCheryl AnnRE: volatile webpage via permalinkWe are using the same types of devices in the same way with very different experiences. One possibility is we are running under different versions of iOS / iPadOS. I am running 16.1.2 on my iPhone, and 16.2 on my iPad. In both using Safari I open the Bee Forum page, go to the Comments, open our page in a new tab or background, and keep both tabs open all day. I do this on both devices every day, never a problem.You can check your version of iOS installed in Settings>General>About ; it’s about the second line down.Are you keeping the parent Bee Comments page open as well?
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But which part is the “small government” party? What has been the real cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars——4 trillion about? Democrats have also created debt related policies that benefit a broader basis of US citizens.
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Taxachusetts is an old slur.Arkansas (for example) gets twice as much aid per person (5500) than it pays into the federal system, probably because it doesn’t tax enough to adequately support the infrastructure of the state and the people who live there.NY, NJ, MA & CT are all net donors into the federal tax system…they put in way more than they get back.So, Arkansas in effect is a welfare state, using money provided by the Northeastern states.As a former (and current) resident of 3 of those 4 states, I’m all for “welfare reform”. I’d like to stop transferring the wealth from the Blue states into the coffers and pockets of red states (which they take while slurring the people who pay their way for them).
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When Ukraine agreed to give up the third largest nuclear stockpile, in the world, in exchange for its freedoms and borders being respected, it was seen as a peaceful way forward. Russia agreed (<a href="https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-what-is-the-budapest-memorandum-and-why-has-russias-invasion-torn-it-up-178184" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/ukraine-war-what-is-the-budapest-memorandum-and-why-has-russias-invasion-torn-it-up-178184</a>).Russia's effort to obliterate Ukraine sends several clear messages to the world:1. The international order and the UN will not do anything to protect you. 2. Your borders are not secure, even when treaties are signed.3. You must make substantial investment in your military - and become a porcupine.4. This military investment should include a nuclear deterrent to truly be effective long term (consider North Korea's survival)5. Dictators and authoritarians everywhere will come to understand that you get to keep what you can take because there is no consequence for actions.Do we want to encourage more nuclear proliferation?Do freedom loving peoples have the opportunity to choose the type of life they wish to lead?Do we let the international order, which has guaranteed peace in Europe for the longest period in its history, to be destroyed?Do we want despots to learn they can do whatever they want?If the West fails to decisively defeat Russia, these lessons will be learned by peoples across the globe. For the sake of all peaceful, freedom loving people, nothing less than a full victory is required.
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That's wonderful! There isn't enough problems with fentanyl,crack,meth Add to it the growing number of states legalizing weed and the addition of alcohol.Its like throwing gas on an open flame. If you're going to legalize something that makes sense. Legalize prostitution and the selling of sex. It will remove the dangers for sex workers. Give them a union and health benefits. The government gets to tax it. No more stigma for John's getting busted. It's win win. That should be the next wave in this era of legalization.
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Once, long ago, physicists engaged in actual physical experiments. Great discoveries were made. Physicists went into laboratories and performed experiments with their own hands. In the aftermath of one of the greatest periods of science conflict and controversy, that door has opened again. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996886451" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996886451</a>
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Mac "The gold that is being traded is already out of the ground and the damage is done."No state knows this better than mine. When the out of state (actually, out of country) gold mining conglomerate (actually, a subsidiary of a subsidiary) came in to Ridgeway, South Carolina, opposition was fierce. l know. l was teaching near there at the time.The "environmental whackos" claimed the open pit mine would destroy the surroundings. They failed to stop it, and after 11 years of mining, the mine company left. Were the "wackos" right? You decide.Today, the open pits are beautiful lakes. But, to quote Wikipedia, "The mine management company, hopes that one of the lakes will eventually be usable by the public for recreation." Currently, they are too poisoned.
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Republicans should really be leading by example. If the Freedom Caucus members feel strongly about this issue, they'll no doubt have a list of cuts to spending in their home districts. They'll also be open to tax increases to replace deficit borrowing, which only makes sense given that the era of massive deficits was launched by Reagan's cutting taxes on the wealthy so we could turn around and borrow the money from them.
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Repair the damage caused by Boris the blade, who blatantly lied to the public about the 1 billion pound per year membership could better be spent saving the national health department. National health has never been in worse shape, and the cake still goes to the EU as a shared union obligation by al members, pulling out wasn't part of the deal. It's time for the new PM to eat some crow and ask for readmittance into the EU. No doubt will lose some status, but it will save their economy. I hope they have the sense to do the right thing, but it seems pride calls the shot even when it's clearly not in their best interest.
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BenT Wonderfully pithy and concise! Strunk & White would give you an "A."...However, I still might suggest a revision or two...Consider reversing the order, of your opening and closing sentiments: "Be grateful" - and perhaps also, "Be humble" because Grace gets much too little emphasis in America - therefore make it the first rather than the last sentence; maybe also add an extra clause for emphasis: "Know thyself as you thoughtfully practise the Golden Rule during every moment, while always keeping in mind both the fullness and the littleness of Time." I think sleep requirements vary a great deal more than, "sleep 8 hours" allows because getting the right amount varies quite a bit so I might suggest, 'Be sure to get your own 'right' amount of sleep every day and don't worry if that includes napping! Definitely spend ten miutes every day in a state of Reverie getting absolutely nothing useful accomplished.'And somewhere in the mix, I would offer, "Constantly engage your common sense in all matters."
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Housing and Rents skyrocketed 40% between 2020-21.This was not a monetary phenomenon as mathematically the price increase can't explain the pop in prices.The marginal buyers, and price setters, are a matter of public record - private equity and asset management companies holding residential real estate and multifamily assets in real estate investment trusts (REITs).After the FTX crypto exchange blew up, investors in at least 3 private REITs - Blackstone's BREIT, Starwood's SREIT, and KKR's KREF had to stop redemption requests given the billions requested from the private funds. These private funds are marked to market at about 35% above publicly traded REITs.Blackstone claims their private funds that are marked internally have outperformed the public REIT sector, with low volatility and low correlation. This is going into Bernie Madoff territory.The lower volatility and correlation are operational. Given they took $4.5 billion in new investments from UC Investments at a 25% of principal backstop, there is nothing to substantiate their marketing statements. The brag in BREIT December 2022 marketing material that they have raised rents at 300% of inflation. Now they are planning for the crypto tokenization of real estate assets using opaque decentralized autonomous organizations outside of the financial system. They have turned shadow banking into Web3 crypto banking - profiting at the expense of tens of millions of citizens.
