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"Permissive gun laws and ubiquitous open carry are more than a challenge to law enforcement; they’re a challenge to the very possibility of an open, democratic society."Thank you, Mr. Bouie.Let me give a concrete example of how all those guns quell discourse:I spend a lot of my time out in rural eastern Oregon, camping in my van and hiking, usually by myself.I don't let any signs of my liberal politics show, as I travel through Oregon Militia territory. No bumper stickers (I really want one that says "With Liberty and Justice For ALL"). No RBG T-shirts. No Black Lives Matter sweatshirt (one of my favorite).Nope. I go full incognito, because I'm afraid of being shot. I am also aware that immigrants and people of color do not have the luxury of "blending in" and laying low out in the far reaches of Oregon. I feel like a coward.Welcome to the NRAs America.
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Its to prepare Americans for the zero jobs and factories that will arrive after taxpayers handed them 80 billion which will be used for share buybacks.
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Bruce Rozenblit - Right on point. When people wonder why America has the worst healthcare options when we are the richest country in the world, the answer is we have terrible priorities. We favor military defense and low taxes for the uber rich. There is no need for us to spend as much in military defense as the next 10 nations combined. We can probably cut back at least 25% of our defense budget and still do most, if not all, of what we need to do to keep America and the world relatively safe. Heck, it's not like what we've been spending has done a great job preventing other countries like Russia from attacking Ukraine anyway.We also need to get back to a more sensible balance of taxes for corporations and the wealthy. It's insane that we allow corporations gigantic tax breaks AND let them spend endlessly on campaign contributions thanks to Citizens United. If they can afford to pump billions of dollars into our political system, they darn well can pay much more taxes. I like Biden's 15% minimum tax on corporations. We also need to end the practice of allowing American companies to domicile in tax havens like how Apple is based in Ireland and basically pays a tiny fraction of taxes they owe.If they have major headquarters in America, they should pay taxes here regardless of where the company is based on paper.
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Now over $100 Billion to Ukraine but zero dollars to defend our own border. We soon will have 4 Million illegal immigrants who are straining states and cities from the south to the northeast. This uneven policy is lunacy
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Thomas Aquinas Desantis makes no effort to tackle real problems. Florida has a huge problem with insurance rates. What does Desantis do? Makes it harder to sue insurance companies (not surprising since insurance companies are some of his biggest donors). Insurance companies can force you to replace your roof in Florida or you lose your coverage. How is that supporting individual liberty? Florida has something like 10k open teacher positions right now, partly because teacher pay is 48th out of 50 states in the country. What does he do? He attacks the unions and gives teachers a small raise after doing nothing for four years. And instead of giving them a substantial increase, he funds flights from Texas to Mass for migrants. He paid 1.2 million dollars for 50 people to fly. That's $24,000 per person to fly from Texas to Massachusetts. Corruption much? Oh and those unfilled teacher positions...he proposes we fill them with unqualified, untrained former cops and vets. I love cops and vets....but I don't want untrained teachers in my kids classrooms. Just like I don't want untrained citizens flying jets, driving submarines, or policing my streets.
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This is a story of men at the wrong place at the wrong time ("round up the usual suspects") who were set free by the courts. In contrast, Canadian Omar Khadr, who in 2002 at 15 threw a grenade that killed a US medic, was awarded CAD 10.5 million by the Trudeau government and now owns a shopping plaza in Alberta. The lesson of these stories is that, if one is stupid or unlucky, and caught up in violence far from home, it pays to be Canadian.
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Eric B It’s a three day in more ways than one. Moderately lucky since BobtheBot failed to solve it in 3 in the side by side analysis of my game…Wordle 580 3/6*⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 91 67 70 🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛ 86 8 12 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 90 94 — WordleBotSkill 88/99Luck 57/99Yesterday’s mini story is a potential Vera script outline😉The cry of “ARSON!” ends the cold open, then the THEME music plays, over the images of a MUDDY, MUGGY landscape. Segue to a whimpering MUCKY puppy.Actually the Mucky Pup was a delightfully illustrated children’s book, that Grandma gave my kids (there was some competition between Grandma and Nonna in that area). Must check if I kept it.Meanwhile Congratulations to the early two-fers Terry and Cheryl Ann!🥳🥳🥳And to all others who avoided traps to streak on. Such a pity streak is 6 letters.
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Roger - A true world power must have the strength to lead and not to fear, as does China through its refusal to be open about its involvement in Covid. Silence of one or more basic elements of a world epidemic is not world leadership.
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$1.6B would send a message. $1.6M also sends a completely different message. I know it's the "maximum" allowed in this particluar case, but the message is: "Tax fraud... Meh. We forgive you. Have a nice day."
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Large companies use to have retirement funds for their workers. Maybe retirement would not be such a problem if we learned from the past. Stock buy backs were made illegal after the last depression by President Roosevelt. President Reagan changed the law. Since then, share buybacks have become the most personally profitable business scam CEOs and senior executives can run against their own employees, companies, and communities. The rich get richer. The middle class pays an even higher price for everything. Oil companies instead of investing in their infrastructure also bought back stock. They could have lowered the price of gas for every American. They chose not to. It’s also why so much of America’s corporate infrastructure is rotting, from leaking methane from oil rigs to toxic spills from chemical factories to industrial waste being discharged into our environment instead of being cleaned up. This is precisely the reason why the railroad workers are so fed up that they went on strike. Share buybacks have replaced growing a business as the main way CEOs jack up their compensation. Its just as much of a scam today, and just as destructive to working people and our nation, as it was in 1929 when it helped crash the market.The way to restore vitality to America’s business sector with the world’s most prosperous middle class, is to once again outlaw stock buybacks.
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Long before the pandemic and its tsunami of problems, BB&B had lost most of its luster. When they opened, they were staffed by sales associates who were very knowledgeable about the products they were selling. At some point, they were replaced by staff who seemed to know little about anything (IF you could find any sales help). They had increasingly poor store/company management. It's a shame because when they opened, it was a great place to shop. Unfortunately, they trended steadily downward for years----past the tipping point.
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Rao AliYou’re missing the point: This isn’t about basic K-12 education, which should certainly be implemented by the application of those techniques you’re describing, but shouldn’t need for college/higher education, when students should have been socialized into appreciating knowledge acquisition, and how to engage in it, and the privilege that being exposed to the vast storehouse of human achievement in multiple disciplines and domains represents, not just for the sake of careerism and higher salaries, but as a humanistic project to make us better persons and citizens.I agree that improving K-12 education is essential for achieving the goals the author proposes. Teaching to the test and the sort of policies and practices mandated by recent legislation won’t meet this standard: on the contrary, they’ve been part of the problem as they’ve fostered the performance-oriented attitude much prevalent among college students nowadays. As a college professor at a leading research institution for almost thirty years, I can vouch for the accuracy of the author’s critique. I’ve witnessed the erosion of reading and writing skills, the careerism, the fixation with grades, and the complete lack of intellectual curiosity among my students. They’ve been increasingly invested solely, or close to it, in that little piece of paper at the end of their undergraduate years that, arguably, will bring them riches. Unfortunately, this anti-intellectualism is spreading to graduate levels.
