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The best investment is a productive asset, a factory or a bar or a laundromat. Gold is for cynics, cryptocurrency for marks, and the dollar consistently loses value over time. The stock market accommodates everyone, but sometimes tumbles perilously over a black hole. The US Treasury Department is now restocking its gold reserves. Even they do not trust the dollar. Life tumbles forward, inexorably, relentlessly and without compassion or mercy or detectable intelligence.Investment strategies should spring from the heart. If you put your money into what you believe in, it will usually be safe. I have a personal problem with bigness, the banks, investment houses, hedge-funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts, and insurance companies. Community has always been a good investment, but big business has frayed the connective tissues.The most secure investment is to people you love, a husband, wife, child, parent or even a loyal friend. Emotional attachments usually trump fiduciary obligations. Gold is a good investment if it forms a marriage band. Silver for heirlooms. Diamonds for promises.A simple savings account should always be secure. America is in for a few shock waves before our trust in our financial institutions returns.
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"content": "The best investment is a productive asset, a factory or a bar or a laundromat. Gold is for cynics, cryptocurrency for marks, and the dollar consistently loses value over time. The stock market accommodates everyone, but sometimes tumbles perilously over a black hole. The US Treasury Department is now restocking its gold reserves. Even they do not trust the dollar. Life tumbles forward, inexorably, relentlessly and without compassion or mercy or detectable intelligence.Investment strategies should spring from the heart. If you put your money into what you believe in, it will usually be safe. I have a personal problem with bigness, the banks, investment houses, hedge-funds, Real Estate Investment Trusts, and insurance companies. Community has always been a good investment, but big business has frayed the connective tissues.The most secure investment is to people you love, a husband, wife, child, parent or even a loyal friend. Emotional attachments usually trump fiduciary obligations. Gold is a good investment if it forms a marriage band. Silver for heirlooms. Diamonds for promises.A simple savings account should always be secure. America is in for a few shock waves before our trust in our financial institutions returns.\n",
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WOW, what mythology this article imagines.I have worked in tech since 1985 as hardware engineer, an embedded systems engineer, a software specialist in digital video, videophones and cable television, a systems engineer responsible for cloud storage designs and supercomputers, and, finally, back to the beginning again working on solar powered designs. All of this work is difficult. All of it is frenzied. Tech companies are born, grow, falter, prosper, die, get traded, succeed, get huge, fail, splinter, get sold with amazing regularity in the 1-3 year time frame. I'm on my ninth company, and I spent 10 years out of the biz due to brain crash. That's 3 years at each company. In only two of these 9 companies was there any semblance of ordinary home life / work life balance. The others were all "get to market or die." This is a business, people. A voracious thunder-beast of an operation. It is not designed for the well-being of employees mental or physical health. It is a pure glacial grind, with a million tons of investor pressure pushing downwards into every programmer's cubicle. You would not believe the dysfunction, lying, cheating, stealing, which I cannot you because of the legal requirements which exist in various Non Disclosure Agreements which I signed in order to get severances.
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"content": "WOW, what mythology this article imagines.I have worked in tech since 1985 as hardware engineer, an embedded systems engineer, a software specialist in digital video, videophones and cable television, a systems engineer responsible for cloud storage designs and supercomputers, and, finally, back to the beginning again working on solar powered designs. All of this work is difficult. All of it is frenzied. Tech companies are born, grow, falter, prosper, die, get traded, succeed, get huge, fail, splinter, get sold with amazing regularity in the 1-3 year time frame. I'm on my ninth company, and I spent 10 years out of the biz due to brain crash. That's 3 years at each company. In only two of these 9 companies was there any semblance of ordinary home life / work life balance. The others were all \"get to market or die.\" This is a business, people. A voracious thunder-beast of an operation. It is not designed for the well-being of employees mental or physical health. It is a pure glacial grind, with a million tons of investor pressure pushing downwards into every programmer's cubicle. You would not believe the dysfunction, lying, cheating, stealing, which I cannot you because of the legal requirements which exist in various Non Disclosure Agreements which I signed in order to get severances.\n",
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There's a cost to that national debt that's seldom mentioned. Currently some $400,000,000,000 (that's $400 Billion) annually of the federal budget goes towards just paying the interest on that debt. And yet the spending goes on unabated. Mind boggling...
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Unfortunately, there is a lot of outrageous cheating in small and medium-sized businesses and partnerships. With a weak IRS, the cheaters write off personal expenses on their business books, depreciate buildings but never sell them, pay their little kids large salaries, etc, etc. When the Covid stimulus checks came out, a lot of businesses got burned because they reporting tiny profits on huge revenues, and the check was based on the reported profit. How can you be living on $5K a year? Your total revenue is $200K - something doesn't add up.The there were the building partnerships with the disappearing buildings. When the building was fully depreciated, the partnership just disappeared - not return. Where did they go?
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"content": "Unfortunately, there is a lot of outrageous cheating in small and medium-sized businesses and partnerships. With a weak IRS, the cheaters write off personal expenses on their business books, depreciate buildings but never sell them, pay their little kids large salaries, etc, etc. When the Covid stimulus checks came out, a lot of businesses got burned because they reporting tiny profits on huge revenues, and the check was based on the reported profit. How can you be living on $5K a year? Your total revenue is $200K - something doesn't add up.The there were the building partnerships with the disappearing buildings. When the building was fully depreciated, the partnership just disappeared - not return. Where did they go?\n",
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The investment will certainly help gather momentum in regaining innovative and manufacturIng( perfection ) expertise in this very high technology area. As the writers point out, it is a gradual process , but it needs to start somewhere. There are other challenges. Companies like Intel have lost their cutting edge thanks to complacent and somewhat mediocre middle management( the company is full of people who have been there for 30 years or more and prefer to coast along, go on sabbaticals etc ). So some shakeups are needed there. Also Electrical engineering no longer attracts the best and brightest in colleges. These investments may help create high paying jobs that change that landscape. So just investment may not be enough , but I am glad that this is happening.
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"content": "The investment will certainly help gather momentum in regaining innovative and manufacturIng( perfection ) expertise in this very high technology area. As the writers point out, it is a gradual process , but it needs to start somewhere. There are other challenges. Companies like Intel have lost their cutting edge thanks to complacent and somewhat mediocre middle management( the company is full of people who have been there for 30 years or more and prefer to coast along, go on sabbaticals etc ). So some shakeups are needed there. Also Electrical engineering no longer attracts the best and brightest in colleges. These investments may help create high paying jobs that change that landscape. So just investment may not be enough , but I am glad that this is happening.\n",
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The gun amendment to the Iowa Constitution approved last year by an overwhelming 65% of voters is perhaps the perfect example of how far American society has devolved. Setting aside the fact the referendum was written by the gun lobby in such a way that voters were tricked into believing it would benefit Iowans, stating it "guarantees the right to keep and bear arms," ( an obvious redundancy to the right already ensured by the Second Amendment) worst of all was the wording which said "any and all restrictions of this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny." Simply put, not only does it severely restrict law enforcement and the courts from prosecuting crimes committed with guns, but it opened the door for those already convicted, many of violent crimes, to not only challenge, but in many cases overturn their convictions. If this meets author Robert Heinlein's notion that "an armed society is a polite society," then I will do all in my power to be as impolite as humanly possible.
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"content": "The gun amendment to the Iowa Constitution approved last year by an overwhelming 65% of voters is perhaps the perfect example of how far American society has devolved. Setting aside the fact the referendum was written by the gun lobby in such a way that voters were tricked into believing it would benefit Iowans, stating it \"guarantees the right to keep and bear arms,\" ( an obvious redundancy to the right already ensured by the Second Amendment) worst of all was the wording which said \"any and all restrictions of this right shall be subject to strict scrutiny.\" Simply put, not only does it severely restrict law enforcement and the courts from prosecuting crimes committed with guns, but it opened the door for those already convicted, many of violent crimes, to not only challenge, but in many cases overturn their convictions. If this meets author Robert Heinlein's notion that \"an armed society is a polite society,\" then I will do all in my power to be as impolite as humanly possible.\n",
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The reason someone goes into a field like that is because they value the work over the money.But it shouldn’t come as a shock that employees of a large company making billions a year have perks for their employees beyond what is provided at a nonprofit.
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As someone who lives off of patent royalties, I've wondered about this for a long time. When our patents on mechanical devices run out, others can copy them. That's the deal. But somehow BigPharma magically extends patents.What I think I now understand is that a company like AbbieVie files multiple patents on improvements (many bogus) on an existing drug and then uses patents on those improvements as a basis for suing people copying the off-patent "unimproved" drug. Patents like these are complicated and hard to understand and patent litigation is uncertain - you can lose when you're in the right. When a company like AbbieVie with unlimited resources sues you for multiple patents you could easily spend $50 million defending yourself even if you win. And that could take five years or more. And if you lose, well there's bankruptcy.So... if AbbieVie offers stand still money and future opportunities to earn extra profit by colluding with competitors, any smart company would take it. It's disgusting. The reform needed is a lower cost way to defend manufacturers subject to such bogus lawsuits. The PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) can help with invalidating bogus patents at lower-than-full-trial cost, but it doesn't prevent entrepreneurs making off patent medicines from being sued unjustly.
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"content": "As someone who lives off of patent royalties, I've wondered about this for a long time. When our patents on mechanical devices run out, others can copy them. That's the deal. But somehow BigPharma magically extends patents.What I think I now understand is that a company like AbbieVie files multiple patents on improvements (many bogus) on an existing drug and then uses patents on those improvements as a basis for suing people copying the off-patent \"unimproved\" drug. Patents like these are complicated and hard to understand and patent litigation is uncertain - you can lose when you're in the right. When a company like AbbieVie with unlimited resources sues you for multiple patents you could easily spend $50 million defending yourself even if you win. And that could take five years or more. And if you lose, well there's bankruptcy.So... if AbbieVie offers stand still money and future opportunities to earn extra profit by colluding with competitors, any smart company would take it. It's disgusting. The reform needed is a lower cost way to defend manufacturers subject to such bogus lawsuits. The PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) can help with invalidating bogus patents at lower-than-full-trial cost, but it doesn't prevent entrepreneurs making off patent medicines from being sued unjustly.\n",
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I think the Democrats need to reframe the government spending debate. The GOP often uses the analogy of household spending. Dont spend money you dont have on things you dont need, running up your credit card bill on vacations, new clothes, and bon bons. Instead, I think the analogy of business investment is more appropriate and politically effective. To increase productivity a business needs to invest money in its infrastructure, people and research. You have to spend money to make money. With that framework, then a (rational) discussion of on what, to whom and to where we should invest our resources should/could be had. The US is one of the most stable and productive countries in the world, that's why the world invests in our government to make the right decisions for our future. By the people, for the people. Rather than burning it down to get pennies on the dollar in lower taxes, as a people let's become more involved in the decisions of where the money comes and goes. Investing in the social safety net of our children and elders creates the stability that allows for more productivity by the working aged. We cannot just leave it up to the corporate lobbyists!!!
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"content": "I think the Democrats need to reframe the government spending debate. The GOP often uses the analogy of household spending. Dont spend money you dont have on things you dont need, running up your credit card bill on vacations, new clothes, and bon bons. Instead, I think the analogy of business investment is more appropriate and politically effective. To increase productivity a business needs to invest money in its infrastructure, people and research. You have to spend money to make money. With that framework, then a (rational) discussion of on what, to whom and to where we should invest our resources should/could be had. The US is one of the most stable and productive countries in the world, that's why the world invests in our government to make the right decisions for our future. By the people, for the people. Rather than burning it down to get pennies on the dollar in lower taxes, as a people let's become more involved in the decisions of where the money comes and goes. Investing in the social safety net of our children and elders creates the stability that allows for more productivity by the working aged. We cannot just leave it up to the corporate lobbyists!!!\n",
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I don’t know, Paul. France fell into a debt trap that produced a revolution and several wars. The rumor seems to be true: each American taxpayer now owes $246,000. We’re adding a trillion to the tab each year (interest on just the federal portion of the debt is said to be $550-billion). The debt to GDP ratio is 121%. I especially don’t like the trends. The rate of debt creation only increases. The curve is already hyperbolic. The size of ALL debt, public and private, is mind-boggling. I understand the necessity of saving Ukraine from Russia and agree that equipping Ukraine’s military is preferable to us fighting a shooting war with Russia on N.A.T.O. territory; it’s a strategic imperative to avoid another general war in Europe. But I also sense that defeating Russia there all-but-insures that a day-of-reckoning will happen here; and it will be savage. At some point in the near future our financial situation will get away from us. I blame Republican mismanagement for much of it, but if a debt crisis erupts it will happen while the Democrats hold the White House.I am filled with unease.
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"content": "I don’t know, Paul. France fell into a debt trap that produced a revolution and several wars. The rumor seems to be true: each American taxpayer now owes $246,000. We’re adding a trillion to the tab each year (interest on just the federal portion of the debt is said to be $550-billion). The debt to GDP ratio is 121%. I especially don’t like the trends. The rate of debt creation only increases. The curve is already hyperbolic. The size of ALL debt, public and private, is mind-boggling. I understand the necessity of saving Ukraine from Russia and agree that equipping Ukraine’s military is preferable to us fighting a shooting war with Russia on N.A.T.O. territory; it’s a strategic imperative to avoid another general war in Europe. But I also sense that defeating Russia there all-but-insures that a day-of-reckoning will happen here; and it will be savage. At some point in the near future our financial situation will get away from us. I blame Republican mismanagement for much of it, but if a debt crisis erupts it will happen while the Democrats hold the White House.I am filled with unease.\n",
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Am I too late for the foofaraw over why IN + $0.01 is not in the puzzle 🤔 ?Happy new year to all the Bees.I love the fox pics. Look just like baby Yoda.
