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Is everyone noticing this intense mission creep?? You don’t think this escalation will result with Americans on the ground? We were supporting Ukraine, why the creep? Do we think 50,100,200 tanks are going to make Russia go home. It seems neo cons and liberals are suggesting that “only if we can get them on the ropes they’ll quit mentality”. Evidence please! We have more than enough experience with war to know better. Russia is a reasonably high tech, advanced country with hundreds of millions of people and a deep, deep culture. Do we really think they’re going to just “give up”? Maybe in 20 years. It took us that long to leave Afghanistan in shame. We’re willing to spend 10s of billions a year for 2 decades on this? I’d rather spend it on stopping the bloodshed and improving the conditions in Chicago. Could Biden be owned more by the industrial military complex? Explains why all the other candidates oddly dropped out of the primary. We’re flooding Europe with our treasure and weapons; depleting stockpiles that’ll take probably a trillion to replace!
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Last trustworthy estimate I’ve seen for the cost of manufacturing a vial of RNA insulin was $0.23. That number doesn’t incorporate shipping, marketing, etc, but it is hard to fathom the difference between the cost to produce it vs the $350 CVS asks me for when I fill my type 1 daughters prescription. She use 3 vials of U200 every month, Eli Lily spends 99 cents to make it, I have to make $1600 pretax to have the $1.050 I need to have in my bank account to pay CVS. Medical expenses cannot be itemized as a deduction unless they are over 7.5% of your gross income and our HSA is capped at 3 thousand dollars. I appreciate the government suing and all, legislating would be preferable. Failing that though, how about letting me deduct some of these outrageous expenses on my taxes? Her pump supplies, CGM supplies, endo visit copays, test strips, and insulin run around $2200 a month for us. That number doesn’t include the time cost of the endless hours on the phone with our health insurance, medical suppliers, and dr’s office dealing with prior authorizations, expired prescriptions and delayed shipments. Republicans hate taxes and regulation, democrats are supposedly all about social welfare, seems like it would be easy to agree on a tax reform that would address the problem somewhat while they work towards a resolution for the larger problem of prescription drug costs. I don’t make as much as Eli Lily, but I’m probably close to what they pay in corporate taxes.
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"content": "Last trustworthy estimate I’ve seen for the cost of manufacturing a vial of RNA insulin was $0.23. That number doesn’t incorporate shipping, marketing, etc, but it is hard to fathom the difference between the cost to produce it vs the $350 CVS asks me for when I fill my type 1 daughters prescription. She use 3 vials of U200 every month, Eli Lily spends 99 cents to make it, I have to make $1600 pretax to have the $1.050 I need to have in my bank account to pay CVS. Medical expenses cannot be itemized as a deduction unless they are over 7.5% of your gross income and our HSA is capped at 3 thousand dollars. I appreciate the government suing and all, legislating would be preferable. Failing that though, how about letting me deduct some of these outrageous expenses on my taxes? Her pump supplies, CGM supplies, endo visit copays, test strips, and insulin run around $2200 a month for us. That number doesn’t include the time cost of the endless hours on the phone with our health insurance, medical suppliers, and dr’s office dealing with prior authorizations, expired prescriptions and delayed shipments. Republicans hate taxes and regulation, democrats are supposedly all about social welfare, seems like it would be easy to agree on a tax reform that would address the problem somewhat while they work towards a resolution for the larger problem of prescription drug costs. I don’t make as much as Eli Lily, but I’m probably close to what they pay in corporate taxes.\n",
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CM the code red is likely to collect all the work to date and to get the stuff out the door. ChatGPT is even based on technology that google released as open source, in prior years. For a while now, Google has an equivalent called LaMDA that is available to a limited number of experimenters, but isn’t considered public.
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The problem now is that Elon has made his own brand, and by extension the Tesla brand, toxic. They could cut the price to $100 bucks and I wouldn't buy one.
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"content": "The problem now is that Elon has made his own brand, and by extension the Tesla brand, toxic. They could cut the price to $100 bucks and I wouldn't buy one.\n",
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FeoJ , you make an excellent point. There is the potential for a charging station on every electrical pole in the country for only a few hundred dollars in materials, and it would be within easy distance of any EV that needed it. How long before utilities start selling the rights to install those at every available location? Utility regulators should mandate that the majority of fees collected be used to expand grid capacity, not just payoff shareholders.
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"content": "FeoJ , you make an excellent point. There is the potential for a charging station on every electrical pole in the country for only a few hundred dollars in materials, and it would be within easy distance of any EV that needed it. How long before utilities start selling the rights to install those at every available location? Utility regulators should mandate that the majority of fees collected be used to expand grid capacity, not just payoff shareholders.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 5,971 |
bubba Open carry was not allowed in the founders times. Even knives were regulated as public forms of intimidation breaking the peace. Open carry became a thing when the slaves were escaping north. The laws were so slave owners only could open carry to shoot escaping slaves as they desired.As we see in many states this institutional racism was expanded with Jim Crow. Also why black men with guns open carrying are assaulted by police. So it’s just a continuation of that mentality.
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"content": "bubba Open carry was not allowed in the founders times. Even knives were regulated as public forms of intimidation breaking the peace. Open carry became a thing when the slaves were escaping north. The laws were so slave owners only could open carry to shoot escaping slaves as they desired.As we see in many states this institutional racism was expanded with Jim Crow. Also why black men with guns open carrying are assaulted by police. So it’s just a continuation of that mentality.\n",
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David Cary Hart But there is more. Some of that $700,000 is going to go back to Santos in the form of phony expenses. Therefore, the total take from the scheme might be closer to $1 million.#Santos4Prison
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"content": "David Cary Hart But there is more. Some of that $700,000 is going to go back to Santos in the form of phony expenses. Therefore, the total take from the scheme might be closer to $1 million.#Santos4Prison\n",
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| yes | Classification | 5,671 |
Accurate about Covid mortality and demographic voting impacts. But another thing: how amazing is it that 3x, and maybe 5x higher death rates in some places didn't provoke outrage among relatives, friends, neighbors of the dead? Historians will have to sift through data, but this is eye-opening. I used to wonder how Russians could voice support for Stalin still, despite the millions of Russian deaths he caused. Now I get it. Survivors bought into the regime, and can't object. They participated in the deaths, in the US case by not distancing, masking or vaccinating, in Russia's by reporting on others or being silent.
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"content": "Accurate about Covid mortality and demographic voting impacts. But another thing: how amazing is it that 3x, and maybe 5x higher death rates in some places didn't provoke outrage among relatives, friends, neighbors of the dead? Historians will have to sift through data, but this is eye-opening. I used to wonder how Russians could voice support for Stalin still, despite the millions of Russian deaths he caused. Now I get it. Survivors bought into the regime, and can't object. They participated in the deaths, in the US case by not distancing, masking or vaccinating, in Russia's by reporting on others or being silent.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 7,185 |
Physicalism relies on a zombie metaphysics. Science and philosophy currently have no idea what consciousness actually is. We don’t even know what matter is. Never mind how these might function together in any integrated or holistic form. A conscious machine is likely an oxymoron. Any attempt to study this problem requires consciousness. The most viable approach may be a theory of embodied cognition (4E: embodied, embedded, enacted, extended). I have no doubt our social imperative to employ robots will gradually free us to focus on more creative and meaningful human work. But their potential to appear conscious and exceed our capabilities to perform tasks traditionally considered “human“ has come to the point that we need to ask those practical and moral questions. Perhaps we ask those questions and design these systems as a proxy for understanding ourselves.
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"content": "Physicalism relies on a zombie metaphysics. Science and philosophy currently have no idea what consciousness actually is. We don’t even know what matter is. Never mind how these might function together in any integrated or holistic form. A conscious machine is likely an oxymoron. Any attempt to study this problem requires consciousness. The most viable approach may be a theory of embodied cognition (4E: embodied, embedded, enacted, extended). I have no doubt our social imperative to employ robots will gradually free us to focus on more creative and meaningful human work. But their potential to appear conscious and exceed our capabilities to perform tasks traditionally considered “human“ has come to the point that we need to ask those practical and moral questions. Perhaps we ask those questions and design these systems as a proxy for understanding ourselves.\n",
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I guess since I've been paying premium prices at the local farmers markets for eggs years, all of this came as a surprise. On Sunday I picked up a dozen eggs that had been hatched within 24 hours of purchase for $7 for a dozen. The yolks are a rich orange and a bonus is the shells are lovely blues and greens. Buy local if you can.
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This is all happening because of grift. The desire of a few to out-Trump Trump. Banking on the infamy and donations this brings to their greatest moment of possible self-centric attention, these clowns are getting exactly what they want. The longer they hold out, the better for them.Naturally the easiest way to short circuit their plans while neutering them indefinitely, some more level headed Republicans could partner with Democrats and elect a non-House GOP moderate … like a Larry Hogan say.Such a move would do the country considerable good. But where do you find a handful of Republicans who would want that. Furthermore, I believe such a move not only shoves these creeps back under a rock, it would be the beginnings of a new GOP.
