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Paul: Yes, and our governor refuses to expand Medicaid under the ACA even though it is now 12 years since it was past. With that decision, about half the medically uninsured in Texas could be fully insured with the vast majority of the cost (90%) covered by the Federal government.But, no, Republicans here just have a mean streak and don't want to help anyone who is poor.
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So a bunch of people with money said, "Gee, i'd like to invest in some companies that do This Thing." Then investment funds went saucer-eyed at the dollars being waved around and said, "Gimmie!-Gimmie!-Gimmie! Sure, we can set up an investment fund for you!"And so everyone did a Capitalism and traded dollars for Things.So the only actual (?) complaint here is what? 1) Some of the companies in those funds aren't This Thing enough? 2) The investment funds are tired of having to research and find investments for those funds, like it says in the job description for which they are handsomely (over) paid? 3) Right-Wing Culture Warriors have decided ESG "exists" and so they hates it, my precious? hissss?Sounds like a lot of ... nothingburger x2.BlackRock as "woke". lol. Yeah, and so's Richard Spencer.
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Socrates Excellent responses. Yes, if you follow the money it is easy to see that BOTH parties are influenced by the big spenders in political campaigns. The problem is the system, which allows laundered campaign contributions to corrupt both parties.An additional problem is the big money spent to influence the factional media, the factional entertainment industries, and the segregated educational systems in which working class people are deliberately taught to hate each other through the promotion of stereotypes. Yet, the politicians want to be adored by their fans. Change the system...take the influence money out of political campaigns. And we must all learn to think more critically when faced with the divisive themes that assault us daily in the media, the educational system and the entertainment industry. As a nation, we have been deliberately divided according to race, religion, gender, and age....this is nothing new. It is the oldest political tool in the history of class structure, but its just easier to do it today because of technological innovations.
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Thanks for this info. It is interesting.There are several underlying assumptions to this data. For instance, If you have a family of 4 in Boston you could pay $2735 per month and own a home. Yet, find it difficult to imagine you could find a 2 or 3 bed apartment for $1718 a month in a part of town where your kids could play outside during the day.What would be helpful would, if possible, break it down by family size. In almost every location, once you have several family members living together, owning property appears superior to rent. Problem is the downpayment and credit scores to afford the interest payment.
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Your essay, Ms. Renkl, brought back a mortifying memory. Summer of '19, when my wife and I visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Where we paused for a snapshot. And facing the tower (stooped as if it'd dropped a penny)--taking my wife's picture, had an inspiration. "How about you lean over to one side? In the same direction, at the same angle as the tower behind you?" So she did. And as I snapped my photo----I looked up and noticed that virtually every human being posing for a picture was doing the same thing. Oh why can't we be original? We try so hard. I agree with you, Ms. Renkl, about selfies. And turning away our eyes--fixing them upon the natural wonders around us. But I would humbly suggest----even the most spectacular backdrop! Niagara Falls or the Grand Canyon--is made more personal, more intimate by having a human being in front of it. We respond to pictures of our own kind. But I share your distaste--if distaste it is! for selfies. I've never taken one in my life. I never will. One last thing. Those immense wings of a vulture "extended in benediction"?I'd rather not be blessed by a vulture. Scanning me from a great height--and wondering what he'd like to have with me.I'm not dead yet, Mr. Vulture. Thanks anyway.
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High prices in some parts of the country? I paid over $9 for a dozen regular size eggs today, $6 a pound for 80% lean chop meat, and $3.55 a gallon to fill my gas tank. Yesterday I took a delivery of home heating oil that cost me $5.50 a gallon, a full 40% more than I paid before Biden took office two short years ago. Don't tell me, or any common sense Americans, that inflation is only 6.5% year over year. You can fool us once or twice with this mainstream media spin, but you can't fool us after two years into the failed presidency of Joe Biden.
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Last year Nadal beat Medvedev for the title, less than 6 months after Medvedev had beaten Djokovic in straight sets at the finals of the US Open.Last year Djokovic’s lies about his COVID status were outrageous. In addition to Djokovic lying about his holiday travel status, Der Speigel determined that his Covid QR code revealed that his supposedly positive test was not taken when he claimed it was, and further that the test reading QR code indicated negative before it mysteriously switched to positive. Finally, while supposedly being ill with COVID he attended a children’s tennis tournament and handed out prizes.The above two episodes do not rhyme with “Greatest of all Time”.
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No fallen American here. I think what they have done to their two families is tragic. Trashing one's family and spilling sensitive incidents, conversations and alliances is a sure way to extended estrangement. They'll probably play the victims yet again when no one from England wants to talk them. Truly, who would? They're not to be trusted for one millimeter. Patti Davis wrote a column yesterday that didn't have comments- in it, she said that she regretted needing to tell 'her truth' b/c later, she realized that everyone has their own version of how things go. She also said that she was thankful that she had enough time with her Dad to make things right. I was no fan of the Reagans but I am a fan of families be they functional or dysfunctional. You can debate about why they are doing what they are doing but to sell your family out just to be 'heard' or to the 'highest bidder' - I don't know- it seems like a losing proposition for everyone concerned. They don't look happy to me - Harry looks tortured even though he claims to have been saved- didn't he use to have a sense of humor?
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Ignores excellent frozen pies from other states/ cities than NYC. Broaden the search. Billy Pie here in Richmond is excellent and under 10 bucks. Made locally. Bought from small provisions markets. Ordering frozen pizza for 35 bucks seems, well, folly for the rich looking for fools gold when it’s probably right in your backyard.
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It's worth noting the 2023 marginal tax rate for those filing as "Single" is 32% for incomes over $182,100 and 35% for incomes over $231,250. That does not include state and local taxes, property taxes, social security taxes, Medicare taxes or sales tax. There is also a 15% long-term capital gains tax for "Single" filers with incomes above $44,626, and 20% for those with incomes above $492,300. One need not be "wealthy" to be on the receiving end of these high tax rates. Many are retirees, who saved for years, who by virtue of their age have significant required minimum distributions from their IRA or 401k accounts. Many "wealthy" taxpayers run businesses which create millions of good paying jobs. They also create jobs indirectly through the services and goods they consume. Go ahead and tax them even more. And then watch as they move overseas, choose not to expand their businesses, or reduce personal consumption. Who will suffer the most in that scenario? Why, the very people who presumably we want to help at the lower end of the economic spectrum. We had an effective model back in the late 1990’s with the Clinton-Gingrich era of fiscal discipline and somewhat higher tax rates. If we raise taxes back to the 1990’s levels, special accommodation should be given to higher income seniors, both in terms of their taxation rates and Medicare premiums. And while we're at it, let's cut military spending in half.