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"content": "Am I too late for the foofaraw over why IN + $0.01 is not in the puzzle 🤔 ?Happy new year to all the Bees.I love the fox pics. Look just like baby Yoda.\n",
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MB Blackberry I've decided to take an interesting, modest paying job as a childfree person as well. I honestly have no idea how people afford children unless they're doctors or lawyers or have families that they can live with to provide round the clock childcare. The only people I know with kids are extremely well off, or extremely poor and on government assistance. This is clearly not great for the future of our economy, but I don't see what the alternative is, many people will continue to behave rationally and not have children if it puts them in a precarious position. If the government was serious about increasing the birth rate they'd need to extend major assistance to middle class people. In NYC that would have to extend up well past $100k for a couple's income before it started to have an impact.
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"content": "MB Blackberry I've decided to take an interesting, modest paying job as a childfree person as well. I honestly have no idea how people afford children unless they're doctors or lawyers or have families that they can live with to provide round the clock childcare. The only people I know with kids are extremely well off, or extremely poor and on government assistance. This is clearly not great for the future of our economy, but I don't see what the alternative is, many people will continue to behave rationally and not have children if it puts them in a precarious position. If the government was serious about increasing the birth rate they'd need to extend major assistance to middle class people. In NYC that would have to extend up well past $100k for a couple's income before it started to have an impact.\n",
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You write --- "Much of the state's economy is powered by agriculture in the Central Valley.." You didn't do your research. Or you have a unique view of the word "much".Agriculture in California contributes roughly $50 billion per year to California's GDP.California's total GDP is $3,500 billion.Agriculture is only 1.5% of the California economy. Hardly "much" of the state's economy.By the way, 80% of California's water is used for agriculture. Largely to grow alfalfa, which is used for dairy cows to make milk that is subsidized by the federal government. This is done on industrial farms that have herds that are ten times the size of the average US dairy farm.So 80% of our water is used to generate a tiny 1.5% of our economy.Go figure.
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"content": "You write --- \"Much of the state's economy is powered by agriculture in the Central Valley..\" You didn't do your research. Or you have a unique view of the word \"much\".Agriculture in California contributes roughly $50 billion per year to California's GDP.California's total GDP is $3,500 billion.Agriculture is only 1.5% of the California economy. Hardly \"much\" of the state's economy.By the way, 80% of California's water is used for agriculture. Largely to grow alfalfa, which is used for dairy cows to make milk that is subsidized by the federal government. This is done on industrial farms that have herds that are ten times the size of the average US dairy farm.So 80% of our water is used to generate a tiny 1.5% of our economy.Go figure.\n",
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Brooklyn Mike I have a Chevy Bolt on order. After incentives it's going to be mid 20's. That includes all the bells and whistles.If I went with the entry level model (which is still decently equipped), with incentives it could have started around $26K and ended at somewhere around $18K.New. Full 36K car warranty, 8 year/100K battery warranty.
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"content": "Brooklyn Mike I have a Chevy Bolt on order. After incentives it's going to be mid 20's. That includes all the bells and whistles.If I went with the entry level model (which is still decently equipped), with incentives it could have started around $26K and ended at somewhere around $18K.New. Full 36K car warranty, 8 year/100K battery warranty.\n",
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Southwest had $14,200,000,000 in revenue in 2021. Are you really arguing that this major corporation is not to blame for its operational failures, and that, instead, we should blame customers for living in the “wrong” cities or flying SWA? Remember that SWA took $7,200,000,000 in taxpayer bailout money during the pandemic - that was your money that the govt gave away to a corporation.
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We let Bannon and Trump get away with open calls for both violence and fraud here. It’s not even a crime here to call for insurrection abroad. The risks continue to accumulate as DOJ continues to play “ hot potato “ with enforcement of our laws.
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COVID is not comparable to the flu, and the minimizing rhetoric from the White House capitulates to the GOP's attempts at erasure. The science is clear that 10-30% of non-hospitalized cases lead to "Long COVID." As this Nature meta-analysis finds, "Long COVID encompasses multiple adverse outcomes, with common new-onset conditions including cardiovascular, thrombotic and cerebrovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and dysautonomia, especially postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Symptoms can last for years, and particularly in cases of new-onset ME/CFS and dysautonomia are expected to be lifelong."<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2</a>We need to be investing massively in Long COVID treatments. Economists have already shown Long COVID's devastating effects on productivity and workforce non-participation.<a href="https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-data-shows-long-covid-is-keeping-as-many-as-4-million-people-out-of-work" target="_blank">https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-data-shows-long-covid-is-keeping-as-many-as-4-million-people-out-of-work</a>/<a href="https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/institute-working-papers/long-haulers-and-labor-market-outcomes" target="_blank">https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/institute-working-papers/long-haulers-and-labor-market-outcomes</a><a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/long-covid-cognitive-impairment-and-the-stalled-decline-in-disability-rates-20220805.html" target="_blank">https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/long-covid-cognitive-impairment-and-the-stalled-decline-in-disability-rates-20220805.html</a>Biden may have fumbled the ball by not funding enough Long COVID treatment research already, but I genuinely hope the GOP Congress will face pressure from suffering constituents to address the post-COVID-infection health crisis.
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"content": "COVID is not comparable to the flu, and the minimizing rhetoric from the White House capitulates to the GOP's attempts at erasure. The science is clear that 10-30% of non-hospitalized cases lead to \"Long COVID.\" As this Nature meta-analysis finds, \"Long COVID encompasses multiple adverse outcomes, with common new-onset conditions including cardiovascular, thrombotic and cerebrovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and dysautonomia, especially postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Symptoms can last for years, and particularly in cases of new-onset ME/CFS and dysautonomia are expected to be lifelong.\"<a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41579-022-00846-2</a>We need to be investing massively in Long COVID treatments. Economists have already shown Long COVID's devastating effects on productivity and workforce non-participation.<a href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-data-shows-long-covid-is-keeping-as-many-as-4-million-people-out-of-work\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.brookings.edu/research/new-data-shows-long-covid-is-keeping-as-many-as-4-million-people-out-of-work</a>/<a href=\"https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/institute-working-papers/long-haulers-and-labor-market-outcomes\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/institute-working-papers/long-haulers-and-labor-market-outcomes</a><a href=\"https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/long-covid-cognitive-impairment-and-the-stalled-decline-in-disability-rates-20220805.html\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/notes/feds-notes/long-covid-cognitive-impairment-and-the-stalled-decline-in-disability-rates-20220805.html</a>Biden may have fumbled the ball by not funding enough Long COVID treatment research already, but I genuinely hope the GOP Congress will face pressure from suffering constituents to address the post-COVID-infection health crisis.\n",
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Obviously the deficit is a result of spending being higher than revenue , to reduce the deficit we can increase revenue or reduce expenditure or preferably a combination of the two .The first place to start is to ensure that everyone pays their fair share , those who don’t are not cheating the Government they are cheating their fellow Americans.Following the Trump tax cut the share of Corporate tax dropped to a miserable 4 percent of total revenues , the average effective tax rate is less than 10 percent. The starting point of any deficit reduction plan should be every Corporation pays at least 21 percent , likewise all tax breaks for individuals should be eliminated. I remember Trump boasting he would reduce the tax code to a single page of course he did quite the opposite . If we did simplify the tax code maybe we could save money on the IRS.McCarthy seems to like forming investigative commissions, how about one on a fair tax code, another on why do we pay a 40 percent premium for prescription drugs compared to other countries which costs the Federal Government billions ,likewise Corporations who provide health care benefits this will help improve competition vis a vis China. Of course it will help all Americans .No chance of this happening , it reeks of common sense something McCarthy, Jordan et Al do not have.
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"content": "Obviously the deficit is a result of spending being higher than revenue , to reduce the deficit we can increase revenue or reduce expenditure or preferably a combination of the two .The first place to start is to ensure that everyone pays their fair share , those who don’t are not cheating the Government they are cheating their fellow Americans.Following the Trump tax cut the share of Corporate tax dropped to a miserable 4 percent of total revenues , the average effective tax rate is less than 10 percent. The starting point of any deficit reduction plan should be every Corporation pays at least 21 percent , likewise all tax breaks for individuals should be eliminated. I remember Trump boasting he would reduce the tax code to a single page of course he did quite the opposite . If we did simplify the tax code maybe we could save money on the IRS.McCarthy seems to like forming investigative commissions, how about one on a fair tax code, another on why do we pay a 40 percent premium for prescription drugs compared to other countries which costs the Federal Government billions ,likewise Corporations who provide health care benefits this will help improve competition vis a vis China. Of course it will help all Americans .No chance of this happening , it reeks of common sense something McCarthy, Jordan et Al do not have.\n",
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Ten months ago Imran Khan’s elected government was dismantled by corrupt mafia and the country was further destabilized, opening doors for anarchy. People of KPK and Punjab have literally been on streets since then, demanding their rights and the eradication of lawlessness in all forms while their souls are crushed under inflation. Who knows who was behind this gruesome attack …. a sectarian fanatic, the Taliban, or those who want to warn people of KPK to back off their democratic movement. RIP Peshawar!
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"content": "Ten months ago Imran Khan’s elected government was dismantled by corrupt mafia and the country was further destabilized, opening doors for anarchy. People of KPK and Punjab have literally been on streets since then, demanding their rights and the eradication of lawlessness in all forms while their souls are crushed under inflation. Who knows who was behind this gruesome attack …. a sectarian fanatic, the Taliban, or those who want to warn people of KPK to back off their democratic movement. RIP Peshawar!\n",
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Alas, my son & family were returning from CT to Rochester on New Years Day via I-90. They encountered a couple of closed rest areas due to construction, totally shuttered McDonalds, & a Chick Filet that wasn't open because it was Sunday. What's a family to do in search of rest rooms & a quick bite to eat? Brown bagging has always been my answer!
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"content": "Alas, my son & family were returning from CT to Rochester on New Years Day via I-90. They encountered a couple of closed rest areas due to construction, totally shuttered McDonalds, & a Chick Filet that wasn't open because it was Sunday. What's a family to do in search of rest rooms & a quick bite to eat? Brown bagging has always been my answer!\n",
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What is happening economically in China is not hard to understand, if you realize how the Industrial Revolution started in the West. Specifically, Britain.By the early 1700's Britain had established a legal and a smooth-ish political system. England had established colonial markets around the world that supplied raw materials and served as consumer markets. The colonies also served to absorb Britain's excess population. A banking and insurance system allowed individuals to invest in risky, but not altogether financially devastating ventures. As the IR grew in England, it began to spread in the West. China's rise is not much different. Their economy has exploded since the 40s and 50's. The OCP seemed like a good idea at the time, but really wasn't. China doesn't have the foreign colonies in the same sense England had, but that is what the Belt and Road policy does.The economic road in China is not a smooth 10 lane highway. China doesn't have a legal and political system that is required to make their economy work. There is no punishment for political failure, because there is only one party. There is no counter force to correct political errors.And, when the housing bubble bursts, it will be nuclear.
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"content": "What is happening economically in China is not hard to understand, if you realize how the Industrial Revolution started in the West. Specifically, Britain.By the early 1700's Britain had established a legal and a smooth-ish political system. England had established colonial markets around the world that supplied raw materials and served as consumer markets. The colonies also served to absorb Britain's excess population. A banking and insurance system allowed individuals to invest in risky, but not altogether financially devastating ventures. As the IR grew in England, it began to spread in the West. China's rise is not much different. Their economy has exploded since the 40s and 50's. The OCP seemed like a good idea at the time, but really wasn't. China doesn't have the foreign colonies in the same sense England had, but that is what the Belt and Road policy does.The economic road in China is not a smooth 10 lane highway. China doesn't have a legal and political system that is required to make their economy work. There is no punishment for political failure, because there is only one party. There is no counter force to correct political errors.And, when the housing bubble bursts, it will be nuclear.\n",
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I'm past paid-work life, never made more than $50 K a year, in spite of my advanced degrees. My hubbie, fortunately, was a more mainstream academic and earned over 120,000 K in his later years working. So, we're just fine, financially, as I've invested wisely, but this was a fascinating look into salaries in NYC. How do they manage to afford rent, I thought?
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Divisions, the button pushing modes of receiving news and communicating, and the constant pull and push to grab your attention, money and support is frankly, inhumane. That said, I blame the victims. Tue out. Simply say no, no to protests, no to lousy art openings, no to signing up, no to lousy restaurants that are popular because of a mob belonging herd mentality, and quit defending everything you feel you must be a part of or you will be shunned. This is what has made everyone so miserable. The refusal of a very natural and exciting truth that everyone is a bit different and different isn't a crime. This goes to the right wing as well as the progressive activist left. Absolutely horrible.
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"content": "Divisions, the button pushing modes of receiving news and communicating, and the constant pull and push to grab your attention, money and support is frankly, inhumane. That said, I blame the victims. Tue out. Simply say no, no to protests, no to lousy art openings, no to signing up, no to lousy restaurants that are popular because of a mob belonging herd mentality, and quit defending everything you feel you must be a part of or you will be shunned. This is what has made everyone so miserable. The refusal of a very natural and exciting truth that everyone is a bit different and different isn't a crime. This goes to the right wing as well as the progressive activist left. Absolutely horrible.\n",
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Mr. Krugman, you are right to point out entitlement spending is a big part of the budget. However, house republicans have always wanted to convert Medicaid in block grants which will cut healthcare spending. Freedom caucus has also proposed means testing for social security an Medicare which will reduce those costs as well. Secondly, funding IRS hurts the poor more than the wealthy. I normally do my taxes with turbo tax which costs about 200 dollars and if you pay just 600 dollars extra, you get audit defense assurance and tax filings are examined by CPA. The total of 800 dollars is pocket change for many middle class families but it is a big amount for restaurant workers and gig workers. Most wealthy people do not cheat on taxes, it is congress which has written in loopholes. Mr. Trump was paying just 750 dollars in taxes and it was legal and congress is to blame for writing such a bad tax code. Unlike democrats who want high tax rates but write in numerous loopholes to reward their constituencies, republicans believe in low tax rates with almost no deductions.