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What’s behind these clickbait headlines?Microsoft added 40k in the last 12 months and is now shedding 10k. A net gain of 30k jobs in 1 year doesn’t look like much of a downturn. Same with all of the other “tech layoffs”.
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"Because the United States runs budget deficits, it must borrow huge sums of money to pay its bills."What?... What?! Because the gov't CAN run budget deficits, it NEVER has to borrow money to pay its bills. The "debt ceiling" is a manufactured constraint that's meant to prevent our gov't from pursuing social programs that would help the less fortunate among us.The only true constraint on gov't spending is a lack of AVAILABLE labor and resources to complete the project without unnecessarily bidding up the costs of that labor and those resources. In other words, if a gov't program is inflationary, then it's probably not a good idea to fund it. But who cares if gov't spending on a worthy project increases the deficit if it isn't inflationary? Our so-called "national debt" (a silly concept because it would be disastrous if we ever tried to pay it back!) was about $28 trillion in the days before the pandemic. And yet the economy was humming along with interest and inflation rates BELOW 2%. And then covid gummed up the works. We're currently working through that, and recent economic data is encouraging.The only deficit we need to worry about is one of intellectual rigor.
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The European Commission has committed 1.5 Billion dollars per month towards Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion. The US provided over 50 Billion in 2022. Ukraine accounts for 10% of the world wheat market, 15% of the corn market, and 13% of the barley market. With more than 50% in the sunflower oil market.Eastern Bloc countries providing mercenaries is about all they do.The defense of Ukraine is essential to food supply, Democracy and defense against complete disruption of the world economy. End of story.
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When assessing DeSantis, note that the FL voter, more than voters anywhere else in the US, wants things easy--the easier, the better. If states endorsed cartoons, ours would depict a FL voter angrily denouncing govt, until the floodwater reaches the stem wall of his home, and then demanding FEMA money, altho he never bought flood ins.More evidence, you ask? Citizens Property Insurance represents socialized casualty insurance, sparing over 1M policyholders from the pain of paying market premiums. Staffing public schools too burdensome? Replace certified teachers with military veterans, even w/o college degrees. Nearshore water quality too expensive to maintain? Toss heads of lettuce atop the starving manatees who can't find sea grass to eat. Sometimes the easy path is hard to find. Health care too expensive? Hmm. Maybe the dreaded Obamacare is the easy way in a state that refused to extend Medicaid--thus, Hialeah and Doral in Dade County are the national epicenters of ACA policies.DeSantis hasn't been tested electorallly in FL. Sure, he's mastered the low art of tossing hunks of meat to the deplorables and the high art of grooming the Donor Class. But he's been careful not to challenge the voters--witness his silence after the Dobbs decision or token environmental spending in his budgets. Can DeSantis win the votes of informed, mature voters? Who knows. Can a FL man win a presidential election? I hope not, though it would be ok to rid ourselves of him two yrs early.
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th gee, did you actually ever live here? My wife and I (advanced degrees, both) have raised our two children here and it’s been absolutely wonderful. We live in a beautiful community in south Florida where we bike year round, go camping, go to the beach, concerts, etc. Public schools all the way up for them, including masters degrees from U.F. They now both have 6-figure jobs (at 21 and 25) in Miami. My wife and I are friends with people like us: intelligent, open-minded, unarmed, book-loving people of various political persuasions who are all “anti-hate” advocates. I guess it’s who you choose to associate with.
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'Harry thought he’d find closure in disclosure.'Cute, but I think he was more interested in $.
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FunkyIrishman It's gonna be painful to go through. The open conflict we saw in the vote for speaker is a preview of the the shutdown consequences and the dysfunction to come. Make no mistake Kevin will be powerless against ceremonial mayhem of the obstruction caucus.
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George That's a rather antiquated perspective, given that only a tiny fraction of personal computing devices actually run on Microsoft - considering the amount of time people spend on their iPhones, iPads and Android devices versus a Microsoft based PC. Not much of a monopoly, wouldn't you say?
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Congratulate me - during the Covid stay-at-home I managed to organize an entire drawer that often couldn't be opened because of all the stuff jammed into it. It is a satisfying accomplishment and a joy to behold. I even show it to guests.
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This problem could be easily solved by actually taxing the wealthy and corporations. Or, at the very least making all people that make over 200k a year contribute to social security. I’ve been forced to pay into it for decades. Why do the wealthy get a free pass? I’m tired of free loading rich people and their lackey politicians.
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Mount Sinai CEO Kenneth Davis made $5.6 million in 2019, the last year for which complete tax records are available. Montefiore CEO Philip Ozuah made $7.4 million in 2020. In filings with the IRS, Mount Sinai disclosed that 15 executives made more than $1 million annually in 2019. Montefiore disclosed ten executives in 2020, all making more than $1.5 million.At the end of September 2022, Montefiore was sitting on $1.3 billion in cash and investments, while Mount Sinai had $2.6 billion at the end of 2020.(Source: The Lever)And yet, these two incredibly rich organizations somehow refuse to properly staff the hospitals or pay the nurses who largely run the hospitals a decent wage.But I guess that's how these quasi-corporations got so much cash and executive pay in the first place....by stiffing average workers and systematically understaffing the hospitals.Welcome to the United States of Unfettered Greed.It's not a great country.
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Sarah Well, maybe...regarding getting parents to stop smoking. But...there is good evidence that the main driver (then and now) in getting people to give up cig's was (and is) to jack up the price. In the sixties, a pack cost about twenty cents...a penny per cig. Now (and even inflation-adjusted), the price is just too high for a big swath of the populace. This fact is relevant, for the water use question. If we priced water at a level commensurate with its value, I would bet that "conservation" of that resource would improve dramatically.
