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Reading comments below I see smarty pants naysayers are already picking the CHIPS initiative apart but it's a good investment that will advantage other seemingly unrelated industries and keep essential technologies moving forward. It may not happen immediately but the commitment is a commitment in The United States. I ... | d95cfb94bf1222da6ca4856e7d257a399ecba3016553777ab62e7f93907fb3e3 | [
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Joe In Co You assume that the only way to handle this is the crash the economy. There are other ways to handle this - the best one is a slow measured approach to paying down the debt over an extended period of time coupled with a Congress that actually is willing to put the best interest of the country in front of its... | cdbb813f4e49ce32bf2aaf26d350a35794186d34466c34c91af90e5543244320 | [
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Ben Hubbard gives a useful if flawed analysis. Turkey's foreign policy is unlikely to change whoever is in power. The foreign ministry may have lost influence but it is not so much lost to Erdogan as to the defence ministry - the military has a large say in foreign policy, especially where it concerns Kurds, Syria, Gre... | 8868476ee33cc2f9d8106ee267994c8d63413bc90fed2b33a7abe4376c048a1e | [
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Michael You're so wrong about so much, i'll have to provide a listing: considering that the primary benefit of the ACA was to provide much improved access to health care for 100million citizens, it seems that the really "common sense" was to support the legislation, and considering that the upshot elections allowed at ... | f3e88ddb4374087b4b312bc9cac373d922cacb8b0191f8c206b7f5e70e2aecf4 | [
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Cheryl Ann Excellent 2fer!AllThanks for the kind words! I got a LOT of sleep last night and today I burned off some of the residual bad news angst cleaning the kitchen and reorganizing my extensive spice collection that my husband, who does most of the cooking now, had used into a bit of a shambolic mess. Why we had 5 ... | 33f7c4f46dc318cd45aad8289b7e0adeac8d8957e893d4b1a538410f6c3900a5 | [
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Gap's line of "modern" t shirts, which are a medium thickness modal/cotton blend and cost $20, $25, and $30 for sleeveless, short, and long, respectively (when not on frequent sale), are really quite excellent. They come in crew and v neck (plus scoop for the tanks and a boatneck long sleeve), and I wish they came in m... | 8a40256effef8a4aab0006c45cdd9269befe3080473a2253c31760c71bb9f90e | [
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Girish Kotwal Nonsense. There is literally not an industry of note that didn't rely on government investment, incentive and help in its early stages. I challenge you to name an exception. Aviation, rail, automaking, agriculture, shipping, hi tech, all benefited enormously from government involvement early on.
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P This is supported by studies that indicate that student success is increased when students and faculty work together on projects of different types. A commitment to this route towards student success means the institution needs to invest more in faculty time. Unfortunately, faculty are always the last place most ad... | 68de4411ecb7dd16da0dfdea3a85c301a3553b6448292fdea1f3c66c01ad8722 | [
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As others have pointed out, Weisselberg's sentence is laughable - 5 months (or less, with time off for good behavior) for guilty pleas to "scheming to defraud, grand larceny, conspiracy and tax fraud.” Also laughable is a fine of 1.6 million for the Trump Organization, which doubtless has scads of money stashed in tro... | 3af28e26587bf3210a9d51166609322e6ff0f8fcf221dda221a70219433ef2b7 | [
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Wow. What a feat (foot?) to have a 13D puzzle published on a 13D date! That took some whale-oiled planning.The only thing that made me happier than solving this beautifully orca-strated puzzle was the fairly shameless Constructor's notes which had me blubbering in no time flat. That only happens when everything's done ... | 8f13f8527ca3bfe682abe84ad8841032195a49498409f3b8eb815acc39c5100c | [
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Dennis Some comments here imply that the federal share of the Medicaid expansion will run out. In 2020, the federal share of the Medicaid expansion is 90% with the state share 10%. As of now, there are no changes planned to reduce the federal percentage. <a href="https://www.macpac.gov/subtopic/state-and-federal-spe... | c8ca3faaadd221cdada4d467631a1f1df513438db55df28587df114c3eb34f9b | [
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Jer Actually, for water coming from CA's State Water Project (SWP) system, the users pay most of the cost; general taxpayers pay a small-ish portion. The SWP contracts are complicated; figuring out how much a user pays per acre-ft is not straightforward. Each year, they take all of that year's deliveries and add it to ... | 1410afa01ad8b07dd7e7dd8df0ecb3ef0b5ad9a737cad87854144ded3abacb97 | [
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A tax cut of $100 million and the spending of $100 million on government programs are not equal. Tax cuts allow people to keep more of their own money. Government programs are an attempt to engineer outcomes for favored groups, paid for by those outside those groups. The US Constitution clearly delineates the responsib... | b7237e2ca583f32c6bce3da595e53434297ab85836df4cd275880777ee71a985 | [
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Dear Rachel,If Victor's X-ray Looks Clear, Don't Medicate.1 5 10 50 100 500 1000(I don't know if this is medically cromulent guidance, nor, if it is, whether it applies only to patients named Victor.)