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"content": "Mr. Krugman, you are right to point out entitlement spending is a big part of the budget. However, house republicans have always wanted to convert Medicaid in block grants which will cut healthcare spending. Freedom caucus has also proposed means testing for social security an Medicare which will reduce those costs as well. Secondly, funding IRS hurts the poor more than the wealthy. I normally do my taxes with turbo tax which costs about 200 dollars and if you pay just 600 dollars extra, you get audit defense assurance and tax filings are examined by CPA. The total of 800 dollars is pocket change for many middle class families but it is a big amount for restaurant workers and gig workers. Most wealthy people do not cheat on taxes, it is congress which has written in loopholes. Mr. Trump was paying just 750 dollars in taxes and it was legal and congress is to blame for writing such a bad tax code. Unlike democrats who want high tax rates but write in numerous loopholes to reward their constituencies, republicans believe in low tax rates with almost no deductions.\n",
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What sublime news to start off the new year. Thank you John Freeman Gill and the NYT for this great story about the phoenix rising from ashes on Audubon Terrace. It's wonderful to learn the Hispanic Society of America - Museum and Library are coursing with new life, working with and embracing their immediate neighbors and are about to throw open their magnificent doors to shine a light on the wealth of untapped and uncelebrated riches they hold to educate and engage us, and to help us better understand our neighbors and the gifts of the Hispanic community around us and south of our borders. These institutions have the power to inspire and enlarge our thinking and will give many of us an exciting new reason to visit the city, always a happy thought.
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"content": "What sublime news to start off the new year. Thank you John Freeman Gill and the NYT for this great story about the phoenix rising from ashes on Audubon Terrace. It's wonderful to learn the Hispanic Society of America - Museum and Library are coursing with new life, working with and embracing their immediate neighbors and are about to throw open their magnificent doors to shine a light on the wealth of untapped and uncelebrated riches they hold to educate and engage us, and to help us better understand our neighbors and the gifts of the Hispanic community around us and south of our borders. These institutions have the power to inspire and enlarge our thinking and will give many of us an exciting new reason to visit the city, always a happy thought.\n",
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Joe Biden invests in Ohio and they vote for election denier JD Vance when Tim Ryan has been fighting for them forever. Deplorable.
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"content": "Joe Biden invests in Ohio and they vote for election denier JD Vance when Tim Ryan has been fighting for them forever. Deplorable.\n",
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College Mall Bus Stop, circa 1981 The C bus was very popular as it brought carless students from campus to the mall. The layover point was way out on the periphery; I got in the habit of getting out of the bus and walking around in the fields and pastures during the ten minute break before starting the next run back to I.U. When I started learning to throw the boomerang I'd use those wide open spaces to refine the art of the return. I'd drive for fifty minutes and play with wood & wind for ten. The pleasure of anticipation made the day pass by swiftly. Then the field close to the layover got developed; I'd walk a few minutes to another and still be able to get several throws in before my break was over. I was getting proficient enough to catch 80% of the throws. Passers by would stop and watch. It felt like the bus company was paying me to play! Then: no more open spaces nearby. I'd go into the newly placed stores, look around and not buy anything, 8 or 9 times a day. When the Blockbuster store (remember videotape rentals?) ran a promotion I'd go in and get a chance to win every trip during my 8 hour shift. The odds they posted were accurate, I'd win a free rental once every 20 visits. Mostly I was just out for the walk and missing the grasslands paved over. A relatively new way to preserve open spaces is the conservation cemetery movement. Farm fields are converted to natural grasslands, maintained by controlled burns./more anonb wrd: circa
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"content": "College Mall Bus Stop, circa 1981 The C bus was very popular as it brought carless students from campus to the mall. The layover point was way out on the periphery; I got in the habit of getting out of the bus and walking around in the fields and pastures during the ten minute break before starting the next run back to I.U. When I started learning to throw the boomerang I'd use those wide open spaces to refine the art of the return. I'd drive for fifty minutes and play with wood & wind for ten. The pleasure of anticipation made the day pass by swiftly. Then the field close to the layover got developed; I'd walk a few minutes to another and still be able to get several throws in before my break was over. I was getting proficient enough to catch 80% of the throws. Passers by would stop and watch. It felt like the bus company was paying me to play! Then: no more open spaces nearby. I'd go into the newly placed stores, look around and not buy anything, 8 or 9 times a day. When the Blockbuster store (remember videotape rentals?) ran a promotion I'd go in and get a chance to win every trip during my 8 hour shift. The odds they posted were accurate, I'd win a free rental once every 20 visits. Mostly I was just out for the walk and missing the grasslands paved over. A relatively new way to preserve open spaces is the conservation cemetery movement. Farm fields are converted to natural grasslands, maintained by controlled burns./more anonb wrd: circa\n",
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'“It’s long past time for Washington to end the reckless spending of taxpayer dollars and start living within its means,” said Senator Rick Scott of Florida', who lives 'within his means' off his $300 million stolen from the federal government via his former company Hospital Corporation of America.
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"content": "'“It’s long past time for Washington to end the reckless spending of taxpayer dollars and start living within its means,” said Senator Rick Scott of Florida', who lives 'within his means' off his $300 million stolen from the federal government via his former company Hospital Corporation of America.\n",
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Sam I actually just saw an interview of a business owner who opened a mocktail bar up across the street from her current bar that the sells alcohol. She said her mocktail bar was booming and she had trouble keeping drinks in stock. Some people really do have a problem with alcohol, but may really miss the act of experiencing a craft cocktail with a group of friends. Just bc your sober doesn’t mean you want to drink soda for the rest of your life.
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"content": "Sam I actually just saw an interview of a business owner who opened a mocktail bar up across the street from her current bar that the sells alcohol. She said her mocktail bar was booming and she had trouble keeping drinks in stock. Some people really do have a problem with alcohol, but may really miss the act of experiencing a craft cocktail with a group of friends. Just bc your sober doesn’t mean you want to drink soda for the rest of your life.\n",
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Nan from CT with $60 million amd many many more coming from book + netflix why can't Harry cover his own security himself? If he left the royal family, he should also leave the perks (and drawbacks) as well.
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"content": "Nan from CT with $60 million amd many many more coming from book + netflix why can't Harry cover his own security himself? If he left the royal family, he should also leave the perks (and drawbacks) as well.\n",
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This puzzle awoke some thoughts and memories. How I loved Erica Jong’s “Fear of Flying”. How I adored REDHOTs as a kid. SOBER reminded me of one of my children who has been just that for almost 20 years, who I am so proud of. The puzzle also reminded me how lovely the intimacy of hand-written exchanges is.So, while the puzzle, for me, wasn’t an outing marked by hurdles, it brought some lovely thoughts. I also liked the parade of schwa-opening answers: AVER / ALLOT / ARENA / ARABIAN / APOP. In addition, there were a couple of very nice pairs: GO AHEAD and PUSH THE ENVELOPE for one, and ON POT and LOOSER for the other. And I enjoyed the renegade vibe of having LOWER toward the top and APEX toward the bottom.Even on the easiest puzzle of the week, in NYT puzzles, to me, there are riches to be mined. Even after all these years of solving, when I sit down to solve a new puzzle, I’m excited, facing a treat. Thank you for this one, Michael!
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"content": "This puzzle awoke some thoughts and memories. How I loved Erica Jong’s “Fear of Flying”. How I adored REDHOTs as a kid. SOBER reminded me of one of my children who has been just that for almost 20 years, who I am so proud of. The puzzle also reminded me how lovely the intimacy of hand-written exchanges is.So, while the puzzle, for me, wasn’t an outing marked by hurdles, it brought some lovely thoughts. I also liked the parade of schwa-opening answers: AVER / ALLOT / ARENA / ARABIAN / APOP. In addition, there were a couple of very nice pairs: GO AHEAD and PUSH THE ENVELOPE for one, and ON POT and LOOSER for the other. And I enjoyed the renegade vibe of having LOWER toward the top and APEX toward the bottom.Even on the easiest puzzle of the week, in NYT puzzles, to me, there are riches to be mined. Even after all these years of solving, when I sit down to solve a new puzzle, I’m excited, facing a treat. Thank you for this one, Michael!\n",
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You are obviously quite young so you seem to be unfamiliar with how the British tabloids treated Prince Charles over the years. They ridiculed him endlessly. That stupid prince uses homeopathy! Years later, in a tone of total adulation, came another article that Princess Diana used homeopathy.I haven't read the book and don't intend to. I do question their assertions of racism in the royal family - which spent $30M on their wedding, and Charles walked M down the aisle.Other over the top assertions on Oprah (racism because of wondering what a child will look like, which every parent and family does, every single one) make me take much of what they say with a big grain of salt. And, btw, I started out as a very big fan of theirs.Anyway, it's the business of the British, and all this huffing and puffing in the NY Times (and endless free publicity) is essentially quarterbacking.
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"content": "You are obviously quite young so you seem to be unfamiliar with how the British tabloids treated Prince Charles over the years. They ridiculed him endlessly. That stupid prince uses homeopathy! Years later, in a tone of total adulation, came another article that Princess Diana used homeopathy.I haven't read the book and don't intend to. I do question their assertions of racism in the royal family - which spent $30M on their wedding, and Charles walked M down the aisle.Other over the top assertions on Oprah (racism because of wondering what a child will look like, which every parent and family does, every single one) make me take much of what they say with a big grain of salt. And, btw, I started out as a very big fan of theirs.Anyway, it's the business of the British, and all this huffing and puffing in the NY Times (and endless free publicity) is essentially quarterbacking.\n",
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George Corsetti Correct. Once the corporate money started flowing to the Dems, the energy to strike out on a path extending the great American progressive tradition quickly began leaking out of the Dems like a tire losing air. The party would address its Democratic critics by defining itself by the worst Republicans instead of becoming better. "Do you know how bad the Republicans are on this subject?" would be the standard reply. Buying into the lesser of two evils argument simply meant that every four years both parties would get worse and be rewarded for it.
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"content": "George Corsetti Correct. Once the corporate money started flowing to the Dems, the energy to strike out on a path extending the great American progressive tradition quickly began leaking out of the Dems like a tire losing air. The party would address its Democratic critics by defining itself by the worst Republicans instead of becoming better. \"Do you know how bad the Republicans are on this subject?\" would be the standard reply. Buying into the lesser of two evils argument simply meant that every four years both parties would get worse and be rewarded for it.\n",
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George $185 in 1971 dollars was the equivalent of slightly more than $1400 today. American Airlines' published basic roundtrip economy fare for NYC-London is $760 (I just checked) . Contrary to the persistent mythology, Pan Am did not willingly pass on to its customers the huge cost savings it enjoyed with the 747. They kept fares high -- some airlines even sought to impose a "747 surcharge" -- and were able to make money even with the plane half full. Only when airlines were made to compete with each other by changes in government policy did air travel become more affordable. That wouldnt happen for a another decade or more.
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"content": "George $185 in 1971 dollars was the equivalent of slightly more than $1400 today. American Airlines' published basic roundtrip economy fare for NYC-London is $760 (I just checked) . Contrary to the persistent mythology, Pan Am did not willingly pass on to its customers the huge cost savings it enjoyed with the 747. They kept fares high -- some airlines even sought to impose a \"747 surcharge\" -- and were able to make money even with the plane half full. Only when airlines were made to compete with each other by changes in government policy did air travel become more affordable. That wouldnt happen for a another decade or more.\n",
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Its absurd that anyone believes there's a stigma against not drinking. That's nothing but the media hype, some prohibitionist types and now these nonalcoholic drink makers and alcohol free "cafes" - using virtue as a marketing ploy. BTW; these non-alcohol "cafes", are not bars! No more than a vegan sandwich shop is a burger joint! I grew up in the bar Biz. Two Uncles ran 3 diverse watering holes, than they split and one went on to open 100's of commercial theme-bars. My first jobs, outside of construction helper, was doing bar-back work as a teen at night. Than more kitchen work as I got interested in cooking and nutrition. And no one ever cared who was or was not drinking. Sure, a few jokes would fly, or a Shirley Temple in a dainty glass would be served to a non-drinking Big Guy, but it was all silliness. No one cared that Jim or Betty were on their fifth seltzer. No one! In fact, I saw more compassion for the newly sober, and/or recovering (the cooks needed work and a kitchen is a kitchen whether the front of the house is dry or not) than I have ever seen outside of that environment. Decent human Being bar owners know that alcohol can cause many patrons troubles, so they do the right thing. They watch their regulars, and keep an eye on the rest. We're living in the age of virtue signaling, and far too many are using it to market their goods. This hype around Dry January; is the perfect follow-up to the pandemic indulgences, bread baking, Peloton virtue grabbers.
