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Dr. Krugman is missing the point. The average family is feeling, experiencing and dealing with each day. The price of food is off the charts, normal everyday goods needed at the home are overpriced, gas, oil, propane, electricity, and other residential services that are required each month are to costly. Interest rates are so high that the price of home ownership is out-of-reach, and if you own a home its value has decreased. If you have a home equity loan to help with essentials that used to cost you $95/mo., it is now costing you $375/mo., which prevents families from purchasing other essentials like medical and dental care, prescriptions, better insurance coverages for heath, home and auto. Your place of secure employment is no longer secure. Real everyday families live in real-time and experience each day as it effects their family’s well-being and bank accounts. The economy may be improving on your spreadsheet but try living in the shoes of real American family providers and then you will feel the real economy that everyone else is experiencing. The Biden administration’s policies have essentially given banks, mortgage companies, credit unions and the like a multi-billion-dollar windfall at the expense of honest working American families and are breaking the backs of the middle class. To answer your original question, no we will not notice your improving economy until it is actually improving at the nuts and bolts level of American families.
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I live in FL. The housing prices are too high. The education is tampered with for political gain-see New College mess. No laws have been enacted to address serious problems such as lack of health care for single poor. The wages are low - I am a social worker and do not net $3000 a month. My rent is $1350, FPL is approaching $200, and water is $125. My rent is "cheap" because my house needs all new windows. Ron "Always playing to MAGA base has done nothing to address these problems. I seriously thought of moving to GA.
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"content": "I live in FL. The housing prices are too high. The education is tampered with for political gain-see New College mess. No laws have been enacted to address serious problems such as lack of health care for single poor. The wages are low - I am a social worker and do not net $3000 a month. My rent is $1350, FPL is approaching $200, and water is $125. My rent is \"cheap\" because my house needs all new windows. Ron \"Always playing to MAGA base has done nothing to address these problems. I seriously thought of moving to GA.\n",
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Bradford McCormick For decades the West including the US have encouraged Russia to integrate into the World economy - so your false statement about the US trying to destroy its economy in the past is total propaganda. As for NATO expansion, putin has just proven that it certainly needed to expand - Russia wants to enslave its boarding countries. Now that putin is murdering and torturing even children (!) any sane country should try to block Russian exports.
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"content": "Bradford McCormick For decades the West including the US have encouraged Russia to integrate into the World economy - so your false statement about the US trying to destroy its economy in the past is total propaganda. As for NATO expansion, putin has just proven that it certainly needed to expand - Russia wants to enslave its boarding countries. Now that putin is murdering and torturing even children (!) any sane country should try to block Russian exports.\n",
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Mkucstars I'm growing weary of blaming inflation on giant, faceless corporations. Sure, it's easy to blame someone else, that's how Rush Limbaugh made a living. Most inflation is from local companies.Let me give you a concrete example. Took the wife and kids to a mid-tier non-chain restaurant for lunch last week. No alcohol, just four entrees and 3 sodas (I outgrew soda). Bill with tip was $153. Then I bought a cross-country airplane ticket. Not one of those super-saver ones where you can't choose a seat, must sit in the back in the middle with no overhead compartment, just a regular seat on a major airline. It was only $179. Slightly more than lunch.Another example. Got a quote for a bathroom remodel from a local contractor. It was eye-popping. Basically 1/4 the cost of a small home. No thanks. I can buy the best tools and supplies in the world and do it myself for far less.
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"content": "Mkucstars I'm growing weary of blaming inflation on giant, faceless corporations. Sure, it's easy to blame someone else, that's how Rush Limbaugh made a living. Most inflation is from local companies.Let me give you a concrete example. Took the wife and kids to a mid-tier non-chain restaurant for lunch last week. No alcohol, just four entrees and 3 sodas (I outgrew soda). Bill with tip was $153. Then I bought a cross-country airplane ticket. Not one of those super-saver ones where you can't choose a seat, must sit in the back in the middle with no overhead compartment, just a regular seat on a major airline. It was only $179. Slightly more than lunch.Another example. Got a quote for a bathroom remodel from a local contractor. It was eye-popping. Basically 1/4 the cost of a small home. No thanks. I can buy the best tools and supplies in the world and do it myself for far less.\n",
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| no | Classification | 2,937 |
Mor "But Democrats are so invested in virtue signaling that they have to portray their political enemies as evil, not just mistaken".And this does not describe the Republicans as well? Come on.To my mind, the Republicans are much better team players. They stick together (though not as much lately) even though it is mostly lies that bind them.<a href="https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-the-science-of-blue-lies-may-explain-trumps-support" target="_blank">https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-the-science-of-blue-lies-may-explain-trumps-support</a>/The Democrats on the other hand seem far worse organized. It was almost surprising they stayed together on the House vote for Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker.
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"content": "Mor \"But Democrats are so invested in virtue signaling that they have to portray their political enemies as evil, not just mistaken\".And this does not describe the Republicans as well? Come on.To my mind, the Republicans are much better team players. They stick together (though not as much lately) even though it is mostly lies that bind them.<a href=\"https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-the-science-of-blue-lies-may-explain-trumps-support\" target=\"_blank\">https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/how-the-science-of-blue-lies-may-explain-trumps-support</a>/The Democrats on the other hand seem far worse organized. It was almost surprising they stayed together on the House vote for Hakeem Jeffries for Speaker.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 7,163 |
Ukraine will lose this war and when it finally dawns on the people that they have lost, there will be nothing left of their country. It's already a ruined place. No industry, no economic output or investment. The entire government dependent on handouts. Hundreds of thousands of the armed services dead and wounded. They are being used as pawns in this disastrous proxy war initiated and provoked by the U.S. and NATO for this insane attempt of regime change in Russia. It has ruined Europe's economies and accelerated the rise of China and India as well as the BRICS economic alliance that is replacing the West's position in the world. The sooner we stop this the better chance we have of reversing this decline of the West and the rise of the East.
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"content": "Ukraine will lose this war and when it finally dawns on the people that they have lost, there will be nothing left of their country. It's already a ruined place. No industry, no economic output or investment. The entire government dependent on handouts. Hundreds of thousands of the armed services dead and wounded. They are being used as pawns in this disastrous proxy war initiated and provoked by the U.S. and NATO for this insane attempt of regime change in Russia. It has ruined Europe's economies and accelerated the rise of China and India as well as the BRICS economic alliance that is replacing the West's position in the world. The sooner we stop this the better chance we have of reversing this decline of the West and the rise of the East.\n",
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| no | Classification | 3,193 |
Where was the outrage of these born again Republican deficit hawks when their President Trump was putting $7.8 trillion of debt on the nation's credit card?THAT is whose debt these loose canon Republicans are refusing to pay: Republican debt.Did Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling during the Trump administration? Or did these same Republicans vote to pass the Republican tax cuts for the rich deficit budgets?But because there is now a Democratic President in the White House, they think they can con the American public into believing the national debt is the Democrat's fault. Just look it up online, national debt by president and political party, and you will see who the Big Spenders of your tax money really are. The Democrats are the real fiscally conservative political party.
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"content": "Where was the outrage of these born again Republican deficit hawks when their President Trump was putting $7.8 trillion of debt on the nation's credit card?THAT is whose debt these loose canon Republicans are refusing to pay: Republican debt.Did Republicans refuse to raise the debt ceiling during the Trump administration? Or did these same Republicans vote to pass the Republican tax cuts for the rich deficit budgets?But because there is now a Democratic President in the White House, they think they can con the American public into believing the national debt is the Democrat's fault. Just look it up online, national debt by president and political party, and you will see who the Big Spenders of your tax money really are. The Democrats are the real fiscally conservative political party.\n",
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I an admittedly natural cynic. Especially so when it comes to politics. I have to wonder if Santos’ campaign wasn’t an attempt to provide funding to designated candidates using the faux candidacy of a long shot who’d lost in a previous run. Why this sleepy little district? It’s far from a hotbed of activism. Why a candidate who had already been beaten here? Aren’t there any existing potential candidates among other local offices? The area has a NYC council district, a NYC Community Board. The City of Glen Cove. Several villages with engaged citizens. Why a candidate with no real ties to the district? Santos has no discernible business or leadership experience either. Financially, I wonder about the source of the $700,000 he loaned his campaign as well as the movement of contributions into and out of his campaign fund. Were funds illegally contributed to others’ campaigns to hide their sources and/or amounts? Note that the official residence of the Russian Embassy is located within this CD.
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"content": "I an admittedly natural cynic. Especially so when it comes to politics. I have to wonder if Santos’ campaign wasn’t an attempt to provide funding to designated candidates using the faux candidacy of a long shot who’d lost in a previous run. Why this sleepy little district? It’s far from a hotbed of activism. Why a candidate who had already been beaten here? Aren’t there any existing potential candidates among other local offices? The area has a NYC council district, a NYC Community Board. The City of Glen Cove. Several villages with engaged citizens. Why a candidate with no real ties to the district? Santos has no discernible business or leadership experience either. Financially, I wonder about the source of the $700,000 he loaned his campaign as well as the movement of contributions into and out of his campaign fund. Were funds illegally contributed to others’ campaigns to hide their sources and/or amounts? Note that the official residence of the Russian Embassy is located within this CD.\n",
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In support of Roth, I would just like to point out that his father's donation of $250m clearly had absolutely no connection with Jared Kushner's admission to Harvard.
