Expecting politicians to vote for transparency is like expecting Mr. Fox to vote for electric fences around the henhouse

baarack obaaahma. o'baaaahma to make it irish.

What's with the whiny announcers? Please get an adult with a man's voice. Nice rocket.

@Copper said in Do billionaires really only pay 8.2%?: I do assume that their children will be lazy privileged elite and that will certainly hurt the billionaire more than any new tax. There is a saying in Chinese that basically says: The first generation builds The second generation maintains The third generation loses

Seems like it would be a good idea

Interesting article.

Well, it is a good day to attend to the meat.

@George-K said in Pain Equity: @LuFins-Dad said in Pain Equity: But I did know a guy in college that made good money selling oregano to freshmen for a semester… For a semester. And then what happened?? If it was my town he got the living shit kicked out of him.

My guess is that the average cost per patient per hostipal stay has gone up much faster than inflation. So, it becomes less and less worth to treat poor patients

Gosh. What do you think it could be?

https://x.com/johnhackerla/status/1768369088827658664?s=20

Amen.

I didn't know selective prosecution was against the rules. Good to know.

Not going to lie... I was LOL'ing at a few parts.

LOL I'm sure I know why. That being said, here are the first 4 articles when I was looking for a study (I forget where) that looked at preschool's impact: https://news.mit.edu/2023/study-preschool-gives-big-boost-college-attendance-0208 https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/05/18/997501946/the-case-for-universal-pre-k-just-got-stronger https://www.npr.org/2022/02/10/1079406041/researcher-says-rethink-prek-preschool-prekindergarten https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/press-release/what-does-research-really-say-about-preschool-effectiveness

I didn't know that about their tails. Here are some other fun facts, such as they aren't related to Giant Pandas, and they glow in the dark. https://redpandanetwork.org/post/15-fantastic-facts-about-red-pandas

BTW, the SPLC is already gearing up in opposition on this one. Along with the usual suspects.