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"content": "Its absurd that anyone believes there's a stigma against not drinking. That's nothing but the media hype, some prohibitionist types and now these nonalcoholic drink makers and alcohol free \"cafes\" - using virtue as a marketing ploy. BTW; these non-alcohol \"cafes\", are not bars! No more than a vegan sandwich shop is a burger joint! I grew up in the bar Biz. Two Uncles ran 3 diverse watering holes, than they split and one went on to open 100's of commercial theme-bars. My first jobs, outside of construction helper, was doing bar-back work as a teen at night. Than more kitchen work as I got interested in cooking and nutrition. And no one ever cared who was or was not drinking. Sure, a few jokes would fly, or a Shirley Temple in a dainty glass would be served to a non-drinking Big Guy, but it was all silliness. No one cared that Jim or Betty were on their fifth seltzer. No one! In fact, I saw more compassion for the newly sober, and/or recovering (the cooks needed work and a kitchen is a kitchen whether the front of the house is dry or not) than I have ever seen outside of that environment. Decent human Being bar owners know that alcohol can cause many patrons troubles, so they do the right thing. They watch their regulars, and keep an eye on the rest. We're living in the age of virtue signaling, and far too many are using it to market their goods. This hype around Dry January; is the perfect follow-up to the pandemic indulgences, bread baking, Peloton virtue grabbers.\n",
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Marc It's an open secret that crypto is a vehicle for money laundering. Crypto markets persist because they provide a method for "legitimate" investment in lucrative illicit businesses like drug traffic and cybercrime.
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"content": "Marc It's an open secret that crypto is a vehicle for money laundering. Crypto markets persist because they provide a method for \"legitimate\" investment in lucrative illicit businesses like drug traffic and cybercrime.\n",
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Judith We dropped our copper landline and kept our landline number with Verizon Wireless for $20 per month for unlimited voice. The phone's address book contains a relatively small number of contacts we use to identify/answer incoming calls that match. No name, no answering the phone - if it's important voicemail is available. The phone cannot receive texts. It's a good option for any request to provide a phone number when you don't want to share your mobile number.
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This article is partly accurate, but doesn’t dig far enough. It’s true that without delusions, such as the Big Steal” in the US, this wouldn’t have happened; however, questions remain to be answered by investigating who is the financier, for example? Who opened the doors, in connection with whom? There were several buses transporting delusional people from several distant locations in the country. The governor of Brasilia was at the time visiting Florida. There were practically no police resistance to the invasion. Why? The conspiracy, including consultations with Mr. Steve Brannon, must have cost substantial financing, from fake news to the transportation costs. Above all, at this point, the greatest enemy of the new administration is the agrobusiness, the destruction of the Amazon, the richest of all enemies, and the growing awareness that Lula is going to put a break in this crime against the Earth. These people are not delusional. They see solid regulations on their way to making easy money. Obstacles to their survival. The delusional crowd were used, as usual, to warn Lula of more violence to come. This possibility must be considered and investigated.
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"content": "This article is partly accurate, but doesn’t dig far enough. It’s true that without delusions, such as the Big Steal” in the US, this wouldn’t have happened; however, questions remain to be answered by investigating who is the financier, for example? Who opened the doors, in connection with whom? There were several buses transporting delusional people from several distant locations in the country. The governor of Brasilia was at the time visiting Florida. There were practically no police resistance to the invasion. Why? The conspiracy, including consultations with Mr. Steve Brannon, must have cost substantial financing, from fake news to the transportation costs. Above all, at this point, the greatest enemy of the new administration is the agrobusiness, the destruction of the Amazon, the richest of all enemies, and the growing awareness that Lula is going to put a break in this crime against the Earth. These people are not delusional. They see solid regulations on their way to making easy money. Obstacles to their survival. The delusional crowd were used, as usual, to warn Lula of more violence to come. This possibility must be considered and investigated.\n",
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Putin's investment in electing Donald Trump as our president is paying him rich dividends. He wanted to weaken our country, and he is succeeding. Remember that Trump called Putin's invasion of Ukraine an act of "genius"? Now, Trumpist election deniers are preventing the House of Representatives from being able to function.One of their stated goals is to weaken our federal government, which is to weaken our country. They may view themselves as patriots, but they are nothing of the sort. They are traitors to the founding principles of the United States. Presumably, they long for the days of the thirteen colonies.For example, they are demanding that the IRS be abolished. You read that correctly. And, as they are currently preventing the House from being able to function, they insist on individual members having veto power over any future House actions.Congress has been paralyzed by Republican hyper-partisanship for years. Seeing them at one another's throats would be comical if it weren't so dangerous for us all.
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"content": "Putin's investment in electing Donald Trump as our president is paying him rich dividends. He wanted to weaken our country, and he is succeeding. Remember that Trump called Putin's invasion of Ukraine an act of \"genius\"? Now, Trumpist election deniers are preventing the House of Representatives from being able to function.One of their stated goals is to weaken our federal government, which is to weaken our country. They may view themselves as patriots, but they are nothing of the sort. They are traitors to the founding principles of the United States. Presumably, they long for the days of the thirteen colonies.For example, they are demanding that the IRS be abolished. You read that correctly. And, as they are currently preventing the House from being able to function, they insist on individual members having veto power over any future House actions.Congress has been paralyzed by Republican hyper-partisanship for years. Seeing them at one another's throats would be comical if it weren't so dangerous for us all.\n",
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If the germans don't start properly investing in the defense of their own backyard, the CCP will swoop in and divide-and-conquer the EU. And, what then?Scholz's government -- if it truly believed in a 'Zeitenwende' -- would be starting the process of divesting from China as fast as humanly possible now; decreasing the leverage the "no limits" totalitarians have over them; and not selling the CCP strategic European infrastructure, instead, like pieces of the port of Hamburg (one of the dumbest things I have ever heard!).If Germany wants to help end Putin's genocidal war of aggression (and similar violent revanchism), they need to stop enabling Putin's backers -- the CCP -- who have foisted this proxy war on Europe's doorstep, most cynically. And who are avowedly anti-"West", anti-democratic, revisionist and revengeful.Germany is currently acting like the weak link in long-term European unity. And the Putin-Xi axis are two sides of the same coin....China is part of the problem here, not the solution.It's time for the policymakers in Berlin to wake up; and to make common cause with their Friends, not empower their Enemies.
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"content": "If the germans don't start properly investing in the defense of their own backyard, the CCP will swoop in and divide-and-conquer the EU. And, what then?Scholz's government -- if it truly believed in a 'Zeitenwende' -- would be starting the process of divesting from China as fast as humanly possible now; decreasing the leverage the \"no limits\" totalitarians have over them; and not selling the CCP strategic European infrastructure, instead, like pieces of the port of Hamburg (one of the dumbest things I have ever heard!).If Germany wants to help end Putin's genocidal war of aggression (and similar violent revanchism), they need to stop enabling Putin's backers -- the CCP -- who have foisted this proxy war on Europe's doorstep, most cynically. And who are avowedly anti-\"West\", anti-democratic, revisionist and revengeful.Germany is currently acting like the weak link in long-term European unity. And the Putin-Xi axis are two sides of the same coin....China is part of the problem here, not the solution.It's time for the policymakers in Berlin to wake up; and to make common cause with their Friends, not empower their Enemies.\n",
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God, the comments. I know that there's a high Boomer population here but even so it's shocking to encounter the same attitudes I did when I went overseas to escape an abusive family and family friends and locals who resented me for leaving. At this point we're all steeped in Dr. Phil, therapy, and years of the #Me Too movement. Yet people who had zero problem with years of relentless negative articles designed to ruin Harry and Meghan's reputations are now complaining they're heard too much from the victims in the coverage of their book. It's very telling indeed.Piers Morgan has hounded Meghan on a daily basis, in fact, often multiple times per day in nasty coverage and he has been completely open that that's about her rejection of him. He did it right in the middle of the #Me Too revelations and not one Brit I know of called him out. It was only a couple of years ago, when he lost the plot over Meghan in a live interview that he finally faced a consequence. Jeremy Clarkson, another creep, recently wrote an article in a national newspaper where he hoped Meghan would be paraded through the streets naked. Meghan has been accused of bullying Kate and staff in situations that turn out to have been the other way around. I'm running into a word limit here...Again, many people are confused about why Meghan and Harry want to defend themselves. Any of us would. I won't read the book and don't click on many articles about the situation but I get why they wrote the book.
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Using a little imagination here. Unlike medical records, which are typically kept on centralized computer systems with detailed logs of access and downloads, think of justices or clerks having copies of a work in progress on thumb drives for convenient access away from their Supreme Court offices. More than likely, they'd work on these drafts via MS Word or some similar editor. Would all Justices and clerks be aware that those editors make and keep a backup copy on a local drive every time they open the file? Open the file on a shared laptop, and viola a backup is made. Any other person with access to that laptop could make a copy of the backup file. One could guess that in a culture of mutual trust and respect, security takes a backseat to convenience.
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"content": "Using a little imagination here. Unlike medical records, which are typically kept on centralized computer systems with detailed logs of access and downloads, think of justices or clerks having copies of a work in progress on thumb drives for convenient access away from their Supreme Court offices. More than likely, they'd work on these drafts via MS Word or some similar editor. Would all Justices and clerks be aware that those editors make and keep a backup copy on a local drive every time they open the file? Open the file on a shared laptop, and viola a backup is made. Any other person with access to that laptop could make a copy of the backup file. One could guess that in a culture of mutual trust and respect, security takes a backseat to convenience.\n",
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And how are people supposed to afford childbirth,let alone raising a child?Without insurance doesn’t it cost $15,000-$20,000?And with insurance it’s still a chunk of co-pay,like $5000 at least.
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"content": "And how are people supposed to afford childbirth,let alone raising a child?Without insurance doesn’t it cost $15,000-$20,000?And with insurance it’s still a chunk of co-pay,like $5000 at least.\n",
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I have had two "recent dustups" with the travel industry and the result is - no more business from me. I now pick U.S. destinations and I DRIVE. First episode was a European river cruise (you know the company). We spent ALL of the days traveling in buses (not cruising down the river) due to historic drought and low river water. The company KNEW for months (for years now this has been happening to people and said NOTHING. We had trip insurance too). We booked a balcony room, but at every stop we were "tandem docked" so that another boat was dock adjacent to us, blocking the view entirely. The upgraded drink package that we bought was largely unusable since we were in busses all day.The second fiasco was a "Prince Edward Island Cruise" package that we bought from Norwegian. We paid $900 up front for the upgraded drink package before learning that Norwegian CANCELLED the Prince Edward Island part of the cruise (the majority reason for going). We asked for a refund (it was still a multiple months in advance) but they took the $900 claiming that the small print on their contract allows them to change the itinerary at will. Lessons learned - Let the buyer beware.....
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"content": "I have had two \"recent dustups\" with the travel industry and the result is - no more business from me. I now pick U.S. destinations and I DRIVE. First episode was a European river cruise (you know the company). We spent ALL of the days traveling in buses (not cruising down the river) due to historic drought and low river water. The company KNEW for months (for years now this has been happening to people and said NOTHING. We had trip insurance too). We booked a balcony room, but at every stop we were \"tandem docked\" so that another boat was dock adjacent to us, blocking the view entirely. The upgraded drink package that we bought was largely unusable since we were in busses all day.The second fiasco was a \"Prince Edward Island Cruise\" package that we bought from Norwegian. We paid $900 up front for the upgraded drink package before learning that Norwegian CANCELLED the Prince Edward Island part of the cruise (the majority reason for going). We asked for a refund (it was still a multiple months in advance) but they took the $900 claiming that the small print on their contract allows them to change the itinerary at will. Lessons learned - Let the buyer beware.....\n",
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This is familiar trauma 2.0 playing out in real time.Charles essentially lured and trapped Diana when she was a shy 19 year old for life under the premise he loved her. In reality, he used her as a brood mare all the while keeping his life and his love intact. His children grew up under the shadow of that dysfunction, made so more acute by the fact that Charles was “the heir” and Diana was, quite literally, “the spare.” Maybe not in the same sense as Harry but just as equally if the meaning of the thing is “expendable”.So here it is so many years later. In comes Meghan, a woman that triggers both brothers experiences as it relates to their mother. For William, Meghan’s touchy feely California intuitive energy reminded him of the worst of Diana. For Harry, Meghan represented a chance to o what he wishes he could have done all along: rescue his mother.Add to that some personality disorders and some racism and snobbery. William and Kate iced out Meghan from day one. Nevermind she was an accomplished professional, with a hit show and a track record as a humanitarian that landed her a speaking gig at the UN long before they met. She was open season for Wills and even for Kate, who resented everything she represented. The monarchy is a gilded cage, an institution that has gaslit an entire family into believing they owe us their life stories. I applaud H&M for getting out.
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"content": "This is familiar trauma 2.0 playing out in real time.Charles essentially lured and trapped Diana when she was a shy 19 year old for life under the premise he loved her. In reality, he used her as a brood mare all the while keeping his life and his love intact. His children grew up under the shadow of that dysfunction, made so more acute by the fact that Charles was “the heir” and Diana was, quite literally, “the spare.” Maybe not in the same sense as Harry but just as equally if the meaning of the thing is “expendable”.So here it is so many years later. In comes Meghan, a woman that triggers both brothers experiences as it relates to their mother. For William, Meghan’s touchy feely California intuitive energy reminded him of the worst of Diana. For Harry, Meghan represented a chance to o what he wishes he could have done all along: rescue his mother.Add to that some personality disorders and some racism and snobbery. William and Kate iced out Meghan from day one. Nevermind she was an accomplished professional, with a hit show and a track record as a humanitarian that landed her a speaking gig at the UN long before they met. She was open season for Wills and even for Kate, who resented everything she represented. The monarchy is a gilded cage, an institution that has gaslit an entire family into believing they owe us their life stories. I applaud H&M for getting out.\n",
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Thank you for this article. I started getting my health and physical fitness back after retiring 15 years ago. I am now 75 and I am in very good condition. I am now able to complete 2 mile open water swims after learning how to swim 7 years ago. I am a believer in dynamic warm-ups helping to keep me injury free.
