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The only difference between tRump defrauding students for $25,000,000 via tRump University and the Elizabeth Holmes defrauding of investors is she is headed to prison.
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Fair point. Consider another. For years, these long-time black homeowners gained far less appreciation than their white contemporaries in NYC’s majority-white neighborhoods. The black homeowners’ prop values (historically suppressed by redlining etc) began to spike (as it did through the city) when white people began moving in, and the banking/city services eco-system unlocked that suppressed value. So many of those older owners, black and Puerto Rican, reaching retirement age did the economically-sensible thing and sold at a good price in neighborhoods they loved and sustained, but where they saw writing on the wall. And who were most of these new bankable buyers with down payments, often benefiting from gifts their parents’ provided through their housing profits? They were (and still are) white people confident they’d get return on investment merely due to their presence in these recently-gentrified neighborhoods.
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"content": "Fair point. Consider another. For years, these long-time black homeowners gained far less appreciation than their white contemporaries in NYC’s majority-white neighborhoods. The black homeowners’ prop values (historically suppressed by redlining etc) began to spike (as it did through the city) when white people began moving in, and the banking/city services eco-system unlocked that suppressed value. So many of those older owners, black and Puerto Rican, reaching retirement age did the economically-sensible thing and sold at a good price in neighborhoods they loved and sustained, but where they saw writing on the wall. And who were most of these new bankable buyers with down payments, often benefiting from gifts their parents’ provided through their housing profits? They were (and still are) white people confident they’d get return on investment merely due to their presence in these recently-gentrified neighborhoods.\n",
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As it seems the NCAA is admitting that "student athletes" are essentially employees, it seems only fair that they start being treated as such. As university staff and faculty are prohibited from individually profiting from anything which comes about as a result of university investment in property or other resources, such as inventing a medicine or developing a new technology, its only fair the same apply to student athlete employees. As such they should be expected to return the roughly 90% of benefits they are recieving from such deals which they are not entitled to. This remainder of 10% is roughly what any other person at the university would earn on any similar deal if they utilized any university resources such as time, infrastructure, name or anything else.
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"content": "As it seems the NCAA is admitting that \"student athletes\" are essentially employees, it seems only fair that they start being treated as such. As university staff and faculty are prohibited from individually profiting from anything which comes about as a result of university investment in property or other resources, such as inventing a medicine or developing a new technology, its only fair the same apply to student athlete employees. As such they should be expected to return the roughly 90% of benefits they are recieving from such deals which they are not entitled to. This remainder of 10% is roughly what any other person at the university would earn on any similar deal if they utilized any university resources such as time, infrastructure, name or anything else.\n",
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SJA "Sending my (first) donation now. And I don’t live anywhere near Arizona."Of course your don't. Sounds sorta like the outsiders creating the recent problems in GA, They say the $90 million project, which would be built by the Atlanta Police Foundation, involves cutting down so many trees that it would be environmentally damaging. They also oppose spending so much money on a facility they say will be used to practice "urban warfare."The GBI said about 25 campsites were located and removed in Wednesday's raid, and mortar-style fireworks, edged weapons, pellet rifles, gas masks and a blow torch were recovered.Seven people were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism and criminal trespass, with other charges pending, the GBI said. They range in age from 20 to 34 years, and none are Georgia residents."<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/21/1150632964/atlanta-protest-police-killing-activist" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2023/01/21/1150632964/atlanta-protest-police-killing-activist</a>
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As Michael Corleone said " My answer, senator is nothing. And I would appreciate it if you put up the $25000 fee"This is a fight that the deficit default Rs wanted to have. Chip Roy stated that they were successful on previous occasions and that Biden would cave. McConnell understood the problem and tried to spare the Senate Rs. McCarthy is now having to back down from this loser. Even Trump recognizes it.
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| no | Classification | 86 |
I just got back from Costco.Two dozen Organic Eggs, Large, $7.99.Two container limit. A whopping $1.00 more than 5 years ago.
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| yes | Classification | 9,255 |
Ironically, when the Christchurch attacks happened, her Coalition partner was a rabidly anti-immigrant party NZ First with a long record of making anti-Asian and anti-Muslim speeches. After becoming Prime Minister in 2017 she also refused to change racist refugee law that put restraints on refugees from Africa and the Middle East. So, it’s a stretch to paint her as a pro-Muslim or pro-immigrant leader. This image was projected later in the aftermath of Christchurch attacks when NZ was under international media spotlight.Changing gun laws in NZ was no big deal (as it would be in the United States). There never was a strong call either for or against the gun laws. No one was bothered either way. Changing the gun laws after the terrorist attacks was a win-win move politically speaking. That’s what was expected. It wasn’t a “radical” move as it is portrayed.
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"content": "Ironically, when the Christchurch attacks happened, her Coalition partner was a rabidly anti-immigrant party NZ First with a long record of making anti-Asian and anti-Muslim speeches. After becoming Prime Minister in 2017 she also refused to change racist refugee law that put restraints on refugees from Africa and the Middle East. So, it’s a stretch to paint her as a pro-Muslim or pro-immigrant leader. This image was projected later in the aftermath of Christchurch attacks when NZ was under international media spotlight.Changing gun laws in NZ was no big deal (as it would be in the United States). There never was a strong call either for or against the gun laws. No one was bothered either way. Changing the gun laws after the terrorist attacks was a win-win move politically speaking. That’s what was expected. It wasn’t a “radical” move as it is portrayed.\n",
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As China Reopens, Online Finger-Pointing Shows a Widening Gulf The Communist Party’s efforts to limit discord over its sudden “zero Covid” pivot are being challenged with increasing rancor, including from its own supporters. A furious, wide-ranging argument is unfolding on the internet in China over the reversal of the government’s strict pandemic policies and the massive Covid surge that followed. The divisions are challenging the Communist Party’s efforts to control the narrative around its pandemic pivot. The Communist Party’s efforts to limit discord over its sudden “zero Covid” pivot are being challenged with increasing rancor, including from its own supporters.
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| no | Classification | 617 |
Was Yeshiva University Entitled to $230 Million in Public Funds? The Modern Jewish Orthodox school refuses to recognize an L.G.B.T.Q. student club, arguing in court that it is a religious institution. To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. The Modern Jewish Orthodox school refuses to recognize an L.G.B.T.Q. student club, arguing in court that it is a religious institution.
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And when he lost in 2020, Santos opened a recount fundraising account and took in $265,000It was always about the grift.
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| yes | Classification | 9,467 |
The problem with encircling the planet with US military bases can be seen in the experience of the British Empire, where the boast was that the sun never set on it. One of the “mightiest” British fortresses in Malaysia was over run by and surrendered to Japanese soldiers on bicycles. The US took over from the British as global cops, to protect oil supplies and other American business interests supplying cheap commodities and to counter Soviet expansion. Now everything has changed, China is both global expansionist threat and supplier of cheap stuff, at the expense of US manufacturing. The US now bears the vast majority of the global security burden, even in Europe. Some of our allies are increasing their contribution, and new alliances are being formed in the Pacific. Maybe its time for America to share our “exceptionalism” before a global conflict makes us the next British Empire.
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| no | Classification | 415 |
I marvel at how many of my fellow retirees can afford to live in the bigger, more costly cities of the USA. Admittedly, I was not prudent and spent all my earnings paying off my home and then making endless improvements. Between property taxes of $2000 per quarter, home-owners insurance, utilities and the other sundry items I needed to cough up, my entire Social Security check was past history sooner than it was received.I am fortunate to have travelled abroad during my career as a teacher, so I had garnered considerable knowledge of this bugaboo we call the cost-of-living, and I found my little corner of nirvana here in a somewhat small enclave in Brazil. Here I sit in my own (rented) 2 bedroom home with my little dog of 14 years, and manage to not only pay all my bills without discomfort, but can squeeze in sending my kids, grandkids and even the greats a little something for their birthdays and wedding anniversaries. I also managed to pay for my eldest son's ticket and rental car just to come and see his old man.To top things off, they have national health insurance here, so my recent fall from my bike, along with the accompanying head wound (14 stitches), so my ambulance ride and my brief (two hour) stay didn't costs me a dime.I did my bit for my country by paying taxes and as a medic in the Army. But I just can't afford it any more.