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I think the Nassau GOP knows that Santos got funding from Putin - and they want to get ahead of the news.
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It is no surprise that Georgians and Chechens and other victims of Russian aggression are joining in this fight. However, this war will be won by diplomacy and weaponry.The diplomacy will work when all of western Europe coalesces in opposition to Russia, and NATO begins to mobilize for its sister applicant nation. Tanks, fighter planes and their ilk will make the difference on the ground. The investment is a great bargain compared with letting this war drag on and even encourage Putin in fresh aggression. Should we wait until we are fighting at the border of Poland?
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This an appetizer for what's to come. Microsoft invests billions in AI so that they can be the best robot in the world. And we humans will flock to this new technology like bees to a flower.Think about what the iPhone did to previous platforms.No more GPS, maps, cameras, recording devices etc. The only difference is that now the things being made obsolete will be people. Hoo ray for the future!
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Kyrsten Sinema should not run for re-election. First, Ruben Gallego very likely would be a much better senator than she. Unlike Sinema, Gallego favors ending the filibuster, at least for voting rights and reproductive rights. It’s important to end the filibuster. Doing so most certainly would help the most vulnerable more so than if it’s not ended. It makes it harder for us to pass legislation on gun control (e.g., an assault weapons ban). It also makes it harder to pass voting rights legislation, including mail-in voting. Such voting helps people with disabilities vote.In addition, unlike Sinema, Gallego supports raising the minimum wage to $15, opposes tax loopholes for the wealthy and profitable corporations and favors allowing Medicare to negotiate all prescription drug prices. And, unlike Sinema, Gallego supported Build Back Better, which would have helped many vulnerable people, due, for example, to its provisions for universal pre-K and the expanded child tax-credit. The latter had reduced child poverty by 41%. Further, there is some reason to believe that if Sinema runs as an Independent in the general election, she could make it harder for Gallego to win. A recent poll had Gallego losing to Kari Lake by 1 point in a three-way race (in which Sinema runs) and had him beating Lake by 1 point if Sinema does not run.Gallego would be a vastly better senator than Lake. For one, unlike Lake, he recognizes that Biden won the 2020 presidential election.
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YES it matters, because many of those plain glass cubes replace affordable housing. I live in New Hope, PA, an historic river town that draws tourists enraptured by its funky charms. In a relatively short time, developers tore down buildings – blocks full of buildings – to replace them with high-priced condos. Entrepreneurs who realized a dream by opening a restaurant or store are being pushed out by exorbitant rents, replaced by investment firms snatching buildings up 2 and 3 at a time. Government officials appear to be more driven by the higher taxes bazillionaires can afford to pay than by historic or cultural preservation. A few months ago I walked down River Road, lined with a patchwork of lovely homes, to see ginormous, boring, expensive condos rising up where a string of houses once stood. The people who’ve long lived and worked here increasingly can no longer afford to. It’s sad, outrageous, out of control – and being played out in cities across America, some of which have indeed sensibly revitalized their downtowns without razing buildings or driving out residents. There is a middle ground – but more and more that ground is being littered with those boring glass and steel boxes.
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Eric B Wordle 566 3/6*⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 106 words left (unsurprisingly)⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 2 W/L🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 — W/LI had to think this one out to get it. I can't believe I missed the other choice for word three in this situation. If I'd thought of it I likely would have played it instead, resulting in a four.Yesterday's words:STARE 29 words leftSHEEP 1 W/LSLEEK — W/LSHEEP was an attempt to pin down the solo yellow E in the opener which paid off better than expected. The bot's recommended second word was a former solution. The green S locked out GEESE as an option for pinning down the E; with the T eliminated, SLEET gave way to SHEEP. Given the season & the weather, SLEET really would have made more sense, but no dice.
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Dear karma - next up, Rupert Murdoch.May the Dominion Voting Systems' (and Smartmatic's) defamation lawsuit against Fox to the tune of 1.6 billion dollars, be successful. Fox planted the seeds that grew MAGA, the obliteration of truth and the cult of political violence we're living with.Please.
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We shouldn’t be surprised by this. It’s basic capitalism, which is what most Americans apparently want. Those who own the means of production will always seek to extract the maximum rents from their properties. Increased concentration and increased exploitation are inherent to the system. The rich get richer, and so on. It would be straightforward to bring the operation of children’s educational activites under some kind of public sponsorship. At the very least they could be better regulated. The allowable fees to the owners of franchise systems could be set by law, for example. The Federal agency that protects small businesses could be better funded. But what can you do about people who “invest” in a martial arts franchise without knowing anything about martial arts? The state can only do so much to protect people from their own foolishness.
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Pretty quick glossing over the 10% of the budget that goes to the military that frankly feels like mostly waste. The military has never been audited and it shows. I would imagine a 50% cut over a decade would hardly be felt. Beyond that, yes, raise the social security tax cap, yes, raise the marginal tax rates on the highest earners, but above all, for god's sake, simplify the tax code! The IRS can't hire enough agents to enforce it, Trump et al employ armies of accountants to exploit every loophole, and a shocking percentage of "normal" Americans pay storefront operations $500-$1000 to file their "simple" tax returns.
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David Doney If all of that is true, then why aren't people paying down their debts? Why are people even defaulting on *used* car loans, that usually amount to less than $5000?"Housing gains" are only a measure of wealth for the ignorant because that is not cash that is ever accessible. Everyone needs to live somewhere. If they sell their so-called $1 million home, they have to purchase another one, which will be just as expensive (if not more). You have absolutely no idea if documents were "mistakenly" taken or not, even if you think you're psychic and can read Biden's mind.
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The secret to being successful in this environment will be compromise, unfortunately that is not in the Republican vocabulary or DNA. If you think this is a spectacle wait until there is must pass legislation, like a debt ceiling. What we are witnessing is just the opening act of real nightmare scenarios in the future. The entire basis of how our government runs is at stake, once again. This seems to be a common theme: When the trumpian party is in charge, Democracy itself is in danger, and by extension, our country itself.