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"content": "Thank you for this article. I started getting my health and physical fitness back after retiring 15 years ago. I am now 75 and I am in very good condition. I am now able to complete 2 mile open water swims after learning how to swim 7 years ago. I am a believer in dynamic warm-ups helping to keep me injury free.\n",
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MaggieW Wow. You are so wrong. As someone who ACTUALLY LIVES IN MANHATTAN, I can tell you that this location gets tons of foot traffic and has been very crowded, even during this quiet downtime of January. Locals, tourists, and workers go there. A lot. We've been trying to go there off and on since it opened and it's busy. Many more workers are back in the office at least 3 days a week, and it's been hopping. There is a real revitalization going on in midtown, and it is noticeable. There are still empty pockets and commercial rent is a huge issue, but this location has a good start. BTW, I live 3 blocks from the "dream west side pier" and can tell you that the original idea was always flawed - there is definitely not enough foot traffic to support this idea for 4 months of the year - even with Google opening offices on top of the pier and across the highway. And the revised version of the "hawker stalls" that is now just a food hall - <a href="https://www.pier57nyc.com/about" target="_blank">https://www.pier57nyc.com/about</a> <a href="https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-new-food-hall-curated-by-the-james-beard-foundation-is-coming-to-pier-57-020122" target="_blank">https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-new-food-hall-curated-by-the-james-beard-foundation-is-coming-to-pier-57-020122</a> will be busy during nice weather but will be empty December through April.
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"content": "MaggieW Wow. You are so wrong. As someone who ACTUALLY LIVES IN MANHATTAN, I can tell you that this location gets tons of foot traffic and has been very crowded, even during this quiet downtime of January. Locals, tourists, and workers go there. A lot. We've been trying to go there off and on since it opened and it's busy. Many more workers are back in the office at least 3 days a week, and it's been hopping. There is a real revitalization going on in midtown, and it is noticeable. There are still empty pockets and commercial rent is a huge issue, but this location has a good start. BTW, I live 3 blocks from the \"dream west side pier\" and can tell you that the original idea was always flawed - there is definitely not enough foot traffic to support this idea for 4 months of the year - even with Google opening offices on top of the pier and across the highway. And the revised version of the \"hawker stalls\" that is now just a food hall - <a href=\"https://www.pier57nyc.com/about\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.pier57nyc.com/about</a> <a href=\"https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-new-food-hall-curated-by-the-james-beard-foundation-is-coming-to-pier-57-020122\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/a-new-food-hall-curated-by-the-james-beard-foundation-is-coming-to-pier-57-020122</a> will be busy during nice weather but will be empty December through April.\n",
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Mark Just because you haven't heard of something personally, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Most people aren't going to walk up to their friends and say, "hey! My wife and I have a girlfriend together, and it's beautiful and fulfilling!" Relationships in general are tricky to navigate. I've been in open relationships, and enjoyed them. What made most of those relationships fail in the end wasn't the openness of the relationship, it was actually that the people I was in those relationships with were at different milestones in their life that didn't match up with my own. There's a HUGE difference between cheating and having an open relationship by the way: cheating is made up of lying and deceiving your partner, so of course those kinds of relationships fail: there is no foundation to a relationship built on lies and deception. But an open relationship needs to be grounded in strong communication and honest from the very beginning that's continued through the lifetime of that relationship. If your partner isn't open to the idea of an open relationship, then that's who they are, and you either learn to accept that or leave the relationship. The same goes for monogamy: you shouldn't force you or your partner into an open relationship if either of you feel uncomfortable with it. Dan Savage talks constantly about being honest with yourself rather than forcing yourself into a mold that doesn't suit you. That applies in every direction.
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"content": "Mark Just because you haven't heard of something personally, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Most people aren't going to walk up to their friends and say, \"hey! My wife and I have a girlfriend together, and it's beautiful and fulfilling!\" Relationships in general are tricky to navigate. I've been in open relationships, and enjoyed them. What made most of those relationships fail in the end wasn't the openness of the relationship, it was actually that the people I was in those relationships with were at different milestones in their life that didn't match up with my own. There's a HUGE difference between cheating and having an open relationship by the way: cheating is made up of lying and deceiving your partner, so of course those kinds of relationships fail: there is no foundation to a relationship built on lies and deception. But an open relationship needs to be grounded in strong communication and honest from the very beginning that's continued through the lifetime of that relationship. If your partner isn't open to the idea of an open relationship, then that's who they are, and you either learn to accept that or leave the relationship. The same goes for monogamy: you shouldn't force you or your partner into an open relationship if either of you feel uncomfortable with it. Dan Savage talks constantly about being honest with yourself rather than forcing yourself into a mold that doesn't suit you. That applies in every direction.\n",
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US 2022 Natgas prices have been absurd. At $9.3 mmBtu this summer a 300% increase. All while supply was booming and usage was normal, storage was within normal range and the winter long-term forecast was mild. Industry trade press screamed about LNG export demand, never mentioning that that total plant capacity for LNG exports is maxed-out at some 10% of US Natgas production. So what drove the US Natgas price? The desire to use this moment to extract what they felt this war was worth. Looking forward to fully free myself from this air pollutant and the these market makers.
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"content": "US 2022 Natgas prices have been absurd. At $9.3 mmBtu this summer a 300% increase. All while supply was booming and usage was normal, storage was within normal range and the winter long-term forecast was mild. Industry trade press screamed about LNG export demand, never mentioning that that total plant capacity for LNG exports is maxed-out at some 10% of US Natgas production. So what drove the US Natgas price? The desire to use this moment to extract what they felt this war was worth. Looking forward to fully free myself from this air pollutant and the these market makers.\n",
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Jack Sonville The wealthy never get the extremely high rates of return they demand without speculation, inside knowledge, graft and the ability to hedge at very high rates. Real investment is a slow and stead way to wealth creation for all. This era ended with the election of Reagan in 1980.
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"content": "Jack Sonville The wealthy never get the extremely high rates of return they demand without speculation, inside knowledge, graft and the ability to hedge at very high rates. Real investment is a slow and stead way to wealth creation for all. This era ended with the election of Reagan in 1980.\n",
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The last time I took a self portrait (1980s), here's what I had to do:1. Buy camera.2. Buy tripod.3. Buy film. 4. Set up tripod with camera.5. Set timer on front of camera and then press shutter button.6. Run to location of self-portrait.7. Guess when the shutter is going to open and cross your fingers, then smile.8. After finally taking the 24 or 36 photos (could take days, weeks or months), go to Fotomat to get the film processed.9. Go back to Fotomat to pick up film.10. Open envelope with photos and either (A) rejoice that your eyes were open during the self-portrait or (B) curse because you'll need to go back to Step 4 above.
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Ben Probably the same people who could pay $200,000 plus for a parking space.
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Wordle 586 4/6* 69/64🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 93/85 WL 18🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ 59/27 WL 9🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩 48/80 WL 3🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 99/65/—Today's starter was fairly conservative (by my standards), and was in honor of the Thursday crossword. Of the 14 viable words left after my opener, *six* were previous solutions. This explains why my skill scores are dismal. The bot picked a previous solution for every step in this solve.As it was, my second guess ruled out four of the remaining eight. If completely wrong, my third guess would have left just two possibilities. As it was, it left only the answer.Funky word, in my estimation.Yesterday's Wordle 585 1/6* 74/99🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 MAIZE74/99Happy to have deduced my third ace after inadvertently seeing someone else's grid. Not here; I never read this thread before I solve. My philosophy is that you can't unsee what you've already seen, and it would make no sense to avoid the solution on purpose. I don't go looking for hints, but sometimes you can't avoid them.Congrats to the other quickie solvers Eric B. (I hope you say what that third possible word was), Becky, and Cheryl Ann.
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I would like to mention a third factor in the post-pandemic round of inflation that was recently visited upon us. An economic tsunami from the bottom up saw millions of people leaving their old, poorly paid jobs for new, better paying jobs, forcing many employers to raise wages to keep their employees. Walmart, for example, raised wages some $4/hour in a relatively short period of time (about two years) in order to keep their employees from leaving during the pandemic. Those increased costs to the employer were immediately passed on to the consumer. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't know that. We've all been to Walmart and faced the sticker shock on everything from panties to peanut butter. And despite the fact that this leaving present jobs for better paying ones will continue, we have probably seen the worst of it by now. As an aside to this, it is astonishing to me that Republicans are screaming about keeping government spending down when both the W Bush and Trump administrations increased the debt more than any of the Clinton, Obama, and Biden administrations did.
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"content": "I would like to mention a third factor in the post-pandemic round of inflation that was recently visited upon us. An economic tsunami from the bottom up saw millions of people leaving their old, poorly paid jobs for new, better paying jobs, forcing many employers to raise wages to keep their employees. Walmart, for example, raised wages some $4/hour in a relatively short period of time (about two years) in order to keep their employees from leaving during the pandemic. Those increased costs to the employer were immediately passed on to the consumer. In fact, you'd be hard pressed to find someone who doesn't know that. We've all been to Walmart and faced the sticker shock on everything from panties to peanut butter. And despite the fact that this leaving present jobs for better paying ones will continue, we have probably seen the worst of it by now. As an aside to this, it is astonishing to me that Republicans are screaming about keeping government spending down when both the W Bush and Trump administrations increased the debt more than any of the Clinton, Obama, and Biden administrations did.\n",
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Kevin,As it happens, I have "Embodied, Situated, and Grounded Intelligence: Implications for AI (Workshop Report),"<a href="https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.13589.pdf" target="_blank">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.13589.pdf</a> ,open in another tab, precisely because ChatGPT has got me thinking about the grounding problem. The overview begins:"All intelligent systems, whether natural or artificial, are realized in the physical world. This entails that all intelligent systems will, in a minimal sense, have a physical body, be situated in a particular environmental context, and have concepts that are at least in part grounded in the physical world. The deeper question is whether these aspects of intelligent systems play a substantive role in intelligence itself. For example, how important is the ability of human children to explore their environment, manipulate objects, and observe the consequences of their behavior? Can we realistically expect systems without these capabilities (e.g., deep neural networks that learn passively from large data sets) to achieve robust, generalizable competence?"Indeed, every system has some sort of environment. But there is an obvious sense in which the symbols that ChatGPT manipulates are ungrounded.What fascinates me is that the underlying LLM, trained only to predict the next token ("word"), has somehow acquired vast knowledge of semantic *relations*. Clearly, there are major aspects of meaning that are detachable from grounding. I'm shocked by what I've seen, and I'm trying to make sense of it now.
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"content": "Kevin,As it happens, I have \"Embodied, Situated, and Grounded Intelligence: Implications for AI (Workshop Report),\"<a href=\"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.13589.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">https://arxiv.org/pdf/2210.13589.pdf</a> ,open in another tab, precisely because ChatGPT has got me thinking about the grounding problem. The overview begins:\"All intelligent systems, whether natural or artificial, are realized in the physical world. This entails that all intelligent systems will, in a minimal sense, have a physical body, be situated in a particular environmental context, and have concepts that are at least in part grounded in the physical world. The deeper question is whether these aspects of intelligent systems play a substantive role in intelligence itself. For example, how important is the ability of human children to explore their environment, manipulate objects, and observe the consequences of their behavior? Can we realistically expect systems without these capabilities (e.g., deep neural networks that learn passively from large data sets) to achieve robust, generalizable competence?\"Indeed, every system has some sort of environment. But there is an obvious sense in which the symbols that ChatGPT manipulates are ungrounded.What fascinates me is that the underlying LLM, trained only to predict the next token (\"word\"), has somehow acquired vast knowledge of semantic *relations*. Clearly, there are major aspects of meaning that are detachable from grounding. I'm shocked by what I've seen, and I'm trying to make sense of it now.\n",
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The New York Times should try to dig a tiny bit deeper into the Google layoffs, in particular. In late December, Google CEO Sunda Pichai was granted two $63,000,000 performance stock incentives plus $84,000,000 in restricted stock. The value of these incentives are directly tied to Google's performance versus other S&P 100 companies. So whacking 6% of the workforce was a no brainer and was widely predicted in the financial press. Thanks a bunch, kids, for your hard work during Covid! P.S., nothing personal, just business.
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"content": "The New York Times should try to dig a tiny bit deeper into the Google layoffs, in particular. In late December, Google CEO Sunda Pichai was granted two $63,000,000 performance stock incentives plus $84,000,000 in restricted stock. The value of these incentives are directly tied to Google's performance versus other S&P 100 companies. So whacking 6% of the workforce was a no brainer and was widely predicted in the financial press. Thanks a bunch, kids, for your hard work during Covid! P.S., nothing personal, just business.\n",
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My kid's school hands these things out like candy. Rough back-of-the-napkin math tells me it costs the school about $6500 a month on Covid tests, or about 65k a year. For a small elementary school, that's a major outlay, far exceeding the amount spent on books, supplies, field trips, and school events.From talking to parents, as best I can tell nobody even uses the tests. Everyone has a closetful gathering dust already.
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"content": "My kid's school hands these things out like candy. Rough back-of-the-napkin math tells me it costs the school about $6500 a month on Covid tests, or about 65k a year. For a small elementary school, that's a major outlay, far exceeding the amount spent on books, supplies, field trips, and school events.From talking to parents, as best I can tell nobody even uses the tests. Everyone has a closetful gathering dust already.\n",
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David MD Untill the *0's many companies had their own IT departments. Along comes the Reagan era and everyone decided to outsource their IT and not pay those programmers the $150k/yr. They now by canned programs and they are thought of just like any other cost. The cheaper the better. The Secretary of Transportation does not over see the Airline industry.He has no authority over them.
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CN It’s clear that the reader was grateful for the $20 donation.
