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Another example where I shake my head & think "imagine if Obama had done this?".
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While reading this article, worth remembering what Professor Stephen Jay Gould had to say on the subject of Darwin's overall theory of evolution including the evolution of "plants."
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The problem, or one of them, is that the capitalist system locks-in expectations of future profits long before they occur.
So if the weather disappoints, or some idea doesn't like AI doesn't deliver the imagined return, it becomes contagious and effects real things that are delivering well.
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A couple of quotes come to mind about money:
1. It isn't even an abstraction, it's barely a notion
2. Someone asked a ME Sheikh what's a fair price for oil & he replied whatever you can get +15%
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Yes, in saying Trump, I was really meaning the whole cabal.
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I subscribed to #Haaretz.com (English) for a few months after Oct 7th & was stunned to see the truth-bombs being published compared to the pathetic pandering of the Western media (including #ourABC).
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I'm waiting to see what happens when the ROW moves away from the USD as the principal reserve currency for global trade.
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True, but that means getting Vance (autocorrects to 'Cancer' not surprisingly), who is just as bad if not worse. Lose - Lose.
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My understanding is that measles was declared eradicated in the US in 2000.
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Bezos has gone full libertarian & will soon be indistinguishable from the Koch bros.
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Just the fact he tells constituents "I don't think it says that" proves he is either incompetent or hopelessly ideologically driven.
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You don't hear them talking about the ongoing cleanup costs either.
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the coalition hate Medicare and have always hated Medicare. They blocked it over and again. Tried to get it declared unconstitutional. Universal health care ffs the fucking state of these people campaigning for the coalition on Medicare.
www.health.gov.au/medicare-tur...