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My favorite line in this piece: "Jones is making only $8.4 million (against the salary cap)...."As a Bengals fan, I can't imagine the discussions and planning going on by Mike Brown & co. to find all the money they're going to have to unearth for Joe Burrow :-)
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Interesting read, but article contains no mention of Gary Marcus or his critique of OpenAI, ChatGPT, DALL-E, and Sam Altman’s acknowledgment of the problems and blind spots Marcus confronts, problems that should trouble us all. The sobering issues he highlights (as guest on Ezra Klein’ podcast) are getting glossed over... | 32c36131a58336ce47d104ff14a9e2b936d2d7194639097057827564766eb27f | [
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Oracle at Delphi If Chair Powell had not done his job, we'd still be on the road to ruin. Like it or not we have to keep the value of Treasury bonds high enough to attract investors such as the People's Republic of China. How long do you think nations like the PRC would hesitate to cash in as the value continues downwa... | 5a5d5b6645cc529b594b67eb932c5a4f15187c74b11d1bbc6c8c8dd7039e70c0 | [
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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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I'm afraid I am spoiled. I have a personal egg man who delivers and charges $2/dozen. Maybe he has 75 chickens. I order for myself and several neighbors, so I am a guaranteed customer every week. He also brings me free manure for my garden.
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That's less likely to happen now, because AI developers have been criticized for releasing AI-generated output that is considered objectionable by some people.In particular, the OpenAI Charter commits "to mak[ing] AGI safe" and "to avoid[ing] enabling uses of AI or AGI that harm humanity or unduly concentrate power." (... | fd40338d6f8165be40337c4b1c51589c5e240cd32840888c1f1c5226a92f91b6 | [
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August West Nope. Wrong. The IRS law mandating that anyone making over $600 in online transactions gets a 1099 was passed during the Trump administration, and signed by Trump.
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"content": "August West Nope. Wrong. The IRS law mandating that anyone making over $600 in online transactions gets a 1099 was passed during the Trump administration, and signed by Trump.\n",
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While private equity has its place, its fundamental raison d’etra is to extract profits at any cost from consumers and in this situation, franchisees, then sell for a profit. So, too, voracious medical entities, corporations which have purchased veterinarian and dental practices, etc. My experience is that communicati... | fd6d1bce0b0c9ec552aaed3e354d346d7ec4b751c96630bfc797cab8fdf76cd3 | [
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“‘If you want to live here,’ Karla Johnson, a chapter president of the Montana Federation of Republican Women, said, ‘be a Christian.’ Keith Regier, an influential state senator, said all laws should be based on Judeo-Christian principles…He was upset by what he perceived to be a censorious cultural moment — especially... | 9b07874831ff1a5d87bd99c711cf094716e6e54d0c09d08946182ca79f040fe8 | [
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Poor kitchen/appliance design is an issue my wife and I have noticed recently while staying in my mothers "luxury" condo, which at first glance appears to be very well-outfitted, with marble countertops and a big "restaurant style" refrigerator and "duel fuel" (why?) gas/electric oven. The freezer slides out from the b... | a68312ce1750d3b24a38b300d86dcb1b85d2205eebece0a385191ee7d94994a3 | [
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I can’t but wonder if all the layoffs from Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Meta are going to cause a middle-class recession.I was spared my job thankfully at Amazon. However, I am so hesitant to spend any money now. I’ve canceled all my major purchases and home renovation we were about to do. Our family vacation is now ... | 84af2e3725ed587396c1717598243e306b191c5c7d97f379dc991cd9e7557379 | [
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Simon Swain Huh? Maybe in NYC but you could live quite comfortably in Chicago on $100K as a single person. No roommate needed.
