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That's exactly right. I also knew someone with a similiar experience in the mid 90's at one of the huge financial services companies on Wall Street that by the way no longer exist. This person stated "access denied" came up as they attempted to log on to their computer. Twenty minutes later a group of men came around to distribute boxes for employees to pack up their belongings. I have been laid off several times in my long career. Looking back, the most "human" down size experience was my very first while working at an American Express call center in Greenwich Village (EROC). Ken Chanault at the time the future CEO of American Express gathered all of us together to break the news. He was so human and empathetic during his remarks that to this day I consider both he and Harvey Gottlieb, the CEO at the time, the text book examples of what leadership should look and sound like during tough times. I truly feel for employees today who face cowardly "leadership" that dehumanizes their workers and devalues their contribution to the considerable profits of the company... ...because so may times Corporate America dowsizes out of pure greed and not because of loss profits.
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TDOhio Nope, it's going to be exactly, exactly the same. I'm certain Ms. Haberman the rest of the Trump trolling ecosystem are salivating to get the band back together.But the country's moved on. 2022 proves Trump doesn't sell to anyone but the brainwashed MAGA nation. More Trump means more democrat control, so we should rejoice and welcome him back with open arms. He is now the angel of death for the GOP.
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"content": "TDOhio Nope, it's going to be exactly, exactly the same. I'm certain Ms. Haberman the rest of the Trump trolling ecosystem are salivating to get the band back together.But the country's moved on. 2022 proves Trump doesn't sell to anyone but the brainwashed MAGA nation. More Trump means more democrat control, so we should rejoice and welcome him back with open arms. He is now the angel of death for the GOP.\n",
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Clarey avoids mention of the foolish over compensated policy at the Australian Open to allow players who test Covid positive to compete.With new combo variants- defiant of most treatments- and extremely contagious- this policy is just dumb.Tennis balls are handled by players who touch their noses endangering ball kids, staff, chair ump and fans. Granted the new Omicron mutation is currently less lethal- it is also responsible for hitting the young harder. That then goes home to parents & grandparents.Why in the world doesn't Australian public health step up and do the right thing. Novax will probably NOT be a carrier....
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EPA has mission creep in a big way thanks largely to this Administration. EPA’s traditional role as regulator is now morphed into check writer and preferred solution funder. And that’s not a good thing. An agency with annual budget of ~ $9 billion now doling out inflation reduction act project spending of $46 Billion for their great pet experiment with electrification of transportation and other sectors of the economy. Is that in the best interests of the people? Passing regulations and setting standards is one thing but spending large sums of money on pet projects is not an objective activity. The media should be asking these questions too. Especially since as Mr.Regan said ,,,,now that the EPA has some “walking around money.”
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The top photo is of Beltway 8/Katy Freeway (I-10) in Houston. Just north of that is Highway 290. At the beginning of this century, the people voted to put in a train system along 290. The city started construction. Then a newly elected local government obstructed and bla bla bla, and the project stalled. Then, they took out the infrastructure they built for the train and started widening the highway instead. Meanwhile, people that work and live along 290 in the city (outside the inner loop but inside the beltway) endured decades of delays and construction. It took - for example - 40 minutes to get the 4 miles from my workplace to my apartment. I like to trot out this story whenever we talk about the people and what the people want and what our local Texas government gives us. And do not reflexively blame Republicans, as Houston has been and still is a Democratically-controlled city. There is enough disfunction to go around. The only thing that these raised highway interchanges accomplish is freeing up plenty of land as drainage and flood management. That I-10 and Beltway 8 interchange pictured, for example, is just east of the Addicks Reservoir and just north of Buffalo Bayou. It needs to be undeveloped, and there is not that much concrete on the ground under than interchange. But I am sure we can get creative and preserve that benefit and get rid of car dependence as well - if the people get a say.
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"content": "The top photo is of Beltway 8/Katy Freeway (I-10) in Houston. Just north of that is Highway 290. At the beginning of this century, the people voted to put in a train system along 290. The city started construction. Then a newly elected local government obstructed and bla bla bla, and the project stalled. Then, they took out the infrastructure they built for the train and started widening the highway instead. Meanwhile, people that work and live along 290 in the city (outside the inner loop but inside the beltway) endured decades of delays and construction. It took - for example - 40 minutes to get the 4 miles from my workplace to my apartment. I like to trot out this story whenever we talk about the people and what the people want and what our local Texas government gives us. And do not reflexively blame Republicans, as Houston has been and still is a Democratically-controlled city. There is enough disfunction to go around. The only thing that these raised highway interchanges accomplish is freeing up plenty of land as drainage and flood management. That I-10 and Beltway 8 interchange pictured, for example, is just east of the Addicks Reservoir and just north of Buffalo Bayou. It needs to be undeveloped, and there is not that much concrete on the ground under than interchange. But I am sure we can get creative and preserve that benefit and get rid of car dependence as well - if the people get a say.\n",
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Mike I couldn't agree more. For Republicans, Santos is not an aberration, he is the norm. I look forward to learning the source of the $600,000 he loaned his campaign.
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I'm sure that because AD Cunningham "values all sports" he gives them all access to equal facilities and treatments, meals and travel budgets... Sorry, I don't feel this is in any way the fault of the student athletes. After being exploited for generations while the "revenue sports" became ever more bloated and privileged, it is refreshing and appropriate that the actual students athletes, the people doing all the work, can gain some of the benefits of it. Considering they might be able to earn millions in a pro league, cutting them out entirely while the schools and NCAA share billions in TV revenues is plainly unjust. Recognizing that pro leagues use the college athletic system as a 'farm league' and that the revenue athletes are being exploited if they don't share the revenue is a start. Perhaps some of the other sports should be better funded from some of the billions the NCAA and the conferences collect from TV contracts, instead of that money going into the pockets of coaches and ADs.
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"content": "I'm sure that because AD Cunningham \"values all sports\" he gives them all access to equal facilities and treatments, meals and travel budgets... Sorry, I don't feel this is in any way the fault of the student athletes. After being exploited for generations while the \"revenue sports\" became ever more bloated and privileged, it is refreshing and appropriate that the actual students athletes, the people doing all the work, can gain some of the benefits of it. Considering they might be able to earn millions in a pro league, cutting them out entirely while the schools and NCAA share billions in TV revenues is plainly unjust. Recognizing that pro leagues use the college athletic system as a 'farm league' and that the revenue athletes are being exploited if they don't share the revenue is a start. Perhaps some of the other sports should be better funded from some of the billions the NCAA and the conferences collect from TV contracts, instead of that money going into the pockets of coaches and ADs.\n",
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As a former elementary teacher that has lived in city, rural, and suburban areas as well as overseas, I can tell you a way to unite our country is to expose those rural kids to the city- more weeklong camps with other diverse groups. At the same time let those city kids have a week on a farm and enjoy the benefits of the country. It would open eyes and hearts. Also, the dying small towns should be given tax breaks if they can attract the WFH crowd with good affordable housing and stellar education. Why can’t we get quality teachers to swap schools every few years with a pay increase in rural areas? College students should get masters credits/tuition cuts for teaching in rural areas. It seems what holds us back the most is fear of change.
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China occupies an area roughly equivalent to the USA but with nearly 5 times the population. I hardly think a decline in population will be a threat. While you site social spending, there really isn’t much of a government provided safety net for the aging population. Children are expected to take care of the parents, with 3 generations usually living under one roof. Housing is also not a problem, other than it’s overpriced, poor quality and massively overbuilt - since real estate is the primary investment used by most people and a large portion of the housing is speculative and often vacant as seen by the “ghost cities”.China’s biggest problem is it’s leadership who prioritizes power and wealth above everything else. China could use this slowdown to shift priorities. It could 1) Develop the impoverished rural areas so the inhabitants don’t have to migrate to the urban areas where internal passport restrictions cause them to live almost as illegal immigrants without access to basic services.2) Develop their education to foster creativity. This way they don’t have to rely on IP theft and cheap labor to sustain the economy 3) Work on quality infrastructure vs quantity. Their glittering buildings are mostly falling apart after 10 years.4) Start cleaning up the horrendous air, land and water pollution contaminating most of the country.Unfortunately the leaders have no interest in the people. It’s power & money enforced by surveillance, nationalism and repression.