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"content": "In support of Roth, I would just like to point out that his father's donation of $250m clearly had absolutely no connection with Jared Kushner's admission to Harvard.\n",
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Marc Thank you for pointing this out! I am at my wits end with my students about this. Although through their own experience/experiments they have debunked them on their own. For example, if you a truly a "visual learner" only and you invest in hours of review videos then why are you unable to apply the concepts discussed in those videos on a deep level AND expand/extrapolate the information to other systems/problems/situations?Gathering the information is only one step, others are integrating the new material with previous knowledge, practicing the new skill and finally applying your expanded knowledge to new scenarios.
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"content": "Marc Thank you for pointing this out! I am at my wits end with my students about this. Although through their own experience/experiments they have debunked them on their own. For example, if you a truly a \"visual learner\" only and you invest in hours of review videos then why are you unable to apply the concepts discussed in those videos on a deep level AND expand/extrapolate the information to other systems/problems/situations?Gathering the information is only one step, others are integrating the new material with previous knowledge, practicing the new skill and finally applying your expanded knowledge to new scenarios.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,199 |
Please stop repeating the tired narrative that Djokovic missed last year's Aussie Open as he was unvaccinated. He missed it because he LIED about his status and was denied admission to the country for LYING.
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"content": "Please stop repeating the tired narrative that Djokovic missed last year's Aussie Open as he was unvaccinated. He missed it because he LIED about his status and was denied admission to the country for LYING.\n",
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The charter of any investment bank allows for two things only, advising on M&A activity and the underwriting of securities, an inherent conflict. Then toss in an investment advisory arm, whose unregistered practitioner was once known as Bernie Madoff. And to which of those three entities does the equity capital markets division report? Goldman is like a credit-card statement, intentionally opaque, for nefarious purposes. These are the same guys who once short-sold *their own product*. And without TARP, Treasury Secy Hank Paulson's entire portfolio would have been wiped out. Hank, of course, authored TARP himself, in one weekend only, then told everyone there was no time to read it.
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"content": "The charter of any investment bank allows for two things only, advising on M&A activity and the underwriting of securities, an inherent conflict. Then toss in an investment advisory arm, whose unregistered practitioner was once known as Bernie Madoff. And to which of those three entities does the equity capital markets division report? Goldman is like a credit-card statement, intentionally opaque, for nefarious purposes. These are the same guys who once short-sold *their own product*. And without TARP, Treasury Secy Hank Paulson's entire portfolio would have been wiped out. Hank, of course, authored TARP himself, in one weekend only, then told everyone there was no time to read it.\n",
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| no | Classification | 3,684 |
Shappy0 It's definitely a trade-off between ventilation and heating/cooling efficiency, but you are correct that better ventilation can prevent the spread of disease. When I came down with COVID last summer, we kept our windows open despite the heat, and my husband never contracted it. Just used a fan to stay reasonably comfortable.
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"content": "Shappy0 It's definitely a trade-off between ventilation and heating/cooling efficiency, but you are correct that better ventilation can prevent the spread of disease. When I came down with COVID last summer, we kept our windows open despite the heat, and my husband never contracted it. Just used a fan to stay reasonably comfortable.\n",
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In one article “U.S. Pours Money Into Chips” it talks about companies investing $200 billion and the US government putting up $76 billion (CHIPS Act) in grants, tax credits and other subsidies to encourage domestic chip production.The next article “OK, Mexico, Save Me”, it states how the apparel industry is considering moving from China to Mexico for production; out-sourcing to near-sourcing. What I don’t see suggested in the latter article is the US apaprel industry, nor the federal government stepping up to invest/promote bringing back apparel manufacturing to the US. I don’t see any companies suggesting they’ll be spending R&D dollars for developing any type of technologies to automate clothing production, the only way production will return.We’re now importing 98%+ of apparel, whether it’s out/near sourcing, it’s not on-shoring. US based apparel companies need to step up and invest in technologies that have the potential to change this. Just Do It, Now!
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"content": "In one article “U.S. Pours Money Into Chips” it talks about companies investing $200 billion and the US government putting up $76 billion (CHIPS Act) in grants, tax credits and other subsidies to encourage domestic chip production.The next article “OK, Mexico, Save Me”, it states how the apparel industry is considering moving from China to Mexico for production; out-sourcing to near-sourcing. What I don’t see suggested in the latter article is the US apaprel industry, nor the federal government stepping up to invest/promote bringing back apparel manufacturing to the US. I don’t see any companies suggesting they’ll be spending R&D dollars for developing any type of technologies to automate clothing production, the only way production will return.We’re now importing 98%+ of apparel, whether it’s out/near sourcing, it’s not on-shoring. US based apparel companies need to step up and invest in technologies that have the potential to change this. Just Do It, Now!\n",
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| yes | Classification | 8,498 |
I took a $15,000 cruise 9 years ago. I debated whether I should allow the cruise line make my travel arrangements or do them myself and decided to go with the cruise company. Am I glad I did. I had to take one airline to a European country and transfer to another airline to get to my port in still another country. The first airline went on strike two days before my departure flight and all I had to do is phone and speak to a cruise travel agent and I was on another even more convenient flight to Europe and everything was arranged at the other end. Had I gone with trying to save a few pennies, I would have possibly run into big problems.
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"content": "I took a $15,000 cruise 9 years ago. I debated whether I should allow the cruise line make my travel arrangements or do them myself and decided to go with the cruise company. Am I glad I did. I had to take one airline to a European country and transfer to another airline to get to my port in still another country. The first airline went on strike two days before my departure flight and all I had to do is phone and speak to a cruise travel agent and I was on another even more convenient flight to Europe and everything was arranged at the other end. Had I gone with trying to save a few pennies, I would have possibly run into big problems.\n",
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Isn’t this just a wonderful, warm and fuzzy, feel good story? No. Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy Mr. Hamlin is recovering. Whether he ever plays football again is an open question. More importantly is his recovery and whether he will be little more than an afterthought in the NFL in a few years.I know most people think professional sports athletes are paid too much. But for the NFL, most players are the cannon fodder that runs the game. For every Tom Brady playing for 20 years and making hundreds of millions to a billion dollars, the average playing career is less than 2 years, playing at close to the league minimum of $660,000, then being cut or retiring because of injuries. All while the NFL is the most profitable professional sports league. All the owners are billionaires who are guaranteed to make money with their totes even if their teams are perennially losers.Again, I hope Mr. Hamlin fully recovers.
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"content": "Isn’t this just a wonderful, warm and fuzzy, feel good story? No. Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy Mr. Hamlin is recovering. Whether he ever plays football again is an open question. More importantly is his recovery and whether he will be little more than an afterthought in the NFL in a few years.I know most people think professional sports athletes are paid too much. But for the NFL, most players are the cannon fodder that runs the game. For every Tom Brady playing for 20 years and making hundreds of millions to a billion dollars, the average playing career is less than 2 years, playing at close to the league minimum of $660,000, then being cut or retiring because of injuries. All while the NFL is the most profitable professional sports league. All the owners are billionaires who are guaranteed to make money with their totes even if their teams are perennially losers.Again, I hope Mr. Hamlin fully recovers.\n",
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I really enjoyed the comments on this article. They brought back a memory of the time my wife and I lived in a small coastal tourist town jn Oregon and couldn’t find a good wine at a reasonable price. We played with the idea of opening a wine bar. We were going to offer a variety of wines at $2-$3 a glass, no bottles over $9. We would call the bar "The Working Glass", and write pretentious reviews like, "Easy to gulp, with a smooth swallow, notes of Metallica, and lingering fragrance of your sister’s gym shorts".
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I was raised a devout Catholic in the 50's but by 1962, when I spent nine months being physically and emotionally abused by a nun while my father was hospitalized and near death that entire time, my eyes were opened.It sounds awful but it transformed my life by freeing me from the delusions of religion. Once that spell was broken there was no going back.I became a "devout atheist". By that I mean someone who pursues spirituality not through religion but through deep contemplation of the universe and its glory, not myths of virgin births, ascents into "heaven" and the endless misogyny of the Abrahamic religions.I have no idea what will happen to me after I am reabsorbed into universe as my atoms disperse into quarks, muons, Higgs bosons. But it's a lot more fun that worrying about the eternal fires of hell.
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I don’t know.Why would Saudi Arabia GIVE Jared Kushner 2 BILLION dollars when every investment organization in SA said it was a bad investment? Do you think it could have been a bribe to thank the Trumps for backing the Price who oversaw the murder and dismemberment of a US citizen, and ignoring it?
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Scott Thompson I couldn't agree more. After retiring, the windows of the world opened wide. In our jobs we sometimes have tunnel vision, focused entirely on work. In retirement, my friends and I have embraced things we loved in our younger days: painting, music, volunteering, travel, learning. As you say, to find meaning and purpose in new endeavors brings joy AND enlightenment.
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And Penguin RH had absolutely no idea, not a clue, the Guardian had obtained a pre-pub copy? Hard to believe.What a turn of events. H and M are now reliant on the very industry they railed against to maintain their lavish lifestyle. What gets lost here are the amounts of money negotiated to keep this drama going. Oprah got the ball rolling as she reportedly took in 7m for her pandemic special. 100m from Netflix. Sounds like trashing the family is good for business.And now the “I want daddy and Willy back” book tour!?!
