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I feel guilty and cynical for saying this … but there’s a part of me thinking “you know it’s gotta be real bad for RFK Jr to come out in support of vaccines”
Please folks, get your boosters. Wear a mask. Clean the air. Protect your health & the health of those around you.
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2/ Superficially, you can't do that because GDP is a well defined thing: GDP = Consumption + Investment + Government Spending + Net Exports = C + I + G + NX
If you take something out, and you can do that, you no longer have GDP
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Oh yeah, and Elon understands exactly nothing about monetary policy in a post-Bretton Woods world. Dude hasn't read anything about how money works since the end of the Gold Standard and it shows.
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I took a whole class on the role of economists in the policy process that focused heavily on policy changes under Reagan and Thatcher, and Elon has no clue whatsoever about how little he knows about literally any of this stuff.
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The sum total of my cancer journey was a copay at my dermatologist's office and a scar on my arm that I covered with silicone scar strips for a few months, and getting my dermatologist appointments schedule shortened to every three months for a year. If melanoma isn't caught early it's way worse.
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I love your commentaries and you are so often spot on, but, I feel you’ve missed one important aspect. Zelenskyy is also being watched at home, which is in a state of war. No one at home has time or the luxury of a suit. Like Churchill’s siren suit, he sends a message home that he is with them.
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Zelenskyy's character can be judge more directly by how he treats others and whether you think he's protected his country. From what I've seen, he has treated Americans with respect. His attire is to remind people he's at war, not unlike Churchill wearing a siren suit to the White House in 1942.
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The biggest reason why I dislike the idea of respectability in dress is because it conflates the *appearance* of virtue with *actual* virtue. Wearing a suit doesn't make you respectful, intelligent, or capable, just as wearing a leather jacket doesn't make you rugged.
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OK, not a one-to-one comparison, as Americans have no fascination with the quarter-zips. But people who insist that Zelenskyy should have worn a suit should answer a very simple question. Would Trump and MAGA have a different position on Ukraine if Zelenskyy wore a suit this entire time?
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One reason why I think respectability is stupid is because it's often used as a mask. Such judgements are rarely about the clothes themselves, but more often about the bodies beneath them. To wit, no one raised an issue when Elon wore a graphic t-shirt and ball cap to meet the Trump cabinet.
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At the time, French elites were fascinated with the idea of a "backwoods philosopher," so Franklin strategically played up his "rustic" American roots. The coonskin cap, of course, was something of a symbol of the American frontier. And the trick worked: he charmed the French with his hat.
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FWIW, it's perhaps worth noting that when Benjamin Franklin visited France between 1776 and 1778 to ask for military support for the then-new-formed United States of America, he wore a coonskin cap. "Proper" French court attire at this time was a powdered wig.
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12. A project in the Democratic Republic of Congo that operates the only source of water for 250,000 displaced people in camps located in the center of current conflict.
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11. Screening program with the Mexican government to identify illicit drugs like fentanyl being smuggled at the US border.
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10. Every USAID program in the former Soviet countries in Central Asia, including health programs to combat tuberculosis, along with agricultural programs – terminated. www.voanews.com/a/how-pause-...
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9. Services from the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation - just one organization - reaching 350,000 people on HIV treatment, including nearly 10,000 children and more than 10,000 HIV-positive pregnant women – terminated.
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8. USAID’s contract for supplying essential medicines for maternal and child health in countries worldwide – terminated.
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6. All U.S.-backed development programming in Afghanistan, including maternal and child health services and girls education – terminated. (Estimated to cause >1,200 maternal deaths by 2028.) betterworldcampaign.org/funding/what...
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5. All deployable U.S. teams for earthquake assistance – terminated.
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4. USAID’s contract supporting deadly outbreak prevention, detection, and response, including Ebola and Bird Flu, in 50 countries – terminated.
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3. All supplies of US-manufactured emergency food packets for starving children on the brink of death – terminated. newrepublic.com/article/1919...
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2. All tuberculosis programs, including the Global TB Drug Facility – terminated.
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1. All malaria supplies protecting 53 million people, mostly children, including bed nets, diagnostics, preventive drugs, and treatments – terminated.