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John Harrington $4,000.00+ "signed" on Ebay right now.
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The author seems sympathetic to the argument that allowing donors and sponsors to give directly to athletes will bankrupt sports other than basketball and football. The claim is that in the past athletic departments would distribute the money raised by basketball and football across varsity sports. Now with the changes there will be fewer varsity sports. I’m not so sympathetic to this argument. In the past programs that got money to kids and families through back channels involving shady characters had an advantage. Now the playing field is more level. Second much of the NIL money was going to the athletes already. Now its in the open. To whatever extent rowing, field hockey, golf, wrestling, etc are different without funding from basketball and football why is that a problem? Why are the athletes that play the revenue generating sports supposed to generate revenue for other sports programs? If you want to make money playing a sport play one that people pay to watch. There is great value from competing on sports teams, but the amount of money spent on teams is not required for the benefits. Maybe some varsity sports will look more like club sports. Purchasing and laundering your own uniform and gear doesn’t diminish the value of competition.
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Where do these people live? I was in a 4 room apartment in Washington Heights for 8 years and when I left (to escape the pandemic) my rent was $2000/m. + 300?m for garaging my car (which I needed to visit my family in Westchester at least once a week --- without it the trip took 2 hours each way.) and both rising. (In the 8 years i was there my rent increased by 30%.) There was also In addition the city tax, the utility bill, car insurance, and groceries, all going up at a rapid rate. If I were not on Medicare some procedures (like a stent in a coronary artery) would have nearly bankrupted me. I make around 100K/y in pension, SS, and investments and I was hardly in the lap of luxury, although I never missed a meal, so I guess I am middle middle class. How does someone live in NYC on $50,000/y?
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In an imaginary sane U.S., everyone not worth $10 Million or far more, and everyone not making more than a $Million/year would be out on the streets with pitchforks and torches trying to stop the continued flow of money upwards. But right wing media successfully prevents such sanity.
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BayArea101 They can end the practices by way of Orwellian monitoring, blocking sites that aren't on company servers, open-plan offices where you can tell who's on their phones at all times and reprimands issued for taking the phone out at one's desk to do something like read the New York Times on company time.What they then end up with is quitting—either "quiet quitting" or "left to work for a company that doesn't treat their employees like chattel."Surprisingly, bosses who don't sweat it as long as the work gets done tend to have less problem with the work getting done (I resemble this remark!)
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Serenity Now! Couldn't agree more. Despite cities like Austin, and here in Ohio - Columbus - exploding with growth - ,the rural Conservative minority has gerrymandered its way to ruling urban populations who could not disagree more with them on any number of issues. Issues that young, educated and affluent people - the highly desirable lifeblood of any city and any state - find astonishing and who will vote with their feet by fleeing to more sophisticated and open-minded places. It isn't just abortion. Ohio's Governor DeWine is likely to pass up billions to reestablish rail service simply because the MAGAS in small-town Ohio think its Socialism. I can't wait to retire and get out of this place. It's sad because Columbus is great.
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So Millennials and GenZ are willing to pay $7 for a fancy 12oz coffee but not a penny over $15 for an entire bottle of wine. Ok. Whatevs. One thing not mentioned here is that GenX and Boomers actually gather together at each others homes and socialize. Wine is conducive to >2’people gathering. With the increased of younger generations ‘gathering’ remotely or only in public, it drives up the cost for trying out better wines and who wants to open a bottle of wine and drink alone?
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B As one of those private landlords who was depending on the extra money to live on I agree.Now I have to live on $1,200 and live in public housing. After I pay that 30% plus other costs I will only be sitting in the park.
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Lucy S. Open primaries should be the standard and it could be adopted if our representatives cared to speak out and educate their constituents on benefits to majority rule.
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Sounds to me like private equity paid a premium and is trying to squeeze out profit any way it can. Even at the expensive of franchise owners. Private equity lawyers saw an opening in the legalize of the contracts in which franchises are pretty much at the mercy of the franchise companies and thus are taking advantage of it. Just because one can doesn’t mean they should.
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BTM All in favor of this, provided they're not replaced by open-plan offices. I have a simple rule. When I go on a job interview, and I see workers in open-plan spaces, I immediately go into "intentionally blow the interview" mode, giving screwball answers to the questions purely for my own amusement because I already know there ain't a chance in heaven or earth I'm going to accept an offer even if they still give me one after I've answered questions like "where do you see yourself in five years" with "working somewhere else!"
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Ditto. Finally had to build my own practice to get paid what my 30 years, three careers and advanced degree deserves. Our culture values youth. My husband is 12 years younger than me. I met him when he was 27 with no advanced degree beyond a bachelor’s. I made about $35 an hour working as a nurse at age 40 which was around $72k. He was already making $85k at his second job post graduation. It was so depressing. I finally made more than him in 2022 and plan to blow that out of the water in 2023, but it took me escaping the traditional work world to get there.
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Santos is still facing criminal charges in Brazil. In 2010, Santos admitted to stealing a man’s checkbook that was in his mother’s possession (she was the man's nurse) to buy clothing and shoes. The admission came in a statement Santos gave to Brazilian police according to case documents. Santos confessed to forging the man’s signature on two checks to purchase clothes and shoes costing approximately $1,313.63. He told police he was an American with dual citizenship and a professor, according to Brazilian police documents.Unable find Santos for almost a decade, Brazilian police had suspended the investigation into Santos. But, since Santos has now made the news and is easily discoverable, law enforcement officials in Brazil have said they will now reinstate the charges against Santos. "I've lived an honest life, I've never been accused, sued of any bad doings,' Santos insisted to Matt Gaetz (on Steve Bannon's podcast two days ago.
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Gary Cohen She and her husband also made a ton of money in the stock market with the help of some nice valuable insider knowledge. Her net worth is about $120 million dollars, pretty good for a "public servant".
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Isn’t it weaponizing government to open baseless investigations solely to harm your political opponents? If there’s one thing the GOP knows how to do well, it’s tipping their hand.