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DLN The poor $1M a year AD's
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The majority of my shittywinememes audience millennial. I am also a millennial. From observation, I noticed we like good values $15 - $30 and your pieces that have highlighted that are excellent. We also like transparency and honesty. Drop the emphasis on highlighting winemakers with generational wealth, and highlight some younger winemakers doing creative things. Drop the drinking etiquette, black and white wine pairing, and rules. Speak about what’s in the glass, who made it, where’s it’s from, is it made ethically, what is their vision, and if that aligns we love it! I want to buy quality wine made by people I love and want to support. A suggestion - At first I could not access this article because of a paywall, but if is a piece is geared at younger drinkers or about younger drinkers I recommend offering it for free :) We want to learn, but are often on a budget.
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President Biden is right to call the Republican's bluff. It's a simple question but one McCarthy is loath to answer. Republicans say they want to "reduce spending." OK. Tell us what, exactly. And a note to Mr. Rappeport. Balancing a budget requires an honest look at both sides of the ledger sheet. And that means an honest discussion on the fiscal impact of Trumps $10T tax cut that went, largely, to the wealthy and corporations. Mr. Rappeport ignores the revenue side of the budget debate.
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Kevin Kelem I think this is an excellent idea.Then publish a list of the stores nationwide who do not allow open-carry and boycott the rest.
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I agree these cases are very sad, but I still believe that always limited health care dollars should be spent to achieve the greatest good for the greatest number. For example, how life changing good dental care would be for hundreds of people for the cost of trying to provide for one patient with exotic medications.
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Roadrunner A long-term investment, indeed!
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Peter In most states, a CBC can also be done by patients themselves through LabCorp or Quest, and on-line ordering services. Costs about $75 for CBC + Vit D, about $40 for just CBC.It can be useful to have a record of "normal labs" so that when something occurs people know it's not normal. For example, CRP in someone with a long exercise history can rise 10-fold and still be "in the normal range," so inflammatory problems might be missed if we're just comparing the number to the range for a "normal patient."
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I've been watching this issue closely and one the most disturbing aspects is that even though the part of the law that limits speech at the university level has been suspended, administrators are acting as if it is in effect. They have written to the state DOE saying they will uphold it even though it is currently deemed unconstitutional. At the K-12 level, no guidelines are expected until a full school year has passed, causing widespread fear. On top of all this, the Rs are planning to drain 4 billion a year from public schools and pass constitutional carry gun laws. That he is as popular as he is frightens me more than Trump ever did.
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TJK The total number of all tech layoffs to date is so small as to be irrelevant in our economy. It falls waaayyy below the line of just normal job turnovers. And those people losing their employment have lots of other options open. My SIL works in tech, and his company is positively booming.
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When only one party is open to governing like adults, and the other makes them pay a political price for every unpopular, but necessary, change, we will never get anything fixed until it completely breaks first.
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I’m starting to be convinced there is no such think as a good Republican anymore, even anti-Trumpers. Since Ronald Reagan, the party seems intent on causing the death of effective government. Instead of making old people try to find less taxing jobs at age 65 (does Bret have any understanding of the real world?) how about making people who earn more than $147K annually pay the same percentage into Social Security every year as those making less than that amount? Problem solved. Republicans seem to have no problem increasing the deficit by reducing taxes on the wealthy and on business. And still they wish to strangle the IRS by denying it the resources to combat sophisticated tax cheats (Trump is far from the only one, he’s just the most famous one).It never cases to amaze me that such a substantial percentage of the population can be distracted from voting their economic interests by dangling insignificant, unimportant, divisive issues such as which bathroom a trans person uses and forcing people to bake wedding cakes. I’m glad I’m pretty old and hopefully wont live to see how all this turns out.
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Michael Jackson I was going to say exactly the same. In the UK we vote entirely on paper and the count is also manual (although there have been trials of optical counters they haven't been adopted). I accept that the UK is significantly smaller than the US (or Brazil) which probably makes things easier and that we vote for far fewer positions than in the US which limits the size and complexity of the ballot papers. This method of voting is capable of far greater transparency then electronic voting - especially given the proprietary nature of the software systems. Adopting open source software might be a way forward?
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Kate Middleton has had 10 years to assess the family she might be marrying into. From meeting William as a student to eventually marrying him, she had the time to assess the family, the role she would have to play, the restrictions that that role implied and experienced the ways the press reported on her and her relationship with William.When she decided to marry William, she must have had a pretty good idea what kind of life waited for her and what kind of family she'd be marrying into. And she's adapted to that life. How happy she is or isn't, I can't know. How much ambition (being a princess, being the wife and mother of a future king) played a part in her decision, I can't know. The contrast with the way Meghan married into the family can hardly be more clear. For example: Somehow, it seems Harry took her to meet the Queen without warning her that she needed to curtsy. Is curtsying an antiquated custom, yes of course. But still, when you brings the love of your life to meet your family - don't you warn them on some of the peculiar habits of your family members?Bottom line: Kate went in with her eyes open, Meghan did not/didn't get the time to realise what she went in for of she was blinded by the idea of marrying a prince and the adulation that might come with the title.I kind of pity them all.
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Yes - this. I find the single pane, rounded corner windows really bothersome. Do they open? They drew my eye instantly in every photo and bothered me a lot, like an itch I couldn’t reach.
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Nice Cartier watch he's wearing, I bet he pocketed much more than $700k for someone that was recently behind on rent. GOP needs to police their ranks.
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SJA "Sending my (first) donation now. And I don’t live anywhere near Arizona."Of course your don't. Sounds sorta like the outsiders creating the recent problems in GA, They say the $90 million project, which would be built by the Atlanta Police Foundation, involves cutting down so many trees that it would be environmentally damaging. They also oppose spending so much money on a facility they say will be used to practice "urban warfare."The GBI said about 25 campsites were located and removed in Wednesday's raid, and mortar-style fireworks, edged weapons, pellet rifles, gas masks and a blow torch were recovered.Seven people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism and criminal trespass, with other charges pending, the GBI said. They range in age from 20 to 34 years, and none are Georgia residents."<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/21/1150632964/atlanta-protest-police-killing-activist" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2023/01/21/1150632964/atlanta-protest-police-killing-activist</a>
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Mark Lindamood Don't forget, before she was elected, there's a video showing she followed David Hogg a who was a Parkland student meeting with Senators about gun control, and Greene was harassing him about gun rights and claiming his activism was funded by billionaire philanthropist George Soros. Greene called Hogg, "little Hitler" and told him/threated him that she carried a gun. Greene repeatedly indicated support for executing prominent Democratic politicians in 2018 and 2019 before being elected to Congress.McCarthy is dealing with a mentally deranged woman to help his career? There are probably Republicans who are horrified, about the McCarty-Greene relationship but won't open their mouths about it.