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Peter McCaffrey - That’s a fascinating possibility we could see if DeSantis concludes it’s the only way to beat his general election opponent. Reaching that conclusion would depend on what kind of advisors he ends up with on the campaign trail, and I don’t consider it likely—he and Mitt Romney are polar opposites, in style, personality and priorities; Romney advanced a precursor to Obamacare when governor of Massachusetts, and sought to open Utah to the world when leading the Olympic bid, not circle the wagons like DeSantis did with Covid policy. But DeSantis is a real political animal for sure.
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Have a national Lottery with a new Trillion Dollar coin as the Jackpot? Only Billionaires can enter as each ticket costs One Billion. You only need to sell 2000 tickets to make the extra Trillion. But then, keep a list of all entrants and put them down for accelerated, absolutely thorough, Tax audits.
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I agree with lany: I'm surprised that this columnist is casually dispensing fertility advice here. LW1's issue is one that I personally faced after a break-up on my 35th birthday. For what it's worth, I too had spent years earning a phd but was very ignorant about the biology of human reproduction. It's a hugely complicated time when we realize that our fertility is indeed waning and worries about motherhood begin to impede on our dates and new relationships. First step is definitely to go to a fertility clinic to get tests to check ovarian reserve and other fertility markers (thyroid, vitamin d, etc.). Luckily, there are many great resources now to help with the myriad questions that invariably arise at this time about what to do once those results come in: freeze eggs? freeze embryos with a donor? try to conceive (now) and find a partner later? or prioritize the relationship-finding process and make peace with possibly not becoming the biological/genetic mother of a child (other options being using an egg donor, adoption). My advice: Whatever you do, don't assume you will get pregnant immediately. It can take years. And neither IVF nor egg freezing guarantees pregnancy. The journey starts now, with the question you've posed.<a href="https://store.momschoiceawards.com/product/7105" target="_blank">https://store.momschoiceawards.com/product/7105</a><a href="https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/r35-esther-perel" target="_blank">https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/r35-esther-perel</a>
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My only experience with a chatbot was incited by an article in the Times about Character.AI, a chatpod specializing in chats with bots of living and dead persons, as well as cartoon characters.Scrolling through their icons, I came across a row of religious icons, including one of the Buddha. Being Buddhist, I decided to give it a try. This Buddha-bot then invited me to ask it any question.My first question was: "How may I become enlightened?"Within two seconds this Buddha-bot answered: "I would say that it requires a genuine curiosity about the world, and an openness to change how you perceive it. The path of dharma and a journey to enlightenment begins with the cultivation of moral virtue, meditation, and wisdom. You also need to be able to accept new ideas that may challenge your perception of reality. Do you feel as though you can do all of this?"I was stunned by this response because not only was it correct in terms of Buddhist teaching, but that it was in perfect English, in conversational style, and correctly punctuated, and that it asked ME a tough question.When I asked what it knew about my Buddhism mentor, a famous monk, it responded with some facts about him, some correct and some incorrect. I saved the chat and shared with some friends, some of them Buddhism teachers who were quite fascinated and impressed. But I doubt if any of them felt their jobs were threatened by this Buddha-bot.
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As Tax Season Starts, a Beleaguered I.R.S. Looks to Bolster Customer Service The Biden administration is focusing on making the agency more responsive amid concerns that a funding increase will result in more audits. WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is aiming to significantly improve customer service at the Internal Revenue Service as the 2023 tax season begins on Monday, a pivotal moment for an agency at the center of a political fight over $80 billion in additional funding it was awarded by Congress last year. The Biden administration is focusing on making the agency more responsive amid concerns that a funding increase will result in more audits.
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Bruce Rozenblit. Funny, I don’t know you but I look for your comments, which often express my views. The majority of people today don’t bother with reality, and reading is too much effort. As someone commented here, people complain about the price of eggs, but they are happy to spend $10 on a cup of coffee. Virtual reality and the internet in general have distorted life to the point of no return. Reality is an illusion made up of loud noises and hype for many people today. And complaining is easier than sorting out facts from fiction, or just the act of thinking.
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My $0.02 as an eCommerce Director:The tone of these articles is always that there is something nefarious going when an ad platform tracks you. The assumption is *of course* you want to hide your activity and browsing history because...well, why exactly?Could some admin in the bowels of a digital platform drill down to your browsing history and put your name to it and use that against you somehow? I guess in theory that is possible? But I wouldn't know b/c I have no interest in that and I have a hard time imagining why I or anyone else paying the bills would bother.Blowing the hypothetical harm out of all proportion to the point people take steps to hide their tracks and tech companies are killing cookies just makes it harder to put the right ad in front of the right people and -- i hate to be the one to tell you this -- that is the backbone of the free web. If we can't use the unique ability of digital media to specifically target ads and report on efficacy, we might as well go back to buying newspaper ads and basing ROI on fictitious circulation numbers. I want my digital budget spent on putting content in front of people who are interested in what I'm selling. The less information there is to go on, the less targeted and more annoying digital ads become and the more money we waste putting ads in front of people who have no interest in or, worse (as was pointed out here), have already bought whatever we are selling.
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Sorry, the NFL has leveraged this incident into a media event and marketing ploy. As always, it’s all about the $$$.
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As an only child with one parent wasting away from Alzheimer's in a LTC facility (on Medicaid), and the other living "independently" but showing signs of cognitive decline and relying on me 7 years now to manage their monthly bills, legal needs and big decisions, I dread the coming decades and the second half of my life. I've already taken my career path part-time to manage the sandwich between my parents' needs and my school-aged child, so I dread my own unreadiness for retirement and old age as my lifetime earnings and savings are hugely affected by this. Having gone to the support groups, learned everything I could from social workers and geriatric case managers, gotten the legal and Medicaid done, taken over the accounts, multiple moves, etc. I still feel like I don't know how to do this. The COVID crisis reduced the competent pool of caregivers and the state of my dad's LTC facility is enough to make you cry - and it was a "good" one when he was admitted. I watched my mother-in-law, who lived in an EU country, die from the same disease for 2.5 years, and it was awful. However, she had a live-in aid and while we and my brother-in-law had to pay for it out of pocket, it was $2K a month - nothing like the $16K a month/$100K+ that we paid for my dad in an awful LTC before his Medicaid kicked in. And she got to pass peacefully in her own home. Because of this my husband and I are considering moving to his home country for our retirement. The U.S. is not a place for the old.