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The Washington Post raised a question about thison 4:06 PM about the accuracy of Biden's initial claims If Trump’s classified document mishandling was ‘irresponsible,’ so is Biden’s BodyThe classified documents — which reportedly were found in a manila folder labeled “personal” — were not just kept at the Penn Biden Center’s D.C. office. That office opened on Feb. 8, 2018 — more than a year after Biden left office. So, where were they kept before then? Who had custody of them and under what conditions were they held? <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/11/biden-classified-documents-trump-double-standard" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/11/biden-classified-documents-trump-double-standard</a>/A question posed before the NY Times reported on the Discovery of More Classified Documentsp
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RA Prince Charles paid for the Sussex's expenses including Meghan's £1m wardrobe, from his own money.The money for the Royal Family does come from the revenue of the Crown Estates run by government appointed trustees. 80% of the revenue goes to the state and currently 20% to the Royal Family to pay for royal visits administration etc and a special payment to refurbish Buckingham Palace.The money inherited by Harry and William from their mother was from the divorce settlement from Charles. She had not made financial arrangements and half of the divorce settlement went to the government in taxes.Taxpayers pay for the working royals protection whilst in the UK.
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Wolfgang Roberts Actually the U.S. is in good economic shape. The ten-year Treasury—the long bond—is 4%, meaning the markets are satisfied with our economic performance, unemployment is low and the deficit continues to shrink. The larger lesson though is this: a growing economy makes debt less important as a percentage of GDP. We never paid off the debt from World War II, for example. The postwar boom just made that debt as a share of GNP insignificant. That’s why investments like the current infrastructure spending make more sense than tax cuts. They expand the country’s productive capacity, making greater growth possible and consequently increased revenue to offset the cost of the initial investment.
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A billion dollars?That's probably close to what the Republicans were paid to lie to the American people about climate change for the last few decades.
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"content": "A billion dollars?That's probably close to what the Republicans were paid to lie to the American people about climate change for the last few decades.\n",
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The response that you should change your stove is absolutely silly. First is that changes from gas to electric is a major infrastructure change, even if you own you home. The cost of doing such could easily run into the thousands of dollars, since it will involve a licensed electrician to provide the feed, assuming you have the capacity, a licensed plumber to disconnect and properly terminate the gas line, and the cost of replacement of a range and oven.Secondly, if the Times has not noticed, many people rent, and expecting your landlord to make this change is comical.Mitigation is the best approach if you are not in a position to make this change. Open a window or turn on your exhaust if you stove/oven is outdoor ventilated.
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"content": "The response that you should change your stove is absolutely silly. First is that changes from gas to electric is a major infrastructure change, even if you own you home. The cost of doing such could easily run into the thousands of dollars, since it will involve a licensed electrician to provide the feed, assuming you have the capacity, a licensed plumber to disconnect and properly terminate the gas line, and the cost of replacement of a range and oven.Secondly, if the Times has not noticed, many people rent, and expecting your landlord to make this change is comical.Mitigation is the best approach if you are not in a position to make this change. Open a window or turn on your exhaust if you stove/oven is outdoor ventilated.\n",
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Just James , Scuba dive, in the open ocean, earn that thrill as you try to stay outa the food chain.
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"content": "Just James , Scuba dive, in the open ocean, earn that thrill as you try to stay outa the food chain.\n",
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Kenneth Cowan Raising the debt limit is not an "open check book" for anybody. Instead, it's the mechanism by which the federal government supports the current budget, one that (by necessity) was supported by both houses of Congress and the United States president.
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"content": "Kenneth Cowan Raising the debt limit is not an \"open check book\" for anybody. Instead, it's the mechanism by which the federal government supports the current budget, one that (by necessity) was supported by both houses of Congress and the United States president.\n",
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It would be lovely to build in-law apartments and starter suites for the kids - if only every neighborhood had the space for them! But this article is disingenuous on a couple of levels, starting with the premise that ADUs will be created for extended family living, creating much-needed units for those who want to be close by loving caregivers. In the real world they will become income property and a way to turn single-family homes into multiple dwellings. That’s the first problem with this unfair article that demonizes homeowners as NIMBY types who want to discriminate. The second is that a statewide decree doing away with local zoning is good - why is that a benefit? I live in a charming neighborhood of small, single-family homes on small lots. Maybe large properties in some neighborhoods in the state can reasonably accommodate ADUs but when a typical lot is 40x100 it’s not reasonable to double up. And are we really willing to say that New York will have no single-family zones at all? How could it be that this wonderfully diverse city cannot accommodate a diversity of neighborhoods? In my neck of the woods we have apartments near the train station and near commercial strips, with leafy blocks of modest single-family homes beyond that. Despite this slanted article’s bias, if the state forbids single-family zoning anywhere, our beautiful neighborhood will be overrun with rentals, not with in-law apartments. I resent the implication that if we oppose this we are morally wrong!
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"content": "It would be lovely to build in-law apartments and starter suites for the kids - if only every neighborhood had the space for them! But this article is disingenuous on a couple of levels, starting with the premise that ADUs will be created for extended family living, creating much-needed units for those who want to be close by loving caregivers. In the real world they will become income property and a way to turn single-family homes into multiple dwellings. That’s the first problem with this unfair article that demonizes homeowners as NIMBY types who want to discriminate. The second is that a statewide decree doing away with local zoning is good - why is that a benefit? I live in a charming neighborhood of small, single-family homes on small lots. Maybe large properties in some neighborhoods in the state can reasonably accommodate ADUs but when a typical lot is 40x100 it’s not reasonable to double up. And are we really willing to say that New York will have no single-family zones at all? How could it be that this wonderfully diverse city cannot accommodate a diversity of neighborhoods? In my neck of the woods we have apartments near the train station and near commercial strips, with leafy blocks of modest single-family homes beyond that. Despite this slanted article’s bias, if the state forbids single-family zoning anywhere, our beautiful neighborhood will be overrun with rentals, not with in-law apartments. I resent the implication that if we oppose this we are morally wrong!\n",
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Ms. Smith mentions that the terms of the agreement prevent The Met from selling any of the Guston works. I wonder though whether they can legally trade some pieces with other museums for works that are more immediately needed to fill in gaps at The Met. Otherwise, the museum has saddled itself with a major storage problem and opened itself up to criticism that they are hiding things that should be before the public. This is a real devil's bargain, on top of which, were Guston to be seen in a somewhat lesser light in the future, the Met would then be burdened with very onerous obligations. On a more personal note, I find several Gustons quite enough at one time. Don't you?
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Oscars ratings will be lower than ever. How many people have seen these movies? How many have heard of these nominees? A few here and there maybe. And of course broadcast is being abandoned in droves.The solution: partner with Netflix or Amazon or any streamer to show these movies in the time between their nominations and the awards. Maybe there could be an extra price for entrance to the "Oscars screening site." Let's say $10. Or it could be a good way for the streamers to get extra attention from prospective subscribers so maybe it's free.Anyway people can watch the nominees, debate them (why do streamers never have comments sections? add one for the Oscars screening area) and start to actually feel invested in the results. Then when the Oscars happen, they get streamed on the same site. Globally. That's a massive audience to tap into.But no the Oscars are run by dinosaurs so they'll just keep rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic as they sink beneath the waves.
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Many good comments, most people supporting working longer have fairly good jobs that they love. The push by our new congress to diminish or end Social Security and Medicare and bankrupt companies who walk away with millions and no pension responsibilities, should encourage a reread of article. Little attention is paid to why immigration efforts fail, in analyzed in this article. Japan's immigration policies are very limited in a culture that venerates oneness. A more open immigration policy and cultural attitude change might help. I firmly believe diversity is the US' saving grace: Ideas, skills, varied education of immigrants all helped with US innovation. Sadly, many Americans, whose foundational values that helped them to succeed, came from other countries, have forgotten this.
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"content": "Many good comments, most people supporting working longer have fairly good jobs that they love. The push by our new congress to diminish or end Social Security and Medicare and bankrupt companies who walk away with millions and no pension responsibilities, should encourage a reread of article. Little attention is paid to why immigration efforts fail, in analyzed in this article. Japan's immigration policies are very limited in a culture that venerates oneness. A more open immigration policy and cultural attitude change might help. I firmly believe diversity is the US' saving grace: Ideas, skills, varied education of immigrants all helped with US innovation. Sadly, many Americans, whose foundational values that helped them to succeed, came from other countries, have forgotten this.\n",
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This seems to be a familiar story throughout the Western world. Older workers, despite the existence of legislation, are consistently ignored, the prejudice against them is a dirty open secret. Once you get to your 50s (at least here in the UK), getting a job is increasingly more difficult. Once you get to your 60s then good luck getting another job, you may well have in effect retired no matter what the government says is the legal retirement age. Until this reality is recognised then the issue will never be resolved, it's going to take an organisational, cultural and corporate sea-change which is going to be more urgent as automation and new working practices become more established. Whatever the answer, a knee jerk raising of retirement ages to match longevity is not it.
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"content": "This seems to be a familiar story throughout the Western world. Older workers, despite the existence of legislation, are consistently ignored, the prejudice against them is a dirty open secret. Once you get to your 50s (at least here in the UK), getting a job is increasingly more difficult. Once you get to your 60s then good luck getting another job, you may well have in effect retired no matter what the government says is the legal retirement age. Until this reality is recognised then the issue will never be resolved, it's going to take an organisational, cultural and corporate sea-change which is going to be more urgent as automation and new working practices become more established. Whatever the answer, a knee jerk raising of retirement ages to match longevity is not it.\n",
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There are no guarantees for anything. People suddenly get sick and die. People have accidents. Companies fold. People get laid off. This is life. Live for today but prepare for tomorrow. Don't go for the biggest everything. Put some money in the bank. Don't live in fear but take a glance at what's coming up behind you. Life can turn on a dime.When one door closes, another door opens somewhere else. The trick is to find that other door. Opportunities pass by all of us from time to time. The successful person is one recognizes when this happens and takes advantage of it.These people are talented with good job experience. They will be fine. A little hardship can make one much stronger.
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"content": "There are no guarantees for anything. People suddenly get sick and die. People have accidents. Companies fold. People get laid off. This is life. Live for today but prepare for tomorrow. Don't go for the biggest everything. Put some money in the bank. Don't live in fear but take a glance at what's coming up behind you. Life can turn on a dime.When one door closes, another door opens somewhere else. The trick is to find that other door. Opportunities pass by all of us from time to time. The successful person is one recognizes when this happens and takes advantage of it.These people are talented with good job experience. They will be fine. A little hardship can make one much stronger.\n",
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The proposed casino to be built at the Nassau Hub is a mistake, the hotel that they are proposing is almost twice the size of the current Marriott that is there now, Nassau County has very limited open space, Charles Wang wanted to do the same thing. Thankfully he was shot down. Mangano was hip to the idea as well. He's in jail now. The point is the aquafer cannot support this monstrosity and the other structures that the developer want to build. Has anyone done an environmental impact study? There has been no mention. Or the added traffic that will occur on Hempstead Turnpike? Or that crime will no doubt rise? These problems will need to be addressed to the satisfaction of the residents who live there. But they won't and the greedy developers will get their way.
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"content": "The proposed casino to be built at the Nassau Hub is a mistake, the hotel that they are proposing is almost twice the size of the current Marriott that is there now, Nassau County has very limited open space, Charles Wang wanted to do the same thing. Thankfully he was shot down. Mangano was hip to the idea as well. He's in jail now. The point is the aquafer cannot support this monstrosity and the other structures that the developer want to build. Has anyone done an environmental impact study? There has been no mention. Or the added traffic that will occur on Hempstead Turnpike? Or that crime will no doubt rise? These problems will need to be addressed to the satisfaction of the residents who live there. But they won't and the greedy developers will get their way.\n",
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I have been in Science Technology Development for four decades now. I can tell you with great certainty that only governments are capable of foundational discovery that leads to progress. Only governments can take on the risk of cost, impacts and potential failures because markets don’t punish governments, they punish entrepreneurs. Until the late 20 Century, the primary reason for governments to sponsor discovery was war. During the Pax Americana, we did manage to fund space exploration, Medicine, and energy research with altruistic goals, but that all went away on 9/11. Every new technology eventually gets repurposed in war, just look at drone technology in Ukraine or civil aviation on 9/11. What governments do best is fund research through government labs (think Oak Ridge), universities, institutes, and commercial interests (think vaccines). All of the systems Tesla uses for its computers (a Tesla is a computer on wheels) came out of a government lab or legacy commercial projects (think Bell Labs) funded by the government. What we have seen since the turn of the 21st century is crisis driven programs of national defense, not aspirational science designed to improve the human condition. If you want a flying car, make sure the technology is dual use so the crucible of war can be the anvil used to beat the sword into a plough.