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"content": "Simon Swain Huh? Maybe in NYC but you could live quite comfortably in Chicago on $100K as a single person. No roommate needed.\n",
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For years, the only way to get a decent increase in salary was to move to another organization. This is what has been driving the great resignation post pandemic, people leaving their current positions for better opportunities at other companies. At least there are plenty of job openings available to move to. Staying a... | eb5cdc856d049edbdb9c69307a3236c4dd5861f2017ee43625da9164232b6b44 | [
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Michael We bought an induction single burner that plugs into a wall socket and sits on a countertop. It's nice: it's fast and since it's a single burner (is that even the correct word for an induction cooktop?), you can put it away when not in use. It was $116 on amazon by a company named Duxtop. As for your pans, f... | 131bbe0e5e436085d7beecce1c6e9c9a59420125163851645291758f85430b09 | [
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It is not just education, government investment, but also where Wall Street's money is at. There's a preference in software/internet over hardware because of the low capital requirement, fast turn around of money, and more commercial hype as they often directly face the mass consumers. Do you know about L5 auto driving... | ea308429b5b9558aa68daa16faa1e8046811ec1dfb1bda4d7a247c96bb262b26 | [
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Mkm Why restrict it to billionaires? How about this. The top 10% of the wealthy own 90% of the 145 trillion in wealth in the US. Take just 25% of the wealth from the top 10% - then all the national debt can be paid back right away. Those people have plenty of money so even losing 25% will barely be noticeable for t... | b75c85f03a18d4d43fa7463d786140179edaaf30c76c03d2187d8bf3c97158f6 | [
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Every investment is speculative: dollars, Euros, real estate, stocks, bonds, gold, Bitcoin - it is all speculative. You can hide cash in a mattress and your cash is speculative - will it get burned up if the house catches fire? Will inflation cause it to be worth less in the future? You can buy US government bonds b... | fdd46e51a86318ab85eca82d86307352e49dfd003868186a103f9a139294446d | [
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Armand The automakers and airlines (SW especially in the SW- who would have thought?) have bought off the politicians to kill efficient public transportation. That, plus bureaucratic bungling and politics as usual (in the case of the California Clown Car Bullet Train to Nowhere. Original official ((as was)) estimate (... | 3e53bf80838ab8a7d5b2134dfaf9a3b80132257f92e3e56471156a8e3fc4bbe2 | [
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I worked in the restaurant industry from 13 years of age to my late twenties: dishwasher, busboy, kitchen gopher, sous chef, and finally a line cook. I love the industry and the insane people who make a career in it. Its one of the toughest ways to make a living you can imagine. So I'm very interested in making sur... | 5803ff12ec491e1350c3cecb7764efaecf9c84fedcc419df585ef0dd89ab28a2 | [
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Defense wins championships. I think there are certain players that just change how the sport is played--and all of the big three have done this. Federer with exquisite shot making, all-court movement and racquet skills, Nadal with bruising intensity, speed and massive looping ground strokes--the buggy whip forehand--an... | 9e4ce59688112660a88e3ec306c02718d1905087c816c165bfa38851a3646314 | [
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In 2017, the average price of Humira in the US was $4,480 but in the Netherlands it was only $780. If pressed, I expect AbVie and other drug makers will protest that price controls will stifle innovation. Let's give it a try and see if that's true.