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It may be necessary for some businesses to lay people off on occasion, but the practice has devolved into a crutch for lazy corporate executives over the past several decades.  Instead of managing individual workers who aren’t cutting it down or out, leaders simply declare a reorg and institute departmental layoffs across the board. They just tell department heads to lop off 10 or 20 percent of their head count in one shot, assuming that they are going to take out mostly mediocre employees during the process. What actually happens is stress and fear pervade teams during the decision period while pressured department heads inevitably take out many solid performers and a few stars, actually missing many low performers and more than a few total goof-offs. This process also kills morale and corporate loyalty among everyone remaining, deservedly so. This is why noncompete agreements need to be banned. You should not get to straight jacket people who you are abusing. The Googles and Microsofts of the world are still making plenty of money and expanding into new areas. Instead of re-training people, they’re just taking the lazy way out, using abusive techniques designed in Reagan era business schools. We shouldn’t turn the United States into France, a country far too protective of horribly bad employees, but it is also unnecessary for us to be so abusive and shortsighted.  This ritual is just another example of highly overpaid corporate executives taking the lazy way out.
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"I hope I won’t get audited by the I.R.S. for saying this, but here goes: If you think of a middle-aged professional couple living in, say, New York City or San Francisco, each making about $200,000 a year, filing a joint tax return, already in a high bracket, paying through the nose for rent or maintenance or a mortgage, you’re probably not going to describe their lifestyle as “rich.” They’re scrimping to send their kids to college, driving a Camry, if they have a car at all, and wondering why eggs have gotten so damned expensive."my wife and I barely make half of this..we're sending our kid to college and drive two cars that we own outright. We've noticed that eggs have gotten more expensive...but there are 18 in the fridge right now.honestly Bret, $400k / yr is a LOT of money
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David MD Biden is not a dictator and cannot simply shut them down. That was the whole issue with the faux-Democrat Manchin making the "50/50" last term into an actual 51/49. Even the Infrastructure Reduction Act was - similar to the Affordable Care Act - a tiny fraction of what it could have been because of Dems bending over for the GOP. While the natural gas plant is horrific, nuclear is literally no better and emergencies that come of either sector would kill a whole lot of folks. God forbid they just invest like Australia did in subsidizing solar so much so that the average cost is <$4K - not $25K like it is here in the US (where tax credits only help the middle class and up).
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Martha Huddelson A robust float pool can handle sick calls. And nurses will fill those openings when it's safe to work in a hospital---nurses last 5-6 years at the bedside and then move on because it's disheartening to deliver substandard care, and jeopardize their licenses, to boot. Once you strip the job of the rewards inherent in providing excellent care, you're left with a demoralized staff that's just looking for an exit. Staff us properly and we'll stay. Hire agency nurses, pay crisis rates and commit to staffing ratios---if you build it, they will come. Patients deserve it.
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BrockMartin You're quite right. I apologize for using the stereotype to make a point. Our library has a robust program for children, and we attend a weekly STEM-themed storytime that includes stories, games, arts, and experiments. It is led by a quiet, soft-spoken librarian who is open about nearing retirement--as are most of the youth desk librarians at our local library. We've also benefitted greatly from other activities at the library and check out about a dozen new picture books each week. My kiddo completed the 1,000 Books before Kindergarten program at age two, with the encouragement and support of our wonderful librarians.When it comes to reading aloud, the drag queens we've seen tend to be more dynamic storytellers, which is what I was referencing. Reading aloud can be an art in itself. But librarians hold a vital and indispensable role in our community and have great knowledge and experience in promoting literacy in many ways.Again, my apologies. The best way to foster literacy is through multiple efforts that can reach children in a variety of settings. This includes drag queen storytime, library programming, and outreach initiatives, like the wonderful work of our local theatre company Barrell of Monkeys, which stages kids' stories and essays as plays. The goal is the same: to raise children who enjoy stories and who are compassionate because they hear stories that put them in someone else's shoes.
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It’s disappointing to see the negative comments. This opinion piece explains that the economics of the restaurant business are shaky. Since I like to eat restaurant food, I care about that. I can’t count the number of times I’ve seen a new restaurant open in the same space where others have failed. Every time there’s new decor, new furniture, new plates, glasses and tableware. I always wonder how many years it will take to recover that up-front investment (I.e., pay off the loans that were taken out just to get the doors open).
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1% of gross revenues of ANY legal gambling establishment or company must be paid into a fund for the education and treatment of problem gamblers and education for their families. There is a "climate change" in the availability of legal gambling in our Country that will result in devastation to many, especially males 16 to 30, who will taste the "ease" of winning or chasing their losses and become hooked. The ease of using your smart phone for less than a minute to place a bunch of bets knowing that "I'll beat the house today" is a dream. Sizable credit card debt, bounced checks, family financial bail-outs college funds, savings account all gone. Use of Dad's or Mom's credit cards on the sly will bring many to the abyss. Depression, failing out of college, loss of employment are next. Suicides will be on the minds of many, with some opting for the easy way out. I have no opinion regarding legal gambling. For myself, I am a gambling addict that has not placed a bet since July 15,1970, over 52 years. I was at the edge of the abyss, leading to total devastation. Over the next 5 years, results of problem gambling will finally be in the forefront and the public and lawmakers will finally (hopefully) recognize that something that ruins lives should not be encouraged by State governments, Colleges and Universities as well as the professional and amateur sports leagues. Enough.
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"he donated more than $200,000 to Mr Santos's election campaign ....a New York PAC ...controlled by Mr Santos's sister."Nothing wrong with that. Politics as usual.
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Ouch. We were surprised to come home after Christmas to find eggs up a dollar at about $6 and 18-packs at $10. Milk has been almost $5 for a long time here. Thankfully the same yet.
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During the period covered by the recently disclosed personal tax returns of DJT, I paid more in federal taxes than him. His gross income over that same period was over 50 times greater than mine.His corporation clearly took many steps to avoid federal taxation and allow its executives to do the same. I suspect the total savings were greater than the $1.6M fine, so it is fair to ask, what is the point of all this?The GOP is all worried about the weaponization of federal institutions and cut the recent increases in the IRS budget, as well as others. All in the name of protecting the little people from an overbearing federal government. Yet what proposals have they made to reform the tax code to make it fair and less onerous on the middle class? None. Instead, they voted to slash taxes on the wealthy and corporations in 2017, creating greater inequities and a ballooning federal deficit which they can now use to illustrate why federal programs benefitting the low and middle class taxpayers have to be slashed. When will people get it and stop voting for these robber barons and sanctimonious con men?
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When I saw the state AG of Michigan had to reopen the case against the fake electors’ scheme after the DOJ hasn’t responded to the evidence sent in OVER A YEAR, I got real nervous. I was a Merrick Garland defender up until today. No more. If Biden can fire him, he better do it quickly, these trump led Republicans have no scruples, morals or ethics.