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"content": "And Penguin RH had absolutely no idea, not a clue, the Guardian had obtained a pre-pub copy? Hard to believe.What a turn of events. H and M are now reliant on the very industry they railed against to maintain their lavish lifestyle. What gets lost here are the amounts of money negotiated to keep this drama going. Oprah got the ball rolling as she reportedly took in 7m for her pandemic special. 100m from Netflix. Sounds like trashing the family is good for business.And now the “I want daddy and Willy back” book tour!?!\n",
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Allowing armed militia-types to parade inside retail stores is akin to yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater because it causes panic. At a glance no one can tell who is just chest-thumping and who may be there to kill as many innocent people as possible. Open carry is openly irresponsible.
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MidtownATL Biden has kept all of Trumps policies. Nothing changed except a few things.They call it open borders anyway. Fox the appendage of the Republican Party will lie anyway. And Republicans had two years to do something and did nothing but a wall that allows capitalist to import on visas and let them expire to create the slave labor they desire by denying rights and liberties.
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michael sullivan You should consider the possibility that their is natural gas in the ground under Ukraine, and the rich oligarchs care more about those natural resources, and how much money they can make in selling them, more so than any principles of nation, and what is Russian. I read somewhere that there may be 3 trillion Dollars worth of natural gas out in the sea in front of Crimea. That's all it is about, money.
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Elected officials make decisions that will affect us all, young and old. People need to pay attention and be informed before casting their votes. It is alarming that the new congress threatens to use cuts to social security and medicare as leverage to default on debt. The US has already spent the money and now must pay for it. These "entitlements" are something working people have paid into their entire lives. How dare they even consider doing this! If they are so concerned about spending they should consider forfeiting their salaries until the budget is under control.
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| no | Classification | 349 |
Susan. You are correct that the federal government injects huge amounts of money into healthcare. But that is not the only defining element of European social democratic healthcare. Along with the funding side, European governments also regulate procedures and costs, something that is anathema here. Republicans and many Democrats almost had apoplexy when drug pricing limits were proposed for just a couple drugs years in the future. We still throw huge sums at hospitals that build Taj Mahal facilities. And we never blink when hospital and insurance company CEOs receive multi-million dollar salaries. As a result, neither the government nor consumers get as much for their money in the United States.
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"content": "Susan. You are correct that the federal government injects huge amounts of money into healthcare. But that is not the only defining element of European social democratic healthcare. Along with the funding side, European governments also regulate procedures and costs, something that is anathema here. Republicans and many Democrats almost had apoplexy when drug pricing limits were proposed for just a couple drugs years in the future. We still throw huge sums at hospitals that build Taj Mahal facilities. And we never blink when hospital and insurance company CEOs receive multi-million dollar salaries. As a result, neither the government nor consumers get as much for their money in the United States.\n",
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump made $600 million during Trump's presidency. At its end, Kushner was given $2 billion by the Saudis.And you say Hunter Biden did what now? Filed his taxes late and may have lied about doing drugs? Got it.
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Lesley Gordon-Mountian You raised a basic issue: affordability. I have severe psoriasis and the biologic I take is a godsend. My skin is totally clear. Since I turned 65 and have Medicare, I found 2 years of copay support from a foundation. That ended the beginning of 2023. Now I will have to find a way to manage the $3000+ copay every other month. It's maddening to watch the MANY ads for these important drugs. Do less advertising and spend that money on patient access. Why increase demand if patients can't afford it?
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"Mr. Scholz and his party “want to keep a relationship with Russia and with Putin for the future".Why is it so that some leaders continues to equate Russia with Putin? Russia will probably remain as a country and people. But Putin and its terror regime is on the wrong side of history, now and forever. Why do any sane person want to invest in a future with Putin on the other side of the table, even if Russia would win the whole war in Ukraine? Russia can be a very different country in 10 years. Better for themselves and the rest of Europe. If the Russian army is beaten in Ukraine it will be so. Does Scholtz and Germany want to be remembered as one of the countries that contributed to this or as the country that dragged its feet and ended up on the wrong side of history...... again.
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$1.6 million is an insult to decent, law abiding citizens.
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Deborah Peifer the gift would be $16k per recipient. If there are four people living in the house, and each spouse gives to them, this would be $128,000 annually. I doubt there’s a tax problem.
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The Fed was incompetent leading into this painful debacle. They literally pioneered much of the early pandemic inflation.Everybody loved the massively excessive Fed candy and stimulus money including investors, home buyers, corporations needing loans, biz startups, and shoppers.The real estate market exploded as low rates caused a historic house buying stampede, driving prices sky high-er. But financial liquidity also translated to lots of extra spending money for buying all sorts of things as Chinese ships crowded Long Beach harbor waiting a month for a chance to unload.Plus a million US pandemic deaths sparked wage price rises as businesses competed to find workers who hadn't died, retired, gone sick or lazy with too much extra cash. Real estate inflation branched out into large price hikes in building materials and rents.Clearly the Fed bungled egregiously. They were like a generous candy man pusher telling us we wouldn't get addicted. As economists, they should have known that so much Fed candy was going to cause serious inflation toothaches.Then finally, the Fed harshly reversed face like Dr. Jeckyll becoming Mr. Hyde, our new drill and bill dentist drilling a Panama canal in our newly rotted rows of teeth all at once as we asked "is this necessary?" And they said "yes' as if they had no hand in the causation.The Fed 2% inflation goal is dangerously idealistic and comes with permanent harm for many. Dentist Hyde is biased in favor of pain to cure his deficit.
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“That” is your tax dollars at work, as the US military uses the NFL as a promotional partner.
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Look Ahead My sister-in-law, an intelligent woman whose politics veered right, died in a COVID ward when Jacksonville became the epicenter of the pandemic in the late summer of 2021. Skeptical of the pandemic and of the necessity of vaccines (despite all of our urgings), she waited too long to get the vaccine, testing positive whenever she went for the shot. So, yes, Florida was "open for business," but at what cost? She was just one of so many who believed DeSantis's minimizing the pandemic - and she paid with her life. For this, as well as a myriad of other reasons, DeSantis would never get my family's vote.
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Representative Lieu is right, but he underestimates the risk. AI can become a tool for countries, companies and even, in this time of amoral billionaires, powerful individuals to collect and analyze data on every individual. Few are aware, for example, that two or three companies maintain massive databases with the consumption habits of 200 million Americans gleaned from loyalty cards. If you use a loyalty card in a grocery store, you’re in this database that has been estimated to be several petabytes in size – equal to trillions of typed pages – about you and your family. "Why do I care if they know what cereal I buy?" you ask. But now add in facial-recognition and body-analysis software analyzing data from street-mounted cameras, phone location data, license plate trackers, public employment data, publicly scrapable reviews you post… Even if data is anonymized, AI enables computers to connect the dots and identify you, your family, your friends, your employment, dentist, OB-GYN and oil-change guy. Some of this is already happening in China, where individuals get social compliance scores that determine their access to employment, education and other resources. based on whether they comply with jaywalking laws, Covid lockdowns and other rules.Not all of this is happening, but all of it is, or will shortly be possible.
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My 14-year-old neice was visiting and supposed to fly home Christmas night. Her flight from COS-DEN cancelled, so I drove her to DEN where we sat for close to four hours before the DEN-IAD leg was cancelled. Two bags checked (one returned 1/5, the other still missing). $28 in short term parking, 164 miles RT at govt rate of 62.5 cents/mile. Tuesday SW flight was cancelled. Thursday SW flight cancelled (we were notified on Tuesday afternoon). Clothes and toiletries purchased, a United flight purchased and booked DEN to Philadelphia (closest flight available), mom had to drive to Philly from NoVa, I drove back to DEN, incurred another $28 in short term parking (United flight delay) and 164-mile RT. Still awaiting the return of the second bag (as of 1/7) and actual compensation for all expenses incurred. SW CEO and other C-suite execs should be canned with ZERO compensation if they cannot compensate customers for expenses incurred due to failing computer systems!
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Investor123 To get to the top federal rate you have to make at least $539,000, but the standard deduction is worth $12,950. So it's about $550,000 to reach the top. What will you pay total in taxes at that point if you are a New York City resident? $230,000 including federal, NYS, NYC, Social Security, and Medicare. That represents 43% of your wages, or what's called the effective tax rate. You're left with a mere $308,000 to live on, which is $843/day. Poor baby.
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It is the larger issue of gross income unfairness (which some call by the prejudicial name "inequality") that is the national issue which is tainting nearly everything in one way or another. Especially in locations so desirable like Florida, California, etc. where everyone with too much money wants to own a home and buy investment properties, we see living costs so high that ordinary middle-class working folks can not afford to live there anymore. My daughter, while she was working for a law firm in Ft. Lauderdale, had the responsibility for representing several of the small, grossly expensive communities in the Keys. It is a major problem there just to find a simple apartment for the lower income working people without which all of those expensive resorts could not function. This situation is like a national virus without a vaccine.Before we know it, the ultra wealthy and the corporations will own just about everything and all of us will either have to pay rent or buy a tent.