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"content": "China occupies an area roughly equivalent to the USA but with nearly 5 times the population. I hardly think a decline in population will be a threat. While you site social spending, there really isn’t much of a government provided safety net for the aging population. Children are expected to take care of the parents, with 3 generations usually living under one roof. Housing is also not a problem, other than it’s overpriced, poor quality and massively overbuilt - since real estate is the primary investment used by most people and a large portion of the housing is speculative and often vacant as seen by the “ghost cities”.China’s biggest problem is it’s leadership who prioritizes power and wealth above everything else. China could use this slowdown to shift priorities. It could 1) Develop the impoverished rural areas so the inhabitants don’t have to migrate to the urban areas where internal passport restrictions cause them to live almost as illegal immigrants without access to basic services.2) Develop their education to foster creativity. This way they don’t have to rely on IP theft and cheap labor to sustain the economy 3) Work on quality infrastructure vs quantity. Their glittering buildings are mostly falling apart after 10 years.4) Start cleaning up the horrendous air, land and water pollution contaminating most of the country.Unfortunately the leaders have no interest in the people. It’s power & money enforced by surveillance, nationalism and repression.\n",
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"Moreover, a monthslong review by The New York Times found that the main thrust of the Durham inquiry was marked by some of the very same flaws — including a strained justification for opening it and its role in fueling partisan conspiracy theories that would never be charged in court — that Trump allies claim characterized the Russia investigation."Yet more proof that projection is the only way Republicans can communicate anymore. Anything the GOP accuses anyone of doing is as good as an admission of guilt from them. trump truly remade the GOP in his image.
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Had the federal government not shut down research into psychedelics 50 years ago, we would have much larger trials to understand their possible efficacy. I feel this article is lacking in not mentioning that our military has cooperated in supporting psychedelics therapy and I share just one link to a new study at John Hopkins University. <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/johns-hopkins-medicine-receives-first-federal-grant-for-psychedelic-treatment-research-in-50-years" target="_blank">https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/newsroom/news-releases/johns-hopkins-medicine-receives-first-federal-grant-for-psychedelic-treatment-research-in-50-years</a>We are on the verge of finally being thinking adults in America on the topic of psychedelics, which have opened pathways of understanding and expanding thinking in indigenous cultures for thousands of years. Alas, one is a fool to trust available psychedlics on the black market today, as they can kill you now. They are finally gaining serious traction as a treatment not only for PTSD but for cancer -- in helping to give patients an expanding sense of the universe and their place in it, to be present and not on the run from the disease every minute. It is highly effective in bringing not only peace but the potential for beauty and wonderment when death is at the door. European countries are way more advanced than America in this area of reasearch.I understand objectivity in journalism, but this topic gets so little exposure, it saddens me that this research-related post got so little of an update. I give it a C-, and that's being generous.
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While I desperately hope that sane minds will prevail and the "Conservatives" will come around to raising the debt limit, I am actually in favor of some spending cuts for the future.1 - Cut military spending. seventy percent of our taxes go to the most over bloated government agencies in history. 2 - Cut Farm subsidies. Paying Farmers to not produce food - or over produce to a point where we're just throwing it away and contributing to climate change with the waste - is completely insane.3 - Cut fossil fuel subsidies - Paying roughly $472billion in direct subsidies plus billions more in tax breaks to the coal, oil and natural gas industries that then turn around and gouge the consumer until heating the house or driving to work becomes a literally painful experience is also completely insane.Curb this real government waste and then we can talk about cutting "discretionary spending"
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The only time I “agreed” with a non compete was when an employee “surreptitiously” made an unauthorized copy of the business client files, then quit, moved close by and used those “stolen” files to send out notices directly that he was in business. I suppose it would actually qualify as theft, but that was covered in non competes. As mentioned by others, many non competes are unenforceable in many jurisdictions because they really are unreasonable even to those who believe in non competes. I have seen professional businesses hire someone right out of school, pay them pretty well even though the business had to teach the “newbie “ everything so that he/she could eventually start to earn their keep, only to have them leave when they finally became competent and open up down the street with the old practice’s client list. I think a non compete covering let’s say 5 miles for 2 years might be reasonable under those circumstances. But these 200 miles for 30 years or worse are ridiculous and usually unenforceable. The greedy non competes just ruined the idea of reasonable ones. The well is poisoned now and they all must go!
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"content": "The only time I “agreed” with a non compete was when an employee “surreptitiously” made an unauthorized copy of the business client files, then quit, moved close by and used those “stolen” files to send out notices directly that he was in business. I suppose it would actually qualify as theft, but that was covered in non competes. As mentioned by others, many non competes are unenforceable in many jurisdictions because they really are unreasonable even to those who believe in non competes. I have seen professional businesses hire someone right out of school, pay them pretty well even though the business had to teach the “newbie “ everything so that he/she could eventually start to earn their keep, only to have them leave when they finally became competent and open up down the street with the old practice’s client list. I think a non compete covering let’s say 5 miles for 2 years might be reasonable under those circumstances. But these 200 miles for 30 years or worse are ridiculous and usually unenforceable. The greedy non competes just ruined the idea of reasonable ones. The well is poisoned now and they all must go!\n",
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john The Dept. of Treasury estimates there is $600 Billion, yes 600 Billion, in tax revenues owed by the very wealthy and corporations. That's why the new GOP House majority's first action was to vote to gut better funding for the IRS!
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"content": "john The Dept. of Treasury estimates there is $600 Billion, yes 600 Billion, in tax revenues owed by the very wealthy and corporations. That's why the new GOP House majority's first action was to vote to gut better funding for the IRS!\n",
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I think it's pretty clear that if Biden runs again for President, if he does so against anyone other than Trump, he will lose. The only reason he won in 2020 and didn't do so badly last year is because the alternative was terrible. We need better candidates in both parties and Biden will do a great service to the country and his party if he takes a step aside and opens the door to others.
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Why did Paul Krugman miss a critical piece of the puzzle? We pay into social security and Medicare in order to receive the benefits. This is NOT a government give away. We earned it. We (employees and employers) pay in 12.4% of wages each and every year. Self employed pay the the whole thing themselves. That is why people are so upset when you say you are cutting it. Personally I figured I have to live to around 88 to get everything back (at a conservative investment rate). Highly unlikely to happen. It is NOT insolvent. These politicians are insolvent and bankrupt of any ideas or decency.
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"content": "Why did Paul Krugman miss a critical piece of the puzzle? We pay into social security and Medicare in order to receive the benefits. This is NOT a government give away. We earned it. We (employees and employers) pay in 12.4% of wages each and every year. Self employed pay the the whole thing themselves. That is why people are so upset when you say you are cutting it. Personally I figured I have to live to around 88 to get everything back (at a conservative investment rate). Highly unlikely to happen. It is NOT insolvent. These politicians are insolvent and bankrupt of any ideas or decency.\n",
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Michael Plunkett MD No prior authorizations??? $10,000 deductibles for Medicare??? I'd like to see you prove what you claim to be facts. Here's one for you. New York City wanted to force its retirees into a Medicare Advantage plan that would have required 87 prior authorizations for procedures for which Medicare required few if any authorizations. Why don't you read what the AMA, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Inspector General of the federal Department of Health and Human Services have to say about Medicare Advantage plans and then get back to us?Oh, and good luck to you if you ever need physical or cardiac rehab. Chances are it will either be denied or the number of allowable visits slashed by your Medicare Advantage company.
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"content": "Michael Plunkett MD No prior authorizations??? $10,000 deductibles for Medicare??? I'd like to see you prove what you claim to be facts. Here's one for you. New York City wanted to force its retirees into a Medicare Advantage plan that would have required 87 prior authorizations for procedures for which Medicare required few if any authorizations. Why don't you read what the AMA, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Inspector General of the federal Department of Health and Human Services have to say about Medicare Advantage plans and then get back to us?Oh, and good luck to you if you ever need physical or cardiac rehab. Chances are it will either be denied or the number of allowable visits slashed by your Medicare Advantage company.\n",
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Laid Off in Your Living Room: The Chaos of Remote Job Cuts Angst rippled across laptop screens this month, with dozens of companies announcing layoffs and finding ways to breed extra chaos in the process. Kerensa Cadenas opened Slack on Friday morning to an expletive-laden message from a colleague that said essentially: “I got let go.” Ms. Cadenas, steeling herself, checked her email. Then she typed out her own expletive. She’d been laid off, too. Alone in her Brooklyn apartment. Angst rippled across laptop screens this month, with dozens of companies announcing layoffs and finding ways to breed extra chaos in the process.
