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Hmmmmmm, the Guggenheim runs branch museums in Abu Dhabi, Bilbao, and Venice. Maybe open “The British Museum, Athens” and display some? all? of the marbles permanently? temporarily? on rotation? and owned by the UN? Some NGO? Marge in Maidenhead?Come on, folks. A little creativity and ambiguity could go a long way.
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Dan presents an eye opening viewpoint on monogamy in relationships. Thought provoking points are made in this conversation and I believe everyone could benefit from listening to it.
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"content": "Dan presents an eye opening viewpoint on monogamy in relationships. Thought provoking points are made in this conversation and I believe everyone could benefit from listening to it.\n",
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Claudia Funny.....I was surprised to read this occurred in N Hampshire, the "Live Free or Die" state. Not surprised , though, that HCA attempted to curtail professional freedoms. HCA has a sordid history.I wholeheartedly support the FTC's effort to eliminate non-competes nationally. I'm a non-primary care physician. When the hospital I worked for was bought & sold (this happened 3 times & provided an interesting tho unpleasant education), we ended up with offers from a national company that had swooped in. Pleasant interviews & professional exchanges w/the physician partners doing the hiring. A look at the contract revealed the non-compete. No training or "investment" was offered to us. There were no "proprietary" secrets. It was simply an attempt to squelch an outflow of professionals, curtail wages & impose company regulations. (And the company was backed by a hedge fund....do you think they had much interest in improving patient care?) In medicine, a national company becomes a problem...for the physician, it is like being the peanut butter in the sandwich....you have the patient's interests, your own medical judgement & the company's (insert hedge fund here). It is not a tenable or healthy scenario.Let the country follow California in this situation. Thank you, Ms. Khan
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"content": "Claudia Funny.....I was surprised to read this occurred in N Hampshire, the \"Live Free or Die\" state. Not surprised , though, that HCA attempted to curtail professional freedoms. HCA has a sordid history.I wholeheartedly support the FTC's effort to eliminate non-competes nationally. I'm a non-primary care physician. When the hospital I worked for was bought & sold (this happened 3 times & provided an interesting tho unpleasant education), we ended up with offers from a national company that had swooped in. Pleasant interviews & professional exchanges w/the physician partners doing the hiring. A look at the contract revealed the non-compete. No training or \"investment\" was offered to us. There were no \"proprietary\" secrets. It was simply an attempt to squelch an outflow of professionals, curtail wages & impose company regulations. (And the company was backed by a hedge fund....do you think they had much interest in improving patient care?) In medicine, a national company becomes a problem...for the physician, it is like being the peanut butter in the sandwich....you have the patient's interests, your own medical judgement & the company's (insert hedge fund here). It is not a tenable or healthy scenario.Let the country follow California in this situation. Thank you, Ms. Khan\n",
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The going rate for 'volunteers' in Ukraine is between $1k-$3k a day. None of these men are giving of their time and effort freely and it's disingenuous to allow readers to assume as much. Furthermore, with a casualty rate (KIA + WIA) of over 500 a day--an entire battalion of soldiers--none of these volunteers will last long. This proxy war is going to permanently handicap NATO--who has run this conflict as a massive money laundering scheme to pay for the modernization of its own arsenal--and produce gigantic economic rip currents across the globe. Even Lukashenko gets it--telling the press last month that 'trade blocks' are now everything. In addition, this conflict is hardly limited to Ukraine--here in SoCal natural gas prices have doubled month over month due to this conflict--and nary a word of recognition that this US sponsored, CIA backed 'war' is already costing Americans dearly. Do yourself a favor--quickly look at Turkey's and Iran's recent purchases of Su-35's, the French's recent exit from CAR and Mali and the new natural gas corridor through Turkey to Europe, from Russia to Japan, and the 40% increase in gas flows from Russia to China. You can say whatever you want, but this war is already over, the Ukrainians and NATO just don't know it yet.
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"content": "The going rate for 'volunteers' in Ukraine is between $1k-$3k a day. None of these men are giving of their time and effort freely and it's disingenuous to allow readers to assume as much. Furthermore, with a casualty rate (KIA + WIA) of over 500 a day--an entire battalion of soldiers--none of these volunteers will last long. This proxy war is going to permanently handicap NATO--who has run this conflict as a massive money laundering scheme to pay for the modernization of its own arsenal--and produce gigantic economic rip currents across the globe. Even Lukashenko gets it--telling the press last month that 'trade blocks' are now everything. In addition, this conflict is hardly limited to Ukraine--here in SoCal natural gas prices have doubled month over month due to this conflict--and nary a word of recognition that this US sponsored, CIA backed 'war' is already costing Americans dearly. Do yourself a favor--quickly look at Turkey's and Iran's recent purchases of Su-35's, the French's recent exit from CAR and Mali and the new natural gas corridor through Turkey to Europe, from Russia to Japan, and the 40% increase in gas flows from Russia to China. You can say whatever you want, but this war is already over, the Ukrainians and NATO just don't know it yet.\n",
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Yes, the Dems have always been a loose knit collection of factions, but the majority leaned towards social progress, and moving the nation forward and towards more egalitarian ends. Yes, there has always been the issues of those who show-up and out at the rally's, hoisting pithy signs and wearing single color skull caps, but who are then no-shows on election days. Or those factions who like to go off and sulk. Like the Bernie Bro's, Obama Coalition and the more hard-core HRC advocates. Herding cats has long been the oft used cliche. While Repubs, would listen to Rush, or some other media propagandist on their portable transistor radios, or on TV preaching the Repub Doctrine (of Hate) - and their more hard core, and single-issue voters (those single issues folks should not be forgotten) got in line and voted like a pack. Problem was, Repubs have been drilling down in the Culture wars, relying on racial tropes, sexist jargon, fake economic modeling, xenophobia, Xtian fundamentalism and Nationalism, adopting their purity doctrines as Party litmus tests, wrapping it all in suburban-mom fear mongering and zero sum gain rhetoric. Always winking and pandering to the worst of their base. (Some day, you'll rise again!)But they managed to keep the factions gated, and at elections herded them in mostly one direction. It was wholly untenable. So along comes Former Guy throwing open all the gates at one time, pandering to the worst of base, and elevating their voice and power.
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AKJersey Check again, the dollar has been in decline for several months. Not necessarily a bad thing as it can fuel exports, but the GBP has gone from about $1.10 to $1.24 in 2 months.
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"content": "AKJersey Check again, the dollar has been in decline for several months. Not necessarily a bad thing as it can fuel exports, but the GBP has gone from about $1.10 to $1.24 in 2 months.\n",
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Schmarty Thank you for helping dispel the myth that Ag is a big part of the CA economy. It is, indeed, just 3% of CA's GDP -- not even in the top 10 industries in CA. Construction is more than double Ag, and it's down there at #10 or so. Ag wields outsized political power in CA, esp when precious water is in the mix.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California</a>
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"content": "Schmarty Thank you for helping dispel the myth that Ag is a big part of the CA economy. It is, indeed, just 3% of CA's GDP -- not even in the top 10 industries in CA. Construction is more than double Ag, and it's down there at #10 or so. Ag wields outsized political power in CA, esp when precious water is in the mix.<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California</a>\n",
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I understand that the United States/Israel relationship is complicated and convoluted beyond recognition. But I need to ask: "What has Israel done for the US lately? And, why has Israel not lifted a finger to support Ukraine? Seems that Israel owes its larger fealty to Russia, while receiving 150M in bilateral assistance plus loan guarantees from the US over the years.
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"content": "I understand that the United States/Israel relationship is complicated and convoluted beyond recognition. But I need to ask: \"What has Israel done for the US lately? And, why has Israel not lifted a finger to support Ukraine? Seems that Israel owes its larger fealty to Russia, while receiving 150M in bilateral assistance plus loan guarantees from the US over the years.\n",
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I saw Tommy Paul play in person at the US Open last year. He has an incredible ability to dominate with big forehands. It was beautiful to watch. I have been a fan of his ever since.
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"content": "I saw Tommy Paul play in person at the US Open last year. He has an incredible ability to dominate with big forehands. It was beautiful to watch. I have been a fan of his ever since.\n",
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I saw some interesting goals from the Chaos Caucus such as the 72 hour bill measure, which makes sense. As does term limits for congress. However, McCarthy is kicking democrats off of committees and installing the Chaos Caucus members who by and large are still taking direction from Trump and more importantly, Steve Bannon. MTG was just on his show last week. Bannon worked hard to instigate the Brazil insurrection and is on a self proclaimed quest to destroy democracy, fueled by traditionalist doctrine(not unlike Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin or "Putin's Brain", who Ukraine tried to kill last year). Bannon is using power hungry amoral right wing politicians to further this goal. Like a babushka doll, as you open the outer Republican shells, more radical hard right shells appear. Bannon failed in phase 1 with Trump. He's on to Phase 2. Infect congress with the virus and watch it replicate and/or cause a lot of chaos before the organism can expel it from its system.
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"content": "I saw some interesting goals from the Chaos Caucus such as the 72 hour bill measure, which makes sense. As does term limits for congress. However, McCarthy is kicking democrats off of committees and installing the Chaos Caucus members who by and large are still taking direction from Trump and more importantly, Steve Bannon. MTG was just on his show last week. Bannon worked hard to instigate the Brazil insurrection and is on a self proclaimed quest to destroy democracy, fueled by traditionalist doctrine(not unlike Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin or \"Putin's Brain\", who Ukraine tried to kill last year). Bannon is using power hungry amoral right wing politicians to further this goal. Like a babushka doll, as you open the outer Republican shells, more radical hard right shells appear. Bannon failed in phase 1 with Trump. He's on to Phase 2. Infect congress with the virus and watch it replicate and/or cause a lot of chaos before the organism can expel it from its system.\n",
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Kurt Pickard We are defending Ukraine to stop Russia from attacking the smaller NATO countries-and to bleed our enemy dry-economically and militarily-by proxy. This is the best use of 50-100 billion we will ever spend militarily. Cut 50-100 billion out of the $850 billion or so defense budget not related to Ukraine assistance if necessary.
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"content": "Kurt Pickard We are defending Ukraine to stop Russia from attacking the smaller NATO countries-and to bleed our enemy dry-economically and militarily-by proxy. This is the best use of 50-100 billion we will ever spend militarily. Cut 50-100 billion out of the $850 billion or so defense budget not related to Ukraine assistance if necessary.\n",
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One big reason I left the US ten years ago was because of the unmanageable health care costs. Here in Germany I have a co-pay of €10 for a three-month supply of insulin. And all my pump supplies and related diabetic expenses are covered by my insurance company. I couldn't afford to return to my home country even if I wanted to.
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"content": "One big reason I left the US ten years ago was because of the unmanageable health care costs. Here in Germany I have a co-pay of €10 for a three-month supply of insulin. And all my pump supplies and related diabetic expenses are covered by my insurance company. I couldn't afford to return to my home country even if I wanted to.\n",
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20 seems quite fair for all. This is is a good resolution. This privately owned land was taken in the 20th C. The taking was clearly to evict based on race. Now the children get the money they would have gotten when the theft happened but in 2022 dollars. All's well that ends well.Let's leave it there and not mirror this specific solution to far different and much much more complex circumstances elsewhere and hundreds of years ago.
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"content": "20 seems quite fair for all. This is is a good resolution. This privately owned land was taken in the 20th C. The taking was clearly to evict based on race. Now the children get the money they would have gotten when the theft happened but in 2022 dollars. All's well that ends well.Let's leave it there and not mirror this specific solution to far different and much much more complex circumstances elsewhere and hundreds of years ago.\n",
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How about just some clean and well-equipped restrooms as a great equalizer? On my recent trip through NY/PA/NJ, the restrooms I used at rest stops, restaurants and at the airport offered various combinations of: no water, no hot water, no soap, wet floors, wet counters, broken air dryers, empty towel dispensers, paper on floors, clogged toilets, unflushed toilets, broken door locks, and/or broken baggage hooks in stalls. In Europe, rest stop bathrooms are always clean. I don't know if it's because of the 1 Euro fee to push through a turnstyle to enter the bathroom, or better wages paid to workers, or different allocation of taxes...I only know that it is indeed possible to keep rest stop bathrooms clean and equipped with hot water and soap. Let's see if the Thruway Authority can manage it.