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For years I've used one gmail address on serious websites that I have a real relationship with, and another gmail address for less serious, one-off, and temporary logins.Evan after years. the serious gmail address receives very little spam, whereas the frivolous gmail address receives a steady stream. I only see those ... | 1d4f0cef30a38198108b25cb4818635f4714ba7acd8be36bb4267b1ac99b0fd8 | [
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I remember purchasing a Southern Cross ticket for ~$1500 and my father donated his TWA frequent flyer mileage for a second ticket and I brought a close friend along. We traveled on Quantas via TWA’s partner alliance. We traveled from San Francisco to Sidney to Auckland to Brisbane to Nadi in the Fiji Islands for 2 1/2 ... | accb70118f12f4964d6bdf6126f87105a1e5d095a80a5a2c21dde3bbd08befc5 | [
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I encourage all readers to familiarize themselves with the Great Flood of 1862. The parallels are uncanny, and alarming. Following 20 years of drought, the Oregon, California and Nevada were subject to a string of atmospheric river storms that caused nearly 10 feet of rain to fall on california over a 43 day period (so... | c5ba0090ad026267d000aaadbc31c0b9d1da396fee3ae28235b9f75a1059eec7 | [
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Franco51 The "yacht" myth is overrated. It's not much of a yacht, plus it is his DC residence. Although it's insured for $750K, he bought it for about $220K, used. It cost far, far less than the houses and condos of his colleagues in DC.
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Ivan Trump was in power for 4 years. This year and last year's deficits combined are 4 trillion based on this article, for a mean of 2 trillion a year under Biden. So for Trump to have had 3 times as much deficit during his tenure that would have to be 2 trillion per year x 4 years x 3=24 trillion. This was clearly ... | 4a22537b02612557e0b2ae686ddb323f2c27a5c907baddb04c49ac91524574cf | [
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Since November 2020, all we've heard repeatedly from far-right Republicans is claims of "voter fraud." Well, Santos is a guy who voted from an address in Whitestone when he was living for months in Huntington (by his own admission), which also happens to be outside the 3rd Congressional District. THIS IS REAL VOTER FRA... | f33b9d0d7199e2e297698f10bda5ba1880cab9aeb888f3c47db00715a2772d29 | [
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JL -- if you're an engineer in product development, you clearly understand that customers will always pay the lowest possible cost for a product. So if you've designed in some amount of sustainability or repairability, that comes with cost. Maybe it's a compromise on the mechanical design, to give access to a replaceab... | 505fbb2e3304622f2e3647bdf0dce25a3df7267f7920420a3c70d529e87f72a3 | [
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Now lets talk about Restasis...patent was supposed to expire in 2014 but hey tweak it, file new patent and keep charging $500 a month for a drug not covered by any insurance I have ever had. Finally went generic in 2022 I think. Eye medicines are some of the worst!
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John Actually, the fact that foreigners own about $10 Triillion of the $31.4 Trillion debt (about 32%) says to me that those foreigners want to be sure the US dollar is an international standard, and remains so, in order to make sure their assets represented by the debt that they own remains valuable.If the dollar went... | de38ff02a82f5f98d43785fa75196f4764e046d6bd6ccf26296aa1b8894d68ad | [
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The current problem with this modernization is how long it is taking. I travel the Thruway between NYC and Albany almost every week and the Plattekill rest area (at about mile 70 northbound) has been closed and being constructed for what seems like almost 2 years. I mean how long does it take to knock down a simple b... | 16c0b33084472e20900acebe10be8e7d12600533644b25f878eb8dca9422755d | [
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Financial systems like banking, currency need clear, fair, and robust regulation to avoid the high cost to others of magical thing…AI, Self-driving cars, crypto (well-named) tokens…and other forms of magical thinking can exist, and to a degree always will. So betting, risky investments like start-ups, your loan to your... | 735b3ca81ed4d060e5e77368fcf4bb4f4c7c1916f50056524ad161710512d917 | [
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Imagine how many people you could hire and pay with $54 million dollars!