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Good question, but I hope you’re not suggesting investing all those billions in creating that infrastructure in Mexico or some other country that is not in a somewhat hostile superpower’s crosshairs? Or we could accept that the cost of products will rise - somewhat.
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It is sad to see this Company struggle with its blue discount coupons inundating the mail boxes and internet. The company closed their Layton store closest to my home and now I have to travel an additional ten minutes to the next store on Riverdale. I don't shop much and my wife is the one that uses the kitchen and bathroom more. Having to travel further for specialized items is hard for me. I do not know how Bed Bath and Beyond has reorganize profitably unfortunately. The company being more specialized than Target and Walmart, can't afford to attract more consumers. Keeping stores open closer to consumers is too expensive. Perhaps like the Salt Lake Tribune, Utah's premier newspaper, having mostly gone digital, it may be possible for Bed Bath and Beyond to go completely digital, close all its stores and have a great return policy so that consumers can experience their purchase first hand like going into a store and if they don't want it return it.
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Chris McClure Tanks are not terribly functional when the terrain confines them to using roads. Tanks are at their best when they are able to move at fifty miles per hour over open fields. They can quickly overrun defensive battle lines which is critical to victory in trench warfare. In trench warfare if you can't quickly overrun your opponent they will shell you into oblivian.
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NSH There's a world of difference between carrying concealed, where the entire point is not drawing attention to yourself from either a would-be criminal or a fellow citizen nervous about guns, and an arrogant blowhard who open carries simply to intimidate, oppress, and troll his perceived "enemies".
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mary Total agreement, validated by my sister's family that lived in multiple international locals due to her husband's work. The kids were very worldly, grew up quickly, respected other people and cultures and went on to be very successful in life. Conversely, on the other side of the family, the group born and raised in Florida with little international exposure hasn't done so great. I'm very fortunate to have had a job with a lot of international travel. What an eye opener and social leveler. As I said at the time, all teenagers in the USA should spend 5 days in Mumbai, India and write a report about their findings.
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Cheap money didn't fuel tech-it fueled investors. Tech companies are just the newest, shiniest way for the investor class to accumulate and hoard more wealth with little to no risk. it's not a risk to invest 100k into a company if you've got 100 million dollars to play with. imagine instead if regular people could try their hand at starting the business they have an idea for without risking their entire life savings and/or having to grovel before billionaires on a reality show.
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If we're talking about making it a game, let's change some things up!Widen the court by 5'Add a 4 point shot 33'Add a 5 point shot anything beyond half courtIf you take a minute and look at the impact/result of these changes. Adding space would really open the lane. As players got used to the range, defense would conceivably have to pick up their "man" from the opposing free throw line.If those are too radical: Raise the height of the basket to 12' from the current 10'. Dunks have become somewhat mundane. 12' would take some serious athleticism, not just getting up there, but coming down and sticking the landing would be a feat in itself.Actually, basketball is a beautiful game and it's fine just the way it is. Except 2 things: Call travelling & palming/carrying the ball.
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Bohemian Sarah Sorry Sarah, I have checked the data, and I am right. Using the Soviet Union as any sort of yardstick for human progress kind of eliminates you from the conversation right at the start. More importantly, the numbers aren't there. Check China - they blow Russia right out of the water, and it happened right after they opened up limited free enterprise. I won't even bother getting into the socialist utopias of North Korea and Cuba. Cuba is so great, we have people swimming and trying to get to America from there every day. Free enterprise and democracy is a mixed bag, as you correctly point out. However, tens of thousands of southern and central American people are at our southern border right now trying to get access to the opportunities to a better life our system gives them.And last but not least, it was the treasure and manpower of America that went to Europe in WWIIto defeat Germany and free the people in Europe, like you, to be able to criticise us here. You're welcome.
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So tell those in The House who admire Putin, to read the 14th Amendment and too abide by its’ codification into American Ideology, Policy and Reality…but what to do when we are dealing with those who claim the border is infested with terrorists, do not believe in the mass poisoning via Covid, hate those who wear masks, read books, question sexuality, abhor racism and its false idols, and who operate in the open under The Dome as a terrorist group, with vocifierous allegiances to the kremlin and white supremacy…they dont even read, they are not even Americans, they should just be given One Way flights to Moscow, Russia, not Idaho.
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Not really sure that the writer did a great job on researching for this article. How do you write an article on financial planning and not once mention a CFP (Certified Financial planner)? And judging by the comments below, people came away with the idea that investment planning is the bulk of financial planning, which is incorrect. HERE ARE FINANCIAL PLANNING TOPICS: "When to take social security, when to do roth conversions in retirement, which accounts to pull money from, budgeting in retirement, annual updates to the financial plan, buying I-bonds and treasury bills on treasury direct, understanding the Secure Acts, staying under IRMAA surcharges, borrowing from your taxable account so you don't sell a highly appreciated security that will get a step up in cost basis, managing tax brackets for IRA distributions so your heirs aren't forced to take huge withdrawals within 10 years, 529 plan strategies to create Roth IRAs for grandchildren, QCDs, DAFs. These are all things talked about. Regarding fees-Just like every other labor force, financial planners have had to raise fees because of inflation. $300-$500/hour. A lot of people don't want to pay the fee; they would rather have the fee supplemented by having the planner manage the assets for an annual fee.
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DCRamada Inn? Named for that roofed, open sided structure. There are about 1000 of them.Las Palapas? Named for the other open sided structure. (There’s one in Bangor and another in Brewer).In print, widely spoken, and in NOAD.As strongly as you stated your points, I’d have to disagree just as strongly. Every word used in the bee is American English and can be found in MW or NOAD. About 80% of American English in those dictionaries consists of words adopted from other languages.Instead of denying the existence of unfamiliar words, I take the opportunity to learn something new.