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"content": "How about just some clean and well-equipped restrooms as a great equalizer? On my recent trip through NY/PA/NJ, the restrooms I used at rest stops, restaurants and at the airport offered various combinations of: no water, no hot water, no soap, wet floors, wet counters, broken air dryers, empty towel dispensers, paper on floors, clogged toilets, unflushed toilets, broken door locks, and/or broken baggage hooks in stalls. In Europe, rest stop bathrooms are always clean. I don't know if it's because of the 1 Euro fee to push through a turnstyle to enter the bathroom, or better wages paid to workers, or different allocation of taxes...I only know that it is indeed possible to keep rest stop bathrooms clean and equipped with hot water and soap. Let's see if the Thruway Authority can manage it.\n",
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HINTSEL7) Periodic table has 118EM7) Esteemed like Marshall Mathers4) Release carbon into atmosphereEN11) Sense of deservingIM8) Happening soon5) Push10) Remorselessly not atoning9) ToolIT4) 10 or fewer in Express laneLI4) Green fruit key to Florida pie5) Calculus thing approached indefinitely, (1+1/n)^n→e4) An artist might paint an arm or a leg4) Weak walk6) Mollusk with weak walk?7) Repairers of electric wires8) Balm for sore muscleME4) Parallel lines never5) Free-for-all fight4) Snow to puddle4) Internet spreader - like "Crying Michael Jordan"6) Underling taken underwing to tutelage4) This word's doled out in the Bee allot!6) Prove your STAMINA under pressureMI4) Expressive appearance4) 5280 ft4) Grist for the this (is grain)6) Cereal4) (I'm using only gestures to hint at "Marcel Marceau" here)4) Coal or gold hole4) Mispelled Mouse or Pearl5) 2 drink MI5um unless you can whistle a HALF-NOTE4) Breath freshener4) Tiny bug very strong4) Oven glove6) Fingerless glove lost by baby cat triosPE6) Quilling dudes from the Quaker StatePI4) Prostitu-trenuer?6) ZitTE4) Rain cats & dogs4) Not perm(anent) like a Kelly worker5) Musical speedos6) Building of worship5) Lead us not into TE5ation8) "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls & TE8 halls…"TI4) Exam's over! Put your pencils down8) Chain of temporal events👇See Replies for more
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John They already spent the money. They could have easily supported Ro Khannas IRS reform that would capture 1 trillion per year lost to tax cheats and corruption to pay our bills down significantly and help Americans.But instead, they defund the IRS and use the debt ceiling as insane leverage. There are no moderates. They are extremists. You don't vote for something like ending the IRS to setup a confrontation with not raising the debt ceiling for money you spent.You do realize that means they are saying we will not pay our bills that we spent. The exact opposite of fiscal responsibility in every way.Also if you were a business owner. Would you hire and keep employees that didn't cash checks from services rendered? Would you not fire employees that said they didn't want to collect checks from their friends that received services form the business because they think it is unfair that they should have to pay anything?You would fire them wouldn't you?
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Nancy If there were data to support the notion that this path towards multigenerational wealth is a long-term sustainable solution, I'd be thrilled - but that simply isn't the case. Most college football players don't make a dime playing professional sports, and most who do play professional sports don't last more than a few years in the league. The financial literature is ripe with evidence that professional football players (by large margin) experience financial peril within several years of leaving the league. This isn't limited to the NFL, as the NBA has been shown to have a similar effect, but the NBA doesn't seem to have a growing problem with 50-year-old men developing CTE and killing themselves.<a href="https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0312/why-athletes-go-broke.aspx" target="_blank">https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0312/why-athletes-go-broke.aspx</a>
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Mike No, they don't look alike. With rounds loaded into a revolver, you can open the cylinder and you'll be looking at the bottom of the rounds. If they're flat, they don't have primers, i.e., they're dummy rounds. If they have a round indentation in the center of the bottom, they have primers, i.e., they're live rounds. Also, the armorer claimed in a police interview, not very convincingly, that she checked the rounds by shaking them to make sure she heard a rattling sound, so that's another way to check that Baldwin didn't use.
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I expect that the US government will continue to send billions of dollars to Israel. And that any efforts to question this will never see the light of day. Untouchable subjects are often worth a bit of exploring. The lack of any explorations is in itself suspicious.
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"content": "I expect that the US government will continue to send billions of dollars to Israel. And that any efforts to question this will never see the light of day. Untouchable subjects are often worth a bit of exploring. The lack of any explorations is in itself suspicious.\n",
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Richard Schumacher Average premium before tax subsidy is $611/mo and the average subsidy is $552/mo, so average Obamacare customer is only paying $59/mo for coverage.Interesting that even retired folks with multi-million dollar stock portfolios can get "free Obamacare" with the right planning.<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/better/money/how-millionaires-get-obamacare-subsidies-intended-aid-poor-n505386" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/better/money/how-millionaires-get-obamacare-subsidies-intended-aid-poor-n505386</a>I'd budgeted $20,000/yr for health insurance in my 60's. The last few years before I qualified for Medicare at age 65, I was paying less than $20/yr for a Bronze Obamacare plan.
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"content": "Richard Schumacher Average premium before tax subsidy is $611/mo and the average subsidy is $552/mo, so average Obamacare customer is only paying $59/mo for coverage.Interesting that even retired folks with multi-million dollar stock portfolios can get \"free Obamacare\" with the right planning.<a href=\"https://www.nbcnews.com/better/money/how-millionaires-get-obamacare-subsidies-intended-aid-poor-n505386\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nbcnews.com/better/money/how-millionaires-get-obamacare-subsidies-intended-aid-poor-n505386</a>I'd budgeted $20,000/yr for health insurance in my 60's. The last few years before I qualified for Medicare at age 65, I was paying less than $20/yr for a Bronze Obamacare plan.\n",
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Jerad took a two billion dollar loan from the Saudi government. End of debate.
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"content": "Jerad took a two billion dollar loan from the Saudi government. End of debate.\n",
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Heather How do they live with themselves? They made over $100 billion! I'm guessing they live very well.
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"content": "Heather How do they live with themselves? They made over $100 billion! I'm guessing they live very well.\n",
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SBF seems to define "stealing" as taking money directly out of customer accounts and putting it into his. Period. So the reports of SBF using company funds to invest in his other companies in violation of deposit agreements, pay for lavish parties, air travel, beachfront housing, and so on are not "stealing" since the money was first filtered thru the company instead of going directly to him. I hope that doesn't hold up in court.
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Vincent Neilson I agree. When reapportionment last happened way back before our grandparents were born, each of the 435 House members represented about 200,000 Americans. Those 435 members now represent 700,000 Americans each. The number of House districts needs to be tripled to bring representation closer to constituents.While we're at it, none of this requires changes to the Constitution either: * End the practice of gerrymandering where politicians choose voters rather than voters choosing politicians* Pass the Popular Vote Interstate Compact and once and for all do away with this stupidly antiquated electoral college system* Add political representation to millions of American citizens in Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico by making them states* Establish public financing of political campaigns by federally matching citizen donations up to $200 with a 10-1 match* Provide universal ranked-choice voting in all elections. Most modern democracies use it – it works and it’s good for democracy* Get out of the 20th century by updating all voting infrastructure with optical-scan paper ballots that use open source (non-proprietary) software* Establish a right to safe, secure, and easy access to the ballot. Make Election Day a national holiday; automatic voter registration; encourage universal vote-by-mail like the State of Oregon has had in place for nearly two decades. My wife & I use it and we love it.None of this requires any changes to the U.S. Constitution.
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"content": "Vincent Neilson I agree. When reapportionment last happened way back before our grandparents were born, each of the 435 House members represented about 200,000 Americans. Those 435 members now represent 700,000 Americans each. The number of House districts needs to be tripled to bring representation closer to constituents.While we're at it, none of this requires changes to the Constitution either: * End the practice of gerrymandering where politicians choose voters rather than voters choosing politicians* Pass the Popular Vote Interstate Compact and once and for all do away with this stupidly antiquated electoral college system* Add political representation to millions of American citizens in Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico by making them states* Establish public financing of political campaigns by federally matching citizen donations up to $200 with a 10-1 match* Provide universal ranked-choice voting in all elections. Most modern democracies use it – it works and it’s good for democracy* Get out of the 20th century by updating all voting infrastructure with optical-scan paper ballots that use open source (non-proprietary) software* Establish a right to safe, secure, and easy access to the ballot. Make Election Day a national holiday; automatic voter registration; encourage universal vote-by-mail like the State of Oregon has had in place for nearly two decades. My wife & I use it and we love it.None of this requires any changes to the U.S. Constitution.\n",
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Republican Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced the appointment of former Department of Justice official and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, a Republican, to serve as Special Counsel to oversee the previously-confirmed FBI investigation of Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and related matters.Mueller was appointed to his role, by Republicans.Mueller outlined at least ten clear examples of obstruction of justice by Trump, including dismissing Comey in relation to ‘this Russian thing’. Comey found out about his dismissal while watching TV, as Trump’s letter of dismissal arrived after it became public.One issue that Republicans never want to acknowledge, is that the head of the FBI, James Comey announced the FBI was reopening their investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails just days before the 2016 election. At the same time they did not go public with their investigations into Trump and links between his team and Russia.Of course Republicans know all about the weaponisation of the federal government. They stood idly by when Trump weaponised his administration against his opponents.
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"content": "Republican Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein announced the appointment of former Department of Justice official and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III, a Republican, to serve as Special Counsel to oversee the previously-confirmed FBI investigation of Russian government efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election and related matters.Mueller was appointed to his role, by Republicans.Mueller outlined at least ten clear examples of obstruction of justice by Trump, including dismissing Comey in relation to ‘this Russian thing’. Comey found out about his dismissal while watching TV, as Trump’s letter of dismissal arrived after it became public.One issue that Republicans never want to acknowledge, is that the head of the FBI, James Comey announced the FBI was reopening their investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails just days before the 2016 election. At the same time they did not go public with their investigations into Trump and links between his team and Russia.Of course Republicans know all about the weaponisation of the federal government. They stood idly by when Trump weaponised his administration against his opponents.\n",
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Unleashed's brand extension strategy is absurd to begin with. Arguing you can push more business through an existing distribution channel, long argued for by the MBA enriched consulting firms, is pure garbage.And private equity is full of this nonsense, Junior MBA graduates selling the "big picture" at comsulting firms to MBA management in private equity is the blind leading the blind.What really matters at the business unit level is execution and closeness to customers. These jokers are about as close to their customers - in this case the franchisees - are about as close as we are to Mars. And their closeness to the end user - the families who purchase these services - somewhere near Pluto.
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"content": "Unleashed's brand extension strategy is absurd to begin with. Arguing you can push more business through an existing distribution channel, long argued for by the MBA enriched consulting firms, is pure garbage.And private equity is full of this nonsense, Junior MBA graduates selling the \"big picture\" at comsulting firms to MBA management in private equity is the blind leading the blind.What really matters at the business unit level is execution and closeness to customers. These jokers are about as close to their customers - in this case the franchisees - are about as close as we are to Mars. And their closeness to the end user - the families who purchase these services - somewhere near Pluto.\n",
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It takes a lot to get me on an airplane but it had been since well before covid that my spouse and I had done any traveling. Last April American Airlines stranded us in Charlotte, NC due to a delayed flight out of the Twin Cities caused by mechanical problems with the plane. We missed our connection to Greenville where we were to attend a family wedding. It's nine at night, no more flights out, no flights out the next day, the rental car agencies are out of vehicles. American's customer service was a complete joke. They gave us a $100 voucher for future travel. I told the agent I'll walk before I fly with them again. We had allowed over two hours to make our connection (no direct flight from MSP to Greenville). Allianz Travel insurance is garbage. They denied our claim to cover the $500 it cost us to take an Uber to our destination indicating that the flight delay was not covered. It was either that or stay in Charlotte until Monday then fly home. Things I have learned from this experience; travel at your own risk. No one cares with the exception of the delightful lady at the car rental desk who helped us with the Uber. She wouldn't even take a tip.