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"content": "This is all happening because of grift. The desire of a few to out-Trump Trump. Banking on the infamy and donations this brings to their greatest moment of possible self-centric attention, these clowns are getting exactly what they want. The longer they hold out, the better for them.Naturally the easiest way to short circuit their plans while neutering them indefinitely, some more level headed Republicans could partner with Democrats and elect a non-House GOP moderate … like a Larry Hogan say.Such a move would do the country considerable good. But where do you find a handful of Republicans who would want that. Furthermore, I believe such a move not only shoves these creeps back under a rock, it would be the beginnings of a new GOP.\n",
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suejean I approach Wordle with the mindset that it is much like poker (which I confess I do not play): skill is involved, certainly, but there will always be an element of luck. What do you do when there are two turns left, and you can think of three equally likely words which would fit?Wordle has become part of of workday lunch-hour routine (I try to do the crossword either before or after work), with the result that I frequently just forget to do it on days off, and break my streak that way. I always play the same opening word, which *I know* will come up as a hole-in-one someday, and I always fear that it will, but on a day I skip.
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"content": "suejean I approach Wordle with the mindset that it is much like poker (which I confess I do not play): skill is involved, certainly, but there will always be an element of luck. What do you do when there are two turns left, and you can think of three equally likely words which would fit?Wordle has become part of of workday lunch-hour routine (I try to do the crossword either before or after work), with the result that I frequently just forget to do it on days off, and break my streak that way. I always play the same opening word, which *I know* will come up as a hole-in-one someday, and I always fear that it will, but on a day I skip.\n",
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A Jaundiced Eye I was just looking at real estate in Litchfield county. It's gotten patently absurd. Yes, it's beautiful, but good grief! $16 million for a property in Warren, $13 million for one in Cornwall, another for $12.75 million in Cornwall, and still another there for $9.5 million, and on and one. Just absurd.
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"content": "A Jaundiced Eye I was just looking at real estate in Litchfield county. It's gotten patently absurd. Yes, it's beautiful, but good grief! $16 million for a property in Warren, $13 million for one in Cornwall, another for $12.75 million in Cornwall, and still another there for $9.5 million, and on and one. Just absurd.\n",
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AJ Gore cannot patent the internet because he didn't invent it, or even come close. The republicans invented that phrase, to trash Gore, as if he was overstating his contribution. Which he wasn't. He wrote the law that funded "the National Information Infrastructure which Gore referred to as the 'Information superhighway'. ...HW Bush predicted that the Act would help 'unlock the secrets of DNA,' open up foreign markets to free trade..."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Performance_Computing_Act_of_1991#CNN_interview" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Performance_Computing_Act_of_1991#CNN_interview</a>
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Lyndsey Marie Shanley, All I’m saying is that the Seahawks had a chance to really be a Cinderella. Go back to the tape and watch Geno have open receivers who dropped a few, combined with a fumble in the red zone? Oh what might have been!
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"content": "Lyndsey Marie Shanley, All I’m saying is that the Seahawks had a chance to really be a Cinderella. Go back to the tape and watch Geno have open receivers who dropped a few, combined with a fumble in the red zone? Oh what might have been!\n",
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| no | Classification | 473 |
Alex Forest, Bingo, a subject very rarely raised by the media and, especially MAGA, the “patriots” supposedly most outraged by the “open border.” What could the reason be, I wonder ?? How many Republican supporting business owners, landscaper’s, restaurant owners, car washer’s, childcare center’s, construction companies employ undocumented workers. I would bet it would be in the thousands, heck even Mar a Lago and Bedminster hired some, an inadvertent error soon cleared up after it hit the newsfeed, right, pull the other one. Start levying heavy fines or county jail time on those who prey on the low cost, easily manipulated, brown skinned, Spanish speaking border crossers and let’s see how that affects the border economy.
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"content": "Alex Forest, Bingo, a subject very rarely raised by the media and, especially MAGA, the “patriots” supposedly most outraged by the “open border.” What could the reason be, I wonder ?? How many Republican supporting business owners, landscaper’s, restaurant owners, car washer’s, childcare center’s, construction companies employ undocumented workers. I would bet it would be in the thousands, heck even Mar a Lago and Bedminster hired some, an inadvertent error soon cleared up after it hit the newsfeed, right, pull the other one. Start levying heavy fines or county jail time on those who prey on the low cost, easily manipulated, brown skinned, Spanish speaking border crossers and let’s see how that affects the border economy.\n",
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We contort ourselves using mental shortcuts into believing that Israel is a democracy. It's not, it's a theocracy and will become even more so when, as Ms. Kershner writes: "If current trends continue, almost one in four Israelis, and about one in three Israeli Jews, are projected to be Haredi by 2050."The USA provides Israel with an average of $3.3 billion dollars in aid annually, more than any other nation state. ($150 billion since WWII according to the Congressional Research Service).For a tiny country with the geographical size and population density of New Jersey, whose uneducated, unskilled adult male population will very soon not be able to pull their own financial weight in their country, this is not sustainable or rational.
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"content": "We contort ourselves using mental shortcuts into believing that Israel is a democracy. It's not, it's a theocracy and will become even more so when, as Ms. Kershner writes: \"If current trends continue, almost one in four Israelis, and about one in three Israeli Jews, are projected to be Haredi by 2050.\"The USA provides Israel with an average of $3.3 billion dollars in aid annually, more than any other nation state. ($150 billion since WWII according to the Congressional Research Service).For a tiny country with the geographical size and population density of New Jersey, whose uneducated, unskilled adult male population will very soon not be able to pull their own financial weight in their country, this is not sustainable or rational.\n",
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Better late than never. It's still a tragedy that former Governor Christie cancelled the ARC tunnel. Perhaps the worst public policy decision of any U.S. gov in recent memory. It would have been open by now and would have generated billions in economic growth for NJ and the region. And it was only cancelled bc he was planning on running for President and wanted to look anti-tax and anti-transit to the national GOP base. At least the region is getting the Amtrak tunnel. But NJ will one day have to build a separate tunnel it fully controls, to maximize regional mobility. The Gateway tunnel won't be enough in the long term.
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"content": "Better late than never. It's still a tragedy that former Governor Christie cancelled the ARC tunnel. Perhaps the worst public policy decision of any U.S. gov in recent memory. It would have been open by now and would have generated billions in economic growth for NJ and the region. And it was only cancelled bc he was planning on running for President and wanted to look anti-tax and anti-transit to the national GOP base. At least the region is getting the Amtrak tunnel. But NJ will one day have to build a separate tunnel it fully controls, to maximize regional mobility. The Gateway tunnel won't be enough in the long term.\n",
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Jack Dalton Plus they opened the money spigots on our election system and enabled gerrymandering.
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LW #1: (1) Your issue is common for people w/ chronic illness or disability. Pls find chats for same (general, yr cancer, or “invisible illness” ) & search “disclosure, dating”. You’ll find personal experiences & thoughtful assessments by actual people who have been in your situation. You might also call hotlines for cancer survivors. It may help to know others go through it, & benefit from their experience. (2) Consider contacting match group – if this IS true for you– to add you are very open to sexual relationships w/in context of ongoing relationships, but possibly not for penetrative sex? (3) Only if this meets YOUR needs: there are some OBGYNs & other professionals who usefully work w/ women who desire vaginal penetrative sex but find it painful. Pre-screen; don’t start w. general OBGYN. Start w/ The Menopause Manifesto by Jen Gunter, MD; consider booking an appt w/her or ask for referral. Search term re MDs is “sexual medicine”, eg “OBGYN + sexual medicine”. Also see ISSWSH.org, a society for MDs specializing in this area. They offer MDs related courses; contact those teaching it. (4) Some PT/ pelvic floor therapists specialize in this area. The medical term is Dyspareunia. Also search americanboardofsexology.org (also includes psychologists, other therapists). (5) Clarify & frame this re what YOU want, not just what imagined matches seek. Sexual relationship? Is it worth it to YOU to have possibly good matches screened out to avoid later rejection,or no?
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A Ponzi scheme is when early investors (elderly) are paid with the investments of new investors (children). I expected that capitalism was one big Ponzi scheme. China is showing that almost all modern global society is a Ponzi scheme. At some point, they all collapse, and you are forced to accept your losses.
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Rather than engage the MAGA extremists in their fiscal brinkmanship, why doesn't President Biden refer to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and declare that the U.S. Goverment will not renege on its obligations?chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/<a href="https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3381&context=dlj" target="_blank">https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3381&context=dlj</a>
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"content": "Rather than engage the MAGA extremists in their fiscal brinkmanship, why doesn't President Biden refer to the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and declare that the U.S. Goverment will not renege on its obligations?chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/<a href=\"https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3381&context=dlj\" target=\"_blank\">https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=3381&context=dlj</a>\n",
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I have told my now successful children and every young person we employ the same story to developing their careers and living a successful financial life.Get started. Entry level jobs are just that. A place to contribute but also a place to grow.Put your best effort into the job, be on time, create value for your employer. Along the way learn and acquire job-related skills. Critical thinking, creative problem solving, working with others. Writing. Be prompt. Be pleasant. Be determined. Deliver on your promises. Regardless of whether or not you stay with that firm your skills will transfer, as will your worth to an employer. Repeat this wherever you go and whatever you do. That is how careers are formed. Financially, live below your means, start saving and investing at a young age. Put a percentage of every increase you ever get into savings and once you have an emergency fund of at least three months of expenses, investments. Don’t buy the shiny thing, stick with the plan. Having money can create more money over time. Don’t be put off by setbacks. They are part of learning. Be resilient, be honest with everyone, especially yourself. Don’t get comfortable by explaining disappointment on someone else.Have a life outside of work. Family, friends, hobbies. Enjoy the ride, there isn’t really a destination.