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"content": "It is the larger issue of gross income unfairness (which some call by the prejudicial name \"inequality\") that is the national issue which is tainting nearly everything in one way or another. Especially in locations so desirable like Florida, California, etc. where everyone with too much money wants to own a home and buy investment properties, we see living costs so high that ordinary middle-class working folks can not afford to live there anymore. My daughter, while she was working for a law firm in Ft. Lauderdale, had the responsibility for representing several of the small, grossly expensive communities in the Keys. It is a major problem there just to find a simple apartment for the lower income working people without which all of those expensive resorts could not function. This situation is like a national virus without a vaccine.Before we know it, the ultra wealthy and the corporations will own just about everything and all of us will either have to pay rent or buy a tent.\n",
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Anyone open carrying should be trailed by a police officer with their gun drawn, aimed at the carrier at all times. That is the only way that the public can be sure that the gun carrier won't have the element of surprise in killing someone. This policing cost would be paid for by a tax on guns and ammunition. Without the carrier's guard's gun drawn, the gun carrier would signal their intent by killing several people, before they were killed themselves.What a miserable nightmare the Supreme Court created.
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Florida Man V Too much money in politics? And Republicans oppose this?It was the right wing Republican who brought issue to supreme and the right wing Republican supreme court that affirmed “speech equal money”.I contribute $7 to a candidate; Betsy Vos, the Walton’s, Koch Bros, etc contribute millions and millions.The mythologizing about Republicans and free speech and “money out of politics” won’t wash.
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This article is too focused on b2c tech companies which over-invested hard assets using access to “cheap money”.The real big story right now is over-hiring by b2b software companies (almost all “SaaS” or software as a service). Carvana’s precipitous valuation decline is a sensational story for sure, but the issue that’s causing the most economic pain for individual employees is in b2b.Cash rich but profit poor b2b companies staffed up on an “anticipatory” basis in departments like sales and customer service (and the dept feeling the pain worst of all right now - talent/recruiting). They also felt pressure to do so from the competition for talent. Now, without the assurance of future access to that cheap money (or even uncheap money), they are being forced to make massive cuts to preserve cash runway (aka staying in business).The lessons learned for founders (and everyone):1) Raise as much money as you can, when you can. Founders who took smaller rounds during the good times (ie, pre mid-April’s bust last year) to reduce dilution are now kicking themselves.2) Build for the moment. Tomorrow is never promised, in life or in business. There’s no need to hire more people than you need for today and the next 3 months in anticipation of really needing them 6 or 12 months from now. If your business is doing well you’ll be able to hire them when the time comes.
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Casual Observer Does the silliness extend to silly celebrities like actors and models too?I think a person made of stronger stuff could have done a better job than Harry has done. Go off, live your life, and soon he'd have all the peace he so loudly claimed he wanted.Once he sold out in the basest way possible for money and turned vindictive, there is really nothing he could relate that would justify that to me especially since he started with many millions to begin with. No matter how bad your life is or how lousy others are to you, selling out for money is not the way to solve anything and just opens you up to more criticism that you ever imagined.
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"content": "Casual Observer Does the silliness extend to silly celebrities like actors and models too?I think a person made of stronger stuff could have done a better job than Harry has done. Go off, live your life, and soon he'd have all the peace he so loudly claimed he wanted.Once he sold out in the basest way possible for money and turned vindictive, there is really nothing he could relate that would justify that to me especially since he started with many millions to begin with. No matter how bad your life is or how lousy others are to you, selling out for money is not the way to solve anything and just opens you up to more criticism that you ever imagined.\n",
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Independent observer? Unable to understand simple numbers, simple facts are a serious stumbling block to you facing reality? In 12 years of GOP governorship our education system and school buildings have gone from the envy of the country to deterioration. Less than 2 years ago the governor turned down $95 million in federal COVID aid that would’ve gone to public school improvements. There is an all-out attempt to kill public education in Iowa. But there are more Birthers and election deniers in Iowa than any state north of the Mason-Dixon line. What don’t you get?
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Brett, My advice on the problems that you discuss very well is to pay attention to Socrates. He is right that we are already built in a population peak of 10 billion by 2080. So we need to plan for the fundamentals of food, shelter, water, and ENERGY for that number of people. China, and India are important portions of that 10 billion. Clearly, the populous countries and regions like China, Japan, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Europe and Africa, and Australia must pay attention to the fundamentals of using and conserving the planet's arable lands, water basins, and fisheries and non-fossil energy generators and labor-saving electric technologies including lighting so our species can continue to flourish and be happy while we are at it.I do the calculations over and over and I can promise you that it won't be easy. We must accelerate the evolution of technology and our standard of living or our species will lose the race against the thawing deposits of global warming gasses that you have had the good fortune of visiting. I think you foreign policy entrepreneurs need to figure out how we can knock off the military confrontations that are in process around the world, particularly the knuckleheaded Russian government's approach to increasing its wealth and power. China has a gender imbalance and needs to correct it they can open their borders to some of the beautiful young women who are seeking careers and they can export some of their men to labor-short countries.
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Microsoft is a monopoly that hasn’t innovated in this millennium.
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The most interesting thing that speaks to me in this article is the acknowledgment that indoor air quality is important.Some of us have been screaming from the rooftops that Covid is spread airborne and indoor ventilation and filtration are essential to stopping the spread. Can’t tell you how many times I’ve explained this to people and it’s like talking to the wall.Ventilation =opening a window, using a fan or vent to blow inside air out.Filtration = filtering indoor air with a HEPA filter Simple stuff but all I get are blank stares or whining about how cold it is.The same principles that apply to infectious disease apply to other noxious substances.Why all this emphasis on gas stoves instead of the larger picture of good indoor air quality?Simply vilifying gas stoves places the burden on the individual.If the same emphasis was placed on infectious disease, the government and businesses should rightfully be responsible for improving ALL indoor air quality but does not want to bear the financial implications.We don’t tolerate unsafe water.It’s time we stop tolerating unsafe air.Worried about gas stoves? Maybe you need to rethink the dangers of most unventilated crowded indoor air space.
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Mark You forget that the Article I powers are broadly stated and that Art. 1 Section 8 further broadens those powers via the Necessary & Proper Clause. Finally, you forget that the 13th, 14th, 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26 Amendments also provide Congress with additional authorities. Guess someone forgot to read the Constitution.You also falsely assume that a national government is like an individual in that they should only spend what they take in. First, why do you assume without argument that national governments are like individuals? In fact, we know they aren't. For example, most of us believe that individuals have no legal or moral right to imprison others. Yet, most accept that governments should do this. Second, basic economics demonstrates that in order to control our economy and further the public good, governments need to flexibility in times of war, recession, and depression to spend more than the they take in. Moreover, infrastructure investment often requires government to invest in the future.
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Brett and David almost said it out loud.Current politics is not Conservatives vs Liberals, it's populism vs institutions and authoritarianism vs classic liberalism.The conservative movement no longer believes in free and fair elections.Brett and David have a natural party, the classic liberal Democratic party who still believe in open elections and institutions. There's a reason college grads are jumping ship from the GOP. Brett and David sense it, but can't move past decades of out-of-date orthodoxy.
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I’m a broker with 20 years experience in California. Owning a home here has never penciled out, especially with upkeep and property taxes. Having said that, with appreciation, they do serve as a type of forced piggy bank that you break open upon selling.
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Landgirl Love Exit 30 rest stop. The coffee machine used to be run by a local outfit in Plattsburgh; the brew was fine but machines were faulty- I'd put in the coins and sadly watch as the coffee came through sans cup. It got to where I'd bring my own cup and shove it under the dispenser. I decided to drop the company a line, saying they owed me, as a lark. Two weeks later an envelope arrived in the mail with a $5.00 bill tucked inside! It was so sweet. About a year ago Exit 30 changed the machines- they work, but I really wish Plattsburgh could've kept that concession stop.
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Imisswalter34 I am familiar with Tails. Using Tails is useful because there will be no record of the entry. But wouldn't you expect the drives to be encrypted? Some organizations used tar on USB ports. Of course, you also need to alarm the case covers. You are correct that he was a contractor since he was admin. But theoretically, everyone has to go through the same security protocols. I was just responding to the complaint about whether our government tries to protect us. It is my understanding that they actually keep some zero-day holes open for their own purposes. But nothing stays secret forever.Stuxnet is the perfect example. It was exquisitely crafted, but eventually it was discovered. It is my understanding that after the Iranians were tipped off by Siemons, the Iranians repurposed it on us.
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Robert Jennings Because all 3 of the persons cited were government employees, doing personal business on government time at government expense, and entangled US policy with their business dealings. Evidence, you say? After Trump finally left the White House, Kushner received millions of dollars from the Saudi Crown Prince for a newly formed private equity firm, despite the fact that Saudi investors advised against it.Was it payback for Kusner's efforts for the Saudis while working in the WH or perhaps seeking future favor if Trump is re-elected? Hunter Bider was not a government employee at any time, nor is there any evidence he tried to steer US policy.
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Alaska View Yes, affordable co-pays just hides the problem. The insurance company still pays big Pharma 100s to 1000s of dollars, and that gets passed on to your employer, and that gets passed on to you, or effectively out of your paycheck. The cost (average) of medical care in the US is $8000/yr. Eventually, either by your insurance premiums or your copays or your out of pocket, all that gets passed down to you (on average).