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"content": "I marvel at how many of my fellow retirees can afford to live in the bigger, more costly cities of the USA. Admittedly, I was not prudent and spent all my earnings paying off my home and then making endless improvements. Between property taxes of $2000 per quarter, home-owners insurance, utilities and the other sundry items I needed to cough up, my entire Social Security check was past history sooner than it was received.I am fortunate to have travelled abroad during my career as a teacher, so I had garnered considerable knowledge of this bugaboo we call the cost-of-living, and I found my little corner of nirvana here in a somewhat small enclave in Brazil. Here I sit in my own (rented) 2 bedroom home with my little dog of 14 years, and manage to not only pay all my bills without discomfort, but can squeeze in sending my kids, grandkids and even the greats a little something for their birthdays and wedding anniversaries. I also managed to pay for my eldest son's ticket and rental car just to come and see his old man.To top things off, they have national health insurance here, so my recent fall from my bike, along with the accompanying head wound (14 stitches), so my ambulance ride and my brief (two hour) stay didn't costs me a dime.I did my bit for my country by paying taxes and as a medic in the Army. But I just can't afford it any more.\n",
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“When we open up the decentralized world, we offer ways for humans to collaborate in ways they never have before,” she said. “That’s human development.”And the details of how or why any of this is supposed to work are always fuzzy. The part where you put money in someone else’s account isn’t fuzzy – – that part is clear enough. 
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| yes | Classification | 5,130 |
I don't find the authors' idea of interesting science, well, interesting.I suppose the authors would say that going from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits with 10-15 billion transistors isn't interesting, because they're all just gates.Or learning how to manipulate DNA with CRISPR and other techniques isn't interesting, because DNA's structure was discovered 70 years ago.Or learning enough about cells to understand the role of mRNA, and figure out how to get mRNA injected into a body's cells also doesn't count as innovative, because again, DNA's structure was already known.Or CAR-T cancer therapies aren't innovative, because, well, who knows?Or building a world wide information utility with billions of users isn't disruptive, because Alexander Bell already invented the telephone.Or being able to find out where you are anywhere on Earth based on tracking clock signals from satellites moving 18,000 MPH, and putting all that stuff in the phone that you carry around in your pocket isn't innovative, because we already had maps.There sure seems to be a lot interesting and disruptive innovation, when I look at it.
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"content": "I don't find the authors' idea of interesting science, well, interesting.I suppose the authors would say that going from vacuum tubes to integrated circuits with 10-15 billion transistors isn't interesting, because they're all just gates.Or learning how to manipulate DNA with CRISPR and other techniques isn't interesting, because DNA's structure was discovered 70 years ago.Or learning enough about cells to understand the role of mRNA, and figure out how to get mRNA injected into a body's cells also doesn't count as innovative, because again, DNA's structure was already known.Or CAR-T cancer therapies aren't innovative, because, well, who knows?Or building a world wide information utility with billions of users isn't disruptive, because Alexander Bell already invented the telephone.Or being able to find out where you are anywhere on Earth based on tracking clock signals from satellites moving 18,000 MPH, and putting all that stuff in the phone that you carry around in your pocket isn't innovative, because we already had maps.There sure seems to be a lot interesting and disruptive innovation, when I look at it.\n",
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| yes | Classification | 9,936 |
How frustrating is THIS??An old man pays "$2 million in taxes, penalties and interest" and is sent to Rikers, while the Trump organization, "found guilty on all 17 counts of tax fraud and other financial crimes," MAY pay UP TO $1.6 million. When will it finally be Trump who serves the time?There must be something he has done, many things he has done, that are worth 100 days at Rikers.
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"content": "How frustrating is THIS??An old man pays \"$2 million in taxes, penalties and interest\" and is sent to Rikers, while the Trump organization, \"found guilty on all 17 counts of tax fraud and other financial crimes,\" MAY pay UP TO $1.6 million. When will it finally be Trump who serves the time?There must be something he has done, many things he has done, that are worth 100 days at Rikers.\n",
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All the Republicans are doing is wasting my taxpayer money and turning me even more against my former party in trying to hurt President Biden politically by attacking Hunter Biden, who has never had a role in government. How about an investigation into the &2 billion Jared Kushner got from the Saudis for his post-White House venture, after he worked in the Trump administration and was tasked with Middle East issues?
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"content": "All the Republicans are doing is wasting my taxpayer money and turning me even more against my former party in trying to hurt President Biden politically by attacking Hunter Biden, who has never had a role in government. How about an investigation into the &2 billion Jared Kushner got from the Saudis for his post-White House venture, after he worked in the Trump administration and was tasked with Middle East issues?\n",
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Dearson But the tricks they're using will only compensate for being outnumbered to a certain point. hence the growing desperation, and the authoritarian lurch toward a non-democratic system where voting and the will of the majority don't matter. If our system of choosing leaders looks anything like it does now in 10-15 years the window will be closed on them for good. This is also why the focus on schools and the school curriculum - they need to brainwash a new generation or their way of thinking dies (what most of us see as a good thing is the apocalypse in their eyes).
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Incorporeal Being There is also Pegasos in Switzerland, which has more lenient requirements. Both are expensive and sadly, out of reach for most people who don't have $10-$20K socked away. It is sad that we have to leave our home and country to be able to have a peaceful death. Another option that I haven't seen discussed is VSED. Here in the states VSED (Voluntarily Stopping Eating and Drinking) is legal here in the states, but does require support. As an End of Life Doula, I have worked with patients who have chosen this as their method of exiting.
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Mary Ann ~Your response reminded me of a friend who had been loaned money ($14,000) toward a car purchase by a long time married friend who was well off. It was a loan, not a gift.My friend mentioned something or other that she was going to buy or do. I asked her, what about the money you owe your friend? "Oh, I'm not worried about that" was her reply.I found her cavalier attitude disrespectful to her good friend's generosity.
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We in Texas know that Republicans do not lead. They posture and have a secret auction for access to resources. Doubt me? The 2020 freeze and power grid failure that cost ~500 followed a similar 2011 failure. Never fixed. Still not fixed.
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Alec You would think that £350m/week not being paid to Brussels would feed some of these working people.Ask the Tories where it went.
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"content": "Alec You would think that £350m/week not being paid to Brussels would feed some of these working people.Ask the Tories where it went.\n",
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Until the ruinous effects of the very wrong Supreme "Citizen's United" ruling are reversed, this will only get worse. What we have NOW is a Govt (Congressional Reps, judges, etc.) who are OPENLY bought-and-paid for with unlimited amounts of "dark money". These interests are BUYING loyalty on a daily basis. We ALL see this and know deep down that it is corrupt. If not rectified soon - open revolt is certain. People have had it....
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Moveyourbody Cheap eggs are a product of mistreated chickens. This price hike does not mean factory chickens are being treated better, though. I've bought cage-free eggs for $6 a dozen for years. They also taste way better and have more nutrients.
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"content": "Moveyourbody Cheap eggs are a product of mistreated chickens. This price hike does not mean factory chickens are being treated better, though. I've bought cage-free eggs for $6 a dozen for years. They also taste way better and have more nutrients.\n",
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White House silence on the Biden Document Mess has become a major blot on his presidency.The WH has reluctantly disclosed that Biden attorneys found classified documents and official records on four separate occasions:— on Nov. 2 at the offices of the Penn Biden Center in Washington, — on Dec. 20 in the garage of the president’s Wilmington, Delaware, home, — on Nov. 11 in the president’s home library, and— on Nov. 12 in the president’s home library.But the WH and the document search teams have not revealed the classification, subject, and author of each document, nor have they identified who brought the documents to the Penn Biden Center, leaving open the assumption that Biden brought documents to his home garage and library.The longer these issues go unclarified, and thus festering, the lower Biden’s approval rating will fall, leading to further doubts that he will run for re-election in 2024. And if he resigns before then, the prospect of Kamala Harris becoming President will provoke a vigorous, if not destabilizing campaign between Harris supporters and other new candidates, with the Republicans in full schadenfreude.
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| yes | Classification | 6,013 |
Had to laugh when I read this article because it is so detached from the reality of who is building ADUs and who will live in them after they are completed. Where I live - in Seattle - most of the new detached housing units in formerly single family zones seems to be large upscale DADUs (detached ADUs), not the small affordable ADUs mentioned in the article . We have one going up right next to us on property owned by an investor that's 2 stories, about 1300 square feet and it entirely fills the former back yard up to the property line. Guessing that it will cost $300-$600k to build, given current Seattle construction costs.This isn't designed for an owner who wants to house their aging parents; it's designed for an investor who wants to maximize the income on their property. It will probably sell for well over $500k or rent out at an equally unaffordable price. Of course, the article doesn't even mention any of this and it does make we wonder if it was ghost written by a real estate developer.