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Despite the article's frame and the consequent posts in response, an investment of $200 billion into American infrastructure on a scale similar to the "space race" is NOT a negative.
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There is close to a zero percent chance that future close examinations of where US war assistance dollars to Ukraine have been and will be spent won’t uncover hideous displays of corruption. That $13 billion direct deposit into the Ukrainian treasury is surely getting picked apart as we speak. Ukraine’s well documented... | a0c7c094ebed0605f00b6f0f1a60b4b966f646631605fe94f9d8b96d50a1d2ee | [
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What has brought us to this point is the misguided belief that healthcare is a profit center, whereas we now are waking up to the fact that healthcare is actually an important infrastructure, and needs to be treated that way. While you we’re investing in healthcare 20 percent or more of healthcare dollars we’re sucked... | bb5d507cb6839cb22f32ed74b5cd204b3da40fabdffd03ab938a850fe1988c9a | [
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H Friedman Agree. And while campaign contributions should be limited to no more than $10,000, full disclosure should be made of its sources.Divest PACS of dark money.
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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... | fede98682a49a66a66d7f0ecd7f9e06be026522f00898e8215cefa765a95deb2 | [
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"For what it’s worth, financial markets have basically declared the inflation threat over: They’re implicitly predicting roughly 2 percent inflation as far as the eye can see. They’re also willing to buy federal debt at interest rates that are up a bit but still low by historical standards, showing no hint of concerns ... | 37f5c29240c768f4adf6915532d7deecfec693fe514b90fa42474d40adc342e0 | [
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The apparent diffidence of this column is written in an alternative universe than the one I am living in. In my universe our House of Representatives is in the hand of nihilists who are either markedly stupid or sycophants or both: Anything is possible, including budgeting $0.00 for the hated FBI, CIA, EPA, and Justi... | 535212828672dace0789952752dfffcf4e84cda49452bf5d90c3952476fddf50 | [
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Religious fanaticism and teachings lead to intolerance and hatred resulting in violence not just towards other religions but also towards sects within the same religion (Sunni, Shia, ahmadiyas, etc.).Pakistan was founded based on religion and continues to exist focused on enmity towards India. The military and the rel... | d3b8d9e53e21ce9453c11c61860334094793a5a31052f5e2fcf2e78e7336dc74 | [
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As a physician, I do find these excellent suggestions. And they are all enhanced by living a with a religious mentality and lifestyle. I'm going to be using traditional Judaism, especially orthodox, for the setting here, as I'm most familiar with it. 1) Kart besvar--responding to adversity with appreciation: this is... | 7ab3854479c531a0da95a6c90b04d817b935849b4e6a70bcd8e8e7d0b54cfc4c | [
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Robbing Peter (native people/salmon) to pay Paul (mining company), only sounds good to Paul. How could anyone with a heart threaten a native people and species just for money.Open Rebuttal: There is a commercial fishing group that would like to talk about THEIR economic interests.
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Beth What this tells you is the Power of the perception of betrayal. The Democratic Party was a force for significant progressive change in this country. It can list Victory in Europe, Victory over Japan, the United Nations, a robust Middle Class, a civilization of opportunity, Medicare, Social Security, the Voting R... | f506fb8384086715876a150f8db89e22138d836f860530375c691dd948cbb5a8 | [
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eugene barron We can tell you from experience that you need to have a pickleball club. Which of course, means you need a group of people willing to put in the time and effort to establish, develop and maintain it. The "club" is the essential political force that can be used to work with, negotiate with, and if necess... | d90b658ae125304ee63c004d0c4570e20176493c32868c64609d38d972965359 | [
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With full respect to Hamlin and the whole situation: 220,000 pl donated over 7 million in a matter of days to a toy drive that sought 3k. Imagine if could stir emotions and direct resources toward persistent everyday ills, like those that create the need for toy drives.
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Novak and his wife through their foundation gave $1 million euros to hospitals in Serbia in 2020 to help in the fight against Covid but no mention of that in all of these comments. Comments?
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Andrew could not agree more. If all the commenters here can say with hand on heart that they do not give their $$ to any company that has explosive practices I applaud them!