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Mikes547 Several years ago my female relatives all started buying Coach bags. The logo was emblazoned all over the bags which was the draw. It advertised to anyone within sight, "I'm well-off enough to afford to buy a Coach bag!"I have too much Scot left in me to think spending many hundreds of dollars on bags and the like has value & is a good use of my limited & hard earned money. I could have saved & bought one but acquiring outer trappings to show others one has wealth (oftentimes even when one doesn't) has no appeal to me.One of my pet peeves is the insane amount money spent by celebrities attending numerous award & fashion shows. Most of the items will never be worn again. So many celebrities have causes but, instead of putting their money towards their causes, they spend eye opening amounts of money on things of extremely passing value (hours?) That money could help people in dire need. I'd love for them to start an off the rack movement in recognition of our modern word, the waste of resources, and the plight of the general population. A few years ago, there was some recycling of previously worn clothing but that has pretty much stopped. Surely they can save 10s of thousands of dollars and still find a way to be dressed to the nines. Besides, all the young women seem to wear little more than gauzy, see through materials (how much could that material cost?!) while still decrying being judged by their bodies and not their personhood & talent. Eye roll.
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"content": "Mikes547 Several years ago my female relatives all started buying Coach bags. The logo was emblazoned all over the bags which was the draw. It advertised to anyone within sight, \"I'm well-off enough to afford to buy a Coach bag!\"I have too much Scot left in me to think spending many hundreds of dollars on bags and the like has value & is a good use of my limited & hard earned money. I could have saved & bought one but acquiring outer trappings to show others one has wealth (oftentimes even when one doesn't) has no appeal to me.One of my pet peeves is the insane amount money spent by celebrities attending numerous award & fashion shows. Most of the items will never be worn again. So many celebrities have causes but, instead of putting their money towards their causes, they spend eye opening amounts of money on things of extremely passing value (hours?) That money could help people in dire need. I'd love for them to start an off the rack movement in recognition of our modern word, the waste of resources, and the plight of the general population. A few years ago, there was some recycling of previously worn clothing but that has pretty much stopped. Surely they can save 10s of thousands of dollars and still find a way to be dressed to the nines. Besides, all the young women seem to wear little more than gauzy, see through materials (how much could that material cost?!) while still decrying being judged by their bodies and not their personhood & talent. Eye roll.\n",
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That's What She Said Since most of the problem is going to continue to be from India, China, and Africa, adaptation is probably a good investment, sure none of those will be doing anything to reduce CO2 emissions anytime soon, if ever.
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Like many people and most naturally thin people, I grew up thinking that being fat was for lack of will power and a personal failing. My spouse is 6'2 and came back from a 16 month deployment in Iraq at under 140 lbs. Severely underweight. So much so that when a Burger King opened at the Baghdad airport, his Sgt. made him go there at least once a day to eat a combo meal in addition to whatever he was eating in the field. Fast forward 15 years. His BMI is obese and it as absolutely not from a lack of willpower. I cook all our meals from whole foods. We have soda as a treat perhaps a few times a year. He works out 5 days a week. We take 20 mile long thru-hikes in the summer months. He's more active than 90% of the population. I work out less than him and don't watch what I eat, but generally try to make healthy choices and my BMI is 19/20. The medications for PTSD are notorious for causing weight gain. (If anyone has a link for MDMA trials, let me know!) I suspect burn pit exposure has a hand to play in his rapid weight transformation, just as it caused chronic obstructive sleep apnea at 150 lbs. I'm happy these drugs are offering people hope and a chance at a longer and healthier life. It's time to drop blanket outdated stigmas and beliefs about weight. Shame, stigma and prejudice about weight has not improved outcomes.
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"content": "Like many people and most naturally thin people, I grew up thinking that being fat was for lack of will power and a personal failing. My spouse is 6'2 and came back from a 16 month deployment in Iraq at under 140 lbs. Severely underweight. So much so that when a Burger King opened at the Baghdad airport, his Sgt. made him go there at least once a day to eat a combo meal in addition to whatever he was eating in the field. Fast forward 15 years. His BMI is obese and it as absolutely not from a lack of willpower. I cook all our meals from whole foods. We have soda as a treat perhaps a few times a year. He works out 5 days a week. We take 20 mile long thru-hikes in the summer months. He's more active than 90% of the population. I work out less than him and don't watch what I eat, but generally try to make healthy choices and my BMI is 19/20. The medications for PTSD are notorious for causing weight gain. (If anyone has a link for MDMA trials, let me know!) I suspect burn pit exposure has a hand to play in his rapid weight transformation, just as it caused chronic obstructive sleep apnea at 150 lbs. I'm happy these drugs are offering people hope and a chance at a longer and healthier life. It's time to drop blanket outdated stigmas and beliefs about weight. Shame, stigma and prejudice about weight has not improved outcomes.\n",
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I'm one of the the ones that's benefited tremendously from Trump's and especially Biden's stimulus. I locked in a 15 year at 1.875% in 2021 effectively trimming my monthly payment by $800 from much higher rate 30 year. I had two new cars in 2019 so I didn't have to buy a new one at inflated prices. I use a credit card which gives me 7.5% onq groceries plus coupons and fuel points help keep my food and gas costs low. Now I'm just throwing as much money as I can into the market and t-bills.
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Garland Appoints Special Counsel to Investigate Handling of Biden Documents The appointment of Robert K. Hur comes two months after the attorney general named a special counsel to investigate former President Donald J. Trump’s mishandling of classified material. WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed a special counsel on Thursday to investigate how classified documents had ended up in President Biden’s private office and home, opening a new legal threat to the White House and providing ammunition to its Republican opponents. The appointment of Robert K. Hur comes two months after the attorney general named a special counsel to investigate former President Donald J. Trump’s mishandling of classified material.
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Whatever Yes, it comes from a POLITICO article titled, "Bidens earned $15 million in 2 years after Obama administration"<a href="https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/bidens-earned-15-million-after-obama-administration-1404153" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/09/bidens-earned-15-million-after-obama-administration-1404153</a>
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Jefflz Hard to fathom that the same media that hounded Hart from political life for the crime of adultery allowed... no, led the way and held open the door to the White House to... a twice divorced, credibly accused rapist and serial fraudster to almost end the republic.
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You can invest 100x that amount in the CIA-and you’d be throwing it down a giant sinkhole. None of the peoples you mentioned offer the US what Israel offers it- access to top notch military industrial and intelligence community in Israel. The US govt doesn’t care about the intellectual issues you care about. It cares and invests in national defense issues, not Arab intelligentsia.
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Yes, but why was it so easy for this Magical Thinking to take root, especially around something like crypto that was obviously totally without value. It was easy for my generation to follow the "education, savings & investment" route, even for those of us who began with literally nothing. First rate education was available for close to free (at least in the more liberal parts of the country). That was (as advertised) the first step on the ladder. And even those who didn't take that route had numerous other paths to middle class life, union jobs, various well paying trades, etc. These days the barriers to education are huge and afterwards mountains of debt hinder any economic success. There is no affordable housing and the compensation for and satisfaction provided by huge swaths of the economy are on a downward spiral. So the young men (the demographic most susceptible to magical thinking) look at the the constraints on their personal lives, and contrast that with the lives portrayed on TV, movies, and social media, and look around for something, anything, to catch them up with their expectation.
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"content": "Yes, but why was it so easy for this Magical Thinking to take root, especially around something like crypto that was obviously totally without value. It was easy for my generation to follow the \"education, savings & investment\" route, even for those of us who began with literally nothing. First rate education was available for close to free (at least in the more liberal parts of the country). That was (as advertised) the first step on the ladder. And even those who didn't take that route had numerous other paths to middle class life, union jobs, various well paying trades, etc. These days the barriers to education are huge and afterwards mountains of debt hinder any economic success. There is no affordable housing and the compensation for and satisfaction provided by huge swaths of the economy are on a downward spiral. So the young men (the demographic most susceptible to magical thinking) look at the the constraints on their personal lives, and contrast that with the lives portrayed on TV, movies, and social media, and look around for something, anything, to catch them up with their expectation.\n",
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Part II IN (4-5)• “It was the young girl’s repeated use of the word ‘like” and her rising IN(10) at the end of each sentence which turned every statement into a question,” he said, “that drove me absolutely nuts!”• The emcee’s short IN(5) to the plenary speaker was intriguing, but once the lecturer began to speak his monotone quickly made us lose interest in what he had to say.IR• My husband and I made a prenuptial contract: he would IR(4) all our clothes if I mowed the lawn. He’s still at it, but I had xeriscape landscaping installed.• Isn’t it marvelous that an IR(8) placed in an oyster’s shell yields such a beautiful pearl?• I realized that the toddler had some sort of skin IR(10) when I saw her arm covered with red bumps that she repeatedly scratched. JA• The JA(7) in my Catholic elementary school cleaned all the classrooms, bathrooms, and hallways nightly, offering his services freely to the parish.JI• The quirky Jedi master Qui-Gon JI(4), played by actor Liam Neeson in several Star Wars movies and tv series, is one of my favorite characters.• JI(5) is the plural form of JI(4): these spirits are supernatural beings with assorted powers who are capable of assuming different forms according to Arab and Muslim mythology.JO• “Absolutely,” said the recruiter, “we’d love to have you JO(4) our organization. Just sign on the dotted line and I’ll tell you more about us.”• The Army and the Navy participated in a series of JO(5) military exercises.
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Extreme Democrats want everyone to have health insurance. Extreme Democrats want everyone to get 1500 bucks a month and deposit it into their bank account by the government. Extreme Democrats want to convert our energy system to be solar and wind powered— energy that is cheap and clean. Extreme Democrats accept the will of the voters and work to change opinion.Extreme Republicans want to imprison women who have abortions. Extreme Republicans want to make it harder for eligible voters to vote. Extreme Republicans sacked the Capitol. Extreme Republicans want to force us to think like they do.