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Microsoft worked in shady ways in regards to its software competition since the beginningMicrosoft Windows is actually bloated, poorly designed software.Microsoft is a company that has never made good decisions concerning new R & D. Microsoft needs to sink into the sunset before it creates more user unfriendly trash.
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NYChap"Just keep your eyes and mind open and remember what you see and hear, and you will understand"Maybe you should follow your own advice.The article clearly states that Garland has put an investigator onto the Biden papers - a Trump appointee to be precise. If a Trump appointee can't find anything, there is nothing there.And the comparison between Biden and Trump is clear - Biden gave them back without being asked. Trump delayed, lied and ignored requests etc. He even made a big deal about them being his, that they were declassified by simply thinking about it.
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A NATO membership for Ukraine is just as good as a Declaration of War towards Russia. This is the core of problem from the beginning of that crisis in 2014.A look at Hitler's "Operation Barbarossa" - might be an eye-opener for some people who don't see Russia's national security interests.And imagine a military alliance of Russia, China, Iran, North Korea in Mexico.
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| no | Classification | 1,014 |
The article conveniently omits the fact that the meat and dairy industry is subsidized to the tune of $38 Billion per annum (in 2013 dollars, this is from the well-researched book Meatonomics) whereas the other agro-industries are subsidized hardly $4 Billion per annum. Immaterial of which side of the dietary spectrum you are on, this is a political issue that needs debate and sane policy-making. The article does a disservice to the need for debate on this.
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Hospital acuities are getting higher and higher per the push to do more outpatient and discharge sooner. Further, advanced high-risk therapies are not just done in the ICU. High-priced consultants and management viewing nurses as a cost center have cut staffing to the bone so there is no give when patients deteriorate (and often CEOs give themselves fat rewards for making such cuts). Do you want to be a deteriorating patient when your nurse lacks adequate bandwidth to quickly recognize a problem? Would you want your loved one to be a patient in such a case? Wouldn't you rather your nurse work in a organization with a safe culture, have adequate staffing and supplies, and be adequately compensated, with continuing education support, childcare support, etc., in order to be able to provide you with great care? Catching problems early can better reduce morbidity, mortality, costs, and human suffering. More educated nurses are vital to patient safety (data demonstrates this). We cannot treat nurses as disposable. We must invest in them.
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Ball :As a "now" Chicagoan, I agree. BYOB is great, when you can find it, but even if I have to pay corkage of $15-25, I'd rather that than $40-50 for a $ 10 bottle of wine.
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Atlanta, April, 2002. One of the very best concerts we have ever seen, I can still hear the searing opening guitars of “Carry On” and the flawless harmonies from 60 year old voices that left our 30 year old selves standing in awe as our spirits were lifted up and away. When I told my then 62 year old dad how much we had spent on the tickets (a paltry amount compared to today’s standards), he said having that experience and creating those memories was a good investment that we would never regret. He wasn’t wrong, we still talk about the power and the magic of that concert to this day. Thank you to the icons like David Crosby for the memories and for the lasting artistic legacy for Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z, and future generations to enjoy.
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I unsubscribe from, and don't subscribe to "news letters" & "notifications about deals" and shut off ad codes in my browser and in Windows. I shut off software requests to gather data that monitor my activity for purposes of "improving services". I use 2 email addresses, one from people I want to hear from and the other for ordering goods. Microsoft and Google are good at sending spam to the spam folder. I don't have a Facebook account. I delete cookies occasionally. I block senders for the few unsolicited ads that get through. I'm sure data is being collected somewhere, but my inbox stays clean.
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| yes | Classification | 9,299 |
I did not save one penny, anything, for retirement until I turned 33. I did then because my boss told me I'd be a fool to not save. I worked for 10 years for a company with a 403B plan. Then I worked for 13 years for a company that had a 401K plan but I could never save much in it because they had no match and younger people didn't put anything into it. Thus I'd save money and get most of it back at the end of the year. I had to put money into an IRA. But still never saved as much as I would have. It's challenging when companies you work for don't help you save. But don't panic at 22 for goodness sake. Just save as soon as you can and much as you can. Keep in mind, you want to also enjoy the days while you work too. Some businesses let you split your check, do so with a bank that lets you electronically transfer funds between savings and checking accounts. Then automatically save $n. If it's needed, you just transfer what's needed. I found if I put $50 in, I'd often need $40, but not always. Sometimes I needed $80, but that float helped and grew over time. Don't commit to locked-in IRAs until you are sure you don't need that money now. If you've saved it for a few years, you can be sure, then move it to an IRA. You can do a lump sum before April 15th each year and still get the tax break.
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Open primaries are one of the solutions to minority rule, but the majority of Americans need to actually learn what an open primary is and then pressure their state legislatures to adopt them.
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frankly 32 ....sounds like you saved me 4 dollars, or nearest € equivalent, plus popcorn, plus noisy disagreement with others who've seen it......round it off to €50.I finally get (-1) x (-1) = +1Pain ya don't have to endure is bliss.Now, what'll I do with what I saved ?
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| no | Classification | 1,197 |
I’m English and have never witnessed a decline in standards for just about everything over the last decade or so. The latest government prank is to add another year (from 67 to 68) before those who are 54 or below can claim their state pension, which, incidentally, is among the lowest in Europe. Oafish Brexit opened the floodgates to decline across the board as we experience a steady stream of mediocre premiers, including some real stinkers, like Johnson and Truss, who should never have been allowed anywhere near the levers of power. The latest execrable example, married to a billionaires, is currently running our NHS health care system into the ground. No doubt there’ll be money in this strategy for some Conservative crony or other. Anyone in the US requiring an English butler, do drop me a line. You can have your very own Jeeves. And I’ll be very cheap, much like how my country has become.
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"content": "I’m English and have never witnessed a decline in standards for just about everything over the last decade or so. The latest government prank is to add another year (from 67 to 68) before those who are 54 or below can claim their state pension, which, incidentally, is among the lowest in Europe. Oafish Brexit opened the floodgates to decline across the board as we experience a steady stream of mediocre premiers, including some real stinkers, like Johnson and Truss, who should never have been allowed anywhere near the levers of power. The latest execrable example, married to a billionaires, is currently running our NHS health care system into the ground. No doubt there’ll be money in this strategy for some Conservative crony or other. Anyone in the US requiring an English butler, do drop me a line. You can have your very own Jeeves. And I’ll be very cheap, much like how my country has become.\n",
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Nunyo Demasio Yep, it is HIS money but all the same the man has a point, no? Had Drake been a bit more socially aware or generous there are plenty of inner city schools which would like to have some instruments for budding young musicians, for example. Jeez, even just the .7 from the $2.7m would have gone a long way and made a lot of people happy. I think I gots me a point, no?
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"content": "Nunyo Demasio Yep, it is HIS money but all the same the man has a point, no? Had Drake been a bit more socially aware or generous there are plenty of inner city schools which would like to have some instruments for budding young musicians, for example. Jeez, even just the .7 from the $2.7m would have gone a long way and made a lot of people happy. I think I gots me a point, no?\n",
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| no | Classification | 689 |
Outlawing third trimester abortions, as the Democrats are evidently willing to do, is just another extension of legislators thinking they know better than Doctors and patients, and ignoring the complexities of pregnancy. Just because only 1% of abortions are performed that late in pregnancy shouldn’t mean that we force women at that stage with a non-viable fetus to continue the pregnancy, which will result in more deaths and injury to women. If you can’t name the multitude of complications which would make late-term abortion the best medical decision, you have no business imposing your ignorant opinions on others. Certainly health care dollars could be saved if conditions affecting only 1% of the population are to go untreated, but it is grossly unfair. Should Doctors refuse to treat men with heart valve problems because it’s only 1% of men? It’s a ridiculous assertion and one unworthy of a just society.