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JS You open yours. You are in the minority, millions though you may be. It’s a big country. 80%+ of people 18-28 years old support marriage equality. Not rocket science to see where we’re going to be at when that age group becomes your age.
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I've heard the economist arguments for expanding population plenty. I read the NYT. It's always spend and grow or risk losing Social Security, or dynamism, or high asset prices. The argument never considers the short or longterm outlook for life on earthGlobal population needs to shrink. The human footprint has exploded in the past century and is unsustainable. I'd prefer we shrink more on our terms than on nature's. The process can be humane and gradual: don't have more than 2 children on purpose. That gives societies plenty of time to devise new social contracts. We can shrink, and take care of the elderly, and maintain social programs and quality of life. The 'real' problem is this entails fewer people spending less time enriching shareholders.
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To Talk About Money, Hold the Judgment It’s hard to get people to talk about money. A personal finance reporter explains how she helps sources open up about their spending habits and saving goals. Since I graduated from college about two years ago, I have become something of a personal finance nerd. I’ve figured out a strategy for saving for retirement, contributed to an emergency fund, researched different health insurance options and started filling out a spreadsheet that tracks how much I save every month. My self-education in money management came out of a very real fear of not being able to afford what I need — and turned into a powerful tool to control what I can of my financial future. It’s hard to get people to talk about money. A personal finance reporter explains how she helps sources open up about their spending habits and saving goals.
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Mike Nobody who owns rent regulated units has to sustain a loss. Under the law owners are guaranteed a profit of 7.5%, a margin most people in business would kill for. And that guaranteed profit is why the specious "illegal takings" argument always loses in court.Building owners who are not making a profit are free to apply for a hardship increase. But that requires proving a loss by opening up their books. And many refuse to do it. So they bring this on themselves.<a href="https://emcphd.wordpress.com" target="_blank">https://emcphd.wordpress.com</a>
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I am nearly 76 and have been seriously lifting for 33 years and at the age of nearly 50 I did a one rep bench press of 415 pounds. It was not elegant but I did it. I have also run short marathons of 5 and 10 kilometers and in recent years have used biking as an exercise, often pedaling 16 kilometers or a little more three times a week. Weight control is important, too. I have had some health issues, but essentially have dealt with them as others would. The good thing is, too, that at my age I can do many things others would have left behind years ago. And, this can be done in about an hour or so daily. It helps me not only physically but mentally, too. My workout routine is also a therapy for dealing with life issues and the very challenging state of the world of which I am very concerned. Heaven knows what we are coming to with war, immense inequality, and climate disaster. I have not always lived in the US, although I have for most of my life. People are suffering here and everywhere. I believe we need to work together to seek alleviation and, if possible, wide-ranging progress, and we must care for one another, in whatever country we live in and in the world as a whole. We are, like it or not, guste o no, dependent on one another whether we live in the US, Africa, Latin America, or Asia. Hate and self-interest are self-destructive. This also means self-education, reading, learning about others, and opening our hearts and vision of the world family.
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Many worry?What does that mean in a country of what?A billion on a planet of 8 billion that can only support 4?I'm not worried that they stopped creating an ever increasing population.It's encouraging.Maybe my grandchildren won't have to cope with a world population of 12 billion and all it's impacts on an overloaded earth.
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AJS So far, the USA has given Ukraine about 54 billion, and has pledged another 45 billion. That is not "hundreds of billions", and this aid is not a charitable gift to Ukraine, it is an investment in the future of the world.
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I saw Iggy Pop at the Orpheum in Boston after I moved there from Los Angeles in 1988. I moved on a whim, was fascinated with its history and the 180-degree change in scenery from LA, but was feeling alone and a bit adrift a few months in. The 1980s opened with me hitting the clubs in Hollywood and seeing so many punk and new wave bands with a crazy detour into Grateful Dead shows. By 1988, I was embarking on a different road of adventure and discovery but felt I needed a hit of energy from the “old days”. Well, Iggy Pop did it for me. I made my way to the front of the stage, leaned onto the barrier, propped my head on my hands, and simply stared up at him, absorbing his energy for a good portion of the show. I had also just read an interview where he discussed his substance abuse and that he had moved on to a new way of life, just like me (minus the history of drug abuse which I luckily never battled since my personal demons lie elsewhere). He was intense, wild, and beautiful as he leapt about the stage. At one point, he swung his hair in my direction, spraying me with sweat. He noticed it too, making eye contact for a moment, but far from grossing me out, it jolted me alive and I smiled back with renewed confidence that even in New England, I too could “lust for life”.
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This is some kind of cruel joke on the public. $1.6M is almost a rounding error. Five months jail time for a conscious multi-year conspiracy to defraud is laughable. This is not justice.
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I say put forth a bill that allows states, particularly Red States, to opt out of discretionary spending: Federal Farm subsidies, Medicaid, Federal Infrastructure funding from the $1.1T infrastructure bill passed in 2021, PACT Veterans Care, CHIPs manufacturing, etc.Put Republicans to the test to cut spending. Let their states decide whether to cut federal spending or not. Us blue states are tired of subsidizing the unappreciative red states anyway.
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Anyone still thinking their recent adoption of the “unlimited time off” model, ala Goldman Sachs - who are also laying off thousands - is in the employees interest? Hmmm? Yeah. Exactly.
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H Friedman Agree. And while campaign contributions should be limited to no more than $10,000, full disclosure should be made of its sources.Divest PACS of dark money.