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Because nothing says anti-capitalist like a $600 million building for students paying $60,000 a year to develop an elite network and travel the world in their free time. Then there's the part where entire blocks of regular people paying average rents and the businesses they supported were displaced.I don't have any problem with these downsides because that's life, especially in ever-changing NYC, despite the unfortunate side effects. My problem is with those who gush over this as some sort of anti-capitalist revolution with no regard for what was destroyed in its wake.This article and building perfectly encapsulate why I could not stand Republican anti-elitism ~15 years ago but now totally get it. It's all so hypocritical, but let's throw another parade for everyone's complete lack of regard for reality.
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I love it! Santos is not going to resign because he has 174k for 2 years in the position. He will need this money for legal fees and to live on for the next 20 years. Who would hire or work with George Santos after this fiasco? This guy is a liar, thief, and all-around loser. Please keep up the daily news coverage and drama on Santos.
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We all have too much stuff - period. My house is cluttered and I don't like it, but the effort to get rid of stuff seems overwhelming -especially this time of year after Xmas. What helps, is to tell people for Xmas (and birthdays) is that I don't want or need anything. I love that I have people in my life that love me enough to buy me a gift, but I need nothing. When the extended family was larger, we'd choose a name, and buy a 10$ gift for that person (special tea, coffee mug, chocolate, hand lotion, movie or lotto ticket etc) and then each person put 200$ (far less than we'd spend on gifts for everyone) in a pot that had the names of charities we like, to draw for. So a good cause gets several thousand dollars, and we still got the fun of opening a useful gift and not clutter. Another thing that helps is to go digital with various bills. We'd pay on line, but the paper copies would be mailed, which would never be opened. Soon it was a mountain on the counter.I've also reassessed my book collection. I got rid of fiction that I'll never read again, and while I was always a library user, I make much more use of their books on line.My house will never be pristine, but this helps.
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America has squandered most of the good times to save and invest in America since Reagan because of a politically popular no new taxes pledge that got Republicans to never want to raise taxes followed by Democrats who joined the party and only want to raise taxes on the top 1%. Eliminating the carried interest exemption would not have a negative effect on the economy. Lots of similar tax increases that made polluters pay to clean up their messes also should have been implemented. Shoring up Social Security and Medicare by eliminating the cap on wages subject to payroll taxes should have happened decades ago. The Baby Boomers, of which I fall near the tail end, should have rebuilt our infrastructure, invested heavily in transitioning away from fossil fuels, and fully financed Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid for decades into the future. So America does have way too much technical debt and investment in our future debt, which is even worse.
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Notice the difference in the Pelosi tape. The police come in response to a call about a man at the Pelosi house waiting for his wife. When the door opens, they see a white man holding a hammer and an old man. They don’t even tase the white guy with the hammer! They just ask for it! And even AFTER the white perp pounds Paul Pelosi in front of them, they tackle and subdue him without hurting him. Not one punch.
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The Republicans are caught. They cannot bring it to an open vote because the 20 won't vote for that. And the 20 are not going to vote for McCarthy, so he's toast. Republicans like it this way though. Now nothing will get voted on and no new spending will occur. A perfect storm. Might as well adjourn until the next election in two years. Might not be bad for Biden. The Senate can go home too. If you want anything done, vote for Democrats next time!
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You don't need to look as far away as the Solomon Islands to see this activity expanding. You just need to go about 100 miles from Miami to Freeport or Bahama Island to see exactly the same influence being purchased. Even the same type of project. First was a big stadium, then roads and drainage. Finally a large Casino/Hotel complex. All were funded by the Chinese through loans to the Bahamian government. There is no way the loans can be repaid from the Bahamas' GDP. Wonder if this is related to the US submarine base on one of the low-populated Bahama islands. The submarine base has been there for 20+ years.The Bahamian Government is now completely owned by the Chinese, through the same pay-to-play scheme that is happening in the Solomons. The officials up and down the Bahamian government were provided funds for their elections, so they were aligned with the Chinese occupation. China imported many of the workers on these projects, so the wages weren't being paid to the Bahamas people.
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Eric B Wordle 571 3/6*🟩⬜🟨⬜🟨🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩No deuce for me today, but this three is just fine. Word two pointed out the places for both opening yellows, and then a three was there for the taking.Yesterday's words:STARE 133 words leftGRIND 2 words leftGRIMY — words leftGRIND substituted for GOURD, my usual word in a lonely-R situation. The sub got me three greens where GOURD would have gotten only one. I saw GRILL as a possible for word three, but thought that it had been used already (I haven't checked) so I moved on and landed the solution.rayincleve, I too am suspicious of the bot's landing a deuce in two recent puzzles with not many letters known to it. We humans would be rewarded with low skill scores for going for the quick kill, but it went for it with reckless abandon. It sounds like a double-standard to me. Or does it know something we don't know? Maybe the bot made nice with the random-number generator and got a few hints on the sly.Great Lakes, Interesting statistics, and more than I might spend time doing (says he who cranked out a list of anagram solution pairs by hand in the dead of night and clearly is not one to talk). If you start turning in a lot of short solves then I'll know you've found something.I too found the purge of our thread annoying. I didn't see that it had happened twice again. I don't get out here as often later in the day.Eric B, lots of short-solves in the early A.M. today.Stay dry, Cali-bees.
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The most startling fact is where Santos got $700k in funding. This really needs to be followed up vigorously.
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Mr Brian Teitelbaum, 28 is doing good for a NYC'er but he should not marry and not have kids until he is completely financially secure And Also he has met a partner who either works fulltime or who is trust fund. Just the truth for new yorkers. Otherwise his savings will go poof.
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Let us see, for property tax purposes I want my house appraised for $18,000. For homeowners' insurance purposes I want a true replacement value and I have had to bring out reps in order to raise the insurance value as I truly built a custom home. For a market price I would start with comparable cost per square foot, township tax structure- some towns can be 2x more expensive due to screwups and finally I would work with the realtor and an independent appraiser, if necessary, to reach the appropriate value. A 'discounted value' would be relevant for a bank's assessment, and that is when you scream bloody murder.
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Paul ....You conveniently omit two obvious and salient points;1) Any solvency problem in the budget with Social Security and Medicare could easily be fixed by lifting the cap on the income levels where FICA taxes are charged. It is beyond ludicrous that anyone earning millions of $$ a year should be given a free pass from paying tax on every dollar they earn over $160,000. 2) If you're really serious about cutting waste and fraud in government spending, how about looking (for a change) at the obscene amount given to the Defense Department every year?
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Understandable but odd phrase, "another taboo". Especially considering dictator Putin has gone and will go to any lengths to fight his Ukraine war. Employing prisoners as soldiers is a good example as well as indiscriminate bombing of population centers.Any arming and support we provide our Ukrainian allies should hardly be considered a taboo issue. Putin wants to instill fear of an expanding war but the free world knows he must be contained and literally fought on the battlefield. The only question remaining is if House Republicans will try delaying or cutting American aid to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine under the guise of fiscal conservatism. This is especially poignant considering Speaker McCarthy is still openly a Trump supporter with DJT having called Putin "a savvy genius" after the Feb 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Trump and some Republicans seem willing to favor Putin which makes us wonder if they receive campaign support from Russian dark money sources in return. But the need for campaign finance reform to counter a terrible Citizens United SCOTUS ruling is a topic of discussion requiring a lot more space than is afforded here.
