KevonLooney

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

$1.2 billion would be a very small bank. But also, that money is not able to be used by Starbucks. It's not "earned" yet. I don't know the details on what they can invest it in, but I wouldn't be surprised if it has to just sit in a bank account earning very little.

Even a small bank would be able to invest the money much better.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But he was doing poorly. Newsweek has fallen off in quality, but so have lots of other papers too. The friggin New York Times was running articles about how trump was amazing and so much more vibrant than Biden. They had a big op-ed focusing on just Biden stepping down from the campaign, completely ignoring trump's failings.

Now it's obvious that they just wanted to cover a Democratic primary horse race. Trump is clearly just as slow as Biden, compared to Kamala.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The funny thing is, lots of luxury goods are not priced based on costs, but on demand. That means that if the rich get lower taxes, the values of expensive art and fine wines just go up to match the extra money they have. They can't buy more.

It's the opposite with things the middle class needs. If more people can afford a washing machine, costs can actually decrease because of better manufacturing. There are many washing machine manufacturers, so there's actually some competition.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"Brown people"? There are plenty of brown people around the world who don't practice arranged marriage. Also, it was very common in Europe prior to the Enlightenment (I may be off on the exact timing).

It has nothing to do with racism and everything to do with human rights, as the other person said.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that's dumb. There's no way this would actually pass any time soon, so it's better to get as much positive press as possible.

Steps:

  1. Announce your idea in an opinion piece

  2. Propose something to Congress when they ignore your opinion piece

  3. Do something along these lines with an Executive Order when Congress ignores your proposal

  4. Defend your Executive Order in court when someone sues you

You just proposed doing number 3. But there are way more steps you can take to get attention on your proposal.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

we really didn't understand that this was a medical issue

There are more things like this every day. So many people are diagnosed with mild ADHD or Autism later in life. Whereas before they were just "eccentric" or "unique".

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Uh... fingers are not a good type of infrastructure.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (4 children)

People are saying that donald has aphasia, he can't pronounce certain words, due to either old age or disease (syphilis). It's sad that the republicans have no one else to run for president. I'm hearing that he should step down as a candidate and get the help he needs.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's sad how old he is. Old and quite weird.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But you can leave. That's a big difference between the two. If you feel bad, you can just sit down for a rest. I'm sure you got lunch too.

I don't know why you're trying to say your job was the same as a prison cell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you're in Georgia, vote.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They are blocking new ones, not old ones.

 

Looks like it actually was possible to bond the whole amount.

Don Hankey, the billionaire chairman of Knight Insurance Group, told NBC News he was negotiating to post a far heftier bond of $557 million with the Trump Organization when the state Appellate Division lowered the size of the required bond to $175 million.

 

Separately, over 50 attorneys general from both political parties wrote to Life Corp and its owner and executives on Tuesday as part of the nationwide Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force, warning them to immediately cease any unlawful call traffic or risk being found in violation of consumer protection laws.

 

Things that make us go.

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