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A win after only 15 rounds of voting? Why it's the most impressive display of party unity in US history! McCarthy & the GOP will rue the day he became Speaker. The extremists on the right aren't finished. They're just beginning. They will make McCarthy's life a nightmare. McCarthy stands for nothing & he's traded away his ability to stand for anything. He will be a weak speaker of a weak majority whose contribution (besides an appetite for chaos is whetted by these shenanigans) will be limited to obstruction & performance art. The speaker position has now been devalued, demoted & become ceremonial for McCarthy. We've become a nation of windbags & bullies, content to see our "opponents" fail instead of working together for the good of the country. How many 2024 Democratic ads are going to feature the scene of Rep. Mike Rogers (AL) lunging at Rep. Matt Gaetz while having his mouth covered with another Repubs hand? Advertising & fundraising gold there. If the GOP can't even work together, what makes them think they can work for us? Fitting that the House GOP picked 1/6 to embarrass themselves again. In their zeal to leverage their extremely small numbers, the GOP rebels in the House have seriously weakened their party. Sidenote: Of the large group of presidential election deniers--only one R congressperson went to the steps of the Capitol to pay respects yesterday to the officers injured & maimed on 1/6--yet on McCarthy's election, they chanted "USA, USA. "Wow.
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How does any conservative think the Republican Party is headed in the right direction ? What’s the objective now ? Trump added almost $8.5 trillion to the national debt in only 4 years. His only achievement was unfunded tax cuts. Since Reagan the Republican playbook has been the same. There is little chance that McCarthy will be able to raise the debt ceiling when it comes due in the middle of this year.
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| no | Classification | 1,241 |
It isn't merely the waiting for her father-in-law to die that makes her life absurd. What exactly is the point of royalty in the 21st century? Does anybody really believe the Windsors are the gene pool that should be any nation's head of state?It then devolves into dressing her up like a Barbie doll, complete with hat and gloves and veil (and those absurd high heels every fashionista has to live in to OPEN A HOSPITAL WING!!!! VISIT A SENIOR CENTER!!! RECITE THE ABCs AT PRESCHOOL!!!! Her future is 50 years of pointless appearances, mountains of unwanted bouquets, and waving inanely as she walks about in stilettos.Ugh.Hilary Mantel got it right about them: they're an exotic species, like pandas kept in the zoo so we can gawk at them.
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"content": "It isn't merely the waiting for her father-in-law to die that makes her life absurd. What exactly is the point of royalty in the 21st century? Does anybody really believe the Windsors are the gene pool that should be any nation's head of state?It then devolves into dressing her up like a Barbie doll, complete with hat and gloves and veil (and those absurd high heels every fashionista has to live in to OPEN A HOSPITAL WING!!!! VISIT A SENIOR CENTER!!! RECITE THE ABCs AT PRESCHOOL!!!! Her future is 50 years of pointless appearances, mountains of unwanted bouquets, and waving inanely as she walks about in stilettos.Ugh.Hilary Mantel got it right about them: they're an exotic species, like pandas kept in the zoo so we can gawk at them.\n",
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I grew up in a wine-at-the-table house and quality wine in smaller containers might have changed my buying habits when I was finally old enough to legally buy wine on my own (early 90s). A full bottle was too big for me to open - physically. Only one or two people would fit in my microscopic apartment and I didn’t have fridge space to store an unfinished open bottle. Nor did I have space for a wine ‘cellar’. Not sure if I would have found a four-pack of cans of the same wine appealing but the option to purchase decent quality reasonably priced half-bottles would have been great at that time in my life. Side note: The words I have always looked for are “mis en bouteille” when hunting for reasonably priced estate bottled wines. These words have led me on some merry adventures. May these magic words help others.
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| yes | Classification | 7,083 |
Todd Sure, but it's worth noting that these are stills as well. Will we ever progress to the point of doing this with video? Will that form of AI eliminate the depthlessness and "uncanny valley" effect that we see in some CGI? Will it be possible to actualize these designs in a budget-friendly way for studios? Blade Runner 2049 and Dune (2021) had budgets of $150+ million. Perhaps a future version of this can produce better films, more cheaply. But I don't think it will be as simple as cranking a dial.
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| yes | Classification | 8,442 |
We need more editors. Books and movies have become far too long. Instead, publishing houses are investing in "sensitivity readers" who turn literature into oatmeal.
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| no | Classification | 2,415 |
Let's THINK this thru: the PRC economy has been ravaged by covid.With the Lunar New Year celebrations and hundreds of millions returning to their villages to celebrate.This, will NOT bode well for the EXPORT driven economy in the next 3-6 months.What to do...?Ahhhh, Open the tourism flood gates, and SHARE the misery and economic destruction. Why, should only the Chinese economy fail, due to explosive covid?You see already, the PRC is targeting Japan and South Korea.Will 'our' governments, hungry for tourist spending and low paying jobs here, allow unbridled Chinese tourism? How about Canada? Mexico? It's not about the Chinese people...they have had it plenty rough. IMV, it's ALL about continuing the global pandemic, so China does fall...alone.
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"content": "Let's THINK this thru: the PRC economy has been ravaged by covid.With the Lunar New Year celebrations and hundreds of millions returning to their villages to celebrate.This, will NOT bode well for the EXPORT driven economy in the next 3-6 months.What to do...?Ahhhh, Open the tourism flood gates, and SHARE the misery and economic destruction. Why, should only the Chinese economy fail, due to explosive covid?You see already, the PRC is targeting Japan and South Korea.Will 'our' governments, hungry for tourist spending and low paying jobs here, allow unbridled Chinese tourism? How about Canada? Mexico? It's not about the Chinese people...they have had it plenty rough. IMV, it's ALL about continuing the global pandemic, so China does fall...alone.\n",
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| no | Classification | 1,812 |
"The one" myth isn't inherently damaging. The reality is - " WE" have to be the ones we are waiting for FIRST before entering into a partnership and choosing to be with a partner every single day. It's a deliberate choice. Our relationship with ourself is the only " one" that lasts a lifetime. Solve and heal, love yourself and the right partner while come into your life and you can decide every day whether to choose the person as the one you are currently investing in. Secondly Dan Savage as oppossed to Ester Perel for example is lacking knowledge in the history of eros, desire and marriage. He also ignores attachment theory, and sex /love addiction which are prevalent issues in the both the LGBTQ community and straight. You CANNOT have an educated conversation on open marriages without understanding both attachment theory and sexual addiction/trauma.
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"content": "\"The one\" myth isn't inherently damaging. The reality is - \" WE\" have to be the ones we are waiting for FIRST before entering into a partnership and choosing to be with a partner every single day. It's a deliberate choice. Our relationship with ourself is the only \" one\" that lasts a lifetime. Solve and heal, love yourself and the right partner while come into your life and you can decide every day whether to choose the person as the one you are currently investing in. Secondly Dan Savage as oppossed to Ester Perel for example is lacking knowledge in the history of eros, desire and marriage. He also ignores attachment theory, and sex /love addiction which are prevalent issues in the both the LGBTQ community and straight. You CANNOT have an educated conversation on open marriages without understanding both attachment theory and sexual addiction/trauma.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 6,240 |
Israeli GDP is over $500B/year, making the US ‘aid’ (which is spent fully on weapon imports from the U.S), while a substantial number, a fraction of Israel’s budget. Should the US spend this money? I don’t know - but it seems like a reasonable investment instead of having young marines stationed all over the Middle East. The war in Ukraine reminds us that this is a difficult dangerous world and the contest between democracy and autocracy is still fought by soldiers with guns and ammunition. Aid? Sure. Appreciated by Israel? No doubt. Is the US getting some ROI here? For sure they do.
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| no | Classification | 2,528 |
Out on walks with my dog, choosing not to engage in social activities with people trying to be social, say hii, ask if «our» dogs may play together, I wonder. I wonder if rejecting other people’s attempts to socialize with me makes me to a terrible person? Even though the socialization feels usually exhousting to me. « We» live after all in a world where being social is extremelly importent to « us». I wonder sometimes if instead of not saying anything and just pass people who want to engage in conversations out on walks, I should ask if I could take our conversation on video? To learn from the conversation? I wonder as well if clients and coworkers viewed me as a person with low emotional intelligence, having worked for a cooperation for 16 years with extended contact with coworkers and clients? I wonder how people coup being social at work AND on free time? I mean, apparently the Facebook and other social media are myself as well.
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| yes | Classification | 5,983 |
Al Bernanke was not as smart as he (we) thought he was. We needed to take our medicine instead of flooding the economy with empty $$ (QE). This never works (author here is 81). We seem unable to think to think in terms longer than 10 years. But, here we are, the dye is cast. Interestingly, this all began in 1946; post WW2. Keep the economy smokin' at all costs; avoid the return of the Great Depression. It works for a while but eventually reality strikes.
