I loved them as a kid. Like (almost) any movie, there are some parts I don't like and never have, even as an adolescent. The dialogue is often cringey...
Making a profit is fine, provided it’s done morally. Giving those profits to the rich is morally wrong and terrible practice. It’s also not an investm...
It’s not an investment in anything. And it’s a terrible practice. Terrible for businesses, in fact. To say nothing of the moral bankruptcy of the shar...
Because raising prices, which customers pay for, just to maintain profits, and then giving away 90% of those profits to shareholders is a terrible inv...
No they aren’t. They protect the profits, yes, which goes to shareholders. The consumers and workers get screwed, as always. It’s a terrible investmen...
First part is correct. He will not be here live. Questions are for this thread and he’ll respond to them. I’m sending them along soon. So if you have ...
True. I’ve softened my stance on religion over the years— it’s too big a category to make generalizations. On the other hand, things like the Christia...
Some religion, yes. I’d be reluctant to categorize all religion as anti-LGBT though. Here in the US, there’s a particularly vocal and powerful group o...
Well that was fun. Now maybe we can get back to the important things— like fighting wokeness, Disney…arming teachers, banning books, restricting union...
From the front page of the Times: Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation Glad to see some attention to this glaring ...
Right, a phenomenon which explains the inflation that matters for most people. Not stocks and bonds. Prices going up over time is inflation. And you'r...
Except that’s not what’s happening. The article on food shows why. It works in some cases, like housing and stocks. Those assets inflate, sure. You ca...
Corporate greed, not wages, is behind inflation. It’s time for price controls Food prices, gas prices, car prices…we now know why prices have gone up ...
:up: Well said. Some common folks got 1200 bucks three years ago, and some raises for working during the pandemic, and now they must pay dearly for th...
Ny Times I agree with this. It benefits Trump. Maybe the RNC takes a page from the DNC playbook and consolidate around one person once it’s clear that...
And that’s that. Now let’s see what the deal is, and if the MAGA Republicans will accept it. I imagine McCarthy could get some democrats to help, but ...
Yeah, it’s silly. The spending has already been made. If they want to cut the debt, then reject the budget. Republicans don’t really care if shutdowns...
Cutting it in half would be a good start. Cut it down to 100 billion, I say. Still too much. Now the deficit is 700 billion, which can easily be made ...
What’s frustrating is the obduracy of both parties on this matter. There’s some sounds coming from Bernie and others, but it’s ignored or treated as i...
Seems like nonsense to me. There’s a 50% chance of choosing the envelope with the greater money. That’s it. That’s all we’re given. If we were given a...
It’s like the Monty Hall problem. But in this case, there’s a 50/50 chance of choosing the envelope with the larger amount of money, so switching make...
Okay. And that’s worth talking about. But it’s a different animal from what I was responding to. Yes— and how is this relevant to climate change? Lowe...
What’s childish is being an 80-year-old coming to a philosophy forum and declaring that climate change is only “natural,” then chastising people for b...
So you just like announcing your unbiased skepticism about a topic you don’t understand. Cool. Maybe I’ll start one about how I think quantum mechanic...
Yeah, I’m sure the world’s climate scientists haven’t considered “normal movements” or natural variance. You’ve cracked the case. We’re also a denial-...
A good point. Education and media seem to work in lockstep when it comes to certain aspects of society. That’s probably part of the problem, but I agr...
Sure, but also that mostly these things involve deep beliefs tied into a persons sense of self— their values, their life narrative and social persona,...
Update on the bat situation (I know y’all have been waiting with bated breath). I’ve found how they’re getting in: /uploads/resized/files/lt/3xz2ez841...
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