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Bee man of Orn If Michelle Bachman were still around and the dems ran this show, she'd see $210 million a day, not $210 thou a day. They're such hypocrites .
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Jorge 19 71% of the federal budget is spent on Social Security, Health, Income Security, Medicare, and "Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services." That is how we've decided to invest. As for opposing Russia, sanctions are low cost and high leverage and, including the coalition's partners, constitute a substantial opposition to Russia's military objectives, which is a humanitarian objective, like world peace. Oil itself has become a commodity without a future in the eyes of many, including myself. Giving up a global military hegemony wouldn't benefit anyone in a multi-polar world, where the spectre of climate change and national "self-interest" discount the damage burning all the remaining fossil energy could do to the planet's life-support systems, not to mention, the very real damage it does to human health and the environment every day.
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Luxembourg "Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too"Create a law to strip women of their natural rights but add "exceptions" that make it seem "reasonable". However, the exceptions are vague and the process for using them is muddled, meaning in practice no exceptions are granted.End result? An "open" law on the books bans everything in practice.That's extremism. Leaving personal medical decisions to a person and their doctor is not.
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MSD "Best and brightest" sounds good, but it is really difficult to determine in an 18 year old applicant. I have taught at an Ivy for 30 years and can assure you that the top students at my school are scary amazing. The left hand tail, on the other hand, can extend pretty far and I wonder how some of those kids got in. If they were high school all-stars, they have certainly not sustained it. But I balk a bit at the slaming of "legacy" in this and other comments. The assumption is that all the kids with a relative as an alum are dumb as a post and would not be admitted otherwise. I have not seen it. And as far as children of board members go, how many board members do you think there are? That couldn't produce too many applicants. I grew up in Missouri and my first school was Mizzou. Many families across the state send their kids there. Do you consider that we were all admitted because one of our relatives had also been a graduate? Nonsense.College admissions is opaque (even to us faculty) and needs modification, but many of the arguments here and elsewhere do not provide data driven logical suggestions. Many strike me as "my kid didn't get in to their top choice and some kid who I think doesn't deserve it did"
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I left LastPass after this event for Bitwarden, and that migration only took a few minutes. Bitwarden is open source, self-protected by an army of enhusiasts who use <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitwarden</a>/ as their primary communication channel. That doesn't make it foolproof, but it has never been hacked. What I like most about Bitwarden is the mobile app that uses touch and facial recognition, just like Apple. As soon as I close the app it is locked. Or you can use settings to lock it after one minute. Same controls exist for my Mac app and the cloud, where I require two-factor authentication instead.
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Gerry O'Brien ~ Yes, open insinuation, surely. Also, as with most insinuation, a totally irrelevant and unnecessary negative projection.
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There are so many urgent needs in the City - affordable housing, public schools including special ed, trash and so much more.It is improper for the City to be spending so much on “open streets” . That needs to be shut down - and funds used for truly urgent needs. Or use those funds to support parks and recreation in the boroughs in low income areas.
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Trump had total deficits adding up to over 7 trillion dollars during his four years in office. Where was McCarthy and Scalise then. Not a peep from any of therm nor any other Republican in either the House or the Senate. McCarthy is dead wrong - he does play political games.
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How did Gail Collins leave unchallenged Bret Stephens egregious bothersiderism about the Trump vs. Biden documents? Merrick Garland tried the "patient and low-key approach" and got lying, evasion, and obstruction. That's what triggered the search warrant (which Trump himself noisily made public despite the FBI's effort to make it low-key) and then Trump's legal troubles. "Intent" matters. Biden voluntarily did an internal search and came forward with the results. Also, the discussion of the IRS is stunningly uninformed about the IRS funding problems. From a WP column today: JP Morgan spends 28x more than the IRS on annual technology modernization to serve half the client base. As bull sessions go, this was disappointing.
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Charles Carroll I Truly hope you can make a course correction. I'm in a similar boat but at 62, I'm clear about one thing: I will not be hired by any employer once they see my age. I just had a frustrating process with an opening at my current institution for which I was "exceptionally qualified," according to the hiring manager. Three phone interviews and a skills test moved me into positions as one of three final candidates under consideration, I was informed. Then came Zoom interviews, where they can get a look at you (four of those with 10 people total). I thought they went very well and was promised a decision "next week." Then crickets. And more crickets when I tried to get back in touch. I waited another week and tried again. Finally, two more weeks after that, I was informed that the job had been withdrawn and was no longer available. They were terribly sorry. A few weeks later, the job was re-posted, same word-for-word description. I contacted the hiring manager to ask if I should re-apply. Crickets again, apparently their favorite language. I'm counting the days until I can retire which seems to be getting farther away all the time with this economy and my retirement funds in turmoil.
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This would get us out of the morass Republicans have bestowed on us:$0 – $25,000 – 0% tax$25,001 – $75,000 – 10% tax$75,001 – $150,000 – 20% tax$150,001 – $500,000 – 25% tax $500,001 – $1,000,000 – $30% taxIncome ABOVE $1,000,001 would be taxed at 65%Further, the limit on wages subject to FICA should rise to $600,000.00 per year, keeping Social Security and Medicare solvent.Please explain why we can’t do this.
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I don't pay imputed prices when I go to the supermarket. That would not compute. Anecdotally, prices are still much higher than they were pre-Covid. Since supply chain issues have been resolved, for the most part, I attribute the high prices to corporate greed. Once a store sees that it can sell a product that used to go for $2.00 for $3.50, they will continue to do so.
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The over-crowding at all the emergency rooms in the city is a constant problem, year after year, decade after decade.Why doesn’t the U.S. open more nursing schools and medical schools? The fact we import nurses and doctors from 3rd world nations, and thereby drain medical talent from needy parts of the world is shameful, and it’s been going on since my grandparents were alive and I was a child…decades and decades ago.Open more schools and pay more and expand emergency rooms.The overcrowding and understaffing is shameful for a city and a country such as ours.
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Will Rothfuss That pretty much sums up almost everyone in DC, and the sad fact is those shares go for peanuts. In any decent, corrupt country, these guys would be skimming 10% right off the top on any legislation they passed to benefit a particular group. Here, they sell their souls for campaign contributions and maybe a few stock tips.
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Those numbers about the percent full compared to normal for CA reservoirs are sadly misleading. Some of the state’s biggest reservoirs are pouring millions of gallons to the sea, and the reservoirs are less than half full. This is due to outdated federal regulations that dictate how full the lakes can be at any given time of the year. So you have dam gates open at Folsom and Natomas in the Sacramento area, right now, contributing to flooding downstream and ultimately pouring into the ocean, while Folsom lake is still less than half full. The summer dictates are similarly out of date. There’s a Pulitzer waiting for you, NYT.