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"content": "It takes a lot to get me on an airplane but it had been since well before covid that my spouse and I had done any traveling. Last April American Airlines stranded us in Charlotte, NC due to a delayed flight out of the Twin Cities caused by mechanical problems with the plane. We missed our connection to Greenville where we were to attend a family wedding. It's nine at night, no more flights out, no flights out the next day, the rental car agencies are out of vehicles. American's customer service was a complete joke. They gave us a $100 voucher for future travel. I told the agent I'll walk before I fly with them again. We had allowed over two hours to make our connection (no direct flight from MSP to Greenville). Allianz Travel insurance is garbage. They denied our claim to cover the $500 it cost us to take an Uber to our destination indicating that the flight delay was not covered. It was either that or stay in Charlotte until Monday then fly home. Things I have learned from this experience; travel at your own risk. No one cares with the exception of the delightful lady at the car rental desk who helped us with the Uber. She wouldn't even take a tip.\n",
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I think this understates the loss/damage, ... and it's probably a case of "the fix was in" - i.e., the "data scientists" agreed with the funders to terms that let off the hook the politicians, educational "experts" and teachers unions whose choices were erroneous.The seemingly small measured loss is like a little "9/11" in terms of non-fatal damage to children (given how many suffered it,) The alternative policy - keeping more schools open - was made impossible in lots of places by strong teachers unions - almost certainly would have cost some teachers' lives.I remember that union officials praised the healthcare workers' who accepted risks, but immediately dug their heals in with: "Our members never signed up for a high risk occupation."I think the clincher is - fraught though I admit it to be - that draftees TRULY "didn't (and don't) sign up." Still, we accept that they made a big difference in WW II, and while the losses to kids & America in '20-'22 doesn't rise to that level, any society is only as viable as SHARED values (and sometimes shared pain) permit.The 1/3 of a year may have been measured just after "normal" schooling resumed, but just as long Covid will be sending individuals and the nation "bills" for decades, while most kids will make up some or all of that 1/3 year over time, millions will "go off the rails" educationally. We don't do "exit interviews" with teens who fail to finish HS, but a huge number in the next 10 years will be Covid-caused!
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The solution to everything in NYT columns seems to be more taxes, rather than to rein in spending. There needs to be a combination of a short-term increase, along with some cuts. If you have ever had any experience in Washington, as I have, you will see that there are plenty of places to start cutting.And as far as where to increase taxes, keep this in mind: In 2020 the top 1% of wage earners paid 42% of all federal income taxes, the top 5% paid 63%, the top 10% paid 74% and the top 25% paid 88%. The bottom 50% paid 2.3%. Go a little further down the income scale and they pay no or negative taxes. If you tax the productive people too punitively, they end up moving their capital and incomes to a new location, as evidenced by what is currently happening in states like New York, California and Illinois.
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Don't worry, the debt ceiling will get expanded. Failing to do so would endanger Congress' campaign donors' portfolios, so they will yank the leash.
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Americas healthcare system is beyond broken. It’s corrupt. It’s medical mafia. I’ve had pneumonia for ten days. I thought it was a bad cold until I fainted. Went to the Urgent care in my health plan.They quickly diagnosed pneumonia and sent 4 prescriptions to a local pharmacy. It was too late that evening to pick them up, Friday December 30. The pharmacy’s website states if they are open on Saturday at 8 am. I’m there at 8am, no one there. A sign on the door, sorry we are closed, no staff. Go back to Urgent Care to have the Dr change pharmacies.They are closed on the weekends. But the hospital under the same name is literally right next door to Urgent care. Basically the same building. Remember, I have pneumonia and feel pretty sick. I ask if one the Drs there can resend the prescription to an open pharmacy. It is NYE morning. They tell me they will but it may take a few hours. I call them after three hours, talk to the ER admin who says she will take care of it. Two more hours go by. It’s now 3pm NYE. No pharmacy is open on NYD. I call the ER admin again. Now she tells after waiting 5 hours they are not going to send the prescriptions over to an open pharmacy unless I get reexamined. I was just there the night before at their clinic. They waited all day after promising me in person and on the phone twice it would happen. Bottom line, they wanted to charge me again. I had to wait until Monday to get my meds, three day after they were prescribed for Bacterial Pneumonia.
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"content": "Americas healthcare system is beyond broken. It’s corrupt. It’s medical mafia. I’ve had pneumonia for ten days. I thought it was a bad cold until I fainted. Went to the Urgent care in my health plan.They quickly diagnosed pneumonia and sent 4 prescriptions to a local pharmacy. It was too late that evening to pick them up, Friday December 30. The pharmacy’s website states if they are open on Saturday at 8 am. I’m there at 8am, no one there. A sign on the door, sorry we are closed, no staff. Go back to Urgent Care to have the Dr change pharmacies.They are closed on the weekends. But the hospital under the same name is literally right next door to Urgent care. Basically the same building. Remember, I have pneumonia and feel pretty sick. I ask if one the Drs there can resend the prescription to an open pharmacy. It is NYE morning. They tell me they will but it may take a few hours. I call them after three hours, talk to the ER admin who says she will take care of it. Two more hours go by. It’s now 3pm NYE. No pharmacy is open on NYD. I call the ER admin again. Now she tells after waiting 5 hours they are not going to send the prescriptions over to an open pharmacy unless I get reexamined. I was just there the night before at their clinic. They waited all day after promising me in person and on the phone twice it would happen. Bottom line, they wanted to charge me again. I had to wait until Monday to get my meds, three day after they were prescribed for Bacterial Pneumonia.\n",
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The proxy war expands. Because that what it is: A proxy war, financed bythe US, with weapons delivered by the US, to expand NATO, its defense treaty, to the border of Russia. With US missiles stationed there to reachMoscowWhich is as unacceptable to Russia, as China expanding its defense treatyto Mexico, with missiles stationed there to reach WashingtonThis, if you read Kissingers 2014 analysis, is insane, but it *does* benefitthe US military industrial complex, against President Eisenhower, WW IIcommander of Allied Forces, who DID understand the military warned againstin his farewell speechFor Kissinger’s analysis click on below<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/henry-kissinger-to-settle-the-ukraine-crisis-start-at-the-end/2014/03/05/46dad868-a496-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/henry-kissinger-to-settle-the-ukraine-crisis-start-at-the-end/2014/03/05/46dad868-a496-11e3-8466-d34c451760b9_story.html</a>Whatever you think about Henry Kissinger, he does understand international politics
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JABarry President Biden's administration is also busy expanding and completing the Trumpian plan of privatizing the rest of traditional Medicare via "ACO REACH" by 2030. Under ACO REACH, Medicare enters contracts with entities who enroll traditional Medicare recipients into networks without the person's consent. These entities include private equity groups, and are allowed to keep up to 40 PERCENT of what Medicare pays them for "profits and overhead." Keep in mind that overhead for traditional Medicare is between 2 and 5 percent, yet the Biden administration is willing to give up to 40 percent of Medicare dollars for those same costs, plus a profit.The only reason the Trump administration was even able to embark on this was due to a buried provision in President Obama's Affordable Care Act creating the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.President Biden could end this massive Trumpian privatization of traditional Medicare with the just the stroke of his pen. This begs the question, "Why hasn't he?"It also begs another question, "Why has the MSM been so reticent on the plan to destroy traditional Medicare.? "Cui bono?"For a deeper dive, see Sandra M. Fox's December 40, 200 article, 'Architects of Medicare Privatization: Congress, Biden and the CMS" at Counterpunch.org PNHP.org also is a good resource.
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I snuck a peek at the Diary last night at 3:30, then went back to bed. Now I'm up. The story that stayed with me is James Roddy's "Quick Stop." The tale of the hat-returning package-laden woman. Also a tale of a cooperative bus driver.Once again Guido today has written about doing Random Acts of Kindness. I need to be reminded all the time.I work from home. Still isolating during the pandemic. So my in-person contact with the outside world is a lot less than it was. Visits to the supermarket and the blood-donation center. Visits to the library when I call from my car and a librarian puts my requested items in my popped-open trunk.As a partial hermit, I have to stretch myself to do an Act of Kindness. Still, I try. I recommended a book to a librarian whose mother has dementia. ("Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America" by Kate Washington. I've only started reading it.) I spoke to an insurance person working from home. We talked about Covid, and I gave her a URL, the web page address for finding out if her rapid tests had expired. I recycle my newspapers by passing them on to a neighbor now in a nursing home.The opportunities are there for a Random Act of Kindness even for us hermits.And that leads me to Marge Keller, whose husband is having surgery Wednesday. Let's make Wednesday the day we do something kind for others in Mr. Keller's name.Hugs & prayers,Phil G
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RobertRight now our Governor Reynolds is reading “Arizona Republicans exempt lawmakers from state’s open-records law” and thinking it’s a wonderful idea.
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"content": "RobertRight now our Governor Reynolds is reading “Arizona Republicans exempt lawmakers from state’s open-records law” and thinking it’s a wonderful idea.\n",
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If you are 80+ years old, you may have saved your tax returns and investment documents, payroll stubs, W-2 slips, 1099 documents, home title, repair bills, gifts received or given, birth certificates of your children, marriage, divorce, and death certificates, your diplomas and citations received, and correspondence going back 60 years. That will create a small mountain of paperwork. You may not remember what is in this mountain.Multiply the volume of your small mountain by a factor of 100 or so of the paperwork that a politician collects over his lifetime. A U.S. President collects even more and needs to build a multimillion-dollar library of his own to store and save the documents related to his Presidency for posterity - leave aside the national Archives where some of the documents are finally reposed.I have sympathy for both Presidents Trump and Biden for failing to sort out the documents collected over their lifetimes. They need a small army of helpers for this job. Their failure is an existential condition with which I can identify when I look at my own small mountain of docs.
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If you owned a medical office and had been encumbered by investing the time, effort and cost of recruiting, selecting, training and evaluating a staff, would you like to see a competitor walk in and poach any or all of those workers without any restrictions on them or your employees? Should your business be able to be affected, damaged or hobbled because the liberal pursuit of a massive nanny state continues unabated?
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Open your church to diversity of experience of God, instead of doctrinal conformity and you’ll find God as often in the color purple, admired on a warm summer day, that just shocks you into the beauty of being alive. I pitied Benedict for being a cloistered traditionalist, so much like the villain in my favorite book The Name of the Rose. I’m much more of a William of Baskerville, skeptical of humorless wet shirts and pious holy rollers. The Bible’s nice as a fairy tale, in fact teaches better and less frightening lessons than Mother Goose or Brothers Grimm, but they really only snuck one true line in the accepted cannon and it’s in the gospel of Luke. The kingdom of God is within you. I have been on more spiritual quests and saved more flesh and blood bodies than anyone dressed in a mitre or flowing gown. That’s because I came up from dirt and know I will return to dirt. No billions of dollars of art and real estate holdings will absolve you of the sins of true decadence, Ross, an institution that sits on the wealth of man while the bellies of the poor cry out in pangs. You want Francis to lead a true spiritual revolution on Earth? Do as John Paul I did and try to hold a Roman estate sale. Then you’d get people to stop chasing after the minutiae that doesn’t matter an iota to the inner god; but that we only consume and stuff ourselves to fill the lack we feel of spiritual happiness and contentment and generosity.