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Diane Trans people have never been “the oppressors”.If someone’s “gazing” at you using the toilet in a bathroom stall, that person’s gender isn’t the problem.Trans people, by and large, support women’s rights. They are allies. They fight for you. They are not the enemy. They understand oppression and the importance of fighting for one’s right to simply exist better than you do. The real oppressors come for trans rights first. It’s low hanging fruit, you see, they’re the most marginalized of the marginalized. But once everyone everyone gets on board with taking away trans rights, it opens the door, makes it easier to accept, doing away with gay rights, the rights of people with disabilities, skin color, religion, income, and yes, women too. Sure it’s already started, but, sis, you ain’t seen nothin yet. The same people who oppress cis women, want cis women to oppose trans rights. They are banking on it, it makes their lives easier. Don’t play into it.
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"content": "Diane Trans people have never been “the oppressors”.If someone’s “gazing” at you using the toilet in a bathroom stall, that person’s gender isn’t the problem.Trans people, by and large, support women’s rights. They are allies. They fight for you. They are not the enemy. They understand oppression and the importance of fighting for one’s right to simply exist better than you do. The real oppressors come for trans rights first. It’s low hanging fruit, you see, they’re the most marginalized of the marginalized. But once everyone everyone gets on board with taking away trans rights, it opens the door, makes it easier to accept, doing away with gay rights, the rights of people with disabilities, skin color, religion, income, and yes, women too. Sure it’s already started, but, sis, you ain’t seen nothin yet. The same people who oppress cis women, want cis women to oppose trans rights. They are banking on it, it makes their lives easier. Don’t play into it.\n",
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| no | Classification | 1,629 |
"... (in 2013) voted to pass a budget resolution that would have cut more than $250 billion from Social Security and Medicare over a decade. In 2017, like most other Republicans, (DeSantis) voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and to cut taxes on corporations, high-earners and wealthy heirs."DeSantis, like other Republican candidates, are deathly afraid of Town Hall settings because it exposes these universally unpopular attacks upon seniors and non-wealthy tax-payers.Like Trump, DeSantis is a Megaphone Politician.Unlike Trump, DeSantis is no good at telling the bald face lies that cover-up the plans of a Republican House and Senate.
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| no | Classification | 2,988 |
I owned a fairly upscale cafe in the 90's in Los Angeles. It's a hard life, much harder than most of the public can even comprehend. I lost a lot of hair and money, and we were packed every day. The busier we got, the more money it cost to keep running, and the thinner the profit margin. After only two years of being opened I decided to close up at a tremendous financial loss, but by that point I didn't care, I simply wanted to end the overwhelming responsibility and the increasing stress to keep it going. Even though I had to declare bankruptcy, I still feel I came out ahead. If owning and running a restaurant is not your life's passion, and you don't have any financial backers to lighten the load, then don't do it. Opening a restaurant is not a decision to be taken lightly. 90% of them don't stay open more than a year. If you feel compelled to do it no matter what, then do your due diligence and start small with the least amount of staff necessary. If I absolutely had to do it all over again, I would have focused on pizza takeout only. A better profit margin and lower overhead will lighten the load. Or, be happy to just make meals for your friends at home. That's what I do these days.
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Say you go to a Restaurant.You order the food and eat it.The waiter brings you the Check.You say you will not pay that $50, since it puts you "over your Credit Limit" on your Credit Card.The Waiter says "I don't care about your Credit Limit! When you ate that food, you made a "Silent Promise" to pay that $50 !You say "we have to stop eating at Restaurants", as the reason for not paying the $50.One thing for you to do is "to stop eating at restaurants" in the future, but PAY for the food you consumed TODAY. That would be analogous to cutting Federal Spending NOW, but to pay for previous Debt caused by past spending.Another thing you could do, for the future, is INCREASE your income, so $50 is no Big Deal.That would be the Federal equivalent of raising Taxes.Now, CNBC says "some [unnamed] Congressional Republicans want to "cut Social Security" as the "Price" of raising the Debt Ceiling!First, do they KNOW many Americans who get Social Security ALSO vote Republican? I even know some of them!Second, we have a situation where the CEO of Walmart pays SS Tax on only the first $147,500 of his $20 million in Annual Compensation. That is Decimal 0.007375 of his $20 million or 73.75% OF ONE PERCENT of his $20 million! In contrast, the American earning $50,000 per year pays 6.2% ($3,100) in SS Tax on ONE HUNDRED percent of his or her $50,000! And the CEO pays $9,145, (6.2% of $147,500) when he'd pay $1,240,000 (6.2% of $20 million) if the system were fair.
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andrew I have a very, very hard time believing that you voted for Biden. Another Trojan Horse comment.Investing in an industry (semiconductors) that is vital to current and future technology, when we suffered serious shortages during the pandemic because we relied upon other countries (especially China) — is a "recipe for corruption and waste as billions are funneled to favored industries"? Really?Really?
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Clearwater I worked for 50 years and I do not feel guilty for collecting the investment I made into my retirement through Social Security.
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crumble grimble There are ample fast-food restaurants open 24/7 in Manhattan.
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"content": "crumble grimble There are ample fast-food restaurants open 24/7 in Manhattan.\n",
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Another result of the dumbing down of U.S. education. How many research type Phds do you think the country had back in the 1930s and 1940s? We spent a % of U.S. GDP on research back then (say 3%), and most of it went to a select group of qualifed research Phds around the country that had to meet strict requirements to get into that elite group. Then the U.S. decided we needed more Phds, but found that, alas, the percentage of the population that could honestly neet the requirements of entering such an "elite" group was no higher in the 1950s than it was in the 30s and 40s. So the only way to get "more Phds" was to lower the requirements for getting into that "elite' group. In other words, that group of Phds became less and less "elite" over time. Today we have a plethora of Phds with no way to actually ascertain which ones are truely the "elite" in their fields. So our 3% of GDP spend on research today gets spread over a much larger group of Phds - 2/3 of which likely really aren't particularly qualified and most likely would never have been granted entry into that elite group of Phds back in the 30s and 40s. Our research investment has been diluted by the average quality level of the Phds that we invest in. This end result is no surprise.
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"content": "Another result of the dumbing down of U.S. education. How many research type Phds do you think the country had back in the 1930s and 1940s? We spent a % of U.S. GDP on research back then (say 3%), and most of it went to a select group of qualifed research Phds around the country that had to meet strict requirements to get into that elite group. Then the U.S. decided we needed more Phds, but found that, alas, the percentage of the population that could honestly neet the requirements of entering such an \"elite\" group was no higher in the 1950s than it was in the 30s and 40s. So the only way to get \"more Phds\" was to lower the requirements for getting into that \"elite' group. In other words, that group of Phds became less and less \"elite\" over time. Today we have a plethora of Phds with no way to actually ascertain which ones are truely the \"elite\" in their fields. So our 3% of GDP spend on research today gets spread over a much larger group of Phds - 2/3 of which likely really aren't particularly qualified and most likely would never have been granted entry into that elite group of Phds back in the 30s and 40s. Our research investment has been diluted by the average quality level of the Phds that we invest in. This end result is no surprise.\n",
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Johnny Panic It may not be a good look, but it's irrelevant economically, and a distraction from holding the real culprits to account. Funding the royal family cost the British taxpayer the equivalent of around US$2 a year. Even less if you count the tourist income they generate.
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Hmm, just " to be fair", even to the "Wall St" moguls and barons, most manually-opening doors open inward ( into the apartment, house, or store) and close outward. Nonetheless, it IS amusing to imagine the "Masters if the Universe", distracted of course by their Very Important Concerns, just not gettin' it, time after time!
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Alex. Who cannot ‘grow’ with two TRILLION OF BORROWINGS, given to … anybody?CA alone, admitted to $20 billion going to fraudsters, shysters and crooks, even those OVERSEAS!!!Let’s not forget Bernie, ENRON,Theranos, and the crypto jokes….is this ‘capitalism’ or RICO.
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ML The answer it is a huge business. Yes, star athletes make ridiculous amounts of money, but most NFL players careers are short and they make relatively little given it would have to last a lifetime.The real money? A typical NFL team today sells for prob 4 billion on average. Thanks to Merchandising and especially the booming TV revenue, teams share in a 16 billion dollar revenue stream that keeps going up. Ticket sales and concessions are in the mix, but most of that is shared revenue. That means each team is getting a shared check of prob 400M dollars, then their local revenue is piled on that. Current NFL payroll max is 208M, which means a team can pull in 200M easily in profit.
