squozzer

or burkas.

AND a judge has to put their name on it. Granted, IDs of judges are kept secret for certain courts, BUT nothing stays secret forever, e.g. Stasi records in the former DDR.

We could (and maybe should) demand in trade deals that if you ship us plastic, you take it back.

Easy to enforce? I dunno - why not require country of origin for packaging?

But assuming that won't happen - sounds like an opportunity for US jobs.

Plastic might make decent bricks for building.

It's already happened.

Let's keep tabs on Sam Lavigne as well.

Part of the problem also seems to be the use of experts not to explain or even predict but to manipulate events and to hide downsides in service of that manipulation.

E.g. Free trade - easy to love for consumers, economists, and people whose jobs aren't so easily transferable. Not so much for factory workers.

The old jobs left, and the new ones which people were assured would materialize because of all of the new prosperity didn't.

Another part of the problem seems to lie in skepticism and how to properly apply it. The closest I think anyone in the US comes to seeing a substantive debate is on the Sunday morning political shows and I'm sure it's still wrong, wrong, and wrong.

Not to pick on Amazon, but isn't Bezos someone who would support Seattle's intent here? And how much would it have cost Amazon, considering their revenues and the fact their Seattle workforce is ~10% of their total workforce?

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/amazon/amazons-employe...

Some of it has to do with realistic expectations, money-wise and as means to other ends such as scholarships.

A project that might help US Soccer is to poach good athletes from other sports who would have trouble getting a scholarship in their current sport.

For example - a HS American football player with great speed who weighs less than 200 lbs, doesn't bench or squat very well, and is not a kicker.

Or a baseball player who can't come around on a 90 mph fastball. What inspires me here is how similar a good (feet-first) base slide is to a soccer tackle.

Or a 5'11" basketball player not named Allen Iverson.

To me, the question is at what age can soccer skills be taught for world-class results?

It was always Fumbles.

I have my doubts. It always seems more expensive to work against the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics than with it.

In the end, you (or your heirs) will spend the money. The only questions are when and on what.

It's my belief that saving some money is good because it gives you options when times get tough.

But, I fear that having a large pile of cash will just be hoovered up by the MDs after a major illness. They know your financial position and will bill accordingly.

Did not know The WaPo has a blog called The Monkey Cage. Simian metaphors seem to be all the rage in the social media as of late.

And increased vulnerability to the younger and stronger.

What I didn't see in the comments is that CarMax has probably the best selection of vehicles in a given area.

To those who know exactly what they want, it doesn't matter as much, but for those who want to compare a RAV4 to a CR-V from the same lot, it's unbeatable.

That said, the recently reported glut in used cars probably negates some of CarMax's advantage. I bought my last car from a curbside dealer.

I'll wait until Gothic becomes a thing again.

The article doesn't mention the percentage of colonscopies among 50-year-olds that find something bad. If say it was 30%, that sounds like a great reason to start sooner. 5 - 10% maybe not so much.

Some of us who lived in the 1970s have been subjected to unrelenting psyops for 40+ years, mostly in the service of selling things, including political products.

It surprises me every day that we aren't in full-throated, Molotov-lobbing anarchy or mass suicide.

And that was before 2016.

Also, Econ 101 is essentially a naïve exercise in optimizing price-demand curves (find where f'(x) = 0), which assumes prices always converge on a supply-demand equilibrium point.

Another model, found in utilities, fixes the cost point, so when demand falls, prices rise. Did you ever buy into your electric company's "conservation program" and cut your consumption, only to have your rates rise?

Congrats, you just got rick-rolled by capitalism, comrade sucker.

Thanks for the turn on! I like the Strandbergs!

The bodies, though beautiful, look impractical. But some of the bridges and pickguards I find appealing.

It's not bad. But people who worry will always find another magnet for their anxiety. Now mine is health (still good but can't say the same for some of my peers) and employment / retirement (they are beginning to fuse as a concept.)

I think before MIT or anyone else decides to support or oppose any regime, they should ask themselves, "What are the reasonable alternatives?"

But first, an aside - I wish I could remember the name of the YouTube video that described the UK as a theocracy - because the Queen is also the "pope" of the Church of England.

A lot of people - MIT and myself included - fall into the trap of comparing places like Saudi to a theoretical perfect state which we'll call Utopia. The pitfalls of such comparisons I leave as an exercise to the reader.

But let's talk about MIT's overall contribution to the advancement of human rights. How many of their grads have gone on to work for the NSA? How many of their Chinese students now find employ with the Chinese government? How many government contracts for intrusive surveillance or weapons of mass destruction has MIT taken over the years?

Answer: Classified. But probably a lot.

The story gripping, the take lucrative. But, in the end, Benter turned a diversion into a job. Still, well played! :)

"Is the movie in 3D?" "No, but your face is!" Today we would consider his role in Valley Girl as stalkerish.

I long for the days when someone who realized they were rich would say, "I'm going to spend 90% of my money on sex and drugs, and waste the rest."

I am not sure retraining is necessary. Even in states where weed is legal, they probably want to clamp down on "illegal" (untaxed) weed. No one has to go to jail or even lose their stash - I expect a fine would suffice.

That pushes the question as to whether "regular" law enforcement would involve itself in weed searches or if a state revenue department would handle it. Moonshiners might have a useful perspective on this.

Free will may well be an illusion. I prefer to think of the Universe as deterministic but unpredictable. Because we can't see everything behind the events that happen around us. People with more comprehensive knowledge of quantum mechanics, feel free to chime in.

In the end, though, even the most entitled and pampered aristo-plutocrat has to get out of bed or at least eat food and drink liquids to stay alive.

I am not so worried about AI exterminating us - because they depend on electricity and they would probably like to keep meatbags around for reboots and such - unless they figure out how to train other primates to replace us.

There might be another reason. Fighting Hitler essentially caused Great Britain to give up her empire. In a way, Hitler was a liberator to the Indians.