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Gen Z’s Distorted Sense of Selfie As the #NoFilter trend wanes, young people are experimenting with new ways to warp images of themselves online. Enter the traffic mirror. Mercedes Jimenez-Cortes often takes pictures of herself in the domed mirrors that hang in parking garages. The mirrors turn an everyday scene surreal, bending concrete like it’s jelly and exaggerating the size of Ms. Jimenez-Cortes’s face, her iPhone or her extended middle finger. As the #NoFilter trend wanes, young people are experimenting with new ways to warp images of themselves online. Enter the traffic mirror.
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The debt ceiling should have been extended so that it would be reached during the run-up to the 2024 election. That would have been a great way to help Democrats clean House. Pardon the pun.
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Pedigrees This coming directly on the heels of last week's "A couple making $400,000 in some cities is really struggling and can't afford a car nicer than a Camry, if they can afford a car at all" makes me realize just how out of touch Bret is.
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I have been visiting the web site for years trying to figure out how to get back into the building. When I saw the Sorollas for the first time over 40 years ago, I was blown away. But even then the place seemed like a fortress. Having the full story was eye-opening. What a tragedy that it has taken this long to engage with the living, breathing Hispanic communities of NYC. Glad to hear a new set of trustees is opening things up.
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So maybe he was not an evil mastermind. Who knows?But, being a clueless doofus who manages to extract billions of dollars from investors and then blow it, not on the costs of business but instead on personal enrichment or goods and services that track with one's personal interests and not the benefit of the people who invested the money is still fraud.Just because he thinks what he was doing was legal doesn't mean it does, and every time he releases another statement he is confirming that he was not fulfilling his fiduciary responsibility to investors.So not a great look.
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Wall street and its investor/speculator class should be very grateful to Janet Yellen for the stimulus she helped provide as former Federal Reserve Chairwoman and now Treasury Secretary which has helped provide the impetus for the large stock market rally of the past decade. If not for all the cheap and basically free printed money coupled with manipulation of the inflation numbers over the past 10 years, the markets would not be anywhere close to their current and in my opinion, still overvalued levels.
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Reading Stephens' take on the poor couple struggling to get by on $400K reminds me of a quote by Henry Kravis, in Barbarians At The Gate, concerning his squeezing an extra $100 M in fees for his firm out of the Nabisco- RJ Reynolds merger (earning a total of approximately $1 billion in fees)- "I've got to feed my family".
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I certainly wouldn't want to dampen your clickbait (what is this, something like your twentieth "think piece" about this book?), but I suggest you narrow in on a target. Sure, the British tabloids are ugly. We certainly have aggressive media outlets in America as well. But I'm not sure that claiming some conflict of interest because Piers Morgan actually speaks to members of the Royal Family themselves is wise. I can point to such coziness with public figures even within the pages of the Times. As for Harry and Meghan, we can all sense the worm turning in America. Sure, it's our nature to throw our arms open to celebrities who want to find safe haven on our shores because of "persecution" elsewhere. But the obvious pander begins to stink after a certain time, and Americans are just as quick to tire of these celebrity tales of woe and destroy what we have raised up.My instinct is that Meghan was a mediocre actress who managed to work her way into this family. She married a man who had a long history of outrageous public behavior (Nazi party outfits anyone?). Together they have decided to monetize and make public any rancor within their family which to me is an unseemly thing to do . Now that they've cashed their checks, life in Santa Barbara is about to get much less pleasant. And one assumes they have destroyed any remaining goodwill within their family as well, and the personal tragedy of that will probably not dawn on them until more time has gone by.
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If it doesn't feel right, for God's sake discuss it with your primary care doctor. If your primary tells you "You're just getting older', get to a urologist.20 years ago I kept complaining to my primary that I was going to the bathroom way too much. He did a digital prostate exam and just blew me off. I got the "You're just getting older" routine. I was stupid. I trusted him.After a few years of this, one day I jumped off the treadmill because I had to go to the bathroom, again, as usual. There was blood. The primary sends to a specialist. They bring me in for an ultrasound. What an absolute mess."What took you so long to come in?" the urologist asked. When I told him my primary care story he just sighed. That's when I was told the hard truth. If it feels wrong and a doctor just tells you to suck it up, fire him and go somewhere else.Turns out your prostate can enlarge and grow into your bladder. A simply digital exam will feel normal but you have a big problem.I had bladder stones, kidney stones and of course the prostate issue. This was fixable but it took one major and two more minor surgeries over the course of about two years.This was almost completely unnecessary according to the man who fixed me up. All because of a primary care doctor who wouldn't listen and a patient (me) who was too trusting to speak up.Don't do what I did. No matter the problem, be your own advocate. Don't accept the "You're just getting old excuse".
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I am more optimistic. The FAANG companies sucked up so much talent with their $286,000 average pay fancy perks. So, pretty much needed to be a rich alumni from these companies, or have to had graduated from Stanford to raise quality venture capital from your fellow Stanford alum. It’s a racket that has ran its course.Balance is not restored until engineers are working late into night chasing ideas to change the world and get rewarded for years of relatively low pay
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Seen from France , a more correct headline:With Billions of US dollars , Ukraine Goes Toe to Toe With Russia in BakhmutThis is a proxy war fought in Europe, between the US and Russia, fought with US moneySet up in 1997 by expanding NATO . Against the warnings of America's succesful Cold War Policy against Russia that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union The NY Times A fateful error"My view, bluntly stated, is that expanding NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era. Such a decision may be expected to inflame the nationalistic, anti-Western and militaristic tendencies in Russian opinion; to have an adverse effect on the development of Russian democracy; to restore the atmosphere of the cold war to East-West relations, and to impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking”George F. Kennan The NY Times Feb 5, 1997Written before Putin came to powerSo why was it done ? The NY TimesArms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion The NY Times 1997/06/29 And US arms makers now are cashing in record profits, NY Times"Military Spending Surges, Creating New Boom for Arms Makers" The NY Times Dec 18, 2022
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It's a real pity to see this, l love Bed Bath and Beyond, l rely on it for buying my sheets, towels and other household items too innumerable to list here. I really dislike Amazon and much prefer shopping for things in person, the one thing that brick and motar stores provide is the ability to examine what you buy before you buy it, to know exactly how it's made, to physically compare it to other items to make a decision and to take it to the register and buy it . All ordinary inconsequential things that have become a luxury. Amazon has an abundance of cheap mediocre garbage, that you can be quite painfully unaware of until it arrives in the mail and you realize what you bought is useless and worthless, lt can be quite easy to be led into making bad decisions, with poorly written or misleading descriptions,-cotton sheets that are "cotton feel polyester" - bad product photos and glowing reviews that are written by the seller. Actually receiving it in the mail can be another hurdle if you live in a building in NYC that doesn't have a doorman or a kind neighbor who is at home to let in the delivery person to deliver your package. No l'm not going to wait at home all day to receive a $10 package. This is why I prefer Bed Bath and Beyond and dread being thrown to the mercy of Amazon.
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Pentagon Will Increase Artillery Production Sixfold for Ukraine The Army’s top acquisition official says production of the 155-millimeter shells badly needed by Kyiv will rise to 90,000 a month in two years. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is racing to boost its production of artillery shells by 500 percent within two years, pushing conventional ammunition production to levels not seen since the Korean War as it invests billions of dollars to make up for shortfalls caused by the war in Ukraine and to build up stockpiles for future conflicts. The Army’s top acquisition official says production of the 155-millimeter shells badly needed by Kyiv will rise to 90,000 a month in two years.
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In 1973 Moosewood opened in Ithaca. It’s a mostly vegetarian restaurant. Named after a dog (some say a tree, but I like dogs better) it’s always “maintained a structure where those who worked there also collectively owned and managed the place.” Meals are not expensive. It’s long maintained a system of benefits to support the Ithaca Shakespeare Society, Akila Leadership Institute of Rwanda, Council on U.S.-Latin American Relations, Planned Parenthood etc.Perhaps most importantly, Crosby and Nash drank at the bar, poet Allen Ginsberg ate a brownie with his black coffee, and the Grateful Dead went unrecognized during by the members of the collective while dining there.Maybe this is a model for restaurants today? Probably not, but just a thought.
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Since imitation is the greatest form of flattery, a small group of the most radical Hard-Right insurrectionists within what is now a party of insurrectionists acted exactly the same way Trump would have acted. Matt Gaetz established that there were no principles whatsoever behind anything the GOP was doing when he declared "I ran out of things I could even imagine to ask for" meaning he wasn't asking for things he believed in, only for things meant to increase his personal power, while also seeking to disrupt and destroy. Gaetz arrived at a point where he couldn’t think of a way to be any more destructive than he’d already been.The debacle of Kevin McCarthy debasing himself is the opposite of a return of the Pre-Trump GOP; it is an affirmation of Hard-Right Trumpism having fully consumed the GOP and a direct extension of the January 6th insurrection orchestrated by Trump; there is no returning to a pre-Trump GOP especially as a pre-Trump GOP no longer exists. Trump and his allies purged out any and all the marginally normal truly conservative Republicans before this happened, (marginally normal, not moderate, as Newt Gingrich began purging out Republican moderates when he was Republican Whip way back in 1989). If any doubt remained that the GOP is a fully Trumpist party it ended when McCarthy thanked Trump profusely for delivering him his victory, such as it is.