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In 4 years Trump increased our National debt by $7T, and raised the debt ceiling 3x.When did republicans care about the debt and deficit??
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Folks, it isn't just "wealthy investors" and multi billion dollar corporations and hedge funds, all of us have money in the stock market in the form of 401(k), 529 plans for our kids to go to college, as well as the sad part deniable fact that Our economy is tied to the performance of equities. It's not "us against them," because in this experiment, "we" are them and "they" are us. Peace. 
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George $185 in 1971 dollars was the equivalent of slightly more than $1400 today. American Airlines' published basic roundtrip economy fare for NYC-London is $760 (I just checked) . Contrary to the persistent mythology, Pan Am did not willingly pass on to its customers the huge cost savings it enjoyed with the 747. They kept fares high -- some airlines even sought to impose a "747 surcharge" -- and were able to make money even with the plane half full. Only when airlines were made to compete with each other by changes in government policy did air travel become more affordable. That wouldnt happen for a another decade or more.
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Nonsense. Israel is a full fledged democracy with open elections participated in by all citizens and an independent judiciary. The right wing tilt is a concern but is the Result of open and fair elections and reflects the views of a majority of voters. We need to be careful about attacking the internal policies of other countries until such time that they openly violate basic freedoms, which so far hasn’t happened.
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My understanding of why the federal government doesn't have to balance its budget is that states do and if they need help they can get it from the feds.I could be 100% wrong. But it makes sense to me.In this case, in 2023, calling for a balanced budget is a gimmick. Instead they could fix Social Security by eliminating the cap on how much of wages they collect. Right now only 6.2% of income (or $160,200) is taxed for ss. People who earn above $160,200 do not pay a penny more into ss. But they can reap the benefits when the time comes. It may not make the program completely sound, but it would go a long way towards solvency.Republicans simply can't stand the idea of Social Security. Since the 1950's SS and eliminating it have been the sole purpose of Republicans.Boot straps; we must all be able to pull them up and help ourselves. This concept ignores so much of what happens in life. The vast majority of people do pick themselves up. But they still might need help. And you never know when that's going to happen.A spouse dies young, without life insurance, leaves young children, what is this family supposed to do? Well, the children get survivor benefits until they're 18 or graduate high school (Reagan took away the benefits during college). The surviving spouse can receive benefits if they don't work.No one's getting rich doing this, as Reps would demonize. It's a helping hand from the gov't to make ends meet. And they hate it. I don't know why.
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Alf Alpha : I'm 66 and just retired. I own 7 homes and lots of stocks and funds. I saved $4000 in high school and bought my first stocks at 17, my first home for 15K at 20 and never got more education than high school. I did borrow $2,000 from my parents one time and paid them back, when I started a business and was short of cash. IT'S NOT THAT HARD TO DO WELL IN AMERICA, but pretty much impossible anyplace else. Why else do you think the hordes of impoverished people want to come here?
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The competition to win these games starts before the whistle blows. It starts before the recruiting classes. If you look at the SEC, the competition starts with the coaches.The biggest reason that these championships are won by the SEC more than any other conference is the fierce competition to get the best coaches, and with that competition comes the requirements that the best practice facilities, the best weight rooms, and the best (and most) analysts are provided.These games are being won long before the college football season is played, and they are being won by hiring the best coaches.Regarding TCU and OSU and "who can beat Georgia" based upon a comparison of game scores in this playoff cycle, sometimes its a matter of who is having a bad game. Against OSU, Georgia had a bad game while OSU was having a good game, but Georgia still managed to win. TCU had a bad game, while Georgia, embarrassed by their performance vs. OSU, had a great game.Still if both teams had good games, its hard to see how TCU could have beaten Georgia.Last comment - these games don't support the value of having a twelve team playoff format - does anybody think that there are 11 teams that could beat Georgia (or whoever the SEC champion is) assuming everybody is having a good game? There may be two or three, but there aren't 11.The expanded format is just greed.
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Joe Smith To answer your question, there was limited political capital (and time) to expend and the debt ceiling fight could still be won later, but the spending bill could not. That's how it was reported in this paper. Krugman with an insiders access pleads ignorance, but he actually knows. That he says he doesn't is just frustration talking one assumes. Now the outcome of the eventual crisis, as other comments note, will hinge on public relations, messaging, public sentiment, and results in who the public blames and believes. Let's home the Democrats, and their allies, the coalition of corporate and woke liberals who control most of the media, listened to by at least half the country, do better than they have in the past.Finally, not a word about what happens budgeting for 2024? When House Republicans are in charge of all spending? How are government shutdowns or near shutdowns, and economic turmoil and cuts of freezing of expenditures to be avoided? Especially in an election year when poor economic performance might be blamed on Biden and Democrats? A debt ceiling crisis is easier to win than more consequential election year budget, it's a dress rehearsal. In a close election, the economic performance first six months of 2024 could be hurt by cuts or a freeze. But a lot of the spending is already baked in? How much? What's the minimum Biden could settle for and still see the economy grow? Could someone, an economist who has a column examine this and let us know?
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All of the research that goes into discovery and development of these drugs comes from taxpayer funded grants, so before we start feeling too grateful to these drug companies, we ought to start holding them accountable.No one needs to make 2 billion to recoup their costs. It’s all profit. Sickening to profit off of health.
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Meg "I'm on it Marge!" I LOVE your opening line Meg. I think if we met in a coffee shop we would become instant friends because I just love your "full steam ahead" approach to this issue, "storming the heavens now" made me smile, still smiling.Thank you again for such a solid and encouraging comment. I truly appreciate the "waves and comfort and peace" which will envelop me. Love that.Thanks again Meg.
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Funny remark. Trump grew the national debt 8.2T, or approximately 2.05T per year. Biden grew the national debt 2.4T in two years, or about 1.2T per year. I guess the Republicans and Democrats are all eager to spend. Hope all that money can be put to good use.
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The article is relatively thorough but the reporter mainly talked to Corporate Communications personnel and Chamber of Commerce types. The main Facebook technical expert did not talk to the reporter. But many other transportation professionals have studied this project over the years. Had they been consulted, they would have pointed out that the Facebook study revealed what two previous studies also made clear: that for up to $4-5 billion in capital investment, the project only produced 6,000 or so riders per day. Operating funds are also woefully under budgeted. That rider/investment ratio would rank among the worst rail systems in the nation (and the world). The bridge is not connected directly into the larger rail passenger network on either the west or east side, causing time-consuming 2- or 3-seat transfers for riders, rendering travel times uncompetitive against even Bay Area auto congestion. Sometimes, projects do not posses the "fundamentals" for a good investment. The NYT reporter fell victim to a "narrative" of a pristine, unassailable project searching for scarce funding and evil on both government and private sector sides unreasonably opposed. What a great story! However, those evil technocrats and high tech execs have relied on facts and analysis to conclude (since 2008) that the benefit isn't warranted given the cost. Even Facebook figured that out...