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"content": "Outlawing third trimester abortions, as the Democrats are evidently willing to do, is just another extension of legislators thinking they know better than Doctors and patients, and ignoring the complexities of pregnancy. Just because only 1% of abortions are performed that late in pregnancy shouldn’t mean that we force women at that stage with a non-viable fetus to continue the pregnancy, which will result in more deaths and injury to women. If you can’t name the multitude of complications which would make late-term abortion the best medical decision, you have no business imposing your ignorant opinions on others. Certainly health care dollars could be saved if conditions affecting only 1% of the population are to go untreated, but it is grossly unfair. Should Doctors refuse to treat men with heart valve problems because it’s only 1% of men? It’s a ridiculous assertion and one unworthy of a just society.\n",
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"DeSantis . . . would slash what’s left of the safety net and use the proceeds to help the rich stay rich." Excuse me, you meant the "rich get richer". According to the our Federal Reserve, since the pandemic started, the share of the nation's wealth held by the top 1% went from 30.7% in the 4th quarter of 2019, to 31.9%, in the 1st quarter of 2022. <a href="https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134" target="_blank">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134</a>
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"content": "\"DeSantis . . . would slash what’s left of the safety net and use the proceeds to help the rich stay rich.\" Excuse me, you meant the \"rich get richer\". According to the our Federal Reserve, since the pandemic started, the share of the nation's wealth held by the top 1% went from 30.7% in the 4th quarter of 2019, to 31.9%, in the 1st quarter of 2022. <a href=\"https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134\" target=\"_blank\">https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WFRBST01134</a>\n",
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As always the details are important. I asked my friends in Italy about this and most providers are locked into contracts. The consumer likely will not have relief until the warm weather arrives. When we do video chats everyone is dressed very warmly inside the house. I have huge empathy. I am very warm for about $1.75 per day. I feel privileged.
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ISR : Your response undermines itself. You deny that Israel depends on US assistance, and yet you point out that Israel has permission to draw on the ammunition the US stockpiles in the country. If Israel has so very little need of the US to maintain its defense, why does this agreement exist? Certainly not because it protects the US from an attack on its homeland. The agreement protects Israel, as does the more than three billion dollars in (mostly military) aid the US provides Israel annually. Read a little less propaganda and you will realize that Israel, despite its military prowess, is very much dependent on the good will of the US and other allies.
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"content": "ISR : Your response undermines itself. You deny that Israel depends on US assistance, and yet you point out that Israel has permission to draw on the ammunition the US stockpiles in the country. If Israel has so very little need of the US to maintain its defense, why does this agreement exist? Certainly not because it protects the US from an attack on its homeland. The agreement protects Israel, as does the more than three billion dollars in (mostly military) aid the US provides Israel annually. Read a little less propaganda and you will realize that Israel, despite its military prowess, is very much dependent on the good will of the US and other allies.\n",
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One of their first orders of business is abolish the IRS, a branch of "We the people..." government, defund and rescind its $80 billion funding. But Southwest, a private, for-profit corporation that recently failed its customers, gets to keep its billions in pandemic bailouts? Hmmm...makes you wonder, who are these "republicans" working for? Taxation, btw, IS Constitutional. It is literally mandated in our Constitution that the federal government has that responsibility. One more time, the extremist right-wing is attempting to re-write our governing documents.
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"content": "One of their first orders of business is abolish the IRS, a branch of \"We the people...\" government, defund and rescind its $80 billion funding. But Southwest, a private, for-profit corporation that recently failed its customers, gets to keep its billions in pandemic bailouts? Hmmm...makes you wonder, who are these \"republicans\" working for? Taxation, btw, IS Constitutional. It is literally mandated in our Constitution that the federal government has that responsibility. One more time, the extremist right-wing is attempting to re-write our governing documents.\n",
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Dont overlook the fact that Erin Mattson, who i think is a great kid received one of the best educations in the country. Out of state tuition, room and board is $50k +, I know, my out of state son attends UNC. NIL is going to kill women's sports at the Division 1 level. As a local business owner the decision for me is easy, im giving the money to the kid, not the sports department. The only leverage big name football schools have is season tickets. you want them, better pay up! Its the law of unintended consequences. With UNC's mens basketball team I have said its hard to get up at 5am and run 5 miles when your now sleeping in silk sheets!
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"content": "Dont overlook the fact that Erin Mattson, who i think is a great kid received one of the best educations in the country. Out of state tuition, room and board is $50k +, I know, my out of state son attends UNC. NIL is going to kill women's sports at the Division 1 level. As a local business owner the decision for me is easy, im giving the money to the kid, not the sports department. The only leverage big name football schools have is season tickets. you want them, better pay up! Its the law of unintended consequences. With UNC's mens basketball team I have said its hard to get up at 5am and run 5 miles when your now sleeping in silk sheets!\n",
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college athletics departments were never interested in your son. they needed him as the fig leaf to cover that their only purpose is to increase sports revenue whilst pretending that the NCAA is about "amateurism". colleges spend six-to-seven figures a year on coaches and ADs, and even more on fancy facilities for football and basketball, and then trick people into being upset that an athlete is getting money, when that athlete's efforts facilitates $1B/yr contracts (like the NCAA is paid for March Madness TV rights).
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Douthat misses some other possibilities for explaining the poll results for which, not being a pollster, I have only anecdotal data. The first arises from the fact that almost every ill suffered by the planet and its inhabitants is exacerbated by overpopulation. I have known many prospective parents who have limited their family size from a sense of shared responsibility to counteract this ill. Most of us no longer need a bunch of kids in order to have enough survive childhood illness and provide labor to run the family farm. This is not woke, it is merely responding to present conditions, just as having many kids used to be.Another missed possibility is that children inform parents' choice of political beliefs. As children go through life and acquire experiences separate from their parents, they develop (one hopes!) their own set of beliefs. These children can then have a powerful influence on parents. In my own experience as a child in the 60's and 70's, many staunch Republican parents had their eyes opened by their kids' experiences and became more liberal, buying their first Japanese car, beginning to doubt the Vietnam war, even voting Democratic. Today, when it is entirely possible that many children will not be as well off as their parents, the concerns of older children may well influence parents' views of what is most important.
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"content": "Douthat misses some other possibilities for explaining the poll results for which, not being a pollster, I have only anecdotal data. The first arises from the fact that almost every ill suffered by the planet and its inhabitants is exacerbated by overpopulation. I have known many prospective parents who have limited their family size from a sense of shared responsibility to counteract this ill. Most of us no longer need a bunch of kids in order to have enough survive childhood illness and provide labor to run the family farm. This is not woke, it is merely responding to present conditions, just as having many kids used to be.Another missed possibility is that children inform parents' choice of political beliefs. As children go through life and acquire experiences separate from their parents, they develop (one hopes!) their own set of beliefs. These children can then have a powerful influence on parents. In my own experience as a child in the 60's and 70's, many staunch Republican parents had their eyes opened by their kids' experiences and became more liberal, buying their first Japanese car, beginning to doubt the Vietnam war, even voting Democratic. Today, when it is entirely possible that many children will not be as well off as their parents, the concerns of older children may well influence parents' views of what is most important.\n",
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Most people never deal with their childhood trauma, let alone before having kids of their own. Hence the term generational trauma. There is definitely no prerequisite to becoming a father.It may not be healthy, but it is extremely common for someone in Harry’s shoes to look for someone to provide the love he missed. There is always a connection between your partner and your childhood experience. Those that don’t see it have some homework…People are responsible for themselves, and he has had much time to work through this, though everybody works through it at their own pace. In many ways, he is ahead of the curve, as this type of issue typically doesn’t get fully addressed until the 40s or 50s. I suspect that this is part of his process, and journaling is a powerful therapeutic tool, but I would’ve shredded the manuscript upon completion. It does speak to his character that he is willing to sell it, but everyone has their price, and for most it is far less than $40M for a book or $100M for a show.
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"These days, alternative milks are typically cheaper ..."Not that I've noticed. Trader Joes' now sells soy milk for $2.29/quart. That's $9.16/gallon. Most alternative "milks" seems to cost at least $1.99/quart, or close to $8/gallon.
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Billseng don’t forget WCheney’s Iraq debacle. Six Trillion, which is odd considering Rumsfeld said it would be over in 6 weeks and cost 60B, or 1% of the true amount.
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It's exhausting to hear/read all the negatives directed at Biden. Frankly, I don't give a dam. President Biden has done a magnificent job of getting shots in arms, saving some from Covid financial disaster, been a champion of freedom and a partner to Zelensky...something that gives me some hope against the miserable detritus of people like Putin, Trump, Bannon, and so on.No president will be perfect. If I could have my ideal candidate, it would be Wes Moore because of his priorities (very similer to Biden's), but would he have the expertise on the international stage.So, as many others have said, and to an extent I share some of the concerns, but when you compare it to the clowns in charge in the House, it's a no brainer. I will never ever vote for a Republican. The results of their faux policies and win at all costs are so obvious, and now they are risking our security and our democracy. Nope. Thank you, President Biden for you decency and care.