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Most of these commentators advocate build, build, build, density, no matter what it takes, down with regulations and so on. If in disagreement, others are shut down, called out for their selfishness and out of touch with the need for “more housing”. Well, I’m against density for good reasons. Planning of urban areas is of extreme importance for the mental and physical health of humans. We are not rats! It’s fine for those who can afford to build for their elderly, or to rent it out to help pay for the mortgage. But it must not be “the solution” for affordability and homelessness. Without getting into structural reasons for the way things came to be the way they are, this cruelty scene of people living inside their cars, tents sheltering families and the disabled on urban streets, living next to garbage and so on. Without questioning the criminal state of our health care industry and salaries below human dignity, the rich not paying their taxes, I propose that the move must be done by the government. Very simple: rather than continuing funding an inefficient police or wars without end, rather than defunding the IRS, why not substantially subsidize housing, affordable not only to the middle class, but specially to the poor, the elderly, the disabled. Why demanding middle class neighborhoods to open up to crowded environments while the filthy rich neighborhoods keep their spaces clean and empty? The private monopolies of builders are not the cure, but the cause.
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Robert F Reading and understanding the US Constitution is a little different than the examples given in the last paragraph of the article. A better example is teaching someone to use Windows. You can try to do it with a heavy emphasis on text or pictures. The best teaching materials are from Microsoft and they very picture centric. The US Army found out in the '70s that it was better to train on advanced weapons with comic book manuals than traditional methods. Visual learning is indeed "essential to finding real-world solutions".
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Just got back from Louisville. Don’t even think about making a $500,000 investment there.
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MS, I have a mild case of that, too. I just found this webinar about cooking with arthritis, from a very reputable source: <a href="https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/daily-living/life-hacks-tips/webinar-arthritis-kitchen-hacks" target="_blank">https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/daily-living/life-hacks-tips/webinar-arthritis-kitchen-hacks</a>Here are a few of there cooking tips, including how to peel vegetables: <a href="https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/daily-living/life-hacks-tips/10-arthritis-friendly-cooking-tips" target="_blank">https://www.arthritis.org/health-wellness/healthy-living/daily-living/life-hacks-tips/10-arthritis-friendly-cooking-tips</a>[You might find potatoes easier to peel if you microwave or parboil them for a few minutes and allow them to cool. I love Yukon gold potatoes and those little red potatoes mashed, including the skin. Even Russet potato skins taste good. But you probably wouldn't include the skins in a fancy gratin....]My main challenge is opening jar lids, so I'm going to finally buy a jar opener. Happy cooking!
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Derek Yes. I'm a Democrat, but the Democrats are scared to prosecute anyone for anything legitimate. Meanwhile, Jared didn't get $2 billion from the Saudis for nothing.
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You can find a job yes. There’s a good chance though you cannot afford rent in your salary though. Those jobs are open for a reason.
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My wife and I make over 100K, we live in Massachusetts, between federal and state taxes, rent and utilities over 70% of our income gone before we even spend a discretionary penny, those are not ideal conditions to start a family or thrive by any means, yet even with the current level of taxation the federal government runs massive yearly deficits and has accumulated 31 trillions dollars in debt, an eye watering and increasingly unpayable amount .We don’t need need new or higher taxes, return to a simple tax code and slowly unwind the myriad of Byzantine local, state and federal programs who in their majority encourage idleness and dependency, all the while bankrupting the country .
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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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GWTSMDA That loyalty still exists. I know of 2nd generation owners who would like nothing else but to insure their employees would still work at the company after they are gone. It is not the employer/employee relationship that is the problem. Financial markets drive employee investment. In the end, employers have little say. The fact that at some point in a company's existence employees become assets that upon sale turn into a cash is the main driver and their value is ultimately determined by the next owner. Every business has a future value and all its assets, including its employees, are marked to market. And if the market says less is more, then employees are cut. If the market has no immediate say, as with the 2nd generation employers I know, they stay.
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Nonsense. We have improved Medicare, Obamacare, solid regulations on a wide variety of corporate excesses, $357 billion downpayment on the transition to a green economy, 10 million plus new jobs, rising wages, strong international,alliances, a broad new infrastructure bill, the Chips Act to combat China’s excesses and more, thanks to Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer and the Democratic Party, with occasional assist from Senate Republicans. If we are to survive, the Trump extremists must be defeated and he and they are well on their way to accomplishing that.
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The real issue is that whoever creates and controls the most capable AI will control the world. It's the new arms race and though it is obvious we need to open our eyes to what we are creating/unleashing, to slow American research just gives an advantage to Chinese, North Korean and other research programs. Not sure what the answer is other than world agreement and regulation but that, obviously, is never going to happen.
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The national debt rose by almost $7.8 trillion during Trump’s time in office. The combination of Trump’s 2017 tax cut and the lack of any serious spending restraint helped both the deficit and the debt soar.The growth in the annual deficit under Trump ranks as the third-biggest increase, relative to the size of the economy, of any U.S. presidential administration.
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Spent $22 to see top Gun Maverick on, On Demand. After five minutes I wanted my money back. Corny. Lots of CGI even though Cruise said there was none. Not worth of any nomination.
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The Republicans' case for investigating Hunter Biden is a big nothing burger promoted as a big whopper. Just like their Benghazi investigation that cost taxpayers over $ 26 million and resulted in a big flop.
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Jacinda Ardern is the very embodiment of what I grew up thinking a great political leader would act like and sound like, and her decision to move away from power seals the deal. She spent her time in office improving lives and saving lives, ever mindful of the need to shepherd her country from the darkness to the light. And what darkness she confronted.True, that childhood picture I had of the great political leader wore a man's face, so thanks, Ms. Ardern for another lesson in leadership.She left in tears, tears of love for her country rather than tears of desperation clinging to power. I don't suppose she'll start selling digital images of herself as Wonder Woman for $99, but, if she did, I'd buy one.