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Bolsonaro was truly a Brazilian Trump, and as such both a menace and a threat to democracy. Good riddance they're gone.Lula on the other hand is more likely than not to be living in the world of Socialists of the 70s. He was able to throw money around during the commodities boom of his first presidency - and did much good with it - but never truly invested in the future of the country. Now he's dealing with another kettle of fish. Money is tight and he is likely to be spending too much of it to be popular, but to the detriment of the Brazilian economy. I don't think he has learned much in the intervening years.He is also likely to want to "stick it" to the US, playing "neutral", like India, whereby he both directly and indirectly enables the dirtiest regimes in the world.
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I attend mass with my husband who after falling away from his childhood religion (we were both brought up Catholics) found a renewed faith later in life through meditaion and retreat. I do not share this refound faith but I appreciate and respect his. Today's Catholic church is clearly not that of my childhood which was immediatley post-Vatican II. The church we go to now reminds me more of the Evangelical christian churches I experimented with as a teenager and young adult after I left the Catholic church at 16. I do not find the current permutation of Catholicism an improvement. The notion that a new schism is possible seems quite likely to me. I do not see how you reconcile the two sides- seems impossible. There is very little commonality that I can see. I do think that Evangelical Catholicisms would be open to more women within the organizational structure of the church but never within the priesthood.Other than that though, I see no way forward for the relaxation of the church's traditional sexual mores (however much it was mostly mere lip-service in the case of priestly mis-behavior) or respect for the personal autonomy of women in general in any meaningful way.
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All public employees’ salaries are open to everyone to examine. It has not satisfied either the public nor enabled public employees to gain parity with people in the private sector who perform the same work. This proposal is intended to force employers to pay all the same by discouraging more generous pay to retain some who are perceived to offer more than the rest. What it will do is incentivize the better performers to leave. Since they likely are more productive, the productivity be affected.
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I'm happy to read that it will eventually be open to the public. Over the past years I've been trying to get in only to be frustrated to arrive told that it is under renovation. I'm not going to try again.
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Money. That’s the answer to the question this article poses: Why do so many drivers and elected officials believe that highway expansion will solve congestion, ignoring evidence to the contrary? Decades of money spent on marketing, lobbying, and campaign contributions by the motor vehicle industry, now happy to embrace battery electric vehicle subsidies to help move the iron, and by highway construction firms. Money, and its pursuit in the form of public subsidies for private profit rather than public benefit, explains decades of failed and seemingly irrational beliefs and policies of otherwise sensible people. Money is the answer to these related questions, too: Why do transportation budgets favor private motor vehicles over public transit? Why do we subsidize massively oversized and overpowered battery electric SUVs, pickups, and cars? Why do we have tailpipe tunnel vision when it comes to the health, equity, and environmental harms of private motor vehicle dependence and growing expanses of heat- and flood-amplifying pavement we pay for to subsidize it? Why does Elon Musk deny that induced demand from highway construction is real, disparage public transit and its riders, and promise to solve congestion with his bogus, failed, Boring Company approach? Money. Follow the money. Ask who benefits.
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"Alabama spends less than the national average on Medicaid, the state and federal health insurance for the poor and vulnerable, and officials have declined to expand the program under the Affordable Care Act."Republican representation in the Alabama statehouse and in Congress. This is their medical plan: donations from generous people. And maybe your church. Good luck. You voted for this.
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Anonymous Nah... you're comment is very one-sided. As someone who negotiates these things for a living, any actual concern can be obviated by a non-disclosure agreement. Beyond that, non-competes are just anti-employee, anti-competitive, and anti-capitalism.The ONLY exception to a prohibition on non-competes should be the sale of a business. In that case, it should absolutely be legal to prohibit the seller from opening the same business right next door to the one they just sold.Additionally, your analysis is wholly incorrect. This quite obviously affects interstate commerce and because of the Supremacy Clause, federal rule making would win. The only reason this would get shot down in court is the newer legal philosophy among conservatives that Congress needs to specifically grant the power to do the thing the agency wants to do, and not just make a broad grant.
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Here’s a re-election message. I’m Joe Biden and I am intentionally trying to destroy our country by effectively removing our southern border. More than 5 million illegals have been sent all across the country without being vetted for Covid or any other communicable disease.NYC is paying hundreds of dollars a night, plus 3 meals a day, plus free phones and free medical care. For people who can’t legally work in the USA. So they effectively sit around all day doing nothing. How does that help our economy?By bringing in so many unskilled people, Biden is hurting Black Americans, who are on the lower end of the economic scale. They will be competing for the lower end jobs. How does that help America?How many hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on these people when that money should have been used to help every American who needs help? Is that how the President helps America?Remind Biden that he’s the President of the Unites States - not any other country. American citizens should get every dollar spent on illegals.
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Dave The EPA was created by Interior Secretary Wally Hickel, an old fashioned Republican conservationist in the tradition of John Muir and the Sierra Club.Hickel became an environmental lion -- albeit briefly -- when he shut down offshore platform oil production during the Santa Barbara spill. Hickel believed that the environment was worth preserving, but he also was a strong proponent of the "owner state," the quasi-socialist belief that the state of Alaska has a duty to its citizens to act as an able custodian of the state's vast natural resources, including oil development.Hickel later stated his biggest mistake in federal office was hiring James Watt.Most politicians and scientists have abandoned the hard job of balancing environmentalism v the need for economic development, what Hickel called "opening up the country." Today, the media is willing to recognize two types of people -- you are either a climate catastrophist who cares about other humans, or a Trumpiust troglidyte -- with nobody in between willing to take a stand.I suspect many of NYT readers find that their comments did not make it into these pages, not because they are too extreme, but are not extreme enough.
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Well…we can always invest in tulips, buy the Eiffel Tower, buy the Brooklyn Bridge, give away all our money to the messiah (he’s probably walking around somewhere), invest in the millions of dollars of Florida swampland, make oodles in the untapped timber of Panama…If you missed out on crypto, history says a new way to get rich is just round the corner.
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Paul to some extend the military industrial complex didnt want them to pull their weight, they wanted them to spend money on US arms and supply chains and training.
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James Baldwin the politics of the two parties are very distinguishable. The first two years of the Biden administration was a serious effort to invest in America and its people and put some meaningful social spending together. They got some of it passed despite the open corruption of Senators Manchin and Sinema. They did a lot, they may not have done enoug… but the Republicans would’ve done nothing. I suggest you update your comparison of the two parties policies because it is outdated.
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When I was working internationally, learning about different employment laws and benefits in other (developed) countries was really eye-opening. Thirty five work weeks in France, extended unemployment benefits for older workers in Switzerland, one year paid parental leave for each parent in Sweden. Many countries mandate thirty days or more of PAID vacation every year and severance packages are governed by statute not corporate fiat. In Germany getting laid off without warning with nothing or next to nothing in severance doesn't happen, it's against the law. In addition, layoffs had to be coordinated with German works councils ( sort of like a union). All this and without fear of losing your health insurance. Americans are getting the short end of the stick and don't enjoy the labor protections that exist elsewhere. If American workers really understood how badly they are treated, there would be rioting in the streets. In the US, you are free, free to starve, free to leave a job after 30 years without a dime of severance, free to go bankrupt due to medical debt. What a country.