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Chic There is only a limit on *OASDI* (aka social security), and it is up to $160k this year. Also, when paying benefits, income only up to that limit is considered. If the limit increased, so would the income used to calculate benefits. Further, the Medicare tax has NO limits at all on earned income, and very few tax avoidance opportunities. To add to that, there is a 0.9% Medicare tax surcharge on income above $200k/$250 (single/MFJ). If you're going to make radical proposals, at least get your numbers right.
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I was unfortunately laid off in a highly abrupt way, similar to the experiences noted here. My mother on the other hand had a similar experience to Nokia folks from 2011. She was told in November of last year that her co. is planning to reorganize their teams, but the restructuring wasn't going to happen until December of 2023. That is over a year of a heads up, which is pretty incredible considering most companies are managing their layoffs in highly abrupt ways. The company also recently communicated to my mom that her role may be extended to early 2024, though TBD based on how things go. Either way, the company is being highly considerate of their employees and the impact losing a role has.
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There is a simpler explanation. The current crop of Republican bomb throwers are the product of decades of investment by billionaires who really don't want government to function. Their aim is to pay no taxes and obey no regulation that interferes with their rapacious greed.
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Adrienne I’m an engineer and currently going through the process of getting a medical device approved at work. I’ve heard it’s less rigorous than getting drug approved but it is still very very rigorous. The FDA has to strike a very careful balance between keeping Americans safe and making sure that innovation is not squashed under bureaucracy. For example, there is only 1 copper IUD option on the market because of how difficult it is to get IUDs approved. Many American women suffer because we don’t have access to the same variety of IUDs that they have in Europe. (To clarify, an IUD is classified as a “drug” but you get the idea) There are also different processes for different medical devices. “High risk” devices, or Class III, can be extremely costly to get approved. This makes sense because class III medical devices are usually things like pacemakers. Class I are less risky and are cheaper to get approved: bandages fall in this category. I’m guessing Thinx was designated a class I device. If the FDA were to beef up their process for Class I devices then the business would have to charge more to make the numbers work for investors. Thinx underwear were already $35, and one time at a hospital I got charged $40 for a bandage.Balancing innovation and safety is just a difficult problem.
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Gob Smacker The point about the Covid 19 appropriations is an interesting idea, even it only as a trial balloon. I'd love for CSPAN to cover the negotiations for that one! Consider: How much of the "unspent" Covid 19 money is designated for, on the way to, or already in the coffers of red states. Does anyone think these states will allow it to be pulled back? We have already seen how, despite having voted against these appropriations, many Red state congresspeople have actually told their constituents that they deserve the credit for making that money available to their states.But I agree with you -- it's a good way for Democrats, especially in Red states, to demonstrate in an ostensibly good-faith way that they take spending at least as seriously as the Republicans take welshing on debts. It could be at least a door-opener for whoever is the Republican ringmaster in those discussions.
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It is truly remarkable that there is any support for AI outside of the venture capital and tech corporate mafia that will gain even more wealth and power from it. Anyone with a smart phone, laptop or desktop computer has experienced the problem with believing that computers are infallible. How about the Southwest airlines fiasco over Christmas, or is a month ago too long to remember the problems that can arise from complete dependence on computers. Unless you haven't read anything except the sports section you know that due to algorithms on social media platforms have influenced the outcome of elections and with true AI those platforms will have even more influence. Madison Square Garden management has been using bio-metrics to ban people from their venues and advancements with AI will make it easier for businesses to discriminate against people. The research should be stopped because it is a fantasy to think that open source software and multi billion dollar projects funded by Microsoft and Google, which dropped the do no evil statement because it was only a joke, can ever be regulated.The potential for abuse and evil is far greater than any benefits and for the same reasons that most people and governments are opposed to genetically modifying humans or cloning humans. Pointing to Skynet as the potential risk is like comparing Russia invading Ukraine to an all out nuclear world war 3.
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Back in the 1980s and early 1990s when I attended a privileged liberal arts college, top colleges still struggled to achieve even 10 percent diversity. Now the struggle to gain representation, and beyond, isn’t really there any longer. As a percent of the population, there now seem to be plenty of privileged applicants from disadvantaged race and ethnic groups to fill out ivy classes, perhaps as a result of decades of affirmative action and an economy that simply has opened many more opportunity points. Have we now reached the moment when these policies are no longer needed? Is this now a socio-economic issue, not one of race?
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Ahh, such an elegant and gorgeous grid, without scattershot black squares, happifying my Libra sensibilities. David’s first NYT puzzle (this is his second) had the same elegance. That always puts me in a good mood to solve. Then, the six longs, all gorgeous too, none with the “This is the only word that would fit!” vibe.Thus, a gorgeous framework, worthy of those photo-album corners. Each of those longs brought a wow and hearty smile, and opened up footholds that opened up more, making for whooshes here and whooshes there, enormous fun in the box today.Adding to it was a sing-song feel, rhymes all over the place: SPECS by FLEX, GO SLOW, WALKIE TALKIEs, GAL PAL, TWEE crossing SEE. Plus, some smile-producing clues, like those for THE BACHELORETTE and MALLS. Even a lovely PuzzPair©: FLEX and BE FIT.You greeted my day with a swirl of good vibes, David. Thank you, and please, please, don’t be a stranger!
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It’s often forgotten that towards the end of both the novel and the movie, Elmer Gantry—like many of Lewis’ characters—manages to stumble his way into something resembling a decent, honest life.We generally tend to think that he starts out, continues, and ends a greedy hypocrite. But you can see why, given the humbug, hokum and just plain lying that biblethumping preachers have been firehosing at us from tents, rickety churches, and TV sets for the last two hundred years. I mean, once you find out that this Jeffress character is worth about eighteen million bucks, and the REALLY successful charlatans like Pat Robertson run north of a hundred mil, you wouldn’t generally expect any of these clowns to learn a darn thing, ever. Sell all that thou hast, and follow me. Do not pray in public, as do the Pharisees and Hypocrites. Do unto others. My Kingdom is not of this world. Yeah, right.
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Ok, I just donated over $100. I hope others do the same. I'm pseudonymous here, so not crossing the boundary of not advertising good deeds to the world. I just want people to be generous. That amount will not impact our lives, but might impact theirs. Thanks for the info, Nick.
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This horrific tragedy is an extension of America’s obsession with violence on a scale not seen in other western democracies. With little real concern, we tolerate police violence, mass shootings, school shootings, easy access to military grade weaponry, open carry laws, and a popular culture that glorifies guns and mayhem and desensitizes our young to all of it. What is wrong with us? How did we let this happen?
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"Both companies (Meta and Salesforce) are now dealing with activist investors who have taken prominent positions in their stocks."Essentially, that is how our version of capitalism works. The real question, IMO, is whether it is the best version we can come up with. Tech giants are at a crossroad, being faced with a need to restructure. Stockholders are virtually calling the shots, and as this scenario plays out in just about every industry, the results can be felt across the board in our nation: immediate profit over long-term relevance. And an ever-widening wealth gap. How long will this be sustainable?
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Jeff In filings with the IRS, Mount Sinai disclosed that 15 executives made more than $1 million annually in 2019. Montefiore disclosed ten in 2020, with all making more than $1.5 million.
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P b A little less than that, but a still unconscionable $2.4 trillion over his first three years. In just two years, Biden has added $4.2 trillion and COVID emergency spending ended long ago. I understand the vast majority of readers here loathe Trump but if you're making judgements based on each POTUS' fiscal management, Biden has been far worse so far.
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L, As a coop owner (twice), I fully agree with you. In addition to your comments (with which I agree), lawyers have access to the minutes of the Board's meetings (normally kept confidential) so that they can investigate problems with the building that have not been disclosed. We were saved once when considering making a bid for a coop apartment that had a lawn and recreation area that extended to and OVER the East River Drive. It was leaking water on to the drive and it became clear that sooner or later, the shareholders of the apartments in this building were going to be hit with an enormous repair bill. We didn't go any further.
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The $500 figure is an average. My friend who retired early and has no income on paper pays $0. My family of 3 paid $1800 per month for a high deductible plan with no subsidy.