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Cavalier57 Those were pretty good numbers. They grew in years before and after Covid too. Actually have had a good trajectory from 2015 through 2021. For a company of that size, these are good figures (and yes, certain revenues can be bought, but that is a huge outfit):2021 $184.90 B 20.63%2020 $153.28 B 14.18%2019 $134.24 B 13.33%2018 $118.45 B 19.82%2017 $98.86 B 15.38%
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Andrew OK. So how about if he requires everyone who eats there to bring a partner of little means and pay for both. Anyone who can pay $425 for dinner can afford $850. And just think of how much it would broaden his reach!
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For several years starting 35 years ago, a group of friends traveled yearly to Camp Du Nord, then a rustic YMCA camp near Ely, Minnesota. This trip took place in January or February with the temperatures often 20 below zero. We recent college grads would eat, drink, and then head over to the 80-year-old Finnish log sauna. Sans electricity, it consisted of a changing room and a wood-fired, 175-degree main event room. After a goodly period in the heat, we'd take turns dashing out to what looked like an open grave (a hole in the ice cut with a chain saw) with a friend of the opposite sex, clad only in socks. At the far end of the hole another kerosene lantern provided scant illumination. One at a time we'd slip into four feet of water, the surrounding ice about 18" thick. If you were hot it wasn't that much of a shock. Maybe you'd spend 20 seconds dunking your head and looking at the starry night, not bad! And with the help of your friend and a 2x4 board across the opening it was easy to pop out and run giggling back to the sauna to heat up and repeat. That's how we did saunas.
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It struck me that certain foreign interests would gladly pay $750,000 to have a mole inside Congress. We should certainly investigate where Santos got $750,000 to run for Congress.
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"To show the world that the only way to keep him from winning nearly any tennis tournament is to not let him play." The default at the US Open in 2020 certainly felt like it. it was a completely non-threatening gesture, that accidentally bounced towards the lines person. To default a player for that was certainly ridiculous. For covid, he has only himself to blame and should just suck it up.
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SW Because they can't. Money wasn't spent on public transportation options it was spent on widening the road. So as the article said more people started driving or moved further away. Once someone makes major life changes like that it is very difficult to go back when traffic congestion returns. But if more public transportation is available that's an easy change to make. And people do consume less of a good with inflation.
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Apnaqua I agree with this. But I don’t see spaces where radical ideas are debated producing well educated open minded adults. I just see monolithic factories stamping out either one side or another.
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Hi Jeff,If someone buys a Picasso and then donates it to a museum, that’s fair. Picasso was a painter who sold his paintings for $$. These are artifacts that were “sold” by an occupying power to a private collector who then sold it to the British government. The point is, the marbles were not the property of the Ottomans to sell in the first place.
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Laughable......and probably $2.5 million in legal fees and other expenses, if not more, on the government's side.
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As the old saying goes: The problem with being old is that you don't feel old."We are old....in our mid-70s. We were at a long distance run this fall, volunteering. My did those youngsters treat us as old--telling us that they would read things for us if the print was too small, grabbing things out of our hands if they felt there was a better way to display the merchandise we were selling. My wife and I talked about this today, on our 1.5 mile walk. This morning we also did about 20 minutes of resistance exercises......oh yeah, I almost forgot...and cycled 32 miles in the dark.We are categorized by some young people as old. But even with a broken back that gives her pain nightly, and with my open heart surgery and with my treatment for prostate cancer, we don't feel old. This is 50+ days we have cycled 32 miles in the morning, and a total of 28,000 miles over the past 11 years.Would write more, but need to run: I'm working on our ballroom dance list for Sunday. No "youngsters" who have ever seen us dance think of us as old. (Of course, they don't really know what the heck we are doing: "What is this Nightclub 2-step thingy you're doing?")
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I too like so many others here am turned off by the elitist privilege underlying this article. Flying first class across oceans in order to be among the few who get to sample tiny dishes for $500 a pop. But....,I am a blue collar guy who enjoys playing golf twice a week (walking) at a local public course that has been around since 1900 and looks it. Nobody I know around here or perhaps anywhere in this country would consider that luxurious, but to countless millions around the globe my little escape is both out of their reach and an elitist act of selfishness.
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Gold is a very hard rock that serves well as fillings in teeth. As an investment, it's just a hard rock.
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How about insurance companies and physician reimbursements? I had a lower rate than my partner even though he had much less experience than I did. And no, these really aren’t negotiable rates. It’s take it or leave it. It was about 3 dollars difference but over 40 patients a day that adds up to a lot.
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“And a severe shortage in skills may undercut the boom”Well, then, instead of pouring $100 billion into Ukraine in the name of national defense, maybe we should pour it into the U.S. education system.Just a thought.
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I dunno. Everyone should be a short order cook for a year. Or better yet, work in an ER. You sure CAN multitask, and it's sink or swim. Anyone that can't manage a computer screen with a few open windows, a few active emails, a text message and a phone call all pretty much at the same time is doomed. Stop making a big deal out of it.
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I will feel sorry for Bret’s inflation-beleaguered $400k/yr couple when he also tells me how much their home(s) and stock portfolio “inflated” since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Not hard to put the fringe in its place when you hold a commanding majority. Or when the Dems have the sense to cross the aisle to side with a minority favoring a more sensible candidate. Either the Dems in Congress will wish they’d done that before McCarthy did all that groveling last week, or they had some reason not to fear the rules concessions gave the radicals an opening to force a catastrophic outcome such as debt default; we haven’t been given pointers on the Dems’ strategy during this clown show. And we’d appreciate that, if anyone knows; the articles on the clowns in the GOP do get a bit tiresome.
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I just retired from full-time work a few weeks ago. Yes...I was completely burned out after 35+ years on the job. As far as saving for retirement, I have done the heavy lifting and I would be financially o.k. if I never worked again. It's surprising how much money I spent while working full-time. Expenses include gas for my commute ($200/ month), lunches ($200/month), clothing(50/month), professional licensures($50/month), car repairs due to fender benders that weren't my fault ($100/month), and treating myself to things that I didn't need as a reward for working hard ($400/month). However, I do want to pick up a part-time job doing literally anything to fund my extras like travel and shopping. I am truly enjoying my "semi-retired' existence.