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"content": "Open your church to diversity of experience of God, instead of doctrinal conformity and you’ll find God as often in the color purple, admired on a warm summer day, that just shocks you into the beauty of being alive. I pitied Benedict for being a cloistered traditionalist, so much like the villain in my favorite book The Name of the Rose. I’m much more of a William of Baskerville, skeptical of humorless wet shirts and pious holy rollers. The Bible’s nice as a fairy tale, in fact teaches better and less frightening lessons than Mother Goose or Brothers Grimm, but they really only snuck one true line in the accepted cannon and it’s in the gospel of Luke. The kingdom of God is within you. I have been on more spiritual quests and saved more flesh and blood bodies than anyone dressed in a mitre or flowing gown. That’s because I came up from dirt and know I will return to dirt. No billions of dollars of art and real estate holdings will absolve you of the sins of true decadence, Ross, an institution that sits on the wealth of man while the bellies of the poor cry out in pangs. You want Francis to lead a true spiritual revolution on Earth? Do as John Paul I did and try to hold a Roman estate sale. Then you’d get people to stop chasing after the minutiae that doesn’t matter an iota to the inner god; but that we only consume and stuff ourselves to fill the lack we feel of spiritual happiness and contentment and generosity.\n",
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MORE CLUES!!!AG5) Like a border collie7) Way to run an obstacle course7) Characteristic required to run an obstacle course55) Bellyache7) Washing machine cycleAL4) Stepped on or offAT5) At a jaunty angleEL5) One of the fewGA6) State of gleeful exuberance5) Done with wild cheer4) Mode of ambulationGE6) "You say tomat-o, and I say....tomat-i??"GI6) Sleepover sound6) Full of sleepover sounds4) Aqualung4) Trump's favorite paintGL4) Brain framerIL7) Against the law10) Lawless act9) Lawless-y4) Hot stuff (brand) that may be served with 6)GEIT4) Half of a minuscule pairLA5) ChurchgoersLE8) Opposite of ^^10)IL^^5) Short for "in accordance with the law"LI5) "I pledge allegiance, to m'lord..."6) Tie off a bleed4) Sing-song4) Gilding this is like putting lipstick on a pig4) Lo-cal8) More law: to argue in court6) This chicken claimed the sky was falling!TA11) Wider and eggier than fettucini5) Subarctic evergreen forest4) Waggish caudal appendage8) Parking-lot party4) Pedal pedestal; in multiples6) Tasseled prayer shawl TI4) Ceramic plate, both decorative and functional4) Prepare soil7) Plunder soil (at least it sounds like that)4) Make askew9) Cause to tingle5) M'lord', 'm'lady', etc6) Dot that turns 'eye' and 'jay' into lettersYE4) BIg foot "species"
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A word in defense of Borders: I remember when Borders opened up in Ann Arbor, in a little storefront down the street from the Logos Bookstore and up the street from the Bagel Factory. It was a fun place for a broke but inveterate reader to go because of the variety. No, they didn't let you sit around and read their books, but you could look around and sort of drool over what you might buy when you had money (or what might become available at the library) ..... Years later, when I had (somewhat) more money and Borders had moved to a much larger space, I visited them again. Still a (at that time) mind-blowing variety!!!! I still have books on my shelf that I bought in a "book hog" session on that trip. I think what killed Borders was being acquired by K-Mart (or whoever it was). Yeah, I guess it was run like a business .... and ultimately, it was run out of business. Don't get me wrong - I spent most of my 30+ year career working for a for-profit business, and I think that the capitalist system is great. But knowing your customers and your market is essential for long-term success. And I still buy a fair number of books - mostly on a Kindle (space considerations). I use the library for nearly all of the physical books that I read.
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Alternate Identity I relate to your situation. In 1970 my mother (an elementary teacher) and my father (an adjunct instructor at Cal State Northridge) purchased a property in Benedict Canyon for around 40,000. They sold in 1984 after their divorce. The property is now worth over 3 million. My husband and I have similar jobs (I'm also a teacher and he's a scientific researcher) and we will never afford a 3 million dollar home! 600,000 is a stretch for us.
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"content": "Alternate Identity I relate to your situation. In 1970 my mother (an elementary teacher) and my father (an adjunct instructor at Cal State Northridge) purchased a property in Benedict Canyon for around 40,000. They sold in 1984 after their divorce. The property is now worth over 3 million. My husband and I have similar jobs (I'm also a teacher and he's a scientific researcher) and we will never afford a 3 million dollar home! 600,000 is a stretch for us.\n",
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This story is personal to those of us who struggle to live close to our subsistence jobs in the city's service industry. Several years ago, as the low-income sections of the city core were being overcome by what was then thought to be over 4000 active illegal short term rentals (the city core is effectively one-story neighborhoods, this meant every block had one or more illegal hotels displacing a family), The state allocated 6 million dollars to enforce a newly enacted city law regulating STR's. Cantrell promptly reallocated 5.5 million of those dollars to other city departments, leaving the STR enforcement office with its same budget, approximately $500,000, and same staff: two people. The estimates of illegal STR's in the city core are now upwards of 6000. This is perhaps not criminal, but it is malfeasance in office. We don't care what color or what gender Mayor Cantrell is, we just want her gone.
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"content": "This story is personal to those of us who struggle to live close to our subsistence jobs in the city's service industry. Several years ago, as the low-income sections of the city core were being overcome by what was then thought to be over 4000 active illegal short term rentals (the city core is effectively one-story neighborhoods, this meant every block had one or more illegal hotels displacing a family), The state allocated 6 million dollars to enforce a newly enacted city law regulating STR's. Cantrell promptly reallocated 5.5 million of those dollars to other city departments, leaving the STR enforcement office with its same budget, approximately $500,000, and same staff: two people. The estimates of illegal STR's in the city core are now upwards of 6000. This is perhaps not criminal, but it is malfeasance in office. We don't care what color or what gender Mayor Cantrell is, we just want her gone.\n",
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ReggieM More like to the tune of $600,000 annually! The cost was $50K additional PER MONTH!
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"content": "ReggieM More like to the tune of $600,000 annually! The cost was $50K additional PER MONTH!\n",
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John Russia was expending 60,000 a day!
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calleefornia The city's deficit is $728 million over the next two years and is projected to go to $1,000,000,000 in 5 years.72% of the city's GDP comes from office space, and as more and more companies leave the city, the deficit will get worse.By all accounts, it's already a poorly run city with the most significant wealth inequalities in the Western world and mass homelessness. The result of progressives without checks?
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"content": "calleefornia The city's deficit is $728 million over the next two years and is projected to go to $1,000,000,000 in 5 years.72% of the city's GDP comes from office space, and as more and more companies leave the city, the deficit will get worse.By all accounts, it's already a poorly run city with the most significant wealth inequalities in the Western world and mass homelessness. The result of progressives without checks?\n",
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My son, an American citizen, works in Germany for a large global company. The firm runs an amazing cafeteria that features delicious, healthy, inexpensive, hot food. The executives are not embarrassed to take high-profile clients there. Perhaps it's the European system, where employees pay more in taxes but reap many more benefits. Perhaps it's that companies value their workers more. Yes, the cafeteria shut down for a while during Covid, but has since reopened. It' a wonderful perq of the job
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"content": "My son, an American citizen, works in Germany for a large global company. The firm runs an amazing cafeteria that features delicious, healthy, inexpensive, hot food. The executives are not embarrassed to take high-profile clients there. Perhaps it's the European system, where employees pay more in taxes but reap many more benefits. Perhaps it's that companies value their workers more. Yes, the cafeteria shut down for a while during Covid, but has since reopened. It' a wonderful perq of the job\n",
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As a 60-year-old who's achieved some business success, I recall my education as having a transforming impact on me -not because of the subjects I studied, but because of the life skills I gained along the way.I was the first member of my very working class family to go to a private college, and majored in history. While some scoffed at a "useless degree", I learned to absorb lots of information, draw clear conclusions from that complexity and to write and speak reasonably well - skills I've applied in all my jobs.I followed this with a far more practical MBA, but what I remember most about that experience was the team-working and collaboration encouraged - particularly with people not of my own background; also key life skills.What I needed in order to do my jobs effectively in marketing and business leadership, I learned largely on the job and from my leaders and mentors.Our society would benefit immensely from not viewing higher education as merely vocational training, and more of this deeper skill-building. For me, it's unlocked so many wonderful experiences such as living abroad and working with many diverse colleagues - experiences I would never have imagined at the start of my journey. And along the way, I even managed to carve out a good career.
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"content": "As a 60-year-old who's achieved some business success, I recall my education as having a transforming impact on me -not because of the subjects I studied, but because of the life skills I gained along the way.I was the first member of my very working class family to go to a private college, and majored in history. While some scoffed at a \"useless degree\", I learned to absorb lots of information, draw clear conclusions from that complexity and to write and speak reasonably well - skills I've applied in all my jobs.I followed this with a far more practical MBA, but what I remember most about that experience was the team-working and collaboration encouraged - particularly with people not of my own background; also key life skills.What I needed in order to do my jobs effectively in marketing and business leadership, I learned largely on the job and from my leaders and mentors.Our society would benefit immensely from not viewing higher education as merely vocational training, and more of this deeper skill-building. For me, it's unlocked so many wonderful experiences such as living abroad and working with many diverse colleagues - experiences I would never have imagined at the start of my journey. And along the way, I even managed to carve out a good career.\n",
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It's been 22 years. It seems to me that we should do whatever it takes to end this fiasco. They are human beings who likely have done great evil, but human beings nonetheless. We are spending millions and millions of dollars to drag this on indefinitely. Get on with it. Close Guantanamo, try them, move the guilty to high security settings, and put closure on it. The way things stand, they will simply die off in Cuba without trial, sentence, or any closure - and with millions spent spinning our wheels.
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"content": "It's been 22 years. It seems to me that we should do whatever it takes to end this fiasco. They are human beings who likely have done great evil, but human beings nonetheless. We are spending millions and millions of dollars to drag this on indefinitely. Get on with it. Close Guantanamo, try them, move the guilty to high security settings, and put closure on it. The way things stand, they will simply die off in Cuba without trial, sentence, or any closure - and with millions spent spinning our wheels.\n",
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Ms. Rawlinson, you started with a fundamentally wrong premise -- and that was that any of us WANTED catering and laundromats and outings and nap pods.We did not. We correctly recognized all of that as nonsense meant to keep us in the office around the clock, and eradicate any boundaries between work and home. Furthermore, the other "benefits" you cite also have traps: Unlimited vacation sounds great until you realize that people take LESS vacation under that scheme -- and that you have to answer a lot more questions about taking it. "Well-being" programs are transparently about saving the company money in health insurance costs, not about helping the employee.COVID came along and showed a lot of people that we don't need nap pods, we need enough time at night in our own beds so that we won't need naps at all. We don't need free food, we need to not commute so we have the time to cook food in our own kitchens. And we don't need unlimited vacation, we need a company culture that recognizes the value of taking a week or two off -- really off, not just opening our laptops on the beach.Oh, and side note: Titles like "Chief People Officer" are red flags. Experienced hires will know the bearer of such a title is either an HR person whose role is to protect the institution, not the employee, or a gussied-up recruiter. "Chief People Officer" is condescending, misleading nonsense, just like this opinion piece.
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"content": "Ms. Rawlinson, you started with a fundamentally wrong premise -- and that was that any of us WANTED catering and laundromats and outings and nap pods.We did not. We correctly recognized all of that as nonsense meant to keep us in the office around the clock, and eradicate any boundaries between work and home. Furthermore, the other \"benefits\" you cite also have traps: Unlimited vacation sounds great until you realize that people take LESS vacation under that scheme -- and that you have to answer a lot more questions about taking it. \"Well-being\" programs are transparently about saving the company money in health insurance costs, not about helping the employee.COVID came along and showed a lot of people that we don't need nap pods, we need enough time at night in our own beds so that we won't need naps at all. We don't need free food, we need to not commute so we have the time to cook food in our own kitchens. And we don't need unlimited vacation, we need a company culture that recognizes the value of taking a week or two off -- really off, not just opening our laptops on the beach.Oh, and side note: Titles like \"Chief People Officer\" are red flags. Experienced hires will know the bearer of such a title is either an HR person whose role is to protect the institution, not the employee, or a gussied-up recruiter. \"Chief People Officer\" is condescending, misleading nonsense, just like this opinion piece.\n",
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Elizabeth No, because Americans continue to vote for people paid by private equity and other corporations rather than electing people who care about their constituents. And this will continue until Americans realize that they need health CARE rather than wealthy health insurance company CEOs (and VOTE accordingly). Look at opensecrets to help determine who owns the representatives that supposedly represent you. 90+ percent of the current batch does not care if us peasants live or die.
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"content": "Elizabeth No, because Americans continue to vote for people paid by private equity and other corporations rather than electing people who care about their constituents. And this will continue until Americans realize that they need health CARE rather than wealthy health insurance company CEOs (and VOTE accordingly). Look at opensecrets to help determine who owns the representatives that supposedly represent you. 90+ percent of the current batch does not care if us peasants live or die.\n",
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Dimitraki l find this annoying too since the picture can be too small to show details on my cellphone. It's only a problem in the NYTimes app. The app does not even allow a reader to change the orientation to landscape to enlarge the photos. I often open an article in my browser as a work-around.
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"content": "Dimitraki l find this annoying too since the picture can be too small to show details on my cellphone. It's only a problem in the NYTimes app. The app does not even allow a reader to change the orientation to landscape to enlarge the photos. I often open an article in my browser as a work-around.\n",
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Food is political because it's big business in America. Big business as in corporate. I've been vegetarian for 40 years and coming from the Midwest ( beef country), I'm pretty much a heretic. Take note: Being both a woman AND a vegetarian means it's open season to attack, denigrate, and belittle my personal food consumption choices. Never mind that I keep my political and ethical opinions to myself. By the way, it is always men who feel comfortable heaping personal insults upon me along with their ignorant "facts" about vegetarianism.