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$6 for a dozen jumbo eggs at my Trader Joe's is still a great price that I'm willing to pay until prices stabilize or come down in the future. 99 cents for a dozen regular eggs probably won't happen again in our lifetimes though which is a shame.
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Beth I know 30 years ago I was getting those cans for 10 cents, last week they were 90 cents. It ain't what it used to be!
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It's good that we're seeing inflation from a distributional point of view! Note that the USG's full employment goal is also distributional. The whole labor force isn't needed to produce the basic needs of the U.S. population. Instead, universal employment is needed for universal access to basic needs.But this system not only doesn't work, it can't work. Full employment is episodic ("frictional" unemployment and recessions) and never reaches people who are poorly suited for employment. And for many people, employment income isn't enough to meet basic needs.Part of the problem with full employment is that, in our system, achieving it requires capitalist-driven investment: i.e., producing capital that is essentially an increase in the wealth of the already wealthy and only tangentially welfare-increasing for those in need. A growing problem is that this growth-driven employment is not physically sustainable in the natural environment.Once full employment is seen as failed distributional policy, an alternative is needed: namely, fiscal policy that provides basic needs, without inflation, by improving allocation of production (e.g., more services for the very young and old) and by reallocating income. The Fed can't do it.
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My response to a dismissive comment regarding Anthony Bourdain being overrated and using his struggles with addiction and depression as reasons to disparage him. The NYT deleted the original comment and all the reply's. Even those of us that could be accused of “idolizing” Anthony Bourdain know of his trials and tribulations. And no one including Mr. Bourdain and his friends that are deservingly called “super chef” would refer to him that way. Anthony Bourdain was a storyteller who intertwined culture and food into a narrative that informed us about the two in ways that went beyond anything many of us have ever experienced. I’ve never been a fan of food shows that ignored the culture and history that birthed the food fetured or simplistic travel shows that focus on superficial things and ignore the complexity of the places being presented. Bourdain went deeper and beyond the western affectation that demanded a first world centric approach to food. Yeah he had serious addiction issues, many talented and passionate people do. And yes he struggled with depression and anxiety, many of us do as well. He was very human and flawed and I for one thank him for opening up places and people in ways that I could never have imagined, nor afforded to see and know. And I for one will not apologize to skeptics and naysayers for my admiration of this beautiful troubled man.
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LIChef. Following the money just may just pry open windows that many in power, even duped/dolt supporters of L.I.’s GOP, just don’t want opened!!
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When I was in my 20s and started my first real job at 25 with The DHHS, I was blessed to be able to enroll in the brand new FERS. The Government put in an automatic 1 percent of my salary and matched up to 3 percent more. So for 7 percent of my salary invested, I contributed just 3 percent. So even as a new employee, I added 2 percent more and every single pay raise after, I added that percent to my contributions instead of in my pay. I learned to live on what I made, saved and contributed all my working life and became a FERS millionaire. Additionally, the one word I remember was diversify. Series EE Savings Bonds, paying a minimum of 4 percent guaranteed was a good deal. You could purchase Bonds from each paycheck for as little as 25. and get a 50. Bond or 50. and get a 100. Bond twice a month. I do remember it seemed like a slog and growth would be slow with 30 years to maturity but patience is another word to know here. After 10 years, not only did the interest rates vary, the worst was not being able to buy bonds through payroll deductions and having to go to the Bank. That was OK for a while but it took discipline to do it. Less discipline needed for automatic payroll deductions and the Bonds piled up while I did this. Discipline was another buzzword but then the Banks started making you buy online, making it harder and the interest rates way too variable. But I still had a pile of Bonds. I urge the Feds to bring Bonds back at 4% and make it easy to invest in the USA
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"While that spending could eventually lead to savings and a more reliable grid, it will probably drive up rates in the short term.Even though I do not have the exact figures in front of me from our last electricity bill, my husband and I are now receiving a return on our investment. Over ten years ago, we purchased ten solar panels in a community solar garden. Finally we are earning a little bit each month in our investment in renewable energy.
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Kate $15 / mo isn't much for the NYT when you consider that the Boston Globe is $27 / month .
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Guaranteed income supports will be needed to compensate for the falling ratio of workers putting money into social security. Someone as brilliant as Dr. Krugman will have to figure out a way that just printing more money in the service of guaranteed income support can be kept from creating out-of-control inflation.Reduced investment, the second problem mentioned here, must be intelligently channeled to• preserve needed production• Smaller environmental footprints.The overarching issue is that declining human population must be managed so that wildlife can make a comeback. That's a good thing, not a bad one.
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It's the height of irony that Mr. Krugman - in an article basically accusing the Republican Party and (in particular) its electeds of being fantasists ... that PK indulges in some intellectual legerdemain that is every bit as absurd.There IS a reason that the Fed prefers to look at measures of inflation that de-emphasize energy prices. 2022 was certainly a year in which "the price at the pump" was a very misleading measure of inflation.So, PK's seizing on "the tide going out" in that connection is every bit as deceptive!Worse, Mr. Krugman's optimism about the COST OF HOUSING is a kind of blindness or DISTORTION - very much on purpose on his part.I don't know if he's in the NY metropolitan area or DC's, but talk about "living in a bubble" - Mr. K., if your $500K starter home in most suburbs of either city comes down to $450K, that may make inflation look "beaten," but ... really?Americans get no vote, of course, on the tradeoffs between interest rates and employment rates, but if they did, I think even the average Democrat might see that food costs are still trending up, and it hurts! Ditto, RENTS.Last, there are $TRILLIONS in the current US Budget that aren't the IRS or Social Security. I tend to agree with PK that slashing most of them is a terrible idea - while putting the military on a diet would be good - but maybe most voters feel differently.His making it seem like the Republicans are all and ENTIRELY wacko makes for a fun read - but a dishonest one.
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Moby Dick is worth it. And add the major works of Theodore Dreiser. Both of them had their eyes open, even if their style sometimes draws sneers from people whose highest good is a well-wrought sentence.
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Eric B Wordle 591 2/6*⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ 89/96/4🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/87Skill 99 Luck 91My first choice, an old favorite, was especially lucky today. The second choice was the first word I thought of out of the four that were possible. Yesterday's Wordle 590 3/6*🟨🟨⬜⬜🟩 92/69/28 Raise⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 77/78/ 2 Brave🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/75 CraveSkill 88 Luck 74"Raise" is a vowel heavy opener that worked out well yesterday. My second choice did the heavy lifting, avoided a ToG trap, and left me with just two words: crave and grave. Luckily, I chose the right one for the third guess. Hooray for Rayincleve and Bit on hitting the century mark. May your streaks continue!