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Alberto Abrizzi There’s no comparison. In Ukraine, men and women are have equal rights, and are equal partners in their fight against the Russians. And let’s not forget that the US and other nations spent decades and billions trying to change the situation in Afghanistan, with little lasting effect. It’s tragic, but the fault lies solely with Afghan men and radical Islam.
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Founder Bill Gates no longer works for Microsoft, nor is he on the board, so whether he had any part in the decision to lay off 10,000 people is questionable. As for the stock, he owns 1.4% of Microsoft stock which comes to about $75 billion.Bill Gates is a college drop-out from Harvard in his junior year, but he later gave them $15 million for their computer engineering and software departments. He is devoting his time to running his foundation with his former wife with whom he is still close. They specialize in funding health organizations. (One shameful episode in his life is that he was friends with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which bothered his wife.)When IBM first created the Personal Computer they contracted Bill Gates to provide the operating system software which he bought from a friend Gary Kildall for $50,000. Kildall later founded his own company and later sold it for $120 million in 1991.Only a few years after launching the Personal Computer IBM stopped manufacturing it, but Gates had the right to use the software on other computers. IBM decided to concentrate on big "mainframe" computers, as they still do today.I owe a debt of gratitude to Bill Gates because after graduating with a useless degree in philosophy, I was hired by IBM to write software using laptops run by Microsoft Windows. (This comment is created on a laptop running Gates' Microsoft Windows software.)
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Why would anyone believe that the party of fiscal irresponsibility (the GOP) do the right thing when it comes to lessening the debt of the US. US debt would not be a problem if we were spending our money on the right things. We need to be investing in people, communities and our country and not in lowering taxes on the already very wealthy. We should lower our debt by increasing taxes on the wealthy and making sure corporations are paying their fair share. I hope the GOP call for cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid finally show the American people what they are really about.
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somebuddy Ms. Del Rocío made a brave personal choice to do what was best for her family. I'm surprised anyone would second-guess that.If you don't solve burnout, you may reach a point of no longer being able to perform your job, let alone be emotionally available for your family.It's her personal decision, her life, and she is in the best position to consider all the nuances that might not come through in an article. But even if one chooses to evaluate her life as though it were a financial statement only, we can applaud her for having built up savings while single parenting, and for having worked another job where she could be emotionally healthy, and that also opened the door to new possibilities.Regardless of whether her campaign is successful, I feel confident she is going to do what it takes to take care of her family, and I am impressed that she also is trying to take action to support her community.
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The EPA is an over funded waste of money that is far removed from its mission of keeping our air and water clean, which it is. It can fire many more useless workers and save taxpayers money. Isn’t $32 trillion enough?
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Margaret About 900 in the Puget Sound region. The company is shifting platform to AI. So they're exiting hardware business, games, and some sales enablement teams. Channeling resources to expected more profitable businesses in the future. Saving as much as I can, investing conservatively and hoping for the best. There's no perfect situation workwise.
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The problem of storm water management especially for built up urban and suburban areas is the problem is not having adequate buffering floodplain space, as the natural floodplains areas have been developed as available "open" space for economic and demographic reasons.Examples abound in California. Take development along the American and Sacramento Rivers in the city of Sacramento. These levees were built very close to the rivers so that the natural floodplain areas behind the new levees could be developed to the maximum extent right up to the levees themselves. This was both in the city itself and suburban areas.Along the Sacramento River the areas called "The Pocket" and "Little Pocket" are each defined by meanders of the Sacramento River with water on three sides. This was a boon for development and maximizing limited space, but not wise for the long term suitability of residences and the safety of their inhabitants were the levees to fail.Worse, the levees are soil levees, which are prone to seepage, undermining, and failure over time in even normal circumstances. Many of California's levees and dams are primarily soil and earthen structures, which are easy to build and relatively inexpensive, but should not be considered long term answers for storm water management and flooding.Moreover, soil levees and dams were built to handle a certain amount of water for a specific period of time. Exceed it and storm water management fails catastrophically.
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WOID Hmmm. The Met is merely restoring and displaying (temporarily) these artifacts. On their dime. Oh, and the massive amount of aid we give to Guatemala should count for something. "In 2021, buoyed by the Biden Administration’s stimulus package, remittances to Guatemala reached a record $15.3 billion—making up 17.8% of the nation’s entire economy (compared with 9.2% in 2011)." (Time.com)
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Seen from France , a more correct headline:With Billions of US dollars , Ukraine Goes Toe to Toe With Russia in BakhmutThis is a proxy war fought in Europe, between the US and Russia, fought with US moneySet up in 1997 by expanding NATO . Against the warnings of America's succesful Cold War Policy against Russia that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union The NY Times A fateful error"My view, bluntly stated, is that expanding NATO would be the most fateful error of American policy in the entire post-cold-war era. Such a decision may be expected to inflame the nationalistic, anti-Western and militaristic tendencies in Russian opinion; to have an adverse effect on the development of Russian democracy; to restore the atmosphere of the cold war to East-West relations, and to impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking”George F. Kennan The NY Times Feb 5, 1997Written before Putin came to powerSo why was it done ? The NY TimesArms Makers See Bonanza In Selling NATO Expansion The NY Times 1997/06/29 And US arms makers now are cashing in record profits, NY Times"Military Spending Surges, Creating New Boom for Arms Makers" The NY Times Dec 18, 2022
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Police unions need to be held accountable by having to pay out settlements in these cases. Currently us tax payers pay out millions of dollars to families whose loved ones have been brutally targeted by the police. These settlements which Wash Post estimate as $1.5 billion need to come from police unions, their paychecks and retirement funds, not from our taxes even though we collectively share in the responsibility. After the brutal murder of George Floyd, we thought maybe there would be change, obviously that did not happen and a backlash to increase funding for police actually occurred. The police need to be collectively held accountable where it counts, in their personal funds, for them to stop treating us citizens especially those of color, like their fodder.