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In my small Pacific Coast town, the local Kroger owned Fred Meyer store is still selling plain white eggs for $1.99 a dozen and extra large for $2.19 a dozen. They are $2.99 a dozen at Safeway right now. Other stores in the area are charging between $5 and $6 per dozen. Something fishy is going on. Are these two chains... | 7037f55927998e66c31e0c005409bd430af64d825ef42dba9440affe04b9a83c | [
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Mr Alter . Do you not wonder why $1000.00 an hour attorneys are moving boxes for Biden right before the election ? Could the boxes have contained incriminating evidence for the Big guy and his son Hunter ? If they did you can be sure that the incriminating documents met Mr Shredder . And then they made up the cover ... | 9f605a12dbb524678953b9e8291318b388525df55fa46be37b2ae02821d44c22 | [
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Liz K I applaud the sentiment. Today I'm making a sculpture of discarded Christmas trees. Each year I gather up what suburbia freely gives me, 26 Dec. onward, and then assemble roadside into a pleasing formation. It lingers for days/weeks and then the town picks up the art and shreds it into woodchips for any citizen t... | 041f4140a9489eb0e03013bde64ada03d4e198203aff47e97a27446c0f275f5f | [
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Allan That is due to the general world issues. The trump policies were ineffective and the wall crumbles while some states waste time with containers of all things. Inflation is due to Covid and supply chain issues primarily. Hence it is global in nature. There is no support for the monetary view and if that were true ... | 161345564e396e6d688fba976bbcbf2a747ed3e31d3875c55bb3faeb0f3760da | [
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With $785 million in US aid going to Kenya last year, surely there must be some leverage that can be applied to encourage them to take effective steps to protect women/girls from such atrocities!
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ATL When we toured the factory in Everett, the tour guide specifically mentioned that the last items installed on an aircraft were the engines, as they cost a bazillion dollars, and Boeing didn’t want to have to pay for them one more day than necessary- “Just In Time” inventory management in action.
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Livonian Yes I have watched that male hierarchy at work. It's exhausting and demeaning. Women would do well to keep an eye on it to look for openings and allies.
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No onion, no eggMy initiation into the work world was as a waitesss at Marc’s Big Boy, a franchise of the chain known for inventing double-decker burgers–and for its chubby mascot with a pompadour, marching forward in red-and-white checked overalls. I was just out of high school, living in an unfamiliar city with a fri... | 05b5380da4b47db897c465942a8a44320d1cb90602628adc66826bdad47c6056 | [
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I would never suggest that the federal government should cut back on supporting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, infrastructure, child poverty, fighting global warming, etc., etc. Indeed, I think the government should devote more resources to these issues. Nevertheless, $31 Trillion is a lot of money to owe, even... | 6ede2db904883e5f3389d03d11b5e69bdeed5700509fcef65f0f20c5899a78dd | [
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PAN You are in luck!!!North Carolina is an open carry state.<a href="https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/what-is-open-carry-and-which-states-allow-it" target="_blank">https://www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/what-is-open-carry-and-which-states-allow-it</a>/So, please, the next time that you see someone carrying a gun pl... | 269a2b2a2681b9f8bc1d29150f0f3c2f72fa24ece6bd6108344b62c7693d3ab6 | [
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mary bardmess If Zelensky had any true allies in the US, he wouldn't be spending tens of millions of dollars on K street lobbying firms and PR.