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"content": "I have been in Science Technology Development for four decades now. I can tell you with great certainty that only governments are capable of foundational discovery that leads to progress. Only governments can take on the risk of cost, impacts and potential failures because markets don’t punish governments, they punish entrepreneurs. Until the late 20 Century, the primary reason for governments to sponsor discovery was war. During the Pax Americana, we did manage to fund space exploration, Medicine, and energy research with altruistic goals, but that all went away on 9/11. Every new technology eventually gets repurposed in war, just look at drone technology in Ukraine or civil aviation on 9/11. What governments do best is fund research through government labs (think Oak Ridge), universities, institutes, and commercial interests (think vaccines). All of the systems Tesla uses for its computers (a Tesla is a computer on wheels) came out of a government lab or legacy commercial projects (think Bell Labs) funded by the government. What we have seen since the turn of the 21st century is crisis driven programs of national defense, not aspirational science designed to improve the human condition. If you want a flying car, make sure the technology is dual use so the crucible of war can be the anvil used to beat the sword into a plough.\n",
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When judges and the court system accepts police officer lies to cover up their criminal behaviors, you have a system that encourages the abuse and dishonesty. I had an officer follow me, pull me over, wrote a false ticket, came to court and told more falsehoods to the judge while under oath. The judge said, “I’m uncomfortable with the discrepancies in the officers report, but I still believe you are guilty.” I filed a complaint with the police department and appealed that decision to the higher court. The same officer came in and immediately asked to exclude the witnesses. Then proceeded to tell a second set of lies in front of the judge while under oath. He continued his new lies after the witnesses were brought back. The witnesses under oath contradicted his new lies and after it was clear the officer was lying, the judge found me “innocent”! I filed a second complaint with the second set of lies with the chief of police. Both officer reports could not be true. The chief took no action against the lying officer and said, “I don’t want to ruin a good officer’s career over ONE mistake.” If the officer would lie under oath about an $80 dollar ticket, what would they do if they kill a man, tell the truth?? This problem is so systemic that I was warned by a police officer that if anything happened to me, it would not be an accident, it would be the police. He said they hated me because I tried to hold them accountable.
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"content": "When judges and the court system accepts police officer lies to cover up their criminal behaviors, you have a system that encourages the abuse and dishonesty. I had an officer follow me, pull me over, wrote a false ticket, came to court and told more falsehoods to the judge while under oath. The judge said, “I’m uncomfortable with the discrepancies in the officers report, but I still believe you are guilty.” I filed a complaint with the police department and appealed that decision to the higher court. The same officer came in and immediately asked to exclude the witnesses. Then proceeded to tell a second set of lies in front of the judge while under oath. He continued his new lies after the witnesses were brought back. The witnesses under oath contradicted his new lies and after it was clear the officer was lying, the judge found me “innocent”! I filed a second complaint with the second set of lies with the chief of police. Both officer reports could not be true. The chief took no action against the lying officer and said, “I don’t want to ruin a good officer’s career over ONE mistake.” If the officer would lie under oath about an $80 dollar ticket, what would they do if they kill a man, tell the truth?? This problem is so systemic that I was warned by a police officer that if anything happened to me, it would not be an accident, it would be the police. He said they hated me because I tried to hold them accountable.\n",
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This an appetizer for what's to come. Microsoft invests billions in AI so that they can be the best robot in the world. And we humans will flock to this new technology like bees to a flower.Think about what the iPhone did to previous platforms.No more GPS, maps, cameras, recording devices etc. The only difference is that now the things being made obsolete will be people. Hoo ray for the future!
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"content": "This an appetizer for what's to come. Microsoft invests billions in AI so that they can be the best robot in the world. And we humans will flock to this new technology like bees to a flower.Think about what the iPhone did to previous platforms.No more GPS, maps, cameras, recording devices etc. The only difference is that now the things being made obsolete will be people. Hoo ray for the future!\n",
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SSanderson, I was disappointed that the state government allowed the cpuc to steal money out of the pockets of residential solar producers, by the bogus switch from paying 75% to the pittance 25%. Then I remembered PG&e must somehow pay their CEO 10 million. Per year. Then I remembered that Gavin will need the utility companies “donations “ in a presidential bid. That was my AHA moment.
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"content": "SSanderson, I was disappointed that the state government allowed the cpuc to steal money out of the pockets of residential solar producers, by the bogus switch from paying 75% to the pittance 25%. Then I remembered PG&e must somehow pay their CEO 10 million. Per year. Then I remembered that Gavin will need the utility companies “donations “ in a presidential bid. That was my AHA moment.\n",
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Now try walking in the other side's shoes: Their fears are well-founded. Part of the problem is lack of communication. The political right has its own jargon, which the left has to pry open in order to understand. They say 'woke,' which translated to the left actually means the ideas from what used to be known as the New Left of the 1960s. They are dismayed at what they view as a hypersensitivity on the left. They are not alone on that one; Europe sees that too.In the face of diversity, traditional America is about to fall by the wayside. The Anglo-American sub-culture which was once dominant, is quickly becoming viewed as if from another country. One does see in academia and college towns a prejudice against white males - there is an ignorant 'bumper sticker' left there. The CRT and antiracist literature does call for a redressing of our form of government to give nonwhites a say in drafting a new one. A strident Puritan ethos on the academic left makes it as illiberal as the alt-right. That can't be wallpapered over.There is a lot obviously that is illegitimate on the right. White dominance is a non-starter and it's unfair. Same with discrimination. Wanting a state religion is also unfair to those who by conscience don't adhere to the precepts of the candidates for it. What is getting lost on the left is a sense of justice in favor of revenge. What got lost on the right is that they never really represented traditional American culture. That is fair.
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"content": "Now try walking in the other side's shoes: Their fears are well-founded. Part of the problem is lack of communication. The political right has its own jargon, which the left has to pry open in order to understand. They say 'woke,' which translated to the left actually means the ideas from what used to be known as the New Left of the 1960s. They are dismayed at what they view as a hypersensitivity on the left. They are not alone on that one; Europe sees that too.In the face of diversity, traditional America is about to fall by the wayside. The Anglo-American sub-culture which was once dominant, is quickly becoming viewed as if from another country. One does see in academia and college towns a prejudice against white males - there is an ignorant 'bumper sticker' left there. The CRT and antiracist literature does call for a redressing of our form of government to give nonwhites a say in drafting a new one. A strident Puritan ethos on the academic left makes it as illiberal as the alt-right. That can't be wallpapered over.There is a lot obviously that is illegitimate on the right. White dominance is a non-starter and it's unfair. Same with discrimination. Wanting a state religion is also unfair to those who by conscience don't adhere to the precepts of the candidates for it. What is getting lost on the left is a sense of justice in favor of revenge. What got lost on the right is that they never really represented traditional American culture. That is fair.\n",
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Great Lakes Just a hunch.If it’s six weeks in advance she’s barely had an impact. She was announced Nov. 7th.The hunch derives from the NYT’s acquisition, which was announced Jan. 31st. The agreement included open access for an unspecified period, which I would suspect to be a year. After nearly a year of largely an unchanged game, minus a few words that didn’t fit the NYT, along with the recent addition of an editor I suspect evolution is afoot. We’ll soon find out, maybe.
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"content": "Great Lakes Just a hunch.If it’s six weeks in advance she’s barely had an impact. She was announced Nov. 7th.The hunch derives from the NYT’s acquisition, which was announced Jan. 31st. The agreement included open access for an unspecified period, which I would suspect to be a year. After nearly a year of largely an unchanged game, minus a few words that didn’t fit the NYT, along with the recent addition of an editor I suspect evolution is afoot. We’ll soon find out, maybe.\n",
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Did I miss the part where Mr Sasso explores where they got their ideas/beliefs. Who were there influences? $100 says 9 out of 10 listened to AM radio.
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"content": "Did I miss the part where Mr Sasso explores where they got their ideas/beliefs. Who were there influences? $100 says 9 out of 10 listened to AM radio.\n",
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Lets not mince words here. About a dozen or so republican crazies in the House - only a dozen- are about to drive America's and the world's economy off a cliff. This is an excellent and informative article about the nuances of raising the debt limit, and the serious consequences of not doing so. But after reading ii, I am much less ensconced in nuance and much more mired in outrage!Outrage, this is, at the republican party and their supporters. A massive $7.8 trillion was added to the national debt under president Trump! Nearly $8 Trillion!! And in those 4 years, there was not a peep from republicans about massive spending and the debt limit! Which should leave us with a nagging question. What good is today's republican party? Better yet, what good has it been for the last 60+ years!? ....Any doubts? Just look at the disastrous presidencies of the last 2 republican presidents for evidence!Pundits on cable claim that a functioning republican party is essential for democracy....No....Better for democracy is the collapse of this republican party and its replacement with another of a new name!!
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"content": "Lets not mince words here. About a dozen or so republican crazies in the House - only a dozen- are about to drive America's and the world's economy off a cliff. This is an excellent and informative article about the nuances of raising the debt limit, and the serious consequences of not doing so. But after reading ii, I am much less ensconced in nuance and much more mired in outrage!Outrage, this is, at the republican party and their supporters. A massive $7.8 trillion was added to the national debt under president Trump! Nearly $8 Trillion!! And in those 4 years, there was not a peep from republicans about massive spending and the debt limit! Which should leave us with a nagging question. What good is today's republican party? Better yet, what good has it been for the last 60+ years!? ....Any doubts? Just look at the disastrous presidencies of the last 2 republican presidents for evidence!Pundits on cable claim that a functioning republican party is essential for democracy....No....Better for democracy is the collapse of this republican party and its replacement with another of a new name!!\n",
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So, as the default drama plays out, short-term Treasury bill yields go up and long-term note and bond prices go down. For those big financial firms that invest billions in the government bond market this predictability will yield huge profits. My guess is that those firms are big contributors to the Republicans. If so, perhaps this explains their seemingly irrational flirting with default.
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Correct. And there have been so many others things that people like Mr. Brearth have chosen to ignore. Even before he took office Jared Krushner tried to open a secure back channel of communications with Russia at the Russian Embassy. Then there was that bizarre meeting in the White House where Trump met with the Russian ambassador and gave him confidential information. Of course there was also his first meeting with Putin when he sided with Putin over every US intelligence agency and would not allow a transcript of their conversation to be released. But most telling is that he has outstanding over $300m in loans that were fronted by Deutsche Bank but initiated from a Russian state owned bank. He is the best investment Putin ever made, and it is truly bizarre that republicans have chosen to ignore it.
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"content": "Correct. And there have been so many others things that people like Mr. Brearth have chosen to ignore. Even before he took office Jared Krushner tried to open a secure back channel of communications with Russia at the Russian Embassy. Then there was that bizarre meeting in the White House where Trump met with the Russian ambassador and gave him confidential information. Of course there was also his first meeting with Putin when he sided with Putin over every US intelligence agency and would not allow a transcript of their conversation to be released. But most telling is that he has outstanding over $300m in loans that were fronted by Deutsche Bank but initiated from a Russian state owned bank. He is the best investment Putin ever made, and it is truly bizarre that republicans have chosen to ignore it.\n",
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I left my senior level job of 10 years recently in large part because I had zero down time during my work day the last 4 years with Microsoft Teams IM a required tool. Prior to Teams, I kept the more basic IM off as it wasn’t required and I found it distracting. Because I managed many people and ran a large program, I would be hunted down for approvals, input and more every hour despite trying to establish times I wasn’t available. The people above me were constantly scheduling last minute meetings and calls and coordinating work in Teams hourly. I left on excellent terms, but was clear I needed to break from this model to prioritize my health. It’s been wonderful and life-changing to be away from this mad way of living every work day - as much as I miss my lovely colleagues. This way of working is without a doubt unsustainable.
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"content": "I left my senior level job of 10 years recently in large part because I had zero down time during my work day the last 4 years with Microsoft Teams IM a required tool. Prior to Teams, I kept the more basic IM off as it wasn’t required and I found it distracting. Because I managed many people and ran a large program, I would be hunted down for approvals, input and more every hour despite trying to establish times I wasn’t available. The people above me were constantly scheduling last minute meetings and calls and coordinating work in Teams hourly. I left on excellent terms, but was clear I needed to break from this model to prioritize my health. It’s been wonderful and life-changing to be away from this mad way of living every work day - as much as I miss my lovely colleagues. This way of working is without a doubt unsustainable.\n",
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K. During my eye-opening, disillusioning and acutely frustrating law school experience, I enrolled in an Animal Law course. The reading required was simply unbearable and I had to drop the course, despite knowing the tortured animals were long dead and beyond redress. Just reading about that degree of suffering was more than I could endure. I just finished listening to "Somersett", a detailed history of our nation's prioritizing unification and state's rights over abolition of slavery. It took the Civil War to end slavery and a true end to racist exploitation is still a work in progress. We are indeed a cruel species, in possession of too much power and too little respect for our brothers and sisters of all species.
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"content": "K. During my eye-opening, disillusioning and acutely frustrating law school experience, I enrolled in an Animal Law course. The reading required was simply unbearable and I had to drop the course, despite knowing the tortured animals were long dead and beyond redress. Just reading about that degree of suffering was more than I could endure. I just finished listening to \"Somersett\", a detailed history of our nation's prioritizing unification and state's rights over abolition of slavery. It took the Civil War to end slavery and a true end to racist exploitation is still a work in progress. We are indeed a cruel species, in possession of too much power and too little respect for our brothers and sisters of all species.\n",
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Tina Might be computer-generated. <a href="https://openai.com/blog/dall-e" target="_blank">https://openai.com/blog/dall-e</a>/I'd love to make the glove too... maybe someone could write the pattern?
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Dave -- "many people are already choking on high taxes". Check out the amount many poor people pay in taxes in proportion to their total income. The check out, using the newly available figures, the amount Trump paid in taxes in proportion to his income.The statement "many people are already choking on high taxes" is true, but incomplete. Many poor and middle-class people are "choking on high taxes" -- but the very wealthy are doing just fine with the taxes they pay.The Republican proposals, of course, call for cutting benefits and government spending on the poor and middle class, and doing nothing to increase the proportional amount of taxes the very wealthy pay. And Dave, you're all on board with that... are you a very wealthy 'coupon clipper', paying a fraction of the proportion of your income in taxes like the very wealthy? If you're just 'middle class' like me, why are you on the side of someone whose gross income is $10 million who pays .02% of it in taxes, when I pay 15% on my $100K? Proportionate, Dave, that's all I want. I want people making $10 million a years, from whatever origins, to pay their 15%, the same as me. And Dave, I'll bet they keep working and earning the $10 million even if they have to pay 15% of it in taxes instead of a fraction of 1%... "discouraging work" is propaganda. Ask anyone making $10 million if they'd quit if they only got to keep $8.5 million of it.