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Anne Keane "I get the feeling that if a Black man armed to the teeth strolled into a supermarket in many cities the outcome could be quite different"Anyone openly armed to the teeth inside a business would be scrutinized by the authorities, regardless of gender, ethnicity, or race. That is not something normally seen, although even the open carrying of a single firearm isn't something I ever see."All that’s missing is folk shopping with flamethrowers and shoulder-launched missiles and It’s a ludicrous situation"I'm pretty sure that large tanks of propane for a flamethrower aren't allowed inside businesses, at least without an outdoor area of some sort. As far as missiles go, I'd suggest looking up artillery since I'm pretty sure it isn't protected by the 2nd Amendment. :-)
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I agree that excess alcohol consumption is a health Menace . since I don't overindulge during the holidays , I'll continue to enjoy my occasional single drink, including during january. and every few months I might even have two if I'm not driving home. today the New York Times published another article indicating that ANY amount of alcohol is harmful. well that is ridiculous . but in the spirit of open debate , they did not allow comments on the article. this prohibition fad will do as well as previous attempts. as for overstated expert government health guidelines, remember the discredited food pyramid that helped create an obesity crisis injured or killed Millions.
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I share some of his skepticism of crypto currencies and agree that "magical" (and honestly very lazy) thinking was in large part sustaining the crypto boom. However, his view of cryptocurrencies is in the end simplistic and also a bit lazy. It amounts to "I'm an economist and I say this is rubbish! Don't you agree? I'm sure you do." Is the current $20K+ valuation of Bitcoin solely magical thinking? You can purchase and liquidate Bitcoin fairly easily and many vendors accept Bitcoin as payment. Further banks are now custodying Bitcoin (and Ether) and even in the US there will be a regulatory framework (once Congress finally passes an act) around this activity. Retail investors through their pension funds are investing money into cryptocurrencies and hedge funds and PE funds continue to invest money. It seems like demand is still reasonably strong for Bitcoin and Ether notwithstanding cryptowinter. And if demand is there, the price of the asset/good/thing is probably not going to fall too far. If you're an academic, an interesting project would be to explain what value decentralized currencies have, along with their risks. You can say they have no value and everyone who buys it is a fool, but that's not an explanation when the thing you're saying has no value has a trading market, can be used to purchase goods, has maintained a high valuation for half a decade, etc.
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"content": "I share some of his skepticism of crypto currencies and agree that \"magical\" (and honestly very lazy) thinking was in large part sustaining the crypto boom. However, his view of cryptocurrencies is in the end simplistic and also a bit lazy. It amounts to \"I'm an economist and I say this is rubbish! Don't you agree? I'm sure you do.\" Is the current $20K+ valuation of Bitcoin solely magical thinking? You can purchase and liquidate Bitcoin fairly easily and many vendors accept Bitcoin as payment. Further banks are now custodying Bitcoin (and Ether) and even in the US there will be a regulatory framework (once Congress finally passes an act) around this activity. Retail investors through their pension funds are investing money into cryptocurrencies and hedge funds and PE funds continue to invest money. It seems like demand is still reasonably strong for Bitcoin and Ether notwithstanding cryptowinter. And if demand is there, the price of the asset/good/thing is probably not going to fall too far. If you're an academic, an interesting project would be to explain what value decentralized currencies have, along with their risks. You can say they have no value and everyone who buys it is a fool, but that's not an explanation when the thing you're saying has no value has a trading market, can be used to purchase goods, has maintained a high valuation for half a decade, etc.\n",
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Willie K your points are well made and more balanced that what I've seen so far from the NYT. However, unfortunately it's not a problem of lack of affirmative action or more taxes, that would be rather simple. Are you aware that in the neediest regions some 40% of the budgets for public works and social services go unexecuted each year? And, what is executed is inefficient and rife with corruption? Yes, we need to change a failed political system but how without opening the door to an even worse more violent regime?
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"content": "Willie K your points are well made and more balanced that what I've seen so far from the NYT. However, unfortunately it's not a problem of lack of affirmative action or more taxes, that would be rather simple. Are you aware that in the neediest regions some 40% of the budgets for public works and social services go unexecuted each year? And, what is executed is inefficient and rife with corruption? Yes, we need to change a failed political system but how without opening the door to an even worse more violent regime?\n",
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This article misses an important factor. It highlights a difficulty in an authoritarian country like China of trying to benefit from western style economic expansion but not having the dexterity that freedom of speech and movement allow. The way they have been hampered in their Covid experience is a case in point. A western democracy can afford to have the “double income no kids” ethic without too much harm because there is a lot of immigration to make up for it. The emergence of the “double income no kids” ethic can be expected as a natural consequence of the demands upon couples in an expanding technological economy. But there still exists a recognition of the advantages of immigration in a country like the United States - that remains to a large extent an open democracy, recent trends to the contrary notwithstanding. It would be helpful in an article like this not to miss how allowing lots of immigration is a helpful illustration of how allowing freedom of movement - with rational controls - is a great advantage for a country like the United States. And I don’t know what the data shows, but my hunch is that immigrants have a higher chance of possessing a cultural ethic leading them to wish to form families with lots of kids as well. This is a problem for people with, shall we say, an ethnocentric outlook - which is, in fact, an outlook close to the hearts of the authoritarians in China as well.
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"content": "This article misses an important factor. It highlights a difficulty in an authoritarian country like China of trying to benefit from western style economic expansion but not having the dexterity that freedom of speech and movement allow. The way they have been hampered in their Covid experience is a case in point. A western democracy can afford to have the “double income no kids” ethic without too much harm because there is a lot of immigration to make up for it. The emergence of the “double income no kids” ethic can be expected as a natural consequence of the demands upon couples in an expanding technological economy. But there still exists a recognition of the advantages of immigration in a country like the United States - that remains to a large extent an open democracy, recent trends to the contrary notwithstanding. It would be helpful in an article like this not to miss how allowing lots of immigration is a helpful illustration of how allowing freedom of movement - with rational controls - is a great advantage for a country like the United States. And I don’t know what the data shows, but my hunch is that immigrants have a higher chance of possessing a cultural ethic leading them to wish to form families with lots of kids as well. This is a problem for people with, shall we say, an ethnocentric outlook - which is, in fact, an outlook close to the hearts of the authoritarians in China as well.\n",
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CookyMonster So AGREE, and can't think of another open verse wonder that's better.
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Inquisigal I was privileged to be at my dear friend's bedside, in the ICU, when she died. What an amazing lesson in letting go! What joy cracked our hearts open! (there were 10 of us there, her children and their spouses, her siblings and three of us friends....) We sang and danced and ate the cookies and drank the tea that the staff provided, and said our goodbyes. We were in awe of the love in the room, and in love with her and each other all at once. There is nothing like a good death.
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Cleopatra actors do get paid too much, 20 million for a movie? shouldnt we be paying nurses,teachers,cleaners,cops,firemen,waste collectors, ...etc more? they deserve it more than some entertainer ....20 million dollars for one movie while if your father worked his whole life he will never get half that amount...wake up
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"content": "Cleopatra actors do get paid too much, 20 million for a movie? shouldnt we be paying nurses,teachers,cleaners,cops,firemen,waste collectors, ...etc more? they deserve it more than some entertainer ....20 million dollars for one movie while if your father worked his whole life he will never get half that amount...wake up\n",
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Hey Vivian- Tis is spot on. I am somewhat surprised at the number of restaurant owners here in Richmond VA that think everything but their basic business model is the problem. A number reopened after the Pandemic and found no staff, no supplies, and few diners. The seniors who have huge disposable incomes are still being told by doctors to avoid going out. As much as 10 years ago Applebees was building tiny restaurants because they knew they couldn't staff the larger facilities. The family focused mid-price restaurants are raking in the dough here. Love and Best wishes for you and the family, it's been a tough few years.
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"content": "Hey Vivian- Tis is spot on. I am somewhat surprised at the number of restaurant owners here in Richmond VA that think everything but their basic business model is the problem. A number reopened after the Pandemic and found no staff, no supplies, and few diners. The seniors who have huge disposable incomes are still being told by doctors to avoid going out. As much as 10 years ago Applebees was building tiny restaurants because they knew they couldn't staff the larger facilities. The family focused mid-price restaurants are raking in the dough here. Love and Best wishes for you and the family, it's been a tough few years.\n",
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West Slope - Looking at the math, hybrids have 20% of the impact of an EV (lithium) given their relatively small battery size and <50% of the impact of an ICE given their excellent mpg equivalents. They are not the new thing, but they are a great intermediate solution, especially while the market is lithium-limited.
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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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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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"content": "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.\n",
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Cavalier57 Those were pretty good numbers. They grew in years before and after Covid too. Actually have had a good trajectory from 2015 through 2021. For a company of that size, these are good figures (and yes, certain revenues can be bought, but that is a huge outfit):2021 $184.90 B 20.63%2020 $153.28 B 14.18%2019 $134.24 B 13.33%2018 $118.45 B 19.82%2017 $98.86 B 15.38%
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"content": "Cavalier57 Those were pretty good numbers. They grew in years before and after Covid too. Actually have had a good trajectory from 2015 through 2021. For a company of that size, these are good figures (and yes, certain revenues can be bought, but that is a huge outfit):2021\t$184.90 B\t20.63%2020\t$153.28 B\t14.18%2019\t$134.24 B\t13.33%2018\t$118.45 B\t19.82%2017\t$98.86 B\t15.38%\n",
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Kevin Cahill Exactly. The US has already spent or pledged to spend $110Billion for Ukraine. And President Biden has stated, "whatever it takes." So maybe, $1Trillion? Could be. And this is on top of the $2Trillion already wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is long gone.It would be great if US politicians, be they Democrat or Republican would look to their US constituents first. That doesn't seem to much, to ask.