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Mark M. Agree, but there is one feature of Powell's that is annoying and inexplicable to me. I tend to purchase academic books which often have a small discount or any on Amazon. Powell's, however, will very often charge substantially more than the publisher. A book I will soon be purchasing, published by Cambridge retails for about $250. Amazon sells it for about $240. Powell's about $320! I've asked the store about this a couple of times and have not received a response other than that's what we charge.To be sure, for me, Powell's is one of the increasingly fewer delights of living here.
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I am so glad to see NYT amplifying this inspiring story, and I appreciate how Nicholas Kristof centered his writing on the voices of Kennedy and others directly involved. However, I wish more people knew that this story is not unique. There are so many incredible grassroots organizations led by individuals like Kennedy that are making a far deeper and more sustainable impact than international agencies, often with annual budgets of less than $10k. Unlike SHOFCO, most do not get the financial resources that they deserve to scale and reach their full potential. From 2011 to 2015, only 5.9% of US Foundation funding went to local organizations, and in 2017, only .4% of total humanitarian funding went directly to local NGOs. This is a major issue with international/aid development work.
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That’s great - obviously there are lots of different kinds of restaurants and there are waiters who are highly skilled and highly paid and the unicorns like Danny Meyer who can even become billionaires in the restaurant business. A fine dining captain is an example of a job with high on-the-job skill but little required formal education and one that can lead to an upper middle class income. Those jobs are terrific. In general the restaurant industry is an example of more or less successful capitalism. The barriers to entry aren’t very high for most restaurants and as a result here are not extraordinary returns on capital. That’s why a lot of restaurants fail. But if they are well run, offering good service and food at prices that are attractive to customers they can make it and generate a return for the entrepreneurs and investors who finance their creation with intellectual and financial capital, not to mention sweat equity. It’s a very competitive and efficient sector with many different niches. There are some problematic endemic practices too - such as low cost off the books labor - but that exists in other industries like agriculture and construction as well.
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The US and its NATO partners are playing the long game which is designed to exhaust the Russians in both materials, men and morale for Uncle Putie’s war. The amount of money we are spending is like a small percentage rounding error in our yearly military budget. The Ukrainian’s are giving us and the world the best investment possible, simultaneously neutralizing two global threats (Russia and China). The tanks will come in due time to mop up what remains of Putins corruption plagued inept military and his private army the Wagner group filled ex-felons and cons. Glory to Ukraine and its proud people, tough as nails!
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whitebuffalo I'm getting 2.9% in my regular bank savings account.
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Ms. Pelosi really missed the mark when she opposed reforming Congressional investment practices. This was a perfect demonstration of how the Democratic party has left its old working class constituency behind. The Democrats are now the home for the old Republican white shoe liberals. The advice to local politicians to focus on local issues is spot-on. If somebody running for local office is opining on hot-button national issues, don't vote for that person even if running under the auspices of your preferred party. That person is not going to deliver in office, and anybody who divides a population is bad news as far as I'm concerned. I also think people should stop interfering with elections in other jurisdictions. Sitting here in California I do not need to donate campaign funds to somebody running for Governor or Senator in another state. Whatever short-term advantage I might be giving to "the good guy (or gal)" will be offset by alienation of that other state's voters. I understand. I don't want Texans butting in on my elections here.
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Pay attention to the price per ounce listed on the shelf and to stealth increases when they charge the same amount for a smaller package. One store tried to hold the line on its jarred pasta sauce but then made the jars two ounces smaller. So the price went from 67 cents an ounce to 75 cents an ounce. Then the price on the smaller jar jumped 20 cents, making it 83 cents an ounce. About a 23% jump over the original price.Recognize when you're paying extra for convenience. I can get a pound of ground beef for five dollars. For 40 percent more, I can get that same pound of beef pre-formed into patties. Chicken thighs are two bucks a pound, but for eleven dollars a pound you can get a precooked chicken breast with balsamic vinegar and rosemary.All snack foods are a hard pass for economic reasons and for health reasons.I do have to get more consistent about making a thermos of tea at home (13¢) instead of paying for coffee on the street ($4).
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332 million relying on one man’s word and work ethic.The Ethics of bringing home the bacon.Four hands in a family.Two tied with Ethics.Who brings home the bacon?Making income separately. Filing taxes jointly. Enjoying fruits of labor together.The husband believes and ordains, “Money is free speech”.A Judge, like Caesar’s wife, should be above suspicion.Caesar’s wife raking in more than Caesar. Selecting attorneys for law firms for profit and pocketing hefty commission. Details undisclosed. The firm or it’s attorneys may show up before her husband in the Court for a hearing. No transparent process for disclosure or recusal.The optics does not pass the smell test.
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Far too little attention has been paid to the power rightwing shock jocks have over our government through these hold-outs. Their only constituents are Tucker Carlson et al. and his viewers, and their only agenda is whatever Tucker Carlson wants. The right-wing shock jock mantra is that Democrats are enemies of the country who want to use tax dollars to build bridges in Kentucky, invest in clean energy, and help people succeed in life with education and healthcare, i.e. pinko-commies. Shock jocks repeat this mantra over and over until listeners' blood is boiling, they are addicted to outrage, and tune in only to put the needle back in their veins. Addiction to outrage makes money just as surely as Oxycontin enriched Purdue. As a former editor at Fox News (owned by Rupert Murdoch) said, "What happens online, on talk radio, and on Fox prime time has been and will continue to be the harbinger of what House Republicans will do." This is the "agenda" of the right wing, if you want to call it that, maintaining hatred and opposition to everything government (Democrats) does as dictated and rewarded by money-grubbing Republican shock jocks.
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A couple of things in response to this article:First. The GOP’s loss in the 1912 presidential election essentially ended the argument between its progressive and corporate wings. The corporate wing won and it has been shaping Republican policies ever since. The Koch-centered network whose agenda drives Republican policies is unique only in the sense that it uses technology-driven methods that weren’t available in earlier eras. Republican acceptance of the New Deal social safety net was always tenuous; certain sectors of the Republican Party tolerated it but Republicans were united in their commitment to seeing to it that safety net not be extended and rolled back whenever possible. The policies proposed by the corporate wing of the Republican Party were never popular so if the Party was going to achieve its goals it had no choice but to get a substantial number of White Americans to vote against their interests and Party leadership did that by appealing to their biases and their social anxieties. Hence, the culture wars. Managing this relationship has always been a challenge and what we are seeing today is that the plutocrats may no longer be able to control their own creation.Second. I disagree that the Republican Party has become the party of non-college educated Whites. The donor class and those it sends to office are not only college educated, they are disproportionately products of the Ivy League.