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Donald Trump came to White House to make money, unlike Biden who has been in Public Service since 1969. Being in White House is a Public Service, not a platform to make money. Look at Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, a self-styled peace negotiator. He was working pro bono in White House and ended up getting $2 Billion... | 2812ffae91c045b14b25eb9f8ac0742e825c6239ddc8a04c8475a54bb7b9810d | [
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Just when I thought Santos’ reputation couldn’t get any worse I read this morning that he ran a GoFundMe fund raiser for a wounded veteran who had to pay for an operation for his service dog; Santos raised $3,000 and kept the money for himself. The Vet had to pan handle to get funds for the dog’s surgery.They need a Co... | 4ad71be232af4146d3bfcc46d33e19543eeb42d03b60c6800e8459b8b88f56e2 | [
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Allan Cool. Charge them both. But since Biden is president based on Barr's unitary executive he cannot be charged until after he is out of office. Trump is not president and can be charged.Isn't that the law we follow now in the USA?And it should be proportion. Biden didn't obstruct justice and self-reported. The... | 2f5971c406394029cbc1052d5f9ec17496d93c730bef4b4810ec20aa1d01738b | [
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I have a solution to this problem….. Every male who causes an unwanted pregnancy must undergo a vasectomy and post a $100,000.00 bond to ensure child support for the baby they helped create……..What could be more anti-abortion than that?
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Let me see if I can contextualize this. We live in the wealthiest country in the world. The wealthiest country ever. The Supreme Court is about to, more than likely, ban affirmative action in universities. White people complain about 20 or 25 years of discrimination. What about the 400 years of discrimination of the cr... | 955f778da325022ad3182e1c2b88ed9463643932dc05346a43559dd7e3988978 | [
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While there seemed to be much promise at the outset of this debate in an honest reckoning with the catastrophe the Republican Party has wrought -on democracy itself, racial relations, environmental devastation, income inequality, demonization of the safety net, to name a few,it unfortunately descended into navel gazing... | 8feb457637e841be706ecee406ca06bc10f8456f221dc3079709d7e285ea672e | [
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The health care industry in the US costs Americans, per capita, over twice as much as the people of twelve nations with significantly higher qualities of health care. The primary reason is that in these more evolved nations, health care is seen as a service, paid for through taxation and administered at a cost of 5% t... | fd67469c34b3938c633af576761d8571982a239b96e4908b2069dc9ac8a8a174 | [
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I’m in my early 40’s. I enjoy wine, particularly at home and with food. But going out I prefer a quality cocktail. Why pay someone else to pour me a glass of wine when the restaurant markup is so steep? Now if the restaurant is selling sangria or a champagne cocktail, that’s a different story (and you do see those in c... | dab35f5fae7dba106c6326ec1ad774effe3b03c1066fc183d9355e992dc1f4f2 | [
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E Peterson You seem unaware that most politicians at city, county and state level have heavy campaign financing from the police benevolent brotherhoods, associations and unions and would stand little chance of competing against a police funded candidate. The cops own the pols and this is a lesson learned directly from ... | a3abe6fed4cf2e7e5b1d5180ffbade06197ea6d53e9a147f2553e4c1d4de427b | [
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One difference not being discussed:Trump—Archive officials KNEW PRECISELY which dox were missing, so demanded their return and ultimately raided to get them.Biden—Apparently archive officials WERE UNAWARE that any dox were missing, and only became aware after a series of searches and discoveries.There is a significant ... | ec35808a784aa4d4302344c61bf602f486e5e7c5b69c4d5f75ed29fc718c49e6 | [
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“People love their gas stoves,” Mr. Sommers said."Researchers have increasingly documented significant indoor air pollution and negative health impacts from gas stoves."I am in my 70s and my husband is 10 years old than me. Both of us grew up in homes with gas stoves. That is all we have ever owned and operated. It'... | 45ee65b8d25e0f58ad9fba6c662382545719b7cd7a533c3fd9105e042dd1be09 | [
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Get your Hody Childress out to maintain Live or Die America Medical Pharma & Hospitals Corp llc indecent amount of profits.Right now if I need an EpiPen 220 km north of Burlington VT, I'll walk out of the pharmacy after paying --- in my case, 35,70$.The Lord is a socialist.