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Eric B So my suggestion of opening the tab by itself and pasting the URL would avoid that, but of course there is still the Back to all comments link at the top. Ah the joys of technology.
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Now everyone watching or thinking about football will have to wonder on every play if someone if going to die. Just like people who serve in the military who end up with ptsd, now it's an equal opportunity possibility with the NFL. Really glad Bob Kraft got that $26,000,000 condo. He sure earned every cent. What would we do without football?
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Robert revenues were $4.05T in 2015, $4.90T in 2022. This is according the the US Treasury. Not 30%.
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MoxiereproIt sounds like you're blaming landlords.These landlords seem to find enough voluntary demand for their properties to continue to do business as you describe.If you sell your house do you take the highest offer or do you take a lower offer that returns you only a "reasonable" return of 3% a year on your investment? When you sell a stock, do you offer it for what the market will bear or do you sell it at a price that only gives you a "reasonable" ROI? In both cases almost everyone seeks the highest profit alternative -- why should commercial landlords be different (esp. since they take the risk of sitting on an empty property during a recession while still owing property tax and servicing debt)?
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Taoshum Regarding rural problems, it truly is Republican vs. Democratic governing. One fights against unionization, and personal rights and gives more tax breaks to enhance attracting businesses (while others in fly-over country don't), while the other provides more social net assistance to those in need and essential services but prefers condo construction to job creation. Some Democratic run governments foolishly open themselves to exploitation by declaring themselves asylum States or Cities, robbing their own citizenry's tax dollars to tend to the immigrants and allow the "woke" to dominate public discussion, angering both sides of the aisle. This is why the Federal government needs to be way more involved in laws and standards, regulations and discouragement of mergers that eliminate price competition, so that all citizens get a hand up when they need one and a lower price at the store. And we all, as citizens, need a clear channel of communication to Congress and the two political parties, especially if we disagree with some of our own Congressional reps' actions.
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With the exception of battlefield executions for prisoner/soldier deserters, Russia’s situation described in this excellent reporting is prescient and applicable to the US military. (Note: I’m excluding Blackwater/Xe and only focusing on disciplined, uniformed troops in the DoD.) The same summary about the Kremlin counting on people going along with things when they are objectively terrible due to lack of proper prior planning applies to the US as well. Objectively, (1) the US has not won a war since World War II, (2) no US service member is on active duty who has fought against an enemy with an Air Force or valid surface-to-air capability, (3) despite a trillion dollars, US air superiority and the highest technological weaponry, the US could not overthrow in twenty years an enemy who, in the initial stages of the war on terror, rode in to combat on mules and horseback with old Soviet rifles (amazing juxtaposition of technology captured in photos back in 2001-2003 time frame). My hope is that commanders in the US military are taking note of the war in Ukraine while they plan for a war against China. War game models, as reported in the NYT and other open source journals, have shown a consistent massive loss of US personnel and materiel in the initial phases of combat even when variables are altered in favor of the US. And with only a minority of US citizens medically fit to serve, a draft will not be the solution nor will singing “I’m Proud to be an American.”
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Miriam - Good points. But my very MAGA brother in law swears that (unlike city folks) he has never taken a penny from the government. Meanwhile, he cashes his $300,000 farm subsidies check and his SS check, and has his healthcare paid for by Medicare. I realized that benefits that other people get may constitute "taking money from the government," but money the "deserving" rural folks get don't' count.
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The Era of Happy Tech Workers Is OverFor those in the US: YesFor those in China : NoAt the same time Microsoft is laying off workers in the US is is hiring workers , and is continuing to hire workers in ChinaOutsourcing started in manufacturing is moving up the skill latter.* Get used to it=========* IBM Now Has More Employees in India Than in the U.S. NYT Sep 28, 2017
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What this article doesn't do unfortunately is show that the deficit as a percentage of GDP is insignificant. And the financial markets confirm this. The long bond, or 10-year Treasury, is at 4%, meaning that the financial markets are not only not concerned, they want more federal spending because this country needs investment in infrastructure that the private sector can't make.A deficit is neither good nor bad in an of itself. It depends on the circumstances. If the economy is running too hot, then you don’t want to deficit spend because you'll stoke inflation. But if the economy is in recession, then you do want to deficit spend, or prime the pump, to inject needed investment when the private sector pulls back.
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Good job Seth Kugel!$17,000 is a kot of money.Aurora Expeditions, Trip Mate Insurance and American Airlines behaved badly, hoping a wronged customer would surrender to corporate greed.A mitzvah!
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Followup, re collapse of the Roman Empire: Not mentioned here, but I am greatly troubled at how sports betting has taken hold and is spreading like a plague over professional and college sports in the U.S. Advertising and media coverage now centers not on just the winner/loser outcome but on the betting odds. Would like to see a comparison of the betting money vs ticket sales, and other revenue. As the money flows differently in college sports, what will happen next ? The way we are headed, sports, politics, justice (even the “judicial process”), the rule of law—virtually every institution which helps create and protect sound values (especially for and with young people) is at great risk and open to corruption. As a conscientious nonagenarian, I fear for the future.
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There hopefully will be no “vindication” for the inquisition pope. Ross Douthat a theological conservative Catholic convert, the type of which is often more conservative than conservative Catholics born to the faith finds much to admire about Pope Benedict. Considering Ross’s position on reproductive rights (anti abortion and contraception) hostility to women and gay rights and obedience to a conservative viewpoint of church doctrine that is unsurprising. Benedict who at first ignored the culture of sexual abuse within the church and then accepted the truth of its existence while blaming, like Douthat likes to do, the sexual revolution instead of the institution itself was fostered on the church by his predecessor the anti communist pope John Paul. Neither pope were open to discussing the modernization of church doctrine and remained stuck in a world view informed by a reactionary conservative tradition hostile to modernization dressed up in tradition and the notion that anything they disapproved of was sin. I don’t doubt that Ross is correct that entrenched conservatives within the American church will continue their hostility towards modernity and its emphasis on the rights of all over the privileges of the few and the conservative theocracy. And like here in Michigan where we rejected their assault on reproductive rights we will refuse to submit to the celibate, rigid and repressive conservatives that dominate the Catholic Church. We too have only just begun to fight.