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Alec You would think that £350m/week not being paid to Brussels would feed some of these working people.Ask the Tories where it went.
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I personally know of at least 6 mid-career primary care MDs who are leaving clinical practice. They loved taking care of patients, forming longitudinal relationships, and making a tangible difference. But, they can't stand the fact that they are expected to spend hours answering numerous portal messages that extend their workdays to after dinner or after their children are put to bed or when they are on vacation or when they themselves are ill. This is actual work. If it requires more than a "yes, sounds good, thanks", then they should be compensated. Asking a patient to make an appointment to discuss this issue is sometimes greeted with, "Why do I have to do that?" Clinicians also get reports about their portal message responsiveness (% completed within 2 days) and patient satisfaction, with the implication that the speed and completeness of response is linked to satisfaction. The system is really broken and frankly, physicians are exhausted too.
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Tibby Elgato this is not true. My husband and I are gen x, didn't start until age 40, and had loans. We don't work in a high-earning field. We bought a fixer-upper in a cheap part of town, lowered our overhead, and began maxing everythign we could--two 401ks, family HSA, the 529 for the kid. The the apartment also appreciated nicely. Start as soon as you can, and go big!!I do agree the savings account will never do it. But neither will putting small amounts into conservative investments.
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On the 100th anniversary of the 1923 Rosewood massacre in Florida when whites burned the town to the ground, it's important to highlight the only time in American history when a state government awarded reparations to living survivors of such an attack and their descendants. In 1974, the legislature awarded $2.1 million to the survivors and provided free education at Florida's state universities for their descendants, a policy that continues to this day.
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“Someone has to pay” how about just charging what it costs. If it costs 10k to serve reindeer heart and nobody will pay it… maybe you don’t serve that. Why do the workers need to subsidize the rich? Obscene
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Thank you Paul Krugman and all the editors. Critical thinking is the ability to come up with alternative explanations. When Republicans and Senator Manchin say they are going to cut entitlements, they are not supporting child poverty, infrastructure, and clean energy. The president said they want a national sales tax. Maybe they will go after tax cheats and not cut the IRS. I’m for a sales tax because it would probably exclude food. I’m also aware that if the president was republican then there would be no qualms about debt or the ceiling. Not even from Democrats. Last time they had the House they extended income tax reductions from Bush. This time it’s going to be the Trump tax breaks.
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RJ A win after only 15 rounds of voting? Why it's the most impressive display of party unity in US history! McCarthy & the GOP will rue the day he became Speaker. The extremists on the right aren't finished. They will make his life a nightmare. McCarthy stands for nothing & he's traded away his ability to stand for anything. McCarthy will be a weak speaker of a weak majority whose contribution (besides an appetite for chaos that is whetted by these shenanigans) will be limited to obstruction & performance art. The speaker position has been devalued, demoted & become ceremonial for McCarthy. We've become a country of right fighters, loud mouths, & bullies, content to see our "opponents" fail instead of working together for the good of the country. How many 2024 Democratic ads are going to feature the scene of Rep. Mike Rogers (AL) lunging at Rep. Matt Gaetz while having his mouth covered with another Repubs hand? Advertising and fundraising gold there. if the GOP can't even work together, what makes any Repub think they can work for us? Fitting that the House GOP picked 1/6 to embarrass themselves again. In their zeal to leverage their extremely small numbers, the GOP rebels in the House have seriously weakened their party. Sidenote: Of the large group of presidential election deniers--only one R congressperson went to the steps of the Capitol to pay respects this morning to the officers injured & maimed on 1/6--yet on McCarthy's election, they chanted "USA, USA. "Wow.
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Joey Pantone (not My Name) Profit = surplus money. Is it a hospital's mission to provide financial returns for it's investors? or care for the sick? I understand hospitals have costs. I don't understand why those cost included administrators making $250k / year
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Who in their right mind gives $25,000 to a random organization based on a cold call and am email?? Rich people are weird. No wonder people like Anna Delvy or Sam Bankman have been able to easily pull fast ones on them... and now add Santos to the list
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RLW The law hasn't been updated to allow stiffer penalties. There was a time, not long ago, where 1.6 million dollars could crush a company.
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Oh, sure. High- and middle school teachers are already loaded down with "reporting" and testing requirements to the point that whole bunches of them are counting down to early retirement, or are just leaving the profession entirely. Add in 'collaborating" with Bots? Like, there will be staffing and time for that, too? I trust that proponents of this wondrous new thing are prepared to manually blow the hatch and re-enter the ship without helmet when yet ever more clever AI refuses to "open the pod bay door, please". I'm getting my typewriter repaired before the last skilled guy in Iowa hangs up his apron. Sheesh.
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So he donates $44 MILLion dollars to Dems (his top execs donate another $20 mil to Dems) Sure, they also donated $24 million to republicans candidates, almost ALL fervently anti Trump republicans and according to the NYTs reporting, very clearly stated, the “executive” who gave the contributions had told people he had no interest in politics but had just been encouraged by this company to make the donation. Doubt me? Check it out, even NYT was very clear that is how he says it went down. Folks, this is why many of us feel like we’re going through stolen elections. Dems didn’t have to take this money.
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This may be an unpopular take. But this article says H Biden was constantly trying to make up to $1 million per year to cover alimony and school expenses for his kids. All while struggling with multiple addictions and mental demons. Perhaps his ex wife could have seen this and covered expenses herself?? Perhaps his kids could have gone to public school?? Money was the root of his troubles yet his own family didn’t help him out. I feel really bad for him and it seems the worst thing he did was not pay his taxes, until he did. And there seems basically no connection to his father.