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Sita Well, the US has spent about $50 billion on Ukraine military support. That's $150 per person, averaged over the population.The Trump tax cuts added up to about $1.5 trillion, that's about $450 per person per year, over ten years. US Defense is like $400 or $800 per year depending, that's like $1200 or $2400 per person. So, there's lots of kinds of gov spending that could more easily be cut instead of Ukraine.Personally, I think unions should come back, but that's just my opinion.
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Mark $1.6M is the penalty. Article doesn’t say how this maximum is calculated. Doesn’t say how much they ax was avoided. Doesn’t say how much tax, fees and interest is owed back. Doesn’t say if the benefitting employees are being investigated and how much back taxes they will owe (which would be a lot higher than what the company owes). This is at best sloppy journalism, and at worse a deliberate omission of facts designed to promote a specific agenda. In either case it’s a sad statement of how far the NYT has fallen.
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As Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer at ABBVIE INC, Richard A. Gonzalez made $23,131,161 in total compensation. Of this total $1,700,000 was received as a salary, $4,908,750 was received as a bonus, $3,134,649 was received in stock options, $12,573,689 was awarded as stock and $814,073 came from other types of compensation. This information is according to proxy statements filed for the 2021 fiscal year.A number of other top executives in the company made in the neighborhood of $9 million.
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Private equity is designed to make money net of expenses. Just like any other private company. The capital they contribute is generally first loss (its equity) and they assume the risk to execute on the business plan while attempting to grow revenue and minimize expenses. So the readership dislikes what exactly? The fact that there is demand for these services which is not otherwise made readily available by your local government? Perhaps the way to counter these private equity investors is to give the consumer a more attractive, publicly funded option that provides comparable or even superior services. My collective tax rate here in NYC is the highest in the nation. Am I - or are any of my neighbors - getting what we’re paying for?
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Federal government debt increasing faster than GDP? Annual debt service alone (~ $500B) approaching threshold of exceeding GDP growth? An eventual crisis? Are there eventual outcomes: tax increases, spending cuts, debt default?
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I love Brett's suggestion of nominating Kamala for Supreme Court and elevating Pete or Gina to VP. I was a big supporter of Pete in 2020, however Gina would have been great also. What a dream scenario. Maybe Biden will get another chance if another SC spot opens up.
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I think it's little understood domestically in the US how much corruption is baked into war relief efforts. During my time in Iraq, I handled millions in physical cash for reconstruction projects, microloans, direct cash payouts for damages and claims, payouts at the level of individual people for economic relief, etc, etc. To build a $2M clinic, I would give a local sheik $20,000 in kickbacks to mobilize his community to do the work, I gave a dentist a $5,000 loan so she could start her practice up again and gave the owner of the building her practice was in another $1,000 to agree to provide her with electricity and water. It's part of the bargain with giving aid and when you think about it, it makes sense, but becomes increasingly unpalatable the farther you go up the food chain. Corruption is often deceitful, but sometimes it's about disrupted lives and people trying to put them back together. That building owner wasn't a bad person, he had just had his life ripped apart by armed conflict and was doing anything he could to make do for his family. That sheik didn't pocket all of that $20,000, he distributed a lot of it to the people in his community to buy them food and homes. I hope this doesn't come across as an excuse, but corruption should not be viewed as a reason to not give aid.
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"content": "I think it's little understood domestically in the US how much corruption is baked into war relief efforts. During my time in Iraq, I handled millions in physical cash for reconstruction projects, microloans, direct cash payouts for damages and claims, payouts at the level of individual people for economic relief, etc, etc. To build a $2M clinic, I would give a local sheik $20,000 in kickbacks to mobilize his community to do the work, I gave a dentist a $5,000 loan so she could start her practice up again and gave the owner of the building her practice was in another $1,000 to agree to provide her with electricity and water. It's part of the bargain with giving aid and when you think about it, it makes sense, but becomes increasingly unpalatable the farther you go up the food chain. Corruption is often deceitful, but sometimes it's about disrupted lives and people trying to put them back together. That building owner wasn't a bad person, he had just had his life ripped apart by armed conflict and was doing anything he could to make do for his family. That sheik didn't pocket all of that $20,000, he distributed a lot of it to the people in his community to buy them food and homes. I hope this doesn't come across as an excuse, but corruption should not be viewed as a reason to not give aid.\n",
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News that thinx products carry elevated risk of reproductive problems and cancer is very upsetting. I have been using their underwear for years, and they solved many period-related issues for me. Unlike tampons which would lodge uncomfortably and the plastic edges of pads which would chafe my thighs, thinx underwear was completely comfortable. I would wear it all day, wash it by hand in the sink, and throw it in with the laundry. I saved hundreds of dollars I would have otherwise spent on menstrual products. It's so disappointing to learn that these have not been safe to wear. It also makes me skeptical about the claims of similar companies, and unsure of whom to trust.Regulation works--regulation is essential. Left to its own devices, the market will introduce products that expose us to all sorts of risks, just to make money for corporations, at the real expense of life on Earth as well as human health. We need to start valuing our collective well-being above convenience. The problem is, that only works if more of us start agreeing it's important enough.If it turns out that many former thinx wearers experience reproductive obstacles as a result of the PFAs we were absorbing through our skin, I suppose we'll have to take comfort in our $21 settlement awards. At least I still had my receipt--if I hadn't, the award would have been $10.50.
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"content": "News that thinx products carry elevated risk of reproductive problems and cancer is very upsetting. I have been using their underwear for years, and they solved many period-related issues for me. Unlike tampons which would lodge uncomfortably and the plastic edges of pads which would chafe my thighs, thinx underwear was completely comfortable. I would wear it all day, wash it by hand in the sink, and throw it in with the laundry. I saved hundreds of dollars I would have otherwise spent on menstrual products. It's so disappointing to learn that these have not been safe to wear. It also makes me skeptical about the claims of similar companies, and unsure of whom to trust.Regulation works--regulation is essential. Left to its own devices, the market will introduce products that expose us to all sorts of risks, just to make money for corporations, at the real expense of life on Earth as well as human health. We need to start valuing our collective well-being above convenience. The problem is, that only works if more of us start agreeing it's important enough.If it turns out that many former thinx wearers experience reproductive obstacles as a result of the PFAs we were absorbing through our skin, I suppose we'll have to take comfort in our $21 settlement awards. At least I still had my receipt--if I hadn't, the award would have been $10.50.\n",
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He sounds like a terrific human being and obviously a great player. And he has no desire to leave Portland, he recently signed a contract extension that's set to pay him $60 million a year.
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J. The state has already begun installing solar panels over open aquaducts to help mitigate both evaporation and energy generating issues. That said, yes, I also reacted in the same way to that photo. Date palms and agave would make more sense in their climate.Not mentioned in the article is that Arizona also produces alfalfa, primarily for.......Saudi Arabia. Go figure.
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Some thoughts...We are reaping what we sow?Students/young adults observe what society deems permissible ...And much of the country seems to be ok with lies. For example there seems to be no consequences for lying (see George Santos and Donald Trump). Our children absorb this message...How is using generative AI that different from a teenager/young adult's point of view?The confluence of defunding of public education and the advent of social media and now generative AI have created generations of soft-minded citizens. No criticial thinking skills. Evidence? One third of Americans stil think 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.Denigration of the professional class and by extension education...There are real effects to this, for example, lower college rates for white males.When kids/young adults look around and do a risk/analysis for cheating, the risks don't seem as high anymore. In the 1990s we grew up with a President being impeached for lying about an extramarital situation. Fast forward to now and we had a President who lied about a whole host of things and faces no consequences...He had a whole team at the White House that added mind-bending words to our vocabulary "alternative facts" anyone?How is using generative AI tools any different than "alternative facts"? The bar for truth and honor in America is so low these days it's hard to be outraged when we see young people turning to generative AI tools.
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"content": "Some thoughts...We are reaping what we sow?Students/young adults observe what society deems permissible ...And much of the country seems to be ok with lies. For example there seems to be no consequences for lying (see George Santos and Donald Trump). Our children absorb this message...How is using generative AI that different from a teenager/young adult's point of view?The confluence of defunding of public education and the advent of social media and now generative AI have created generations of soft-minded citizens. No criticial thinking skills. Evidence? One third of Americans stil think 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.Denigration of the professional class and by extension education...There are real effects to this, for example, lower college rates for white males.When kids/young adults look around and do a risk/analysis for cheating, the risks don't seem as high anymore. In the 1990s we grew up with a President being impeached for lying about an extramarital situation. Fast forward to now and we had a President who lied about a whole host of things and faces no consequences...He had a whole team at the White House that added mind-bending words to our vocabulary \"alternative facts\" anyone?How is using generative AI tools any different than \"alternative facts\"? The bar for truth and honor in America is so low these days it's hard to be outraged when we see young people turning to generative AI tools.\n",
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conniesz That's true, and a good point. It however creates new problems. If most people in that job are getting $60-something, when they see this pay range (60-90K) they are likely to think they're under paid, even if they earn more than most of their colleagues because the average is just $66K. I see this where I work. Job pay ranges are available with a high end meant to accommodate atypical circumstances or candidates and current employees are frequently unhappy to see themselves so far from the top of the range and barely at the middle.The game can be played both ways if a company extends the low end of the range so that applicants (and current employees) think they're given a good offer well above the bottom or middle of the range when in fact it's still below the average of actual workers in that role.In the end, if pay ranges are overly wide, the goal of pay transparency is lost. I'm not sure what rules exist to ensure posted salary ranges are "honest" and truly representative of what is currently paid.
