@copper said in A bill to make DST permanent.: DST makes a lot of sense. It should stay as-is. Somehow this has become either a democrat thing or a hate Trump thing. President Trump seemed to favor DST. I was hoping he would have pushed it forward.

@george-k said in Trump Senate defense: the American people already rejected me: https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/covid-relief-bill-includes-16b-farm-aid-payments he loan forgiveness for Black farmers was debated intensively throughout the markup, with much of the discussion coming from Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., who says the funds would lead to reverse discrimination if USDA would forgive 120% of all outstanding USDA loans for farmers of color. “As this pushes forward, courts have ruled Congress cannot discriminate on race,” Austin Scott says, adding there are no distinction that farmers have to prove discrimination and payments would be based solely on a producers’ skin color. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, filed an amendment to reduce the amount of debt forgiveness from 120% of debt which was included by Chairman Scott to account for the tax consequences of debt relief to 100%. Forgiveness of a debt can be a tax event for the farmers leaving them to bear the burden of the tax liability which is why Scott says the 120% is warranted. Forgiving 120% of loans could also lead to a dangerous precedent, Austin Scott explains. USDA has already settled in the Pigford case which in 1997 and 2010 paid out over $2 billion in discriminatory claims to Black farmers. Because reparations racism. Also because of TDS. Scott and Feenstra are the sort who didn’t register any objection when Trump doled out more than $40B in farm subsidies to bail farmers out of the hole he dug by conducting his stupid “trade war” with China. Pandemic is a much more justifiable reason to dole out subsidies than self-inflicted trade war.

The UK might be a little ahead  

@lufins-dad said in Vaccine choice lol: Craft vaccine? Artisinal, to be sure.

Retired people have time.

Bad decision. Why did SCOTUS refuse the case?

@jon-nyc said in Facebook ad served to me today: Right? And I'd want Paris not Aspen. But if you were a rich guy here and you were comparing this to going into the city, security at LGA, then commercial first class, it's definitely a better experience all around. But 4-5x the price probably. That individual’s wealth varies every hour much more than the cost of flight. It literally would go unnoticed from a financial point of view, just the consciousness dwelling feature if he/she has that.

@jolly said in Meanwhile, in India...: @doctor-phibes said in Meanwhile, in India...: Maybe Indians think that Americans spend their lives talking about India, in much the same way that Americans assume that Europeans spend their lives talking about America. They don't? Not nearly as much as you might imagine, in my experience.

I already know two people that received the J&J. One is an old PW guy and NY piano party regular. Another is a transplanted CF patient in NC.

I know of him but he's not my district. He's just grandstanding to get attention for the run for Portman's Senate seat.

Great article. I was not aware of the event.

LOVE these!

Someone told me It's all happening at the zoo I do believe it I do believe it's true It's a light and tumble journey From the East Side to the park; Just a fine and fancy ramble to the zoo But you can take the crosstown bus If it's raining or it's cold And the animals will love it If you do If you do now Something tells me It's all happening at the zoo I do believe it I do believe it's true The monkeys stand for honesty Giraffes are insincere And the elephants are kindly but they're dumb Orangutans are skeptical Of changes in their cages And the zookeeper is very fond of rum Zebras are reactionaries Antelopes are missionaries Pigeons plot in secrecy And hamsters turn on frequently What a gas! You gotta come and see At the zoo At the zoo At the zoo At the zoo

The guy killed himself That matters

@loki said in Woke Herd Immunity: @doctor-phibes said in Woke Herd Immunity: I have to say, I find all the adverts for faux military clothing on that website less than inspiring. If these people want to be taken seriously, particularly when complaining about left wing violence, then they need to stop making their websites look like advertising opportunities for whackjob right-wing militia. Just a thought. Strange. All my ads are for Aqua’s sister. That's the whack-off militia

Still waiting. Pretty much everybody I know in the UK has had theirs. Somehow, paying 5 times what they do for health insurance hasn't really helped. (I just pulled the 5 times out of my ass. Too lazy to look up the actual number)

lol

@axtremus said in 2020 was a good year...: How’s the pay for contract intensive care nurses these days? Don't know. But that waxes and wanes. I have seen any type of PRN hospital work do that. And, it's a geographical thing, too.