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“ It wasn’t just that they wanted to contest a supposedly stolen election as Mr. Trump called them to do, they wanted to punish the judges, members of Congress, and law enforcement agencies — the so-called political elites — who had discredited Mr. Trump’s claims. One rioter wondered why he should trust anything the F.B.I., D.O.J., or any other federal entity said about the results. The federal government had worked against everyday Americans for years, the rioters told us, favoring entrenched elites with its policies.”What exactly, I would like to ask Trump supporters, did Trump promise and do for them? While in office, Trump gave a $2 Trillion tax break to the wealthiest Americans. Are those the elites the Trump supporters are so vehemently against? The simple answer, that is not simple, is No! Trump was never for them! Some have figured that out but buyer’s remorse is a tough pill to swallow.
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My $.02: Take some time off and do product endorsements while you’re still a hot icon. You’ll make at least as much money with less danger and stress. Seize the moment.
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PB He said it's low risk for big players and high risk for regular people. He's not wrong. Look, clearly the tech sector and tech stocks have been home to financial speculation and manipulation over the past decade or so, driven (as the article says) by low rates. There's a lot of profit taking right now - investors have been getting out while the money is still fairly assured. Carvana shrank from an $80bn fairytale to a $1bn struggling hasbeen in a short time. Tesla shed $800bn (!!!) over the past year despite little change in business fundamentals. That wasn't all Elon - he's only sold $25bn or so. Clearly some finance guys are walking away with a lot of money, probably at the expense of smaller fish.
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As far as I can tell, so far this century Britain’s government has made just about every possible stupid decision, based on phony patriotism and Miesian craziness, and papered over the results with what boils down to a mishmosh of racisms.Beyond a couple decades of, “austerity measures,” that privatized the Mail and the Rail, beyond wackadoodle Brexit, beyond a circus of Tories, they actually rummaged around and found something dumber than offshoring: ONshoring real estate and financial investment that at its very best only trashed British ownership of, well, just about everything.Sell big chunks of London and Scotland to a passel of foreign oligarchs? Necessary investment in a brighter future. But boy, howdy, better not have no Polish truckers come through, with they Brussels diktats. Country’s being overrun.Now they’re where fixing anything is going to be tough, and the gov is STILL making the same noises. The best of British luck to you.
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Ezra Klein gleefully steps once again up to the microphone to provide some thoughtful, cogent, political, analysis. Where there appears a caustic edge a ripple of humor waits off stage. Disarray, hijack, coming apart at the seams, are colorful words and phrases he uses to not so aptly describe a process of collaboration and consensus building, something completely foreign to his woke fascism of lockstep or cancellation.Expressing an underpinning of fear of the gig is up and the Davos cabal behind the curtain is coming unmasked plus a President soon left to polish his garaged corvette, it is becoming clear that Mr. Klein doth protest too much
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calleefornia The city's deficit is $728 million over the next two years and is projected to go to $1,000,000,000 in 5 years.72% of the city's GDP comes from office space, and as more and more companies leave the city, the deficit will get worse.By all accounts, it's already a poorly run city with the most significant wealth inequalities in the Western world and mass homelessness. The result of progressives without checks?
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The boom/bust this time is fundamentally pretty different from the 2000 bust. That time about every other "tech" company was money losing and obviously not going to make it. This time quite a lot of very profitable companies (Facebook, Google, apple, MSFT, NVDA, Amazon...) decided their super profits during the pandemic (when everyone was locked at home) were going to last a long time and hired accordingly, expanding into completely fanciful areas. The fake money losing businesses were also there but not the same high percentage (mostly crypto ponzi related business and Fintech founded on cheap money from the Fed). However the common factors to both were extended periods of easy money leading to a suspension of normal rules of reality and skepticism on the part of investors (whose money is ultimately at risk). All such booms have always ended the same way. The laid off workers have mostly high demand skills that are well compensated. They should not just choose something based on perceived stability and income but on it's likelihood of positive impact on the world. Going from something like FB or Uber to a clean energy, biotech or insurance analytics firm's tech or data science division would be a gift if I were in that situation. There's a lot of challenges to help solve in this world and many ways to do well while doing good.
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Tom Verlaine, Television figured big in our transition to NYC so long ago. Atmospheric open sound, with magical guitars. Marquee Moon.
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MSYou got that right! Our healthcare system does suck. They profit on our diseases and on our medication and our pain . the whole system needs to be reworked.I don't think this will happen in our lifetime. For every dollar Big Pharma uses to lobby a person in Congress, they get seven dollars back in real action. We the people are up against it. Our sustained outrage about this matter will probably never have a solution. We don't have to live like this but the powers that be wanted this way. This is a very large subject.Thank you for your insightful comment. Good luck with our sick care system. We wish you the best.
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here's an idea: either tax churches, which would add about $70 billion a year to the country's treasury, or stop giving them financial aid when there's a natural disaster. They received up to $10 billion in the first round of Covid relief. They could buy insurance with all the money they don't pay in taxes, but they seem to love socialism.
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poe -- "... one of the worse return on investment ROI schools. You might enjoy the $200 K in tuition..."You've posted this ROI information four times; in your other posts you specified "Ringling College of Art and Design/ New Collage". Unfortunately you're talking about the wrong school.You seem to be getting this 2012 data from this link:<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/08/09/the-25-colleges-with-the-worst-return-on-investment" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/08/09/the-25-colleges-with-the-worst-return-on-investment</a>/The Forbes story doesn't mention New College. Ringling College of Art and Design is also located in Sarasota, but it's an unrelated school:-- New College: public, liberal arts, 600 students, average annual cost after aid $10K-- Ringling College: private, fine arts, 1700 students, average annual cost after aid $52K.The bad estimated ROI for Ringling doesn't tell us anything about ROI for New College; the very low annual cost for New College along with the usual improved earnings for college graduates suggests that the ROI for New College is probably pretty good.Guy CardenSpokane, Washington
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Albert Petersen I love this idea. The delicious meat you mention would probably cost $40-$80 per pound, but the environmental value would be priceless.
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Canceled Normalman —if a particular neighborhood’s prices are around $600,000 and the bank appraises it at $400,000, the appraisal would knock out all non-cash buyers since a bank will not give a mortgage in an amount greater than the appraisal. I’m not sure there are conscious incentives involved, but there is an effect.
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