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"content": "conniesz That's true, and a good point. It however creates new problems. If most people in that job are getting $60-something, when they see this pay range (60-90K) they are likely to think they're under paid, even if they earn more than most of their colleagues because the average is just $66K. I see this where I work. Job pay ranges are available with a high end meant to accommodate atypical circumstances or candidates and current employees are frequently unhappy to see themselves so far from the top of the range and barely at the middle.The game can be played both ways if a company extends the low end of the range so that applicants (and current employees) think they're given a good offer well above the bottom or middle of the range when in fact it's still below the average of actual workers in that role.In the end, if pay ranges are overly wide, the goal of pay transparency is lost. I'm not sure what rules exist to ensure posted salary ranges are \"honest\" and truly representative of what is currently paid.\n",
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Dr. Krugman’s last full throated leadership of conventional wisdom is that inflation spikes last year would be transitory. He later admitted he was wrong. Last year, transactions worth $20 Billion/month were conducted using Bitcoin in Africa. But Dr. Krugman says Bitcoin isn’t used for anything.It will be interesting to see when he acknowledges this error.
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HSK The 'Paris Review' was funded and financed by the US government, too, for the same reasons... and yet it turned out just fine/was 'above-board'. Governments underwriting institutions is only relevant to remark upon, when you factor in what are the ideals or values those governments (and their people) are standing for.Right now, at the end of the day, the US is standing up for democracy, reason, and international law... by supporting Ukraine's self-defense; whereas Putin's kleptocratic-oligarchic Russia is galloping back to a dark redux of the Gulag Archipelago... jailed journalists and all. Comments like yours are simply designed to obscure the fact that there are substantive differences between our two forms of political organization... and that some (warts and all) are far superior than others.
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"content": "HSK The 'Paris Review' was funded and financed by the US government, too, for the same reasons... and yet it turned out just fine/was 'above-board'. Governments underwriting institutions is only relevant to remark upon, when you factor in what are the ideals or values those governments (and their people) are standing for.Right now, at the end of the day, the US is standing up for democracy, reason, and international law... by supporting Ukraine's self-defense; whereas Putin's kleptocratic-oligarchic Russia is galloping back to a dark redux of the Gulag Archipelago... jailed journalists and all. Comments like yours are simply designed to obscure the fact that there are substantive differences between our two forms of political organization... and that some (warts and all) are far superior than others.\n",
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When analyzing government debt most people seem to overlook the following important analytic data:1. It is the ratio of debt to the overall size of the economy ['debt ratio'], not the absolute amount, that is important. US debt equals less than 10% of the value of US assets per the Fed. By way of comparison that ratio is ~65% for Walmart [and Walmart can't print its own money].2. Deficits don't necessarily make the debt situation worse. For example, if the size of the economy is increasing at 3% and the deficit is 50% of that [1.5%], the debt ratio is going down not up.3. Unlike the private sector, the government counts all spending as 'expenses' and none as 'investments' thus overstating the annual deficit. For example, if GM borrows $50M to build a new plant both its assets and debts increase by $50M thus offsetting and there is no 'private deficit' per se.Also, the US can borrow at extremely low rates. Thus, even if it invests that borrowing in projects that produce only modest returns, the economy benefits. [It has been shown many times by economists that investments in education produce quite large returns.]
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"content": "When analyzing government debt most people seem to overlook the following important analytic data:1. It is the ratio of debt to the overall size of the economy ['debt ratio'], not the absolute amount, that is important. US debt equals less than 10% of the value of US assets per the Fed. By way of comparison that ratio is ~65% for Walmart [and Walmart can't print its own money].2. Deficits don't necessarily make the debt situation worse. For example, if the size of the economy is increasing at 3% and the deficit is 50% of that [1.5%], the debt ratio is going down not up.3. Unlike the private sector, the government counts all spending as 'expenses' and none as 'investments' thus overstating the annual deficit. For example, if GM borrows $50M to build a new plant both its assets and debts increase by $50M thus offsetting and there is no 'private deficit' per se.Also, the US can borrow at extremely low rates. Thus, even if it invests that borrowing in projects that produce only modest returns, the economy benefits. [It has been shown many times by economists that investments in education produce quite large returns.]\n",
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As the daughter of a chef who spent 50 years working in renowned restaurants and hotels worldwide, I have never understood people who think it’s a glamorous, creative, money-making profession. Competitive cooking shows and Instagram project a lie. Working in a kitchen (at all levels) is thankless, backbreaking, loud, and smelly work. 12-14 hour days, 6-day weeks and no holidays off are the norm, so it is not a job conducive to families or relationships; and the majority of restaurants are barely profitable, let alone make it to the 3-year mark. Most people have no idea what it takes to run a restaurant. The hierarchy is called a brigade for a reason. One needs years of training starting at the very bottom doing the repetitive tasks before moving up. Then one needs to learn how to plan a menu that will sell, order from high-quality and reasonably priced suppliers, and manage inventory so as to minimize waste (hence the reindeer offal). Multiply these challenges exponentially by the number of Michelin stars one aspires to attain. Abusive behavior in any field is unacceptable, but I think many millennials and younger believe that one just magically lands their dream job without first paying dues at the entry level. That said, our society grossly undervalues many noble and essential professions like education, healthcare, and food service and I don’t see that changing any time soon. Those who choose to enter them must seek a vocation, not fame and fortune.
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"content": "As the daughter of a chef who spent 50 years working in renowned restaurants and hotels worldwide, I have never understood people who think it’s a glamorous, creative, money-making profession. Competitive cooking shows and Instagram project a lie. Working in a kitchen (at all levels) is thankless, backbreaking, loud, and smelly work. 12-14 hour days, 6-day weeks and no holidays off are the norm, so it is not a job conducive to families or relationships; and the majority of restaurants are barely profitable, let alone make it to the 3-year mark. Most people have no idea what it takes to run a restaurant. The hierarchy is called a brigade for a reason. One needs years of training starting at the very bottom doing the repetitive tasks before moving up. Then one needs to learn how to plan a menu that will sell, order from high-quality and reasonably priced suppliers, and manage inventory so as to minimize waste (hence the reindeer offal). Multiply these challenges exponentially by the number of Michelin stars one aspires to attain. Abusive behavior in any field is unacceptable, but I think many millennials and younger believe that one just magically lands their dream job without first paying dues at the entry level. That said, our society grossly undervalues many noble and essential professions like education, healthcare, and food service and I don’t see that changing any time soon. Those who choose to enter them must seek a vocation, not fame and fortune.\n",
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Aaron I agree, the math really doesn't add up.It only costs about a billion dollars to make 1 million 155mm shells (at $1,000 a pop). So, if even a mere billion had been set aside every year for the last 20 years to create a significant strategic reserve; we would now have 20 million extra shells to support Ukraine/defend democracy worldwide.There's clearly too much "bling"/bloat/unaccountable white elephant projects going on... and not enough "getting back to Basics". Likewise: Ukraine should have had hundreds of thousands of cheap American-manufactured DJI clones by now... which, if using 3d-printed or basic widely-available PVC-like parts, would have been incredibly cost-effective to mass-produce. Instead, the powers-that-be appeared to have focused on tiny numbers of proprietary "Switchblades" and other far more expensive, but far less effective, gimmicks and gadgets. We need to get back to basics; mass-producing the most important cheap, attritionalized tactical tools, at a MASSIVE scale. Almost a trillion dollars every year of tax-payer dollars, rain or shine, down the military-industrial memory hole? Our cupboards should not be bare now.Hopefully lessons have been learned/we will never get caught flat-footed ever again.
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I wondered what was up during the pandemic. All the hiring by the tech companies may have had some need but it wasn’t sustainable because the pandemic was either going to go away or we were going to learn to live with it. Yes the demand for some tech services surged but it wasn’t going to last forever. People should certainly gauge how their next position will do during hard times. Is the company growing at ridiculously fast rate? I mean seriously Facebook grew during the pandemic st crazy rate they hired like maniacs. Why when you think about the core of what they do. Some companies like Microsoft had the demand like crazy cause everyone was at home and folks needed computers and software but even they had to know this wasn’t going to last forever. I wonder st the CEO level what they were thinking hiring at these mad rates
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Our debt is at $31 trillion. All of this talk about taxing the "rich" is never-ending. That being said, how many trillionaires are out there just sitting around waiting to be taxed?
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"content": "Our debt is at $31 trillion. All of this talk about taxing the \"rich\" is never-ending. That being said, how many trillionaires are out there just sitting around waiting to be taxed?\n",
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This is sad, and I don't want to detract from the fact that people should be able to earn a good living when meeting an important need like transportation. But $42,000 on a Lexus? $51,000 on a Highlander?If they had dropped less than $30,000 on a Prius they would have much less debt and be spending much less on gas. The car choices that Americans make absolutely baffle me.
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It's interesting how the title of the article reads: "As Historians Gather, No Truce in the History Wars." The question invariably comes to mind is that why there should be any truce. The beauty or richness of history is its open endedness and its ability to accept multiple POVs. The moment there is unanimity in historical interpretation and analysis, history runs the risk of being devoid of being any meaningful learning.
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