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"content": "Kevin Cahill Exactly. The US has already spent or pledged to spend $110Billion for Ukraine. And President Biden has stated, \"whatever it takes.\" So maybe, $1Trillion? Could be. And this is on top of the $2Trillion already wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is long gone.It would be great if US politicians, be they Democrat or Republican would look to their US constituents first. That doesn't seem to much, to ask.\n",
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This is a big problem on Amazon. Often, a vendor includes with the delivered product a printed card asking me to write a 5 star review, with promises of Amazon gift cards or more products in return. One company that I bought a $25 product from offered me $20 to write a 5 star review. It's pretty frustrating.
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Santos, who has been flat broke all his life until he ran for Congress, miraculously loaned his own 2022 election campaign $700,000 on the way to Congress.What was the source of the Dark Billionaire Money who funded Santos ?The Republican Party does not want citizens to know what right-wing billionaires are running the United States government.Investigate this 0.1% puppet and eject him from Congress.
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Very cute...but did you include the analysis of how the interest on that debt will grow over the next 10 years as a percentage of total government expenses? No. Thats because that graph looks pretty scary, and Krugman wants to justify past debt accrual (which he did arguably well) without taking on the more scary proposition of how that debt will affect the economy in the next decade without massive spending cuts or huge increases in taxes.
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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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"content": "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.\n",
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A shiny new Bitcoin bar just opened up on Washington Place- Pubkey which is a couple of doors down from Blue Hill the famous farm to table restaurant owned by the Rockefeller's where Obama had his famous meal. Pubkey has all sorts of Bitcoin events and l have overheard a group of young Bitcoiners preparing for an event in the evening while having a burger at the bar (it was actually very good and fairly priced) Sitting at the bar you see notices for various Bitcoin events but also a very prominent notice announcing that Pubkey doesn't accept Bitcoin, so at this new bar which promotes itself around Bitcoin, you can't even use Bitcoin to buy a drink! Telling.
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"content": "A shiny new Bitcoin bar just opened up on Washington Place- Pubkey which is a couple of doors down from Blue Hill the famous farm to table restaurant owned by the Rockefeller's where Obama had his famous meal. Pubkey has all sorts of Bitcoin events and l have overheard a group of young Bitcoiners preparing for an event in the evening while having a burger at the bar (it was actually very good and fairly priced) Sitting at the bar you see notices for various Bitcoin events but also a very prominent notice announcing that Pubkey doesn't accept Bitcoin, so at this new bar which promotes itself around Bitcoin, you can't even use Bitcoin to buy a drink! Telling.\n",
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Bobby We offer decent support for parents with kids (i.e. paid parental leave) up here in Canada, and I can guarantee you that it isn't much better. In large cities like Toronto or Vancouver (and its surrounding suburbs), homes are still in the 1M (Canadian dollars) mark or above. Unless you want an 800 square foot condo, of course (okay, a townhouse is probably in the $800K CDN mark if you look hard enough, but some people want more indoor and outdoor space).
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History will have a field day with Barr and Durham along with a few other republicans. They'll get chewed and shredded to ribbons. So for now that will have to suffice. Meanwhile someone should sue to clawback that 6.5 million dollars, some of which found its way into Durham's bank account. At one point he knew the gig was up.
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When the new "weaponization of the federal government" committee, chaired by Jim Jordan, begins its work, the obscenely corrupt and partisan Durham probe should give them something to work with. When committee members make opening remarks, one of the minority members should read the NY Times article about the Durham probe into the record.
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FederalistAgreed. However, for built up city and suburban areas the problem is not having adequate buffering floodplain space, as natural floodplains areas have been developed as available open space for economic and demographic reasons.Examples abound in California. Take the developments along the American and Sacramento Rivers in the city of Sacramento. Flood control levees were built very close to the rivers so that the natural floodplain areas behind the new levees could be developed to the maximum extent right up to the levees themselves. This was both in the city itself and suburban areas.Along the Sacramento River the areas called "The Pocket" and "Little Pocket" are each defined by meanders of the Sacramento River with water on three sides. This was a boon for development and maximizing limited space, but not wise for the long term suitability of residences and the safety of their inhabitants were the levees to fail.Worse, the levees are soil levees, which are prone to seepage, undermining, and failure over time in even so-called normal circumstances. In fact, many of California's levees and dams are primarily soil structures, which are quick, easy to build, and relatively inexpensive, but should not be considered long term remedies to flooding.Moreover, the soil levees and dams were built to handle a certain amount of water for a specific period of time. Exceed it and storm water management fails catastrophically.
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Bruce Rozenblit Clinton had a close to 500B surplus at the end of his term. The Republicans said we had to return this money to the people. So they slashed taxes. Kinda like a guy works overtime one week and gets paid a lot of money and blows it the casino ignoring the fact that he has 2 car payments and a huge mortgage to pay. Just because your in the black for one year doesn't mean you don't still owe a huge sum. Bush could have kept it going and paid down some of the debt.
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Morgan the gave her a wedding that cost £32 million, allowed her to be married the church even though she is divorced, something denied King Charles and Princess Anne, and renovated Frogmore Cottage for them at the cost of £3 million. That sounds like acceptance to me.
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MarianBy who’s standards?The bills passed in the last two years have not increased taxes for those earning less than $400K annually, and we now have…An infrastructure plan and funds;Seniors getting the necessary coverage for glasses, hearing aides and medication costs managed; The Chips Act for manufacturing here bit in China; Job creation;Climate Legislation; and on goes the list of good, solid, helpful legislation.Is it perfect? No…Inflation is a threat as is the deficit.But the inflation is world wide and we must manage through.The Republicans just vote to increase the deficit with their abolishment of the IRS investments .No, it is not perfect, but it is a far better first 2 years than Trump’s and even when compared to Trumps’s entire 4 years.
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I just completed a six day stretch as a hospitalist - it isn’t just nurses - there are not enough staff of any kind - physical therapists, occupational therapists, respiratory therapists, nursing aides, phlebotomists, radiology techs, kitchen staff, … - the only thing we have an abundance of (and that seems to continue to grow over the years) is administrators. The nursing union has contracted for caps - a staffed bed is when there is a nurse - the only reason we don’t take in more patients is the lack of a nurse - so the hospital hires traveling nurses (paid nearly twice our regular hired nurses causing demorilization) and gets them from the state in times of crisis. But there is no concept that a staffed bed should mean adequate ratios of other team members in patient care. And that includes hospitalists - it takes an average of an hour per patient to review data, talk to consultants (who sometimes decline to see a patient), document care, order the next test, respond to emergencies, see the patient and talk to the caregiver or family. In a 10-12 hour shift (what is compensated) I am often seeing 15 patients - and getting up early and staying late rather than cutting corners - not sustainable.Patients are in hospitals because they need nursing care. But good/safe care takes a team, and healthcare in this country (in hospitals and outpatient) is in a full-blown crisis. For-profit healthcare and the administrative waste it engenders is to blame.
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It takes a lot of intention to hold on to culture, to celebrate it, to practice it,” Ms. Catlow said, “especially as an immigrant, especially in a society that doesn’t value that and makes it really difficult to access, and where there can be a lot of shame around it and pressure to assimilate. You have to be a really strong, proud person and someone that’s willing to invest that time and make it a priority.”This is exactly right. I'm half Chinese half African American, and felt this emptiness until I moved to a native reservation and experienced their vibrant culture more free of cultureless Western materialism. It made me get back to my own roots, reconnect with family, speak Cantonese with my mother, and recommit to my cultures. Now I feel whole again.
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KV i fully understand. I was looking at a job in your area 15+ years ago but between property taxes and housing I decided to stay in Michigan. My property taxes are under $4K annually and housing for nice 2600 ft^2 is well under $500K. A lot less traffic to. I like to visit your area but work in midwest. :-)
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Santos and Trump - two peas from the same pod - big difference Santos wasn’t given $400 million from his daddy.
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Maryland, USA Given some of the grey areas in different states, you may be right. But as in my case, a laid off worker may need to hire a lawyer. In NC there are effectively no such thing as non-business employment lawyers - at least the kind that protect employee rights. The only protection an employee has is against discrimination.Non-compete does apply when you are laid off or terminated in many industries.My employer of 22 years fired me in order to steal over $88k in independently verified earnings. They tried to threaten me into signing a non-compete or working for any company/client they had done any business with.Fortunately I had been saving all of my life and could afford to hire a lawyer and an independent CPA to prove the theft and as the highest producing salesperson keeping them in business they had no cause to fire me. Too bad I had relocated from NYC to NC, a right to fire state (aka right to work), allowing employers to commit wage theft and terminate employees to get away with it. They maliciously tried to sabotaged any opportunity to regain a livelihood including "do not poach employee" agreements with many of the companies we worked with that was enforced against me.I refuse to have any part of the for profit for someone else economy or working to pay taxes to a state that protects wage stealing employers. I was fortunate to have saved for a rainy decade so I no longer have to abide by such a cruel and dysfunctional employment system.