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"content": "Dave -- \"many people are already choking on high taxes\". Check out the amount many poor people pay in taxes in proportion to their total income. The check out, using the newly available figures, the amount Trump paid in taxes in proportion to his income.The statement \"many people are already choking on high taxes\" is true, but incomplete. Many poor and middle-class people are \"choking on high taxes\" -- but the very wealthy are doing just fine with the taxes they pay.The Republican proposals, of course, call for cutting benefits and government spending on the poor and middle class, and doing nothing to increase the proportional amount of taxes the very wealthy pay. And Dave, you're all on board with that... are you a very wealthy 'coupon clipper', paying a fraction of the proportion of your income in taxes like the very wealthy? If you're just 'middle class' like me, why are you on the side of someone whose gross income is $10 million who pays .02% of it in taxes, when I pay 15% on my $100K? Proportionate, Dave, that's all I want. I want people making $10 million a years, from whatever origins, to pay their 15%, the same as me. And Dave, I'll bet they keep working and earning the $10 million even if they have to pay 15% of it in taxes instead of a fraction of 1%... \"discouraging work\" is propaganda. Ask anyone making $10 million if they'd quit if they only got to keep $8.5 million of it.\n",
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I always call the local rental office to check and confirm after learning this tactic from a friend 20-odd years ago. Just a couple of weeks ago I purchased a vehicle that was 175 miles from home - Enterprise's web portal wouldn't set up a 1-way rental, but the local office did, picking me up and then the vehicle at the dealership.Also check with your airline for status matching - Delta and Hertz are travel partners for status as are Chase and Avis and National.And, use a credit card with travel protections - my Chase Sapphire Reserve has a great protection package (and a reimbursable $300 per membership year travel expense credit) as do several other travel-specific credit cards.
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"content": "I always call the local rental office to check and confirm after learning this tactic from a friend 20-odd years ago. Just a couple of weeks ago I purchased a vehicle that was 175 miles from home - Enterprise's web portal wouldn't set up a 1-way rental, but the local office did, picking me up and then the vehicle at the dealership.Also check with your airline for status matching - Delta and Hertz are travel partners for status as are Chase and Avis and National.And, use a credit card with travel protections - my Chase Sapphire Reserve has a great protection package (and a reimbursable $300 per membership year travel expense credit) as do several other travel-specific credit cards.\n",
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Brett, if that mythical couple from New York making 400k per year pay their taxes they probably won’t have to worry about an audit.
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"content": "Brett, if that mythical couple from New York making 400k per year pay their taxes they probably won’t have to worry about an audit.\n",
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John Harrington The books sold for $500 new. If you can find them, they now sell for thousands.Good luck!
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"content": "John Harrington The books sold for $500 new. If you can find them, they now sell for thousands.Good luck!\n",
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Lee Siegel A RaspberryPi is $10-$75 depending on the model. You can probably make your own crude vertical motion sensor with a magnet and a coil for a few dollars + solid state accelerometers (MEMS devices) for not much more. But it takes expertise, calibration + lots of trial and error and software to put it all together in a product that works reliably and consistently for many people. And such devices are never going to sell in millions to benefit from economy of scale. In my opinion $300 is a very good price. Note: I have no connection with the company, nor do I own this device or plan to.
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"content": "Lee Siegel A RaspberryPi is $10-$75 depending on the model. You can probably make your own crude vertical motion sensor with a magnet and a coil for a few dollars + solid state accelerometers (MEMS devices) for not much more. But it takes expertise, calibration + lots of trial and error and software to put it all together in a product that works reliably and consistently for many people. And such devices are never going to sell in millions to benefit from economy of scale. In my opinion $300 is a very good price. Note: I have no connection with the company, nor do I own this device or plan to.\n",
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I am curious to know whether freight and cargo ships and pleasure yachts are held to the same standards? I also wonder if whether after several hundred years of open seas with ships taking months and years to travel port to port without hull inspection, if this effort is not too late? I am no fan of enormous pleasure cruise ships that cause all forms of other damages but my most cynical self also wonders if this is not a means, by island nations, to extract huge sums of money out of cruise ship companies. It is the the dead of winter in the north. Yes, I probably need a margarita and a palm tree.
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"content": "I am curious to know whether freight and cargo ships and pleasure yachts are held to the same standards? I also wonder if whether after several hundred years of open seas with ships taking months and years to travel port to port without hull inspection, if this effort is not too late? I am no fan of enormous pleasure cruise ships that cause all forms of other damages but my most cynical self also wonders if this is not a means, by island nations, to extract huge sums of money out of cruise ship companies. It is the the dead of winter in the north. Yes, I probably need a margarita and a palm tree.\n",
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avrds This is hyperbole. It's whataboutism in the extreme. Come on. Please. Name a candidates who's made up this much. Santos lied about everything from his "Jew-ish" heritage to working for Goldman Sachs, having an income of $750,000 (even though he was evicted twice for not paying rent) and having assets worth millions in Rio, including an apartment. Santos is such a pathological liar he makes Trump look like St. Augustine after he converted from his playboy years.
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"content": "avrds This is hyperbole. It's whataboutism in the extreme. Come on. Please. Name a candidates who's made up this much. Santos lied about everything from his \"Jew-ish\" heritage to working for Goldman Sachs, having an income of $750,000 (even though he was evicted twice for not paying rent) and having assets worth millions in Rio, including an apartment. Santos is such a pathological liar he makes Trump look like St. Augustine after he converted from his playboy years.\n",
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I’m a retired engineer; worked in the field of microwave semiconductor technology for decades (1983-2017). For years I was one of those bunny-suited dweebs working in a clean room. So, yes, I understand what this all means.Fantastic to see Biden and the Dems pushing for this resurgence in US semiconductor technology and manufacturing. But, aside from just a handful of Republicans breaking with their party: vote was 243 to 187 in the House, with 24 Republicans voting in yeah. The same bill passed the Senate 64 to 33, with 17 Republican yeahs.The point is, a supermajority of Republicans opposed the CHIPS Act. Tell me again what sort of manufacturing—besides guns and oil and gas-drilling equipment—Republicans actively support?The education aspect of CHIPS cannot be overstated. I have a MS in Electrical Engineering. I did OK in my career, but tell me why anyone would want to jeopardize a budding career as a Wall Street “quant” making well into six figures for a lowly job in the semiconductor industry that may be scuttled if and when the GOP again controls the levers of government? And where will all the promising high-school grads come from when the GOP is dismantling our entire public-education system? THAT is what keeps me up at night. The payoff for investments in education, STEM, and high-tech manufacturing is measured in decades, not election cycles.
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"content": "I’m a retired engineer; worked in the field of microwave semiconductor technology for decades (1983-2017). For years I was one of those bunny-suited dweebs working in a clean room. So, yes, I understand what this all means.Fantastic to see Biden and the Dems pushing for this resurgence in US semiconductor technology and manufacturing. But, aside from just a handful of Republicans breaking with their party: vote was 243 to 187 in the House, with 24 Republicans voting in yeah. The same bill passed the Senate 64 to 33, with 17 Republican yeahs.The point is, a supermajority of Republicans opposed the CHIPS Act. Tell me again what sort of manufacturing—besides guns and oil and gas-drilling equipment—Republicans actively support?The education aspect of CHIPS cannot be overstated. I have a MS in Electrical Engineering. I did OK in my career, but tell me why anyone would want to jeopardize a budding career as a Wall Street “quant” making well into six figures for a lowly job in the semiconductor industry that may be scuttled if and when the GOP again controls the levers of government? And where will all the promising high-school grads come from when the GOP is dismantling our entire public-education system? THAT is what keeps me up at night. The payoff for investments in education, STEM, and high-tech manufacturing is measured in decades, not election cycles.\n",
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When I was looking for a therapist to treat my depression, I called the physician who was head of NIMH to ask for a referral. (No I didn't not know him but he had a very impressive national reputation). He asked me some questions and then said "I recommend you see this person." I said can I have one or two additional names in case this person doesn't have an opening? He replied "If he doesn't have an opening, tell him the referral came from me and say you'll wait till he has an opening."This kind of stuff can sound like being uncooperative but in my case, it led me to the person who became my therapist for 17 years. He was outstanding in every way. Therapy with him saved my life.This was when I was in my 30s. I'm in my 70s now and I often feel waves of gratitude that I wound up with the therapist I did. I needed to wait for an appointment but he was the right guy.Therapy is a huge investment of time and money. Be careful about getting a referral and be prepared to wait. Also make an initial appointment with someone involve some carefully considered questions. Even if the questions don't turn out to be useful, its better to have the questions to start a discussion instead of just walking in and having no idea what to ask.I guess my recommendation here is be careful who you ask for the referral and then be prepared to wait for an opening. A really good therapist may not be able to schedule you immediately, you may need to wait for a while.
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"content": "When I was looking for a therapist to treat my depression, I called the physician who was head of NIMH to ask for a referral. (No I didn't not know him but he had a very impressive national reputation). He asked me some questions and then said \"I recommend you see this person.\" I said can I have one or two additional names in case this person doesn't have an opening? He replied \"If he doesn't have an opening, tell him the referral came from me and say you'll wait till he has an opening.\"This kind of stuff can sound like being uncooperative but in my case, it led me to the person who became my therapist for 17 years. He was outstanding in every way. Therapy with him saved my life.This was when I was in my 30s. I'm in my 70s now and I often feel waves of gratitude that I wound up with the therapist I did. I needed to wait for an appointment but he was the right guy.Therapy is a huge investment of time and money. Be careful about getting a referral and be prepared to wait. Also make an initial appointment with someone involve some carefully considered questions. Even if the questions don't turn out to be useful, its better to have the questions to start a discussion instead of just walking in and having no idea what to ask.I guess my recommendation here is be careful who you ask for the referral and then be prepared to wait for an opening. A really good therapist may not be able to schedule you immediately, you may need to wait for a while.\n",
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fatboyfatboy The infrastructure you refer to is not just built for 13 million (to use a random number), but actually designed for that. I.E. suburban development falls apart over a certain size. If we want infrastructure for 40 million we are going to have to get away from the suburban, car-centric model. It is not financially viable, and it is not physically viable.
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"content": "fatboyfatboy The infrastructure you refer to is not just built for 13 million (to use a random number), but actually designed for that. I.E. suburban development falls apart over a certain size. If we want infrastructure for 40 million we are going to have to get away from the suburban, car-centric model. It is not financially viable, and it is not physically viable.\n",
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Really should not be a surprise as if you give away something for free or low cost using other people’s money you will have lines down Collins avenue…..many people have large 401 k balances and hundreds of thousands of dollars in home equity yet they are getting free insurance paid for by others….a friend husband recently passed away….she received $750,000 from life insurance, home equity of $550,000 with no mortgage and a 401k with over $650,000 and she and sons have a Mercedes plan and pay nothing for coverage!
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"content": "Really should not be a surprise as if you give away something for free or low cost using other people’s money you will have lines down Collins avenue…..many people have large 401 k balances and hundreds of thousands of dollars in home equity yet they are getting free insurance paid for by others….a friend husband recently passed away….she received $750,000 from life insurance, home equity of $550,000 with no mortgage and a 401k with over $650,000 and she and sons have a Mercedes plan and pay nothing for coverage!\n",
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Robert G,But democrats proved this last midterm that it can be done, we can take the house and expand our majority in the Senate. Like they say in the investment business, past performance isn't indicative of future performance.
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"content": "Robert G,But democrats proved this last midterm that it can be done, we can take the house and expand our majority in the Senate. Like they say in the investment business, past performance isn't indicative of future performance.\n",
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Why do all of the so-called experts never mention FHA loans, with 3.5% down? I really object to omitting this very important resource and continuing the inaccuracy that home ownership is out of reach for most people.Most locations have at least a few condos that are under $350k, which would only require about a $12k down payment.
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"content": "Why do all of the so-called experts never mention FHA loans, with 3.5% down? I really object to omitting this very important resource and continuing the inaccuracy that home ownership is out of reach for most people.Most locations have at least a few condos that are under $350k, which would only require about a $12k down payment.\n",
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Donald was involved in every part of the Weisselberg scheme - Michael Cohen is speaking on MSNBC - obviously it's all money, Alan routinely got a half-million dollar bonus every Xmas. Cohen says AW should have given up all the goods on Trump's family. Could not have been anyone else but Donald's decision to do any of this. There's a belief (by Trump) that there is never going to be any repercussions. Trump weaponized the Justice Dept against his enemies, now the (House GOP) is going to go against Trump's enemies.Cohen's summation: AW is (simply) a bookkeeper whose loyalty made him a rich CFO. 100 days at Riker's will not be an easy stint, however, for a 75 year old man. Can the MAGAs in the House patch this over? Or is the dam finally breaking? I'm also 75 and I'm wondering if I'll see the answer.
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"content": "Donald was involved in every part of the Weisselberg scheme - Michael Cohen is speaking on MSNBC - obviously it's all money, Alan routinely got a half-million dollar bonus every Xmas. Cohen says AW should have given up all the goods on Trump's family. Could not have been anyone else but Donald's decision to do any of this. There's a belief (by Trump) that there is never going to be any repercussions. Trump weaponized the Justice Dept against his enemies, now the (House GOP) is going to go against Trump's enemies.Cohen's summation: AW is (simply) a bookkeeper whose loyalty made him a rich CFO. 100 days at Riker's will not be an easy stint, however, for a 75 year old man. Can the MAGAs in the House patch this over? Or is the dam finally breaking? I'm also 75 and I'm wondering if I'll see the answer.\n",
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