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Mountain West Wars have extensive Propaganda either for domestic or foreign consumption ( the first victim of war is Truth). Often, the best defense is offense; Russia ( since Yeltsin’s government) stated that Eastward expansion of NATO is their red line.Also, East European countries( except UKR.) are part of NATO & accordingly immune to Russian aggression although their propaganda/policy( for what I believe are historical dislikes or hatred) seems to aggressively encourage further escalation with goal of destruction of Russian military & State.The question is : Are aggressive policies & the repeated pushing of the envelope wise ?Stateside, The MIC & their partners in the National/Foreign policy ( lucrative) industry are happily repeatedly advocating further aggressive policies. Kindly note, recently talk about destroying Russia by dividing into multiple States is being mentioned by some. Is it wise to further corner an injured animal ( with 6,000 horrible weapons ) ?
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RTJP Actually she should have gone public and reaped a fortune from interviews and books! The 130G is a paltry sum. And perhaps derailed this capo.
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Brian he had another account with $65 billion
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It is ironic that "free market" Republicans want to use government to hold down the debt ceiling in order to make adequate funding for social programs for the less fortunate impossible to fund. If we could largely eliminate white collar crime and tax avoidance, there would be plenty of money to fund the investments in human caoital and infrastructure the country so desperately needs. This need not be a complex task. Full enforcement, with drsastic penalties [CONFISCATION OF ASSETS] FOR ALL RESPONSIBLE, INCLUDING TOP MANAGEMENT, would have a most salutory and preventative effect.
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In my opinion economists are using the wrong metrics. They only seem to care about Wall Street and apparently it’s bad for the stock market when consumers have any breathing room. Food prices remain astronomical. A can of beans was 99 cents and it’s now $1.99. A twelve pack of sparkling water used to be $3 and now an 8-pack is $5. Publicly traded food conglomerates brag on earnings calls that consumers are “tolerating” increased pricing above what is needed to cover costs, and they plan further increases in 2023. The Fed and investors lamented when average people had a good amount in their savings accounts but now we are depleting them just to pay for basic living expenses. Here in Southern California I just received our gas utility bill: $459 for January, when the same amount of usage in December was $257 and half the usage in November was $57. The public utility isn’t allowed to make a profit, but buys the gas from their parent company, who is. It’ll now cost $1000 more a month in interest if you want to buy the same $700,000 house.The government (I don’t care which party but I’d be shocked if it was the GOP) needs to start penalizing windfall profits and regulate unjustified price increases in basic needs goods.
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Mika it is because he is old. If a politician of normal age was putting up Biden accomplishments there’d be rapturous approval. It’s a shame Obama didn’t try to do some of the stuff Biden is doing now… I guess it didn’t seem urgent enough at the time. I feel like Obama’s unwillingness to invest in America at a big scale led to untold suffering, a lot of cynicism and the Democratic Party wasted a decade+ we didn’t have to spare.
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Not true. I’m a low wage earner doing seasonal work. I drive an old (but fabulous) 1997 Diesel bus. After a seasonal job ended in Montana we drove to Florida for the winter to look for work. The drive down cost $1000 in gas at a price of 3.50-$4 gallon (Nov 21). We got work in Florida in a fab steakhouse in Bradenton and after 4 months we headed back to Montana at a price of $5.50-$6 gallon. Total gas for the return $1800. (April/May 22). The cost of living was also noticeable. By the time we got to Florida we noticed the price of fresh fruit and vegetables and Rib Eyes was astronomical. We wondered who bought them? We did for Christmas Day and they were delicious on the Bradenton foreshore free bbq area. We just assumed it was Florida pricing. Once we got back to Montana and missing Mexican food, we went for dinner at a regular Mexican joint in Bozeman and recognized that my fave dish of Flautas had gone from $15 to $18. Doesn’t seem like much, but the margaritas had also increased. There’s 2 of us, so double it and dinner out at a humble Mexican place is at least an extra Tenner - twelve since we didn’t skimp on the increased tip. This wasn’t just a random restaurant increase. My fave Indian restaurant was now an extra $5 for their amazing Butter Chicken and like an addict, I gladly paid. With these realizations in mind and know, we curbed our spending, now multiply that by the amount of low income earners and you can see the effect on the economy. We still cook our own.
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mkc, it is gratuitous & irrelevant. The 13% savings from raises greater than inflation on a median annual income of $25,000+ that the lower wage workers have managed to stash away won't amount to diddly squat if a financial emergency arises (car repair, medical emergency etc.), forcing them to resort to payday loans or credit cards with usurious rates. Only the wealthy get those 3% interest rates to prop up their ostentatious standard of living based on previously ascending equities values.
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J Wright,It is fascinating and depressing to learn that “the U.S. government spends up to $38 billion each year to subsidize the meat and dairy industries, with less than one percent of that sum allocated to aiding the production of fruits and vegetables.” And “Corn and soy inputs, in particular, are heavily subsidized crops for the production of meat and processed food by some of the world’s largest meat and dairy corporations.” <a href="https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/removing-meat-subsidy-our-cognitive-dissonance-around-animal-agriculture#6" target="_blank">https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/removing-meat-subsidy-our-cognitive-dissonance-around-animal-agriculture#6</a>If we could increase the subsidies for healthy plant foods for direct human consumption: veggies, fruit, beans, and whole grains — and decrease the subsidies for animal products and processed junk food, we all might eat better and be healthier.
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"content": "J Wright,It is fascinating and depressing to learn that “the U.S. government spends up to $38 billion each year to subsidize the meat and dairy industries, with less than one percent of that sum allocated to aiding the production of fruits and vegetables.” And “Corn and soy inputs, in particular, are heavily subsidized crops for the production of meat and processed food by some of the world’s largest meat and dairy corporations.” <a href=\"https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/removing-meat-subsidy-our-cognitive-dissonance-around-animal-agriculture#6\" target=\"_blank\">https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/removing-meat-subsidy-our-cognitive-dissonance-around-animal-agriculture#6</a>If we could increase the subsidies for healthy plant foods for direct human consumption: veggies, fruit, beans, and whole grains — and decrease the subsidies for animal products and processed junk food, we all might eat better and be healthier.\n",
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'Tech' is very confusing term. Silicon Valley became Silicon Valley through engineering companies. But the distinguishing characteristic of 'tech' is selling things over the internet. Google and Apple may straddle the line, both producing underlying tools and selling on the internet.There is another technology business, maybe it should be called the electronics industry. Once in a while, journalists notice it. They talk about where chips are manufactured. But there is much more to it.The twenty first century has seen the growth of computer chips that are incredibly cheap and incredibly powerful. Precision machinery has dropped in price. The combination opens doors.The new microcontrollers are found in cars, solar panels, cooking appliances, factory automation, ... just about every device an individual or company is likely to buy.The 'tech' startup that is based on a clever way to sell things is not an indicator of things to come, but of things that have already happened.The exciting new business is rooted in electronics that has been growing for decades, but has now bloomed. It is transforming our lives.One manifestation of this technological development is that the cost of inventing has dropped. Now, a person can create a new device on a very low budget. The basic requirement is awareness of the possibilities. The press could have a role in spreading that awareness.
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The most worrying thing about this bot to me is not college cheating, but what it will do to the lowest 30% or so of the Bell curve, the low-information low-IQ part of the population. That this population exists is a fact, perhaps a biologically inevitable fact, and calling them low-info low-IQ is simply an accurate and honest designation rather than an insult. I fully expect some of my descendants will belong to it.What function will these people perform in society? What employment will be open to them now that machines can do so many physically intensive tasks? How will they engage with a democratic polity?I find these questions terrifying.
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To Talk About Money, Hold the Judgment It’s hard to get people to talk about money. A personal finance reporter explains how she helps sources open up about their spending habits and saving goals. Since I graduated from college about two years ago, I have become something of a personal finance nerd. I’ve figured out a strategy for saving for retirement, contributed to an emergency fund, researched different health insurance options and started filling out a spreadsheet that tracks how much I save every month. My self-education in money management came out of a very real fear of not being able to afford what I need — and turned into a powerful tool to control what I can of my financial future. It’s hard to get people to talk about money. A personal finance reporter explains how she helps sources open up about their spending habits and saving goals.
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Nancy Reminds of me remarks attributed to Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald: "The rich are different from you and me." Hemingway: "Yes, the rich have more money." Also, a remark from a Greek immigrant who gave back to his adopted community by paying for construction of a community center. His command of spoken English was limited. When asked to speak at the opening of the center, he reportedly said, "Money talks."Governments here, federal, state, local, exist to ensure fairness, promote common good. Much of that work is ensure that the wealthy do not "run the table" to the detriment of the common good. Most Democrats get that. Alas, most members of the G.O.P. no longer get that; no longer support what Lincoln believed governments should do for all of us. The G.O.P. now exists to support the selfishness of Grand, Overly Wealthy, People.