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"content": "Maryland, USA Given some of the grey areas in different states, you may be right. But as in my case, a laid off worker may need to hire a lawyer. In NC there are effectively no such thing as non-business employment lawyers - at least the kind that protect employee rights. The only protection an employee has is against discrimination.Non-compete does apply when you are laid off or terminated in many industries.My employer of 22 years fired me in order to steal over $88k in independently verified earnings. They tried to threaten me into signing a non-compete or working for any company/client they had done any business with.Fortunately I had been saving all of my life and could afford to hire a lawyer and an independent CPA to prove the theft and as the highest producing salesperson keeping them in business they had no cause to fire me. Too bad I had relocated from NYC to NC, a right to fire state (aka right to work), allowing employers to commit wage theft and terminate employees to get away with it. They maliciously tried to sabotaged any opportunity to regain a livelihood including \"do not poach employee\" agreements with many of the companies we worked with that was enforced against me.I refuse to have any part of the for profit for someone else economy or working to pay taxes to a state that protects wage stealing employers. I was fortunate to have saved for a rainy decade so I no longer have to abide by such a cruel and dysfunctional employment system.\n",
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US is drowning in money.As Treasury estimates we do not collect up to 600 billions in taxes because of rampant federal tax evasion. Around 300-400 billions is low hanging fruit collected with few changes at IRS, including increased efficiency, hiring more staff, increase tax return audits and remove thousands of tax loopholes for corporations and the rich.It is criminal not to do it.
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A Right. So she shouldn't have agreed to attend a show that cost $400.00 .
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I share the commenters emphasis on the importance of education and the snowball effect of intergenerational wealth.It's great for boomers (and others) to tutor others, here or abroad. But tutoring is just the beginning in this country. There will always be the remarkable individuals who against all odds are able with a little help to get an education and achieve. But what about all the unexceptional (aren't most of us in this category?) but capable people who struggle to pull themselves out of poverty? They can be defeated for lack of a car to commute to community college; or a health set back; or a false arrest and detention leading to missed days of work, subsequent inability to pay rent on time and then eviction. To sponsor a person trying to break out of fast food work to a level where she can set her children up for success as well is a serious project. My husband and I are four years in with a young divorced mother, a former student of mine, who had baby twins and a toddler when we started; we are 4 years in and getting close. Not only is she succeeding (just about to start her clinicals in nursing), but her children are high performers in school now.I wish I knew how to help others replicate this experience. We have ended up with an extra adult daughter and our only "grandchildren." If you see a door like this open, go through!
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Good article. Restaurant and especially fine dining have always been a grind and often unsuccessful. I understand that interns had to work for nothing in order to make it work $500 person experience. But if it's so well sought after and the clientele are breaking the door down for a reservation, then charge $1000 per person, pay all your staff a good wage and if it works, great. If not, then you'll end up doing what's obviously happening at the end of 2024.
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At $4.25 to $5.00 for a good loaf of white bread, I bought only when on sale. Then, I decided to take things into my own hands. I bought a bread machine and never looked back. When the machine tells me to take out the mixing paddle I take out all the dough, shape it into a loaf, and let it proof in the pan until I bake it in my own oven. No block of bread for me!
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I mean, OpenAI wasn’t some “tiny company”, it was co-founded by Elon Musk. Just cause they have a small employee-base doesn’t mean they’re not flush with resources.
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Stale frybread I’ve noticed that yours is often the opening gambit in negotiations to cash in.And, if you live in Ohlone land, how do you get around the region without a car? And unless you’re living in a dwelling made of reeds and willow branches, how do you get building materials, and how are those materials produced? If you have found a way to have zero carbon and resource harvesting footprint, do all of your fellow Ohlone also live lightly on the earth? I’m good with having a conversation about the dangers of climate change (which are very real), but it doesn’t start with hypocritical pontificating.
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Orion Clemens There's a certain satisfaction in seeing McCarthy getting his comeuppance. McCarthy has always lacked a moral compass. He tries to figure out which way the wind may blow & heads that way. No wonder some don't trust him. The radicals on the right have no desire to govern, only to complain & try to jam their way into more power. The country is against them, & the party should be as well. The Repubs need to find a more reasoned & stable moderate to be their speaker...& then force the radicals to fall in line, even if it means threatening to put up challengers to them in 2 years. Having said that there's something to be said for spending curbs in exchange for raising the federal debt. Are we ever going to address the ballooning federal deficit, or will we just complain about it and do nothing? Earmarks to direct federal money to individual projects are out of control. Earmarks vanished for a decade after 2011 following the “bridge to nowhere” and other embarrassments. Last year's $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill contained no fewer than 367 pages of pet projects that lawmakers earmarked for their home state or district. The Members brought home the bacon for some 5,000 separate earmarks at a cost of $9.7 billion. Insane. The GOP group of 20 is also seeking to heavily fortify the U.S. border with Mexico. Are we ever going to fix this broken system, or is the plan to keep accepting new migrants until we are overwhelmed? These legitimate issues must be addressed.
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"content": "Orion Clemens There's a certain satisfaction in seeing McCarthy getting his comeuppance. McCarthy has always lacked a moral compass. He tries to figure out which way the wind may blow & heads that way. No wonder some don't trust him. The radicals on the right have no desire to govern, only to complain & try to jam their way into more power. The country is against them, & the party should be as well. The Repubs need to find a more reasoned & stable moderate to be their speaker...& then force the radicals to fall in line, even if it means threatening to put up challengers to them in 2 years. Having said that there's something to be said for spending curbs in exchange for raising the federal debt. Are we ever going to address the ballooning federal deficit, or will we just complain about it and do nothing? Earmarks to direct federal money to individual projects are out of control. Earmarks vanished for a decade after 2011 following the “bridge to nowhere” and other embarrassments. Last year's $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill contained no fewer than 367 pages of pet projects that lawmakers earmarked for their home state or district. The Members brought home the bacon for some 5,000 separate earmarks at a cost of $9.7 billion. Insane. The GOP group of 20 is also seeking to heavily fortify the U.S. border with Mexico. Are we ever going to fix this broken system, or is the plan to keep accepting new migrants until we are overwhelmed? These legitimate issues must be addressed.\n",
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KG :I would recommend that you invest in low cost ETF.Inquire if your 403 offers you that option, otherwise, check out other Mutual Fund institutions.
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The corruption ran so deep at FTX that SBF sending $400 million of investor money to his buddies barely even got noticed… Hope they get all what’s coming to them, even though the depositors will never get their money back.
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"content": "The corruption ran so deep at FTX that SBF sending $400 million of investor money to his buddies barely even got noticed… Hope they get all what’s coming to them, even though the depositors will never get their money back.\n",
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“… he called for $200 million more for levies and other flood protection measures.”I think you mean he called for $200 million for “levees”—although there will need to be “levies” to pay for it, perhaps some coming from the sale of “Levi’s”, if those are still made in California.
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What really annoys me? paying $70-100 for a mediocre meal for 2, including $17 for a glass of wine that (shold) cost $18 a bottle. Which is what you get now in most sit-down restaurants in NYC (all of NYC, not just in Manhattan). We've vowed to cut back on dining, ans splurge for a really good meal. We'd rather pay $150 for a fantastic meal than $80 for meh. the sanctimoniousness of so many comments is tiresome. 3 star Michelin restaurants are not diverting money that would go to feed the poor. And ths is in Denmark which takes care of its poor, at least. dining there isn't like buying a Bentley or a $10M house. Plenty of middle class, and lower middle class splurge on luxury items, as gifts for others or themselves to mark importnat occassions. I see it all the time. and if you are honest, so do you. Maybe someone's dream is to dine at the best restaurant in the world, and they're willing to max their CC do do it? It's easy to parody this, as has been done ad nauseum. . . . evidently by people who have never dined there. I once went to a one-star restaurant in NYC, i forget the name but it was at the London hotel, and i remember hearing a while ago it closed. it was with a grup of 6 of us, all middle class, and it was expensive. the dishes were small, we made fun of it ... and it was one of the best meals of our life.
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"content": "What really annoys me? paying $70-100 for a mediocre meal for 2, including $17 for a glass of wine that (shold) cost $18 a bottle. Which is what you get now in most sit-down restaurants in NYC (all of NYC, not just in Manhattan). We've vowed to cut back on dining, ans splurge for a really good meal. We'd rather pay $150 for a fantastic meal than $80 for meh. the sanctimoniousness of so many comments is tiresome. 3 star Michelin restaurants are not diverting money that would go to feed the poor. And ths is in Denmark which takes care of its poor, at least. dining there isn't like buying a Bentley or a $10M house. Plenty of middle class, and lower middle class splurge on luxury items, as gifts for others or themselves to mark importnat occassions. I see it all the time. and if you are honest, so do you. Maybe someone's dream is to dine at the best restaurant in the world, and they're willing to max their CC do do it? It's easy to parody this, as has been done ad nauseum. . . . evidently by people who have never dined there. I once went to a one-star restaurant in NYC, i forget the name but it was at the London hotel, and i remember hearing a while ago it closed. it was with a grup of 6 of us, all middle class, and it was expensive. the dishes were small, we made fun of it ... and it was one of the best meals of our life.\n",
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Unfortunately the weakling Democrats have been all too willing to "compromise," offering to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid--but only "a little bit" this time around. Death by a thousand cuts, eventually. Both parties invariably give the Pentagon billions more than it asks for.