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Each new variant of covid puts young children at serious health risk and can even be fatal. Putting very young children whose immune systems are not fully developed can be dangerous and even fatal. The rationale for this as benefiting the child’s education is flawed and falseOnce again the issue of delegating parental responsibilities to professionals needs to be addressed and corrected. From birth until at least five a child requires the daily, full time attention and learning from their parents in a home environment is far more effective and productive than sending a toddler or a child to so called head start or preschool. The real reason for their existence is to facilitate both parents or single parent households to participate in the workforce. institutions is high whether the cost is the responsibility of the family alone or is supplemented by tax payers is unwarranted and in reality wasteful and even harmful. Clustering young children with yet fully developed immune systems puts many of these children at risk for illnesses by contamination or airborne viruses. The building blocks to proactive learning are what was recognized in the 1950s and early ‘60s as the”three Rs” reading, writing and arithmetic can be provided later. Socialization. Sharing, and conflict resolutions are best learned in a family situation at home. Money spent for parent education and a realistic supplemental payment to the primary child caregiver would provide much more value both for the family
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I lived in the Cincinnati area and my entire extended family is from there. With the class act of Burrow, the coach, the entire team and the fans, I am reminded that people can indeed come together in an emergency with grace and compassion.Seeing the Bills and Bengals fans at UC Medical Center hand in hand tells me that racist animosity and contrived rivalries can be transcended any day of the week. It should not take an emergency for Americans to unite in this way.
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How does any conservative think the Republican Party is headed in the right direction ? What’s the objective now ? Trump added almost $8.5 trillion to the national debt in only 4 years. His only achievement was unfunded tax cuts. Since Reagan the Republican playbook has been the same. There is little chance that McCarthy will be able to raise the debt ceiling when it comes due in the middle of this year.
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If we could just get rid of Republicans THEN a wonderful new morning in America like has NEVER been seen.If we could STOP the flow of human wealth to the very few, THEN humanity could BLOSSOM.OF THE $42T OF WEALTH CREATED SINCE 2020 NEARLY 2/3 OF IT WENT TO THE TOP 1%.this is unsustainable UNLESS we return to the age of pharaohs and kings who's families become a new species way above homo savagus.
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NY elected a governor who appropriated state funds for her own campaign and who put $1 bn of tax money towards a football stadium with an unbelievably wealthy owner who employs her husband. I would not be shocked if there is something owed to someone here.
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ManhattanWilliam The money "sent" is 75% credits that are spent here for American military equipment. As with most of our foreign military aid, it is a jobs program for our military-industrial complex. Much of our stance towards Israel goes back to the Camp David Accords, which is why we also send military aid to Egypt, and now Jordan after their peace agreement.Regardless of Netanyahu's corruption and self-serving ways, the US has a vital military partnership with the IDF, including joint development of battlefield systems, especially defenses against rockets and projectiles. We also depend on Israel for certain intelligence gathering capabilities. Did I mention Iran? Why do you think so many Gulf states and Sunni nations are entering agreements with Israel? They have all decided that the abominable situation with the Palestinians is of lesser importance than their own defense and economic wellbeing.I truly wish the Palestinians and Israelis could come to an agreement for two countries. A threatened suspension of American military aid is not enough incentive to push Israel into an unpopular compromise and the Palestinians have no real desire for half a loaf, either. The worst forces on both sides of that divide have held a veto for too long. We can easily recognize the Israeli extremists and anti-democratic forces. I hope you have the clarity of vision to see the same amongst the Palestinians. Their president is now in the 18th year of his 4 year term.
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A study on terminally ill cancer patients by a highly respected researcher Roland Griffin's was able to eliminate the fear of dying in 70% of patients. The study was highlighted on a 60 minutes segment about a year or so ago. Patients were interviewed and said the drug totally changed their perspective on death. Stanislaus Groff, a Hungarian researcher has been using this wonder drug for decades for mental illness with great success. According to Grof, this drug is effective because it changes our perspective. The way we see t reality or as Always Huxley noted many decades ago it opens the doors of perception. The indigenous populations used these drugs centuries ago and they did it ceremonialy with shamens. So much for the so-called savages. They were way ahead of us.
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20 million American citizens out of work and you want to open the doors to massive immigration? The reason Americans don’t take those dishwasher jobs is that they pay so low that Americans cannot get by on them. Immigrants who live in a shelter or a tent might take them because they are better than nothing and they know that welfare services will keep their families at least barely alive. Americans are a step ahead and are trying to fix the economy and add dignity to work, an effort that wholesale immigration of starving people will sabotage. There are plenty of people already here who are ready to do all of these jobs once the pay is raised above starvation wages. If we are going to have an economy rather than a slave plantation, the immigrants must be kept out. Raise the minimum wage to $20/ hour and all these open jobs will immediately be filled.
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A progressive Democrat running against treacherous corporate suck-up Kristin Sinema will attract the most nationwide grassroots campaign donations ever seen in a Senate race.'Moderate' Democrats’ commitment to the needs of working people, racial justice, and the poor are only what their wealthy and corporate donors will tolerate. 'Moderate' Democrats are complicit in driving union membership down to only 7% of working people, allowing hundreds of thousands to be homeless, and leaving millions uninsured and underinsured for the world’s most expensive medical care. They helped pass the Taft-Hartley Act, allowed the right wing to semi-privatize the US Mail and start privatizing VA medical care, and they helped Republicans shred the social safety net. This one looks out for the coal companies, that one serves the auto industry, this guy protects gas and oil interests and none want to fairly tax corporations or the wealthy. The ‘moderate’ Clinton and Obama gave us NAFTA to export our remaining factory jobs, let the taxpayers pay the 9/11 damages instead of the criminally negligent United and American Airlines, and immunized the telecom companies from any consequences for spying on you. And ‘moderate’ Democrats let all those recalcitrant subpoenaed witnesses get away with it though the Supreme Court has already held they could have the House Sergeant-at-Arms arrest them and handcuff them to Nancy’s radiator until they complied. Yeah, “Vote for me; I’m moderately for you’.
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EaglesPDX The main problem with football (and hockey) is CTE, not commotio cordis. Therefore, you're right that Hamlin's injury does not exemplify the problems inherent in the sport. That said, the Hamlin incident has now lead to a general evaluation of the sport in light of CTE and related issues. You are an avid football fan so you know this conversation isn't new. Hamlin's injury only reminded the general public and more thoughtful football fans of the inherent dangers and moral ambiguity of American football. As for the NFL's generous retirement fund, does it extend to the countless number of former amateur players who suffered numerous subconcussive blows while their brains were still developing? Die-hard football fans should just openly admit that their passionate devotion to this *game* trumps any moral consideration for the consequences of CTE. That would at least be honest.