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The US has the highest incarceration rate in the world ,by far.8 times superior to the EU average.8 times more US citizens in jail.For one prison in the EU there are 8 prisons with same population in the USA .And the USA has also 8 times more violent crime per capita .All the results of the US economy distribution.But what is avoided in the analysis also is that this extremely high social control and incarceration costs 200 biliion dollars per year .1/4th of the US military budget .The US has 750 citizens in jail per 100 000.By comparison the average in the EU : France, Italy or Germany is 80/ 100 K pop in jail.And 350 to 400 / 100 K pop in Russia.If this money was invested in Education and social services instead of jails and crime ,the result in social evolution would be extremely decisive.
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If you want to raise the retirement/Social Security age, you first need universal nationalized health insurance. As long as health insurance is primarily employer-based, there will be a very strong incentive to discriminate based on age and medical condition, regardless of what the law says. As it stands now, if you lose a good, long time job at, say 55 or 60, you are unlikely to find anything comparable, unless you have very specialized, in-demand skills. Beyond that, technology is always changing, and this new technology tends to replace or eliminate old jobs.And bottom-line driven corporations have figured out that it is cheaper to hire 20 somethings for 10 years.With Social Security, you pay in as you work and take out when you retire. You've earned it. So please get out of my face, Republicans!Any idea to "privatize" social security is completely wacko, to put it mildly. News reports say there are pension funds that bought crypto. One reader said there are pension funds buying Russian government bonds, which I find hard to believe, but.... Pension funds bought home mortgage derivatives prior to the 2008 economic debacle, investments as sound as a railroad track -- built of balsa wood. Something tells me these pension and private investment advisors aren't too bright. If they were, they would have gotten rich off their personal investments and retired at age 35. Instead, they will probably have to live off their Social Security, like the rest of us.
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Many in rural America are in the midst of coming to grips on the fact that in most small towns the agriculture backbone of the community has for the most part been reduced reduced by as much as 90% as it relates to population. One farmer can now easily cover the acres it once took 10 to cover. That’s in my lifetime.Small towns are gutted and since “Trickle Down Economic Theory” it has been the classic downward spiral. Trump? The guy dumped 62 Billion dollars onto the Midwest farmers exclusively to cover the total disaster that was the China tariffs. Cash always talks and absolutely no one cares that cash became a part of the 7.2 billion dollars we borrowed under donald. Everyone got their tax cut and screamed about building the wall while every small town was begging for immigrants to move in to re populate the schools and Churches. “Inflation Reduction Act?” The news never talks about it. Few have ever heard of it. We do not have a Democrat Representative in the State. Inflation Reduction Act? Fox News is letting Sen. Rick Scott scream the Democrats are taking away 250+ Billion from Medicare when in reality the Inflation Reduction Act is allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices for the 1st time thus reducing Medicares costs by 250+ Billion dollars!!! Angry rural America? For the most part Fox News does not allow “rural America” and reality to co exist……
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A Gleaming Makeover for Newark’s Terminal A A $2.7 billion airport facility has replaced one that opened when Richard Nixon was president. Good morning. It’s Thursday. We’ll take a look at the new Terminal A at Newark Liberty International Airport. The $2.7 billion project is scheduled to open today. We’ll also look at Mayor Eric Adams’s proposed funding cuts for public libraries. Library officials and readers are sounding the alarm. A $2.7 billion airport facility has replaced one that opened when Richard Nixon was president.
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TH "Tech innovation is still the future, ..."Arguably, any company that has found itself with activist investors with large positions showing up to their shareholder meetings has already gone past the stage of "innovation". Instead, they would have devolved to the stage of share price management and value extraction. To come beyond that is any of:* Going back private* Sale of the company as a whole* Breakup of the company and sale of its parts* Bankruptcy* Bankruptcy and unwindingNot much to see there.
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Phyliss Dalmatian: To the best of my knowledge, Germany actually subsidizes US military here. Please see "Germany spends millions on US military bases" at Deutsche Welle for details. Anyway, would you be happier if there were US bases in Ukraine, where russian missiles strike every other day? I'm all for sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine, but please spare me "holier than thou" accusations. There's hundreds of Abrams tanks in Europe, including maintenance teams and spare parts, and thousands in the US, but Biden won't deliver any of them. Ask him why. And, no, it ain't because they're gaz guzzlers, the Ukraine already has similarly thirsty T-80 BV turbine tanks. No problem.
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Maybe if Ronal Reagan hadn't killed AT&T and Bell Laboratories, the breakthrough's may have kept coming?!Maybe if corporations went back to funding R&D at levels around 10% revenue instead of 0.5-1.5% the breakthroughs would keep coming?Maybe if American culture didn't idolize athletes and entertainers, more kids would go into science?Maybe if America graduated half as many engineers as China does each year the breakthroughs would keep coming?Maybe if America valued older employees instead of putting them out to pasture the breakthroughs would keep coming?Maybe if CEOs didn't suck up all the profits and you paid scientists decently the breakthroughs would keep coming?Maybe if truth and honesty mattered in America the breakthroughs would keep coming?
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Katrin: actually, I think Dave K makes a very strong point:-- Elon Musk has a net worth of 28 billion dollars-- mark Zuckerberg's monthly income is over a billion dollars-- Rupert Murdoch has a net worth 18.3 billionThat's only 3 billionaires out of approximately 720 in the US alone. Add to those all the millionaires --- over 24 million of them -- and it seems to me we could continue to cover our military expenses just fine, maintain our infrastructure, and do more for hard-working Americans who struggle every day to make ends meet in large part because of childcare and healthcare costs. Sure, we would have to tax the rich more than we do now; however, I seriously doubt their quality of life would suffer much for giving back to the society that made it possible for them to acquire such wealth in the first place. Oh, and by the way, the taxes they would pay out would not disappear into thin air: the money would go back into the economy, provide jobs, and stimulate growth. That's what happened after the Second World War, when tax rates on the rich were much higher, and government spending on the Cold War, the Federal Highway Act, and more led to the greatest rise in middle and working class wealth in our history. And for all that, the national debt as a percentage of GDP actually decreased between 1945 and 1970 because tax receipts increased, thanks to low unemployment and a steady rise in national income. It's worked before; it can work again.
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SJW51 In Australia what is known as the "medicare levy" is 2% of a person's taxable income. The median income in the US is about $32,000. 2% of this $640. The mean income is about $70,000. 2% of this is $1,400. Of course, this assumes that something like the Australian system is used. But still, I'm not sure where the figures of $10,000 to $15,000 come from.
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$7.8 trillion = the Trump deficit. Now, with a Democratic president principles like a balanced budget really matter...It's totally laughable were it not so hypocritical...
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Spiro Kypreos Sadly (or perhaps fortunately for us Dems) 30-35% of the Republican base doesn't know it. Trump can't win a presidential election with just them on board but he could get the Republican nomination if (as likely) the field is crowded. Less likely but possible is Trump pulling a Ross Perot-that would be fatal to the Republicans. If Trump is the candidate, then the crucial issue is who is the Dem candidate. Despite his baggage and age, Biden can beat Trump. Beyond that it's wide open.
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Mike DrMMy doc's small practice was purchased by the Big Medical Industrial Complex. He was the only one who did not want to follow into Industrialized Medicine. To receive payout, he had to sign a non-compete to not practice within 100 miles of the BMIC. He opened a new practice, and then moved again within a year. The reason: He was served notice from the legal team at BMIC that his practice was 92 miles away. You only get the justice you can afford.
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This is a significant overstatement. The large tech companies have been so flush with cash and demand, that they got massively fat. This is trimming the fat and hardly the return of the robber baron. From real data - Microsoft Content design director - $259-277K - Software engineer - $132-200K, Data. Even an office manager is between $71-$79K. This doesn't include options, etc. Most of the talent reductions are from low performers, marketing assist roles, and low-performing salespeople.
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jrsherrard The US has achieved most of its pledged 2030 goals regarding greenhouse gas reductions from the 2005 maximum via 100% voluntary efforts, most of which were accomplished by corporations.