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"content": "Food is political because it's big business in America. Big business as in corporate. I've been vegetarian for 40 years and coming from the Midwest ( beef country), I'm pretty much a heretic. Take note: Being both a woman AND a vegetarian means it's open season to attack, denigrate, and belittle my personal food consumption choices. Never mind that I keep my political and ethical opinions to myself. By the way, it is always men who feel comfortable heaping personal insults upon me along with their ignorant \"facts\" about vegetarianism.\n",
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Financial investments in U.S. based chip manufacturing are great.That said there needs to be a reckoning with the short-sighted business practices and that led to the foolish destruction of what had once been a thriving state of American chip manufacturing.I worked in chip domestic manufacturing until it was decimated by short-sighted free trade policies, globalization, and the greed of Wall Street. For increased profits the executives chose to offshore our production and our jobs and our government made it easy for them to do so. All that mattered was appeasing Wall Street. You would expect such priorities from Republicans. That Democrats, starting with Bill Clinton, embraced them was nothing short of a betrayal of their working-class voters.Now we have to start from behind. Hopefully a lesson will be learned here and remembered the next time the free-trade crowd starts making rosy promises about the benefits of their ruinous, for everyone but Wall Street, policies.
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"content": "Financial investments in U.S. based chip manufacturing are great.That said there needs to be a reckoning with the short-sighted business practices and that led to the foolish destruction of what had once been a thriving state of American chip manufacturing.I worked in chip domestic manufacturing until it was decimated by short-sighted free trade policies, globalization, and the greed of Wall Street. For increased profits the executives chose to offshore our production and our jobs and our government made it easy for them to do so. All that mattered was appeasing Wall Street. You would expect such priorities from Republicans. That Democrats, starting with Bill Clinton, embraced them was nothing short of a betrayal of their working-class voters.Now we have to start from behind. Hopefully a lesson will be learned here and remembered the next time the free-trade crowd starts making rosy promises about the benefits of their ruinous, for everyone but Wall Street, policies.\n",
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What about a pension plan (like that of the 1199 Healthcare Workers Union) that prohibits you from collecting your pension if you are working in your profession for a different, nonunion employer? I lost 4 years of monthly payments (approximately $1000/month) because of this restriction. The restriction does become unenforceable at age 70.5 when Federal Pension Law requires payments to be made, even if the person is still working in a so-called competing job.
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"content": "What about a pension plan (like that of the 1199 Healthcare Workers Union) that prohibits you from collecting your pension if you are working in your profession for a different, nonunion employer? I lost 4 years of monthly payments (approximately $1000/month) because of this restriction. The restriction does become unenforceable at age 70.5 when Federal Pension Law requires payments to be made, even if the person is still working in a so-called competing job.\n",
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Michael Bloomberg Not only that, but service ON the flights with US airlines pales in comparison to almost any international carrier. From dry "hot towels", broken headphones, lack of slippers, cold packaged nuts, food that is barely edible and often stone cold, limited selection of drinks and surly service (except to top tier pax who were no doubt upgraded), our recent 6K "Polaris" flight was a complete waste of $$$. We will ALWAYS go with international carriers in future.
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"content": "Michael Bloomberg Not only that, but service ON the flights with US airlines pales in comparison to almost any international carrier. From dry \"hot towels\", broken headphones, lack of slippers, cold packaged nuts, food that is barely edible and often stone cold, limited selection of drinks and surly service (except to top tier pax who were no doubt upgraded), our recent 6K \"Polaris\" flight was a complete waste of $$$. We will ALWAYS go with international carriers in future.\n",
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Can't Turkey at least be temporarily suspended from the EU as a sanction?I assume US intelligence has inside details on their sanctions-busting and their perfidy but it's kept under wraps because they're a supposed Western ally. I assume it's an open question at the Pentagon as to whether Turkey would even honor their Article 5 commitment under NATO these days.
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"content": "Can't Turkey at least be temporarily suspended from the EU as a sanction?I assume US intelligence has inside details on their sanctions-busting and their perfidy but it's kept under wraps because they're a supposed Western ally. I assume it's an open question at the Pentagon as to whether Turkey would even honor their Article 5 commitment under NATO these days.\n",
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The cost of the tRump tax cuts was budgeted for $1.5 trillion, but coming in closer to almost $2 trillion.
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"content": "The cost of the tRump tax cuts was budgeted for $1.5 trillion, but coming in closer to almost $2 trillion.\n",
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Any parent, teacher, caregiver knows these tactics. It's PLAYGROUND 101. "I want it my way and you have to do as I say or I'm not playing with you." What we're looking at are a number of spoiled children now costing the American Taxpayer (the 2-3 of us who actually pay taxes) $177K w/benefits for nothing more than a week of temper tantrums. They want change? Great. Give the president LINE ITEM veto ability. With a line item veto we might just see some reductions in the $1.7 trillion spending bill and eliminate the pork barrel 'bridges to nowhere', or maybe the other items listed at the time like: ''....earmarks passed by a Republican Congress included $50 million for an indoor rain forest, $500,000 for a teapot museum; $350,000 for an Inner Harmony Foundation and Wellness Center; and of course, as you all know, $223 million for a bridge to nowhere. I didn't see these projects in the fine print of the Contract with America, and neither did the voters.'' - John McCain - However, you'd probably get a President & cronies giving tons to whatever state/group let them pilfer the most for their votes. Like Trump's subsidies to farmers for his bad trade wars, (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/trump-farmers-subsidies.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/trump-farmers-subsidies.html</a>) or Elaine Chao creating special 'liaisons' as Transportation Secretary to help husband, Mitch McConnell. <a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/mcconnell-elaine-chao-1358068" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/mcconnell-elaine-chao-1358068</a>.How do you know politicians are lying? Their lips are moving.
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"content": "Any parent, teacher, caregiver knows these tactics. It's PLAYGROUND 101. \"I want it my way and you have to do as I say or I'm not playing with you.\" What we're looking at are a number of spoiled children now costing the American Taxpayer (the 2-3 of us who actually pay taxes) $177K w/benefits for nothing more than a week of temper tantrums. They want change? Great. Give the president LINE ITEM veto ability. With a line item veto we might just see some reductions in the $1.7 trillion spending bill and eliminate the pork barrel 'bridges to nowhere', or maybe the other items listed at the time like: ''....earmarks passed by a Republican Congress included $50 million for an indoor rain forest, $500,000 for a teapot museum; $350,000 for an Inner Harmony Foundation and Wellness Center; and of course, as you all know, $223 million for a bridge to nowhere. I didn't see these projects in the fine print of the Contract with America, and neither did the voters.'' - John McCain - However, you'd probably get a President & cronies giving tons to whatever state/group let them pilfer the most for their votes. Like Trump's subsidies to farmers for his bad trade wars, (<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/trump-farmers-subsidies.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/12/us/politics/trump-farmers-subsidies.html</a>) or Elaine Chao creating special 'liaisons' as Transportation Secretary to help husband, Mitch McConnell. <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/mcconnell-elaine-chao-1358068\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/10/mcconnell-elaine-chao-1358068</a>.How do you know politicians are lying? Their lips are moving.\n",
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Kathy Aurora isn't in the wrong. This is all on AA. It would have been nice if Aurora had stepped up but they did nothing wrong. $17,000 is easy to spend for someone else.
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"content": "Kathy Aurora isn't in the wrong. This is all on AA. It would have been nice if Aurora had stepped up but they did nothing wrong. $17,000 is easy to spend for someone else.\n",
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Darn it! I got an estimate in early 2021 for an offer on my Crossover. It was astounding! $10k more than the dealership! It was so outstanding that I stepped back in suspicion. Ah well. Hindsight and all that.
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"content": "Darn it! I got an estimate in early 2021 for an offer on my Crossover. It was astounding! $10k more than the dealership! It was so outstanding that I stepped back in suspicion. Ah well. Hindsight and all that.\n",
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Pandora "What are the factors impeding the moderates from working together?"The main impediment is that there are not nearly enough moderates. 2/3 of Republican representatives voted against certifying the 2020 election, even after the Capitol was stormed on 6 Jan 2021.According to the Cook Political Report there are only 36 truly competitive races in the House -- the other 92% of representatives are elected in the primary rather than the general election. Primary voters represent the extremes of their parties. Open primaries, ranked choice voting, and (ideally) multimember House districts would go a long way towards electing moderates. But of course both major parties oppose these reforms, because they empower voters rather than the parties themselves.
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"content": "Pandora \"What are the factors impeding the moderates from working together?\"The main impediment is that there are not nearly enough moderates. 2/3 of Republican representatives voted against certifying the 2020 election, even after the Capitol was stormed on 6 Jan 2021.According to the Cook Political Report there are only 36 truly competitive races in the House -- the other 92% of representatives are elected in the primary rather than the general election. Primary voters represent the extremes of their parties. Open primaries, ranked choice voting, and (ideally) multimember House districts would go a long way towards electing moderates. But of course both major parties oppose these reforms, because they empower voters rather than the parties themselves.\n",
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Mimi Camp All very easy for you to say when you don't have to pay over $5.50/dozen like I did yesterday in NJ. Pre-January 2020, i could get eggs for $1.79/dozen. And my house goes through no less than 2 dozen/week. How about sending some of your "excess" eggs to me?
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"content": "Mimi Camp All very easy for you to say when you don't have to pay over $5.50/dozen like I did yesterday in NJ. Pre-January 2020, i could get eggs for $1.79/dozen. And my house goes through no less than 2 dozen/week. How about sending some of your \"excess\" eggs to me?\n",
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john sheridan Agree, mostly. Unfortunately we bought a house with an exhaust vent that does not exhaust to the outside— it recirculates. We cook lots of meals on this gas range and are worried about both our own health and the environmental costs of natural gas. We live in a cold climate and just got a natural gas bill of over $230 for December. During this cold winter, opening a window, as the article suggests (while cooking) is less feasible.I do wish I’d been better educated about the health and environmental impacts of gas ranges. Glad the article addresses these. I plan to investigate induction ranges, though these are expensive.
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"content": "john sheridan Agree, mostly. Unfortunately we bought a house with an exhaust vent that does not exhaust to the outside— it recirculates. We cook lots of meals on this gas range and are worried about both our own health and the environmental costs of natural gas. We live in a cold climate and just got a natural gas bill of over $230 for December. During this cold winter, opening a window, as the article suggests (while cooking) is less feasible.I do wish I’d been better educated about the health and environmental impacts of gas ranges. Glad the article addresses these. I plan to investigate induction ranges, though these are expensive.\n",
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My wife and I are grandparents now, and we openly wonder how we parented without hardly any support system for the first years of our son’s life. Now, both our son and his wife work normal jobs, and my wife and the other grandmother split four days of child care duty. Not only do our son and daughter-in-law save on child care, but the granddaughter gets one-on-one attention from people who love her. Conversely, I remember our son being in several child care centers in his early years, with no grandparents around. There’s little question that my wife and I were often stressed about finding decent child care. It wasn’t until we placed our son in a Montessori school at age three that we were confident that he was in the proper environment. It wasn’t necessarily that the other child care options were bad, but there was a lot more to worry about.It seems to me that no modern parents, particularly those with mothers who work can succeed in our fast paced world without a full support group for their children in the early years of life. It doesn’t have to be immediate family, but other caregivers are necessary, even essential to providing the space for the mother and father to deal with all the demands, from sleepless nights to feedings to doing laundry to time for playing and connecting emotionally. The country should cut the military budget by $50 Billion per year and provide qualified child care for those families in need of it up to age five.