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"content": "Nancy Reminds of me remarks attributed to Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald: \"The rich are different from you and me.\" Hemingway: \"Yes, the rich have more money.\" Also, a remark from a Greek immigrant who gave back to his adopted community by paying for construction of a community center. His command of spoken English was limited. When asked to speak at the opening of the center, he reportedly said, \"Money talks.\"Governments here, federal, state, local, exist to ensure fairness, promote common good. Much of that work is ensure that the wealthy do not \"run the table\" to the detriment of the common good. Most Democrats get that. Alas, most members of the G.O.P. no longer get that; no longer support what Lincoln believed governments should do for all of us. The G.O.P. now exists to support the selfishness of Grand, Overly Wealthy, People.\n",
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A single 155mm shell costs roughly $1,000.So for a mere billion a year, set aside these last 20 years... the US would now be sitting on a strategic reserve of over 20 million extra shells, as a 'rainy day fund'.I have no doubt the US does have similar reserves -- most of which we probably don't talk about/nobody knows exists -- but, nevertheless, Deterrence is about having options; and it seems to me like this would have been money well spent, considering. To add another arrow to the quiver, for pennies on the dollar...?Given that almost a trillion a year of taxpayer dollars is poured down the military-industrial complex 'memory hole' -- often for fancy problem-plagued white elephant projects or just run-of-the-mill bloat due to corrupt congressional 'pork' -- setting aside 1/1,000 of defense spending for artillery ammo, going forward... getting "back to basics", instead of overly-complicated bling-bling... seems like a valuable lesson to be learned.I'm aware of NATO doctrine, that we'd 'own the skies' etc.But still, 75% of casualties in Ukraine have been caused by indirect fires, and artillery's called the 'God of War' for a reason. We never know when it's a card up our sleeve we might have to fall back on... if only to help an ally.Ammo is an important capability the US should never overlook-- especially if we want to have the optionality to help our allies, who maybe don't benefit from our same resources....
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I have observed as well a psychological "store of value" behind some wealthy investors' decision to own Crypto. Investing 1-2% of their portfolio in Crypto is a no-lose emotional situation in that if Crypto goes up, they were smart; if it goes down, it was the cost of a prudent hedge.
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This one transaction between them reeks volumes about both his lack of any solid belief and his priorities that certainly aren't "pro-life": She tells him vaccines are immoral and that's what it takes for him to "fight like hell" to make sure that our military gets free choice as to whether they will get vaccines to keep from exposing each other to fatal disease. What a perverse priority to be "pro-choice" about - and also illuminating as to just how incoherent MTG's tactics vs. professed ideology are. That incoherence does make her a mascot for the Q-Anon end of the GOP continuum where they decided in lockstep that the thing to be pro-choice about, defiantly, was mask-wearing. And the results are in - their choice killed vast numbers who would have survived with vaccines and masks, putting Republican's death rates well beyond Democrats'. And this was the "free choice" that McCarthy let sweet-nothing words from MTG convince him to extend into the military too? She may have taken herself out of Q-Anon but not the Q-Anonillogic out of her reactivity. Beware the new Rasputin behind the throne with the oversized gavel.
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"content": "This one transaction between them reeks volumes about both his lack of any solid belief and his priorities that certainly aren't \"pro-life\": She tells him vaccines are immoral and that's what it takes for him to \"fight like hell\" to make sure that our military gets free choice as to whether they will get vaccines to keep from exposing each other to fatal disease. What a perverse priority to be \"pro-choice\" about - and also illuminating as to just how incoherent MTG's tactics vs. professed ideology are. That incoherence does make her a mascot for the Q-Anon end of the GOP continuum where they decided in lockstep that the thing to be pro-choice about, defiantly, was mask-wearing. And the results are in - their choice killed vast numbers who would have survived with vaccines and masks, putting Republican's death rates well beyond Democrats'. And this was the \"free choice\" that McCarthy let sweet-nothing words from MTG convince him to extend into the military too? She may have taken herself out of Q-Anon but not the Q-Anonillogic out of her reactivity. Beware the new Rasputin behind the throne with the oversized gavel.\n",
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Yesterday's Wordle 583 2/6* 83/89🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 LUCID83/98 WL 3🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ELUDE83/79This was one of those woo-woo solves that makes me think intuition is a sixth sense. LUCID popped into my head for Sunday's opener (MATEY) and I entered it again today with no hesitation. But what a difference a day makes! It scored an 83 for skill on both days, but earned a 12 for luck on Sunday and a 98 today. As far as the three WL, I could only think of the answer for my second step, but I prolly would have gone with ADULT if it had occurred to me. DOULA isn't on the Wardle list. Funny that Documentalista was just explaining that one a short time ago. (It was in the Bee.) At any rate, it's cemented in my memory now!The thing with mystery solves — if they're really intuitive, why do they always come early? I fixated on ASCOT four or five days before I got my two-fer with ADOPT. Maybe I'm channeling an Australian mystic, lol. More importantly, why do *aces* ELUDE these leaps of faith? If I'm going to intuit something, I'd rather it was the answer instead of just a hint. I guess I shouldn't look the Wardle Fairy in the mouth!
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Whatever one thinks about animal sentience, factory farms or climate change, we bypass meat not to get political virtue, but all the carbohydrates and proteins in all the corn and soybeans the cow will otherwise turn into carbon dioxide and water before we eat it. That’s more than two thirds of the food the plants originally made, and we have to fertilize those crops with ammonia from the Haber-Bosch process after plowing the land they grow on with diesel-powered tractors.Tofu does let you eat soybeans almost directly as a cheese-like product stored under water in Tupperware. With some brands under $2 a pound, it can bypass the political virtue that tends to make “correct” foods more expensive—the beans themselves were $7 a pound dry roasted. All the doctors say it’s good for the heart, and soybean plants add nitrogen to the soil to bypass the inorganic fertilizer. If only the plastic wrappers could be eliminated…
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Years ago I got into making my own wine. I used wine grapes grown in the Central Valley (fast trucked to NJ in Sept/Oct), Zin, Petite Syrah, Grenach, Cab. Not including my time and capital expense, my price per bottle worked out to $5 -$7. Aged 2 years. this wine was equivalent to Central Valley wines retailing for $15 - $20. Though not a practical exercise for most people, making a few hundred (screw-top/reusable) bottles a year like this worked out good economically for me - easily saving me thousands of $ and effectively paying back my capital & time investment. I saved a lot of $ not aging in (always expensive) wood, which coincidentally became the most popular aging technique in the commercial wines as well. (I occasionally make a small subset of "wood" wines using wood shavings in my large glass aging bottles.) As I get older I'll probably stop all this work and just buy commercially.
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How about we tax the income and, while we're at it, the wealth of persons with more cash than they know what to do with--e.g., Unleashed's investors?These pigs have bought mobile home parks, hiked the rents, and displaced long-term residents. They have purchased dental practices with the result that young children are suddenly getting root canals. And on and on. I guess the oldest transaction is the leveraged buyout where the buyers put up little money, secure the purchase price with the assets of a viable corporation, pay themselves outlandish fees, and destroy the enterprise a few yrs later when the once-profitable corporation can't service the outlandish debt with which it's been saddled.If this greed continues unabated even after tax hikes, I'm all for the government taking over child activity centers, mobile home parks, and dental practices. The point is to preserve the social fabric, not to favor the private sector to the point that America, as we once knew it, is destroyed so these guys can buy a 4th house or 3d yacht.
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A strong, well-maintained, well guarded border fence may not be the absolute defense against illegal entry but it would sure make it a lot harder and also make it easier to guard the places where a fence won’t work. Instead of pursuing this simple logic, the Democrats made the wall the holy grail of opposing Trump, the result being open borders, yes, they are for all purposes open and the Democrats own them. Catch and release works better for trout.
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Weisselberg got five months for $2M in tax fraud. I, along with most of my buddies, got two years in the military for $170 a month. Is that the way it’s supposed to work?