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I hadn’t heard about ESA’s Euclid being delayed because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. And then there’s a vocal minority that thinks spending $10B on Webb was a massive waste. Meanwhile, Congress just passed a $857.9 billion defense bill. For one year; 2023. Kinda makes Webb look like a bargain if you ask me.Imagine what we humans could do if we diverted just a tiny fraction of global resources away from death and destruction and instead spent it on space science missions. I can.
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I got $5.28 from Equifax so I got you beat but yeah what a joke.
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Mastodon Instead of the either/or scenario you pose, why not simply increase the server's hourly pay, while allowing them to also receive tips? Did you read that number - a miserly $2.13 an hour? That's what it was when I waited tables for almost a year of my life.You mean to tell me restaurant owners can't pay their servers $3.50/hr? or even $5/hr? Not to mention when I worked, we were told to show up 1 hour before our shift to help setup our areas, and that meant preparing the silverware and napkins, pulling the chairs down (if it was an opening shift), etc. During that hour, which I was paid $2.13, there was NO chance of receiving tips because we weren't yet serving customers.How is that fair?
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I have a solution to this problem. For $3m Consulting fee.
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When I worked with Native Americans, supporting their efforts to build businesses on reservations in the West, I noticed how open they were to the possibilities of the moment. They often wanted to start another, or two businesses before getting one solidly established.Native people are simply not capitalist. It strongly goes against he grain of their being.No matter. It doesn't compare to the loss they still feel--the loss of their homeland, their families, and their communities of living things. How can you worship at the altar of the very force that leveraged you out of the world your forebearers first traversed and named? We still use those names today. But their magical meaning is gone. Except in the special places, in Indian Country, where the people are keeping the fires alive and the sacred relics safe.Everything changes, and the Earth abides.
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Florida is one of 12 states that has not expanded Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. To score political points, DeSantis is turning down federal money that could save the lives and health of millions ofhis constituents. According to the census, 15% of FL residents have no health insurance, and 13% live in poverty.But he'll toss down nearly $1MM of FL taxpayer money to pay his buddy for a charter flight abducting Texas migrants to a Massachusetts parking lot, as a political stunt.Floridians may love that kind of governor. I don't think the rest of the country will.
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So if bitcoin is worthless and nothing more than a pet rock, then it follows that the Mona Lisa is worthless (value = who knows), since I can hang a copy on my wall and it will look just like the original (but it will not have a value derived from scarcity). And the Honus Wagner baseball card that sold for $6 million in 2021 should be worthless also, since I could make a copy of that and find the same pleasure looking at that as the original. And the Kobe Bryant jersey that is expected to sell for $6-8 million should likewise be worthless, since they sell those in nearly every sports stores. When I was a student at Princeton, sitting in Econ 101 with Burton Malkiel as Professor, we were told that value derives from scarcity. Bitcoin has an arranged scarcity, unlike most other cryptos. It also has utility as a medium of exchange if you care to use it for that.
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Trump added $7.8 trillion to the national debt including $2 trillion in tax cuts for the wealthy. Trump himself benefited paying no taxes. So stop the welfare for the wealthy, and the problem is solved.Republicans have destroyed women’s basic bodily autonomy, a return to the 17th century or earlier. They are viciously attacking the LGBTQ community and have a long tradition of racism. So they basically hate everyone but the wealthy, particularly white males and religious zealots.The national economy is just a weapon to hurt as many Americans as possible even if it destroys the country. Burning it all down when they’re in their safe bubbles seems to be their idea of government. And hurting the vulnerable elderly, ill, poor, children and disabled is a plus for them along with gaining as much money for themselves as possible.
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Why do you think the bio similar is a gamble? If there is such an universal assistance program, how did the company make over $200 Billion on treating a condition suffered by relatively few?
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Say you make cars. After the product is designed, you have to invest in making each and every unit: in labor, in materials, in the factory itself and all it takes to run it.Say you make something tech, like a software program. After you have invested in designing it, the units you sell for money are basically free with almost no cost difference in selling a hundred, a thousand, or a million.It was like the boom days of the movies compared to the old model of Vaudeville.So, this makes the eyes of investors pop as visions of sugar plums dance in their heads.
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The correct number should be $4.5 billion a month.
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I'm one of the ones who depends on this medication for the prevention of a flare of uveitis, an inflammatory eye condition. Prior to medicare, when I was on a Marketplace plan, I was able to receive support from AbbVie's own cost lowering program. However, once I went on Medicare, I was prohibited from receiving that program's benefits due to Medicare's own rules! Thankfully, my prescribing doctor was able to connect me with a foundation which picks up the out of pocket cost for the medication and the pharmacy from which I obtain the medication gets it for a very low price based on their negotiated price with AbbVie. My doctor explained the pricing strategy and how AbbVie extended their patent protection by removing the citrate from the drug. (Which makes it much less painful to inject.) I comprehend that it is expensive to develop medications, but price gouging over such a long time is obscene.
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Duncan Thanks for the reply — I agree and personally still associate the word with trans exclusion. I also agree regarding "womxn," since trans women *are* women and don't need any alternative spelling unless they so choose. I suppose I meant that it was eye-opening to see in the article some people don't have that mental link between the spelling and radical feminism. One of those things that makes me question the cultural influences in my very framework of viewing gender and language. Again, thank you for your reply, and I'm sorry it seems we've stepped in something yucky with other commenters.
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INbm The Iraq Wars cost more than 2 trillion. Thanks, Bush family, by the way—all the way back to Prescott. You've been so helpful.At any rate. We sustained that. And the 2008 crash. This setback would at least be worth it.
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Might it not make more sense to roll back the open carry laws for most citizens, control gun sales (no over the internet), license gun owners including insurance and required safety training, and raise the age to own a gun to at least 21. That doesn't mean young people couldn't learn to hunt with relatives, but who honestly wants teenagers with guns? And if you threaten to shoot someone, you lose your guns and your right to own a gun for at least a decade. The American public is really tired of the gun lobby's right to murder the public for profit because they bought the Republican party.
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Crypto rose on a compelling narrative - nothing less than the transformation of the financial industry based on novel technology. The decentralization aspect appealed strongly to paranoid libertarians and conspiracy theorists. Unfortunately, it wasn't only Gen Z that bought into this but also many financial advisors and parts of the financial industry itself. In the interests of diversification, I was encouraged to invest and ended up losing. Goodbye crypto.