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"content": "My wife and I are grandparents now, and we openly wonder how we parented without hardly any support system for the first years of our son’s life. Now, both our son and his wife work normal jobs, and my wife and the other grandmother split four days of child care duty. Not only do our son and daughter-in-law save on child care, but the granddaughter gets one-on-one attention from people who love her. Conversely, I remember our son being in several child care centers in his early years, with no grandparents around. There’s little question that my wife and I were often stressed about finding decent child care. It wasn’t until we placed our son in a Montessori school at age three that we were confident that he was in the proper environment. It wasn’t necessarily that the other child care options were bad, but there was a lot more to worry about.It seems to me that no modern parents, particularly those with mothers who work can succeed in our fast paced world without a full support group for their children in the early years of life. It doesn’t have to be immediate family, but other caregivers are necessary, even essential to providing the space for the mother and father to deal with all the demands, from sleepless nights to feedings to doing laundry to time for playing and connecting emotionally. The country should cut the military budget by $50 Billion per year and provide qualified child care for those families in need of it up to age five.\n",
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I’ve listened to the members of the “Freedom Caucus” rail at their Republican colleagues for allowing the omnibus funding bill to pass. Here’s an idea: since these folks are dead set against the spending authorized in that bill, why don’t those deeply conservative, fiscally responsible 20 Representatives agree that none of the money will go to their districts. Then let’s hear from their constituents, most of whom are dependent on federal spending for their jobs, education, health care and other essentials of daily life.Virtually every Republican opposed and tried to prevent the infrastructure, CHIPS and Inflation Reduction/Climate bills from passing. Virtually every Republican-dominated state is going to receive tens of billions of dollars. Their states will see new investment in manufacturing and infrastructure, resulting in hundreds of thousands of new, well paid jobs. If they’re so offended by that legislation, let’s see them opt out of its rewards. Let them explain that to their voters. Then let’s see how many of them return to the House and Senate in 2024.
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"content": "I’ve listened to the members of the “Freedom Caucus” rail at their Republican colleagues for allowing the omnibus funding bill to pass. Here’s an idea: since these folks are dead set against the spending authorized in that bill, why don’t those deeply conservative, fiscally responsible 20 Representatives agree that none of the money will go to their districts. Then let’s hear from their constituents, most of whom are dependent on federal spending for their jobs, education, health care and other essentials of daily life.Virtually every Republican opposed and tried to prevent the infrastructure, CHIPS and Inflation Reduction/Climate bills from passing. Virtually every Republican-dominated state is going to receive tens of billions of dollars. Their states will see new investment in manufacturing and infrastructure, resulting in hundreds of thousands of new, well paid jobs. If they’re so offended by that legislation, let’s see them opt out of its rewards. Let them explain that to their voters. Then let’s see how many of them return to the House and Senate in 2024.\n",
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I've been using KeePass for over 12 years. It's open source, free, fairly easy to set up and very easy to use. You are completely in control of your data. One caveat: if forget your master password, you won't be able to access your other passwords.
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The first Republican POTUS, Abraham Lincoln, argued government should make it possible for all to have equal access to resources, including education, so that all could have the chance to achieve economic security. From leading the world in educational achievement, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development now ranks the US 35th out of 37 major countries for investment in childhood education and care.Among other conservative traits that I have never understood is the conservative disdain of public education other than fear of an educated discerning electorate.
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"content": "The first Republican POTUS, Abraham Lincoln, argued government should make it possible for all to have equal access to resources, including education, so that all could have the chance to achieve economic security. From leading the world in educational achievement, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development now ranks the US 35th out of 37 major countries for investment in childhood education and care.Among other conservative traits that I have never understood is the conservative disdain of public education other than fear of an educated discerning electorate.\n",
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padem 'Smart people I know no longer read whole books at all.'if you're talking about me (told I had a high IQ) then yes I haven't read a whole book in a long time.Yet as a voracious reader since childhood (when I also learned speed reading) I often have 50 tabs open in my laptop browser, and spend hours reading articles both news and commentary on a wide range of topics - and that's without even going across to the apparently most popular way many young people learn skills these days - YouTubeNow retired, but when I was a teacher my students would say 'gee sir - how come you know so much ?' - I would simply reply 'I read - a LOT'still do - it even takes a while to browse comments like here for one NYTimes article ... ;-)Knowing it wastes time (and can confuse and distract causing dangerous errors, e.g. using a phone while driving) when switching between media, I tend to choose one at a time - laptop for news and emails, then later smartphone for phone calls and text messages, then after dinner maybe some pre-recorded favourite TV programs or documentaries.
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"content": "padem 'Smart people I know no longer read whole books at all.'if you're talking about me (told I had a high IQ) then yes I haven't read a whole book in a long time.Yet as a voracious reader since childhood (when I also learned speed reading) I often have 50 tabs open in my laptop browser, and spend hours reading articles both news and commentary on a wide range of topics - and that's without even going across to the apparently most popular way many young people learn skills these days - YouTubeNow retired, but when I was a teacher my students would say 'gee sir - how come you know so much ?' - I would simply reply 'I read - a LOT'still do - it even takes a while to browse comments like here for one NYTimes article ... ;-)Knowing it wastes time (and can confuse and distract causing dangerous errors, e.g. using a phone while driving) when switching between media, I tend to choose one at a time - laptop for news and emails, then later smartphone for phone calls and text messages, then after dinner maybe some pre-recorded favourite TV programs or documentaries.\n",
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Run out of other people’s money? Clinton triangulates by giving Republicans what they want and (Let’s not even talk about derivative) calls it victory. Commercial banks and investment banks are joined and they gamble with other people’s money. When things head south, the Obama government bails out the banks who hurt people and does next to nothing to help people they hurt. In fact the taxes the suckers paid are used to save the people and the corporations who did them dirt. I guess the definition of “other people’s money” depends on whose pockets the money is being taken from and whose pocket’s it’s going into.
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"content": "Run out of other people’s money? Clinton triangulates by giving Republicans what they want and (Let’s not even talk about derivative) calls it victory. Commercial banks and investment banks are joined and they gamble with other people’s money. When things head south, the Obama government bails out the banks who hurt people and does next to nothing to help people they hurt. In fact the taxes the suckers paid are used to save the people and the corporations who did them dirt. I guess the definition of “other people’s money” depends on whose pockets the money is being taken from and whose pocket’s it’s going into.\n",
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Wolfie There is no balance between business and environment in this country. The only thing holding business back from completely devastating the environment in search of profits is the environmental regulations put in place since the 70's to protect people from business, with some, but limited success. These regulations are always under attack from people trying to make a buck and seeing them as impediments to that end. The OMB issued this during the Trump presidency."OMB found that, over the last decade, the benefits of EPA regulations vastly outweighed their costs: up to $706 billion in benefits compared to up to $65 billion in costs."If you're a business that fell within that 65 billion in costs, you might not be sympathetic, unless you have a close relative that was saved in some why by those regulations.
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"content": "Wolfie There is no balance between business and environment in this country. The only thing holding business back from completely devastating the environment in search of profits is the environmental regulations put in place since the 70's to protect people from business, with some, but limited success. These regulations are always under attack from people trying to make a buck and seeing them as impediments to that end. The OMB issued this during the Trump presidency.\"OMB found that, over the last decade, the benefits of EPA regulations vastly outweighed their costs: up to $706 billion in benefits compared to up to $65 billion in costs.\"If you're a business that fell within that 65 billion in costs, you might not be sympathetic, unless you have a close relative that was saved in some why by those regulations.\n",
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I served on a judicially-appointed government study commission in my rural Minnesota county. It included about 15 people of which roughly one-half were farmers. It was quite an eye-opening experience. The farmers spent the majority of their time criticizing Aid to Dependent Children and other programs designed to support single mothers and low-income people in general. Out of curiosity, I did a simple Google search on Dept of Agriculture subsidies in my county. I was appalled to see one of the most vocal husband/wife farm couples had received over $1 million in subsidies over the prior ten years--yet they had the temerity to criticize other social programs. I came from a family of farmers but I can't accept the hypocrisy of rural America. These are not dumb, picked-on people--they choose to be ignorant about the realities of government spending and hide behind the fact that they "feed America." Sorry, but no one is more bigoted than a farmer, the majority of whom inherited their farms. And when they finally sell-out, they typically knock down $1-2 million on the sale. Rather shameless in my view...
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"content": "I served on a judicially-appointed government study commission in my rural Minnesota county. It included about 15 people of which roughly one-half were farmers. It was quite an eye-opening experience. The farmers spent the majority of their time criticizing Aid to Dependent Children and other programs designed to support single mothers and low-income people in general. Out of curiosity, I did a simple Google search on Dept of Agriculture subsidies in my county. I was appalled to see one of the most vocal husband/wife farm couples had received over $1 million in subsidies over the prior ten years--yet they had the temerity to criticize other social programs. I came from a family of farmers but I can't accept the hypocrisy of rural America. These are not dumb, picked-on people--they choose to be ignorant about the realities of government spending and hide behind the fact that they \"feed America.\" Sorry, but no one is more bigoted than a farmer, the majority of whom inherited their farms. And when they finally sell-out, they typically knock down $1-2 million on the sale. Rather shameless in my view...\n",
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Interesting side note here. I went to university to learn, not to succeed. The point was the learning. The vast majority of Americans see college as a financial investment, not as an opportunity to learn. This explains why AI presents such a rich opportunity to cheat, now and in the future, and also why so many Americans are already quite poorly educated. Taking measures like supervising essay drafting will remove any remaining pleasure from the process, and the problem will compound itself.
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"content": "Interesting side note here. I went to university to learn, not to succeed. The point was the learning. The vast majority of Americans see college as a financial investment, not as an opportunity to learn. This explains why AI presents such a rich opportunity to cheat, now and in the future, and also why so many Americans are already quite poorly educated. Taking measures like supervising essay drafting will remove any remaining pleasure from the process, and the problem will compound itself.\n",
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Zeke - I love LMP’s music, but none of her albums came even close to going Platinum.See her discography details on Wikipedia:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Presley#Discography" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Marie_Presley#Discography</a>If you have a source that contradicts this information, I’d love to see it. The “Platinum” designation in the U.S. means that 1 million album units have been sold. Her first album only went “Gold” which requires $1,000,000 in sales (rather than the 1 million *units* required for a “Platinum” designation).
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They are all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for me me me...
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"content": "They are all about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for me me me...\n",
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People plant the wrong trees in the wrong places and give them the wrong treatment and poor or no maintenance. Add drought and exotic new pests, like the Goldspotted Oak Borer, and they fall. An enormous 60'x60' Italian stone pine died in our neighborhood this autumn because the homeowners had half the root system removed to renovate their pool. Now they have a $20K tree removal bill.
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"content": "People plant the wrong trees in the wrong places and give them the wrong treatment and poor or no maintenance. Add drought and exotic new pests, like the Goldspotted Oak Borer, and they fall. An enormous 60'x60' Italian stone pine died in our neighborhood this autumn because the homeowners had half the root system removed to renovate their pool. Now they have a $20K tree removal bill.\n",
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The Justices speaking at the Federalist Society 40th Anniversary event are decked out like they're at the Oscars: tuxedos, sparkling gowns. And the winner is . . . definitely not We the People. There is a new documentary at Sundance about how Kavanaugh and his Federalist Society buddies engaged in dishonest and arguably criminal tactics to slander Kavanaugh's accusers. The Kavanaugh hearings were like the Thomas confirmation hearings on steroids, both of which I am old enough to watch in real time. The traumatic effect both of these hearings had on women is not trifling. To be fair, then Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Joe Biden yukked it up with his GOP colleagues and played a disgraceful part in Thomas's confirmation by not calling known, available, corroborating witnesses for Anita Hill. Thus Biden's grotesque tardy-by-decades apology to Anita Hill before his most recent run for POTUS. The Federalist Society's Don McGahn buried thousands of tips about Kavanaugh, as well as eyewitness accounts of his disgusting actions; tips that the FBI inexplicably forwarded to McGahn to bury when he was working in the Trump White House. I was so excited when I was first licensed to practice before SCOTUS. My eyes are wide open now. We still don't know who paid off Kavanaugh's large personal debts.