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The American conservative movement is stronger than ever because the GOP leadership has finally been able to unite such disparate groups as anti-expertise, anti-science, anti-environment, anti-culture, anti-education, anti-tolerance, misogynists, homophobes, white supremacists, and anti-semites under the moral, ethical, and spiritual guidance of a man convicted of defrauding his fellow citizens and fined $25 million. Even if the former Goldman Sachs chairman George Santos is not chosen, the House Speakership will be resolved, and Republicans will continue to propose NO legislation to address, Public Safety, Infrastructure, Poverty, Climate Change, Income & Wealth inequality, Future Pandemic Preparation and Response, Healthcare, Gun Violence and on and on. The GOP will continue to offer the American public NOTHING just chaos.
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I am also a politically liberal professor at a research institution and I disagree with your view that a focus on diversity etc somehow weakens our research and teaching goals. I see it as respecting the way our students think and opening a space to be respectful of all. I don’t agree with everything my students and younger colleagues adhere to but I respect their desire to be inclusive of all. I’m a Gen Xer and am counting on millennials and particular Gen Z to make the world a better place. TheseDe Santis antics are the last gasp of a dying regime
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teresa Woke and open-minded are not close to the same thing, as you proved in your comment.No fair person who read my post could believe that I was making fun of anyone. I carefully pointed out that we don't have enough context to determine the intent behind the gesture. The LW could have answered that question by hanging out in the store for a while to see how people of different races were treated by the same clerk.Nor do open-minded people jump to conclusions about others, as you have done. I am a lifelong progressive. I have, throughout my life called out bigotry of all stripes whenever I have encountered it. The problem with the self-congratulatorily woke is that they argue with slogans, rather than facts. You did not engage with a single one of my ideas. You simply announced that woke is good and criticisms of woke are bad; and you simply (and egregiously wrongly) concluded that I am a conservative.And that kind of woke performance makes it all too easy for conservatives to make fun of progressives. It provides so much legitimate grist for the conservative mockery mill.
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David Ewing - I agree except for Ron Johnson’s effect on Medicare. No one believes that Republicans would ever take away Medicare for seniors. My parents think of it as an investment that they already paid into and are now making their entitled withdrawals. Seniors do appear to be open, however, to destroying Medicare for younger generations — as long as they remain grandfathered in to their own entitlements.
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Kafkaesque They probably aren't living in "a very modest one bedroom" (which for the record, you can find decent 1brs for well below your quoted $60,000k per year) - they probably live in an apartment with one or more roommates, and not centrally located in Manhattan.
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Highly exaggerated article. The Valley has gone through some changes, particularly since the pandemic and allowing workers to work from home. But there aren't throngs of employees getting laid off and being undervalued. Most tech workers, particularly engineers, thrive in their jobs and enjoy them. And the two companies this author mentions -- Microsoft and Tick Tock aren't even headquartered in Silicon Valley.
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Had to chuckle at how Mr. Appelbaum, after running through Federal spending programs that are "popular" and and therefore apparently untouchable, blithely dismisses two items: "the rest is defense budget and interest payments." Oh yes, those two little things. Well the defense budget isn't "wildly popular," other than with defense contractors. And, as it has been for decades, the DOD budget is GIGANTIC, at $783 billion, last year—and Biden wants to raise it to $814 billion. Those interest payments, now an annual $400 billion or so, are there to maintain that $31 trillion national debt, an enormous line item in the Federal budget that offers zero benefit to taxpayers, other than assuring that the US government does not default on its loan obligations.
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Again, this piece reads as though it was created by the White House communications staff. When talking economics, objective facts are more important than spin for political points. When families are hurting, nebulous and theoretical data for charts and graphs count little.Let’s look at some of those facts. Energy and food prices often do not go into governmental calculations for inflation. And yet in each real and significant category, Americans were paying over 10 % more for each in December 2022 than they were in December 2021. The US Realtors association reported this month that middle class Americans are priced out of new home purchases in the largest percentage since 1980. That is a big deal and it’s full impact TBD. The US automobile manufacturers association reported that the declines in new car sales in 2022 were largely due to many Americans being unable to buy cars given the huge inflationary price increases due to supply chain issues.Credit card debt is at record levels in US households. It is believed that in order to keep up spending to counter inflation, households are taking on additional debt to stay afloat.The average US holder of a 401 K account lost 17.1 % of their retirement savings in CY 2022 in the worst collective year for equity and bond losses in 50 years.In real terms, many of the facts are not pretty. Many households are experiencing a direct reduction in wealth and liquidity over the past 15 months. Facts matter.
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Don Williams my son served two year long combat deployments in Iraq, the the first one during the surge in Ramadi. His 12 month deployment was extended to 15 because of the intensity of the war. That’s 27 months total. Harry served 30 weeks in Afghanistan in two deployments.My son only talks about his experiences with those that have also been in combat, unlike Harry who foolishly disclosed how many people he killed and put a target on his back. My son does not have or need $2 M yearly in security because he keeps his mouth closed.
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1. "“Big decisions matter a whole lot more than small decisions,” Mr. Teutsch said."2. "most 20-somethings should worry more about jobs, housing, transportation and less about lattes and Netflix.”...said Mr. Teutsch (a certified financial planner and managing partner at Values Added Financial).What does the math say?1. A $4.00 daily latte is $1,460/year.2. A standard Netflix subscription is $180/year.3. Eliminating lattes and Netflix saves the 25-year-old $1,640/year.4. Investing that $1,640/year in a total stock market index fund until age 65 (40 years) equates to $65,600.5. Assuming a historical 7% return over those 40 years and compounded annually...the 25-year-old would end up with $374,877.81 from their $65,600 investment.But what do I know...I'm not a certified financial planner and managing partner at Values Added Financial.
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Sinema is a master manipulator whose primary motivation is self promotion and wealth. She uses a tactic of not publicly discussing anything related to policy. This is a strategy to avoid being held accountable for anything. By not telling her constituents what she is for, she is essentially not for anything except herself.Her stance on supporting the filibuster is similar. She doesn't want to be responsible for making big changes, so she supports a policy that prevents change. This way she can hide and maintain her pro Wall Street positions.Her net worth is now estimated at over 11 million dollars. How does a person get that rich on making $180,000 for a few years? She is obviously in it for herself and has found a pathway to extreme wealth.Sinema is for Sinema. The voters of Arizona need to be made to understand that. I hope Gallego gets the nomination. She can go to work for her Wall Street buddies.
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Jeff As a reminder, all the major oil companies claimed last year that the war in Ukraine was "forcing" them to raise gas prices even in the US, where quite a few places saw all-time highs. Quite a few people at the time couldn't believe that they'd dare to use the pretext of a war with thousands dying each week to enrich themselves.As it turned out, ExxonMobil made a $23 billion net profit in 2021 – more than double their pre-Covid 2019 profit.Arguing at this point that either the auto or oil industry doesn't routinely engage in profiteering & market manipulation is just silly. They've been doing so for decades and will continue to do so, given that they never get more than a slap on the wrist.