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28 years ago I began 9 weeks of radiation for a tumor on the base of my tongue and they gave me coffee ensure, which I didn't like, so rarely used.And my weight went from 170 to 120.They told I'd be back to normal in two weeks, it took 6 months and a couple of times I thought I was a goner.Now I'm 75 and trying to stay alive by swimming and biking.And for some reason, I now love coffee ensure. It tastes like miracle food perfection, but it's $17 dollars for four small boxes.I'm no longer as hungry, punctual and alert as I once was and I figured having an ensure would make up for my lack of meals or meals not balanced.But to economize, I dropped 'em.I have all my life used more than a little sugar -- what are the downsides of that?I have frappacino mochas, Oregon chai, oatmeal with honey, almost every day. And some days the mochas have whipped cream on top.I like food that tastes good. Lamb fat and bacon. My vegan girl friend gives me soy milk or noodles without cheese and butter... and I can barely eat them.The radiation burnt up my saliva glands and damaged my taste buds so I have to work hard to get much taste. It reminds me of my great uncle who didn't want to go to the best roadhouse in the state because "I can't taste anything, anyway." He'd always vote to go to the Roy Rogers drive in, which was about as disgusting as the old folk's home dinner last night when I visited my best surviving friend.It makes me wish I lived in France again.
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10+ trillion wiped from the market and mass layoffs. Yes, resilience.
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As brutal and shocking it is for these young people, ultimately, they are highly skilled professionals that will be redeployed into other areas of the economy that need their skills. It is no stain on their professional careers to be laid off by companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft or whatever. I know its a like a cold bucket of water being thrown in their faces, but employment at these companies is the gold seal of approval. It's like having Harvard on your resume.They will survive, prosper and do very well for themselves. They got skills that every company needs to take both parties to the next level.
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It’s very hard to believe that our elected representatives, congressmen and senators, are honestly acting as watch dogs, in the public interest.Read the article!A big chunk of our $31 TRILLION national debt comes from our elected officials “looking the other way” while the special interests that financed their campaigns rob our national treasury blind. No conscience. No ethics. Monumental greed.It’s long past time for us to get very serious about separating “donated” money from the electoral process. The military/industrial complex.Big med. Big pharma. Big insurance.Big tech.Big law firms.Banking. Finance. Credit lenders.If this list goes on a bit longer, it will not only fully identify who controls the American economy and most benefits from it. It will also identify to whom our senators and congressmen owe their loyalty and allegience.This must stop.
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He did it for $20 million. Ditto -- much more -- for Netflix. This meant quietly hoarding a cache of goods on his family for the big pay outs. Pretending the resultant spectacle is socially motivated makes it smell even worse-- like a bad melon.
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Thanks to intense lobbying from President Donald J. Trump, Dutch firm ASML was not able to sell its world class extreme ultraviolet lithography machines to China for the past several years. But the Dutch are showing reluctance to continue this policy under Joe's regime. Meanwhile, Chinese firm Huawei has announced that has developed its own UV light source that does not rely on ASML's technology. So it seems that China is on its way to developing cutting edge sub-10 nanometer chips. On top of that, China has announced a 1 trillion yuan program (USD145 billion) to expand production of 28nm chips that are still the workhorse chips for home appliances and automobiles. The Chinese have been buying lots of 28nm lithography machines. It appears that the Chinese are planning on flooding the world with cheap 28nm chips and depriving Western companies of the revenue from making 28nm chips. So while the Biden regime has issued innumerable press releases touting the CHIPs act, US manufacturers will probably become more dependent on government handouts under Joe.
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Hellen Thanks for pointing out that. The fact people are fired and investigated, means they are doing something to combat fraud, right ?Secondly, it's a bit hard to commit fraud with "your billions" since those billions come in expired/about to expire munitions and equipment. The billions go to US defense contractors and US workers to refill those stocks. What this article is about, right ?
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Most of those 11 million open jobs either pay poverty wages or would require someone to retrain, which is really expensive. And not realistic anyway for older workers. You gonna retrain a programmer in their mid 50’s to be a nurse? By the time they graduate, how many years will they have left to work?
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Per a February 7, 2007 article in The Guardian: The US flew nearly $12bn in shrink-wrapped $100 bills into Iraq, then distributed the cash with no proper control over who was receiving it and how it was being spent.All credit goes to George Bush and Dick Cheney for a fiasco that cost the U.S. trillions of dollars, which pales in comparison to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost and living-for-life wounded soldiers and civilians.And now the Iraqis denude their own land.
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I ordered a DVD player from Amazon several years ago and it arrived with a offer of a $15 rebate for posting a positive review. It was a piece of junk.
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Ronald Miller Desal costs $4 per 1,000 gallons. Cheap if you are thirsty in the desert. Expensive if you grow alomonds.
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John Tollefson 1. Abortion meds are FDA approved; cannabis is not.2. Federal cannabis law is not irrelevant in CA. The justice department still has the power to go after producers, retailers, and even users in CA (and every other legalization state). It's simply not a priority for this administration. But if a stridently anti-cannabis administration came to power, that could change. Unlikely, but until cannabis is legalized at the federal level, it's possible.3. Texas's cannabis laws are indeed irrelevant in legalization states...until that cannabis comes across the border. Given that, in your example, a TX resident must:-Travel to and from New Mexico -Rent a hotel room/AirBnB-Obtain the prescription & get it filled-Take the first pill-Wait 48 hours (this is necessary for the process to work)-Take the second pill-Go through abortion process (several hours of cramping, bleeding, etc.)-Wait a week to get a follow-up exam to ensure the abortion was successful. Why? Because if they go to a doc in TX, the doc can refuse to treat them AND call the police.The meds alone average $500. Now add the cost of travel both ways. The cost of 10 days in a hotel + meals. The cost of the MD appointments. The cost of time off work. Many folks can't afford to do what you're suggesting, so it matters a lot.
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This is DeSantis declaring his allegiance to the very same southern strategy that Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Trump before him all rode to victory. Do not underestimate the appeal of straightforwardly racist signaling. Like Maya Angelou said, when someone shows you who they are, believe them.Also, that rationale is inexplicably overstuffed meaninglessly with adverbs. The chance that anyone even deigned to crack open the course description before making the decision is minuscule.
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Musk's genius is getting people to pay him 60K to be his crash test dummies.
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Intrator invests for Russian Oligarch Vekselberg who doesn’t want US funding Ukraine and poof- santos is against Ukraine. None of this is coincidence.
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Candlewick Interesting that a law degree from Yale is sufficient to qualify someone to be appointed to the Supreme Court but doesn't qualify Hunter Biden for any business dealings? And what were Jared Kushner's qualifications for the billions he got from Qatar and the Saudi's even while he was working at the White House. And we haven't even started talking about all the charges from Trump companies to the Secret Service. And, oh my gosh, Hunter claimed $30,000 in deduction for business expenses? Give me a break!!!!
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Statistically, this is no surprise as there are few openings and a lot of people wanting it - so prep schools will be a bit more successful in placement, but the denominator is so huge, that the percentage will be small regardless. As India's population is growing, the denominator will keep increasing. When I finished high school, I studied for entrance exam to Indian Institute of Technology. Basically, my friend and I studied together, pooled our meager funds and bought some exam books to understand the type of questions and exchanged notes and tested each other. One of our friends, who was rich, attended the type of prep program you describe here, although in 1969, it was not as intense as it appears today (there were also only 5 IIT's in those days and fewer seats). We came through with high ranks and my friend did not get through. It was not our brilliance, because I feel that he was cleverer than us. This happened to many of us in that time frame. These prep schools don't let you develop at your own pace and in ways that address your strengths and confidence in yourself. My advice to parents is help your kids understand their strengths and learn in their own way. It does not feel like you are doing something dramatic, but it has greater change of success, that is not defined just by admission to IIT or an elite school, but in a broader way. The friend who did not get into IIT, has been very successful in life.
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Massachusetts Mom I live in MA, and have a home in Maine, a 3 hour drive. Our home has 100 amp service, very common in that area. An EV draws 70 amps as it charges, not going to work without a upgrade. The Ford Lighting is $90k. My 15 year old F-150 was $10k and gets 18 mpg. The Lighting range drops dramatically when towing, its battery weighs 1,800 lbs with a 7 year life that may diminish in cold weather. A few degrees in global temp is not a threat to mans’ existence.
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I contracted for AbbVie for about a year and would never do so again. It was just as the split from Abbott was being finalized. I have never seen a more complacent workforce in my life, the status quo ruled. Every division had its own IT department and the level of cooperation was poor. The only people who didn't appear to spend half the day socializing and generally screwing around were the contractors, and every morning I got to walk past a lifesize poster about diarrhea at the entrance.I also worked for other Abbott spinoffs TAP (same experience, company created for Prevacid) and Hospira, the latter of which was really starting to shake off its stain of unjustified Abbott superiority when Pfizer bought it out. There are no ethics in this business, no concern for the ultimate consumers. It's all about profit.