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"content": "The Justices speaking at the Federalist Society 40th Anniversary event are decked out like they're at the Oscars: tuxedos, sparkling gowns. And the winner is . . . definitely not We the People. There is a new documentary at Sundance about how Kavanaugh and his Federalist Society buddies engaged in dishonest and arguably criminal tactics to slander Kavanaugh's accusers. The Kavanaugh hearings were like the Thomas confirmation hearings on steroids, both of which I am old enough to watch in real time. The traumatic effect both of these hearings had on women is not trifling. To be fair, then Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Joe Biden yukked it up with his GOP colleagues and played a disgraceful part in Thomas's confirmation by not calling known, available, corroborating witnesses for Anita Hill. Thus Biden's grotesque tardy-by-decades apology to Anita Hill before his most recent run for POTUS. The Federalist Society's Don McGahn buried thousands of tips about Kavanaugh, as well as eyewitness accounts of his disgusting actions; tips that the FBI inexplicably forwarded to McGahn to bury when he was working in the Trump White House. I was so excited when I was first licensed to practice before SCOTUS. My eyes are wide open now. We still don't know who paid off Kavanaugh's large personal debts.\n",
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Richard Pildes delivers a scathingly descriptive indictment specifically particularizing the ascendancy, aggregation, domination and extremist radicalization blatantly exhibited by the Republican Party to ferociously condemn collaborative efforts to negotiate and achieve legislative results beneficial to Americans. The Opinion accurately, with erudite prescience, describes the antecedent history belying the rise of Republican right-wing extremism, firmly melded and solidly fused with alarming nativism and racial demagoguery. John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin to share the 2008 national ticket reflected a dangerous harbinger of the significant diminution of Republican moderate power and rapid descent into the cavernous abyss of vehement racial antagonism, virulent xenophobia and vicious antiimmigrant sentiment. The lurid display of chaotic dysfunctional ineptitude, glaring incompetency and sheer self-aggrandizement by Republican members engaged in mutually destructive diatribes and grandiosely staged performances confirms they are unfit to govern. Their farcical desperation is geared to maximize media attention. Scott Perry and Chip Roy resorting to playing the race card by not just nominating Byron Donalds but to opportunistically hijack quotes from Dr Martin Luther King, Jr's March on Washington "I have a dream" speech, arguing Donalds would be the first Black Speaker and that Frederick Douglass was a Republican was offensive. Racial pandering at its worst. Race matters.
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"content": "Richard Pildes delivers a scathingly descriptive indictment specifically particularizing the ascendancy, aggregation, domination and extremist radicalization blatantly exhibited by the Republican Party to ferociously condemn collaborative efforts to negotiate and achieve legislative results beneficial to Americans. The Opinion accurately, with erudite prescience, describes the antecedent history belying the rise of Republican right-wing extremism, firmly melded and solidly fused with alarming nativism and racial demagoguery. John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin to share the 2008 national ticket reflected a dangerous harbinger of the significant diminution of Republican moderate power and rapid descent into the cavernous abyss of vehement racial antagonism, virulent xenophobia and vicious antiimmigrant sentiment. The lurid display of chaotic dysfunctional ineptitude, glaring incompetency and sheer self-aggrandizement by Republican members engaged in mutually destructive diatribes and grandiosely staged performances confirms they are unfit to govern. Their farcical desperation is geared to maximize media attention. Scott Perry and Chip Roy resorting to playing the race card by not just nominating Byron Donalds but to opportunistically hijack quotes from Dr Martin Luther King, Jr's March on Washington \"I have a dream\" speech, arguing Donalds would be the first Black Speaker and that Frederick Douglass was a Republican was offensive. Racial pandering at its worst. Race matters.\n",
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Vestigial One The massive number "boomer" retirements coupled with the increasing ability of persons from the north and central US to be able to relocate to regions of the country for warmer climates and coastal states (of which Florida is one), has had a considerable effect on the overall distribution of Federal funds in our economy. Those retirees that are relocating are bringing with them, not just their savings, but their Medicare and Social Security benefits as well. These are all monies that were paid into the Federal coffers by employers (often public employers and by local taxes), employees, businesses, and individuals from the taxes and economies they participated in while working. These funds, therefore, end up not being redistributed back into those same economies upon their retirement. As a result, we see some states able to maintain lower taxes and are greater beneficiaries of Federal spending by virtue of receiving far more in Federal revenue disbursements (of which Social Security and Medicare comprise the majority) relative to that which they pay in. I don't think this geographic shift was ever considered when the large retirement programs such as Social Security and Medicare were initiated.
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"content": "Vestigial One The massive number \"boomer\" retirements coupled with the increasing ability of persons from the north and central US to be able to relocate to regions of the country for warmer climates and coastal states (of which Florida is one), has had a considerable effect on the overall distribution of Federal funds in our economy. Those retirees that are relocating are bringing with them, not just their savings, but their Medicare and Social Security benefits as well. These are all monies that were paid into the Federal coffers by employers (often public employers and by local taxes), employees, businesses, and individuals from the taxes and economies they participated in while working. These funds, therefore, end up not being redistributed back into those same economies upon their retirement. As a result, we see some states able to maintain lower taxes and are greater beneficiaries of Federal spending by virtue of receiving far more in Federal revenue disbursements (of which Social Security and Medicare comprise the majority) relative to that which they pay in. I don't think this geographic shift was ever considered when the large retirement programs such as Social Security and Medicare were initiated.\n",
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How is it possible for NY's rent-to-income ratio to be 68.5%? Typically landlords will ask to verify income that's 40x rent which is 30% of income (rent burdened level). Someone making $100k can only get an apt $2,500/mo based on that rule (30%).At $100k income, if it's 68.5% that's $68,500/12 = $5,700 a month. There's no way landlords are accepting 17.5x of income and have the expectation for them to make payments on rent.Based on the 40x rule they'd need to make $228k minimum to have a $5.7k monthly rent.
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"content": "How is it possible for NY's rent-to-income ratio to be 68.5%? Typically landlords will ask to verify income that's 40x rent which is 30% of income (rent burdened level). Someone making $100k can only get an apt $2,500/mo based on that rule (30%).At $100k income, if it's 68.5% that's $68,500/12 = $5,700 a month. There's no way landlords are accepting 17.5x of income and have the expectation for them to make payments on rent.Based on the 40x rule they'd need to make $228k minimum to have a $5.7k monthly rent.\n",
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I've lived in NYC for most of my 60+ years and can bear witness to its periodic ups and downs. Perhaps just an embittered old man, but it's my assessment that New York is done and the call for casinos is its death rattle. The city is now a soulless glass and steel zombie, beyond salvation, and eviscerated by greed; it will shamble on bewildered, for years, because there is just too much money invested to admit the truth: this town is now as engaging as an embalmed corpse. No number of bold "policy initiatives" can alter this trajectory. Not only have the developers killed the golden goose, they're feasting on its fatted liver, and won't be happy until there's not a bleached bone left to scrape. The panoply of attractions that once made NYC a vibrant destination have been banished by unaffordability. The galleries, the quirky shops, the small music venues, the serendipitous joys of a stroll, now all buried under hideously ugly, banal monuments to avarice and corruption. The only "creatives" left are those parasites in finance who are creative with other people's money. Any young person seeking to make their fame and fortune as an artist would be an absolute fool to move to NYC. There is simply no way to pay your rent AND have the time and energy to produce a body of quality work; go elsewhere and live up to your true creative potential instead of becoming a galley slave to Durst, the Related Companies, Brookfield, Vornado, and the rest of the ghouls.
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"content": "I've lived in NYC for most of my 60+ years and can bear witness to its periodic ups and downs. Perhaps just an embittered old man, but it's my assessment that New York is done and the call for casinos is its death rattle. The city is now a soulless glass and steel zombie, beyond salvation, and eviscerated by greed; it will shamble on bewildered, for years, because there is just too much money invested to admit the truth: this town is now as engaging as an embalmed corpse. No number of bold \"policy initiatives\" can alter this trajectory. Not only have the developers killed the golden goose, they're feasting on its fatted liver, and won't be happy until there's not a bleached bone left to scrape. The panoply of attractions that once made NYC a vibrant destination have been banished by unaffordability. The galleries, the quirky shops, the small music venues, the serendipitous joys of a stroll, now all buried under hideously ugly, banal monuments to avarice and corruption. The only \"creatives\" left are those parasites in finance who are creative with other people's money. Any young person seeking to make their fame and fortune as an artist would be an absolute fool to move to NYC. There is simply no way to pay your rent AND have the time and energy to produce a body of quality work; go elsewhere and live up to your true creative potential instead of becoming a galley slave to Durst, the Related Companies, Brookfield, Vornado, and the rest of the ghouls.\n",
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Klas - Perhaps the all-powerful AI will conclude that 10 billion humans is billions more than necessary?
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"content": "Klas - Perhaps the all-powerful AI will conclude that 10 billion humans is billions more than necessary?\n",
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Fun read but we need to ignore the rhetoric and stay laser focused on policy. The only major policy from the last 4 years of Republican control brought a massive tax cut for corporations and the wealthy.The last two years of Democratic control brought infrastructure investment, climate action, technology manufacturing investment, school funding, voter protections...We are a nation of laws and policy is king - everything else is a distraction.
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"content": "Fun read but we need to ignore the rhetoric and stay laser focused on policy. The only major policy from the last 4 years of Republican control brought a massive tax cut for corporations and the wealthy.The last two years of Democratic control brought infrastructure investment, climate action, technology manufacturing investment, school funding, voter protections...We are a nation of laws and policy is king - everything else is a distraction.\n",
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You know nobody wants to join Putin's "Russian World", when they'd rather spend their whole day in an Ikea, instead.But in all seriousness: in the future Ukrainians will look back on these challenging times, and bond and reminisce over them... as definitional of their Culture, and the "new and improved" Nation they're building together. May I be permitted, in that vein, to share this Vision of "Ukraine Future", which I dreamt last night.... I hope I don't come off as patronizing or head-in-the-clouds; it's just that I've fallen in love with the Ukrainian peoples' heroic struggle these 11 months, and I know many millions of others have, too.(Aka, Ukraine has a big "Brand", now.)"The Summer Festival": a 2-3 day major international music festival, to take place every summer on the Black Sea (maybe Crimea/Odessa). It would draw in the biggest musical acts in the world, and would bring in a huge influx of cash and European/international tourists into the Ukrainian economy.Then, "The Winter Festival": a 2-3 day annual event revolving around a new international winter film festival that takes place annually in Kyiv. Maybe with special emphasis on underrepresented films from the greater region. I could see this Film Festival— given Ukraine’s popularity and “name-recognition” on the map now— becoming immensely influential and going on to rival Venice, Cannes, and Sundance festivals eventually. It will put Ukraine squarely in the center of international film/cinephile culture.
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"content": "You know nobody wants to join Putin's \"Russian World\", when they'd rather spend their whole day in an Ikea, instead.But in all seriousness: in the future Ukrainians will look back on these challenging times, and bond and reminisce over them... as definitional of their Culture, and the \"new and improved\" Nation they're building together. May I be permitted, in that vein, to share this Vision of \"Ukraine Future\", which I dreamt last night.... I hope I don't come off as patronizing or head-in-the-clouds; it's just that I've fallen in love with the Ukrainian peoples' heroic struggle these 11 months, and I know many millions of others have, too.(Aka, Ukraine has a big \"Brand\", now.)\"The Summer Festival\": a 2-3 day major international music festival, to take place every summer on the Black Sea (maybe Crimea/Odessa). It would draw in the biggest musical acts in the world, and would bring in a huge influx of cash and European/international tourists into the Ukrainian economy.Then, \"The Winter Festival\": a 2-3 day annual event revolving around a new international winter film festival that takes place annually in Kyiv. Maybe with special emphasis on underrepresented films from the greater region. I could see this Film Festival— given Ukraine’s popularity and “name-recognition” on the map now— becoming immensely influential and going on to rival Venice, Cannes, and Sundance festivals eventually. It will put Ukraine squarely in the center of international film/cinephile culture.\n",
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Mark Without Israel we wouldn’t need any forward position in the ME. Iran, Turkey, Jordan or Egypt have well educated people who would have made better allies had we invested in them. That $3.8B/year should have been invested in our intelligence services. By the way, Israel was created by Balfour as a place to get all the Jews out of Britain, not as warm and fuzzy home fir the Jews. Unfortunately, the Brits didn’t ask the native people.
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"content": "Mark Without Israel we wouldn’t need any forward position in the ME. Iran, Turkey, Jordan or Egypt have well educated people who would have made better allies had we invested in them. That $3.8B/year should have been invested in our intelligence services. By the way, Israel was created by Balfour as a place to get all the Jews out of Britain, not as warm and fuzzy home fir the Jews. Unfortunately, the Brits didn’t ask the native people.\n",
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But we in Florida loved being open when y'all up north were closed. Don't underestimate the appeal of that. We perceived the restrictions in blue states as authoritarian. That's why we reelected our guv.
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"content": "But we in Florida loved being open when y'all up north were closed. Don't underestimate the appeal of that. We perceived the restrictions in blue states as authoritarian. That's why we reelected our guv.\n",
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Wait! Bakker has done a remarkable public service with his survival food buckets! For only $2500 you can buy 22 food buckets to escape the apocalypse! I've always wondered how this noble humanitarian did not end up in President Trump's cabinet! You can see his historic efforts here:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOH37W0jPpA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOH37W0jPpA</a>
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arvay "how much of this material is classified as a way of keeping information from reaching public awareness?"The answer based on numerous freedom of information requests is entirely too much information is inappropriately classified to prevent exposure. Kennedy addressed this very question before he was assassinated."The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control."
