ben.regenspan.com
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The placement of "trans issues" here is, without exaggeration, one of the most depraved things I've ever seen in the pages of this publication.
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He visited Japan after the war, then wrote Horton Hears a Who partly as an apology, dedicated to a Japanese friend.
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I do respect that they figured out that they can take 4X expense fees for an index fund by charging "חי" bps.
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Buying put options is the safer choice, then your max loss is what you paid for the options. (Which you still have to be prepared to lose all of, because Tesla trades completely irrationally.)
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There's an asymmetry here, where achieving left-wing policy goals requires competence and coordination, but the overall conservative project of undermining faith in government can be accomplished by 1000 evil lazy guys working at cross-purposes.
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Think twice.
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Wasn't that at least nominally about fans dumping a ton of money into paid voting?
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Yes, and I think since people see so little authenticity in what does reach us (does The Meg count since it was Tencent co-production with a famous mainland co-star?), they're genuinely impressed and surprised to see funny and human things on Chinese social media
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I think it's in big part due to China not exporting very much popular culture to the US, certainly a disproportionately low amount relative to other East Asian countries
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It’s a goated game
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I see it as a sign that they've reached terminal OKR-driven product development. Some team was mandated to try to make a single number go up, with no other instructions. Everything besides the attempt to make the number go up is an externality, there is no "intent".
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The Braggs are gone (at relatively unexceptional ages), but they at least left some good apple cider vinegar behind.
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Astonishingly correct to position that as a central issue of the Maccabean Revolt though!
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Actually, New Jersey
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As a foot owner, I did not enjoy that foot scene.
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Also, very close to two nice playgrounds and is likely one of the densest areas for kid's activities in the city, so a playroom would arguably be a worse use of space there than in many other buildings.
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Bail reform had no impact on serious felonies (which this definitely is, there is no special carve-out for insurance execs) www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...