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A view from abroad. From neutral SwitzerlandNZZ"German tank debate: What role do American arms interests play?"The delivery of Leopard 2 to Ukraine has been discussed under the military aspect. However, armor -political interests also play a role in arms deliveries. German and American perspectives diverge hereExcerpts"From the German armaments industry, however, the concern can be heard that the Americans were only waiting to offer Europeans replacement with their own tank for their Leopard delivery. The Ukraine War is offering the USA the opportunity to grab foothold in the European armaments market after helicopters, fighter jets and rockets and to displace the German competition... the Americans have not - for decades - made a secret of their armaments political interests. In the 1960s, they founded the “Defense Security Cooperation Agency”, an agency that was subordinate to the US Department of Defense. Its task is to convince states to buy American weapons. The goal is to bind them permanently to the United States in this way. This has several advantages for the Americans.Partners with the same weapons are easier to integrate into military coalitions led by the USA. By buying weapons, they also ensure that the number of quantities increases and the costs decrease. This is of use to the Pentagon, which has to pay less for his weapons. NZZ, 2/21/2023Americans might call it the role of the Military Industrial Complex in setting policy
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Is a Dam in Rural Portugal a Key to Our Alternative Energy Future? When the Portuguese electric power grid needs more electricity, a large multinational power company releases millions of gallons of water from a dammed reservoir. When Portugal’s electrical system needs a boost, a signal activates a power plant buried deep in a hillside in the country’s scrubby, pine-covered north. Inside the man-made cavern, valves, nine feet in diameter, suddenly open, allowing water draining from a reservoir four miles away to begin streaming through four massive turbines. When the Portuguese electric power grid needs more electricity, a large multinational power company releases millions of gallons of water from a dammed reservoir.
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Exactly, the article only talks about the tax liability of a capital gains distribution, but not the benefit that the investor gets from the distribution itself, which means, net net, that the investor comes out ahead compared to not getting a distribution at all.Also, if the proceeds of the distribution are reinvested back into the fund at a lower price (since the share price of the investment has dropped) this will likely be a benefit in the long run since additional shares have been purchased at a lower price.
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Daniel12 What if it’s not analogous to language? As a highly visual thinker (who also speaks multiple languages) I would not try to shoehorn visual thinking into that box. I believe it has to do with a different form of pattern recognition and extension—but that said, your call to to evolve the science and pedagogy around visual thinking and learning (and kinesthetic, and auditory, and other modes) is of course valid.Let’s not make it a “language”; let’s continue to develop our understanding of it and, where possible, help people who aren’t natural thinkers in a particular mode learn how to apply some of those skills, and recognize where each mode is most beneficial.
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Ah, excuse me, but two people making $200,000.00 EACH complaining about the price of eggs, is a bit, uh, rich. And hiring more people in the IRS to reduce "trust-fund babies"? Uh-uh. Too unwieldy to change the tax codes. Just pay for more audits.Mr. Stephens unfairly criticizes Prince Harry for bashing the royal family, especially with his book. But as I noted in a previous post, Harry is going through a mourning process for his mother who died suddenly, prematurely, tragically. Her life [and death] was a precursor for the growing irrelevancy of British royalty, as Meghan Markle began to note about her official duties. Despite criticisms of Prince Harry, I feel bad for him. Losing a beloved parent at a young age can be truly traumatizing. It takes years to deal with it. Harry is picking up some of the faults in the royal edifice and is reacting as a human being.
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"content": "Ah, excuse me, but two people making $200,000.00 EACH complaining about the price of eggs, is a bit, uh, rich. And hiring more people in the IRS to reduce \"trust-fund babies\"? Uh-uh. Too unwieldy to change the tax codes. Just pay for more audits.Mr. Stephens unfairly criticizes Prince Harry for bashing the royal family, especially with his book. But as I noted in a previous post, Harry is going through a mourning process for his mother who died suddenly, prematurely, tragically. Her life [and death] was a precursor for the growing irrelevancy of British royalty, as Meghan Markle began to note about her official duties. Despite criticisms of Prince Harry, I feel bad for him. Losing a beloved parent at a young age can be truly traumatizing. It takes years to deal with it. Harry is picking up some of the faults in the royal edifice and is reacting as a human being.\n",
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how about a policy for free college for needed fields, where business says there a labor shortage. I would love to pursue a masters in a demand field where they say there is a labor shortage but don't have 100k to spend. Or we can have capitalism where these businesses train and educate their own workers instead of asking for handouts.
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How can Biden increase federal employee salaries yet does not have the funding for it. How can the gov't make $billions of military arms purchases for UA when the gov't lacks funds to pay for it, and it goes on and on and on. I applaud the GOP (am not a supporter of the party) for standing up and saying a reduction in gov't spending is critically needed and not in ten years but now. However, it needed not be for social welfare programs, must included substantial reductions throughout the gov't, primarily the military. Congress does't do is job as evident when it makes laws but is not held accountable for the lack of funding to support the new expenditures. Pitiful !!!
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Stephan People forget because the media buries Bill Clinton's capital gains tax cuts, his overruling his own Commodity Futures Trading Commission head (Brooksley Born) which thus kept derivatives unregulated, his repeal of Glass-Steagall. Then there is Clinton passing and signing NAFTA despite a majority of Democrats and labor opposition, and promoting China's entry into the WTO. So aside from setting up the conditions for the worst recession since the great depression, and the largest loss of manufacturing jobs in history, his wife's reliance in 2016 on the blue firewall, the one full of still unemployed blue collar factory workers, gave us Trump. None of this was because Bill Clinton, or his wife with millions in speaking fees from Wall Street, would put the interests of the 99% over those of the 1%. And Obama, who followed Larry Summers advice to keep stimulus too small, and appointed Geithner who'd just let Wall Street run wild at the NY FED, was ready to make a grand bargain to cut Social Security and Medicare. He's also on record favoring a corporate tax cut. This article references Biden's support for Obama's grand bargain:<a href="https://theweek.com/articles/888689/joe-bidens-history-austerity" target="_blank">https://theweek.com/articles/888689/joe-bidens-history-austerity</a>Here's the low down on derivatives and Glass-Steagall:<a href="https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2014/04/how-clinton-team-thwarted-effort-to-regulate-derivatives" target="_blank">https://www.pogo.org/investigation/2014/04/how-clinton-team-thwarted-effort-to-regulate-derivatives</a>
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I’m a Democrat. We’re in it forever. Biden, once again, hesitates, and someone gets his ear. Same with student loans, same with the Afghanistan withdrawal timetable.Regardless of merit Ukraine has been an epic policy failure in part because someone, somewhere, thinks public denunciation, public pronouncements of support and getting in planes constitutes diplomacy and makes for good foreign policy.Biden’s weakness, possibly age-related and possibly because the Senate and Vice Presidency didn’t prepare him for it, was not appointing a hard-nosed chief of staff to keep him on track, knock heads, control,and funnel the information flow, and help the CIC make decisions. Starting with who phones the OO.Instead we’ve had This Man Must Not Remain in Power before anyone talked, the First Lady and Speaker on jets promising the US is with Ukraine as long as it takes and the Zelensky’s an open invitation not only to address Congress but do so on big TV screen nationwide and ask for More.Now Zelensky wants US private capital to use investors’ money and issue bonds he can’t possibly repay for his war effort, and wants US support to retake Crimea which Russia has controlled since 2014.Volodymyr will not stop, he will not budge. He has no reason to. Vladimir may not either. The policy wonks, the hawks and whoever picks up the phone at the right time are running the show.
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As a small business owner, I was outraged when George Santos was named to the Congressional Small Business Committee, but now that I think it over, maybe he can serve as a shining example to me. Maybe my deductible expenses are much higher than I previously thought that they were. Maybe I really don't need to send that sales tax money to the state, instead of pocketing it. Maybe I can get a loan of $500 million against my sales of, oh, I don't know, $3 trillion? Thanks for the inspiration, George!
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Oracle at Delphi Oh Oracle! look a bit deeper into the past and see that easy money did not start with Biden, but has been a joy ride for 20+ years encouraging vulture capitalism in all its glory to flourish. Voila! today's inflation and wage stagnation.
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jim Thank you - nailed it. We need to ignore the rhetoric and stay laser focused on policy. The only major policy from the last 4 years of Republican control brought a massive tax cut for corporations and the wealthy.The last two years of Democratic control brought infrastructure investment, climate action, technology manufacturing investment, school funding, voter protections...We are a nation of laws and policy is king - everything else is a distraction.
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"content": "jim Thank you - nailed it. We need to ignore the rhetoric and stay laser focused on policy. The only major policy from the last 4 years of Republican control brought a massive tax cut for corporations and the wealthy.The last two years of Democratic control brought infrastructure investment, climate action, technology manufacturing investment, school funding, voter protections...We are a nation of laws and policy is king - everything else is a distraction.\n",
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"role": "assistant"
}
]
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