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'Mr. Scholz and his party “want to keep a relationship with Russia and with Putin for the future...' I think Macron of France and Orban of Hungary may feel similarly although for different reasons.But Russia under the leadership of Putin and likeminded aficionados of old Soviet times have proven themselves to be an ongoing threat to peace and stability in Europe until they're stopped. And, since Europe is our largest trading partner, we also have an economic interest in resolving this conflict.Ukraine is a sovereign nation illegally invaded and brutalized by Putin. They should be given as much military support as needed to quickly prevail. They have proven to be determined and adaptable in this conflict, and a grinding stalemate serves no one's interest. The risk of a renewed Russian offensive raises the stakes.That now means sending tanks and APC's as quickly as possible. That also means longer ranged precision missiles, including ones able to strike strictly military targets in Russia and Crimea. And that probably means Western helicopters and planes to support air defense and ground operations. (BTW, a big problem with US M1 Abrams tanks, as opposed to the Leopard 2, is their massive fuel consumption, but sending a small number to break the ice is fine.)The sooner this conflict ends on Ukrainian terms, the more death and destruction that will be prevented. And that's on both sides.
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"content": "'Mr. Scholz and his party “want to keep a relationship with Russia and with Putin for the future...' I think Macron of France and Orban of Hungary may feel similarly although for different reasons.But Russia under the leadership of Putin and likeminded aficionados of old Soviet times have proven themselves to be an ongoing threat to peace and stability in Europe until they're stopped. And, since Europe is our largest trading partner, we also have an economic interest in resolving this conflict.Ukraine is a sovereign nation illegally invaded and brutalized by Putin. They should be given as much military support as needed to quickly prevail. They have proven to be determined and adaptable in this conflict, and a grinding stalemate serves no one's interest. The risk of a renewed Russian offensive raises the stakes.That now means sending tanks and APC's as quickly as possible. That also means longer ranged precision missiles, including ones able to strike strictly military targets in Russia and Crimea. And that probably means Western helicopters and planes to support air defense and ground operations. (BTW, a big problem with US M1 Abrams tanks, as opposed to the Leopard 2, is their massive fuel consumption, but sending a small number to break the ice is fine.)The sooner this conflict ends on Ukrainian terms, the more death and destruction that will be prevented. And that's on both sides.\n",
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To me and my wife health insurance is the main reason for staying in current jobs. Health insurance premium is 950 per person/month. Out of pocket deductible is 2000 per person. The irony is that we spend around 48k a year, car payment including, and health insurance premiums make 1/3 of the 72k number. That is ridiculous.
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"content": "To me and my wife health insurance is the main reason for staying in current jobs. Health insurance premium is 950 per person/month. Out of pocket deductible is 2000 per person. The irony is that we spend around 48k a year, car payment including, and health insurance premiums make 1/3 of the 72k number. That is ridiculous.\n",
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| no | Classification | 277 |
Ricko yes we went with Schwab and they charged $300 to review all our accounts and assets and make recommendations. Open an account and go to a branch. Might also Work for you. We are 38 so it was a nice reassurance before having another child. PrettyIn depth and they made some good suggestions that we then executed.
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| no | Classification | 3,585 |
Unfortunately, the global community failed to meet the $18 billion target set for the 7th replenishment of the Global Fund. As a result, significant resource gaps remain for HIV/AIDS programs—as well as for malaria, which kills 600,000 people in Africa each year of which 80% are children under the age of 5. The costs and consequences of inflation and global supply chain disruptions are hurting vulnerable populations. This is something that can be easily addressed by developed countries, which are happy to provide huge amounts of military aid and which mobilized bottomless sums of money to combat COVID-19. However, it seems the political will just isn’t there.To be clear, I recognize that the US and many European and Asian countries are the largest donors to the Global Fund and programs like PEPFAR and the President’s Malaria Initiative have a huge impact. This is great.But we can also find the resources to close the remaining gaps if we wanted to.
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"content": "Unfortunately, the global community failed to meet the $18 billion target set for the 7th replenishment of the Global Fund. As a result, significant resource gaps remain for HIV/AIDS programs—as well as for malaria, which kills 600,000 people in Africa each year of which 80% are children under the age of 5. The costs and consequences of inflation and global supply chain disruptions are hurting vulnerable populations. This is something that can be easily addressed by developed countries, which are happy to provide huge amounts of military aid and which mobilized bottomless sums of money to combat COVID-19. However, it seems the political will just isn’t there.To be clear, I recognize that the US and many European and Asian countries are the largest donors to the Global Fund and programs like PEPFAR and the President’s Malaria Initiative have a huge impact. This is great.But we can also find the resources to close the remaining gaps if we wanted to.\n",
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I've personally never been subject to a non-compete agreement, but they do solve a real problem for businesses.Building new technologies is not efficient. You try some things and they work. You try others and they don't work. You follow a zig-zag road towards progress.If employees can walk that road at one company and do all of their learning on Company X's dime, why should Company Y benefit from that investment?Non-competes are a fair way for businesses to protect their investments in employee knowledge.I guess if your employee knowledge can walk out the door whenever it wants and carry that knowledge to the competition that businesses will find other ways to protect that knowledge.That will likely mean less opportunities for employees to learn and probably be worse for employees.I envision this cure will result in sickness that exceeds the original disease. In other words another example of government making problems where none existed.
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"content": "I've personally never been subject to a non-compete agreement, but they do solve a real problem for businesses.Building new technologies is not efficient. You try some things and they work. You try others and they don't work. You follow a zig-zag road towards progress.If employees can walk that road at one company and do all of their learning on Company X's dime, why should Company Y benefit from that investment?Non-competes are a fair way for businesses to protect their investments in employee knowledge.I guess if your employee knowledge can walk out the door whenever it wants and carry that knowledge to the competition that businesses will find other ways to protect that knowledge.That will likely mean less opportunities for employees to learn and probably be worse for employees.I envision this cure will result in sickness that exceeds the original disease. In other words another example of government making problems where none existed.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,809 |
I see nothing wrong with learning a trade as an apprentice. Back in the early 70's I worked in a dental lab for free for a couple of months and then $500/ month after that. Three years later I accumulated enough skills and saved enough money to open my own lab and was very successful for 45 years when I retired.Working in a very high end restaurant is definitely great for building one's skills. Many students are underpaid as interns but eventually they end up in decent jobs as a result
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"content": "I see nothing wrong with learning a trade as an apprentice. Back in the early 70's I worked in a dental lab for free for a couple of months and then $500/ month after that. Three years later I accumulated enough skills and saved enough money to open my own lab and was very successful for 45 years when I retired.Working in a very high end restaurant is definitely great for building one's skills. Many students are underpaid as interns but eventually they end up in decent jobs as a result\n",
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Ms Spot on! That's precisely why advanced robot technology is being supported by major corporations.Robots with "deep learning" capabilities will know how to do complicated tasks and will never complain about working conditions. The problem for society at large will become: what do you do with people? A guaranteed income may work for some, bread and circuses may occupy others. The definition of "hard work" could morph into "civically responsible"citizen if we're lucky.
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"content": "Ms Spot on! That's precisely why advanced robot technology is being supported by major corporations.Robots with \"deep learning\" capabilities will know how to do complicated tasks and will never complain about working conditions. The problem for society at large will become: what do you do with people? A guaranteed income may work for some, bread and circuses may occupy others. The definition of \"hard work\" could morph into \"civically responsible\"citizen if we're lucky.\n",
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Why on Earth would anyone want to live longer? This place is surly no utopia. And if everyone's age is extended it only exacerbates our environmental catastrophes. And I really don't want to hang around for the worst of that. There is a spiritual revolution going on, and it is about embracing the fullness of who we are, and that extends well beyond the physical (call it divine if you wish). It's where all the peace, love, and joy exist (achievable here and now if you know the practices). The barrier towards achieving these states is clinging, and there is no bigger clinging than trying to hold onto an illusion of a body that won't change. It will, and you will certainly die. Once you embrace that you can live freely and open to who you really are, a wide-open spiritual being having a temporary bodily experience. If you can't do that, then all your clinging keeps you stuck in an ego-based identity destined to get no further than its self-clinging neurosis. Why would anyone want that. Maybe you need to take the "Blue pill", as in the Matrix, at least you know what is true and what is illusion.
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"content": "Why on Earth would anyone want to live longer? This place is surly no utopia. And if everyone's age is extended it only exacerbates our environmental catastrophes. And I really don't want to hang around for the worst of that. There is a spiritual revolution going on, and it is about embracing the fullness of who we are, and that extends well beyond the physical (call it divine if you wish). It's where all the peace, love, and joy exist (achievable here and now if you know the practices). The barrier towards achieving these states is clinging, and there is no bigger clinging than trying to hold onto an illusion of a body that won't change. It will, and you will certainly die. Once you embrace that you can live freely and open to who you really are, a wide-open spiritual being having a temporary bodily experience. If you can't do that, then all your clinging keeps you stuck in an ego-based identity destined to get no further than its self-clinging neurosis. Why would anyone want that. Maybe you need to take the \"Blue pill\", as in the Matrix, at least you know what is true and what is illusion.\n",
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If you are one of these people who was laid off recently by a tech company, you have my sympathy, love and prayers. First of all, know that Life is bigger than any seeming catastrophe. You have your health, you have your skills and talents. Most of all, you are a beautiful human being with capacity for greatness and excellence. The big thing in Life is patience. If you can be patient, know that time heals. If you don't panic and don't focus on what you can't control, know that there's a lot that is going well for you right now, that is going to continue to support you and help you get to your next destination in Life. Focus on what you can control. Be open to seeing how much is going right that is being taken for granted. No one owes me anything but I have a choice and a chance to practice Love, Patience and Gratitude. Through my Love, I can recreate and restart from any state or stage. The world needs you and your talents. We love you so much! All will be well, all is well. Take it one step at a time... Breathe, stretch, go on a walk, help a stranger...