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"content": "arvay \"how much of this material is classified as a way of keeping information from reaching public awareness?\"The answer based on numerous freedom of information requests is entirely too much information is inappropriately classified to prevent exposure. Kennedy addressed this very question before he was assassinated.\"The very word secrecy is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control.\"\n",
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Alcohol of any kind in cans assumes that the portion will be consumed in one sitting. That does not lend itself to drinking in moderation. How can any alcoholic beverage in a can advertise itself as healthful? I hate the trend of putting beers in cans instead of bottles, especially as the ABV values have been increasing; it forces one to choose between getting hammered or having flat open cans of beer in the fridge. Wine in cans is a grotesque extension of the malign influence of the millennial and Gen Z generations on marketing and public life generally.
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"content": "Alcohol of any kind in cans assumes that the portion will be consumed in one sitting. That does not lend itself to drinking in moderation. How can any alcoholic beverage in a can advertise itself as healthful? I hate the trend of putting beers in cans instead of bottles, especially as the ABV values have been increasing; it forces one to choose between getting hammered or having flat open cans of beer in the fridge. Wine in cans is a grotesque extension of the malign influence of the millennial and Gen Z generations on marketing and public life generally.\n",
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I use my commute time to call friends (Bluetooth). I work night shift so my window is 6:15-6:45 pm. I’m the “sustainer” in most of my relationships and these little calls most definitely help. Who doesn’t like to hear “I was thinking of you” or “just checking in” or “just calling to say hello”? It can open the door to nostalgic conversations or mental health checks or just friendly banter. Sometimes I’ll call people when something reminds me of them, people like to know they matter.
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"content": "I use my commute time to call friends (Bluetooth). I work night shift so my window is 6:15-6:45 pm. I’m the “sustainer” in most of my relationships and these little calls most definitely help. Who doesn’t like to hear “I was thinking of you” or “just checking in” or “just calling to say hello”? It can open the door to nostalgic conversations or mental health checks or just friendly banter. Sometimes I’ll call people when something reminds me of them, people like to know they matter.\n",
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I remember back 40 years ago in San Francisco when Reagan's policies cleared out mental institutions (as they were called) and how shocked I and my friends were to see homeless people on the streets of San Francisco. Back then, housing was certainly affordable so the origin story of homelessness (or unhousedness?) is more about the mental illness factor than housing affordability. Of course, now mental illness, untreated, contributes significantly to the homeless situation in SF, compounded immensely by the cost of housing in SF and in CA in general. SF spent in 2022 $668 million (yes, that's over half a billion!) to address the problem, and it does so via non-profits, at least 25 of which gobble up the lion's share of the funds. And yet, the numbers seem to never diminish. <a href="https://sfstandard.com/public-health/the-standard-top-25-san-franciscos-top-paid-homeless-nonprofits" target="_blank">https://sfstandard.com/public-health/the-standard-top-25-san-franciscos-top-paid-homeless-nonprofits</a>/
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"content": "I remember back 40 years ago in San Francisco when Reagan's policies cleared out mental institutions (as they were called) and how shocked I and my friends were to see homeless people on the streets of San Francisco. Back then, housing was certainly affordable so the origin story of homelessness (or unhousedness?) is more about the mental illness factor than housing affordability. Of course, now mental illness, untreated, contributes significantly to the homeless situation in SF, compounded immensely by the cost of housing in SF and in CA in general. SF spent in 2022 $668 million (yes, that's over half a billion!) to address the problem, and it does so via non-profits, at least 25 of which gobble up the lion's share of the funds. And yet, the numbers seem to never diminish. <a href=\"https://sfstandard.com/public-health/the-standard-top-25-san-franciscos-top-paid-homeless-nonprofits\" target=\"_blank\">https://sfstandard.com/public-health/the-standard-top-25-san-franciscos-top-paid-homeless-nonprofits</a>/\n",
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Josh Trump added $7.8 Billion to the national debt during his "business-savvy admin". Also signed deal with Saudi Arabia to restrict oil output to placate Trump's fracking donors. That was in 2020 and that's when gasoline prices started to go up from $2/gallon.
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"content": "Josh Trump added $7.8 Billion to the national debt during his \"business-savvy admin\". Also signed deal with Saudi Arabia to restrict oil output to placate Trump's fracking donors. That was in 2020 and that's when gasoline prices started to go up from $2/gallon.\n",
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$76 billion PROFIT...11,000 people laid off...Capitalism is killing us, we need to find a better way!
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"content": "$76 billion PROFIT...11,000 people laid off...Capitalism is killing us, we need to find a better way!\n",
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I live in rural Ga, where for years now my only option for internet has been slow, data-limited satellite. Now, thanks to a federal grant from last year's infrastructure bill, I'm a few weeks from having fiber! Thank you, Democrats! So it's wrong to say that Ds have ignored the rural areas. They have policy prescriptions that would help (such as expanding Medicaid to help keep rural hospitals open), but the white rural people don't want to see it.
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"content": "I live in rural Ga, where for years now my only option for internet has been slow, data-limited satellite. Now, thanks to a federal grant from last year's infrastructure bill, I'm a few weeks from having fiber! Thank you, Democrats! So it's wrong to say that Ds have ignored the rural areas. They have policy prescriptions that would help (such as expanding Medicaid to help keep rural hospitals open), but the white rural people don't want to see it.\n",
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Let's start again:How about:"U.S. tax payers invest almost $80 billion dollars (to start, more to come) in subsidies to spur chip manufacturing in the US.""Given this US tax payer-funded massive incentive, US companies have pledged to add some of their own profits to help chip development in the US. Hopefully, US tax payers will see an ROI for their billions in investment in these companies through the increased tax revenue these companies will eventually pay (and not lobby against, offshore, or avoid through accounting gimmicks)."So that would be a much more appropriate framing of this.Reference: "In August, President Joe Biden signed legislation providing $52 billion in government funding to boost semiconductor manufacturing and research and a 25 percent investment tax credit for chip plants estimated to be worth $24 billion." (Reuters Oct 5, 2022)
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"content": "Let's start again:How about:\"U.S. tax payers invest almost $80 billion dollars (to start, more to come) in subsidies to spur chip manufacturing in the US.\"\"Given this US tax payer-funded massive incentive, US companies have pledged to add some of their own profits to help chip development in the US. Hopefully, US tax payers will see an ROI for their billions in investment in these companies through the increased tax revenue these companies will eventually pay (and not lobby against, offshore, or avoid through accounting gimmicks).\"So that would be a much more appropriate framing of this.Reference: \"In August, President Joe Biden signed legislation providing $52 billion in government funding to boost semiconductor manufacturing and research and a 25 percent investment tax credit for chip plants estimated to be worth $24 billion.\" (Reuters Oct 5, 2022)\n",
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Bruce Rozenblit Japanese retirees are in a far better situation that Americans with Medicare as it's in essence free for them, while the out of pocket costs for Medicare include $180/month subtracted from one's Social Security check, depending on age another $150-350 for private Supplemental Medicare (to pay for the amount not covered by the $180 per month), plus a monthly private insurance premium for drugs, which ranges from $50/month to several hundred, and to top it off, there is no coverage for dental, eye glasses, or hearing aids, all of which are expensive and typically needed by Seniors. In other words, of the average Social Security check of $1500/month received by retirees in the U.S., easily half or more goes to support the cost of health care.
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"content": "Bruce Rozenblit Japanese retirees are in a far better situation that Americans with Medicare as it's in essence free for them, while the out of pocket costs for Medicare include $180/month subtracted from one's Social Security check, depending on age another $150-350 for private Supplemental Medicare (to pay for the amount not covered by the $180 per month), plus a monthly private insurance premium for drugs, which ranges from $50/month to several hundred, and to top it off, there is no coverage for dental, eye glasses, or hearing aids, all of which are expensive and typically needed by Seniors. In other words, of the average Social Security check of $1500/month received by retirees in the U.S., easily half or more goes to support the cost of health care.\n",
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Paul With the number of people who drive personal vehicles worth $40-60K and service auto loans at over $1K/month, it seems like there are plenty who could support higher taxes to improve public transportation.
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"content": "Paul With the number of people who drive personal vehicles worth $40-60K and service auto loans at over $1K/month, it seems like there are plenty who could support higher taxes to improve public transportation.\n",
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I'll be 80 this month. In 2006 after being downsized shortly before 65, I started a small business with my husband who was still working. A year ago we moved to a smaller storefront with fewer hours and no more trade show stands, but we are still turning a nice profit to supplement our pensions and love what we do so much that we will continue to keep this open as long as we can. The interaction with walk in customers as well as the International nature of what we buy and ship has been an intense source of pleasure for many years. And when it started, we considered it a 3-5 year "thing" until we really retired.A gentleman we knew told us, don't ever fully retire - that's when the world forgets about you.
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"content": "I'll be 80 this month. In 2006 after being downsized shortly before 65, I started a small business with my husband who was still working. A year ago we moved to a smaller storefront with fewer hours and no more trade show stands, but we are still turning a nice profit to supplement our pensions and love what we do so much that we will continue to keep this open as long as we can. The interaction with walk in customers as well as the International nature of what we buy and ship has been an intense source of pleasure for many years. And when it started, we considered it a 3-5 year \"thing\" until we really retired.A gentleman we knew told us, don't ever fully retire - that's when the world forgets about you.\n",
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We need a profound epistemic paradigm shift to open space for new discoveries. In many ways the question posed by the conceit of this article highlights the actual barrier to innovation. These things don't exist waiting to be discovered by technique or tool, but rather these ideas and ways of being in the world are co-created by our cognitive structures and actions. That we're stale and ossified is nothing new and only has to do with current dogmas of the scientific/techne order. Here's to the new man that sees past the current era.
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"content": "We need a profound epistemic paradigm shift to open space for new discoveries. In many ways the question posed by the conceit of this article highlights the actual barrier to innovation. These things don't exist waiting to be discovered by technique or tool, but rather these ideas and ways of being in the world are co-created by our cognitive structures and actions. That we're stale and ossified is nothing new and only has to do with current dogmas of the scientific/techne order. Here's to the new man that sees past the current era.\n",
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Juan, a functioning government needs money to build roads and bridges and to have a military and all the millions of other things needed to operate. Republicans want the middle class to pay the bill.The 25 richest Americans are collectively worth $1.1 trillion. It takes 14.3 million average wage earners to tally the same wealth. The average earner group paid literally 70 times as much in income taxes in 2018 as the 25 richest Americans.The last time the IRS had fewer than 10,000 revenue agents was 1953, when the economy was a seventh of its current size. The only ones who benefit from a gutted IRS are the ultrawealthy and multi billion dollar corporations. “Tax compliance rates are high for low- and middle-income workers who have their taxes deducted automatically from their paychecks. The rich, however, are able to use accounting loopholes to shield their tax liabilities.”The top 1 percent are evading $163 billion a year in taxes, the Treasury finds.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/business/irs-tax-avoidance.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/business/irs-tax-avoidance.html</a>
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"content": "Juan, a functioning government needs money to build roads and bridges and to have a military and all the millions of other things needed to operate. Republicans want the middle class to pay the bill.The 25 richest Americans are collectively worth $1.1 trillion. It takes 14.3 million average wage earners to tally the same wealth. The average earner group paid literally 70 times as much in income taxes in 2018 as the 25 richest Americans.The last time the IRS had fewer than 10,000 revenue agents was 1953, when the economy was a seventh of its current size. The only ones who benefit from a gutted IRS are the ultrawealthy and multi billion dollar corporations. “Tax compliance rates are high for low- and middle-income workers who have their taxes deducted automatically from their paychecks. The rich, however, are able to use accounting loopholes to shield their tax liabilities.”The top 1 percent are evading $163 billion a year in taxes, the Treasury finds.<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/business/irs-tax-avoidance.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/08/business/irs-tax-avoidance.html</a>\n",
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Any company that deals with Russia should be cut off from the banking system. Also, it may be time to restrict trade with those named countries that have open trade with Russia.
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"content": "Any company that deals with Russia should be cut off from the banking system. Also, it may be time to restrict trade with those named countries that have open trade with Russia.\n",
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