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Is it the view of this president and every Democrat that $31 trillion of debt doesn’t matter, that $400 billion for interest payments doesn’t matter, that a federal budget close to bursting through $6 trillion doesn’t matter, or that off-loading billions of student debt on everyone else doesn’t matter? WSJ
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I appreciate this article and as someone who hopes to never fly again, I feel for these people.I know what it’s like to have to arrive at an airport hours in advance, stand in lines, deal with crowds and security, wait for your plane, queue up/jockey for your spot in line, cram into the plane, scramble for a spot for your bags, sit in a torturously uncomfortable seat, possibly delaying eating a meal or using the restroom because it’s too much hassle, waiting impatiently at baggage claim, hustle outside (often in less than ideal weather) to wait for a shuttle or Uber, then either find your car or get to your destination. And this is if you have just one flight leg, no rescheduled new flights, and it all goes right!!!These customers are all due WAY more than some rewards points equal to about $300 and all expenses reimbursed. There’s no way Southwest will do the right thing.
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Reading these articles and comments about gender transitioning opens my eyes to the enormous gap in society about this issue. Many Americans, myself included, still are shocked even at the basic underlying principle of a physician and parent validating concerns about gender dysphoria, assisting in blocking puberty with drugs, and surgery. To many of us, it seems the social media tail is wagging the physician and parent dog. It seems that in our sincere rush to be tolerant of all choices, we may have stumbled and become tolerant of the intolerable: a 10 year old deciding they are trans. A 10 yr old isn’t allowed to vote, drink, smoke, drive, or even skip the school trip to the museum. They can’t get into R movies. They can’t get onto a flight. They can’t enter a casino. All with good reason. They are children. Children. But yet we are supposed to accept that, despite all that, we should validate, support, and assist their adult- like decisions to alter their physiology with drugs and surgery? It’s still shocking. Maybe we need to step back and consider that we are not on the right path here.
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What Ms. Robbins leaves out is that during the last 6 years those profits were passed on to the stock holders. So, IRAs, 401Ks, state and other pension plans all benefited from the profits made selling Humira. Additionally many shares were sold during those years and the resulting capital gains taxes were collected by the federal government. So retirees, states and others all benefited and the amount of those benefits is totally left out, not even honorable mention. I'm curious. If there are vast benefits that come from something artificial shouldn't those benefits be considered real? AbbVie has a responsibility to its shareholders and to its employees too. How many other drugs were financed and brought out of research and development and into the hands of doctors who prescribe them? Both sides of the pricing of the drugs should be presented and that should include not just patients taking the drugs but the entire chain of financial beneficiaries.
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It’s a Mad Mad World The last time I used American Airlines (on a code-share airline but booked via American Airlines) the check-in agent took explicit pleasure to share with me his indifference to my wish to obtain a boarding pass -- so as not to wait curbside until the code-share partner airline employees got back from their two-hour break. There's something to be said for "career" airline personnel paid well enough to tough it out till they reach retirement age. Like your old high school teacher who's "over" their lifetime profession but hanging on for a few extra years, counting the days until they get their pension.Who knows, perhaps the other airline alliances are equally awful.
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David Agree on the prices - but it's everywhere. On the west coast, a really good burrito used to run may $8. Now same is $12. Some restaurants are holding prices somewhat, but I notice the takeout portions are smaller, too.
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Suz Eyed Blackens That's easy to answer. Deep pockets carefully scrutinize potential candidates whose campaigns they fund if the candidate "shares their corporate beliefs". IOW, if a candidate agrees to advocate for their benefactor, the purse strings open and the money rolls out. Therefore, corporations have something we only dream about which is known as "representation".Trump was the perfect stooge and his benefactors included people from the very same country we're shipping weapons to Ukraine to defend against.
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This is encouraging. I wouldn't have expected that degree of thoughtfulness in Perkins, so it gives me hope that there are more open-minded White conservative Christians.It's a reminder that we on the secular left need to keep an open mind when we encounter a White conservative Christian. we desperately need to find more common ground, otherwise I fear this country will come apart at the seams.
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Stephanie Schaar: We could be identical twins. Everything you wrote also applies to me! In addition to quilting, I knit and like to learn new languages. When I finish the NY Times crossword puzzle and there is a word that interests my grandchildren, I take a picture of the completed puzzle with my phone, send it to them with a hint and they are excited to find it. I started word games with my father with the Jumble and am thrilled to introduce the fourth generation to this non-trivial pursuit. Thank you Dave for opening the Spelling Bee Salon.
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The fact that my 403b stocks & bonds retirement savings account has dropped 25% might be one reason I do not sense the wonderful economic growth numbers Mr. Krugman cites.
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I can’t help but compare this story to your book, “Tightrope.” In detailing the struggles of young people in Yamhill County in Oregon, you present an interesting contrast to the situation in Kenyan refugee camps. There, the problem is how do we make education and resources accessible to young people. Here, both are by and large accessible, and many young people use the schools to pull themselves out of poverty; nevertheless, we are left with all too many who do not. I was impressed in both cases, that you found local (“grassroots”) leadership key in helping people find their way. In Kiberia, it was Kennedy Odede. In Yamhill County, it was people like Reverend Diane Reynolds, a local evangelical religious leader who used her influence to help people get on, and stay on a positive path. But I also found your discussion of responsibility very interesting. In Kenabi I assumed that SHOFCO student had taken personal, individual responsibility for bettering themselves, which largely why they are in the article. In Yamhill County, you suggest that we need to extend responsibility into the collective realm, into what Professor Chen of VCU describes as “a morality of grace.” Could it be that this morality of grace is stronger in Kenabi than in Yamhill County. If this is so, why is it so? Or am I comparing apples to oranges?