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Christopher The profit margins for Defense contractors are below 10% For investment banking they are close 100% So...if you are after money, do not go into Defense industries. Go into pharma, or finance. And no one forced East Europeans into NATO - 50 years of leaving unde Russia was the reason tehey sought NATO membership.Have you ever wondered why virtually every Russian neighbor hates and fear it?
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We're surprised at what the parade of craven politicians do in Florida to stay in power? Take Rick Scott for instance. His claim to fame? He ran a hospitcal system that kept 2 sets of books and defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal programs in the largest healthcare fraud settlement in U.S. history. The Department of Justice won 14 FELONY convictions against the company, which was fined $1.7 billion in what was at the time. His reward? As opposed to jail - the people of FL elected him governor and senator. FL doesn't know how to sink any lower. The only good thing about climate change is at some point at lot of this state will be gone.
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AMLCle Yes, but for them children are also seen as a financial resource. 15 years go by pretty quickly, at which time their kids are expected to get menial jobs and contribute to the family finances. That's not something that families expect of kids they send to baseball practice, etc. They do it with the understanding that investing in sports is a good way to get sports scholarships to college.
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LaSalle was endorsed by the Partnership for New York, more justifiably known as the "Partnership to Pad our Pockets", the front organization of New York's plutocrats. As opposed to a phony oligarch like Trump, these grandees would prefer to remain in the shadows, working through that organization and flunkies like Hochul. That was sufficient disqualification for LaSalle.
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I would suppose that prosecuting this case cost the City of New York about $5M....Was it worth it, for the little slap on the hands. I also suppose everyone who does business with the Trump Organization knows they are very slippery and unethical, and deals with it. Not right, but he has gotten away with his crooked lifestyle for years, so he expects to continue to do so forever. I think that not only Trump, but his sons and Ivanka, should be criminally prosecuted as they are the Trump Organization and perpetuated this fraud, etc.
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Art "On what planet? I would bet Greenberg $1000 on this. I really would."There are always a handful who don't plan to run again. They may regret their part in bringing the US to its knees.If they live in a place where they are not likely to be staring down the barrel of an AR-15 for putting the country first, there is some possibility.However, you'd likely win the bet.
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Russell 🏀 🐕 🏀 The "negotiation" took place when Congress made the budget and passed it last year. The spending was already approved.If Congress wants to spend less money next year, they are welcome to submit a budget with less spending or a different tax regime. What's going on now is, essentially, Congress arguing with itself. Imagine that you had told your spouse to go out and buy a new with a budget of $45k, then when they came home with it, you got mad at them for spending $45k.
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Big Boomer No. It doesn't mean that. Democratswere in disarray too. Joe Manchin, Krystan Sinemaopposed Biden's legislative proposals andwhittled down to small number. Progressivesopposed Biden's open ended support to Ukrainein an open letter. It was withdrawn later butshowed the divisions among democrats too..
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The techno experts and visionary leaders, it seems, suffer from the same irrational exuberance that average Joe seemingly falls for. They couldn't see a slow-down coming!!!Isn't that shameful that despite making $76 billion in profits, they want to cut jobs? Pushing people out of middle class into a welfare class is acceptable for progressive woke corporation in keeping with popular trends in the technology industry.
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Maani Rantel You are probably right, but using their false information to make their point, because it is clear to me now that this agent was in the perfect location to help cover the Russian interference in Hiliary Clinton's Presidency Campaign and place Trump in power to help take down the United States and NATO which Trump acted on. That by extension makes the MAGA Republicans American traitors. Just look at the the Republican MAGA House members including Kevin McCarthy, willing to default on the American Debt. This in turn will cripple our Government and National Economy plus Western Democratic Economies linked to us. Putin wins. Fascism wins!The Republicans in the House claim that they are doing this to Reign in the National Debt, but they raised not a squeak while Trump and folks raided the National Treasury, adding approximately 25% more to said debt. Meanwhile these same Republicans want to only attack the social safety net like Medicare and Food Stamps etc. the help that is for ordinary Americans. It should be obvious that they are attacking America itself!!!
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I feel certain it was a "trick question" from the early calculating wife of Harry for future spins of racism. No one wants to share lip gloss!! My best friend helped herself to my $58.00 Tom Ford gorgeous lip balm which I encouraged. You don't ask, you accept if offered.. Meghan is so low class and brought Harry AKA ( HENRY down with her.
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I'm flabbergasted at the cost of an Obamacare plan. I’m a single, young healthy person. The last time I spent a night in a hospital was in 1975 when my mother gave birth to me. I haven’t had a single year in my life where my health care costs were $1000. Last year, I had a flu shot. They want $747 a month for an HMO to insure my health. That’s $8,964 a year. So, over the next 10 years, if the price stays at that level, it’s going to cost $107,568 to insure my health. It’s a total joke. That’s college tuition. It’s medical school. We’re all just paying for medical school now, because I might have cardiac arrest. The whole health care industry is greedy. And it’s not just the insurance companies. It’s the hospitals, too. It’s the colleges and the ambulance companies. I’m seriously thinking of going without insurance, because this is ridiculous. This is a ripoff of American taxpayers.
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A pandemic habit we picked up, and continue now, is to go fruit picking in the summer, and freeze as much as our freezer can store. The summertime $2/lb. blueberries taste divine in winter smoothies and in baked goods. Also, because we worked so hard in obtaining, picking, washing, freezing and handling the fruit, we absolutely do not waste any of it, and treat the fruit like gold.
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When my electricity goes down due to winter storms, I still have hot water for showers, a place to cook food and heat all via my gas water heater, gas fireplace and gas cooktop. Easy to ignite with a match. We can briefly open windows to air out fumes. I’ll never willingly go all electric.
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Vip Vip, its not healthy and I detest it. We used to have some checks against how much $ was spent on a campaign, but our Supreme Court struck them down in two decisions Citizens United and Arizona Free Enterprise Club in 2010 and 2011. Both on Free Speech grounds, so $$= Speech in the USA.
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The Republican concept of education parallels that of the Third Reich, in that the politicians and their psuedo-intellectual consultants design the curriculum and educators must deliver it as written. Today Republicans could probably replace educators with robots given how rigidly lessons must be delivered. Robots would also protect human teachers from those $5,000 fines for teaching something against a child's religious belief.
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China’s Via Technologies recruited chinese high school students and pointed them to Stanford and Berkeley electrical engineering. Then VT steered them to work by day for Intel. By night, they sent secrets to back to China. This 10 year plan was exposed when Intel sued. Chinese use your openness — as their weapon. Trade with China funds the greatest military expansion and spy network in world history. After spending trillions with your money do you think China will let its investment sit idle?
