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I am going to put this out quickly. I must take my son to the dermatologist today, so I will make this brief. I will add updates to it, when I have time (as it is not full of my complete thoughts on the subject, yet). Your highfalutin words are not...
by Obiwan711
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on Thu Jul 20, 2023 at 05:01 AM PDT
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Fox News has been suffering dwindling ratings, not helped by the dwindling appeal of the Republican Party. Sean Hannity, hoping to score some points as a heavy hitter, decided to bring on California Gov. Gavin Newsom. For the interview, Newsom...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Jun 14, 2023 at 08:39 AM PDT
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Get ready for deflation New York Magazine on five obvious signs of a bubble economy (NASDAQ down 30% this year, crypto companies naming stadiums, SPAQs failing (whatever those are), the skeptics giving up, NFT sales down 90%) Last time gas prices were...
by Groundnut
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on Thu Jun 16, 2022 at 03:48 AM PDT
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Some reality checks: 1. White suburban women flocked to the Qanon cult during the pandemic: It’s ironic but not actually counterintuitive, therefore, that pedophilia became a source of stability for a segment of our disoriented populace—as well as a...
by deltopia
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on Thu Apr 07, 2022 at 08:18 PM PDT
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Bitcoin uses as much energy as Switzerland. According to a 2015 UK study, cryptocurrencies enable tax evasion and money laundering. The brief history includes massive theft from the largest exchange leading to its bankruptcy in 2014, founders...
by CorpFlunky
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on Wed Mar 31, 2021 at 10:25 AM PDT
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Dr. Strangelove Economics: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the crash is a ten-part economic essay — the result of a six-month labor of love (or insanity, still not sure which), during ...
by Kent Moorhead
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on Sat Mar 21, 2020 at 06:33 AM PDT
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I was thinking about the Bubble we live in here and the interplay of various internal selection criteria we use consciously and unconsciously. I like who I like but I’m interested in who I could support otherwise. I wanted to tease out some of the...
by Judeling
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on Tue Jun 25, 2019 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Unemployment is down, the stock market is humming along, we’re winning the trade wars, and everything is great — and it’s all thanks to Greatest President Ever, Donald J. Trump. Or so his fans are waving in our faces. So here’s what to do — ask them a...
by xaxnar
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on Tue May 07, 2019 at 10:44 AM PDT
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) is a rare illness affecting an estimated 1 in 100,000 infants. It is a fatal condition caused by “mutations in different genes involved in the development and function of infection-fighting immune cells.”...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Apr 17, 2019 at 03:20 PM PDT
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In a New York Times Sunday Review op-ed, Bethany McLean, who helped expose the corruption that brought down Enron in 2001 and irresponsible banking practices that contributed to the 2008 financial collapse and the Great Recession, issued a new economic...
by Alan Singer
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on Mon Oct 08, 2018 at 03:22 AM PDT
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The million-dollar Brownstone
This article on the shenanigans that brought on the housing crisis of 2008, which was reposted on Google+, shows just how deep the rot went, and how it is still contaminating the housing market today. It didn’t end. ...
by strawbale
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on Sun Aug 19, 2018 at 12:57 PM PDT
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Trump is trumpeting the stock market highs. But Warren Buffett and many others have bad news for you about the stock market. Again. It turns out that if you look closely, you can tell for yourself. You don't need a degree in math or economics.
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by Mokurai
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on Tue Jan 23, 2018 at 02:54 PM PST
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For anyone paying attention it would appear that the 45th president of the US is a major danger to both the country and to the world. He appears to have little to no understanding of diplomacy, military action, nuclear war, climate, economics, social...
by Bloke
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on Mon Apr 24, 2017 at 05:05 PM PDT
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If you want to crack down on fake news - be careful what you ask for - with the new administration it may come back to bite real free speech.
I absolutely agree there is a lot of fake bullshit masquerading as legitimate news (e.g that protestors...
by learn
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on Tue Nov 22, 2016 at 04:33 AM PST
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The one thing that became obvious as the election returns rolled in is that the data we had been relying on (and the strategies we employed as a result) was wrong. As I write this, our critical bastions in the Midwest have been overrun by a solid tide...
by CapitalistOppressor
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on Wed Nov 09, 2016 at 01:56 AM PST
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I’m watching John Kasich on CBS This Morning, and it’s bizarre as he tries to put positive spin on everything — his lack of delegates, his only hope a contested convention, his observation that maybe the Republican Party has made a few missteps… ...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Apr 12, 2016 at 06:20 AM PDT
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I agree that it’s time for a woman president of the United States. I agree that we need a political revolution NOW, not 4 years from now. I have a dilemma. I am struggling to choose the better of two
by nNomad
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on Fri Feb 05, 2016 at 08:36 PM PST
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Aaaaaand, then there's the Democratic bubble. You've probably read a few of these
bouncing around Facebook:
• Fox News has been banned from Canada.
• Hillary Clinton has been cleared by t
by thinkingblue
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on Fri Jan 29, 2016 at 08:32 AM PST
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Some here say there is too much republican bashing and too little introspection about the Democratic party and its problems. Fair enough, on some days. Not today for me.
Today I hit the outer lim
by StellaRay
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on Mon Nov 23, 2015 at 07:29 PM PST
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