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Bill Joy one of the founders of Sun Microsystems and a pioneer in the development of the Internet was purported to have said that he would never allow his kids to become programmers. There is a global push downward in software development. It no longer rewards creativity only to the few. Developers are all to happy to cut their legs off and develop software that will replace them. Microsoft has to trim costs, fine. How about starting at the top with Nadella taking a larger pay cut and the administrators as well.
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Yep. 600 billion dollars of uncollected taxes out there, all 1 percenters. And the Republicans refuse to fund an overburdened IRS…Alas.
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"content": "Yep. 600 billion dollars of uncollected taxes out there, all 1 percenters. And the Republicans refuse to fund an overburdened IRS…Alas.\n",
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Speaking of inflation and the value of a dollar...I was excited when I read this today:"Consumer Prices Plateau as Inflation Slows to Prepandemic LevelsForty-year inflation high in June turned into relatively normal price growth in second half of 2022" by Dougherty and Rattner on WSJBasically it says that "overall," if you annualize inflation from the last 6 months, we are essentially back to normal at 1.9%, with most price increases occurring in the first half of the year. Or more specifically:"Labor Department data indicates that annual growth has eased to levels that existed before the pandemic. Inflation observed during the past six months would extend to prices rising 1.9% over the course of a year, close to the average annual rate of 1.7% between 2010 and 2020."Back to normal-ish by one measure anyway.Sure, there are several exceptions which are described, but given all of this, why is the Fed still being so aggressive with interest rates especially with the debt ceiling stunt that the GOP are pulling which poses such a grave danger to our economy?Shouldn't we be bracing ourselves and backing off?When I tried to point this out and post links on WaPo, my comment was removed. I was simply agreeing that now might not be a great time for state governors to be using up their rainy day funds. Was the WSJ article inaccurate?Also, can intragovernmental transfers be reclassified so as to not be a part of "total debt" so we are under the debt ceiling limit?
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TulipanoConveniently, the ecologists fail to mention that the only regions in the world which will increase their population from now onward are in the 'undeveloped world' of Africa, especially Sub-Saharan Africa, whose population will increase three-fold to be more than 3 billion by 2100. More than half the births in the world in 2100 will be in Africa. If that rate continues as it seems destined to do, by roughly 2050 half of humanity will be from Africa. Ecologists might claim that doesn't matter, because Africa is not the 'developed world'. But those 3 billion in Sub-Saharan Africa and that half of humanity who will be born in Africa will want to immigrate to the 'developed world'. And ecologists and other academics will continue to be pro-immigration, because it is profitable for the academic system to have more students and for those who are wealthy enough to own their own house, or have enough investments in the stock market, as they benefit economically from the increased scarcity of land and increased competition of labor.
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Ya but you don't do anything but launch ridiculous investigations. I seriously worry about the deb limit though I hope we can find 5 normal Republicans so the US doesn't default.I do wonder if there is an opening for Democrats to support McCarthy and his group in exchange for dumping the Hastert Rule. Thus, Dems even in the minority could potentially get legislation onto the floor for a vote and see if they can recruit any Republicans to join.
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E Read this study -- it is eye opening. <a href="https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/nov/maternal-mortality-maternity-care-us-compared-10-countries" target="_blank">https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/nov/maternal-mortality-maternity-care-us-compared-10-countries</a>
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Joey Pantone (not My Name) Profit = surplus money. Is it a hospital's mission to provide financial returns for it's investors? or care for the sick? I understand hospitals have costs. I don't understand why those cost included administrators making $250k / year
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"content": "Joey Pantone (not My Name) Profit = surplus money. Is it a hospital's mission to provide financial returns for it's investors? or care for the sick? I understand hospitals have costs. I don't understand why those cost included administrators making $250k / year\n",
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| no | Classification | 1,188 |
Johnny VIf we restrict ADU’s to “ family only” when a frail elderly ADU occupant grandpa / ma needs a Home Health Aide restricting an ADU to family isn’t a good solution. The family did this so the Senior could get intensive care help with ADL’s from a trained helper live in. Room and board is an attractive perk when a family member in an ADU is getting palliative and hospice services. That is a problem in our town in Ct. planning and zoning won’t allow the use of ADU’s for non family. Catch 22 for extended family living. Always government largesse turns into restrictive statutes. They make a law or mandate than watch the towns squirm to be released from the new criteria. We need more residents at town meetings to see the machinations preventing more appropriate family housing units. I assume push back by the corporate lobbies of developers like SUN Corporation and Carrabetta with beginnings in Meriden Ct. Democracy worked well when family generations stayed close. The government created the landscape for families to come apart during the push abandoning the post WW2 projects to becoming 20 th and 21st century slums. Big picture comes as we age. We had a great society once. Then the assassinations began and we have fascism and societal decay of families. Imho politicians are not friends to families or the disenfranchised. Housing reflects the causes of our homeless problem. We need extended families again and large campuses to house the mentally sick again. But …?!
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"content": "Johnny VIf we restrict ADU’s to “ family only” when a frail elderly ADU occupant grandpa / ma needs a Home Health Aide restricting an ADU to family isn’t a good solution. The family did this so the Senior could get intensive care help with ADL’s from a trained helper live in. Room and board is an attractive perk when a family member in an ADU is getting palliative and hospice services. That is a problem in our town in Ct. planning and zoning won’t allow the use of ADU’s for non family. Catch 22 for extended family living. Always government largesse turns into restrictive statutes. They make a law or mandate than watch the towns squirm to be released from the new criteria. We need more residents at town meetings to see the machinations preventing more appropriate family housing units. I assume push back by the corporate lobbies of developers like SUN Corporation and Carrabetta with beginnings in Meriden Ct. Democracy worked well when family generations stayed close. The government created the landscape for families to come apart during the push abandoning the post WW2 projects to becoming 20 th and 21st century slums. Big picture comes as we age. We had a great society once. Then the assassinations began and we have fascism and societal decay of families. Imho politicians are not friends to families or the disenfranchised. Housing reflects the causes of our homeless problem. We need extended families again and large campuses to house the mentally sick again. But …?!\n",
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| no | Classification | 1,104 |
If I show my age, 75, I believe I will got many ads pushing medicines that are not relevant to me, and ads about being insured at any age. So what if I see these instead of random ads.Meta has a much larger problem. They are betting it all that people will pay $1000 to be in a phony universe with terrible graphics. Every video game has superior visuals, and you have a choice of picking whatever scenario appeals to you, whether it's a sports game, killing dragons, or building a civilization. They are sure to go down the drain on that foolish whim by Zuckerburg.
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| no | Classification | 4,417 |
We all had the business idea to open a restaurant because whenever we go to a restaurant it is crowded. This is because we go on certain days of the week and we wrongly extrapolate that it is crowded every day of the year, which usually is not the case.Chefs should borrow to buy the real estate before they start. and at best they should hope that the building will be their only profit.By eventually owning the building they will have a retirement income (in future rent).Also by having a 30 year fixed rate mortgage, their rent will never go up!
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GeritheGreek Unfortunately the windows in many high rise buildings don’t open. We have created a situation in which we are completely dependent upon the technologies and fuels that created the problem in the first place.
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Mike DiNovillano:an open grassy plain in Spanish America or the southwestern U.S.Now you too can define it. Not that difficult.
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"content": "Mike DiNovillano:an open grassy plain in Spanish America or the southwestern U.S.Now you too can define it. Not that difficult.\n",
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Joy Mars Yes, we need a Constitutional Amendment and legislation to overturn the Citizens United decision and subsequent decisions allowing unlimited, anonymous campaign contributions to candidates and parties as well as 501c 3 "educational and social service" nonprofits to fund attack ads against any Democrat or non "conservative" candidate for office. That won't happen unless we elect more Democrats to the Congress, not beholden to the 1% and their PACS. We need a 2/3 veto and Filibuster Proof majority in the Congress for this to happen.
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Inequality, as Thomas Pickety shows, is the inevitable result of regressive taxation. It is baked into the sharply unequal ratio of capital return to economic growth, which can only be evened out by progressive taxation. Until a significant majority of voters can see through Republican misdirection on taxes, the wealthy will continue to protect their grotesque advantages through the politicians they influence with campaign funding. Progressive taxation, aside from restoring a balance among economic classes, will enable America to invest in much needed social, environmental, educational, and other public goods and services. Will this restore faith in government? Maybe, or maybe not, but everything short of a reversal of inequality is window dressing.