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MJN The Squad is four members and are not part of a formal caucus, and they keep with the majority on important issues of their party. The Freedom Caucus is a formal body with 54 members and it has leaders and voting etc... 20 members of this caucus have broken off and are realizing the slim margin of the Republican Majority to install their agenda starting with the seating of the Speaker. In a body like the Congress, there are wide differences of POV and desired outcomes and preferred methodologies on how to achieve outcomes. In the House there are 222 members who wish for leadership positions and preferred committees. Leadership is wobbly. It does not rely on merit or seniority. It matters on getting the votes and extending influence. It's not unlike some reality shows. It's messy. Being a Party leader is akin to cat herding and being the leader of elimination style reality TV show.A better comparison that is more recent is Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, Democrats in the Senate. Both of whom hold views which are not center of their party and held out on key legislation. This is the template that will go forward in the House for this next year. Chaos and disruption without accomplishing much for the country.So there you go, this is one of the ways a minority can control a majority.
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Zelensky has a $4 million villa in the elite town of Forte dei Marmi in Tuscany. So…
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Using the data available at <a href="https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-individual-statistical-tables-by-tax-rate-and-income-percentile" target="_blank">https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-individual-statistical-tables-by-tax-rate-and-income-percentile</a>, we see that the average AGI of those 1,575 taxpayers in the top thousandth of a percent (0.001%) of taxpayers was $189,320,635 and their average tax was 23.73%. If the 30% Buffet rule had applied to them, the Treasury would have received an additional $18 billion. Over the 18-year period 2001-2020, $301 billion would have gone to paying down the deficit. The average AGI of the 157,494 taxpayers in the top hundredth of a percent (0.01%) was $44,009,715and they were taxed at 25.17%. (Note that the tax rate INCREASES as the AGI DECREASES.) If everyone in the top hundredth (which includes those in the top thousandth) paid the Buffet rate the Treasury would have collected an additional $33,477,164,700 in 2020 and an additional $460,570,178,600 over the last 18 years. If we apply the Buffet rate to the top tenth of a percent, the respective figures are $48,957,121,500 and $860,391,738,500. It won't eliminate the debt but it's a good start. Oh, and the tax rate applied to this cohort, with their average AGI of $9,010,165 was 26.55%, preserving the "more you make, the lower your tax rate" model favored by the plutocrats who write the tax laws.As my friend Sal says, "they should let the poor people write the tax laws."
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JohnH A device that did almost everything that Amazon Echo does and did not upload the audio to a could server, but a local server, would not be difficult or expensive to build. We could easily have voice integration and privacy.Why don't we? The answer is because the products are supposedized by surveillance of us and this makes them dramatically cheaper. Furthermore, it creates ongoing revenue streams, or at least the potential for them, by taking key functionality of your device and making it a service.Fortunately, enthusiast and hobbiest have developed free, safe, and secure alternatives using open source software to do much of this.
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After watching the first 40 minutes of this opening episode it is no wonder many young people are dealing with mental health issues reported recently in the Media! While dealing with a Pandemic they’re playing this popular game(and similar violent video games) and now as a Series on Cable TV. Money is more important than the Health & Well-being of our Young People . How about a game about that!
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MLH This post raises valuable perspectives to which I would like to add. Like MLH, Covid became a factor in my decision to retire after more than 35 years of teaching. I also served about ten years on my school's academic misconduct board. Data that came to our attention clearly indicated: 1) Students of all abilities who cheated did so on assignments for courses in which they were not invested for some reason. 2) Many cheaters were not trying to get high grades, just high enough to get by. 3) Cheaters presume that "old folks," including younger professors, are unable to use the internet and other tools to locate plagiarized text. Often a professor/teacher already has significant weapons to fight cheating. Let me add that in many instances students demonstrated that they did not understand the operations of the technology they used. Copied spreadsheet files in a business class, for example, routinely embed an indicator of authorship that cheaters neglect to check. It is easy to identify files that have been copied by a cheater. In another instance, I gave students access to Turn-it-In so they could check for issues before they submitted a final version, one that I would check with Turn-it-In, and still routinely had a number of students hand in papers that were substantially plagiarized.
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Chicanominds Spanish Flowers just announced they are closing at end of March. They are supposed to open in a new location but no set plans yet.
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It’s a different approach cuisine-wise and I’m looking forward to trying it. I’m sure it will be a somewhat overpriced version of the Singaporean originals, but it’s in Manhattan. Hard enough to open and staff anything these days. I’ll take it over another mediocre burger place, chain, or overdone, $50 entree concept restaurant. Plus, I love all these foods!Good for them and good for us. Also, if the price point doesn’t work for you, hit Queens (Flushing, Jackson Heights, etc) or K-town. Lots of good food stalls there. Just stop complaining….
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It was worse in past where MicroSoft followed the GE-Welch methodology of dropping the lowest 5 to 10 percent ranked employees *every* year. Assigning a rank across a company was political and stressful time for employees. Suspended when there was competition to hire and retain employees.
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How a Drug Company Made $114 Billion by Gaming the U.S. Patent System AbbVie for years delayed competition for its blockbuster drug Humira, at the expense of patients and taxpayers. The monopoly is about to end. In 2016, a blockbuster drug called Humira was poised to become a lot less valuable. AbbVie for years delayed competition for its blockbuster drug Humira, at the expense of patients and taxpayers. The monopoly is about to end.
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"Privileged sport"... Have you ever heard of "golf" or "hockey?"Tennis is practically free by comparison. Unlike golf it doesn't cost at least $50 to $250 each time you play, nor does it cost $250K to join a country club.And unlike hockey your sporting life doesn't end if you don't get a D1 offer. Nor are you getting hit at 40mph on the ice.And unlike gymnastics (and figure skating) we don't hear story after story about the sexual abuse of young girls - who are forced to forego puberty in order to compete.At the highest levels all sports are incredibly demanding. But as a parent of 4 and a hockey dad to my GF's 15 year old I think tennis is one of the best possible sports for kids.Having the right parents helps ensure success? Oh dear. Alert the media. Wait a sec. This is the media.
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It is not surprising that EV sales have increased in view of the billions of dollars in corporate welfare that is subsidizing them.
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PB You haven't answered my question. Answers like some deserved the money, others didn't wont do. Was the legislation overall beneficial because in the aggregate it it gave more to those who needed it than those it didn't? How much of the overall funding went to extended unemployment benefits for those who lost their jobs and could not find work during this period?
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