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Philippe Egalité If we had more public investment in in science, it would just provide more scientific evidence for conservatives to deny."Public" investment in the U.S. is deemed socialism. Right now the GOP is threatening to refuse to raise the U.S. debt limit, not because they care about the debt, but because they want to reduce spending on things they don't want to pay for - public things. They are willing to destroy the U.S. economy to get what they want. Private things, on the other hand, they will fund because it puts money into the pockets of wealthy individuals and corporations who support them. They will approve billions for the military-industrial complex, but nothing for public healthcare. Capitalism now controls the purse strings of scientific spending. Pure science and "eureka!" are out. Corporate profit is in. All of this is sold to the conservative base as supporting "real American” values. Don’t fund public education, but fund private education that teaches creationism. Don’t fund secular science that produces "wokeness." "Woke" has become the new conservative swear word. If you are educated and “woke,” you are smeared as an "elite." Scientists are part of the educated "elite" class. According to conservatives, scientists who battled COVID produced "fake" science. Science is a dangerous thing in the conservative mind – it produces findings that don’t mesh with the conservative world view.That’s not what “real Americans” want.
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"content": "Philippe Egalité If we had more public investment in in science, it would just provide more scientific evidence for conservatives to deny.\"Public\" investment in the U.S. is deemed socialism. Right now the GOP is threatening to refuse to raise the U.S. debt limit, not because they care about the debt, but because they want to reduce spending on things they don't want to pay for - public things. They are willing to destroy the U.S. economy to get what they want. Private things, on the other hand, they will fund because it puts money into the pockets of wealthy individuals and corporations who support them. They will approve billions for the military-industrial complex, but nothing for public healthcare. Capitalism now controls the purse strings of scientific spending. Pure science and \"eureka!\" are out. Corporate profit is in. All of this is sold to the conservative base as supporting \"real American” values. Don’t fund public education, but fund private education that teaches creationism. Don’t fund secular science that produces \"wokeness.\" \"Woke\" has become the new conservative swear word. If you are educated and “woke,” you are smeared as an \"elite.\" Scientists are part of the educated \"elite\" class. According to conservatives, scientists who battled COVID produced \"fake\" science. Science is a dangerous thing in the conservative mind – it produces findings that don’t mesh with the conservative world view.That’s not what “real Americans” want.\n",
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Where are these guys getting the idea that the republican party is the party of the working class and the democrats are the party of elites? Biden won among voters making less than $50,000 and among voters making $50,000 - $100,000 by significant margins. Trump, however, won among those making over $100,000. In fact the largest policy concern of the current republican party seems to be cutting taxes for the ultra-wealthy.
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"content": "Where are these guys getting the idea that the republican party is the party of the working class and the democrats are the party of elites? Biden won among voters making less than $50,000 and among voters making $50,000 - $100,000 by significant margins. Trump, however, won among those making over $100,000. In fact the largest policy concern of the current republican party seems to be cutting taxes for the ultra-wealthy.\n",
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Last place PW reviewed by this guy got 2 stars and 3 dollars signs. That was nine years ago. This place, ** and $$$$. That sums up the devolution of NYC perfectly.
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"content": "Last place PW reviewed by this guy got 2 stars and 3 dollars signs. That was nine years ago. This place, ** and $$$$. That sums up the devolution of NYC perfectly.\n",
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I'm all for paeans to books and reading, but I sure wish Mr. Klein had undertaken to embrace and laud public libraries rather than hedge-fund-owned B&N. Guess what? Books are free at libraries so anyone — regardless of their income level — can get them. Books not available at your local library can easily be ordered through interlibrary loan. (So much for "lovely, but limited, libraries," Ezra.) And librarians really know their stuff and are keen to help (and probably get far better employee benefits than B&N staff do). And libraries frequently sponsor community events, provide space to books clubs and other community groups, and, by their very existence, demonstrate the value of the public good. Maybe with more journalistic coverage and enthusiasm, libraries everywhere could get the funding to match the 9pm closing time that Mr. Klein rightfully found so important. In my town of Portsmouth, NH, the library is open seven days a week, four of those until 9pm. When we say "live free" here, we include "read free."
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"content": "I'm all for paeans to books and reading, but I sure wish Mr. Klein had undertaken to embrace and laud public libraries rather than hedge-fund-owned B&N. Guess what? Books are free at libraries so anyone — regardless of their income level — can get them. Books not available at your local library can easily be ordered through interlibrary loan. (So much for \"lovely, but limited, libraries,\" Ezra.) And librarians really know their stuff and are keen to help (and probably get far better employee benefits than B&N staff do). And libraries frequently sponsor community events, provide space to books clubs and other community groups, and, by their very existence, demonstrate the value of the public good. Maybe with more journalistic coverage and enthusiasm, libraries everywhere could get the funding to match the 9pm closing time that Mr. Klein rightfully found so important. In my town of Portsmouth, NH, the library is open seven days a week, four of those until 9pm. When we say \"live free\" here, we include \"read free.\"\n",
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A lot of tech is propped up by investment that is predicated on what can only be called magical future revenue, largely based on having captured market share from competitors by "disrupting" or not playing by the same rules that they have (in most cases, had to) for years.Paying people solely from investment funding or low cost financing and not from revenue has a certain and predictable end.
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"content": "A lot of tech is propped up by investment that is predicated on what can only be called magical future revenue, largely based on having captured market share from competitors by \"disrupting\" or not playing by the same rules that they have (in most cases, had to) for years.Paying people solely from investment funding or low cost financing and not from revenue has a certain and predictable end.\n",
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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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"content": "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.\n",
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Allan It's possible he was hoping to monetize the documents. There is a $2 billion precedent.
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Helane What these hospitals do is play a shell game—now you see it, now you don’t. They advertise all these open nursing positions, but when nurses are interviewed, they come up with some excuse for why they can’t—or rather, won’t—hire them. One nurse told me that a major NYC hospital told her that her GPA wasn’t high enough so they wouldn’t hire her. I’m sorry, WHAT? Since when is a nurse’s job offer dependent upon their GPA? If the nurse passed the NCLEX & has a license to practice as a nurse, why does their GPA matter? Patients don’t ask nurses what their GPA was, so why should HR?
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Mike L yep, hit the donut hole in November last year. Rather than completely fill my insulin prescription- 6 vials - at $500 plus - I rationed two vials till the end of the year. Thank God I made it through with no major incident. However, my average blood sugar is now higher. I’m a type 1 diabetic, without insulin I’ll die and it won’t be painless.
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| no | Classification | 3,303 |
The US has 867 military installations across the globe outside of the US with dozens scattered across the Pacific. When 3% of what the US spends on war and preparation for war could end starvation on earth, and 45% of US foreign aid is for military and security, and when the US ranks near the bottom in humanitarian aid as a % of GDP, there is plenty of opportunity to change US priorities. The US should be competing with China on how generous rich countries could be throughout the world.
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| yes | Classification | 7,411 |
MSFa Guide to Searching the Comments to Spelling Bee.(Created an OP because it would have been deep in a thread otherwise. Apologies to those who have seen it before).Direct your browser to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/spelling-bee-forum" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/spelling-bee-forum</a>and select the date you want (there is very invitingly a search tab there, ignore it for now) --Select the comments either through the 💬 just on top of Bee photo or at the bottom of the page click on Read xxx comments.--The comments will normally open in the Readers Picks Tab, click on All instead--Now start scrolling down and down, the page does not load (=it is not available for searching) completely at once. --Once you reach the end (often, like today it's the Letter Box or the World Bees thread, you can go up slowly and open any thread with many answers, by clicking on "View All Replies" until each thread is open.-- now use whatever Find function is available to you. For example in a PC use Control-F will, in a Mac, Command- aka Butterfly-F. In IOS devices such as iPhone and iPads you will need to click on the share button (a square with an up arrow) and find and selective command Find on Page.--Now you have have a search box to search in, enter the word or words, it will return the number of hits and you will be able to move from one to the next[continues in replies]
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| no | Classification | 3,166 |
If anyone believes Musk is interested in utilitarian good, I have a bridge to sell you.Musk is a salesman and his main interest is money. His shtick is what sells Teslas. I don't think he believes in anything other than seeing his pool of money grow. If he were interested in the greater good, he wouldn't have bothered with his Hyperloop and Boring Company nonsense. They are objectively bad ideas. Neither is remotely as good as public transit and both were designed to cool interest in public transit projects.If he were interested in the greater good, he wouldn't need the money he's been taking; it could be put to much better use than sitting in his bank account or bankrolling his pet projects. If he were interested in the greater good, his Twitter escapade wouldn't have happened. And even if it did, he wouldn't have saddled the company with $1 billion in debt payments every year. And as pointed out with others, if he were interested in the greater good, he'd be giving away Tesla's FSD system rather than charging $15k for it. More data, after all, would according to him, improve it faster. LEt's not waste time speculating on what he believes, let's not try to divine a world view from his tweets. Let's instead judge him by his actions. And there are more than enough of those.