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John Harper John, you were not there, so why the assumption ?It was Private Land.Yes, you can send me a check for each calf lost and each lamb lost.It was three calves and ten lambs.$ 2,000 ought to cover it.
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Buying a few shares of these corporations is easy. As a shareholder, you can attend annual meetings and agitate for change. Terminating people without cause when companies are profitable is wrong. If companies can be pursued to have principles about not investing in certain industries, they can be pursued to treat human beings justly in their career operations. And pension funds, hedge funds, colleges etc should stop investing in these companies.
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Physicalism relies on a zombie metaphysics. Science and philosophy currently have no idea what consciousness actually is. We don’t even know what matter is. Never mind how these might function together in any integrated or holistic form. A conscious machine is likely an oxymoron. Any attempt to study this problem requires consciousness. The most viable approach may be a theory of embodied cognition (4E: embodied, embedded, enacted, extended). I have no doubt our social imperative to employ robots will gradually free us to focus on more creative and meaningful human work. But their potential to appear conscious and exceed our capabilities to perform tasks traditionally considered “human“ has come to the point that we need to ask those practical and moral questions. Perhaps we ask those questions and design these systems as a proxy for understanding ourselves.
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House Republicans said nothing when in 2017, in addition to travel and lodging costs for the security team, the Trump clan spent at least $26,000 on rental vehicles, as well as $22,000 on the necessary equipment agents needed in order to accompany the family down the slopes.House Republicans said nothing when on a Passover getaway to Whistler, BC, Canada for Jared, Ivanka and their children in 2017,, the hotel bill for the security team was $59,654, as well as $6,884 for "multi-day ski passes”. House Republicans said nothing in 2018 when Ivanka and Jared billed the government for over $58,000 for security on their long weekend in the Dominican Republic.House Republicans said nothing after the Charlottesville white taxpayers paid $14,000 for security for Ivanka and Jared's spa getaway.Of course these are pittances, relatively speaking. But the GOP has absolutely nothing to do with "fiscal responsibility." Their MO is always tax cuts for the wealthy, shoveling money into red states that somehow their constituents never see, and shredding the social safety net. They always explode the deficit and the debt and then demand Democrats clean it up -- without billionaires paying so much as a penny more.
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From where have the Democrats gotten this idea that America’s large corporations are greedy and evil. Great corporations like Boeing, Intel, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon create thousands of high-paying jobs with people either working for them or working for their suppliers. The products that they sell abroadbring in the income to make this country wealthy.  Apple played essential roles in the development of two products that have changed the world, the graphical user interface that was introduced with the Macintosh computer and the smartphone. The country is better off if our great corporations reinvest their income in their operations. The alternative of giving them to the government just means that the politicians will scoop a third of the profits off the top to pay off those whom they need to be reelected. Even if the income is distributed to shareholders by dividend, or stock, buyback, rewarding those who risked their money investing in Apple is important to capitalism.Lowering taxes on corporate income was not a Republican idea. The Democrats started vilifying corporations when they found that it was an effective campaign issue. President Kennedy said this in a December, 1962 address:“Corporate tax rates must also be cut to increase incentives and the availability of investment capital. The government has already taken major steps this year to reduce business tax liability and to stimulate the modernization, replacement, and expansion of our productive plant.”
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One of the most perplexing rationales that defenders of legislation such as DeSantis’ “Stop Woke” law cite is the potential damage to young white students. They fear that upon hearing of facts of our country’s history of slavery and the subsequent institutional racism and bigotry that persist to this day, that young white students will be saddled with feelings of guilt and shame, damaging their sense of self-esteem. The horrifying facts of our history should stop all of us in our tracks. But why, upon learning the facts, would our children instead of feeling shame, not develop a deep sense of empathy for the victims of racism? These are our fellow human beings who suffered unspeakable horrors for 250 years. Can we not, instead of reacting defensibly, open our hearts to them? It seems to me the only way we will find our way out of the darkness.
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J. The state has already begun installing solar panels over open aquaducts to help mitigate both evaporation and energy generating issues. That said, yes, I also reacted in the same way to that photo. Date palms and agave would make more sense in their climate.Not mentioned in the article is that Arizona also produces alfalfa, primarily for.......Saudi Arabia. Go figure.
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You say welfare state and social insurance and not that the poor need assistance from poor wages and social security payments are made by all but the rich. The system has robbed the coffers of $17T and wonder how it has come to be broke and never acknowledged they broke it by thieves borrowing to pay for their wars. From Johnson to Clinton it has been systematically robbed and the money was earmarked for social assistance. If Republicans want to cut social security and Medicare first they should cut congressional pay at the same rates they use for the reduction of so called welfare and social security.
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Three points:.First, this is nowhere near as troubling as the activities of a spose of a different Justice..There is no suggestion she is calling the White House and trying to influence behavior in the Executive of Legislative branches..Second, the duties described are consistent with the job of a recruiter. It is hard to see how her husband's position would have altered the conduct of either the law firms or the people being recruited..Third, this is her normal work. She didn't get the job, and doesn't hold the job, because of his position..She has already made a career change to avoid conflicts of interest with his job, and likely had to take a cut in income. Should she now be required to forego income altogether? That seems pretty harsh..Third, will the U.S. now be obliged to compensate spouses of Supreme Court nominees when they have to change or terminate their careers in law once their mate is appointed to the Supreme Court (or any other court, really)?.That might have quite punitive consequences on which lawyers would be willing to accept the nomination. It is already a problem that Supreme Court judges earn about as much as a third year junior lawyer. Many very good lawyers would not accept a nomination to the court because of the enormous pay cut..So now that is going to be extended to their spouses?.The other Justice should long ago have resigned..By contrast, this looks more on-side.