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night mission Although I agree with your observation about “Putin’s thugs” and “their genocide”, I have to amend your accounting when you say, “… not expending a million dollar missile to shoot down a $20,000 drone.”It is not a “million dollar missile” compared to just a “$20,000 drone”. The comparison also has to include the loss of critical wartime shelter and infrastructure provided by the drone’s target + especially the probable loss of life if the drone is permitted to impact the target + the subsequent cost of replacing the targeted building and equipment.
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Mr. Santos probably violated federal election laws when he filed that he "loaned" his campaign $700,000. He never had the money, so it didn't actually move, but he probably figured he could raise some money as a candidate and then pay himself back. That would be illegal. He's free to lie about the other stuff but you can't pay back a campaign loan that you never truly loaned.
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Orchard It's not really meaningful as the The federal government is approaching the roughly $31.4 trillion limit on borrowing set by Congress. As of Tuesday, the government has borrowed roughly $31.3 trillion. WSJ is better for the big picture.
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Inflation moderated slightly, but at what cost? We suffered a mild recession in 2021 with inflation. With interest rates rising, the major stock indices down more than 20% in real terms, and depleted strategic oil reserves, record federal debt, falling real wages, tech layoffs, looming social security shortfalls and an expanding welfare state the US economy is extremely vulnerable.Left unaddressed are the core causes of inflation. Failure to deal with production issues, curtailed energy production with no plans for renewables, dependence on foreign goods and labor, an overly expensive education system that doesn't educate, work disincentives, incentives to have unsupported unnurtured children, idled American talent, social engineering...
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Cousy Taking Social Security early is probably a bad idea unless you have good reason to suspect you'll die fairly young. The benefit reduction is significant. That said, if you can afford to retire, waiting too long to retire can also be a mistake unless you really enjoy your work and working is what you want to do at the end of your life. (I'm sensitive to the fact that not all people are privileged to have a choice—many older Americans must work because they don't have the money to retire.) Most people are fairly vigorous in their 60s and maybe into their early 70s, but once you hit your mid or late 70s the chances are high that you won't be able to do a lot of what you like to do. If you wait too long, you may not have the chance to really enjoy your retirement.At 62, I'm currently weighing my options. I see Social Security and the Canadian Pension Plan (I have both) as insurance in case I live long. My current decision is based on whether my savings are large enough to get me through the next two decades or so. The most attractive option seems to be working part time for the next 2 to 5 years, then fully retiring in my mid sixties. That keeps me engaged with some work and not fully dependent on my savings, but opens up more time to do the things I'd really like to do.
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Chris Fidelity is a great place to keep your money. Just don't pay people for active management. You can by Vanguard's VTI (ETF for the total stock market) for very cheap. There's your stocks. Hire a CFP (fiduciary) by the hour to help you with your total financial picture -- investments, taxes, 401ks, social security, insurance, etc. You can hire someone to rebalance, but make sure they check with you first. And make sure they only have TRADING authority-- they shouldn't be able to remove any money from your accounts. Let advisors take care of the busy work like rolling over laddered bonds and CDs and the like.
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Ending the emergency at this stage feels like spiking the football at the 10 yard line. With 500 people dying (and tens of thousands contracting the virus) every day, it seems misguided to let up on the fight in May (as if things will be better then). But alas, much of the public, abetted by politicians and a complicit news media, have just decided that the virus has magically gone away (until they contract it, anyhow). What could have been a sharper decline will now be a long tail that lasts for years to come.
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The annual price for heat from Wien Energie is determined from your usage in the prior July-June period.I got my year-end bill in November with the new rate which started 01 January.My my monthly payments for heat have gone up 150%. For the next year, I will be paying 250 € a month to keep one room barely warm from late November till mid-March.I close off the entire apartment except for the bedroom where I run one radiator (of two in the bedroom; there are seven in the apartment) with the dial never set higher than 3 (out of 8).I am wearing an athletic t-shirt, a long-sleeve t-shirt, a regular t-shirt, a sweatshirt, a thermal shirt, a hoodie (often with the hood up), and sometimes a scarf and baseball cap; regular boxer/briefs, long thermal skiing underwear, heavy sweatpants, and thick wool socks.Everything electric is unplugged. I run the refrigerator only a few hours a week. One lamp. I turn on the hot water heater only when I need it (almost never).Biggest drain: modem/computer.Tomatoes, for example, went in six months from 1,49 € per Kilo to 2,79 €. I cutback on all sorts of things, like my daily “shot” of fresh-pressed ginger, apple, and lemon juice (went from 0,99 € to 1,29€).But in all … it could be worse! I can afford my healthy vegan diet (a great lentil curry with lots of fresh vegetables tonight), and still get to the opera and ballet, although it’s now back to standing room for 5 €. And when I go I wear my Ukraine flag pin on my lapel.
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While your own circumstances were clear-cut, and I feel for the anguish you went through, please don’t lump all “parents” into one, all-purpose group. My daughter, now 25, was at war with me, her mom, when she was a teenager, as many teenage daughters are with their mothers, that is a natural phase of development. She might have withheld information about transitioning from me, even though I would have been completely open and supportive, and in fact have made queer family part of our wider chosen family since the beginning, and now talk with her routinely about the issues faced by her friends who are transitioning. I agree that teens in hostile situations are at great risk of suicide — again, this is clear. But the problem lies in defining all “parents” as identically incapable of handling information about their child’s transition. Not true. The lines around privacy and support are far more blurred than you may believe.
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The RNC tried to push Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio in 2016, they failed because Trump has charisma and is capable of winning over vast swathes of voters through his open racism and disdain towards existing social norms. The RNC will try to push Ron DeSantis, but who is DeSantis going to win over? DeSantis' base is exactly the same as Trump's, but they like Trump more. This is like if the RNC was trying to force RC Cola down the throats of Coke fans.
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| 5,798 |
The late brilliant strategist André Beaufre warned that many wars are lost because the participants forget they are on an international stage.In the absence of competent, coherent, consistent global leadership from Washington, China has the world for the taking, with possibly India coming up from behind. No one wants to be more like us, or like Russia, led by senile dreamers of past greatness. That ship has sailed.Meanwhile the national debt, growing at 10% a year, funded by printing money, continues to undercut the US dollar and risks a catastrophic and irreversible collapse, that neither party at the trough wants to address. In the meantime, Chinese acquisition of US real estate and business in lieu of dollars continues. One has to wonder if the 1% are oblivious to this result of their drowning functioning government in a bathtub, or if they have all established foreign bases of operation and are willing participants in fighting over the break-up value of the USA.
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It’s been obvious to anyone paying attention, but the biggest myth at the moment is that the Republican and Democrat Parties are equals.When in fact American business (and their transnational allies) supports the Republican Party and only uses the America as a base of operations.Here’s a recent example.<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-03/opec-production-cut-poses-new-threat-to-biden-as-election-nears" target="_blank">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-03/opec-production-cut-poses-new-threat-to-biden-as-election-nears</a>WTI November 2022 - $88 Now sitting at $73 magically dropping 17%
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