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It seems that prices are dropping. I bought a dozen, large for $3.79 at Whole Foods in Boston. For a while the usually more expensive organic “designer” egg were actually cheaper which surprised me. It pays to look at all of the prices.
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| no | Classification | 636 |
This article is far too credulous of Mr. Intrater's story. Are we really to believe he "bonded" with Santos over their shared family experience in the Holocaust? Or that a sophisticated investor like Mr. Intrater allowed himself to be strung along by a relative rube like Mr. Santos? Isn't it just as likely - or more likely - that Santos' was (wittingly or not) funded as a Russian asset and that Intrater's version of events was a fallback cover story he kept in his pocket in case his plan was foiled (which it clearly was)? Separately -- it's pretty clear Santos' plan and expectation all along was that he'd lose (while keeping a decent chunk of the campaign funds he'd 'raised'). The voters surprised everyone and exposed the whole tale. Perhaps voters are smarter collectively than they've been credit for....
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This joke, elected to Congress, exposes not only the ignorance of the electorate, but the need for a job description for both Congressman and Senator; complete with education, proven knowledge, skills, and abilities for the position, and an application process and review. Presently, an investigation into how Mr Santos (if that's his real name) suddenly came into millions of dollars from eviction from his various apartments is needed. I understand there is a request to look into his campaign finances. He is wanted in Brazil for forging checks; a case the Brazilian Government has re-opened now it is discovered where he is. Post haste, this imposter should be expelled from the House.
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At the end of the day, this is why I have never -- never -- voted for a Republican, and why I never will. I should care more about the culture war issues, but I just don't. As a white, late-sixties, male, I do, however, care about food on the table and a roof over the head for millions of Americans. Policy discussions, and economic policy discussions, are complex and always open to challenge. Culturally, the Democratic party has been for some time the party of progressive egalitarianism, which means improved status for a minority which is often perceived loss of position and status for a majority. Though progressive egalitarianism is never a zero-sum game, it's often perceived as such, making it a juicy target for "conservatives," meaning those who see themselves on the losing end. Moreover, progressive egalitarianism, though it has deep roots in evangelical religion (think MLK), it often perceived as "secular," because it pushes against Biblical patriarchy and injunctions, making it a juicy target for "conservatives," meaning those who see themselves in a fight against sin. Economically, progressive egalitarianism is a Robinhood push toward the middle. The rich are not keen on subsidizing the poor. Ultimately, I think you're correct. The right's culture and economic war is a not just a smoke screen for the rich, but a concerted "law and order" push for regression toward "traditional" forms of patriarchal oligarchy that few Americans really want.
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"content": "At the end of the day, this is why I have never -- never -- voted for a Republican, and why I never will. I should care more about the culture war issues, but I just don't. As a white, late-sixties, male, I do, however, care about food on the table and a roof over the head for millions of Americans. Policy discussions, and economic policy discussions, are complex and always open to challenge. Culturally, the Democratic party has been for some time the party of progressive egalitarianism, which means improved status for a minority which is often perceived loss of position and status for a majority. Though progressive egalitarianism is never a zero-sum game, it's often perceived as such, making it a juicy target for \"conservatives,\" meaning those who see themselves on the losing end. Moreover, progressive egalitarianism, though it has deep roots in evangelical religion (think MLK), it often perceived as \"secular,\" because it pushes against Biblical patriarchy and injunctions, making it a juicy target for \"conservatives,\" meaning those who see themselves in a fight against sin. Economically, progressive egalitarianism is a Robinhood push toward the middle. The rich are not keen on subsidizing the poor. Ultimately, I think you're correct. The right's culture and economic war is a not just a smoke screen for the rich, but a concerted \"law and order\" push for regression toward \"traditional\" forms of patriarchal oligarchy that few Americans really want.\n",
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Meanwhile, the Justice Department is still "debating" whether or not Trump committed a crime by trying to violently overthrow the government, and whether or not George Santos should be investigated for "lending" $700,000 to his own election campaign from his $55,000 a year salary.Two words. Neither of which can be printed in this paper.
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••• Kirsh ••• Fully agree. Unfortunately, most companies do not invest in manager training: They either choose a rockstar "worker bee" and throw them into management, or they helicopter in someone with management training but little to no domain knowledge nor understanding of the skills, needs and processes. Lower to mid-management is a very lonely role with only minimal power. If there is no timely 360 degree feedback to help course correct, then both the workers and the managers are miserable.
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Lightness I'm sorry, but you're plainly in denial of the large body of diverse, consilient knowledge accumulated in two hundred years of climate science. Your claim that proposals to stop emitting greenhouse gases are "magical thinking", is merely the argument from ignorance. In reality, the radiative physics of CO2 in the atmosphere is known to the quantum level. And the amount of atmospheric CO2 is observed to have risen steadily in recent decades. Given the rising trend of atmospheric carbon, we'd be astonished if global mean surface temperature (GMST) were *not* rising also. GMST is in fact rising, at a rate of 0.2 degrees C per decade over the last 40 years. Exhaustive research has demonstrated that the primary cause of the CO2 and GMST trends can only be the economically-driven, accelerating transfer of fossil carbon to the atmosphere in the same period.With the anthropogenic origin of the current, rapid global warming established, the clear conclusion is that the warming will continue as long as the global economy keeps digging up fossil carbon and burning it; that severe weather in California will continually worsen as the energy accumulating in the atmosphere and oceans circulates around the globe year by year; and that by decarbonizing the economy, humanity can cap the rising costs of global warming in money and tragedy. Science has shown that the alternative is open-ended, cumulative disaster.
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Teachers in Manatee County are covering up the in-class libraries for fear of being arrested and charged with the crime of having unapproved books in class.Now, DeSantis wants to change New College of Florida into the Hillsdale of the south.There are between 5,000-6,000 open teaching jobs and no one is running to get one of them. The school age children of this state will be suffering the consequences.
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John You seem to have a misconception about progressivism. By making strategic investments in the largest cross-section of our citizens' healthcare, quality education, the environment and climate change mitigations, a basic social safety net, our entire society stands to benefit greatly. Healthcare enables a healthy populace - which means better productivity, stronger economic growth, healthier families, and a stronger social fabric. Quality education ensures we continue to lead the world in innovation, economics, and raises the nation's standard of living. It also ensures that authoritarians do not displace our representative democracy (e.g., the trump's and de santis's of the right). Environmental policies that ensure the right to clean air and water are essential and climate change mitigations increase the probability of survival.Lastly, it is about leaving all of the -ism's of the past few centuries in the past so that we are a nation that respects and realizes the potential of all social groups and the rights of all people including greater equality of opportunities (but not necessarily equity of outcomes). These are the types of sociopolitical policies and morality that enhance and advance our society. The GOP way is to pretend billionaires and other oligarchs are "gods" who deserve to work citizens to death, pay no taxes, destroy the planet, and loot and hoard all of the economic growth and wealth generated from American workers and consumers.
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Mudge You may be correct about congressional salaries, especially those of the so called freedom caucus. They should be paid in jail time. But you lie about Trump. He raised the debt limit three times, mostly to accommodate the huge debt he built up with his tax cuts for the rich. He added something like $8 trillion to the national debt.
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"content": "Mudge You may be correct about congressional salaries, especially those of the so called freedom caucus. They should be paid in jail time. But you lie about Trump. He raised the debt limit three times, mostly to accommodate the huge debt he built up with his tax cuts for the rich. He added something like $8 trillion to the national debt.\n",
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Gavin Newsom's $200 million proposal for levies and flood protection are nothing but a down payment for what's needed. The lack of bold leadership is appalling. Everyone knows what's needed but there will be no grand plan brought by a leader who can rally all the parties. Just a bunch of bureaucrats shuffling paperwork between agencies.
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John Pavlosky sir we are the largest contributor of weapons behind the US. And the largest when it comes to Economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. We have taken and welcomed one million Ukrainians (three times Pittsburg) to our land with open arms and massive solidarity. Please be a little more reasonable and look at the entire picture. Regards from Germany
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"content": "John Pavlosky sir we are the largest contributor of weapons behind the US. And the largest when it comes to Economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. We have taken and welcomed one million Ukrainians (three times Pittsburg) to our land with open arms and massive solidarity. Please be a little more reasonable and look at the entire picture. Regards from Germany\n",
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