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Follow the money...NBA rules have changed/slackened/disappeared...all for the goal of more field goals...which translates into more money. In a league (not unlike all pro sports) where an average player makes 10-12 million dollars a year, everyone from the owners to the concessionaires yearn for more cash. It's obscene... | 346387eed2dd91400f063680b4ae8e1aa122dc0c91a21487a54801e1ebf2edf2 | [
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We are conditioned for violence by our federal government. Considering that we Americans killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in 2003 without shedding a tear of remorse and we continue to support war as opposed to diplomacy to resolve conflicts. Our federal budget for 2023 reflects our priorities:Military $823 billi... | b791136b29fa0c12be848c2212c86bf4734e515fccb4619f9a3a3903808cc493 | [
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It makes absolutely no sense to tie the pursuit of a true "life of the mind" liberal education to financial investment. The very reason that students wind up with the careerism mentality is that they know they will have to pay for their college debt. I love the idea of returning to a real liberal arts education, but th... | e229cc36e08220028a5a8e00bb4755eda6bb28d2e7b303b53d760c802136c8dd | [
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JR So if I read this paper hard enough, the Nasdaq will not have been down by 40% in 2022? And everyone's retirement and other investments with it? Inflation is decreasing because of soaring interest rates and depletion of the strategic reserve. Companies are implementing hiring freezes. The Biden admin needs to wake u... | 0c0f16775a9179b7a80eb325966777656552f4b4674c62ac7730bbbf1c6b0e5c | [
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phacops1 krabapple "The Fed created the pricing problem. And they still have 9 trillion$ on their balance sheet they shoved into the economy." Each monthly drawdown of the Fed's balance sheet as QT program to ease their heroin addiction to ZIRP, zero-interest-rate policies &/ yield curve control...
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If the franchisor profits are so awesome don’t you think other franchisors would open competing shops offering franchisees a better deal ?
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Jim Which cities are struggling? Your perception probably does not match reality there. Not everyone loses sleep over congressional seats. Water rationing out west along leaves me unconcerned about long term demographic trends. There are a handful of major investments in the state that bode well for the future too. ... | bddef029127a18009a85464b3e4388a11cb6842f1529605e05832e5f874dc8ce | [
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“Take them white peoples money” That’s where we are now. Wow. I agree, if the Globes were foolish enough to try to buy diversity for 500k then by all means take it! What’s interesting is that anyplace that has had more white then black it needs to diversify but if it happens to be all black dominated it’s just how it i... | e873ed3041fd8b98a6150414854436ffc46afc0c3b99cc071f4a111c3940ed54 | [
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TJK The total number of all tech layoffs to date is so small as to be irrelevant in our economy. It falls waaayyy below the line of just normal job turnovers. And those people losing their employment have lots of other options open. My SIL works in tech, and his company is positively booming.
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The article fails to mention a root cause of new highways becoming congested--human population growth. US population, now 336 million is up 54 million since 2000, and double that of 1954 (worldometer). Most of US population growth, for decades, is due to high rates of immigration and the higher birth rates of immigra... | 9e0c8671a9ca4910160eeb90aa1a9c455cc0ed7b4c9908bd6f4e8e618becb908 | [
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BB No money for her except for her $30 million + over-the top wedding (evidently her second of that genre) and who knows how much for her wardrobe.
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You can really tell that Stephens is out of touch with the working world when he is concerned about the poor folks who struggle with incomes about $400K/year. This is emblematic of "elite" Cons (Republ-cons). The rich don't experience the world the same way as others. And they usually lack empathy. Their looking g... | fbb5402c84289e0330a990197eeb0327b7f11406bbd39a58ad3b965b9be6946f | [
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Modern corporations do not need and do not want a large, permanent workforce. They days of joining a company after graduation and working there for decades to retire with a gold watch and a pension are long gone. A more equitably organized society would acknowledge the way we live now by decoupling survival from the ne... | 02e7c3878836970d57bdfe3b04dad6e0c0c1bb2baa07fad8d784bbd417d41443 | [
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The disclosure of why classified documents were taken andnot redeemed is the real issue. This must be discovered.And a remedy for inadvertent keeping of classified documents must be administered promptly.The investigations of why Biden had such documents; versuswhy Trump had classified documents is also to be revealed... | ca1b36e38b9cf2f3dffa62d690d803fbe2105a95ce91dbab96a6869da89e7c3d | [
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