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80% of California's water goes to agriculture and has been confirmed for years. Manjoo writes: Farmers will have to give up some agricultural land and grow different crops. Homeowners and developers might have to leave some flood-prone areas uninhabit ed". Unfortunately, NO state agency, nor the legislature is doing anything to revise Ags usage. The limitations are being put on urban users, not Ag. Sure, the Feds will reduce water allotments a bit, but then Ag digs deeper wells that become a business expense, and thus subsidized by taxpayers. Deeper wells result in lowered water tables that result in land subsidence, which is happening in several Central California counties. This land subsidence also is creating cracks in the California Aquaduct which taxpayers will repair. No Calif cattle ranchers, when faced with lower water allotments, simply drained a creek that was a salmon rookery. The fine for each rancher was less than a tank of gas. North of Sacramento, 100,000s of acres of new almonds and walnuts were planted during the past three years of drought. And along I5 in the Central Valley, a historical arid grassland, 100s of miles of citrus and nut trees have been planted, from Tracy all the way to Bakersfield.What restrictions have been placed in Ag? Why are all these 1000's of "family farmer" LLCs not required to complete an Environment Impact Report for export cash crops? This is what should be investigated by MSM...more drought reports are unnecessary.
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Edward Allen So $31 trillion in national debt is irrelevant? Trillion dollar spending bills don't mean anything? We can continue to print and spend money at a deficit forever? No consequences? Just Republicans are terrorists, and thats all we need to know?
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| no | Classification | 4,361 |
The Republicans' case for investigating Hunter Biden is a big nothing burger promoted as a big whopper. Just like their Benghazi investigation that cost taxpayers over $ 26 million and resulted in a big flop.
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"content": "The Republicans' case for investigating Hunter Biden is a big nothing burger promoted as a big whopper. Just like their Benghazi investigation that cost taxpayers over $ 26 million and resulted in a big flop.\n",
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Three more losers.UES: Well over $2MM and the "great room" is a very narrow 12 feet wide, the bedrooms are on the small side, there's no powder room. Always telling when most of the realtor web site photos are of the building's amenities and the neighborhood.Chelsea: Not all that long ago, this was someone's first apartment out of college that they paid $750/month for. Which was not a bad deal considering it was a 5th floor walkup. The neighborhood got way more gentrified (mostly thanks to the gay community) and the building went co-op. But $750K is way too much for a 5th floor walk-up railroad flat where the laundry room is down SIX fights in the basement. There have been minimal updates which retains some of the charm but makes the price seem even more out of line as those 70 year old yellow midcentury bathroom fixtures may need major repairs/replacement sometime soon.Bushwick: Over $2MM to live in a redone Archie Bunker house in an area of Brooklyn that is still being gentrified and mostly populated by 20somethings. It's not all that big, very HGTV-house-flipper looking on the inside (as many have noted, All That Gray) and doesn't really offer a lot of room. And get back to me about that Astroturf in the backyard after it's been through a couple of Brooklyn winters.
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"content": "Three more losers.UES: Well over $2MM and the \"great room\" is a very narrow 12 feet wide, the bedrooms are on the small side, there's no powder room. Always telling when most of the realtor web site photos are of the building's amenities and the neighborhood.Chelsea: Not all that long ago, this was someone's first apartment out of college that they paid $750/month for. Which was not a bad deal considering it was a 5th floor walkup. The neighborhood got way more gentrified (mostly thanks to the gay community) and the building went co-op. But $750K is way too much for a 5th floor walk-up railroad flat where the laundry room is down SIX fights in the basement. There have been minimal updates which retains some of the charm but makes the price seem even more out of line as those 70 year old yellow midcentury bathroom fixtures may need major repairs/replacement sometime soon.Bushwick: Over $2MM to live in a redone Archie Bunker house in an area of Brooklyn that is still being gentrified and mostly populated by 20somethings. It's not all that big, very HGTV-house-flipper looking on the inside (as many have noted, All That Gray) and doesn't really offer a lot of room. And get back to me about that Astroturf in the backyard after it's been through a couple of Brooklyn winters.\n",
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It’s great news that Joe has been able to get incentive money out there to get industry to build chip manufacturing facilities here in our nation. Something industry probably should have done decades ago on its own, knowing the whatever could hit the fan and we’d have our backs against the wall someday. But, yes, Asian countries pay their workers 10 percent of our workers so it kinda made sense for our country to import them and not invest billions to make them here. Thanks Joe for making this happen.
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Get ready for historic violence. Joe Biden’s open borders policy is allowing thousand of gang members to walk in. The worst is yet to come
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| no | Classification | 4,594 |
1.6 mil is pocket change for Trump Org.. not Trump himself. So technically the 1.6 mil is coming out of a business loan Trump Org. took and will write it as a loss at the next return or carry that over to the follow year. Financial impact will be nothing, a mere fly on a horse. Image will not be hurt because people forget as well. I agree with most, financial penalties should be more.. Remember MSFT was fine $1 mil a day back in the 90s....
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Beyond the local Latino community -- the Hispanic Society and Audubon Terrace generally had turned its back on all of New York City for decades.I remember some years ago on a solo walking tour passing the area and coming upon Audubon Terrace. It was a forbidding place. A barren terrace gave no indication of any welcome whatsoever to passers-by be they local residents or other NY'ers, such as myself, wandering by.And while it is indeed heartening to see these institutions now attempt to outreach to the community -- one has to wonder about the impetus behind this new welcome.It goes without saying that the area around Audubon Terrace is rapidly gentrifying -- a movement impelled both by rising housing prices in the "traditional" UWS below and, more particularly, by the changes being fostered as part of Columbia University's massive campus expansion.Anyone passing through the 150's on Riverside Drive nowadays, as I often due when cycling up to the GWB, will note the multitude of apartment buildings under renovation as evidenced by the many street scaffolds in place. Similar renovations now stretch through the various side streets with many one-time townhouses now reverting to their original form after having served as rooming houses etc.So, yes, Audubon Terrace may now be opening up to its local community. But the reality is that the demographic composition of that local community is now rapidly changing.
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"content": "Beyond the local Latino community -- the Hispanic Society and Audubon Terrace generally had turned its back on all of New York City for decades.I remember some years ago on a solo walking tour passing the area and coming upon Audubon Terrace. It was a forbidding place. A barren terrace gave no indication of any welcome whatsoever to passers-by be they local residents or other NY'ers, such as myself, wandering by.And while it is indeed heartening to see these institutions now attempt to outreach to the community -- one has to wonder about the impetus behind this new welcome.It goes without saying that the area around Audubon Terrace is rapidly gentrifying -- a movement impelled both by rising housing prices in the \"traditional\" UWS below and, more particularly, by the changes being fostered as part of Columbia University's massive campus expansion.Anyone passing through the 150's on Riverside Drive nowadays, as I often due when cycling up to the GWB, will note the multitude of apartment buildings under renovation as evidenced by the many street scaffolds in place. Similar renovations now stretch through the various side streets with many one-time townhouses now reverting to their original form after having served as rooming houses etc.So, yes, Audubon Terrace may now be opening up to its local community. But the reality is that the demographic composition of that local community is now rapidly changing.\n",
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John Evans And what is his current net worth?
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Georgia's head coach got $11.25 million in salary in 2022.TCU's head coach got about $6 million in salary in 2022.The term "amateur" has a different meaning than it used to.Why not make college football professional?Pay the players to play football full time. End the pretense that they are students at all. Have professional collegiate leagues where each team is closely associated with a university but is a separate money making entity.These teams would feed players to the NFL the way minor league baseball teams feed the American and National baseball leagues.Smaller colleges might still choose to keep their amateur teams and only play other amateur programs.Let's get the money in collegiate sports out in the open and pay the players what they're actually worth.Their coach makes millions; why shouldn't they?
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"content": "Georgia's head coach got $11.25 million in salary in 2022.TCU's head coach got about $6 million in salary in 2022.The term \"amateur\" has a different meaning than it used to.Why not make college football professional?Pay the players to play football full time. End the pretense that they are students at all. Have professional collegiate leagues where each team is closely associated with a university but is a separate money making entity.These teams would feed players to the NFL the way minor league baseball teams feed the American and National baseball leagues.Smaller colleges might still choose to keep their amateur teams and only play other amateur programs.Let's get the money in collegiate sports out in the open and pay the players what they're actually worth.Their coach makes millions; why shouldn't they?\n",
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Angela Absolutely! I work with kids, and the same holds true there. One of my trans boys wore a black jacket (same one my husband has, lol), blue tie, black jeans for his birthday. White shirt. Classy, any way you look at it. Partner wore a black stretch dress. Also super classy. These are kids that will be successful in the workplace because they have the basic skills to dress appropriately. I don't come to work in my strapless black dress, keyhole dress, or minis. I save that for the club! (I also don't have a 1000 dollar bag).
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"content": "Angela Absolutely! I work with kids, and the same holds true there. One of my trans boys wore a black jacket (same one my husband has, lol), blue tie, black jeans for his birthday. White shirt. Classy, any way you look at it. Partner wore a black stretch dress. Also super classy. These are kids that will be successful in the workplace because they have the basic skills to dress appropriately. I don't come to work in my strapless black dress, keyhole dress, or minis. I save that for the club! (I also don't have a 1000 dollar bag).\n",
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How is it so easy for some nobody like Santos to call a complete unknown on the phone, maybe have a dinner and dress the part, and con someone into giving them $625,000?I guess that's why the book I ordered 2 months ago, "How not to get swindled" never arrived.Oh, and why is it this article doesn't mention that the F.E.C. is wondering where Santos got $700K for his election campaign. I guess now we know.
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"content": "How is it so easy for some nobody like Santos to call a complete unknown on the phone, maybe have a dinner and dress the part, and con someone into giving them $625,000?I guess that's why the book I ordered 2 months ago, \"How not to get swindled\" never arrived.Oh, and why is it this article doesn't mention that the F.E.C. is wondering where Santos got $700K for his election campaign. I guess now we know.\n",
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