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Letter 4 is tough. The advice given for the LW to accuse all their coworkers of being racist will almost certainly backfire. 99% of the time, people don't respond to accusations of racism with an open mind and a willingness to improve themselves, they get defensive and angry. It would be one thing if the LW was the boss or HR manager, and had some power to fire these jerks or mandate diversity training, but LW sounds like their peer. They'll probably start plotting to get rid of both the LW and the new hire to neutralize the threat. I would advise them to avoid the word "racist" for now and instead challenge them more directly. When someone complains about her work, LW should say "what instance are you referring to? Can you give me an example? I have 7 examples off the top of my head of her going above and beyond the former employee." etc. If they complain about the salary, say "actually, she is grossly underpaid. The fact that it took so long to find applicants at this salary level proves that the compensation is not high enough." That's not to say the LW shouldn't go to HR, make a list of these conversations and say that it appears the coworkers have started a harassment campaign against the new coworker, and that you're worried it's becoming a hostile work environment.
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James,But trump and the republics are responsible for fully 30% of this nations current debt and we're the spenders?And we're really only talking about raising taxes on people like musk and bezos.Your side cuts taxes for billionaires and rings up massive debt.So, I'll say it again, 'tax and spend' has got to be better than 'cut taxes and spend'.Has to be.
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Ukraine is on our front line in the fight to save democracy. They are fighting and dying for us. President Biden has truly done a remarkable job in his fight for democracy here and around the world and deserves much more credit than he is getting for it.Led by the USA, NATO, our allies and partners must supply Ukraine with everything it needs to win the war this year, period. It must happen now, so after the spring mud season ends, Ukraine can go fully on the offensive to drive Russia out of every inch of Ukrainian land.
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E M Dalton If you are adept at coming up with an original thesis, designing experiments to unambiguously confirm or deny its correctness, interpret the results, and determine what the next direction in your research should be, then you will beat the machine and your PhD will be worthwhile. If you can partner with the AI machine to produce results better than man or machine alone, you definitely will be employable and earn your keep.There is nothing new here -- only different, an extension of the machine capabilities of laptops and mainframe computers that students and researchers have been using for decades. Current researchers would be almost unemployable if they couldn't make effective use of those computers. When you are an active researcher, AI will be as necessary a tool as the 1970s mainframe computers and electronic chemical analysis equipment was back then. No PhDs to be had for manual calculations and strictly test-tube chemistry.
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Yep. 600 billion dollars of uncollected taxes out there, all 1 percenters. And the Republicans refuse to fund an overburdened IRS…Alas.
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We have a leased, low mileage 2020 Avalon Limited hybrid with every bell and whistle Toyota had to offer, in immaculate condition--showroom condition. SInce the lease was ending in a. month, we thought we'd trade it in for a 2023 hybrid. What a waste of time. Our experience was simple: the dealers, without exception, would only sell high, way above MSRP, and trade-in low, naturally knocking all the value guides such as KBB, Edmund's, and J. D. Powers. Since the Avalon only has 19,000 miles on it, we decided to buy out the lease. Now, for half the price of a 2023, we have a luxury car that may be chronologically 3 years old with nary a scratch inside or out, but with only 9 months worth of wear and tear.
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Do people making 400K a year really fret about the price of eggs?
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The last time California had storms of this magnitude was the winter of 2017 and 2018, five drought stricken years ago. And prior to that California suffered another five year drought. Now, you're suggesting expensive infrastructure projects to divert water that, for the most part, is infrequent. California has big, big water problems including an ever increasing thirst for it. Its first order of business should be getting enough water to support its over $50 billion per year agriculture industry and thirsty population, which lacks sufficient housing. Massive desalination projects would be one long term solution and perhaps as part of that project include water diversion infrastructure. But massive water diversion projects for events that happen less frequently than hurricanes tearing up east coast and gulf states seems premature.
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I can absolutely attest to the healing and restorative power of awe. In the last two years I was diagnosed with a systemic autoimmune disease and also have been undergoing failed fertility treatments which have resulted in nothing other than a baby boy I tragically miscarried. The pain, sadness, and all-consuming grief I have endured have been earth shattering for me. Many days I barely remember who I am, and I struggle to relate to the world around me. The few moments of awe and wonder I have experienced in the last couple of years are one of the only things that sustain me. They remind me that I can still feel joy, that I can think about anything other than being sick and losing my baby, that I can still be surprised and fascinated and overwhelmed by beauty. For me these moments have come during road trips with my husband and our dog. We’ve repeatedly road-tripped through the southwest and the deserts of California. I felt the presence of majesty amongst the suguaros of the Sonoran desert. I was bowled over by the imposing and mysterious Kofa wildlife refuge. I felt small amongst the vastness of the open roads of New Mexico and White Sands, and that was comforting. Awe and wonder have reminded me that I have not lost the person I am. As long as I can still feel awe, I know I can keep going. Awe is the best medicine I’ve found, better than therapy, and I’ve returned home from every one of my trips happier, more hopeful, and replenished in ways I desperately need.
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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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Steve C “ They made it happen so that the coverage was available only through private insurances, and not through traditional government Medicare.”The welfarization of Medicare DISAdvantage plans. These companies will be used by the GOP to crush standard, real Medicare. They pay me, a PhD psychologist, 2/3 of what Medicare pays. They lure the hapless withSilverSneakers gym memberships, promise of glasses, some dental, some hearing. They wrap around seamlessly to Medicaid so that there are no premium payments. Promises! Promises! And when you get too sick, they drop you. And then Medicaid, the secondary carrier, comes into play. But not until you have divested yrself & yr family of EVERY asset greater than $1,999.99. That’s Medicaid spend-down. The Departments is Social Services will make sure u r utterly ransacked. Hello : why is no one reporting this corporate welfare story? Bernie Sanders was dead right: everyone should be on Medicare. Instead we hve corporate welfare for the Medicare DISAdvantage companies with an administrative cost PAID BY TAX PAYERS of 15-20% while Medicare, efficient—easy to work with— has administrative costs of < 5%. NO company/entity save standard Medicare gives me Explanation of Benefits. NONE. CORPORATE WELFARE with an intention to destroy Medicare.
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